'Sluttish stars harm youngsters,' says Mike Stock
| The songwriter, who along with Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman formed Stock, Aitken and Waterman and had more than 100 top 40 hits in the Eighties and early Nineties, says modern US performers, especi...

The Great Escape, Various venues, BrightonJay-Z and Kanye West, The 02, London
| She has a point. It's easy for Brightonians, and Brits in general, to be blasé about being able to hold a music festival surrounded by sea. After a few growing pains, The Great Escape – a wristba...

Scissor Sisters; Gossip – review
Sister act: Jake Shears and Ana Matronic at Shepherd's Bush. Photograph: Neil Lupin/Redferns | Launching their fourth album, Magic Hour, Scissor Sisters singer Jake Shears is dressed in black and yell...

Scissor Sisters; Gossip – review
| Shepherd's Bush Empire, London; XOYO, London Sister act: Jake Shears and Ana Matronic at Shepherd's Bush. Photograph: Neil Lupin/Redferns | Launching their fourth album, Magic Hour, Scissor Sisters ...

Joe Strummer: The angry young man who grew up
| "He was quite quiet when I met him," she says. "He wasn't doing anything, just living at home – he wasn't out with the posse. I became more and more aware of his charm, shall we say...

One Mic UK: Bringing in the summer listings
ONE MIC simply boasts the premier avenue for new and upcoming performers to take a stage and do what they love in front of a wide range of audiences that may OR | Date: Sunday 20th May 2012 | Venue: Q...

Good Voodoo listings
A colourful weekly Monday show featuring 6 well chosen emerging bands, duos & solo artists in one of London's most beautiful & great sounding venues. | Date: Monday 21st May 2012 | Venue: Half Moon &r...

Drizabone Soul Family plus Nicola Emmanuelle tickets and listings
Acid-jazz, funk and soul collides. If it's nostalgia you're after, this is the band for you. | Date: Tuesday 22nd May 2012 | Venue: Floridita » | Location: London » | Doors: 19:00 til 02:0...

Bamboozle Kicks Off in Asbury Park With Mike Posner, Skrillex
share Skrillex. | The Bamboozle Festival in Asbury Park, N.J., kicked off Friday against a perfect backdrop of ocean waves, salty air and the Jersey shore.our editor recommendsBlink-182 Cancels Bamboo...

Bonnaroo Country/Americana 2012
| Hopefully, your mind is open to the wide variety of musical styles to be found at Bonnaroo this year, but if your tastes are more streamlined you can still build a fantastic weekend schedule! | If y...

Bonnaroo Hip-Hop 2012
| The Bonnaroo music festival in Manchester, TN has become one of the largest and most important concert events on the planet, and it unofficially kicks off the summer festival season. Bonnaroo starte...

Cannes 2012: Hip-Hop Artist Plan B Raps Lyrical About Directorial Debut
share Getty Images Film London Microwave unveils the next three filmmakers to benefit from funding that brought Drew's "iLL MANORS" to the big screen. | Ben Drew, already a big selling hip hop artist ...

Q's Week that was... Gaz Coombes, sports star who can sing, Great Escape, Donna Summer RIP, T In The Park, Zulu Winter, Niki & Dove & more
| In case you missed it, here's what we've been up to on Qthemusic.com this week. | Q&a Gaz Coombes - on going solo, his own 'basement tapes', Supergrass, the influence of Duncan Jones' Moon & more | ...

Paris Hilton is a talented performer, says DJ Afrojack
Afrojack has praised his friend and recent collaborator Paris Hilton. | The DJ-music producer, who is working on Hilton's upcoming second album, discussed their friendship in a recent interview with C...

Engelbert Humperdinck doesn't need to do Eurovision, says Eric Bristow
Engelbert Humperdinck's decision to represent the UK at this year's Eurovision Song Contest has been questioned by a long-time friend. | Darts legend Eric Bristow said that he is not impressed with th...

Goldenvoice ready to roar in Orange County
| INDIO, Calif. — In one corner stands a music promoter that made its mark in L.A.'s punk scene, throwing gritty events at warehouses and velodromes, giving voice to songs like "Beat Me Senseles...

Clubs picks of the week
Get Me! Get Me! London | Hipster bass collective Get Me! have been putting on fun nights in grimy Dalston cellars for a while now, but they've taken the step up to a bigger venue in their stride. Toni...

DJ Yoda Q&A
| The clown prince of hip-hop turntablism empties the contents of his psychic record bag DJ Yoda The track I'll be opening my next DJ set with | John Williams: Star Wars Theme | It's like a trademark ...

Album review: Garbage, Not Your Kind of People
| A break away from each other for seven years has done wonders for the spit-polished American-Scottish rockers fronted by Shirley Manson and featuring mega-producer Butch Vig on drums. And though fif...

DJ Khaled's 'Take It To The Head' Video Is A Blockbuster
For video, premiering Sunday on MTV Jams, 'We got nothin' but megastars,' Khaled tells MTV News. | By Rob Markman (@RobMarkman) , with reporting by Sway Calloway (@realsway) {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {EL...

Mac Miller, Foo Fighters, A$AP Rocky Set To Rock Bamboozle
My Chemical Romance, Bon Jovi, All-American Rejects are also on lineup at three-day fest in Asbury Park, New Jersey, this weekend. | By Rob Markman (@RobMarkman) {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {ELEMENT_SHARES...

Drake Showers Love On Houston With Club Paradise Tour
'This is my favorite place in the mother----in' world!' Drizzy declares. | By Maurice Bobb {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} More » --> | HOUSTON — Drake...

Degrassi Ep. 45: In The Cold Cold Night Part 2
| In the dramatic Season 11 finale of Degrassi, new loves begin and old loves are rekindled at the school carnival. But will everyone leave the fair with their heart in one piece? Find out under the j...

Mardi Gras Mambo! listings
Journey into the sweaty bayous of Louisiana with stomping live music, Creole food and more beads and bedlam than you can shake your tail feather at. | Date: Saturday 19th May 2012 | Venue: The New Emp...

Willie Nelson picks his 'Heroes,' including Snoop
| AUSTIN, Texas-When Snoop Dogg passed through Willie Nelson's neck of the woods during South By Southwest in March, he took some time to pay tribute to his unlikely friend. | He regaled reporters wit...

Waka Flocka Flame - "Lurkin'" (Feat. Plies)
| Waka Flocka Flame's new album, Triple F Life, showcases some new looks and song structures for Flocka, but the just-dropped "Lurkin'" is a gritty, bubbling banger akin to those found on the great, g...

Watch MuchMusic at 8 pm ET tonight and win Degrassi swag!
| Tune in to MuchMusic starting at 8 pm ET tonight for your chance to win one of the three amazing prize packs from Lauren Toyota and the cast of Degrassi while they do live hits on MuchMusic leading ...

T-RexXx visits the hub of Toronto hip-hop on this week’s RapCity
| On this week’s episode of RapCity, T-RexXx heads over to United Front, a Toronto-based clothing store that has inadvertently become the breeding ground for Toronto’s red hot hip-hop scen...

Aiden Grimshaw "nervous" about debut album 'Misty Eye'
Aiden Grimshaw has admitted that he is apprehensive about the release of his debut album. | The 'Is This Love' singer, an X Factor contestant in 2009, revealed that he is maintaining the "moody" style...

Beenie Man releases YouTube video proclaiming support for gay rights
| Controversial dancehall star becomes the latest in a string of formerly hypermasculine musicians to evolve on gay rights | Jamaican reggae star Beenie Man, who achieved international stardom and inf...

The 5 Best Videos Of The Week
| You'll all be proud to learn that I managed - just barely - to restrain myself from naming the rap video that stars the terrifying decrepit pro-wrestling quasi-legend as this week's #1 video. This t...