Mutual regard and geographic proximity were what led to Johnny Marr joining the Cribs for the group’s just-released fourth album, “Ignore the Ignorant.” “I love the band, anyway,” the Modest Mouse and former Smiths guitarist told Billboard.com. “I was living in Portland,...

NEW YORK (Billboard) – Former Velvet Underground members Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker and Doug Yule will make an extremely rare joint public appearance on December 8 at the New York Public Library. The three will discuss the Velvet Underground’s music and legacy with rock journalist David Fricke as...

Trip hop pioneers, Lamb, have been announced as the headline act at the Peats Ridge festival, being held over New Years’ on a property outside of Sydney. Today the recently reunited UK trip-hop duo revealed there’ll be a couple more shows on this tour. Here are the dates: Wed 30 Dec –...

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill has a queen. He tied the knot with singer Jessie Baylin over the weekend. His bandmates – brothers Caleb and Jared Followill and cousin Matthew Followill – attended the wedding in Tennessee on Saturday. So did actress Scarlett...

Kanye West made his first public live appearance since his infamous stage crash at MTV’s Video Music Awards in September, surprising the crowd at Beyoncé’s concert at London’s O2 Arena by performing his verse from the “Ego” remix last night. “Give it up for Kanye...