• Ash announce celebration London show Fri 18 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | ThisWeek London » Music: Ash are to mark their 20th year as a band with a party at The Garage in London. Taking place on 17 Jun, the night will feature comedienne Josie Long a...
  • BT share further details of London Live line-up Fri 18 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | ThisWeek London » Music: Tom Jones has been announced for one of the free shows due to take place in Hyde Park this summer as part of the London 2012 entertainment programme, ...
  • Donna Summer dies Fri 18 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Disco queen Donna Summer died in Florida yesterday after losing a battle with cancer, she was 63. Confirming the singer’s death, a statement fro...
  • Donna Summer 1948 – 2012 Fri 18 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Singer Donna Summer died yesterday, aged 63, succumbing to lung cancer. Born LaDonna Adrian Gaines in Boston, Massachusetts in 1948, and one of seven ...
  • The Big Pink give away King Krule, Araabmuzik remixes Fri 18 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: In addition to announcing a set of North American tour dates and Euro festival bookings, The Big Pink are giving away a five-track remix EP featuring ...
  • John Maus releasing rarities compilation Fri 18 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Synth-wave maestro John Maus is releasing a collection of rarities and previously unreleased material entitled… well, just that. Dating back to ...
  • Summer Camp announce EP Fri 18 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Alt-pop’s premier ‘it’ couple Elizabeth Sankey and Jeremy Warmsley, aka Summer Camp, are to release a new EP entitled ‘Always&...
  • Leonard Cohen to spend second day at the Hop Farm Fri 18 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Leonard Cohen will play two shows at the Hop Farm in Kent (also the home of June’s Hop Farm festival) in September, a second date having been an...
  • Doldrums to headline London date Fri 18 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Noise-pop producer and friend-to-Grimes Airwick Woodhead, alias Doldrums, has just made available a free download of ‘Jump Up’, as will be...
  • Festival line-up update – 18 May 2012 Fri 18 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: FESTIVAL NO 6, Portmeirion, Wales, 14-16 Sep: No 6 HQ scores a bookings coup in securing Richard Hawley, Gruff Rhys and Death In Vegas, with the very ...
  • CMU Beef Of The Week #110: Jack White v Guinness World Records Fri 18 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Jack White is trying to promote his new solo record, but everywhere he goes people ask him about The White Stripes. I mean, what is there to say that ...
  • Louis Theroux to curate cinema listings at ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror Thu 17 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | ThisWeek London » Music: TV journalist Louis Theroux has been named as a co-curator of the cinema stage at ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror, which takes place in London later thi...
  • Robin Gibb continues to fight illness Thu 17 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Robin Gibb remains very ill, according to reports, despite his significant efforts in fighting various ailments. As previously reported, the Bee Gee s...
  • 50 Cent in hospital with stomach virus Thu 17 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: 50 Cent has been in hospital this week, seemingly because of a stomach virus. Though the rapper’s recent collaborator DJ Drama told XXL that the...
  • Bill Ward definitely out of the Black Sabbath reunion Thu 17 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward has said in a lengthy statement published on his website that he will definitely not be joining his Black Sabbath band...
  • My Chemical Romance “a month away” from recording new LP Thu 17 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: My Chemical Romance are soon to begin recording sessions for an as-yet untitled fifth album, as will form the band’s first full-length since 201...
  • R Kelly announces new album Thu 17 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: He may not have been doing much singing in any strip clubs lately, but R Kelly has seemingly been doing some singing in the studio. I can’t thin...
  • Dirty Projectors detail new album Thu 17 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Last heard lending vocalist Amber Coffman to Major Lazer’s ‘Get Free’, Dirty Projectors have attached various vital details to their...
  • Flying Lotus sets back LP release Thu 17 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Electronica artist Flying Lotus has delayed the release of his new record, ‘Until The Quiet Comes’, as was originally intended for a summe...
  • Laurel Halo streams album Thu 17 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Laurel Halo has made her debut album, ‘Quarantine’, available to stream ahead of it release via Hyperdub on 28 May. As previously reported...
  • Ash to play landmark live date Thu 17 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Ash are to mark their 20th year as a band with a party at The Garage in London. Taking place on 17 Jun, the night will feature comedienne Josie Long a...
  • Charli XCX announces single, live pledge lottery Thu 17 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Alt popstar Charli XCX is releasing a new single entitled ‘You’re The One’ quite soon, on 30 Jul via Asylum Records, as it happens. ...
  • Festival line-up update – 17 May 2012 Thu 17 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: FESTIBELLY, Lymington, Hampshire, 25-26 Aug: Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Skinny Lister, James Yuill and Howard Marks are amongst the latest acts to be ab...
  • X-Factor already having to defend new judge Spears Thu 17 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: ‘American Idol’ executive Nigel Lythgoe has been busy dissing the news earlier this week that Simon Cowell has recruited American pop type...
  • Jay-Z has no problem with gay marriage Wed 16 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: It seems fairly ridiculous to me that there is any debate about who can get married to who. If people want to marry each other, why would you stop the...
  • Lady Gaga denied Indonesian visa Wed 16 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Lady Gaga has been refused a working visa to perform in Indonesia, after protesters there threatened to cause “chaos” outside a planned Ga...
  • Drake and Lil B may be doing “something real big” Wed 16 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: So, rumour has it that ‘based’ rapper Lil B has collaborated/is collaborating/will collaborate with R&B lothario Drake on “somet...
  • Little Boots “putting finishing touches” to new LP Wed 16 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Despite alt pop character Little Boots releasing a new single in the form of the James Ford-produced ‘Shake’ last November, there’s ...
  • The Hundred In The Hands announce live dates Wed 16 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Synth-pop-inclined and Warp-signed duo The Hundred In The Hands have shared details of several forthcoming shows, which will precede their appearances...
  • Giana Factory set one-off Dalston date Wed 16 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Danish dark-pop sorts Giana Factory have announced a headline date at Dalston destination The Nest to mark the release of their week-old debut album, ...
  • Louis Theroux to curate cinema listings at ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror Wed 16 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: TV journalist Louis Theroux has been named as co-curator of the cinema stage at ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror, which takes place in London lat...
  • Festival line-up update – 16 May 2012 Wed 16 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: BEATHERDER, Gisburn, Lancashire, 29 Jun – 1 Jul: Dutch electronica trio Kraak & Smaak crown a company of new confirmations for this yearR...
  • A Greener Festival plants Festival Wood in Scotland Wed 16 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: The musical eco-champions at A Greener Festival have planted 300 trees to create Festival Wood in a corner of the Dundreggan Estate near Loch Ness in ...
  • R Kelly ruins Mother’s Day Wed 16 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: If you’d paid for tickets to a special ‘Mother’s Day Weekend’ R Kelly show in a Texas strip club, what would be the least you&...
  • AC/DC album update: There is no album Tue 15 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: AC/DC’s next album, the follow-up to 2008′s ‘Black Ice’, is not on the way any time soon. This news comes despite previous cla...
  • Sigur Rós to stream album one time zone at a time ahead of release Tue 15 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Sigur Rós have announced that they will stream their latest album, ‘Valtari’, a week and a half ahead of its release. However, thereR...
  • Gold Panda shares new single Tue 15 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Electronic artist Gold Panda, real name Derwin Schlecker, has previewed both sides of his new single, ‘Mountain’/'Financial District’...
  • Julia Holter, Ariel Pink feature on Human Ear compilation Tue 15 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Julia Holter, Ariel Pink and Nite Jewel are amongst the artists featured on a new archive mix compiled by Human Ear Music, a ‘curatorial’ ...
  • Skinny Lister playing pop-up store shows Tue 15 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: Honoured with the PRS prize for the most festival appearances accrued in 2011, indie quintet Skinny Lister have announced that they’ll play four...
  • Festival line-up update – 15 May 2012 Tue 15 May 2012
    UNLIMITED | CMU » Artist News: BINGLEY MUSIC LIVE, Myrtle Park, Bingley, 31 Aug – 2 Sep: Citizens!, Ellen & The Escapades and The Chevin are new to the Bingley bill, and a...