Olympic stadium “to host rock concerts by July,” according to BBC News.

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Mark Cuban and Ryan Seacrest have started a new music-centric TV network that will be based in Denver

Ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Weston has died at the age of 6

[photopress:more10.jpg,full,pp_image] Morcheeba proved itself more than a greatest-hits act. Photos by Julio Enriquez. Manda faced an uphill battle. The striking French singer with dark hair and the speaking voice of a pixie stepped in as Morcheeba’s female vocalist after the departure of the enigmatic Skye Edwards. According to the band’s MySpace page, the new singer simply used that networking site to message brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey, who together comprise one of trip-hop’s most formidable songwriting teams, and pronounced that performing with them was her [...]

[photopress:carbonsilicon04.jpg,full,pp_image] A sparse crowd didn’t dampen Mick Jones’ spirits at the Bluebird on Thursday. Photos and text by Matt Schild. In Carbon/Silicon’s lead single, “The News,” front man Mick Jones bubbles with optimism: “Good morning, here’s the news/And all of it is good,” he croons in the song’s chorus. It’s the sort of feel-good sunshine that’s almost too saccharine for the charitable fans to swallow when it pumps out of the band’s debut, this year’s “The Last Post.” Seeing the onetime Clash guitarist and Big [...]