Kate Bush has become the first female artist in UK history to have eight albums in the Top 40 at the same time.
The singer has broken the record previously held by Madonna after seeing a surge in sales as her Before The Dawn residency kicked off this week at London's Eventim Hammersmith Apollo. Madonna had previously had three albums in the Top 40 in 1987.
The Kinks have denied reports that they will reunite without band member Dave Davies.
In an interview with Mojo magazine, Ray Davies is quoted as saying that the band could reform without his brother Dave, with whom he has had a notoriously fractious relationship.
"Dave’s invited to the party, but if he doesn’t want to do it [the reunion] will happen anyway," the singer is quoted as saying. "He’s very welcome to turn up if he wants. I’d much rather work with him than without him."
Johnny Marr has spoken about the famous riff in The Smiths' 'How Soon Is Now', saying that his bandmates were at the pub when he came up with it, adding that if he was with them it might never have been written.
Arcade Fire covered iconic blues artist Bo Diddley during their gig in Chicago on August 26.
Diddley - who passed away in 2008 - was synonymous with the Chicago blues scene, and Arcade Fire paid tribute to the legend by playing his 1957 song 'Who Do You Love?' during the first of two shows at the city's United Center. Click below to watch fan-shot footage of the cover version, which is the latest in a long line of similar performances during Arcade Fire's 'Reflektor' tour, seeing the band covering artists in their hometowns.
Echo And The Bunnymen have announced details of UK tour dates in November and December as well as a one-off gig in Liverpool in 2015.
The band released new album 'Meteorites' in May and will start their tour in Brighton on November 25 before gigs in Sheffield, Glasgow, Nottingham, Cambridge, Cardiff, Holmfirth, Newcastle and Birmingham.
Following the dates this year, the band will then play a homecoming show at Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall on February 20.
Paul McCartney's re-releases of Wings albums 'Venus And Mars' and 'At The Speed of Sound' have been delayed by six weeks.
The reissues were originally supposed to come out on September 22 as part of the Paul McCartney Archive Collection, following similar reissues of 'Band On The Run', 'McCartney', 'McCartney II', 'Ram' and 'Wings Over America'. However, the records will now be released on November 3 "due to production issues". No further information about the delay has been released.
The real Nick Drake is revealed in the fascinating cover story of the new Uncut – not as a tragic, meek figure as often portrayed, but as a driven musical visionary, efficient in the studio and sure of what he wanted.
