The singer to tour Australia's Big Day Out Series of Shows

Judging by the activity on the blog about “Golden Age”, there’s a fair amount of excitement about TV On The Radio’s “Dear Science”. And, now that I’ve heard the album properly a few times, I reckon it’s pretty justified: this is the best record the band have made by a mile.

New album and HUGE tour also announced

The rock'n'roll symbol has been purchased with help from art charity

Leftover album tracks to form a Christmas EP

The movie career of Steve Coogan has so far proved to be a fascinatingly erratic subject. Sure, it’s not unusual to find a successful British TV comedian struggle to establish himself in movies, particularly in Hollywood. For every Dudley Moore, who became a huge movie star in the States with Arthur and 10, you only have to look at Peter Cook - the true genius in that partnership - whose transatlantic film career barely made it beyond Supergirl.

Arctic Monkeys, Klaxons and James Ford join in the festivities

The week's top stories includes The Verve, REM and Metallica

This is London: Shane Meadows lightens up and heads down South

Sir Ben Kingsley adds spice to low-budget comedy mix