Noel Gallagher has claimed he turned down an invitation to perform at the Olympics closing ceremony after being asked to mime.

Paul McCartney is a fan of Bruno Mars and Kanye West.

Rob Brydon has slammed plans for a 'Gavin and Stacey' musical as "pants".

The pioneering indie-dance band New Order have reformed without bass player Peter Hook for a series of live shows across the world and singer and guitarist Bernard Sumner hopes they eventually get to record new material.

Radiohead are rehearsing "four or five new songs" to play live next year.

Snow Patrol have announced their new single, ‘Called Out in the Dark’.

The Killers are heading back into the studio next week.

Elbow see their new album as a return to their roots.

Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell isn’t getting “too serious about things” with the band’s new album.

Manic Street Preachers found collaborating with ex Guns N' Roses star Duff McKagan "awe-inspiring".

Keith Richards described sessions for The Rolling Stones’ ‘Exile On Main Street’ album as “Hitleresque”.

Kele Okereke admitted “having a meltdown” after making his debut solo album.

Ricky Gervais’s new animated series, which puts his buffoonish sidekick Karl Pilkington centre-stage, was snapped up by Channel 4 today.

Oasis claimed the top three positions in a poll of the best British songs of all time today.

ACCORDING to reports, the takeover of British radio group, GCAP Media — which owns XFM, Capital Radio and Classic FM — by the JP McManus, John Magnier and Dermot Desmond-backed Global Media, is likely to be concluded on Wednesday.

Manchester United have rejected claims they have made a bid for Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov.

Music legend Paul McCartney has hit out at Big Brother.

Oasis hit 'Live Forever' has been named the greatest indie anthem by music magazine NME and broadcaster Xfm.

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl wants to party with singer Madonna when they appear at the UK leg of the Live Earth concert in July.

Investors received a shot in the arm today after the FTSE 100 Index followed the lead of US markets to rise by more than 100 points.

Comeback kid Chris Evans thanked the BBC for giving him a “second chance” after he was named Music Radio Personality of the Year at the UK industry’s equivalent of the Oscars.

The Kaiser Chiefs and the Arctic Monkeys will compete for the big prizes at the NME Awards today.

The Kaiser Chiefs have continued their rise to stardom with a record six nominations for the NME Awards announced today.

Ricky Gervais is returning to British radio after taking a year-long break to write his latest sitcom Extras.

Music moguls Sir Bob Geldof and U2 manager Paul McGuinness were today locked in a heavyweight battle to plug the gap in Dublin’s radio stations with alternative rock.

BRITISH commercial radio giants GWR and Capital Radio were yesterday reported to be in advanced merger talks.

SOME of Ireland’s biggest names in the entertainment industry are lining up for a battle to win a licence to run a rock music station in Dublin.

SOME of the biggest names in Irish music have emerged as the backers of a bid for a radio licence in Dublin.

ULSTER Television has entered the fray for the latest radio licence to become available in Dublin.

Cold Feet star James Nesbitt is recording a football anthem for Euro 2004.

Cold Feet star James Nesbitt is recording a football anthem for Euro 2004.

TV presenter Dermot O’Leary has been unveiled as BBC Radio 2’s latest signing.

Tim Burgess releases his brand new solo album, 'I Believe' on Friday, September 12 and celebrates the album's release with a gig at The Village on Dublin's Wexford Street on the same day.

Ricky Gervais is going head to head with Jonathan Ross and Stephen Fry to be named radio's top presenter.

Zoe Ball has told how her friendship with musician Dan Peppe "developed" after she parted from her husband.

DJ Zoe Ball has been in regular contact with husband Norman Cook in a last-ditch bid to save their marriage following claims that she had an affair with a drummer, her spokeswoman said today.

DJ Zoe Ball was today beginning a two-week break from her radio show after claims of an alleged affair with a drummer.

Radio star Zoe Ball and DJ Norman “Fatboy Slim” Cook have blamed hectic work schedules for causing their split, it was reported today.

He is the scourge of offices and factories up and down the country – the awful boss who cracks terrible jokes, thinks he is god’s gift to women and can still be one of the lads.

The Prodigy will release their new album Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned in March next year.

Motormouth Jonathan Ross goes head to head with Chris Moyles and comic Ricky Gervais tonight to take a top presenter prize at the radio ‘‘Oscars’’, the Sony Awards.

The Foo Fighters have released only one copy of their new single in six different formats.

Jonathan Ross will go head to head with Chris Moyles and Ricky Gervais to take a top presenter prize at the radio "Oscars".

Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher has offered to lend his services to the Irish soccer team - and write their official World Cup song.