Future Of The Left, Howling Bells and Attack! Attack! have been confirmed to perform at the Red Bull Bedroom Jam X-Crawl in London, new festival strictly for 14 to 18 year-olds only.

Rapper Kanye West is set to make a surprise appearance at this week's South By Southwest festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. Metallica and Outkast's Big Boi will also play secret shows.

The Jonas Brothers are nearing completion of their fourth album tentatively titled Lines, Vines, and Trying Times. It is now scheduled to be out June 15 this year.

Pop queen Madonna is set to record new tracks for her greatest hits collection, her final outing with Warner Bros. Record. The set list has yet to be determined, but the disc is tentatively slated for a September release this year.

Charlotte Hatherley, former guitarist with Ash, is to join Bat For Lashes. Hatherley will join Natasha Khan from April to September.

Death Cab for Cutie has announced they are to release a new EP The Open Door this month. The American indie rock band has also added new dates to its spring and summer tour.

Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder, Tom Morrello, Billy Bragg are among the acts announced to perform at a New York benefit concert celebrating Pete Seeger's 90th birthday in May.

Kelly Clarkson's All I Ever Wanted has taken the No.1 spot with first week sales of 255,000 copies thus ending U2's reign at the top of the U.S. Billboard album chart.

Motorhead and former Beach Boys star Brian Wilson will headline this year's Guilfest festival in Surrey. The music festival will take place in Stoke Park from July 10th-12th.

Last year around this time, Rick Ross released his second album, Trilla, his second consecutive album to hit No. 1 on the charts. He will try for a third No. 1 album with the soon-to-be-released Deeper Than Rap.

Prince of Darkness Ozzy Osbourne will return to the recording studio for a new album. According to longtime guitarist Zakk Wylde, the metal rocker will record tracks after his band Black Label Society's tour.

Rock band Counting Crows has split with their record label after 18 years of working with them. The "Mr. Jones" rockers said they want to pursue other directions that Geffen Records won't allow them to do.