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Mike Skinner was hospitalised after a crowd-surfing incident. The Streets frontman was injured earlier this week when he jumped into the crowd during a performance at the Cambridge Corn Exchange earlier this week and an over-zealous fan grabbed his belt and refused to let go, leaving the singer in agony.

Franz Ferdinand are “proud” to have made a dance album. The Scottish rockers are preparing to release ‘Tonight’, the long-awaited follow-up to 2006’s ‘You Could Have It So Much Better’ ad admit that, after being disappointed by their second LP, are happy with the new direction they have taken on their forthcoming record.

Thursday have long since been a band who never really got the recognition they deserved, and the reception to their 2006 release of A City By The light Divided was one of either loving or loathing. However, I’d say that those fans they lost on City will be won back from the opening beat of Common Existence, and then some.

Loney Dear is the disguise of multi-instrumentalist and ex-pro cyclist Emil Svanängen. Born on March 26, 1979 in Jönköping, Sweden, Emil absorbed many of his key musical influences in early childhood: Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode and early U2 all loomed large. Aged eight, he took up the clarinet and quickly developed an interest in combining synthesize…

Jack’s Mannequin will release their second album ‘The Glass Passenger’ on March 9th on Warner Bros. Records / Sire. The album follows the 2005 debut ‘Everything in Transit’ and represents their first album release in the UK. After his band Something Corporate decided to take a break in the summer of 2004, Andrew McMahon found himself writing a batc…

In today’s Daily Rap PETA Reach out to Hip-Hop, 50 Cent plans new products, Russell Simmons adds another role to resume and Danity Kane Split up. PETA Reach out to Hip-Hop

Multi platinum selling Finnish rock act, The Rasmus, are set to release the first single from their new album Black Roses on February 23rd. The single “Livin’ In A World Without You” has already been a Top 20 track in a number of worldwide territories including Switzerland, Austria, Mexico and Argentina. Black Roses is available now on CD and dow…

Got a bit of spare cash on you and want to give your ears a bit of musical loving this weekend? Well obviously we wouldn’t want you looking like a confused little tiger in your local music store on Saturday, so being the kind-hearted souls we are; here is our song of the week… woo! We do love Alesha Dixon here at FemaleFirst HQ; she’s our feisty da…

After being told over and over again to listen to these guys, I finally put them into my iTunes and wondered what this Vince Noir look-a-like and friends would have to offer me… surely not some awesome rock music? I mean how many mega fit frontmen can actually sing. *Ahem* Well, it would seem that Ash Simmons is one of the lucky few. The album is a…

The musical great, who had a history of heart problems, called police from his Florida home saying he was having trouble breathing, but emergency services were unable to resuscitate him and he was pronounced dead an hour later. A statement on the Lynyrd Skynyrd website said: “Beloved pianist for the Lynyrd Skynyrd Band, Billy Powell, passed away l…