Snow Patrol Promise Tour Surprises + More

Snow Patrol have warned fans they may hear some strange versions of the band's hits on their forthcoming tour. "There's strings, brass, maybe a small choir. We're going to try and do things differently. We want to try and mess with the songs and see," guitarist Nathan Connolly told BBC 6 Music.

The Cranberries are reforming to tour the U.S. later this year and follow it up with a European jaunt in 2010. It will be Dolores O'Riordan and co's first tour for nearly seven years.

First Reading and Leeds and now possibly Glastonbury -- festival founder Michael Eavis has said he is considering banning flags from the arena at next year's festival. Festival organisers say flags block the view of festivalgoers further back.

People persisting in swapping copyrighted films and music on their computers will have internet connections cut off under extreme new laws to be proposed by the UK government.