Ian Brown has urged Oasis' warring Gallagher brothers to go solo and put an end to their arguing. "I can heartily recommend it. It's a fine way to be," the former Stone Roses frontman told the Press Association.

Coldplay's Chris Martin has said the band were "really nervous" ahead of the U.K. dates of their world tour, which started in Manchester on Saturday. "It feels like we have been away for a long time. The four of us were feeling really nervous about coming back home," Martin said.

Rapper Dizzee Rascal has said he wants to become one of the biggest pop stars in the world. The British hip hop star told the Observer: "I'm going to be big like Michael Jackson."

Underworld have returned and are working on fresh material with producer Brian Eno -- but don't expect the tracks to appear on an album. Frontman Karl Hyde told BBC 6 Music: "Right now we don't want to think about being tied down to an album. Somehow that seems like such an old fashioned concept."