PA Photos Manic Street Preachers have called off two more dates on their current 'Postcards From a Young Man' UK tour -- two shows at London's O2 Academy Brixton on Thursday, Oct. 27, and Friday, Oct. 28 -- because of illness. Frontman James Dean Bradfield has acute laryngitis and has been told to rest his voice, a spokesperson for the band ...

Dave Etheridge-Barnes, Getty Images Suede played an intimate gig at London's Bush Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 27, to celebrate the release of the reunited band's 'The Best of Suede' compilation which is out on Nov. 1 Fresh from picking up the Q Award for Inspiration earlier in the week, the band rattled through hits from all five albums, including ...

Randy Brooke, WireImage Whilst R.E.M. finish up their new album with Jacknife Lee in a Nashville studio, fans can get a fix of Michael Stipe and co. with the release of a new live DVD 'R.E.M. Live From Austin, TX' on Nov. 22. The gig was originally recorded as part of the long-running Austin City Limits TV concert series on March 28 2008, and ...

C Brandon, Redferns The Pet Shop Boys are to play a one-off charity show at London's Hammersmith Apollo on 8 December, the band have announced on Twitter. Performing for Mencap's 'Big Noise,' Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe will no doubt draw on 2009's Pandemonium Tour show pieces including multi-coloured cube-headed dancers, a ton of choreography ...

Matias Boem Five unknown teenagers from Liverpool -- John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best -- made their live debut as the Beatles on Aug. 17, 1960 at the Indra Musikklub, Hamburg. Exactly 50 years later Bambi Kino, a collective of New York-based musicians, have recreated the show at the same venue. Named ...

Roni Rekomaa, AFP/Getty Images Around 40 rock fans have been treated for injuries -- with two seriously hurt -- after a freak thunderstorm hit the final Sonisphere festival of the Summer in Finland on Sunday, Aug. 8. Although the storm lasted just a few minutes, the damage was so severe the rock festival's second stage had to be abandoned ...

PA Photos M.I.A. had her set cut short headlining the Big Chill Festival on Saturday, Aug. 7, after hundreds of fans invaded the stage 30 minutes before she was due to finish. The 'Paper Planes' star had invited members of the audience up to join her for 'Slumdog Millionaire' track 'O Saya' during the encore, but the avalanche of people ...