6.50 Welcome to the annual (mostly) No Rock And Roll Fun Eurovision Song Contest liveblog. It's like Politics Live With Andrew Sparrow, only without the insight. Or the politics. Or, actually, this year it's with the politics. The idea of holding the Eurovision in Baku - a contest about communication and fabulousness in a nation built for repression and hate - is just wrong. It's too hostile an environment, like dragging the Winter Olympics to Dubai. Although it's surely only a matter of time before they do the Winter Olympics in Dubai. Admittedly, the Song Contest could ...

The 2012 Olympic Games in London will no doubt be one of the year’s most exciting events, but the journey to the games as an athlete is no walk in the park. In their new video for “The Fighter”, their new Ryan Tedder-featuring single from The Papercut Chronicles II, Gym Class Heroes showcase the physical and emotional struggle and quest ... More »

John Lydon -- aka Johnny Rotten -- talks about "This is PiL," Public Image Ltd.'s first album in 20 years, plus his Sex Pistols legacy, the Olympic Games, the rift with Jah Wobble, Green Day, punk, pop and debt. http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/immaculate-noise

Trying to determine “the best” album of the year is always going to be an exercise in subjectivity, and well it should be.  You can assign points for technical proficiency, and set all kinds of arbitrary criteria as if this was a figure skating competition, but even at the Olympics, they’re looking at artistic impression.  [...]

A date has been set for the Morrissey versus NME & Conor McNicholas court case , where Steven will claim that the NME altered quotes from him to make him look a little bit racist. His website invites people to drop by: In light of the NME's refusal to apologize to Morrissey for fabricating parts of their 2007 interview with him in order to make Morrissey appear to be racist, the High Court hearing of Morrissey -vs- Conor McNicholas and IPC/NME now has a set date of July 16, 17, 18 and 19. Anyone wishing to offer support to Morrissey ...

The PM has named Dark Side of the Moon as his favourite album of all time. How do you rate his musical tastes? David Cameron has named Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon as his favourite album of all time. The Prime Minister revealed his choice on Facebook as part of the GREAT campaign, an initiative designed by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to promote the UK abroad. Given that the campaign "aims to deliver long-term economic benefits" from interest in the UK generated by the Olympics, a financially successful British act such as Pink Floyd ...

If you aren't psyched for the Olympics, then Vogue's goal is to get you hype. In spirit of the Olympic event that only comes every four years ,  Vogue decided to break some rules of their own. PHOTOS: Kanye & Kim K. Indulge In A Little Role Play During Vogue Shoot The Annie Leibovitz-shot June cover features soccer player Hope Solo, swimmer Ryan Lochte, and Serena Williams , making this the fourth time that Vogue has ever featured a male on their cover and the first time a male is featured without a model or an actress.  Granted, the athletes Vogue ...

In promising news, details of four upcoming concerts by the legendary Britpop band Blur have been released in preparation of their big London performance for the Olympics. The Wolverhampton Civic Hall's official website revealed today that the band would be playing on August 5th & 6th along with two other dates at Winter Gardens and Plymouth Pavilions. A post on the official Blur Facebook page has also hinted at the news, saying "you around early August? Sign up at Blur.co.uk and we'll mail you Tuesday morning." To those who have signed up at the site, some pre-sale ...

Blur announce three warm up shows ahead of their Hyde Park date this summer. Blur shows don't come around very often. Coaxed out of retirement by the Olympics committee the band are set to headline a special show this summer, to coincide with the global sporting event arriving on London soil. Now the band have unveiled three warm up shows. Blur are set to play a short burst of intimate dates ahead of their Hyde Park appearance, mixing a two night stand in the Midlands with a visit to the seaside. The Britpop giants will play Margate Gardens on ...

Ahead of their performance at the Olympics.

Photo by  Kirstie Shanley Earlier this year, Damon Albarn called  Blur 's upcoming  performance for the Olympics' closing ceremony their final show . Later, he said that may not be the case . Regardless, the band has announced four warm up shows in the UK before their Hyde Park show. Check out the dates below, along with a performance of their newest song, "Under the Westway" . Blur: 08-01 Margate, England - Margate Winter Gardens 08-05 Wolverhampton, England - Wolverhampton Civic Hall 08-06 Wolverhampton, England - Wolverhampton Civic Hall 08-07 Plymouth, England - Plymouth Pavilions 08-08 - 08-11 Skanderborg, Denmark - Smukfest 08-09 - 08-11 Gothenberg, Sweden - Way Out West ...

According to Damon Albarn, the Olympics' closing mini-festival at Hyde Park will be the last public

Each year before the Olympics begins, the Aquatic Centre opened in London in may. This huge amazing aquatic building carries a roof span greater than Heathrow Terminal several. Construction on the aquatics centre begun back in 08, designed by intercontinental acclaimed recorded Zaha Hadid. Typically the Aquatics centre contains a 50 meter competition pool, a [...]

Corporate partner/rapper B.O.B was on Leno last night, performing a song called "Champions" that they recorded for the Olympics and ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/watch-bob-team-up-with-oar-on-leno-for-their-olymp/65141/

Click here now to see their answers to your questions The figures responsible for the UK's best big festivals – Glastonbury and Bestival – will be online to answer your questions at 1pm on Friday 11 May. Leave your questions here More than 300 bands are gathering for the Great Escape in Brighton this week, but the festival is more than just a celebration of new talent: running alongside it is a music industry convention , with figures such as the Guardian's Alexis Petridis discussing everything from how to get started in the business, the point of record reviews and how ...