A new festival, put together by Mean Fiddler [who look after Reading and Leeds and Glastonbury], is to debut this summer.
The Latitude festival will take place in Southwold, Suffolk and will feature 3 live stages. There will also be readings, poetry, comedy, film, art and DJ sets. Additionally, a leftfield stage will also be present for politics and performances.
The headliners unveiled so far as Snow Patrol, Antony And The Johnsons and Mogwai and tickets will be on sale for £40 for a day and £95 for the weekend.
A fracas at Heathrow Airport involved Snoop Dogg and his entourage ended in arrest on Wednesday. The group were told they weren’t allowed to board their flight, to perform in South Africa, and they “became abusive and pushed officers” which reportedly left seven police officers with minor injuries.
Stanley Donwood, who became widely long thanks to his work on the album and poster art for Radiohead will launch his own show for a month at the Lazarides Gallery in Greek Street, London, on May 19th. His work on The Bends was loved and his album cover for the limited edition of Amnesiac won a Grammy for Best Recording Package.
Exeter’s Thousand Natural Shocks are coming out with a double A side single [released on June 12th] and tour. The record, Under The Sun b/w Attack is the band’s debut and has been described by Dan from the band as ‘essentially new wave with a bit of an art-rock thing going on, played with the energy of punk. But there’s also a big emphasis on making it dance, big beat and fast funk based. We all like a bit of a rave!’
Young punk band Outl4w, who got known on the back of XFM exposure, are to release their own live DVD.
Big Dada signings Spank Rock are coming to Europe to tour with their unique style of electro-carnage and will be playing a number of UK dates. MC Spank Rock, Devlin, Ronnie Darko and XXXchange will be playing cuts from their debut album Yoyoyoyoyo which got a belting review over in 
The Charalatans gig in Wolverhampton was overshadowed when a fan fell from the balcony and landed 20 feet below. Police have said that the man was dancing on the balcony and fell over the safety barrier.
Courtney Love has joined forces with former 4 Non Blondes singer Linda Perry to write her new album, after having successfully gotten through her rehab.
Public Enemy front man Chuck D is branching out into the communications market and bringing out a new company called Chuck D Mobile.
Hip hop fashion entrepreneur Mark Ecko has filed a lawsuit against the Mayor and City of New York on behalf of seven graffiti artists. All seven are under 21 and have been found guilty under the new law in the City whereby it is a criminal offence to possess spray paint or broad tipped markers, regardless of whether you have them for an art class or for your job. This ridiculous ruling is something which Ecko vehemently protests, as is the law that under 21s legally can’t buy spray paint. In a statement he said: