So, Skindred. You know the drill by now: slick nu-metal riffs, infectious reggae beats, samples, swinging your clothes around in the air at the end of a gig...basically, one of the most inventive bands currently plying their trade in the UK.

Motorhead have been forced to pull their European tour dates, originally scheduled to go ahead in November last year but rescheduled to February 2014.

Paul Weller has taken top spot on this week’s Stereoboard Hot Ticket Chart, with sales for his series of Forest Live shows sending Ed Sheeran, last week’s chart topper, tumbling to eighth.

The Midnight Beast will bring their offbeat musical comedy to Birmingham Institute on March 19.

Justin Bieber has been released on bond following his arrest in Miami.

The Heartbreaks have released a video for their new single, Hey, Hey Lover.

Interpol will headline the NME Awards Tour in March 2014, with support from Temples, Royal Blood and Circa Waves. NME Awards Tour 2014/Interpol Tickets are ON SALE 9AM TODAY, Friday January 24, priced from £21.60 plus fees. 

AWOLNATION have lined up five UK headline shows for May. AWOLNATION Tickets are ON SALE 9AM TODAY, Friday January 24, priced from £13 and £15 plus fees.

Daryl Hall and John Oates will return to the UK later this year, stopping off at a handful of British and Irish concert halls in July. Hall and Oates Tickets are ON SALE 9AM TODAY, Friday January 24, priced from £35 plus fees.

Post-punk troupe Maximo Park have announced details of two intimate album launch concerts, confirming special performances at London's Sebright Arms and Newcastle's Bridge Hotel.

A special 20th Anniversary edition of Pantera's legendary album, ‘Far Beyond Driven’ is set for release on March 24. 

London indie-folk outfit Fanfarlo have dropped the video for new song Landlocked.

Basia Bulat will return to the UK in 2014 to celebrate the release of her album 'Tall Tall Shadow'.

Poliça have unveiled a new video for their latest single, I Need $.

Details have emerged of a new bootleg project from Bruce Springsteen.

Members of UB40 are seeking legal advice after three former bandmates - Ali Campbell, Mickey Virtue and Astro -  announced last week that they were uniting to record a new album under the same name. 

Example has announced his return with a new single, Kids Again, which will see a release on March 16. 

Gerard Way has spoken about Fake Your Death, which he describes as the 'last' My Chemical Romance track.

Eels will release a new album, 'The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett', on April 21.

While work continues on their debut album, Hacktivist will take time out in February and March to play Australian rock festival Soundwave, a selection of UK club shows and their first ever Parisian headline show.​