Due to something very special lined up for the autumn, So Solid Crew have had to push their biggest headline show, at the O2 in London, back to November 14. All tickets remain valid.

One Direction star Harry Styles has adopted some guerilla recording tactics for the band's forthcoming album - even going as far as to enlist the help of a hotel maid.

Example will release ‘#hits’, a compilation of his greatest hits, on August 5. The 16-track album features the Number 1 singles Stay Awake and Changed The Way You Kiss Me, taken from Example’s platinum selling album ‘Playing In the Shadows’, along with his massive Top 10 hits, Won’t Go Quietly, Kickstarts, Say Nothing, Unorthodox (with Wretch 32) and We’ll Be Coming Back (with Calvin Harris).

Legendary group Earth Wind & Fire will release 'Now, Then & Forever', their first new studio album in eight years, on September 9 via Legacy Recordings. Check out some rehearsal footage below, featuring the album's lead single My Promise.

Frank Turner will release his new single, Losing Days, on September 1 through Xtra Mile Recordings. It's the third single to be taken from his acclaimed fifth studio album ‘Tape Deck Heart’.

Pretty Lights, aka Derek Vincent-Smith, has announced two Bestival warm-up shows.

London-based alternative outfit Theme Park have been forced to cancel their August gig at the Village Underground, but have arranged a brand new show at Scala to make up for it.

German Hardcore mob A Traitor Like Judas have announced the release of their new album ‘Guerilla Heart’ for August 26 through Redfield Records.

The Dillinger Escape Plan have released a live video for Hero Of the Soviet Union, which is taken from their critically acclaimed new album 'One Of Us Is The Killer'.

During the next seven days, the Belgian town of Boom will be overtaken by ravers from all corners of the globe for the next chapter in Tomorrowland's journey.

Montreal outfit the Besnard Lakes have announced a headline show at London's Bush Hall for October 2.

The Rolling Stones have released 'Hyde Park Live' on iTunes. The album features tracks recorded during the band's two Hyde Park gigs on July 6 and 13 as part of the inaugural British Summertime Festival.

Former Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft has dashed fans' reunion hopes, amid claims that "nostalgia is suffocating festivals".

Swedish heavy metal quintet Sabaton have announced the title and the release date of their first DVD/Blu-Ray.

With a new album finally on the horizon, Pelican returned to the Brudenell Social Club with a renewed sense of purpose. Last year’s ‘Ataraxia/Taraxis’ EP was a step in the right direction for sure, but with an all-too-brief running time it also felt somewhat anticlimactic for fans who have been craving a full-length follow-up to 2009’s ‘What We All Come to Need’.

Following appearances at last month's Glastonbury Festival, the Staves have have announced additional UK live dates for November. Fresh from announcing a performance at London's Shepherds Bush Empire last week, the trio have confirmed further shows in Nottingham and Norwich.

Grammy-nominated Seattle rockers The Presidents of the United States of America will return to the UK in early 2014 for a series of live shows.

Actor, comedian, and all round personality Russell Brand has revealed the one thing he’d take to a desert island to make his life there more bearable - a taxidermied Noel Gallagher.

One Direction have released the music video for Best Song Ever - and it’s an epic six minute special.

Following on from their critically acclaimed debut album ‘Secondhand Rapture,’ as well as a short July tour, noir-pop New Yorkers MS MR have announced dates for a November UK tour.