U2 frontman Bono called for the “safe keeping” of Aung San Suu Kyi as the band played their final show at London’s Wembley Stadium tonight. The singer told the audience to send a prayer to the Burmese pro-democracy leader, who was last week found guilty of breaching the terms of her house arrest. Read more >>

Noel Gallagher got royally smashed at the official U2 after party in London in the early hours of Saturday, leaving the exclusive event on a friends shoulders. The bladdered Oasis man was one of an array of special guests who convened on Home House Private Members Club following the first of two U2 shows at Wembley Stadium. Read more >>

U2 guitarist The Edge has defended the bands elaborate stage set up and the carbon foot print the bands tour is causing. The band are currently taking to the stage surrounded by three steel structures which cost between £15m and £20m each, offering a largely unobstructed view of the rock quartet. Read more >>

Allen Shellenberger, the drummer with Californian rock outfit Lit, has died of brain cancer at the age of 39. The sticks man lost his 15 month battle with the disease, malignant glioma, last Thursday (August 13). Read more >>

Patrick Wolf spat and hurled stage equipment at stage hands at a festival in Germany last week. The singer was angered when security pulled the plug on his set at the C/O Pop festival last Thursday and proceeded to throw a tantrum of epic proportions. Read more >>

Legendary Seattle label Sub-Pop are to release a commemorative 20th anniversary edition of Nirvana's debut album 'Bleach'. Recorded on white vinyl the remastered, expanded double CD/EP will include a previously unreleased live recording of the group's February 9, 1990 performance at Portland's Pine Street Theatre. Read more >>

Lily Allen broke down in tears at a festival in Finland last night (August 16), complaining she was suffering from a back injury. Read more >>

Radiohead have today admitted that the song 'These Twisted Words', which emerged online last week, is indeed them and have given the Nigel Godrich produced song away online for free. Posting on the official Radiohead website guitarist Jonny Greenwood said, “We've been recording for a while, and this was one of the first we finished. We're pretty proud of it. Read more >>

Details of Christina Aguilera's forthcoming album have emerged today. Entitled 'Light and Darkness' the U.S pop star has enlisted the help of M.I.A, Santigold, Ladytron and Le Tigre as well as production from Linda Perry and the singer Sia. Read more >>

Michael Jackson will be buried on his birthday, according to his father, Joseph. The 81-year-old told the New York Daily News plans had been finalised in recent days for the ceremony to take place at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles on August 29. Read more >>