One Direction, Disclosure, Florence & The Machine and Pharrell Williams will be appearing at the rebranded Apple Music Festival next month. Apple announced on Tuesday that the musicians will be among the headlining performers at the 10-night festival at London’s iconic Roundhouse in Camden this coming September. 

London: Lily Allen has posted on YouTube showing the making of her recent controversial video for ‘Hard Out Here’. In it she admits she is not a good dancer and learns how to Twerk.

Internet rumours are never to be believed. But when one of them is started by Psy, and it involves three of the biggest stars in the world then you have to take it seriously.

Amsterdam: Miley Cyrus flew in to Amsterdam yesterday and immediately landed herself in controversy once again. She was spotted entering a “coffee” shop with friend, super-model Cara Delevingne and was photographed leaving two hours later.

Definitively one of the five 1D guys!

Dark Tranquillity remains faithful to the original melodic death metal sound they helped in creating. Review of their new opus, Construct.

U.D.O.’s fourteenth full-lengh can best be described as a solid collection of classic tunes for the ’80s metal afficionado. Album review.

This is the news for your afternoon break.

Rejoice! one of the most influential bands in modern music history, Kraftwerk, is touring across the world, and stops by Asia between April 25th and May 4th.

You might have crossed the path of Incredibox’s gangster-looking virtual beatboxers in the Internet nooks and get them help you create your soul music composition. Or, you might get addicted soon after reading our interview with CEO and co-founder Flora Commaret!

Joss Stone, who recently played at the Mosaic Music Festival in Singapore, revealed the importance of her family life in a recent interview in a UK newspaper.

A refreshing tour in Reykjavik with a groovy track.

Festive French band Les Mauvaises Langues will take China by storm in March. We’ve chatted with Hervé Poinas, bass player, before they boarded the plane.

Music Weekly discusses with Midem director, Bruno Crolot, about this year’s edition (January 26-29): highlights, Asian fever, future and evolution of the conference.

Alt-J’s awesome wave will hit the shores of Asia, Europe and the USA in 2013.

It’s been a while since we saw an all-girl band rocking it out on the stage, so here comes the Plastiscines: the all-female rock band hailing from France. Read their interview and catch them live in Zouk Singapore on Nov. 24!

‘Something New” by Frost – a spooky and perfectly directed videoclip.

Melancholic pop, that’s how Swedish Sarah Assbring aka El Perro Del Mar’s music is often referred to. Read a little more about this liberated artist and stream her new album Pale Fire.

Rangleklods aka Esben Andersen is a bit of a bee and honey aficionado and sees bees as the perfect correlation of order and chaos; hence the album title Beekeper.

Finnish-born ‘cloud-based record label’ Musick Kickup provides a one-stop solution for bands and artists to establish a strong presence via a complete music toolbox. Read Music Weekly’s interview with Perttu Sutinen, COO and Co-Founder.