At 92, Dame Vera Lynn has Britain's No. 1 record

At age 92, Dame Vera Lynn has beaten the Arctic Monkeys and even the Beatles to capture the No. 1 record in Britain.

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Arctic Monkeys Are Fastest British Debut

The Arctic Monkeys' first album, "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not," has become the fastest-selling debut in British chart history, with sales of more than 360,000 copies during its first week on the charts.

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'Guitar Hero 5' is expected to be released worldwide this autumn, and with the latest upgrade of the smash hit game comes a raft of new artists to play along with, including Gorillaz, Bob Dylan, The White Stripes and Coldplay.

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PROTEST rocker Billy Bragg has revealed how a chance encounter in Louth led to a guest appearance on his new album by music legend Robert Wyatt.

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Whatever People Say I Am...: Arctic Monkeys Album Review

It took me a while to buy the 2006 release from the Arctic Monkeys "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not." I loved the first single, "I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor" but was convinced the fun of this hit couldn't last and that the rest of the LP wou …

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Supporting a rock band used to be an act of rebellion. In the face of today's mounting music piracy, it has become an act of conscience.

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Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner and The Rascals' Miles Kane are set to record an album together later this month. The pair became friends when Kane's first band The Little Flames supported Arctic Monkeys on their early tour.

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The 2007 Nationwide Mercury Prize nominations have been announced, and you can win a nominated album of your choice courtesy of TuneTribe...

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Fire crews have now brought a blaze at legendary Melbourne live venue The Palace under control, after a fire broke out in the building around 3pm AEST today (July 11).

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Instead of pointing to legal or health consequences, Scottish authorities are stressing the social costs of cocaine production and trafficking as part of their prevention strategy.

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"Especially when we're using enough power for 10 houses just for (stage) lighting. It'd be a bit hypocritical," he said in an interview before a concert in Paris. Bass player Nick O'Malley chimes in: "And we're always jetting off on aeroplanes!"

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Private jets for climate change!" joked the singer from British rock band Muse about Live Earth earlier this year, creating an awkward tag for the biggest ever series of "green" celebrity concerts.

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Arctic Monkeys shiver at Live Earth 'hypocrisy' Jul 4 10:57 PM US/Eastern Rock group Arctic Monkeys have become the latest music industry stars to question whether the performers taking part in Live Earth on Saturday are suitable climate change activists.

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The Ivor Novello awards, the equivalent of the Brit awards for songwriters, have been handed out in central London this afternoon, with the Arctic Monkeys the biggest winners.

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The band crammed 21 songs into little more than an hour, playing fast and loud and savage.

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Finally, no use for Myspace anymore.

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Songs by Amy Winehouse and the Arctic Monkeys have been nominated for the prestigious 2007 Ivor Novello Awards for songwriting. The 52nd Ivor Novello awards will take place in London on 24 May.

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Newest bands at Summercase...

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Arctic Monkeys has been named Best British Band at the Brit Awards. And topping that award the band also took the Best British Album title.

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2007 Sounds Pretty Good to Me

The last 30 to 60 days has seen every major and minor publication in print and online, including Newsvine scrambling to put together "the best" music of 2006.

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If you're fed up of albums of the year lists, no wonder.

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Oasis were crowned 'Best Act in the World Today' at the Q Awards beating rock heavyweights U2.

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Chart-topping Sheffield band The Arctic Monkeys are leading the shortlist for this year's Q Awards, with a total of four nominations.

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Arctic Monkeys have won this year's Mercury Prize for their album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not. The Sheffield-based band, whose album became the fastest-selling debut in the UK in February, were strong favourites to take the award.

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The Sheffield four piece talk about new material. Interesting: two new tracks in one month. Much more of this and we may see another Arctic Monkeys album before the year ends. Maybe they want the sophomore jinx done and over with?

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new rock sensation from England, The Arctic Monkeys play to a home crowd.

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Proof that spreading and sharing music via the internet could help sales when done the right way.

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