Musicians including Billy Bragg, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien and Blur's Dave Rowntree have said that fans should not be prosecuted for illegally downloading music from the internet.

Echo And The Bunnymen, Idlewild, Little Boots, Wire, Billy Bragg and Golden Silvers have been added to the line-up of the Camden Crawl festival for 2009.

-- Whoever picks bands for those iTunes Live Sessions deserves a beer. Thus far, the series of iTunes-only EPs has featured stalwarts like Spiritualized and Billy Bragg, and just last week, My Morning Jacket. And on February 3, San Franciscan noise-pop weirdos Deerhoof will drop their own Apple-endorsed short-player. It features live versions of...

Former Clash guitarist Mick Jones, Billy Bragg and Babyshambles' Drew McConnell have announced that they will perform at the forthcoming Jail Guitar Doors gig at the Hackney Round Chapel on December 11.

Reverend And The Makers and Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly were amongst a host of guest artists who joined Billy Bragg onstage tonight (November 27) to support his plan to teach prisoners to play music.