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From NME:

• Feargal Sharkey attempting to stop live music bureaucracy
• REM complete world tour in Mexico
• U2 producer talks about their new album
• Elvis Costello turns talk show host
• Johnny Marr joins John Frusciante on new album
• Billy Bragg: 'Barack Obama is good for rock 'n' roll'
• Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis' book set for TV adaptation
• Paul Weller's smoking results in official warning
• Peter Gabriel 'free' music service launches

From Pitchfork:

• The Kinks to Release First-Ever Box Set
• New Order Camp Addresses Reissue Grievances
• Pitchfork.tv: Nick Cave: Interview Part 2
• R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe Designs Polo Shirt for Lacoste
  

Headlines...

From Billboard:

• Ultravox Reuniting For 2009 Tour
• Social Distortion will Anchor Musink Tour

From NME:

• Depeche Mode singer asks to appear on frYars debut
• Johnny Marr gives first university lecture
• Ray Davies says a new Kinks album is underway
• The Cure to headline Shockwaves NME Awards Big Gig 2009
• Pet Shop Boys to receive Outstanding Contribution Award at BRITS
• This came on the eve of the election: Ramones deny they're backing John McCain in US presidential election

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Headlines...

From Billboard:

• U2 Tower Shelved As Credit Crisis Spooks

From NME:

• The Cure respond to 2009 Godlike Genius award
• Bjork and Radiohead's Thom Yorke release single

From Pitchfork:

• Bjork Writes About Icelandic Environment, Economy

From Rolling Stone:

• Video: How Duran Duran Made “Hungry Like the Wolf”
• MTV Cleans Out The Vaults With New Music Video Website