The Darkness Secures Top UK Rock Award
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Glam rocker Justin Hawkins appears naked except for a guitar on the latest issue of Kerrang! magazine and declares of his fans: "They salivate at the prospect of seeing us and then when they do they sweat. Its all round moisture loss."
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Arctic Monkeys, the band that attracted a massive following on the Internet before they had even released a single, have won the prestigious Mercury Prize for their debut album.
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By one measure of its success,  chart-topping rock band The Darkness has sold enough song  downloads, T-shirts and thongs on its official Web site  http://www.TheDarknessRock.com to nearly finance the group's  next recording.
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Belle & Sebastian are named the best Scottish band of all time, beating Brit nominees Franz Ferdinand.
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The debut album by Kanye West is named best album of 2004 in a round-up of the UK's end-of-year polls.
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LONDON (Billboard) - The Rolling Stones, Cliff Richard,  Queen, Michael Jackson and Robbie Williams were chosen by fans  to be inducted into the U.K. Music Hall of Fame at the  inaugural ceremony Thursday.
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British bands swept the NME music awards  on Thursday, with last year's champions the Arctic Monkeys  doing it again in 2007 with two more prizes.
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Rock group Oasis have claimed the top two spots in a poll of the nation's best ever albums on Monday, ahead of iconic albums by The Beatles and Pink Floyd.
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A bitter but haunting diatribe against a snooty ex-girlfriend has won the title of Greatest Rock&#39;n&#39;Roll Song of All Time, from the US music magazine that shares the ballad&#39;s name.
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The four-piece group picked up the Mercury Music Prize for Best British Album Of The Year, just after being awarded GQ magazineâs Band Of The Year.
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Welsh rock band the Manic Street Preachers will be honoured at next February's NME Awards.
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Franz Ferdinand have won this year&#39;s Mercury Music Prize. The Glasgow four piece emerged victorious over the likes of The Streets, The Zutons, Amy Winehouse and Jamelia, to take the prestigious title, and
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Arctic Monkeys win this year's Mercury Prize for their album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.
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UK record companies are celebrating their best ever year for album sales, with 237 million sold in 12 months.
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John Lennon has defeated Elvis Presley to be voted the greatest rock 'n' roll icon of all time in a poll conducted by Q music magazine.
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It&#39;s time to finally put the Big Country jokes to rest--Scottish rock is officially back. Glasgow&#39;s own Franz Ferdinand captured the UK&#39;s top music prize, the Mercury Music Prize, Tuesday
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Rock legends The Who are to receive a lifetime achievement award for live music next month.