Music Law updates have published a new article by music lawyer Ben Challis titled 'Welcome to the Jungle' which looks at the liabilities and laws that promoters, artists, security companies and venues face when fans, and sometimes performers, indulge in crowd surfing, stage diving and often agressive moshing.

Adam Driscoll, co-founder of MAMA, the venues, management and promotion group now owned by HMV, has left the company.

Reaction to BBC Director General Mark Thompson's announcement that the BBC's 6Music and Asian Network radio stations would close have been universally negative - with commentators including David Bowie and Michael and Emily Eavis, the Glastonbury festivals organisers, criticising the pending demise of 6Music.

Renowned bass player Tom 'T-Bone' Wolk has died after suffering a heart attack.

Houston attorney Jim Moriarty, himself an apparent victim of a ticket scam over the Bejing Olympics, has taken on the defence of  ticket broker Gene Hammett, who said he was scammed out of three million dollars over tickets for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Three of the four suspects in the Wiseguy Tickets case have pleaded not guilty in federal court in New Jersey.

Ozzy Osbourne is taking former bandmate Tommy Iommi to court over the rights to the Black Sabbath name.

Live Nation Entertainment has announced that it is dropping CTS Eventim for ticketing in North America and replacing it with Ticketmaster, which Live Nation merged with last month..

The Metropolitan Police's central e-crime unit are warning English football fans to avoid ticket and travel scams saying that all tickets for the Fifa World Cup finals in South Africa will be personalised and that tickets can only be obtained from www.fifa.com saying

The BBC's leaked plans to shut alternative music station 6Music and the Asian Network have prompted angry repsonses from musicians, music industry leaders and staff.