Lego’s website has an “ideas” section where fans can submit their ideas for new Lego sets and rally support behind their designs. Over 4,000 users are urging Lego to create a Daft-Punk-themed set. “Through costumes, elaborate stage lighting / structures, and even vehicles, Daft Punk have created a visual history that lends itself to Lego,”…

“Please bear in mind that I’m just one old girl with arthritis and I have to rest my hands between dolls,” writes British knitter Kate Park, whose handmade Morrissey dolls have become the year’s hottest Christmas gift among music aficionados. Park is so overwhelmed with inquiries that she’s had to stop taking orders, but you can watch…

Okay, it’s not actually Saruman, heroic-turned-evil wizard of Middle-Earth: it’s Christopher Lee, the 92-year-old actor who plays Saruman in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films. Among Lee’s many pursuits on stage and on record have been heavy-metal holiday singles he’s released each year since 2012. Previous releases included Lee’s takes on “The Little Drummer Boy,” “Silent Night,”…

If the future is 3D, Paul McCartney is there already. He recently released 3D footage of a live performance of “Live and Let Die” via a special app, and now he’s debuted a new video for his song “Hope for the Future” in which the former Beatle appears as a hologram singing his way through a futuristic…

Nominations for the 57th annual Grammy awards were announced on Friday. Leading nominees are Beyoncé and Sam Smith, who each received six nominations; that vaults Beyoncé past Dolly Parton to become the woman with the all-time most Grammy nominations, now a total of 47. Minnesota’s Okee Dokee Brothers were nominated for Best Children’s Album, an award they won two…

If you thought U2‘s Songs of Innocence album cover was awkward, wait until you see their new tour publicity photo (above). At least they’re wearing more clothes than Fleetwood Mac did when they got under the covers for a 1977 Rolling Stone shoot. The Grammys have announced nominations in a few categories; the rest of the 83 categories will be announced…

Yesterday in New York, a grand jury voted not to bring criminal charges against Daniel Pantaleo, a police officer whose chokehold grip on Eric Garner led to Garner’s death. Musicians were among those who rapidly shared responses, many expressing outrage. (Billboard) “Can anyone explain to us why it’s acceptable that there’s no indictment in the murder of…

Prince upgraded himself from guest to featured performer during the W Hollywood’s jazz night on Sunday. As the house band played the Beatles‘ “With a Little Help from My Friends,” Prince picked up a guitar to rip a long solo. (Consequence of Sound) Meanwhile, the Who‘s Roger Daltrey crashed a couple’s wedding in Scotland, cruising up to the stage…

With Bono still recovering from a recent bike accident, Bruce Springsteen and Coldplay‘s Chris Martin stepped up to sing with U2 last night at a World AIDS Day concert in Times Square. Kanye West and Carrie Underwood also performed at the concert (“not with U2, however,” notes Billboard). Martin joined U2 for “Beautiful Day” and “With or Without You,” while Springsteen took the mic for “Where…

Shoppers across the country were busy the day after Thanksgiving, also known as Black Friday. Many music fans flocked to record stores for special releases, adding fuel to a continuing surge in vinyl sales. The vinyl comeback isn’t just an American phenomenon: over the weekend U.K. vinyl sales for the year topped one million—making 2014 the…