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Converse is rolling out its Three Artists One Song campaign for the first time in Asia in Korea, with local indie rockers Jaurim, hip-hop band Aziatix and electronic trio Idiotape onboard. The brand has tasked the trio of artists with joining forces to create an original song.

A photograph of The Beatles walking over the Abbey Road pedestrian crossing will go on sale at Bloomsbury Auctions in London today. No, not that photo, but a rare one of them walking in the other direction.

If you work in construction you really should be listening to classic rock and heavy metal while you labour, but don’t even think of tuning in to ambient or classical.

Get ready for next month’s Anti-Jubilee Punk Party in London, hosted by Sailor Jerry rum and music magazine Clash. The nation has been handed a right royal day off on 3 June to mark the queen’s 60 years on the British throne, and appropriate Anti-Jubilee music festivities will take place in London at Sailor Jerry’s recently opened Charing Cross Street venue Hotel Street.

San Francisco band Train is doing its bit for the local vineyards, having teamed up with Napa Valley to market wine. The rockers have joined forces with ACME Wine Movers and released a Cabernet Sauvignon by the name of California 37 (which happens to be the title of the latest album, too).

Beer brand Caffrey’s has teamed up with Spotify to roll out a series of exclusive radio shows on the music-streaming platform. The four programmes will be fronted by radio and TV presenter Pete Donaldson and Alex Zane, from Channel 4′s Rude Tube. Users of Spotify’s free service in the UK will see and hear ads and homepage takeovers which will direct them to Caffrey’s campaign site where they can vote on their favourite ‘redefined’ classic songs in line with the brand tagline ‘Redefining Smooth. The most popular nominated songs will be featured on one of the Caffrey’s Redefined Classics radio shows.

Universal Music is launching a chain of virtual vinyl stores in partnership with fashion retailer Pretty Green – which was founded by Liam Gallagher – using Mobile Money Network’s Simply Tap checkout app. The shops will be open for music business 24 hours a day at 10 Pretty Green outlets across the country starting 24 May, with 12 titles – including The Rolling Stones’ Exile On Main Street and Elbow’s Seldom Seen Kid – for sale.

The Barack Obama re-election campaign has released a new Spotify playlist which, in the spirit of democracy, is a compilation of songs suggested by supporters following a request for tracks issued via Twitter and Tumblr.