Monday 7th March

Pendulum have been added to the list of headliners for this year’s RockNess festival.

The Aussie drum and bass act will take the top slot on the Friday, with Leftfield on the Saturday and The Strokes playing the Sunday.

Festival organiser Jim King said: “This is an important announcement for the festival.

“Pendulum have been a hugely impressive band over the last year, their new album is amazing and looks set to take them even higher.

“There’s now no better reason to get to Loch Ness on the Friday than simply to check out their new live show in the Clash Arena.”

Vampire Weekend, Fatboy Slim, Doves, Friendly Fires and Enter Shikari are also playing at the event, which will be held between Friday 11th and Sunday 13th June at Loch Ness.

My Chemical Romance drummer Bob Bryar has left the group after six years.

The announcement was made on the band’s website via a statement that read: “Hello Friends. Recently it seems as though every time we write to you guys we have bad news, and we apologize for that, but we’ve learned in life you can’t have the sweet without the sour.

“As a band we have been very fortunate over the years that our sweet times have greatly outweighed the sour ones, and a great deal of that is owed to you, the fans.

“Which is why we wanted this news to come from us and not some… gossip site.

“As of four weeks ago, My Chemical Romance and Bob Bryar parted ways.

“This was a painful decision for all of us to make and was not taken lightly.

“We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors and expect you all to do the same.”

Bryar replaced original drummer Matt Pelissier in 2004. It has not been announced who will be stepping in to his place.

Dave Grohl has revealed that the Foo Fighters will start recording their next album in September.

The frontman said his band are starting to write new songs for what will be their seventh studio release.

He said: “Foo Fighters have just started writing and we’re going to start recording in September so life is full of music.”

Grohl’s other band, Them Crooked Vultures, are also set to release new material this year.