As previously reported on NME.COM, Eels' Mark 'E' Everett planned to place an advert for his new compilation album, 'Useless Trinkets', during the Super Bowl half-time ad slot yesterday (February 3). - Source

We tip our caps to Jools Holland regularly around here, for his musicianship whenever we blow the dust off our Squeeze records, but more frequently when he hosts musicians we love on that BBC show of his. A show which turned 200 episodes old Friday night with a very special lineup of musical well wishers. The Times Online captures the scene:The cake has been sitting all day in the middle of Studio 1 at BBC Television Centre. But only ten minutes before the 200th episode of Later with Jools Holland is due to be recorded does someone realise that lighting 200 candles - and keeping them lit while the studio audience sings Happy Birthday - is easier said than done. The urbane ringmaster of terrestrial music television doesn't fancy his chances of blowing them out either, at least not without singeing his trademark dapper suit.

Johnny Marr joined The Cribs on the Manchester leg of the Shockwaves NME Tour at the weekend, playing The Smiths' 'Panic' plus the Wakefield trio's 'I'm A Realist' as part of the band's headline set. - Source

11 of the 15 songs on Morrissey's outrageously imbalanced new Greatest Hits-- including two new tracks-- date from the last three years, celebrating the career renaissance kicked off by his You Are the Quarry album. - Source

As you might have noticed, some kind of important televised sporting event happened earlier this evening. A ball was kicked and thrown and men in extremely tight pants ran back and forth across something resembling grass. In the middle, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performed, though they didn't really seem to get what all the fuss was about. (Tom didn't even think the occasion was worth shaving for.) - Source

Enjoy 'Untitled 4 (The Nothing Song)' below. Visit Sigur Ros at their MySpace page. - Source

The Cribs were joined onstage by The Smiths' Johnny Marr in Glasgow on the Shockwaves NME Awards Tour last night (February 1). - Source

Enjoy In Rainbows fave, 'House Of Cards', below. Download the tune at bottom of post. - Source

Following a one-off gig in Wheaton, Illinois this month (a solo set) and a brief trek Down Under in March, Sam Beam's Iron amp;amp; Wine will hit the road across the U.S. for a spell. He'll be joined for the second time in a while by his chums in Califone, making this truly the most beards and vests you're likely to see on a single stage this spring. Man, is that a funny line. - Source

Here's the 411, courtesy of Muse's official site: *Following Muse's 2 nights at the new Wembley Stadium last summer, the band is delighted to announce that they will be releasing a CD-DVD package documenting the weekend. Released on March 17th, it will contain an audio CD from Saturday night and a DVD with footage from Sunday night. More information will come very soon!* - Source