Zooey Deschanel And Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard Split: When Love Goes Wrong In Rock

Yesterday it was announced that indie queen Zooey Deschanel and husband, Death Cab For Cutie singer Ben Gibbard have split - causing 15-year-olds the blogs over to melodramatically exclaim in written unison that "Love is dead".

Poor Ben, just imagine him sitting alone in a darkened room this winter, writing the next deeply-melancholic Death Cab album around a roaring fire, and suddenly the She & Him Christmas album comes on the radio and he's reminded of the heartache all over again. But I guess we don't have to worry as I've already heard the aforementioned record - Zooey's musical output with musician M Ward - and, truth be told, it probably won't make itself anywhere near a radio playlist any time soon.

But without further a-do, we bring to you a wry look at some of the worst break-ups in rock and pop - including the recent split between Sonic Youth art-rock veterans Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, the fashion world's favourite Alex and Alexa, the dethorning of pop-punk's royal couple Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley, and, err, Jessica Simpson's divorce from reality TV star Nick Lachey - which we're all still reeling from the shock of, right?