Folk supergroup celebrate their 40th anniversary and join SFA and Spiritualized

Autumn date is leaked by online retailer, plus band set up LP preview site

Deluxe versions of 17 albums will coincide with The Boss' UK Satdium tour

The Courteeners are not, as regular readers could probably guess, the sort of band I like much, and I generally try not to let the existence of groups like them bug me. Occasionally, though, I’ll become passingly outraged by something – like, say, the constant and wildly optimistic comparison that keeps being drawn between the Courteeners and The Smiths.

The Bat out of Hell will play eight shows in the UK, a year after tour was cancelled

Find out who's joining Primal Scream, MMJ and Rufus here

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Fans snap up band's new single in first 24 hours

Out of London for a couple of days, and I'm welcomed back by a bunch of new records, including a new Sonic Youth EP which features their extensive - and terribly-received by most of the crowd except me, if memory serves - jam at All Tomorrow's Parties in 2000. It sounds terrific, happily.

The Marvel comic done in bombastic style, starring Robert Downey Jr and Jeff Bridges