Legendary singer to kick off American music conference

Morning all, here's the latest rundown. I guess the most significant new arrival this week is from Spiritualized: "Songs In A&E" just arrived. We're on Track Five right now.

12-date UK tour announced to support new album

First in a monthly series of gigs in the capital also sees Peter Von Poehl play

Anything you've wanted to ask one quarter of CSNY?

Roger joins The Zombies and rock legends for benefit gig

Uncut.co.uk reveals the tracklisting

A National Portrait Gallery Exhibition coincides with his visit to London

As I read yet another blog rave or lavish review, I keep returning to this Hercules & Love Affair album; a record I keenly want to like, but can never quite get on with. If you’ve somehow missed all the fuss thus far, it’s an opulent nu-disco album, populated by a cast of New York nightlife denizens (including, most conspicuously, Antony Hegarty), and released on James Murphy’s eccentric but generally trustworthy DFA imprint.

Plus, shows lined up in Dubai and Cape Town