Lou Reed at 70 arrives onstage at the Festival Hall to do his bit for Antony Hegarty’s Meltdown programme dressed like a stroppy teenager in a baggy black basketball vest, gold medallions around his neck and what looks like a pair of tracksuit bottoms. He looks frail these days, though tonight slightly less so than last year at the Hammersmith Apollo, and perhaps no wonder when you consider what he’s put his body through over the years before he embraced his current sobriety.

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The star of the new acclaimed documentary Searching For Sugar Man, singer songwriter Rodriguez, is set to play a one-off show in London. Rodriguez will perform at the Royal Festival Hall on November 17. The 70 year old cult musician will be backed by a full band. Searching For Sugar Man is in selected cinemas now and will be released on DVD in November. The soundtrack is out now.

Elbow, Band Of Horses and Hot Chip are among the new additions to the line-up for London's iTunes Festival this year. Elbow and Bat For Lashes will play together at London's Roundhouse on September 7, while Hot Chip will headline the venue themselves on September 29. Band Of Horses will support Jack White on September 8.

David Bowie, Sex Pistols, The Rolling Stones and Kate Bush all turned down the chance to appear in yesterday's Olympic Games closing ceremony, according to reports. According to The Guardian, all of the above artists were approached, but declined the invite to take part from the ceremony's producer Kim Gavin. The piece also states that The Who – who did appear last night (August 12)– turned down Gavin twice before finally agreeing to play the event in Stratford, East London.

Kate Bush has praised the organisers of the Olympic closing ceremony, after a remix of "Running Up That Hill" was used in last night's finale. The track prematurely appeared on Amazon last week, sparking rumours that the reclusive singer was going to make a rare live performance. The track was subsequently taken down, before being officially released after last night's (August 12) event.

Killing Joke frontman Jaz Coleman has resurfaced after he was declared missing over two weeks ago. The veteran post-punkers, who released their 15th studio album 2012 earlier this year, posted a statement on July 31 on their official Facebook page saying that they were "concerned for Coleman's welfare" as they had not heard from him. However, Coleman has now resurfaced, revealing that he has been living a nomadic existence in the Western Sahara in Africa. He says he was surprised that "any fuss" was made over his disappearance.

The Flaming Lips have confirmed full details of the musical which is based around their 2002 album Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots. The production, which has been directed and put together by Des McAnuff, will run from November 6 to December 16 at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, California.

Elvis Costello has announced an extensive UK tour for next summer. The singer, who released his 24th studio album National Ransom in 2010, will play 16 dates across the UK in May and June next year. The tour will once again feature Costello and his band asking members of the audience to spin a huge wheel and select the next song in the set. Costello's original wheel tour took place in 1986, opening at the Los Angeles Beverly Theatre, before a three night residency at London's Royal Albert Hall. Elvis Costello will play:

Blur made an electrifying return to Hyde Park last night (August 12). The Britpop legends played as part of the Mayor of London's Olympic closing ceremony celebrations in central London. Performing under a giant stage set of London's Westway dual carriageway, the band kicked off with a buoyant "Girls And Boys" before launching into Parklife favourites "London Loves", "Tracy Jacks" and "Jubilee".