Bob Dylan will preview two songs from his new album, Tempest, on the American TV show Strike Back, according to breaking news this morning.

The Grateful Dead are set to release an 18-CD box set on September 1. According to a report on Rolling Stone, the set - released by Rhino in America and available to pre-order at www.dead.net - is limited to 9,000 copies and includes six full concerts, one from each venue on that tour and a 60-page hardcover book. The shows in Spring 1990 will not be sold individually, but Rhino also has in the works a two-CD compilation of material from the box. It is not clear whether the Spring 1990 box set will be available in the UK.

Bob Dylan has been speaking about his new album, Tempest. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Dylan explained that the album - his 35th studio record - started out as "something more religious," he says. "I just didn't have enough [religious songs]. Intentionally, specifically religious songs is what I wanted to do. That takes a lot more concentration to pull that off 10 times with the same thread – than it does with a record like I ended up with."

Bruce Springsteen passed a whole new milestone last night [July 31] by playing a show that lasted for over four hours. The singer, who was played the final night of his European tour in the Finnish capital city of Helsinki, played a set that lasted for four hours and six minutes in the city's Olympiastadion.

Bill Doss of Olivia Tremor Control has died at the age of 43. A singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, he was also a co-founder of the Elephant 6 collective, and played with the Sunshine Fix and Apples in Stereo, as well as being part of cult indie rock group, Olivia Tremor Control. The band announced the news on their website – via Rolling Stone - writing: "We are devastated by the loss of our brother Bill Doss… We are at a loss for words." A cause of death has not yet been announced.

Tom Waits has released a cryptic picture, fuelling speculation that he is set to announce live shows, possibly of port cities or even aboard a boat. The photo, pictured above and entitled Permission To Come Aboard?, sees Waits dressed as a cigar chomping pirate - complete with cutlass and eye patch - above the date August 7, on which a full announcement is expected to be made.

KISS have revealed full details of their new studio album 'Monster'. The album, which is the 20th LP of the metal veterans' career, will be released on October 15 in the UK and October 16 in the US. You can see the album's artwork at the top of the screen. Monster contains a total of 13 tracks, including recent single "Hell Or Hallejulah", which serves as the album's opening track and which you can hear by scrolling down to the bottom of the page.

Blur played two intimate gigs at London's Maida Vale Studios yesterday (July 31) and aired a number of rare tracks. The four-piece, who recently broadcast their two new songs, "Under The Westway" and "The Puritan" from a secret UK location via a live video stream performance on Twitter, first performed an intimate session for BBC Radio 6Music, which you can see at the bottom of the page.

Killing Joke have appealed for information about the whereabouts of their singer Jaz Coleman, who they say has gone missing. The band, who released their 15th studio album 2012 earlier this year, have posted a statement on their official Facebook page saying that they are "concerned for Coleman's welfare" as they have not heard from him. The band have posted the statement after a post on their Facebook page, purported to be from Coleman, suggested that they were pulling out of a tour with The Cult and The Mission.

Aerosmith have revealed that Julian Lennon and Johnny Depp are set to feature on their forthcoming album Music From Another Dimension!. The album, which is the band's 15th, will be released on November 6 in the US. It was previously slated for August 28 but was pushed back because of that week's hectic release schedule.