Neil Young & Crazy Horse kicked off the European leg of their Alchemy tour last night (June 2). The band played in Waldbühne, Berlin, an outdoor arena with a capacity of 22,000. According to reports, the stage sets that the band had used on the previous legs of the tour were absent.

Atoms For Peace have revealed more footage of themselves rehearsing ahead of their forthcoming tour. This morning (June 3), Nigel Godrich tweeted a YouTube clip of the band performing "Rabbit In Your Headlights" – Yorke's 1998 collaboration with electronic duo UNKLE – scroll down to watch it.

Brian May led thousands on a march through London yesterday (June 1) to protest the UK Government's planned badger cull. The guitarist opposes the culling of badgers, which authorities say is necessary to combat bovine tuberculosis (TB), and submitted a petition with 234,000 signatures to Downing Street demanding the scheme be axed. Speaking at the demonstration, organised for the day before culling is due to start in west Gloucestershire and West Somerset, Brian May told reporters: "If the Government don't listen to us today the pressure will still be there.

Lou Reed has said he is "feeling better and stronger than ever" following a life-saving liver transplant last month. On Saturday (June 1), Reed's wife Laurie Anderson revealed that her husband had been recovering since his operation but suggested that he might not "ever totally recover" from the surgery. However, Reed has since posted a message to fans on Facebook, where he described himself as a "triumph of modern medicine" and announced that he is looking forward to returning to the stage.

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