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New Order to curate Live From Jodrell Bank gig

New Order will play and curate a day of music from Manchester's Jodrell Bank. The series see bands perform beneath the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire. New Order will headline the event, and the band have also enlisted Johnny Marr, The Whip, ex-Bad Lieutenant man Jake Evans and Hot Vestry to play on July 7, 2013.

World’s first Ringo Starr exhibition to open this summer

The world's first major exhibition about the life of The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is set to open this summer. Ringo: Peace & Love will open at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on June 12 and close in November 2013, before touring cities across the world in 2014. The exhibit will look at "all aspects of Starr's musical and creative life", including his work as a musician, artist and actor and will, according to a statement, "aim to propel Starr's universal message of peace and love."

Laura Marling reveals new album details

Laura Marling has revealed details of her forthcoming album. The singer's website has been updated with information about her fourth album, the follow-up to 2011's 'A Creature I Don't Know'.

Bill Callahan – Album By Album

We look into the touching, awkward new film about Bill Callahan, Apocalypse: A Bill Callahan Tour Film, in the new issue of Uncut, dated April 2013, and out now. As a companion piece, check out this fantastic piece with Callahan, aka Smog, recalling how he made his greatest albums, from May 2010’s Uncut (Take 156).

David Bowie teams up with Paul Smith for ‘The Next Day’ t-shirt

David Bowie has teamed up with designer Paul Smith for a T-shirt to celebrate the release of his new album 'The Next Day'. The cotton T-shirt, which features the Jonathan Barnbrook-designed artwork for 'The Next Day' - inspired by Bowie's 1977 album 'Heroes' – is one of many collaborations between Bowie and Smith planned this year, Vogue reports. The shirt features a message and signature written by Paul Smith on the bottom right corner of the album sleeve image.

David Grohl “Sound City” Soundtrack Now Free To Stream

Dave Grohl’s all-original soundtrack to his documentary “Sound City” is now free to stream at the NME website. ‘The Sound City Players’ – essentially David Grohl teaming with an all-star team of guests, matches Grohl with Stevie Nicks, Josh Homme, John Fogarty, Trent Reznor and Paul McCartney.

Rolling Stones for Glastonbury? Rumours intensify.

Kasabian's Serge Pizzorno has apparently confirmed that The Rolling Stones will be playing this summer's Glastonbury Festival. Speaking to MTV News, the band's chief songwriter was talking about Kasabian's headline slot at Hard Rock Calling, which takes place the same June weekend as Glastonbury. He said: "I hope ours is the most talked about performance of the weekend, but that would be a miracle because The Rolling Stones are playing Glastonbury."

Alvin Lee of Ten Years After dies aged 68

Alvin Lee, co-founder and guitarist with Ten Years After, has died aged 68. According to a statement posted yesterday (March 6) on his website, Lee died from complications following surgery. Born in Nottingham in 1944, Lee played in a number of local bands before he founded Ten Years After in 1966 with bassist Leo Lyons. They released their self-titled debut album in 1967. In 1969, they played the Newport Jazz Festival and, notably, Woodstock, where Lee led the band through a memorable version of "I'm Going Home" that you can watch below.

Hear new Flaming Lips track ‘Look… The Sun Is Rising’

The Flaming Lips have debuted a new track titled "Look... The Sun Is Rising". The song, which will be featured on their forthcoming new album The Terror, is currently streaming at NPR. Previously, the Oklahoma band had released a new track titled 'Sun Blows Up Today', which will appear as a bonus cut on the LP.

Lou Reed makes surprise appearance at playback celebrating his Transformer album

Lou Reed astounded a small group of 100 fan who had gathered to celebrate his 1972 album Transformer by making a personal appearance to listen to the album in its entirety. The event, set up by website high50.com, took place on March 4 at New York's Soho House. Reed also took part in a discussion about the album's content and its wider cultural significance. Earlier in the evening, photographer Mick Rock, who shot Reed for Transformer's album cover, read excerpts from his new book - Transformer.
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