Dr Feelgood and Yardbirds guitarist Gypie Mayo has died aged 62. He replaced Wilko Johnson in Dr Feelgood from 1977 to 1981, before going on to work with Yardbirds from 1996 to 2004. Johnson announced the news on his Facebook page today, writing "Very sad to hear Gypie Mayo passed away this morning..RIP Gypie". Gypie, born John Phillip Cawthra, worked at a printing shop for three years, before joining blues band White Mule in 1969.

As you may have seen, this week’s NME features the 2013 edition of their 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. For this one, they also accepted votes from a bunch of the mag’s alumni, including me, so I thought it’d be an easy, albeit self-indulgent, blog to reproduce my Top 50 albums here.

To Hammersmith, and the launch of The Who’s super deluxe edition of Tommy at Riverside Studios. Tonight, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey are attending a special screening of Sensation – The Story Of The Who’s Tommy, a new documentary about the album due for broadcast this Friday [October 25].

Arctic Monkeys kicked off the first night of their UK tour last night at Newcastle's Metro Radio Arena. Supported by The Strypes, the band played to a sellout crowd, kicking off with the first single from their fifth and most recent studio album, 'AM', 'Do I Wanna Know?', before a set which mixed new tracks such as 'Why’d You Only Call Me When You're High?' with classic hits from their repertoire including 'Fluorescent Adolescent', 'Mardy Bum' and 'Dancing Shoes'.

Michael Bloomfield is the subject of a career-spanning 3CD/1DVD box set anthology due for release in February.

A rare David Bowie promotional radio programme will air on BBC Radio 6 Music today [October 23]. The 15-minute show was recorded by Bowie to promote the release of Bowie's 1973 album Pin Ups but never made it on air. The quarter of an hour broadcast includes tracks from the album, as well as clips of Bowie talking about the London music scene.

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds have announced the release of a new album, Live From KCRW. The album is due for release on December 2. It was recorded on April 18 this year at a live KCRW radio session at Apogee Studio in Los Angeles. It is the band's fourth live album and will be released on CD, download and double vinyl format. The vinyl edition features two additional exclusive, un-broadcasted live recordings from the session, "Into My Arms" and "God Is In The House". The album will also be available as a digital deluxe bundle with Push The Sky Away.

Will Sheff goes back to the future...

Dolly Parton has announced European tour dates to coincide with the release of her new album. The album, called Blue Smoke, doesn't yet have a confirmed release date, however the Blue Smoke Tour reaches England on June 8 and includes one show confirmed so far for London's 02 Arena.

In his excellent Uncut review of the Morrissey “Autobiography”, Michael alludes to the get-out clause afforded rock memoirists post-“Chronicles”: why bother obfuscating certain awkward details when you can, by being capricious with time and chronology, just skip the difficult stuff?