Paul McCartney played a surprise, five-song show in Covent Garden this lunchtime (October 18). News of the pop-up concert had been kept secret, until stage gear bearing McCartney's name was spotted in the centre of Covent Garden's Piazza at 10.30am. Hundreds of fans had gathered by the time McCartney confirmed the gig with a tweet at 12.15pm which read: "I'm getting ready to pop up in Covent Garden at 1pm today. Oh baby!"

Songs about heavy nights, and the mornings after. It's clearly been emotional...

Atoms For Peace have unveiled a the video for their track "Before Your Very Eyes" – watch it below. The group revealed the promo before their show last night (October 16) at the Hollywood Bowl. Thom Yorke tweeted: "Aaah Blinkin' Hollywood:) Thanks to everyone who came last night."

Morrissey launched his memoir, Autobiography, at a book signing in Gothenburg, Sweden last night [October 17]. Queues began at the Akademibokhandeln bookshop on Wednesday lunchtime. The Guardian estimated that the crowd numbers peaked at 500 people.

Paul McCartney could play a secret, pop up show in London's Covent Garden this lunchtime. Rumours are abound that the singer will follow up last week's surprise performance at New York's Times Square, which saw him busk four tracks from his forthcoming album New on a bare-bones stage constructed on a flatbed truck. NME reports that Paul McCartney branded flight cases have been seen coming into Covent Garden Piazza this morning, suggesting another pop up gig could happen there.

John Lydon explains in the new issue of Uncut (dated November 2013), out now, that he was forced to sell some of his Sex Pistols publishing in the ‘90s to keep afloat.

There are many revelations in Morrissey’s Autobiography, but perhaps the most unexpected arrives on page 194. “While in Denver,” writes Morrissey, “Johnny [Marr] and I attend a concert by A-ha, whom we have met previously and whom we quite like.”

Here's what you might not find in Autobiography… wrestling matches with Vini Reilly! Ouija boards, sauna sessions and extravagant pastries! A secret love of Black Box’s “Ride On Time”!... 25 years on, in this week’s archive feature, from our September 2013 issue, Uncut takes a forensic look at Morrissey’s first acts as a solo artist: Viva Hate, Bona Drag, Kill Uncle, Your Arsenal and Vauxhall And I. The bandmates, songwriters and producers tell all. Story: Rob Hughes _______________ VIVA HATE Released: March 1988 Label: HMV