Gospel legend and Jeff Tweedy rebond for sequel to 2010 Grammy winner...

Julian Cope has explained more about his anti-religious beliefs in the new issue of Uncut, dated September 2013 and out now.

Prefab Sprout have recently announced their long-awaited return with a new album, Crimson/Red – to tide you over until its release on October 7, here's a piece from Uncut's September 2009 (Take 148) issue, where Paddy McAloon tells us about the music that changed his world, including Dylan, Bowie and Puccini. Interview: Sharon O'Connell

The cover image of Promised Land Sound’s debut album, an old Nashville street map, clearly asserts the geographic and aesthetic loyalties of Sean Thompson, Joey Scala, Evan Scala and Ricardo Alesio, and their press biog has the requisite classy endorsement from local grandee Jack White's Third Man Records.

The Flaming Lips’ Steven Drozd describes “Do You Realize??” as “prophetic” in the new issue of Uncut, dated September 2013 and out now.

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds have added an extra date to their forthcoming UK autumn tour. The band will now play the Dome in Cave's hometown of Brighton on October 24. Tickets for the new date go on sale at 10am [BST] on August 2. The Brighton show will kick off the run of gigs, before shows at London Hammersmith Apollo (October 26, 27), Manchester Apollo (October 30), Glasgow Barrowland (October 31) and Edinburgh Usher Hall (November 1).

Arcade Fire have announced details of their first live dates for 2014. The band, who are preparing to release their fourth album in October, will perform live on the Big Day Out touring festival of Australia and New Zealand in January.

Revitalising re-release for classic 70's horror...

Nirvana's 1993 album In Utero will be re-released to mark its 20th anniversary on September 23. A remastered version of the band's third and final studio album will feature 70 tracks including previously unreleased recordings and demos, B-sides and compilation tracks and live material featuring the band's final touring line-up of Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl and Pat Smear. It will also include the Live And Loud show from Seattle's Pier 48 on December 13, 1993. A separate DVD release of that show will also be released on September 23.

Nile Rodgers has been given the all clear from cancer; he was diagnosed with the disease in 2010. Announcing his current test results on Twitter, he wrote: "Instead of showing gross internal video I'll show my doctor's fly examination room. I'M ALL CLEAR AGAIN!" However, Rogers later followed the tweet up with another one, which read: "I never celebrate much when I get an All Clear because in 6 months I'll go through the same drama." He added: "All clear is a lot better than the cancer has returned and it's spread."