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Leonard Cohen reschedules tour dates

Leonard Cohen has rescheduled two dates on his forthcoming UK arena tour for religious reasons. Cohen, who will play live in the UK this August and September, has rearranged dates in Leeds and London after realising that they were scheduled on days of solemn religious observance, including the Jewish day of atonement, Yom Kippur. The Leeds date was originally due to take place on September 5 and will now happen on September 7. A date at London's 02 Arena on September 14 will now take place a day later. All tickets remain valid for the rescheduled dates.

Guitar Bob Dylan played at Newport Folk Festival to be auctioned

The guitar Bob Dylan played at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 is to be sold at auction. The 1964 sunburst Fender Stratocaster will be auctioned later this year after Dawn Peterson, who has owned the guitar for 50 years, decided to part with the iconic musical memorabilia. Peterson appeared with the instrument on US TV show History Detectives earlier this year and has been informed that she is likely to make a minimum of £333,000 from the sale.

The Band’s Robbie Robertson: “People acted like we were from another planet”

Uncut reconstructs the story of The Band’s landmark Music From Big Pink, with the help of its surviving players, in the new issue (dated August 2013, and out on Thursday, July 4).

On class, hate, The Rolling Stones, the Tory Party, Glastonbury 2013 and the problem with Mumford & Sons…

At some point on Sunday night, it seems as if quite a few restless people watching the BBC’s Glastonbury coverage started Googling “threw”, “bottle” and “Mumford & Sons”. For the past 36 hours, the most popular page on www.uncut.co.uk has been an old news story from 2010, in which The Fall’s Mark E Smith articulated his dislike for Mumford & Sons, mistook them for “a load of retarded Irish folk singers," and claimed he threw a bottle at them during a festival in Ireland.

Bruce Springsteen, Hard Rock Calling, London, June 30, 2013

In case we need reminding, the last time Bruce Springsteen played Hard Rock Calling – at Hyde Park, last July – a curfew was broken, the PA switched off, and Springsteen and a guesting Paul McCartney were silenced mid-song. It seems unlikely there would be a repeat of such shenanigans this year.

Pixies announce four UK and Ireland dates with new bassist Kim Shattuck

Pixies have announced four UK and Ireland dates this November (2013) as part of the first leg of a "massive world tour". They'll be joined on the tour by new bassist Kim Shattuck, who's previously played with The Muffs and The Pandoras. Original bass player Kim Deal confirmed she was leaving the band earlier this month (June). The new Pixies line-up will play Dublin's Olympia on November 18, before crossing the Irish Sea for gigs at Manchester Apollo on November 21, Glasgow's Barrowland on November 22 and London's Hammersmith Apollo on November 24.

Glastonbury 2013: The Complete Uncut Review

For the past few days, Uncut’s Tom Pinnock took a relatively idiosyncratic path around Glastonbury Festival 2013. Here are the reviews he filed over the weekend, featuring Elvis Costello, Portishead, Goat, Robyn Hitchcock, Matthew E White, Melody’s Echo Chamber and, of course, The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones’ 1969 Hyde Park gig was “almost Biblical”

The story of The Rolling Stones’ legendary free show at Hyde Park is told in the new issue of Uncut (dated August 2013, and out on Thursday, July 4).

Bruce Springsteen plays Born In The USA in its entirety at Hard Rock Calling 2013

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played their Born In The USA album in full during their show at London's Hard Rock Calling last night (June 30). After an afternoon which had seen sets from Alabama Shakes and the Black Crowes, Springsteen and the E Street Band took the stage at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park at 7pm. They played for three hours, including Born In The USA - which they had also played in full the previous night at the Stade de France in Paris.
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