Several Beatles songs that have never before been performed before were given their live debut by Paul McCartney on the opening night of his world tour.
McCartney played "Your Mother Should Know", "Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite", "Lovely Rita" and "All Together Now" for the first time ever during the gig in Belo Horizone, Brazil on Saturday (May 4). You can watch fan-shot footage of the gig below.
Tom Waits joined The Rolling Stones live onstage on Sunday (May 5) to sing "Little Red Rooster" – you can watch fan-shot footage of the moment below.
Waits joined The Rolling Stones on stage at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. "Little Red Rooster" was originally performed by Howlin' Wolf but Sam Cooke and The Doors have also recorded their own versions; the Stones released a version in 1964.
Black Flag have released a brand new song.
Scroll down to listen to "Down In The Dirt", which comes ahead of a new album. The song can be downloaded for free via SST Records by clicking here.
Ron Reyes, Greg Ginn, Gregory Moore and Dale Nixon are currently putting the finishing touches on an LP, which is set for release later this year.
Hand-typed lyrics to a Bob Dylan song which he never recorded are expected to sell for £35,000 when they go up for auction next month.
Dylan's lyric sheet for "Go Away You Bomb" will go under the hammer at Christie’s in London on June 26.
The song was written for a 1963 anti-nuclear weapons campaign, writes the Guardian.
The Rolling Stones kicked off their 2013 50 and Counting tour last night (May 3) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The band were joined by Mick Taylor, who has been announced as special guest on the tour, to play "Midnight Rambler".
Other guests included Gwen Stefani, who joined the band for "Wild Horses" and Keith Urban who played guitar and sang during "Respectable".
Hop Farm Festival has been cancelled.
The festival was due to take place over the weekend of July 5 - 6 at Paddock Wood, Tonbridge, Kent.
In a statement promoter Vince Power said: “After reviewing the ticket sales on Hop Farm and the predicted final figures the festival would suffer unsustainable losses so therefore, as from today, it is with great sadness I am announcing the cancelation of the festival.
Slayer guitarist and founding member Jeff Hanneman has died at the age of 49.
The musician - second from right in the picture above - passed away from liver failure in a California hospital on the morning of May 2. A statement from the band's publicist released yesterday read:
Keith Richards has admitted that he does not own an iPod and feels that the sound quality of MP3s is leaving fans "short changed".
Revealing that he does not own an iPod, Richards says he understands the use of being able to store thousands of songs on one device but that he feels the sound quality is poor in comparison to CDs and records. Speaking to Billboard the guitarist says: "I don't have an iPod. I still use CDs or records actually. Sometimes cassettes. It has much better sound; a much better sound than digital."
This month’s issue of Uncut (June 2013) features The Waterboys discussing their mammoth new Fisherman’s Box release – here, in this archive feature from Uncut’s July 2008 issue, the band, including Mike Scott and Karl Wallinger, reflect on the creation of their pop masterpiece, The Whole Of The Moon. Expect disagreements, still; arguments about musical contributions, worries over spending life in prison for hitting someone over the head with a guitar… Words: Nick Hasted
