Brian May looks back at Queen’s pivotal 1974 tour in the new issue of Uncut, dated October 2014 and out now.

Bono claims he and Apple are working on a new digital music format which will revolutionise the way music is consumed by fans. Bono spoke about the new development in an interview with Time. He claims that it is around "18 months away" from being available to the public, which is around the same time the band are expected release a companion record to new album Songs Of Innocence titled Songs Of Experience.

“I’m struggling to come to terms with who I am,” admits Edwyn Collins early on during James Hall and Edward Lovelace's documentary.

The Fall's Mark E Smith has hit out against the praise lavished on Kate Bush's comeback. The notoriously outspoken frontman says he doesn’t understand why the singer – who is currently completing her 22-date run of shows at London's Hammersmith Apollo – is "suddenly cool again".

With the remastered “fictional documentary” Feast Of Friends set to be released properly for the first time on November 11, here’s a piece from the Uncut archives (February 2007 issue, Take 117) – a look at how The Doors created the epic closer to their final studio album, LA Woman, which would prove to be Jim Morrison’s haunted, spiritual swansong. Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore tell the story… Words: Mick Houghton

Dan Michaelson is not a particularly prolific Tweeter, but between musing about IKEA hotdogs and the time he DJed in Topshop (playing John Tavener, Laurie Anderson and ESG back-to-back) he found time to re-Tweet a backhanded compliment from a thoughtful soul called @recordshopbloke. “I do like Dan Michaelson's records,” said the bloke, “but sometimes it’s a bit like a mate on the phone going on endlessly about his tragic life.”

The custom-made Harley-Davidson motorcycle riden by Peter Fonda's character Captain America in the film Easy Rider is up for auction. According to Associated Press via Rolling Stone, the auction house Profiles in History estimates that the motorbike will bring between $1 million and $1.2 million at the sale, which will be held online and at their galleries in Calabasas, California.

Ringo Starr has said he believes that bands will always be popular in music and that he has "never believed" that rock music is dying out. Starr tells NME in this week's magazine, that he doesn't think the rock genre will disappear, and that bands will always "come through in the end".

Metallica are to release a box set of 27 live albums, all of which have been recorded this year. Rolling Stone reports that the albums will be released in batches of three every Monday until the end of the year and can be purchased through LiveMetallica.com. The box set of all 27 performances will be released in December.

The Rolling Stones have announced the first two releases in their new From The Vault series. From The Vault features live concerts from band's archive and are available across a number of formats. The band will release From The Vault – Hampton Coliseum – Live In 1981 on November 3 with From The Vault - LA Forum - Live In 1975 following on November 17. Previously, the audio has been previously available as a digital download via the Stones' website but not on CD or LP; the video has never previously been released.