Damon Albarn-led cultural exchange bears fruit...

The jackets worn by The Beatles in their 1965 film Help! are expected to fetch up to $115,000 (£69,000) when they are put up for auction next month. The items of clothing- worn by George Harrison and Ringo Starr - will go under the hammer at Omega Auctions in March. Taken from director Richard Lester's private collection, staff at the auction house have estimated that they will attract offers of between $82,000 (£49,875) and $115,000 (£69,947) when the bidding opens.

Spiritualized are streaming a new track called "Always Together With You (The Bridge Song)".

Morrissey has announced two major American arena shows with very unusual support acts: veteran performers Sir Tom Jones and Sir Cliff Richard. According to posters added to the quasi-official fansite, True To You, the shows are set to take place and LA's Los Angeles Sports Arena on May 10 and Brooklyn's Barclays Center on June 21. Tickets are not yet on sale. Both dates will include frequent Morrissey tour companion Kristeen Young.

U2 have unveiled the video for their single 'Invisible' – scroll down to watch. The black-and-white promo was directed by Mark Romanek, the director behind videos such as Johnny Cash's "Hurt", and sees the band performing in front of a crow. U2 premiered the track, which was a charity single released as part of a new partnership between Bono's charity (RED) and Bank Of America, during last month's Super Bowl.

Damon Albarn will play a number of intimate shows to launch his solo debut Everyday Robots.

Radiohead have launched a new app called PolyFauna. Writing about the app at Radiohead.com, Thom Yorke explained it as "an experimental collaboration between us (Radiohead) & Universal Everything, born out of The King of Limbs sessions and using the imagery and the sounds from the song 'Bloom'. It comes from an interest in early computer life-experiments and the imagined creatures of our subconscious."

Another one of the annoying redacted albums uncovered this week, in the shape of Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks, on the first few listens possibly superior to the last Animal Collective set. I wish you could hear more of Angel Deradoorian on it, though: her “Mind Raft” EP from a few years back is maybe my favourite release from the extended Dirty Projectors collective.

There’s a very good feature in the current Uncut on the making of XTC’s “Making Plans For Nigel”, which reminded me of a time when I was often in their company, usually in far flung corners of the world, far from their Swindon homes, including the following adventure.

Elton John has released a trailer for his new concert film, The Million Dollar Piano. The film, which was recorded at The Colosseum, Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, which will be released in cinemas for one night only on March 22. The concert film will be shown in over 200 cinemas across the UK & Ireland including Odeon, Cineworld and Vue Theatre; tickets are available here.