The Damned are to play a one-off London date later this year with tickets available at the 1977 price of £1.70 each. The gig will take place at The Forum on April 24 to celebrate guitarist Captain Sensible's 60th birthday. Ruts DC, Johnny Moped, TV Smith and Ed TudorPole will support on the night. Tickets for the show are strictly limited to two per person, and are paperless - with fans required to present the credit card they bought the ticket with on the night to gain entry.

The two surviving members of The Doors have confirmed that they will reunite to honour their fellow band member Ray Manzarek, who died last year aged 74. Speaking to Billboard, Robby Krieger said he has approached a number of other musicians to honour the late keyboardist to play a gig this summer.

Gary Oldman has spoken out about his role in the video for David Bowie's "The Next Day", which he starred in last year, playing a priest opposite Marion Cotillard.

Morrissey has accused members of the Royal Family of hypocrisy in an open letter addressing the issue of hunting. In a post authored by Morrissey on fansite True To You, he attacks Prince William and Prince Harry specifically and criticises William for going on a hunting trip to Spain the day after launching United For Wildlife, a campaign to end the illegal hunting of animals on Sunday (February 9). There is no suggestion that William and Harry's trip was illegal, but the timing of the excursion has been questioned.

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Bruce Springsteen has added a fresh run of dates to his current itinerary. Springsteen and the E Street Band, who are currently in Australia, have announced dates for a spring 2014 American leg. The dates focus mostly on areas that Springsteen didn't play during his 2012 North American tour. The new run of dates begins on April 8 at Cincinnati, Ohio's and finishes on May 18 in Uncasville, Connecticut. No European dates have as yet been announced. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will play:

Something like two decades ago, when I was Features Editor of NME and making some pragmatic decisions involving coverage of second and third-tier Britpop bands, I had a kind of argument with Laurence Bell, the owner of the Domino label.

Wilco's Jeff Tweedy is set to make a guest appearance in US TV series Parks And Recreation. The singer will be the latest special guest to join series six of the show, following cameos from Kristen Bell and Heidi Klum. Tweedy will appear as the frontman of a fictional band called Land Ho!, who is lobbied by Amy Poehler's character, government worker Leslie Knope.

Prince continued his Hit And Run Tour last night (February 9) with a two-and-a-half hour spectacular at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire. Prince and 3rd Eye Girl played almost 40 tracks during the performance with a setlist comprised of hits, covers and new tracks from 'Plectrum Electrum'.

Bruce Springsteen opened his set at the Perth Arena in Australia with a cover of AC/DC's 1979 hit 'Highway To Hell' – scroll down to watch. Springsteen appeared at the venue on Friday [February 6]. AC/DC's singer Bon Scott grew up near Perth. Highway To Hell was the final album he recorded with the band before his death in 1980. The Australian leg of Springsteen's tour continues tomorrow night [February 11] in Adelaide.