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Jack White to play BBC Radio 1 session next week

Jack White will play a special session for BBC Radio 1 next week. While will appear on Zane Lowe's show on Wednesday July 2, for a live performance from Maida Vale Studios, which will be broadcast from 7-9pm. The session will come after his appearance at Glastonbury this weekend and ahead of his sold out show at London's Eventim Apollo on July 3. White will return to the UK this autumn for a three date arena tour, playing Leeds First Direct Arena on November 17, Glasgow SSE Hydro on November 18 and London O2 Arena on November 19.

Bruce Springsteen on Luis Suarez: “Biting has no place in sports”

Bruce Springsteen has commented on claims that Uruguayan footballer on Luis Suarez bit Italian player Giorgio Chiellini during a World Cup match on June 24. "Biting has no place in sports," said Springsteen to a reporter from TMZ who quizzed him about the incident. "What are the rules about biting in the World Cup?" he asked. "There probably should be one."

Paul McCartney: “I feel great”

Paul McCartney has released a video statement, telling fans "I feel great" in the wake of his recent illness. "Everybody's been asking how I'm feeling - I feel great, thank you very much for asking... feeling great, rocking and rolling", said McCartney in the video, which you can watch below.

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson: “Punk was rubbish”

Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson has said that "Punk was rubbish". The singer made the comments to The Guardian in an interview conducted by fellow Sonisphere line-up addition Frank Turner, saying that the closest the "art establishment" ever came to embracing metal was through punk. "The reason they embraced punk was because it was rubbish and the reason they embraced rubbish was because they could control it," said Dickinson.

Robert Plant And The Sensational Space Shifters, Le Bataclan, Paris, June 22, 2014

“Welcome to an evening of country and eastern,” smiles Robert Plant as he gestures expansively round this fabled Paris venue, taking in not just the lively capacity crowd gathered here tonight but also to his latest musical collaborators, The Sensational Space Shifters.

Clapton, Mary Chain, MacGowan, Minutemen, Hurray For The Riff Raff… Inside this month’s Uncut

When Graeme Thomson sent us his interview with Eric Clapton, it was not, to be honest, quite what we expected. We anticipated a poignant chat about Clapton’s old friend JJ Cale, to tie in with the forthcoming tribute album, “The Breeze”. As it transpired, though, the album was just a jumping-off point for one of the most unexpected and revealing Clapton pieces most of us can remember.
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