Iggy Pop will deliver this year's John Peel lecture, it has been announced. The singer, who hosts a Sunday afternoon show on BBC Radio 6 Music, will deliver a speech titled 'Free Music in a Capitalist Society' which will be broadcast on 6Music live on Monday, October 13 and will later be shown on BBC Four on October 19.

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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

All Leonard Cohen wants for his 80th birthday is a cigarette. He smoked, he estimates, for around 50 years, before he gave up a decade or so ago. “I think a lot about smoking,” he reflects. “I’m thinking about it right now.”

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U2’s shock-released new album, Songs Of Innocence, is largely themed around the band’s childhoods and adolescence in Dublin, according to Bono. Well, here’s what came next… This is the full story, as told by those who were there, of U2’s rise from indie hopefuls to becoming the Biggest Rock Band On The Planet. Written by Stephen Dalton, and originally published in Uncut’s December 1999 issue (Take 31).

Lykke Li has claimed that Bono told her she "blew everyone out of the water" when she recorded vocals for U2's new album. The Swedish singer appears on the band's free album 'Songs of Innocence', contributing vocals on final track 'The Troubles'. Speaking to Rolling Stone, Lykke Li revealed details of the recording process and also the fact that Bono told her that 'Never Gonna Love Again' is his favourite song from her latest album 'I Never Learn'.

The Replacements appeared on The Tonight Show last night (September 9). The cult alt rock band performed 'Alex Chilton' from their fifth album, 1987's 'Pleased to Meet Me', on the Jimmy Fallon hosted show. The performance comes 30 years after the group were banned from 'The Tonight Show' studio at 30 Rockefeller Center, New York after a chaotic performance on Saturday Night Live. Click above to watch their performance. The band are currently on tour in North America, and will play Austin City Limits festival next month.

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U2 have released their new album Songs Of Innocence and are giving it away for free. The band announced the release at Apple's iPhone 6 launch in California, where they also performed its first single, "The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)". The album will be available through Apple alone until October 13. Scroll down for a full tracklisting.