Patti Smith has announced a UK tour in support of her new album, Banga.
Patti's dates are:
September
4th Newcastle O2 Academy
5th Glasgow O2 ABC
7th Manchester Academy
9th Leeds O2 Academy
10th Cambridge Corn Exchange
12th Brighton Dome
13th London Troxy
Tickets are available at www.artistticket.com and www.gigsandtours.com, and via the 24 Hour Ticket Hotline: 0844 811 0051.
Kraftwerk’s frontman Ralph Hütter has revealed that the pioneering electronic band will release a new album “soon”.
Speaking to The New York Times, Hütter – the band’s sole remaining original member – confirmed that a new album is “under way”.
When it arrives, the new album will be Kraftwerk’s first since 2003’s Tour De France Soundtracks. It will also be their first without Florian Schneider, who left the band in 2008.
Ray Davies has been announced as the latest addition to the line-up for this year's Hop Farm Festival.
The festival, which will be headlined by Bob Dylan, Suede and Peter Gabriel, takes place in Paddock Wood in Kent from June 29 – July 1.
Other new additions to the bill include Richard Ashcroft. It will be Ashcroft's only UK appearance of the year.
Jack White is streaming his debut solo album Blunderbuss online via iTunes. Visit iTunes.com to hear the record.
The album isn't formally released until next Monday [April 23], but can be heard in full now. The record features a total of 13 tracks and has been produced by White himself. It will be released on the singer's own Third Man Records/XL Records.
Dave Grohl has been back in the studio with former Nirvana bass player Krist Novoselic and Garbage's Butch Vig.
The trio are rumoured to be working on the Foo Fighters frontman's new documentary on Sound City Studios, where Nirvana's seminal album Nevermind was recorded with Vig on production duties.
Announcing the hook up on his Twitter page, Vig wrote:
The last 24 hours have been surreal! Had a great gig at the El Rey last night, and spent today recording with Dave, Krist and special guest!
Jack White has announced a new UK show ahead of his tour in June.
The former White Stripes man, who has already sold out previously announced dates at London's O2 Academy Brixton on June 21 and HMV Hammersmith Apollo on June 22, will now also play the UK Capital's HMV Forum next Monday (April 23).
Tickets go on sale tomorrow [April 17] at 9am GMT.
White releases his debut solo album Blunderbuss on the same day [April 23] on Third Man Records/XL Records. The album was self-produced at his own Third Man Studio in Nashville.
Sex Pistols have announced plans to re-release their 1977 single, "God Save The Queen", to coincide with its 35th anniversary.
The single was originally released on May 27, 1977, during the Queen's Silver Jubilee. The reissue will arrive in shops on Monday, May 28, 2012.
The Sex Pistols have also announced that a limited edition 7" inch picture disc of their debut single "Anarchy In The UK" will also be released on April 21 for Record Store Day.
Former Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson has revealed that Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain had recorded a whole album's worth of solo demos before he died in 1994, which no-one has ever heard.
Erlandson, who speaking to US TV station Fuse, said that Cobain "was headed in a direction that was really cool. It would have been his White Album. That's really what he was going towards, a solo album but working with different people."
