Paul McCartney has discussed his plans for retirement, telling Rolling Stone he will step away from the spotlight when he feels like it.
"...the answer to 'Are you going to retire?' is 'When I feel like it'. But that's not today."
Kevin Rowland and other members of Dexys are set to introduce select screenings of their new documentary, Nowhere Is Home.
The film, directed by Paul Kelly, was shot during the band's residency at London’s Duke Of York’s Theatre last year and includes performance footage interspaced with interviews with Kevin Rowland and Jim Paterson about the band.
It is due to screen in UK cinemas at 7.45 on Monday, July 21.
Early recordings of Jimi Hendrix made between 1965 and 1967 have been acquired by the Hendrix family's music company, Experience Hendrix LLC, and Sony Music's catalog division, Legacy Recordings.
Blondie’s Clem Burke has revealed that the band’s current world tour may be their last.
Burke has been drumming with the band since they began back in 1972.
In a recent interview, the 58-year-old has said that Debbie Harry has hinted that this could be it for the band once their current tour comes to an end.
John Fogerty is out on an extensive tour of the US right now, so it seems a good time to dip into the archives and remind ourselves of this great feature from Uncut’s February 2012 issue (177). At the dawn of the ’70s, Creedence Clearwater Revival were the biggest band in the world – a brilliant and driven hit machine with deep roots in American tradition. By 1972, though, it was all over, and the ex-bandmates embarked on a bitter war that still continues, 40 years later.
The Rolling Stones have released a video celebrating the recent completion of the European leg of their 14 On Fire tour.
Set to "Out Of Control" from their 1997 album Bridges To Babylon, the On Fire tour video features the band reflecting on the European leg of the tour, which came to an end with a two hour set at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark this month (July 6), interspersed with behind-the-scenes recordings and videos of the band performing on stage to huge crowds.
Patti Smith has joined forces with international art group Soundwalk Collective (Stephan Crasneanscki, Simone Merli and Kamran Sadeghi) to perform the poetry of Nico.
The piece, called Killer Road, is an immersive aural journey based on the day the Velvet Underground vocalist died in Ibiza in 1988.
The performance pairs a multi-instrumental soundscape, also featuring Nico’s signature harmonium sound, with Patti Smith reciting the last unpublished poems by the German chanteuse.
Scott Walker and Sunn O))) have announced details of their collaborative album, Soused.
The album, which is 50 minutes long, will be released by 4AD on September 22.
It was recorded in London in early 2014 and produced by Walker and Peter Walsh with the assistance of musical director Mark Warman.
A website was recently launched to accompany the album.
The tracklisting for Soused is:
Brando
Herod 2014
Bull
Fetish
Lullaby
