The Beatles have announced details of a new authorised documentary film.
The film will be co-produced by Apple Corps Ltd. and be based on the first part of The Beatles’ career -- the touring years.
The film will be directed by Ron Howard and will be produced with the full cooperation of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison.
The will focus on The Beatles’ journey from the early days of the Cavern Club in Liverpool and engagements in Hamburg to their last public concert in Candlestick Park, San Francisco, in 1966.
German police have discovered what they believe to be one of the largest illegal record-pressing plants in Europe.
After a two-year investigation, a large amount of bootleg vinyl, CDs and DVDs were seized from Aschaffenburg and Hessen, reports Billboard. German authorities are still evaluating the material.
Paul McCartney has re-released five of his classic Wings and solo albums as apps.
The former Beatle has put out new versions of Band On The Run, McCartney, McCartney II, RAM and Wings Over America, releasing them via the Apple store as apps for the iPad.
The first trailer for the new Nick Cave film, 20,000 Days On Earth has been released.
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The documentary, directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, will be released in the UK on September 19.
It purports to feature a day in the life of Cave, and includes appearances from Kylie Minogue, Ray Winstone, Warren Ellis and Blixa Bargeld.
A number of unreleased Woody Guthrie songs are to be included on a new three-disc compilation, according to Rolling Stone.
My Name Is New York pairs tracks Guthrie wrote during the 27 years he lived in the city along with informal interviews featuring Pete Seeger, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Nora and Arlo Guthrie.
A 1964 album by Johnny Cash, Bitter Tears: Ballads Of The American Indian, has been re-recorded to mark its 50th anniversary.
The album, which was originally envisaged as a concept album to highlight the mistreatment of Native Americans, has been reinterpreted by artists including Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Emmylou Harris and Kris Kristofferson.
Radiohead will begin rehearsing and recording again in September, guitarist Jonny Greenwood has confirmed.
The band are currently pursuing solo projects and enjoying a break from official band duty following the end of touring their last album, The King Of Limbs.
Speaking on Mary Anne Hobbes' BBC 6Music show on July 12, Greenwood was asked what Radiohead are up to at the moment and said, "We're going to start up in September, playing, rehearsing and recording and see how it's sounding."
Neil Young And Crazy Horse have cancelled a gig in Israel due to the "current security situation" in the country.
The band were due to perform in Tel Aviv's Hayarkon Park on July 17 but according to a press release, via Pitchfork, the gig will no longer take place. The statement issued claims that Young and his band will return to Israel when the country is at peace with Palestine.
Tommy Ramone has died aged 65.
His death marks the passing of the last surviving member of The Ramones.
"Tom died yesterday, July 11, at 12:15 p.m. at his home in Ridgewood, Queens," Andy Schwartz, publisher of New York Rocker magazine, said on behalf of Ramone's family. "He was in hospice care following treatment for cancer of the bile duct."
Rolling Stone confirm Ramone was 65 at the time of his death.
