Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has said the band would love to play Glastonbury Festival, saying they are "ready to go" as and when Michael Eavis needs them.
Arcade Fire are rumoured to be playing two secret gigs this coming weekend (October 19-20) in New York.
As the Arcade Fire Tube Twitter account has pointed out, posters bearing the name The Reflektors – the name the band went under for their surprise shows in Montreal last month – have begun springing up in Brooklyn.
No venue has been announced so far, but, just like their previous secret shows, fans have been asked to wear formal attire or costume to the gig.
David Byrne has laid into online music streaming sites in a new opinion piece.
In the blog, which was published by The Guardian, Byrne says that the 'pittance' paid by sites such as Spotify to artists means that new and upcoming musicians won't be able to survive without supplementing their income in other ways and focusing less on making music.
Ronnie Wood has revealed that the Rolling Stones are planning a world tour for 2014.
According to The Sun, Wood revealed that the band will get together in February next year for another run of shows. The band's last gigs were in July this year (2013), when they played two sold-out headline dates at London's Hyde Park. However, a band spokesperson has revealed to NME that there are "no firm plans yet".
Sharon Jones has announced her return to music, following her recent successful cancer surgery.
In June of this year, Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings cancelled plans for a new album and tour after doctors found a stage-one tumour on the singer's bile duct. The tumour was removed that month.
Jones has now revealed plans for the next Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings album. Give The People What They Want is set for release on January 13, 2014. Listen to the record's opening track, 'Retreat!' below:
Atoms For Peace covered Marvin Gaye's 1977 single "Got To Give It Up" last night at a gig in Mexico City.
Click below to watch fan shot footage of the performance, via Consequence of Sound.
