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Bruce Springsteen has announced plans for a run of UK and Ireland dates next summer, as part of a full European tour. Springsteen, who's on the cover of Uncut this month, will play London's Wembley Stadium on June 15 2013, Glasgow Hampden Park on June 18 and Coventry Ricoh Arena on June 20. He will then visit mainland Europe before travelling to Ireland to play Limerick Thomond Park on July 16, Cork Páirc Uí Chaoimh on July 18 and Belfast King's Hall on July 20.

Eric Clapton and Florence And The Machine's Florence Welch are reportedly set to join The Rolling Stones at their second gig at London's O2 arena tomorrow night (November 29). According to The Mirror, Welch will perform a duet with Mick Jagger for "Gimme Shelter" for the band's second sell-out London show, which was performed by Mary J Blige on Sunday (November 25).

Slash has announced plans for two UK shows, which are set to take place next year. The former Guns N’ Roses guitar player will appear at Nottingham Arena on February 28 and Blackpool Empress Ballroom on March 1, 2013. Slash has just finished up a UK tour which followed the release of his second solo album Apocalyptic Love, which came out in May and featured Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy on vocals. Slash will play: Nottingham Arena (February 28 2013) Blackpool Empress Ballroom (March 1)

Bjork has revealed plans for a live residency in a circus tent in Paris. The four Biophilia live shows will take place in February and March of next year at Le Cirque En Chantier, a specially constructed circus tent on L'Ile Seguin, an island on the Seine in the French capital. For the special shows no audience member will be "more than a few meters from the stage." Bjork will then play two shows at the indoor arena, Le Zenith. She will be performing 'in the round' and is the first artist ever to do so at the venue.

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds have announced details of their new album 'Push The Sky Away' - watch a trailer for it below. The LP will be the band's fifteenth studio album and will be released on February 19, 2013. It follows 2008's 'Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!' and was recorded by regular Bad Seeds and Grinderman collaborator Nick Luanay at La Fabrique studios, based in a 19th century mansion in the south of France.

Led Zeppelin have confirmed that a recording their 2007 live show at London's 02 Arena will air on BBC2 next month. An hour-long version of the concert captured for the band's Celebration Day DVD will be shown on BBC2 on December 8 at 10:45pm. The live album version of the show recently entered the Official Album Chart at number two, one place behind Rihanna's 'Unapologetic'.

Graham Coxon has stated that there will not be another Blur album in the near future. The guitarist made the revelation in a conversation with a fan on Twitter earlier today (Nov 26). Though far from a definitive statement on the future of the band, Coxon gives short shrift to the idea of releasing another album with Damon Albarn, Alex James and Dave Rowntree. Asked if there is a new Blur album coming out and, if so, when? Coxon replied by simply saying "No". Scroll down the page to see the tweet.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have confirmed that they will play live as part of a Hurricane Sandy fundraiser in New York next week. The band, who recently hinted at being close to finishing their next album, will play a tiny show at Williamsburg bar Union Pool on December 8. They will be joined on the bill by Tunde Adebimpe of TV On The Radio, performing with the group Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band. All money raised at the event will go to Waves for Water's Hurricane Sandy relief initiative.

The Rolling Stones were reportedly fined £200,000 after their gig at the O2 Arena ran over the alloted curfew. The band were due to finish their set by 10:30pm on Sunday (Nov 25) night but played for the sell-out crowd until gone 11pm. The Sun reports that the band were taken to task over this by the local council, who issued them with the penalty. “It means a big fine — but the guys just do their thing. There wasn’t a janitor standing there, jangling his keys, saying. ‘I want to go home’,” said the band's publicist, Bernard Doherty.

Two classic compilations from The Jesus And Mary Chain are set for vinyl reissue in 2013. According to Exclaim, 1972 Records will issue two of the band's compilations on vinyl. The first will be 1988?s Barbed Wire Kisses (B-Sides And More), which contains a collection of limited singles, rarities and B-sides from the band's early career and contains material from their 1985 album Psychocandy and 1987's Darklands'. The second will be 1993?s The Sound Of Speed – which contains material from around 1989's Automatic and 1992's Honey's Dead.