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Dirty Projectors have announced the tracklisting to their forthcoming LP, Swing Lo Magellan, which will be released via Domino on July 9. The tracklisting is: Offspring Are Blank About to Die Gun Has No Trigger Swing Lo Magellan Just From Chevron Dance For You Maybe That Was It Impregnable Question See What She's Seeing The Socialites Unto Caesar Irresponsible Tune You can hear "Gun Has No Trigger" here; http://soundcloud.com/dominorecordco/dirty_projectors-gun_has_no_trigger

Leonard Cohen has announced an additional date to his UK show, A Day At The Hop Farm. Cohen will now play Sunday, September 9 in addition to the previously announced show on Saturday, September 8. Both shows are part of his world tour and will be Cohen’s only UK dates in 2012. Meanwhile, Bob Dylan plays at Hop Farm Festival on Saturday June 30. Other acts include Peter Gabriel, Suede, Patti Smith and Ray Davies.

Doug Dillard, the pioneering country rock banjo-player, has died aged aged 75, according to reports. Dillard had first found fame in the Dillards, a bluegrass group formed with his brother Rodney, who made regular appearances on successful American sitcom, The Andy Griffith Show, where they played a fictional band called 'The Darlings'. After leaving the Dillards in 1968, Doug Dillard teamed up with former Byrd, Gene Clark, to form Dillard & Clark.

Jack White has delivered a bizarre rant against the compilers of the Guinness Book Of World Records. White, who released his debut solo album Blunderbuss last month, told Interview Magazine that he believes he holds the record for he shortest concert in history, but was denied his place in the record books by the company.

Leonard Cohen has been awarded the prestigious Glenn Gould Prize, dubbed the "Nobel Prize of the Arts". The award is presented biennially to "an individual for a unique lifetime contribution that has enriched the human condition through the arts." Cohen was selected by an international panel of judges, which included film director Atom Egoyan and Stephen Fry. Cohen accepted the award on Monday night [May 14] at Toronto's Massey Hall, along with the $50,000 prize money, which he then donated to the Canada Council for the Arts.

Yeasayer have debuted a brand new track titled "Henrietta", scroll down to the bottom of the page and click to listen to it. The track was sent out to members of the band's mailing list, with a physical CD containing the song sent to every person who had signed up to updates from Yeasayer.

Flair, grit and determination - not to mention a nine-figure outlay on players - have all been cited in recent days as the reasons why Manchester City won the Premier League over the weekend. However, fans of the club actually have one man to thank for their first title win in 44 years - and it's apparently not manager Roberto Mancini. Nope, ironically it's staunch Manchester United fan Mani - who infamously said The Stone Roses wouldn't reform until the Blues tasted major success.

Estranged Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward has confirmed that he will not be taking part in any of the three Black Sabbath shows set for this summer. The drummer has released a statement on his website, Billward.com, saying that he will not be playing with the band at their Birmingham show on May 19, nor with them at Download Festival on June 10 or at Lollapalooza in Chicago on August 3.

A rare photograph showing The Beatles walking 'backwards' across Abbey Road is set to fetch up to £9,000 at auction. The snap, taken by late photographer Iain Macmillan, shows the band walking right to left across the zebra crossing outside the London studio where they made their 1969 album - the opposite direction to the picture which made it onto the sleeve.

The Rolling Stones are set to tour later this year after Ronnie Wood revealed he is "keeping October/November free". The band have long been rumoured to be playing live again this year to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Earlier this year, it appeared they would be delaying the celebrations until 2013 after guitarist Keith Richards suggested the band weren't ready to go back on the road yet. However, speaking earlier this week, Wood hinted the Stones could tour before the end of the year, telling The Sun: