Paul McCartney has hinted that he could play a special show at the London 2012 Olympics.

Producer William Orbit has hinted that he is set work with Blur on their new studio album.

Pulp have announced three more live dates for this summer.

Neil Young has hit out at the sound quality of 21st century recorded music, revealing that listening to it makes him "angry".

Over the past year or two, MC Taylor of “Hiss Golden Messenger has become not just one of my favourite American contemporary songwriters, but also a great source of musical recommendations; most recently, of course, with his terrific “Wah-Wah Cowboys” mixtape.

Haul out the Vespa! Jimmy the Mod rides again on two and five CD reissues of Townshend’s 1973 opera. Plus demos, photos, posters, studio diaries…

Shakespeare tragedy gets aggressive Balkan makeover...

White Denim, as their frenetic live shows would suggest, are not a band much given to idling. Last summer, while the master tapes of their scintillating third album D were withering on the reel, awaiting record company approval of a reworked song that the band never wanted on the album in the first place, the Texan crack shots decided to use their downtime productively.

It didn’t require a telescope to spot Craig Finn’s first solo record glinting on the horizon. The most recent Hold Steady album, last year’s Heaven Is Whenever, hinted at creative restlessness within the ranks. The band carved out a little more space and Finn scaled down his narratives to something less obviously cinematic, yet it seemed clear there was ample room for further exploration.

Ray Manzarek, keyboardist with The Doors, has said he believes Jim Morrison would have "loved" the band's recent collaboration with Skrillex.