Bruce Springsteen closed the Isle Of Wight Festival last night (June 24) with a three-hour set ending in a cover of "Twist And Shout", the song made famous by The Beatles.
Opening with "Badlands", the 62-year-old joked with the crowd about the coverage of the weekend's weather. "It looked bad on TV," he told the crowd. "I didn't bring my wellies, I think I left them at Glastonbury."
Tom Waits is set to perform tracks from his most recent album, 2011's Bad As Me, live for the first time.
The legendary singer songwriter will appear on the Late Show with David Letterman on July 9 and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on July 10, where he will be playing songs from his 17th studio album as well as appearing in conversation with the hosts.
Blur will debut two new songs next Monday (July 2) in a live video stream performance on Twitter.
The band will perform "Under The Westway" and "The Puritan", written for their forthcoming sold-out Hyde Park gig on August 12, live from a secret UK location and it will be broadcast around the world on Twitter.com/blurofficial at 6:15pm. Scroll down the page and click to hear versions of the songs.
The Jesus And Mary Chain have announced a new run of American tour dates. The band have just completed their first US tour in four years, and have now confirmed 18 dates to come starting in August.
The band will play:
August 2 – Buffalo, NY @ Thursday at the Harbor
August 3 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Theatre
August 4 – Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
August 5 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
September 6 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
September 7 – Raleigh, NC @ Hopscotch Music Festival
September 8 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Tori Amos is set to play a one-off show at London's Royal Albert Hall on October 3.
The singer-songwriter will be joined by The Metropole Orchestra for the show, which will happen around the time of the release of her brand new album, Gold Dust. Her 13th studio album will be comprised of re-workings of previously released material from throughout her career. She released her last record, the classically inspired Night Of Hunters in 2011.
No acts have pulled out of the Isle Of Wight Festival, despite heavy flooding throwing the event into chaos, a spokesperson has told NME.
Earlier today, organiser John Giddings told the BBC that he would consider refunding ticket holders if they sent their tickets back. "I'm really sorry" he said. "I really appreciate all the support everyone has given us under the conditions... but the weather has been absolutely horrendous."
Pondering what to write about this morning, it occurred to me that there were more things to say about my favourite albums of 2012 so far, following up from this Top 40 that I posted last week. For a start, a bunch of records that I forgot to include:
Radiohead are set to reschedule seven shows following Saturday's stage collapse in Toronto, which killed crew member Scott Johnson and injured three others.
The band have had to postpone seven European shows set for the end of this month and the beginning of July, as the accident also destroyed the band's 'unique' lightshow and parts of their backline setup, all of which now needs to be replaced in order for the tour to continue. The statement reads:
