Coming into work on the bus this morning, it occurred to me that the Christopher Nolan film I most wanted to watch again was Insomnia. I remember it being the least tricksy of Nolan’s films; a sharp, intelligent thriller, heavy on style and atmosphere, which seemed less concerned with the kind of ingenious puzzles and narrative twists that the director deployed in Memento, The Prestige and Inception.
Jack White has spoken out about his anxiety issues.
In a new interview, the former frontman of The White Stripes has that in his days with his old band, he was plagued by concerns over what other people thought about him. "I just sat in the corner, pondering, letting it torture me..." he said. "You just can't win – the judgement that's thrown on you is unbearable."
White made the comments to MSN, and also explained that he covered "You Just Can't Win" by Van Morrison as a result of his feelings of vulnerability.
Blur will headline an intimate gig at The 100 Club next month as part of Converse's 'Represent' series of free shows.
Damon Albarn and co have been confirmed as the headline act for the August 2 show, and will play last on a bill which includes a stellar supporting cast of The Bots, Savages and Swiss Lips. To get tickets, fans need to visit Converse.co.uk/blur from 9am on Wednesday August 1, with registration open until 6pm. Successful applicants will be notified by email and must confirm if they can attend by 12pm on August 2.
Roger Waters' The Wall tour has been named the highest grossing tour of the year so far by Boxscore/Billboard.
The Pink Floyd man's global jaunt earned $131.4 million (£83.6 million) from November 1 last year to May 31 this year, selling 1.2 million tickets. The tour ends on July 21 in Quebec City, and will have made more than $350 million (£223 million) in total since it hit the road in 2010, and will have been seen by three million people.
Sales of "old albums" have overtaken sales of "new albums" for the first time over the last six months in the US.
Sales of "old albums", which are classified as LPs that have been on sale for longer than 18 months, numbered at 76.6 million over the last six months, with sales of "new albums" numbering at 73.9 million, reports OC Weekly.
According to chart analysts Nielsen, the biggest "old album" sellers have been Whitney Houston and Guns N' Roses' Greatest Hits, while Adele's 21 remains by far the biggest seller in the "new albums" category.
Beck has announced that he will be debuting three brand new songs on the soundtrack to new computer game Sound Shapes.
The tracks, which are titled "Cities", "Touch The People" and "Spiral Staircase", will each feature on a different level of the game, which is due for release next month.
According to Sony, the new PS3 adventure Sound Shapes is "a classic side-scrolling platformer where your actions make the music".
As well as Beck, Deadmau5, I Am Robot And Proud and Jim Guthrie will also contribute music. The game itself will be released on August 7.
Bob Dylan has announced a North American arena tour in support of his forthcoming album, The Tempest.
The arena dates begins in Winnipeg, Manitoba on October 5 and runs through November 21 in Brooklyn, New York.
Rolling Stone reports that this is Dylan's first time headlining arenas in America since 2006.
Special guest on the tour will be Mark Knopfler, with whom Dylan toured Europe last year.
The Tempest, which is the 35th studio album of Dylan's career, will come out on September 10 in the UK and September 11 in the US.
A rare Beatles album has sold for just under $15,000 (£9,581) at auction.
The album, which is a rare edition of the Fab Four's first US release Introducing…The Beatles, sold last Thursday (July 12) for $14,999 (£9,580) on eBay to a private collector.
The record, which contains "Love Me Do" and "PS, I Love You", is the first Beatles album to have been released in the United States.
The Who will be performing their 1973 album Quadrophenia in its entirety on their newly announced US tour, which begins on November 1 in Sunrise, Florida, visiting Boston, New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and more, finishing up in Providence, Rhode Island on February 26, 2013.
Tickets will go on sale through the Who's official fan club at 10 a.m. July 20th and to the public on Friday, July 27th.
Here are the upcoming tour dates:
1/11 Sunrise, FL – BankAtlantic Center
3/11 Orlando, FL – Amway Center
5/11 Duluth, GA – The Arena at Gwinnett Center
