The Rolling Stones have confirmed former members Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor will join them onstage for their forthcoming London shows.
The pair will play with the band for the first time in over 20 years for the concerts at the O2 Arena on Sunday (November 25) and next Thursday (29). Original bass player Wyman played with the Stones from 1962 until 1992 while guitarist Taylor played with the Stones from 1969 to 1974.
Slade reveal the story behind their huge festive hit, “Merry Xmas Everybody”, in the new issue of Uncut, out on Friday (November 23).
The Wolverhampton quartet explain that at first they were dubious about even releasing the song, which eventually went on to sell over one million copies on its first release.
Drummer Don Powell says: “Chas [Chandler, manager] said I don’t care what you think, this is coming out this Christmas and it will be No 1. We thought it was a bit namby-pamby, we just weren’t sure at all.”
A new Jimi Hendrix album of previously unreleased material is set to be released in 2013.
The LP entitled People, Hell And Angels was recorded in 1968 and 1969. The songs were meant for First Days Of The New Rising Sun, the follow up to Electric Ladyland that Hendrix was working on when he passed away. It is set for release in the US on March 5, 2013 according to Rolling Stone. A UK release date is yet to be set for the new record.
Tracks on the record apparently feature Hendrix experimenting with horns, keyboards, percussion and a second guitar.
The new issue of Uncut should be with subscribers imminently, and in UK shops on Friday. Of some interest, I suspect, will be our Top 75 new albums of 2012 rundown; feel free to talk to me here about that when you’ve had a look (or before, if you like).
The Rolling Stones have posted the video for their recent single "Doom And Gloom" online - scroll down to watch it.
The band have teamed up with The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Prometheus star Noomi Rapace for the clip, which sees her writhing around topless on a bed of $100 bills and shooting Zombies, before her head explodes.
The National have recorded a song for HBO drama Boardwalk Empire.
The band covered Isham Jones and The Ray Miller Orchestra’s 1924 song "I’ll See You in My Dreams" for use in episode 10 of season 3, 'A Man, A Plan', which aired in the US on November 18. The band are accompanied by Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks on the track, which you can hear below by scrolling down the page.
Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has revealed that he found himself at the centre of a bomb scare earlier this month.
The singer was stopped at Will Rogers airport in Oklahoma City on November 10, after a dead grenade in his hand luggage set off alarms at a TSA checkpoint, reports TMZ.
Wayne was on his way to Los Angeles to catch a preview of the new Flaming Lips musical Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, and told police that the grenade was given to him at a party as a joke.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs are set to release a new album in the spring of next year, according to reports.
Speaking on Los Angeles radio station KCRW, Jason Bentley – who hosts the Morning Becomes Eclectic show – said that the band would be releasing the follow-up to 2009's It's Blitz! in the "springtime" of 2013.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have released three albums, 2003's Fever To Tell, 2006's Show Your Bone and It's Blitz!.
The Black Keys shed light on the making of their greatest albums in the new issue of Uncut, out on Friday (November 23).
The duo, who are set to play two dates at London’s O2 Arena in December, explain how they moved from recording on four-track in drummer Patrick Carney’s basement for their first few albums to holing up in more luxurious studios with producer Danger Mouse on last year’s El Camino.
