Stevie Nicks has told NME that she'd love the reformed Fleetwood Mac to headline Glastonbury in 2013.
Addressing rumours that the band could coincide a forthcoming summer 2013 tour with their debut appearance headlining the Pyramid Stage, Nicks says she watched Beyonce's performance at the festival in 2011 from her hotel room in London after her own slot at Hyde Park Calling that year.
Ravi Shankar, the Indian sitar maestro, has died in hospital in San Diego, aged 92.
Shankar, who helped popularise Indian music in the 1960s, was described as "the godfather of world music" by his most famous student, George Harrison.
The Allah-Las make their UK debut in the back room of a north London pub on a freezing December night, the inhospitable weather not something familiar to in their native Los Angeles, where it probably only gets this cold in disaster movies, palm trees turning brittle with frost, the ocean becoming ice, CGI snow drifts on Sunset Strip and Denis Quaid in a parka and Bermuda shorts standing square-jawed and wrinkled-kneed against the elements.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse have announced five UK dates for 2013.
According to Ticketmaster website, the band will play:
Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle: June 10
LG Arena, Birmingham: June 11
SECC Arena, Glasgow: June 13
RDS Arena, Dublin: June 15
The O2 Arena, London: June 17
Tickets for all shows go on sale later this week.
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs made their live return in New York over the weekend, performing new material to a crowd of just 70 people.
The band performed live at the Union Pool venue as part of a benefit show for the victims of hurricane Sandy on Saturday night (December 8). All money raised from the gig was donated to Waves 4 Water. Support on the night came from Higgins Waterproof Blackmagic, a side project from TV On The Radio's Tunde Adebimpe.
The Rolling Stones have announced that Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen and Black Keys will join them onstage at their gig at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on December 15.
"We're excited these extraordinary artists, Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga and the Black Keys, had agreed to help celebrate our 50th anniversary as we share the night live with our fans all over the world," the band said in a statement on the their official app. "Now the fun begins of trying to figure out the best songs to perform together."
Leonard Cohen is to return to the UK in 2013 with a one-off show at London’s The O2 Arena on Friday June 21.
The singer-songwriter, who released his 12th studio album Old Ideas in January, performed two shows at London's Wembley Arena in September, though they had originally been scheduled for Hop Farm in Kent, site of the annual Hop Farm Festival.
Leonard Cohen released Old Ideas in January of this year. It followed 2004's Dear Heather, and is his 12th studio album since 1967.
Old Ideas is Uncut's Album Of The Year.
