A week somewhat overshadowed by the Dexys show that I wrote about yesterday. Apologies for banging on about this some more, but the comments on my blog are definitely worth reading, and I’ve embedded below some unusually high-quality clips of “This Is What She’s Like”, “Lost” and “Come On Eileen”…

Bjork has pulled her headline appearances at the Primavera festivals in Barcelona in Spain and Porto in Portugal next month because of an inflamed nodule in her throat. The Icelandic singer was set to appear at the events in Barcelona on June 2 and in Porto on June 9, but has now cancelled the shows. Last month she cancelled two shows upon discovering the nodule. She had been playing her eighth studio album 'Biophilia' in residence at the Buenos Aires Centro de Exposiciones in Argentina but shelved the final shows of the run after the diagnosis.

Country music legend Willie Nelson has turned down Roseanne Barr’s offer to be her Presidential running mate. Earlier this year, Barr – who found fame with her 1990's sitcom Roseanne – filed the official documents needed to become the Green Party's nominee for President. On her Twitter account, Twitter.com/therealroseanne, she recently stated: "My Vice President will be announced at the debate in San Francisco this Saturday. I want Willie Nelson as Vice President."

Aretha Franklin is set to be inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame later this year. The soul singer is one of six acts to receive the honour this year and will join the ranks of previously inducted Hall of Famers Dolly Parton and Elvis at a ceremony on August 14 in Hendersonville, Tennessee, reports AP via the NY Daily News.

Alabama Shakes have given their views on where new bands are going wrong in their approach to songwriting. Speaking in this week's issue of NME, which is on UK newsstands and available digitally now, the band's singer Brittany Howard has said that she and her bandmates have focused on sincerity, rather than trying to be "original" or "different".

Occupation Records, the record label founded and run by members of the Occupy London movement, has announced it will release its debut compilation next month. The compilation, which is titled Folk The Banks, will be released on June 4 and will feature 18 tracks in total. Among the artists set to feature on the album are Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello, Martha Wainwright, The King Blues and Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.

Beastie Boys were hit with a lawsuit over alleged undeclared samples the day before Adam Yauch passed away, it has been revealed. Yauch, who was also known as MCA, was diagnosed with cancer in 2009 and succumbed to the disease on Friday [May 4], aged 47. US record label Tuf America had submitted a lawsuit against the band the day before (May 3) which alleges that they illegally sampled 1980s outfit Trouble Funk's "Say What" and "Drop The Bomb" on four of their early tunes.

Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos dubbed Oasis as "boring" in an impromptu question and answer session with fans on Twitter last night [May 8]. When asked what tips he would give to new bands, his advice was to steer clear of Oasis covers: "Never cover Oasis. Never forget your friends. Always have a laugh." Queried further on why bands shouldn't cover Oasis, Kapranos replied: "Ach. Nothing personal. Just because everyone does. And they're so fucking boring."

Jack White has revealed he has an ambition to play the first ever vinyl record in outer space. The former White Stripes man was speaking to astronaut Buzz Aldrin in a feature for Interview Magazine and told Aldrin, who was the second ever man to walk on the moon, that he is working on a "secret project" to get one of the songs on his Third Man Records label to be the "first vinyl record played in outer space".

The track, taken from their latest album “LOVE Part One & Two”, is conquering radio stations worldwide with its ear-catching sound. Fans of the band are now eagerly awaiting the music video for the single which is currently being shot by the band. Their “LOVE Part One & Two” lead single Anxiety was accompanied by a high-tech music video that was shot at a Sky Church venue at Seattle’s Experience Music Project Museum. The state-of-the-art complex boasts a 48,000 Watt sound system and the world’s largest indoor video screen. So this music video comes much anticipated.