U2's The Edge has announced that his Music Rising charity has launched a Hurricane Sandy relief fund.
The guitarist founded the group, alongside Gibson Guitar CEO Henry Juszkiewicz and producer Bob Ezri, to provide musical equipment and financial support to musicians, schools and community organisations affected by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The group has now shifted its attention to those who have been worst affected by Hurricane Sandy, which destroyed lives across the tri-state area of the United States of America in October 2012.
Morrissey performed live on The Late Show With David Letterman last night [January 8].
The singer and his band played "Action Is My Middle Name". Scroll down to watch the performance.
Morrissey's appearance on Letterman came ahead of his rescheduled North American tour dates. He was originally scheduled to play a handful of shows last October, but postponed them after his mother fell ill.
Morrissey's current run of American shows begins tonight [January 9] at Tilles Center for Performing Arts in Brookville, New York.
Suede have unveiled a video for their new track 'Barriers' - scroll down and click 'play' to watch it.
The low-key video, shot in black and white, shows the band performing the song in a rehearsal room. 'Barriers', given away as a free download yesterday (January 7), is the first track to be heard from the band's new album Bloodsports, which is due in March. An official single, titled 'It Starts And Ends With You', will precede the album in February.
ZZ Top have announced plans to play two UK tour dates later this year.
The band, who are celebrating their 42nd anniversary, have lined up two shows in Manchester and London in June.
They will play:
London Hammersmith Apollo (June 24)
Manchester O2 Apollo (25)
ZZ Top will be playing tracks from their 2012 album La Futura. Mainman Billy Gibbons recently revealed that he and bandmate Dusty Hill once turned down an offer of $1 million (£638,000) to shave off their beards.
At the end of November 2012, Low released a short video trailer for their forthcoming tenth full album, “The Invisible Way”. There is some static, and Mimi Parker talking about some “exceptional peaches”, then a cascading piano line fades in. After 44 seconds, and before the clip has revealed much of a shape as a song, the clip ends.
Led Zeppelin are in talks to stream their backcatalogue online.
The band are looking at giving at various music services including Spotify, Rdio and Rhapsody the right to put their music online, reports The New York Times. A deal would be a rare digital leap forward for Zeppelin, who waited until 2007 before they made their albums available through iTunes.
Metallica, who became embroiled in legal action with Napster in the past, made a similar digital switch recently when they allowed Spotify to upload their backcatalogue.
The track Tom Waits recorded with Keith Richards for Johnny Depp's latest compilation album has been revealed.
The duo teamed up to record a cover of the ballad "Shenandoah" as part of a pirate themed compilation album, called Son Of Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs And Chanteys. You can stream the finished track via NPR here.
Producer Tony Visconti has said that the new David Bowie album is "a rock album", saying he was surprised to hear the reflective and melancholic track "Where Are We Now?" released first.
Visconti spoke to BBC News following Bowie's surprise return yesterday with the new single and a new album, The Next Day, announced for March.
A mysterious new track believed to be the work of Prince has surfaced online. Scroll down and click 'play' to hear the track.
Titled "Same Page Different Book", the funky tune emerged via a new Twitter account called 3rd Eye Girl. The account was set up on Sunday (January 6) and a series of Prince-related tweets were posted, including one linking to the song.
