Kasabian's Serge Pizzorno has apparently confirmed that The Rolling Stones will be playing this summer's Glastonbury Festival.
Speaking to MTV News, the band's chief songwriter was talking about Kasabian's headline slot at Hard Rock Calling, which takes place the same June weekend as Glastonbury. He said: "I hope ours is the most talked about performance of the weekend, but that would be a miracle because The Rolling Stones are playing Glastonbury."
Alvin Lee, co-founder and guitarist with Ten Years After, has died aged 68.
According to a statement posted yesterday (March 6) on his website, Lee died from complications following surgery.
Born in Nottingham in 1944, Lee played in a number of local bands before he founded Ten Years After in 1966 with bassist Leo Lyons. They released their self-titled debut album in 1967. In 1969, they played the Newport Jazz Festival and, notably, Woodstock, where Lee led the band through a memorable version of "I'm Going Home" that you can watch below.
The Flaming Lips have debuted a new track titled "Look... The Sun Is Rising".
The song, which will be featured on their forthcoming new album The Terror, is currently streaming at NPR. Previously, the Oklahoma band had released a new track titled 'Sun Blows Up Today', which will appear as a bonus cut on the LP.
Lou Reed astounded a small group of 100 fan who had gathered to celebrate his 1972 album Transformer by making a personal appearance to listen to the album in its entirety.
The event, set up by website high50.com, took place on March 4 at New York's Soho House. Reed also took part in a discussion about the album's content and its wider cultural significance.
Earlier in the evening, photographer Mick Rock, who shot Reed for Transformer's album cover, read excerpts from his new book - Transformer.
R.E.M are to release a deluxe, 25th anniversary reissue of Green.
The reissue will include a remastered version of the band's 1988 album accompanied by a live live disc taken from a November 10, 1989 show in Greensboro, North Carolina, the penultimate date of the band's Green World Tour. Sleeve notes will be written by Uncut's editor, Allan Jones.
Green was R.E.M’s sixth studio album and their first for major label Warners. It includes the breakthrough singles, “Stand” and “Orange Crush”.
My Bloody Valentine will play this year’s Off Festival.
Off Festival will take place in Katowice, Poland, between August 2 and 4. My Bloody Valentine, who will play on August 4, are the only band so far announced on the website.
Tickets are 150 zł (£31.38) or 190 zł (£39.75) including a camping pass.
Five more acts have been confirmed for the Uncut Stage at this year's Great Escape festival.
Lord Huron, Mikal Cronin, Woods [pictured], The Strypes, White Fence will be playing the Uncut Stage - along with the Allah-las and Phosphorescent, who have already been confirmed.
Iggy And The Stooges have debuted their new single 'Burn'.
The track, which will feature on the band's forthcoming new album 'Ready To Die', is currently streaming on Soundcloud. You can also find it below.
