The house where John Lennon was born and raised has been sold at auction for £480,000. The property at 9 Newcastle Road in Wavertree, Liverpool was given a guide price between £150,000 and £250,000. According to a report in The Guardian, the red brick terraced house was bought by an anonymous American fan who placed the winning bid via telephone.

Beck has announced plans to release his new album Morning Phase in February 2014. He has signed a new deal with Capitol Records and will release his 12th album with the label early next year. Morning Phase is Beck's first album in six years, coming after Modern Guilt in 2008. The album is described as being a "companion piece" to the largely acoustic Sea Change, released in 2002, and will include a number of guest stars.

Roger Daltrey has suggested The Who might record new material next year, while also played down reports that a proposed Who tour in 2015 will be their last.

Morrissey's Autobiography has landed an American publisher. The book was previously only available in the UK and Europe, through Penguin Classics, but now the New York Times explains that it will be released in North America through GP Putnam's Sons, which is an imprint of Penguin Random House.

We’re all still reeling from the shocking news of Lou Reed’s death on Sunday. Reading through the tributes that have poured in over the last few days, the one that’s resonated most with me came from John Cale, who in his wise and moving testimonial to his old sparring partner, wrote: “we have the best of our fury laid out on vinyl, for the world to catch a glimpse”. We’ll be running out own full tribute to Lou in a future issue of Uncut.

The outsider no more - Harper's first album in 13 years is a magnificent, ambitious rejuvenation...

Conrad Murray, the doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson, was released from jail today (October 28) in Los Angeles.

Joni Mitchell, AC/DC, King Crimson and George Harrison all feature in the new issue of Uncut, dated December 2013, and out now.

As she might be said to have started off a trend for confessional song- writing with her 1971 album, Blue, we have put together as part of our celebration of Joni Mitchell's 70th birthday a list of the 50 most soul-baring singer-songwriter albums,

Patti Smith and David Byrne are the latest high profile artists to pay tribute to Lou Reed, who died on Sunday [October 26]. Speaking to Rolling Stone, Smith said: