Video for James Murphy’s David Bowie remix to premiere on October 30

David Bowie will premiere the video for the James Murphy remix of his song "Love Is Lost" during the Mercury Music Prize ceremony on Wednesday (October 30). Visuals for the 10-minute long reworking of The Next Day album track will be unveiled during the Mercury Music Prize show on More 4 in the UK at 9.30pm. The full video will then be made available to watch on Vevo from November 1.

Watch Tom Waits play his first show in five years

Tom Waits played his first live show in five years on Sunday [October 27] at Neil Young's Bridge School benefit concert. Scroll down to watch fan footage of the entire 10 song set. Waits was accompanied by David Hidalgo on guitar and accordion, Les Claypool on bass and Casey Waits on drums. Waits has played the Bridge School Benefit concerts twice before, first in 1999 and then in 2007, when he performed with the Kronos Quartet.

Watch Neil Young, Elvis Costello and Jim James pay tribute to Lou Reed

Neil Young, Elvis Costello and Jim James paid tribute to Lou Reed last night [October 27] at the Bridge School Benefit concert. They performed a cover of "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'", which originally appears on the Velvet Underground's fourth album, Loaded. Reed died yesterday. As yet, the cause of his death has not been announced.

Nils Lofgren: “Danny Whitten could sing and play well. He just couldn’t do much else”

Nils Lofgren discusses his career as “a band guy”, performing with Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen, in the new issue of Uncut (dated December 2013), out now.

Morrissey on Lou Reed: “His music will outlive time itself”.

Morrissey is the latest artist to pay tribute to Lou Reed, who died yesterday [October 27], aged 71. Morrissey's follows David Bowie and John Cale, among others, who have paid tribute to Reed. In a post on the quasi-official site, True To You, Morrissey wrote:

Fleetwood Mac’s John McVie diagnosed with cancer

Fleetwood Mac's John McVie has been diagnosed with cancer. The band have now cancelled their Australian and New Zealand tour so that McVie, one of the co-founding members of the legendary group, can seek treatment for the illness.

Watch Neil Young perform with Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire performed with Neil Young at Young's Bridge School Benefit concert on Saturday, October 26. The band played a full acoustic set at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. Before they were joined by Young, Win Butler said he had a dream in which he wrote a new song, on awake he realised it sounded like a Neil Young song. Butler then declared that the song was called "I Dreamed A Neil Young Song", before inviting Young on stage.

George Harrison “was an easy touch… he had a load of Krishnas living at his house”

The making of George Harrison’s debut solo single, “My Sweet Lord”, is examined in the new issue of Uncut, dated December 2013, and out tomorrow (October 29).

David Bowie and John Cale lead tributes to Lou Reed

David Bowie is among many artists who have paid tribute to Lou Reed, who died yesterday [October 27] aged 71. A post on Bowie's website read: "R.I.P. LOU REED "It is with great sadness that we report the death of Lou Reed who died today aged 71. (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) David Bowie said of his old friend: 'He was a master.'"

Lou Reed dies aged 71

Lou Reed has died, aged 71. Reed died at his home on Long Island of an ailment that stemmed from his recent liver transplant. The New York Times reports that Dr. Charles Miller, the surgeon who performed the transplant on Reed at the Cleveland Clinic in April this year, revealed that Reed was back in Ohio last week for further treatment.
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