Brian May has been given the all-clear after suffering a cancer scare in late 2013, the Guardian reports.
Writing on his official website, the 66-year-old Queen guitarist informed fans results from urgent tests carried out in December showed he did not have prostate cancer, although he stated there were "still some mysteries to solve" regarding his health.
Robert Wyatt, speaking in the new issue of Uncut, reveals that he could never have been a pop star, despite scoring a 1974 hit with a cover of The Monkees’ “I’m A Believer”.
U2, Arcade Fire and Karen O are among the nominees at this year's Oscars.
U2's "Ordinary Love" (from Mandela: The Long Walk To Freedom) is nominated in the Best Original Song category, alongside Karen O and Spike Jonze for "The Moon Song" from Her and Pharrell Williams' "Happy", from Despicable Me 2.
Meanwhile, Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett have been nominated in the Original Score category for the soundtrack to Spike Jonze's Her.
It's awards time of year, folks. And here's the nominations in the key categories of this year's Oscars. I'm very pleased to see a lot of films we've supported over the last 12 months have received nominations - especially American Hustle, Nebraska (our 2013 Film of The Year), The Wolf Of Wall Street and Gravity.
Thurston Moore's black metal band Twilight have announced their new album and decision to split up.
Moore joined Twilight in 2012 and III: Beneath Trident’s Tomb, due for release on March 17, will be his first album with the band. However, it will also be his last after the group announced their decision to separate immediately.
Alongside Moore, Twilight consists of Stavros Giannopoulos (Atlas Moth), Wrest (Leviathan), N Imperial (Krieg), and producer Sanford Parker. The band's previous two albums, Twlilight and Monument To Time End.
Neil Young has launched a blistering attack on Canada's federal government and Alberta’s oilsands development, accusing officials of "killing" First Nations through their exploitation of the Alberta tar sands.
Young made the accusation at a press conference ahead of his Massey Hall show on Sunday, January 12.
Morrissey will release a new album later this year.
The singer has signed a new, worldwide record deal with Universal Music’s US-based Harvest Records. In a statement, he said he was "thrilled" to sign the contract.
Little Feat have announced details of a 13 disc box set.
Titled Rad Gumbo: The Complete Warner Bros. Years 1971-1990, the set is presented in a clamshell box and includes the band's studio albums and live recordings as well as outtakes.
A final disc of this collection highlights outtakes from Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years Of Little Feat, a four-disc retrospective collection released in 2000.
Rad Gumbo: The Complete Warner Bros. Years 1971-1990 is released by Rhino in the US on February 25.
The box set contains:
Little Feat (1971)
The Dead Weather have revealed new song "Rough Detective". Listen to it below.
"Rough Detective" is the second new song from The Dead Weather in 2014 following "Open Up (That's Enough)" which was revealed earlier this month (January).
Both "Rough Detective" and "Open Up (That's Enough)" are part of a series of single releases running up to the release of a new album by the band in 2015. The songs will be available digitally after the vinyl release.
Jeremy Spencer, one of the founding members of Fleetwood Mac, has announced American tour dates and a new album.
The dates will be Spencer's first full-length tour of America since 1971.
