I must confess that, until very recently, I hadn’t really heard of Mike Cooper; more evidence, I guess, of the apparently boundless reserves of records from the early ‘70s still to be reissued (the Bob Carpenter album, due to be released on No Quarter in the autumn, is another great example I should write about soon).

Jack White has released a video for the lead single and title track off his new album, Lazaretto. Scroll down to the watch it. The video is directed by Jonas & François, the French directing team whose credits including Kanye West, Depeche Mode and Muse. A 7” vinyl single of “Lazaretto”, featuring the exclusive non-album b-side cover of Elvis Presley's "Power of My Love”, is available to pre-order.

The Beatles' debut feature film, A Hard Day's Night, is to be re-released to commemorate its 50th anniversary. A new poster has been designed to accompany the re-release, which you can see at the top of the story. The A Hard Day's Night 50th anniversary restoration will have an extended run at London's BFI Southbank from July 4, with a special preview and talk with director Richard Lester on July 3.

Nick Cave has announced he will play three special solo piano sets after advanced screenings of a new documentary about the singer, 20,000 Days On Earth. Rolling Stone reports that Cave will play after screenings in Los Angeles (July 10), Montreal (August 1) and New York (August 4). He will also participate in Q+As at the same shows.

Metallica have defended their Glastonbury headline set, with drummer Lars Ulrich saying that the fact that people are debating the slot means "people still care". Speaking on Radio 1's Rock Show, Ulrich commented: "The fact that everyone's got an opinion I'll take as a good thing because it means that people still care and are still interested and we still have one foot in relevance of some sort."

Morrissey is streaming a new song, "Earth Is The Loneliest Planet". Click below to listen to the track via Spotify, which was recently trailed with a spoken word video starring Pamela Anderson. Morrissey's upcoming LP World Peace Is None Of Your Business will be released later this year on July 14. The full tracklisting for the album can be seen below.

Deep into 2001’s Southern Rock Opera , there’s a point where Patterson Hood produces a mission statement for the Drive-By Truckers – and for an enlightened generation of bands from below the Mason-Dixon line. “You think I'm dumb, maybe not too bright,” he sings, “You wonder how I sleep at night/Proud of the glory, stare down the shame/Duality of the southern thing.”

The whole wide world, captured via the lo-fi blues...

How does it feel, to be pathologised? A few of you might wonder as much, picking up with some trepidation David Kinney’s “The Dylanologists: Adventures In The Land Of Bob”. For here is a book that purports to expose the eccentricities of Bob Dylan’s most obsessive fans, who – imagine! - spend all their money on bootlegs, rarities and ephemera, follow the Neverending Tour around the world, crowd the front rows of his gigs, meticulously work through his lyrics for meaning and echo. Not to be paranoid here, but is Kinney talking about us?

Jack White has been playing a new song, "Temporary Ground", while on tour in America. Click below to watch footage of White performing the track last night (June 1) on stage in Houston, Texas. The song features on White's new album Lazaretto, which is released on June 9.