The feature on William Burroughs in this month's issue by John Robinson made me think of some of the bands who took their names from Burroughs' books, most famously The Soft Machine, Steely Dan, and Grant Hart's Nova Mob

With the release of his latest album, Beauty & Ruin, on June 3, Bob Mould is set to answer your questions in Uncut as part of our regular An Audience With… feature. So is there anything you’ve always wanted to ask the legendary musician? What does he remember of the Minneapolis music scene during the late Seventies in the earliest days of Hüsker Dü? How did Sugar end up signing to Creation Records in the 1990s? What did he learn from his stint writing scripts for professional wrestling in the late 1990s?

REM will release two Unplugged concerts for Record Store Day 2014. The band will put out Unplugged: The Complete 1991 And 2001 Sessions on April 19, Rolling Stone reports.

Neil Young has admitted he once bought thousands of copies of his own album and used them as shingles on the roof of his house.

The Rolling Stones have announced the postponement of the rest of their 14 On Fire tour of Australia and New Zealand following the death of L’Wren Scott. In a statement issued this evening, the band "wish to thank all of their fans for their support at this difficult time and hope that they will fully understand the reason for this announcement. "The Rolling Stones are planning to reschedule these postponed shows at a later date. "The postponed shows are: "Perth Arena – 19 March - postponed Adelaide Oval – 22 March - postponed Sydney Allphones Arena – 25 March - postponed

Gene Simmons of rockers Kiss has spoken out about his frustration with rap and hip-hop artists being inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame.

Brendan Benson has said that any potential reunion of The Raconteurs is "off the table."

The Rolling Stones have cancelled the first date of their Australian tour after the death of Mick Jaggar's girlfriend, the US fashion designer L'Wren Scott.

You may recently have seen posters advertising an album called Tarka & Friends: Life and wondered rather dopily if it didn’t have something to do with riverbank wildlife, not too many people of your acquaintance called Tarka.

Neil Young has added new dates to his ongoing solo acoustic tour. Young will perform at the Chicago Theatre on April 21 and 22. These are in addition to the four shows he's scheduled to play at the Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles on March 29, 30, April 1 and 2 and the two shows at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, Texas on April 17 and 18.