What sounded like the roof coming off the house sometime in the early hours of last Sunday morning during what you can only hope was the last of the winter’s great storms woke me with a start, stirring me from a hugely disturbing dream in which I was on Mastermind answering questions in my specialist round on The Vicar of Dibley, Seasons 1-3 (1994-2007).
Bruce Springsteen was joined on stage by Eddie Vedder over the weekend.
Springsteen and the E Street Band were performing at AAMI Park in Melbourne, Australia on Saturday (February 15).
They opened their set with a cover of AC/DC's "Highway To Hell", with Vedder joining in on vocals.
Vedder also performed "Darkness On The Edge of Town", the second song of the set, with the band.
The Specials have announced plans for an 11-date tour of the UK and Ireland this coming November.
The tour starts at Dublin Olympia on November 3, with dates in Belfast, Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester and more to follow, including two dates at London's Roundhouse on November 13 and 14. Tickets go on sale at 9am on February 21.
Ahead of the tour, Specials frontman Terry Hall will be DJing at The Wolf House in London's Islington, on March 6, April 3 and May 1.
The Specials will play:
Dublin Olympia (November 3)
Belfast Ulster Hall (4)
Echo And The Bunnymen have almost finished their new album.
Writing on their Facebook page, the band revealed their new studio LP is "nearing completion", adding that a European tour in support of the record has already been booked. They wrote:
Prince played the smallest so far of his London 'Hit and Run' gigs yesterday [February 17], performing at the 250 capacity Ronnie Scott's venue.
The set included a surprise cover version of The Waterboys' "The Whole Of The Moon". The song – originally released in 1985 – is long rumoured to have been written about Prince. The band have denied this but singer Mike Scott told Uncut that the sound was inspired by Prince.
A Detroit chef has designed a 10 course meal inspired by Radiohead's Kid A album, reports The Huffington Post.
Kyle Hanley, a chef at the Detroit Golf Club, has created a menu designed to pair a course up with each track on the 2000 record, while Joseph Allerton, a food and beverage director, chooses the complementing wine and cocktails by considering the music rather than the food it will be consumed with.
Beck is streaming his new album Morning Phase ahead of its official release.
The Los Angeles singer-songwriter is letting fans listen to the record a week early via NPR. Click here to listen to the album before its release on February 24.
