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Bob Dylan nearly provided a song for the film Rambo, according to producer Giorgio Moroder. In an interview with the Guardian, Moroder revealed that he had composed a song for Dylan at actor Sylvester Stallone's request, in the hope of tempting the legendary singer to provide lyrics.

Arctic Monkeys have postponed a second date on their current arena tour. The band already pulled a show due to take place last night [October 31] in Birmingham. They have now announced that the show due to take place tonight at Glasgow Hydro has also been postponed. The band have since announced that Alex Turner has been diagnosed as suffering from laryngitis.

Neil Young has announced a run of dates for January, 2014. Young will take up a four-night residency at New York's Carnegie Hall on January 6, 7, 9 and 10. Pre-sale begins at 10.00am EST on November 11. Click here for more details. Tickets are available via a first come first served online ticket ordering system. There is a 2 ticket limit per show.

Lou Reed's wife, Laurie Anderson, has posted an open letter online to the residents of Springs, East Hampton, the New York town where Reed passed away over the weekend.

Robert Fripp discusses the return of King Crimson in the new Uncut (dated December 2013), out now.

Stevie Wonder has confirmed his plans to release two new albums in 2014, and is working on a third, reports AP. The albums are titled When The World Began, a collaboration with producer David Foster, and Ten Billion Hearts. He also plans to fulfil a promise he made to his mother Lula, who died in 2006, to record a gospel album in her memory.

David Bowie has released a video accompanying the James Murphy remix of "Love Is Lost". Scroll down to watch it. The 10-minute video was the video premiered during last night's Mercury Music Prize ceremony at London's Roundhouse. The origins of the video were disclosed in a post on David Bowie's website:

James Blake has won the 2013 Barclaycard Mercury Prize with his album Overgrown. The album, his second, was picked above competition from Arctic Monkeys, Disclosure, Villagers, Rudimental and David Bowie and the bookies favourite Laura Mvula. Upon winning the award, the 22nd Mercury Prize, he delivered a short speech, and said: "Thank you to my parents for showing me the importance of being independent."

A rare Bob Dylan recording has been used in a new advertisement for the Jeep Cherokee. Scroll down to watch the clip. The ad, which ran last night [October 28] on American television, uses Dylan's recording of the traditional blues standard “Motherless Children”. This particular version was recorded at New York's Gaslight Café in October, 1962.

U2 will release two new songs from the forthcoming Nelson Mandela biopic, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom on Record Store Day's Black Friday. The two new tracks, titled "Ordinary Love" and "Breath", will be released on exclusive 10-inch vinyl on November 29, according to the official Record Store Day website. Modern Vinyl reports that only 10,000 copies of the release will be pressed, while the artwork for the single can be seen above.