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The Monkees have announced details of a 24-date North American tour. The surviving members - Mike Nesmith, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork - will kick off their tour, called A Midsummer's Night With the Monkees, in New York, on July 15. "The reaction to the [2012 reunion] tour was euphoric," Dolenz told Rolling Stone. "It was pretty apparent there was a demand for another one."

Mike D and Ad-Rock have reportedly signed a deal to release their memoirs in 2015. The book comes following the two remaining members of the Beastie Boys signing a deal with Random House imprint, Spiegel & Grau. The New York Times reports that the book is currently untitled and that it is unlikely to follow the structure of a traditional biography, focusing instead on a "pastiche of voices, images, irreverent humor and pop-culture reference points".

The Rolling Stones played a tiny club show in Los Angeles on Saturday night (April 27). The gig took place at The Echoplex in the Echo Park neighbourhood, with most tickets distributed to fans via a ticket lottery which took place earlier in the day at the El Rey venue across town, after the news of the show went online that morning.

George Jones has died, aged 81. Jones was reportedly hospitalized at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee with an illness on April 18. Jones, whose songs included "White Lightening" and "Why Baby Why", was called "the second best singer in America" by Frank Sinatra. He released his first album, Grand Ole Opry's New Star, in 1957. The previous year, he'd been named the Most Promising New Country Vocalist. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992, and in 2012 he was presented with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award.

All Tomorrow's Parties have confirmed that their regular weekender events are to come to a close at the end of the year with two final 'End Of An Era' events - including Television playing "Marquee Moon" in full.

Laura Marling has unveiled the first four tracks from her new album Once I Was An Eagle via a short film, entitled When Brave Bird Saved. Click below to watch the 18-minute long When Brave Bird Saved, which soundtracks the songs "Take The Night Off", "I Was An Eagle", "You Know" and "Breathe".

Bob Weir left the stage early last night (April 25), during a set by Further at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. According to music website jambase, Weir was seen struggling throughout the show and was eventually helped into a chair onstage by two crew members. The band left the stage, returning without Weir.

The National played two songs from their forthcoming sixth studio album Trouble Will Find Me on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night (April 25). The Brooklyn band performed "Sea Of Love" and a web exclusive of "I Need My Girl" on the programme – scroll down to watch footage of both.