Uncut joins Robert Fripp and the latest incarnation of King Crimson in the rehearsal studio to hear about their upcoming gigs, the problems with touring and his setlist plans, in the new issue, out now.
“My professional life has been so devoid of joy,” explains Fripp, marveling at his enjoyment of the rehearsals so far.
Arcade Fire covered Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1970 track "Hey Tonight" onstage at the Shoreline Ampitheatre in California. Click below to watch footage of the performance, which came as part of the encore.
Jarvis Cocker is set to judge a Pulp karaoke competition in New York next week.
Cocker will be in New York to preside over the contest, which is being held at the Industry City venue in Brooklyn. Would be entrants can tweet their plea to perform for Cocker to the event organisers with those who don't want to sing "Common People" told they stand a better chance of being selected.
Eric Clapton is competing with Ed Sheeran in the race for this week's Number One on the Official UK Albums Chart.
Sheeran is currently ahead of The Breeze by Eric Clapton & Friends at today's midweek stage and is on course to spend his sixth straight week at the top with his second album X. The final chart placings will be revealed on BBC Radio 1 on Sunday (August 3).
Damon Albarn has said that Blur may never finish the album they began working on in 2013.
Albarn recorded new music with his Blur bandmates in Hong Kong in May last year.
However, in an interview published in this week's NME which is on newsstands tomorrow (July 30) and available digitally, Albarn says that because he likes to work in shorter, more concentrated periods of time he fears that he may never return to the tracks the band made while in Asia.
Big Star's first two albums are to be remastered and reissued, according to a report on Rolling Stone.
#1 Record and Radio City, which have been bundled together as a two-for-one album for years, will be available as separate albums again on September 2 with liner notes by R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills.
Beck has unveiled a video for his track "Heart Is A Drum".
The track features on the singer's 2013 album Morning Phase . For the video, Beck worked with British music video director Sophie Muller, who is best known for her collaborations with Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Blur, Garbage and a host of others.
