Slowdive have announced two further reunion gigs for later this year.
The band returned to the stage for their first gig in almost 20 years back in May, playing a surprise gig at the Sonic Cathedral label's 10th anniversary party at London's Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen.
They have since been touring European festivals, including slots at Primavera Sound in Barcelona and Latitude last weekend (July 18). They will now follow this up with dates across Asia and North America, before two nights at London's The Forum in Kentish Town on December 29 and 20.
The Pop Group have announced their first ever UK tour.
The Bristol group - who formed in 1978 and split in 1980 before getting back together again in 2010 - will head out on a seven date tour this October, in support of the reissue in October of their 1980 album We Are Time and Cabinet Of Curiosities, a nine-track compilation of rarities and previously unreleased material.
A tree planted in memory of George Harrison has died after being infested by beetles.
The pine in Los Angeles' Griffith Park was planted in 2004 as a tribute Harrison, who passed away in 2001 in the city. A plaque on the tree read: "In memory of a great humanitarian who touched the world as an artist, a musician and a gardener." It also featured a quote from Harrison: "For the forests to be green, each tree must be green."
Jack White's Third Man Records company have launched a publishing offshoot, Third Man Books.
Third Man Books' first commercially available release will be Language Lessons: Volume I, which comprises a 321-page book of poetry and prose as well as two vinyl LPs of "jazz, psychdelic-punk, poetry, blues and pop" and five "frameable" poems. The package – which is pictured above – will be released in a hard-case clothbound sleeve and is available to buy from August 5.
A hotel named after Bob Dylan has opened in Woodstock, New York.
The Hotel Dylan is located Route 28, just southwest of the town where Dylan and The Band recorded and not far from where the festival took place in 1969. It has been designed by owner Paul Covello and architects Cortney and Robert Novogratz.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse played an unreleased track dating from 2001 during their show at Piazza Colbert, Barolo, Italy last night [July 21].
"Standing In The Light Of Love" was debuted on June 9, 2001 at the Sheffield Arena and played a further 26 times during the band's European and Japanese shows that year.
It was last played on July 28, 2001 at the Fuji Rock Festival, Japan.
Young and Crazy Horse have already aired a number of deep rare cuts during their current European tour.
Vashti Bunyan has shared a new song, entitled "Across The Water".
Listen to the track below, which comes from the artist's new album Heartleap, which is released on October 6 via FatCat. The LP follows her 1970 debut Just Another Diamond Day and 2005's comeback album Lookaftering. The new album was produced by Bunyan herself and was primarily recorded in her own studio.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have unveiled a new song, "Forgotten Man".
The song can be found on their website here.
The interactive site is modelled after an old car radio; turn it on and use your mouse to flip through the stations. "Forgotten Man" can be found between 104 and 100.
The song appears on their new album, Hypnotic Eye, which is released on July 29 via Reprise Records.
You can also find four other previously released songs from the album on the website.
Jonny Greenwood has said that he has been emailing Thom Yorke ideas for new Radiohead songs.
Speaking in The Sunday Times, Greenwood commented: "I was emailing stuff to Thom last night, actually, but it's not the same, is it? You don't see him tutting." When asked if there was a release date in mind for their next album, Greenwood explained: "No! Release? No, no idea. No," adding: "Our plan is to start making music soon. We've just got to get the inertia back."
