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Paul Rodgers takes us through his career in albums in the new issue of Uncut, dated April 2014 and out now.

Kate Bush has announced she will play a series of live shows later this year. Bush will play 15 shows at London's Eventim Apollo Hammersmith starting on August 26. The title of the shows is Before The Dawn. Tickets will go on sale from 9.30am on Friday, March 28. These are Bush's first major live dates since 1979's Tour of Life, since when she has given only the occasional live performance. Tickets are available only from the following outlets: www.eventim.co.uk, www.gigsandtours.com and www.ticketmaster.co.uk.

The Rolling Stones have rescheduled a series of shows in Australia and New Zealand for October, after they were postponed following the death of L'Wren Scott. A list of the dates affected by the postponement can be found below. Promoters Frontier Touring have urged fans with tickets to hold on to their tickets for the rescheduled shows, which they claim will come in October and November, though no specific dates have yet been announced.

Iggy Pop has cast doubt on the future of The Stooges following the death of Scott Asheton aged 64 earlier this week.

Neil Young has postponed the Record Store Day reissue of his long-out-of-print 1973 album, Time Fades Away. The album was scheduled for release as part of Young's Official Release Series Discs 5-8 Vinyl Box Set, alongside On The Beach, Tonight's The Night and Zuma.

With the release of his latest album, Beauty & Ruin, on June 3, Bob Mould is set to answer your questions in Uncut as part of our regular An Audience With… feature. So is there anything you’ve always wanted to ask the legendary musician? What does he remember of the Minneapolis music scene during the late Seventies in the earliest days of Hüsker Dü? How did Sugar end up signing to Creation Records in the 1990s? What did he learn from his stint writing scripts for professional wrestling in the late 1990s?

REM will release two Unplugged concerts for Record Store Day 2014. The band will put out Unplugged: The Complete 1991 And 2001 Sessions on April 19, Rolling Stone reports.

Neil Young has admitted he once bought thousands of copies of his own album and used them as shingles on the roof of his house.

The Rolling Stones have announced the postponement of the rest of their 14 On Fire tour of Australia and New Zealand following the death of L’Wren Scott. In a statement issued this evening, the band "wish to thank all of their fans for their support at this difficult time and hope that they will fully understand the reason for this announcement. "The Rolling Stones are planning to reschedule these postponed shows at a later date. "The postponed shows are: "Perth Arena – 19 March - postponed Adelaide Oval – 22 March - postponed Sydney Allphones Arena – 25 March - postponed

Gene Simmons of rockers Kiss has spoken out about his frustration with rap and hip-hop artists being inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame.