James will release a new album, La Petite Mort, on June 2.
It is the band's first full-length studio album since 2008's Hey Ma.
The album has been produced by Max Dingel (Killers, Muse, White Lies) and will be preceded by a single, "Moving On". Other confirmed tracks include "Curse Curse" and "Frozen Britain".
The band have been announced as headliners for Summer In The City, Castlefield Bowl, Manchester, on July 11 and Camp Bestival on August 1. More festival dates and a UK arena tour are to be announced shortly.
The National have unveiled a new trailer for their Mistaken For Strangers documentary.
The film, which premiered last year at the Tribeca Film Festival, will open in cinemas in the United States on March 25. Click below to watch the new trailer, which follows the band as frontman Matt Berninger's brother Tom joins them on tour as a roadie. Matt produced the film alongside Carin Besser and Craig Charland, and commented: "I was happy to give my brother whatever access he needed. I just didn't expect this movie to include shower scenes."
A statue of a weeping Kurt Cobain has been unveiled in the singer's hometown, Aberdeen, Washington.
The city celebrated Kurt Cobain Day on February 20, which would have been Cobain's 47th birthday. The statue, which sees Cobain crying a single tear, is situated in the Aberdeen Museum of History. The day's festivities also included a gig and an appearance from Cobain's guitar teacher, reports Consequence Of Sound.
The Rolling Stones played the first date off their 14 On Fire tour this evening [February 21].
The show was their very first performance in the United Arab Emirates.
The band were joined by special guest, Mick Taylor.
In addition to the songs familiar for the 2012/2013 50 & Counting tour, the band played "You Got Me Rocking" from the Voodoo Lounge album, as well as "Slipping Away" from Steel Wheels.
Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey reveal all about their new collaborative album in the upcoming issue of Uncut, dated April 2014 and out on Friday (February 28).
Pussy Riot have debuted a video for their track "Putin Will Teach You To Love The Motherland".
The Russian punk collective unveiled the video yesterday (February 20) in response to the aggressive treatment they have received in Sochi. It was reported earlier this week that members of the group, including Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, were attacked by both uniformed Cossacks and security men as they attempted to perform in the Russian city, where the Winter Olympics are currently taking place.
Suede will release two brand new CD and 7” single box sets featuring all 24 Suede singles from 1992 – 2013 on April 14.
The CD Singles box set will feature nearly every Suede b-side across all previous formats of each single, including a number of hard to find tracks that were omitted from the 2011 reissues. The box also includes for the first time CD singles of the three Bloodsports era singles and B-sides from 2013.
The sets are limited to 1000 copies worldwide each.
Neil Young has announced two solo acoustic shows.
These follow on from his run of shows in January at New York's Carnegie Hall and his recent 'Honor The Treaties' shows in Canada.
Young will play the Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, on Saturday, March 29 and Sunday, March 30.
