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Afghan Whigs will release their first new album in 16 years later this year.

Fleetwood Mac have said that they will be recording a brand new album with former member Christine McVie, who it was recently revealed is set to rejoin the band.

Pete Seeger has died aged 94.

The new issue of Uncut arrives in UK shops this Friday – though subscribers should hopefully find their copies plonking through the letter box a day or two early. We celebrate 40 years of the Ramones with an extensive cover story by Peter Watts, who’s interviewed surviving band members as well as many of their co-conspirators, friends and peers. To compliment Peter’s terrific piece, we’ve compiled a list of the 50 Greatest American Punk Albums (plus singles and compilations), from the pivotal years of 1975 to 1983.

Stephen Malkmus describes The Rolling Stones as “poncey carpetbaggers of sounds” in the new issue of Uncut.

Arctic Monkeys have announced a new single, "Arabella". The track is taken from their latest album, AM, and will be released on March 10, 2014. The band have also announced details of a new outdoor live show, at Marlay Park, Dublin, Ireland on Saturday July 12, 2014. They have sold out two shows at London's Finsbury Park on May 23 and 24.

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunited to perform on stage at the 56th Grammy Awards. McCartney and Starr took to the stage at Los Angeles' Staples Center and played "Queenie Eye", a recent single from McCartney's latest album New. The performance marked 50 years since The Beatles' career-making performance on The Ed Sullivan Show.

Producer Bob Johnston has recalled his time working with Bob Dylan on a run of his classic ’60s albums in the new Uncut.

Mick Jagger has said he may never publish a memoir as he'd rather be "doing something new". Jagger revealed that he doesn't have any plans to follow Keith Richards' best-selling 2010 autobiography, Life. "I think the rock'n'roll memoir is a glutted market. I'd rather be doing something new," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "I'd rather be making new films, making new music, be touring. If someone wants to know what I did in 1965, they can look it up on Wikipedia without even spending any money."

It has been confirmed that Neil Young's forthcoming album A Letter Home will be released on the Third Man Records label owned by Jack White. A message posted on the Third Man and Neil Young websites confirmed the news. Credited to 'Homer Grosvenor', the message reads: "Third Man Records unearths Neil Young's A Letter Home.