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Smokey Robinson sheds light on his friendship with the early Beatles in the new issue of Uncut, out now.

Bob Dylan's team are apparently considering Blood On The Tracks material for the next instalment of Dylan's archival Bootleg Series. According to Rolling Stone , a source close to Dylan's organisation confirmed that "There's a couple of things on our minds, but the natural next one is Blood On The Tracks."

Bruce Springsteen has unveiled the video for "Just Like Fire Would", taken from his new album, High Hopes . The track is a cover of The Saints' 1986 song. The video sees Springsteen playing along with the E Street Band and Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello, who features prominently on 'High Hopes'. Scroll to watch the promo.

Bruce Springsteen has revealed more details about his forthcoming Instant Bootleg Series. Earlier this week, Springsteen formalised plans to offer instant downloads of live recordings from his shows.

Arcade Fire covered INXS' "Devil Inside" during a live show in Australia last night [January 22]. See below to watch fan-shot footage of the performance.

Courtney Love broke down in tears in court earlier today (January 22), upon hearing businessman Phillip Gross discuss Nirvana's legacy. Love is currently appearing in court to defend an allegedly defamatory tweet she wrote in 2010. Love is being pursued by Rhonda Holmes, a lawyer she hired previously to handle a fraud case against those managing the estate of her late husband Kurt Cobain.

Neil Young was presented with a special award by the Producers and Engineers Wing of the Grammys on Tuesday [January 21].

Colin Greenwood has said that Radiohead's plans for a new album are "up in the air" as members of the band focus on side projects.

The Great Escape have revealed the first 100 artists confirmed for the 2014 festival. Among the artists performing at this year's festival are Courtney Barnett [pictured] and Kelis - scroll down for the full line-up. The festival will run on May 8 - 10 in Brighton across 35 venues. In total, the festival will play host to 400 bands.

Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey are to release a joint album, Going Back Home, on March 10 on the Chess label. The album features 11 tracks, 10 of which are Johnson originals from both his Dr Feelgood days and solo years, alongside a version of Bob Dylan’s "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window". Johnson and Daltrey will perform tracks from the album at a one off show at The O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on February 25.