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James Taylor has announced a 10 date UK tour with his band to take place in September/October 2014. Taylor, who last toured the UK in 2011, will play: SEPTEMBER 5 - Plymouth Pavilions 26 – Birmingham LG Arena 27 – Leeds First Direct Arena 29 – Glasgow SSE Hydro 30 – Manchester Phones 4 U Arena OCTOBER 2 – Cardiff Motorpoint Arena 4 – Brighton Centre 5 – Bournemouth BIC 7/8 – London Royal Albert Hall Book from www.ticketline.co.uk / 0844 888 9991 or from the venue direct.

The Uncut team reveal our albums of the year in The Best Of 2013, a special supplement that comes with the new issue, dated January 2014 and out now.

Junior Murvin has died aged 67. The Jamaica Observer writes that the singer died at the Port Antonio Hospital in Portland earlier this morning (December 2). Best known for the Lee 'Scratch' Perry produced 1976 single "Police And Thieves", Murvin - real name Murvin Junior Smith - was apparently suffering from advanced stage diabetes at the time of his death. The 1977 album Police and Thieves was Murvin's LP debut and saw him backed by The Upsetters. He released his last studio album, World Cry, in 1995.

Roddy Frame played Aztec Camera's High Land, Hard Rain in full last night [December 1] at the first of three shows to mark the album's 30th anniversary. The show - at London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - ran across two sets.

Kim Shattuck has revealed that her time playing with Pixies has come to an end. The bass player joined the band this summer after Kim Deal left the band. She posted the news of her departure on Twitter and Facebook, saying she was "disappointed" with the decision.

The Who have released a brand new iPad digital box set app, to complement the recently-released deluxe and super Deluxe editions of Tommy. The app, which has been described as the band's record label, Universal, as "the world's first-ever digital box set" is available on tablets and smart phones. Users can download the app for free from the iTunes store.

Bob Dylan is being sued for alleged 'racism'. According to Slate.Fr – via Business Insider – a Croatian community association in France is suing Dylan for comments he made in the September issue of the French version of Rolling Stone magazine.

Jack White's Third Man Records have created a special guitar pedal, called The Bumble Buzz. The Bumble Buzz effects pedal is only available at the Third Man store in Nashville and online at Thirdmanrecords.com. The pedal is a special Black Friday release and goes on sale at 10am (CT) on November 29, sold in a wooden box complete with custom bandana. Click above to see Jack using the fuzz pedal in a video clip.

John Grant reveals the impact Midlake had on his mental well-being in the new issue of Uncut, dated January 2014 and out now.

Bruce Springsteen's manuscript for Born To Run is up for auction at Sotheby's on December 5, Billboard reports. The handwritten manuscript is expected to fetch between $70,000 (£43,000) and $100,000 (£61,000). Billboard reports that the document was written in blue ink on an 8½-by-11 sheet of ruled notepaper in 1974 in Long Branch, New Jersey.