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Former Brit-school student scores , while Basshunter remains top single

Plus more bands confirmed for new music festival

And he plays four Smiths songs on the first night!

American Gothic coincides with the band's UK Arena shows

The many sides of Bob Dylan: provocatively, brillinatly imagined

Neil Young & Crazy Horse have announced five UK dates for 2013. According to Ticketmaster website, the band will play: Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle: June 10 LG Arena, Birmingham: June 11 SECC Arena, Glasgow: June 13 RDS Arena, Dublin: June 15 The O2 Arena, London: June 17 Tickets for all shows go on sale later this week.

New songs to be released on New Year's Day

Brooding instrumental ballads from the Grindermen

Last month's Snapshot portrayed the record-breaking Zep show - now you share your memories with us...

Not much time to post today, so here's an office playlist for your delectation. Thanks to everyone who posted their playlists last week - we can definitely do that again here if you're in the mood. I should also mention a few things I'll try and blog about before Christmas, if only in a fairly unsavoury attempt to book some return visits from you over the next couple of weeks.