Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi are set to perform at a benefit concert to aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy.
The native rockers of New Jersey, one of the US States worst affected by the superstorm, will be joined by other rock and pop stars including Billy Joel, Sting and Christina Aguilera for the live one-hour show to be broadcast on NBC.
Money raised from the concert, which has been titled Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together, will go towards the American Red Cross charity and will be hosted by Today presenter Matt Lauer.
God knows we’ve probably written enough about “Tempest” by now (not least these two terrific pieces by my colleagues Allan Jones and John Robinson). Nevertheless, part of Bob Dylan’s enduring appeal is his capacity for provocation: the sense that he tacitly encourages people to at least try and unpick his records, fathom his mysteries. Our almost certain failure is part of the game, for him as well as for us.
The xx have revealed that they still make music separately in their bedrooms over iChat.
In BBC Radio 1 documentary Night Time With The xx, which aired last night, singer Romy Madley-Croft revealed: "iChat is a really good way of working – that seperation is nice – but we do sit together and listen to demos, talk about them."
Floods have hit the Isle Of Wight Festival site.
The main car park for this weekend's event has become waterlogged, leading to traffic congestion, meaning that ferry operators Wightlink are having difficulty discharging passengers, according to BBC News. Bus services have also been affected.
David Byrne and Arcade Fire's Win Butler are set to appear together on stage to discuss Byrne's new book, How Music Works.
The event will take place on September 22, during the POP Montreal Festival in Canada. According to Pitchfork, the conversation will take place at the Ukranian Federation, co-presented by POP Montreal's Symposium and Librairie Drawn & Quarterly.
How Music Works is to be published in September by McSweeney's, the American publishing house founded by novelist Dave Eggers.
