The Ice Queen sets sail: The Marble Index and Desertshore on two CDs, plus demos and out-takes

I've never really had the patience to collect bootlegs, so I'd never heard Neil Young's "Live At Massey Hall", 1971 until the official version turned up the other day.

Sting and co to play the US, Europe, Australia and Japan

New album "Cassadaga" from Conor Oberst confirmed for April release

There's a great, contentious review in the next issue of Uncut by Peter Shapiro. Addressing the expanded reissues of their first seven albums, Peter asserts, "Sly & the Family Stone were the quintessential artists of the 1960s - the only ones who actually put the rhetoric of ‘60s idealism into practice"

The Brighton festival that saw 180 bands play last year, is back

THE NEVER-ENDING SAGA OF THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR Just some thoughts on the comments about Bob Dylan’s 1987 Wembley show, posted below by Steve, who was at that show, didn’t recognise a single song Bob played and is baffled when people describe Dylan as a genius for trashing his back catalogue ‘for his own amusement’. Steve, as he says, just doesn’t get it.

Townshend and Daltrey to play nine dates in the UK

Robert Belfour brings hill country acoustics to the UK

Nine Inch Nails perform in UK around new LP release