Kraftwerk fans have been left frustrated as massive demand for tickets to the group’s forthcoming residency at London’s Tate Modern crashed the website yesterday (December 12).

The electronic act will perform eight live shows at the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in London next year, with each night seeing the band perform a different album from their back catalogue. However, many fans were unable to purchase tickets after the surge of traffic to the Tate Modern’s website caused the site to crash immediately at the 7.30am onsale time. A phone line was offered as an alternative though that too could not cope with the strain.

Fans attempting to buy the £60 tickets met with a message reading: “Kraftwerk at Tate Modern has just gone on sale and we are experiencing a phenomenal demand for tickets which is affecting our web server. Please try to buy tickets online again later, or call 020 7887 4919 to join the telephone ticketing queue. We have extra staff on hand today but demand is extremely high. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you, and hope you are successful in getting your tickets.”

The Kraftwerk gigs, which are called ‘1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8’, will take on the same format as the run of dates they played at New York’s Museum Of Modern Art in April of this year, and the shows they have confirmed to take place in their hometown of Dusseldorf next January.

Each gig will see the band accompanied by 3D visuals as they play each of their studio albums live in full. The dates are as follows:

1 – ‘Autobahn’ (1974) (February 6)

8 – ‘Tour De France’ (2003) (14)

The 12-12-12: Concert For Sandy Relief took place last night (December 12) at Madison Square Garden in New York, with Sir Paul McCartney performing with Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic.

Joined by Pat Smear, the Nirvana reunion saw the band perform new song “Cut Me Some Slack” which has been written by Grohl and McCartney for the drummer’s forthcoming documentary Sound City. Speaking from the stage shortly before bringing out Grohl and Novoselic, McCartney said: “So recently, some guys asked me to go and jam with them.” Adding: “I finally understood that I was in the middle of a Nirvana reunion.”

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band earlier opened the show with “Land Of Hope And Dreams”. After “Wrecking Ball”, Springsteen spoke to the crowd about the Jersey Shore, saying: “It was painful to see it damaged… because the Jersey Shore has always been a special place, because it’s inclusive… I pray that that characteristic remains on the Jersey Shore, that’s what makes it special.”

Springsteen and band then performed an impassioned “My City Of Ruins”, which segued into Tom Waits’ “Jersey Girl”. Springsteen then bought fellow Jersey native Jon Bon Jovi onto the stage and the pair performed “Born To Run” together.

Roger Waters then performed a set which included Pink Floyd’s “In The Flesh”, “Another Brick In The Wall” and “Money”. He was joined by Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam for “Comfortably Numb”.

Bon Jovi played “It’s My Life” and “Wanted Dead or Alive” before speaking to the crowd. “This recovery is not going to be quick, it’s going to take a while,” he said, “but we are strong, we are New York, we are New Jersey.”

Bruce Springsteen then returned to the stage to sing “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” with the band, leaving Jon Bon Jovi to lead the crowd in a sing-along version of “Livin’ On A Prayer”.

Eric Clapton was the next musical guest, singing an acoustic “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out” before an electric “Got To Get Better In A Little While” and “Crossroads”.

The Rolling Stones then performed :You Got Me Rocking” and “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”. They were followed by Alicia Keys.

The Who played “Who Are You”, with frontman Roger Daltrey delivering an uncensored ‘fuck’ in the middle of the song. They followed it with “Bell Boy” – complete with video of their late drummer Keith Moon – “Pinball Wizard”, “Baba O’Riley” and “Love Reign O’er Me”. At the end of their set, Pete Townshend told the crowd to: “Have a fucking beer!”

Next was Kanye West who, wearing a leather kilt performed a medley of “Clique”, “Mercy”, “Power”, “Jesus Walks”, “All Of The Lights”, “Diamonds From Sierra Leone”, “Touch The Sky”, “Gold Digger”, “Runaway” and “Stronger”.

Billy Joel then played “Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)”, “Movin’ Out”, “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”, “New York State Of Mind”, “River Of Dreams” and “You May Be Right”.

Celebrities contributing to the concert included Billy Crystal, Susan Sarandon, Adam Sandler – who performed a comedy cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’, reworked as ‘Sandy Screw Ya’ – Jon Stewart, Chelsea Clinton, Jimmy Fallon, Chris Rock, Steve Buscemi, Jake Gyllenhaal and Kristen Stewart.

The show was made available to two billion people globally via television and livestreaming. 12-12-12: Concert For Sandy Relief will be broadcast in full tonight (December 13) at 10pm on Sky Arts 1 and at 12 on Sky Arts 2.

Fleetwood Mac have announced that they will be reissuing expanded and deluxe versions of their 1977 album Rumours early next year.

Posting the news on their website yesterday (December 12), the band revealed that the expanded edition will contain three CDs including the original album with B-Side ‘Silver Springs’, 12 unreleased live recordings from the band’s 1977 world tour including ‘The Chain’, ‘Oh Daddy’ and ‘Songbird’, and another disc filled with 16 unreleased takes from the album recording sessions.

A separate deluxe edition will also include everything from the expanded version, as well as the album on 12″ vinyl, plus an additional disc of outtakes and a DVD of The Rosebud Film – a documentary about the album filmed in 1977.

Althought it’s being trumpeted as a 35th anniversary reissue, the expanded edition will come out 36 years after the record was originally released.

Fleetwood Mac are also set to embark on a world tour, kicking off with a 34-date US tour in April, 2013. Stevie Nicks also revealed to NME that the band are planning on coming to the UK and that she would love to do Glastonbury too.

RUMOURS: DELUXE EDITION Tracklisting:

Disc 1

1. “Second Hand News”

2. “Dreams”

3. “Never Going Back Again”

4. “Don’t Stop”

5. “Go Your Own Way”

6. “Songbird”

7. “The Chain”

8. “You Make Loving Fun”

9. “I Don’t Want To Know”

10. “Oh Daddy”

11. “Gold Dust Woman”

12. “Silver Springs” – b-side

Disc 2: Live, 1977 Rumours World Tour

1. Intro

2. “Monday Morning”

3. “Dreams”

4. “Don’t Stop”

5. “The Chain”

6. “Oh Daddy”

7. “Rhiannon”

8. “Never Going Back Again”

9. “Gold Dust Woman”

10. “World Turning”

11. “Go Your Own Way”

12. “Songbird”

Disc 3: More from the Recording Sessions

1. “Second Hand News” (Early Take)

2. “Dreams” (Take 2)

3. “Never Going Back Again” (Acoustic Duet)

4. “Go Your Own Way” (Early Take)

5. “Songbird” (Demo)

6. “Songbird” (Instrumental, Take 10)

7. “I Don’t Want To Know” (Early Take)

8. “Keep Me There” (Instrumental)

9. “The Chain” (Demo)

10. “Keep Me There” (With Vocal)

11. “Gold Dust Woman” (Early Take)

12. “Oh Daddy” (Early Take)

13. “Silver Springs” (Early Take)

14. “Planets Of The Universe” (Demo)

15. “Doesn’t Anything Last” (Acoustic Duet)

16. “Never Going Back Again” (Instrumental)

Disc 4: 2004 Reissue Roughs & Outtakes

1. “Second Hand News”

2. “Dreams”

3. “Brushes (Never Going Back Again)”

4. “Don’t Stop”

5. “Go Your Own Way”

6. “Songbird”

7. “Silver Springs”

8. “You Make Loving Fun”

9. “Gold Dust Woman #1”

10. “Oh Daddy”

11. “Think About It”

Early Demos

12. “Never Going Back Again”

13. “Planets Of The Universe”

14. “Butter Cookie (Keep Me There)”

15. “Gold Dust Woman”

16. “Doesn’t Anything Last”

Jam Sessions

17. “Mic The Screecher”

18. “For Duster (The Blues)”

DVD

“The Rosebud Film” by Michael Collins

Vinyl LP

Side 1

1. “Second Hand News”

2. “Dreams”

3. “Never Going Back Again”

4. “Don’t Stop”

5. “Go Your Own Way”

6. “Songbird”

Side 2

1. “The Chain”

2.“You Make Loving Fun”

3. “I Don’t Want To Know”

4. “Oh Daddy”

5. “Gold Dust Woman”

Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, Adele, Karen O and Fiona Apple are among the artists shortlisted for Oscars.

Arcade Fire’s track “Abraham’s Daughter” on The Hunger Games soundtrack is one of the 75 tracks nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Also receiving nods are Adele’s “Skyfall” theme for the latest Bond film, Mumford and Sons’ “Learn Me Right” from Disney Pixar animation Brave, The Black Keys, who contributed “Baddest Man Alive” to RZA’s kung-fu movie The Man With The Iron Fists, and Karen O for “Strange Love” from Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie and Fiona Apple’s “Dull Tool”, which will appear in Judd Apatow’s upcoming comedy This Is 40.

Four tracks from Quentin Tarantino’s forthcoming Western Django Unchained were also nominated, including Rick Ross’ “100 Black Coffins” and John Legend’s “Freedom”.

Katy Perry’s track ‘Wide Awake’ from her documentary and concert film Part Of Me is also shortlisted, along with Liz Phair’s “Dotted Line” from People Like Us.

The songs making the final cut for nominations will be announced at a ceremony on January 10 before Seth MacFarlane hosts the 85th Annual Academy Awards on February 24.

Paul McCartney could be set to join the surviving members of Nirvana onstage at a charity gig tonight (December 12).

According to a report in The Sun, McCartney will join Foo Fighters’ singer Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic onstage, replacing Kurt Cobain as singer, at a benefit for the victims of Hurricane Sandy in New York.

According to the newspaper, McCartney rang Grohl who asked him to come and “jam with some mates” and then found himself playing with Grohl on drums, Novoselic on bass and Pat Smear on guitar. The report then quotes McCartney as saying: “I didn’t really know who they were. They are saying how good it is to be back together. I said ‘Whoa? You guys haven’t played together for all that time?’ And somebody whispered to me ‘’That’s Nirvana. You’re Kurt.’ I couldn’t believe it.”

The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Green Day, Kanye West and The Who are all set to play the 121212 concert tonight.

Paul McCartney is reportedly working on a new album, the follow-up to this years’ collection of covers Kisses On The Bottom. Producer Ethan Johns recently told NME that he had been in the studio with him, along with Mark Ronson. Adele producer Paul Epworth is also reported to be working on the record.

Meanwhile Dave Grohl is working on his documentary Sound City about the legendary California recording studio Sound City, where classics such as Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours and Nirvana’s Nevermind were recorded. It is set to be premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013.

Stevie Nicks has told NME that she’d love the reformed Fleetwood Mac to headline Glastonbury in 2013.

Addressing rumours that the band could coincide a forthcoming summer 2013 tour with their debut appearance headlining the Pyramid Stage, Nicks says she watched Beyonce’s performance at the festival in 2011 from her hotel room in London after her own slot at Hyde Park Calling that year.

“When we were there [in the UK] in 2011, I watched it. I watched Beyonce and it was pretty amazing! I had just got home from the Hyde Park thing, so I was just home from my own show and I turned on the TV and we had a pretty big screen in the hotel where we were, so I sat and watched like three hours, four hours of it, so would I love to do it? I’d Love to do it!”

Speaking about Fleetwood Mac‘s forthcoming world tour, she added: “We are coming to the UK. It’s on there, the pre-schedule that they start sending out to you. We have basically 50 shows in the United States and then a little break, then It looks like we are coming to England to do, probably like seven or eight shows. I don’t know that for sure, but I think that’s what it will work out to be, and hopefully we will do other shows through Europe. I’m delighted to come over there, I’m thrilled about it.”

When asked if one of those shows could be Glastonbury, Nicks replied: “Oh yeah! I hope, you know, I hope I hope!”

Previously, festival boss Emily Eavis admitted to NME that she would love to see Fleetwood Mac headline the Pyramid Stage in 2013. “I think Fleetwood Mac would be amazing to get,” she said in October of this year. “I’ll be totally honest we haven’t had any conversations with them yet but, you know, it is still early days. We’re just talking to some headliners now. For us it’s about getting the balance of heritage bands, legends and new bands – just keeping that balance.”

Ravi Shankar, the Indian sitar maestro, has died in hospital in San Diego, aged 92.

Shankar, who helped popularise Indian music in the 1960s, was described as “the godfather of world music” by his most famous student, George Harrison.

According to Associated Press, a statement on his website said he died in San Diego, near his Southern California home with his wife and a daughter by his side. The musician’s foundation issued a statement saying that he had suffered upper respiratory and heart problems and had undergone heart-valve replacement surgery last week.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described him as a “national treasure and global ambassador of India’s cultural heritage”.

Shankar played sitar on The Beatles‘ “Norwegian Wood”, he also performed at Woodstock and the 1967 Monterey Pop festival, and collaborated with jazz saxophonist John Coltrane.

Pic credit: Vincent Limongelli

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

The O2 Arena, London: June 17

Tickets for all shows go on sale later this week.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse released a new album, Americana, in June. The record was Young’s first with Crazy Horse since 2003 and the first album with the full Crazy Horse line-up of Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina and Frank Sampedro since 1996’s Broken Arrow.

They followed it up with a second album, Psychedelic Pill, in October.

Young, meanwhile, published his autobiography, Waging Heavy Peace, in October.

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs made their live return in New York over the weekend, performing new material to a crowd of just 70 people.

The band performed live at the Union Pool venue as part of a benefit show for the victims of hurricane Sandy on Saturday night (December 8). All money raised from the gig was donated to Waves 4 Water. Support on the night came from Higgins Waterproof Blackmagic, a side project from TV On The Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe.

The band ran through a potted history of their back catalogue including early tracks like “Art Star” and “Black Tongue” as well as material from their last studio album, 2009’s It’s Blitz!, including “Heads Will Roll”.

One new song also made it into the 12-song set, a track titled “Despair”, which has been described by Spin as “a spare thumper that recalled Florence and the Machine’s ‘Dog Days Are Over’.”

Scroll down the page for the full setlist from the Union Pool gig as well as a collection of tweets from fans in attendance at the show.

‘Runaway’

‘Tick’

The Rolling Stones have announced that Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen and Black Keys will join them onstage at their gig at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on December 15.

“We’re excited these extraordinary artists, Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga and the Black Keys, had agreed to help celebrate our 50th anniversary as we share the night live with our fans all over the world,” the band said in a statement on the their official app. “Now the fun begins of trying to figure out the best songs to perform together.”

Seemingly tweeting about the gig this afternoon, Lady Gaga wrote on Twitter: “He had me at ‘Hello, it’s Mick’.”

Fresh from two performances in London last month, the legendary group kicked off their three-date US stint at the Barclays Arena in Brooklyn on Saturday (December 8) and are set to play two dates at The Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on December 13 and 15.

The band’s two London show’s at the O2 Arena saw them joined by Jeff Beck, Mary J Blige, Eric Clapton and Florence Welch. Blige and Gary Clark Jr also joined them onstage in Brooklyn. As yet, there’s been no word on who will join the band for their December 13 gig.

Leonard Cohen is to return to the UK in 2013 with a one-off show at London’s The O2 Arena on Friday June 21.

The singer-songwriter, who released his 12th studio album Old Ideas in January, performed two shows at London’s Wembley Arena in September, though they had originally been scheduled for Hop Farm in Kent, site of the annual Hop Farm Festival.

Leonard Cohen released Old Ideas in January of this year. It followed 2004’s Dear Heather, and is his 12th studio album since 1967.

Old Ideas is Uncut‘s Album Of The Year.

Leonard Cohen will play:

The O2 Arena, London (June 21)

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday December 14.

The Rolling Stones played the first of their three American shows on Saturday (December 8).

Fresh from two outstanding performances in London last month, the legendary group kicked off their gig at the Barclays Arena in Brooklyn with “Get Off Of My Cloud” before launching into the Lennon/McCartney-penned “I Wanna Be Your Man”.

After “Last Time”, the band were joined onstage, just like they were on the first night of their O2 Arena gigs, by Mary J Blige who performed “Gimme Shelter” – you can watch fan-filmed footage of the performance below.

In a hit-laden set, which was different from their gigs in London, the band were also joined by blues guitarist Gary Clark Jr during “Going Down” and the Trinity Wall Street Choir on “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”. They finished their rapturously-received set with “I Can’t Get No (Satisfaction)”.

The Rolling Stones will perform two dates at The Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on December 13 and 15. The group are also in the line-up for the Hurricane Sandy relief concert in New York.

The Rolling Stones played:

‘Get Off Of My Cloud’

‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’