Guitarist Pete Cosey, who recorded with Miles Davis, Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters, has died aged 68, according to Associated Press.
Cosey died on May 30 of complications from surgery at Vanguard Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
In the 1960s, Cosey was a member of the studio band at Chess Records in Chicago, where he played on Waters' Electric Mud album and Howlin' Wolf's Howlin' Wolf Album. He also worked with Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Ozzy Osbourne has spoken to NME ahead of Black Sabbath's headline slot at this weekend's Download Festival, promising their set will be "great".
The reunited metal legends will headline the metal festival's main stage - which has been named the Jim Marshall Stage in honour of the amp pioneer, who passed away earlier this year - on Sunday (June 10), after sets from the likes of Megadeth and Soundgarden.
Wilco has released a new book, The Incredible Shrinking Tour Of Chicago.
The book is free and available now exclusively on Apple’s iBookstore for iPad at www.iTunes.com/iBookstore.
It documents the band’s five concerts from December 2011 in their native Chicago, with live photography, reproduction poster art and set lists.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse have announced plans for a string of shows in the US and Canada later this year, including an appearance at the Austin City Limits festival in October.
They will play two stand-alone shows at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, on August 5-6, before a host of US dates in October and Canadian shows in November. As of yet, no plans for a UK or European tour have been announced.
Black Sabbath have posted a message on their Facebook page, in which they say they will not comment in full on the statement released on Wednesday [May 16] by estranged drummer Bill Ward, though the band have pointedly said "there are two sides to every story".
