Twenty years of touring and recording, of inspiration and graft for moderate acclaim, and it comes down to this. Mark Kozelek, the pivot of first Red House Painters and now Sun Kil Moon, is engaged in one more slog around Europe. It is not going well.
Ahead of his first UK live shows in over 30 years, country rock pioneer, film producer, MTV 'creator' and former Monkee, Michael Nesmith, is set to answer your questions in Uncut as part of our regular Audience With… feature.
So is there anything you’ve always wanted to ask the Nez..?
As the author of "Different Drum", does he prefer the Linda Ronstadt or Evan Dando version?
What does he remember of working with Bert Jansch, on LA Turnaround?
Does he still have that woolly hat he wore in The Monkees?
New Order closed the first night of Open'er Festival in Gdansk, Poland last night (July 4) with a 90-minute greatest hits set, culminating in an encore of Joy Division classics.
The appearance marked the Factory records legends' first ever appearance in Poland and had particular poignancy as Joy Division were initially named after Polish capital city, Warsaw.
When Bob Dylan played Hop Farm in 2010, it was the hottest weekend of the year and there seemed to be more people at the festival than the site could hold. There were queues for everything and queues to join those queues were not uncommon. By early afternoon, you could barely move for the people already there and the constant stream of new arrivals who added to an already considerable mass.
The Flaming Lips frontman, Wayne Coyne, is set to answer your questions in Uncut as part of our regular Audience With… feature.
So is there anything you’ve always wanted to ask Wayne..?
When working as a restaurant fry cook for in Oklahoma City, what were his specialities?
A well-dressed man by nature, who's his favourite tailor?
Who would he most like to collaborate with next?
Send your questions to us by noon, Friday June 29 to uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com.
Michael Nesmith, the former Monkee and country rock pioneer, is to play the UK for the first time in over 30 years.
Nesmith, who left the Monkees in 1970, went on to release three albums with The First National Band between 1970 and 1971, which were later hailed as country rock classics.
