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Manchester's Hacienda nightclub announces 30th anniversary celebration plans

The Hacienda, the Manchester nightclub co-owned by New Order, has announced that it will be hosting three one-off events to celebrate the club's 30th anniversary.

The events, which are named X1, X2 and X3, will take place in late May and early June. The first will take place in the car park of the Hacienda, which is now a block of apartments. The other events will happen in the city's Sankeys nightclub.

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Beatles' first American concert to be screened in cinemas

The Beatles first concert in America is to screened as part of a new documentary, The Beatles: The Lost Concert.

The band played at the Washington Coliseum on February, 11, 1964, two days after their historic TV appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Their twelve song, 30 minute set included "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You" and "Twist And Shout" and was shown in American cinemas in March that same year.

The footage was subsequently lost, but was recently rediscovered and remastered by Screenvision, who've produced the new documentary.

Fans invited to pay their respects to Levon Helm at his Woodstock home

Fans of Levon Helm, who passed away last week at the age of 71, have been invited to his home and studio today [April 26] to pay their respects to the vocalist and drummer.

A message posted on Helm’s website reads: "Levon's friends & fans are invited to pay their final respects on Thursday, April 26, 2012 between the hours of 10am. and 3pm. at his home/studio in Woodstock."

It is here where Helm hosted his famous Midnight Ramble gigs.

John Lydon: "The riots are going to lead to something far far worse"

Public Image Ltd.'s John Lydon has said he fears that last summer's riots are the precursor to "something far, far worse".

Speaking in this week's issue of NME, which is on UK newsstands and available digitally now, Lydon has said he was "deeply ashamed" of how the government handled the situation and that you can still "feel the tension" on the streets.

Beach Boys confirm track listing for new album

The Beach Boys have confirmed the track listing for their new album, That's Why God Made The Radio.

Along with the title track, the album also features "Think About The Days", "Isn’t It Time", "Spring Vacation", "Private Life Of Bill And Sue", "Shelter", "Daybreak Over The Ocean", "Beaches In Mind", "Strange World", "My Life Suite", and "Summer’s Gone".

The album will be preceded by a single, "That's Why God Made The Radio", on April 30. The album itself will be released on June 4.

John Cale announces tour dates

John Cale has announced dates in the UK and Ireland ahead of the release of his new album later this year.

Cale is scheduled to play:

The Button Factory, Dublin on Wednesday, October 3
HMV Picture House, Edinburgh on Friday, October 5
HMV Ritz, Manchester on Saturday October 6
Coal Exchange, Cardiff on Sunday October 7
The Junction, Cambridge on Wednesday October 10
HMV Royal Institute, Birmingham on Thursday October 11
Royal Festival Hall, London on Saturday October 13

Damon Albarn: "Blur and Gorillaz aren't finished"

Damon Albarn has denied that he is finished with both Blur and Gorillaz.

The singer was recently quoted as saying that it is "unlikely" that there will be any more new material from Gorillaz and that Blur's Hyde Park gig on August 7 might be the band's final show.

However, speaking to the Metro, Albarn denied this and said that he and his bandmates had not discussed "the beginning or the end" of Blur.

Ray Davies and The Waterboys for new festival

Ray Davies, The Waterboys, Nick Lowe and Seasick Steve have been confirmed to play the new Westport Festival of Music and Performing Arts in County Mayo, Ireland.

Running on Saturday, June 23 and Sunday June 24, the festival line-up also includes Lloyd Cole, Marc Almond and Hothouse Flowers.

More information about the Westport festival can be found at westportfestival.com.

Davies will also join Bob Dylan, Patti Smith and Suede at this year's Hop Farm festival, which takes place in Paddock Wood in Kent from June 29 – July 1.