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Hear track from Leonard Cohen’s new album Popular Problems + tracklisting revealed!

Leonard Cohen has confirmed details of his forthcoming new album, Popular Problems. The album will be released on September 22, a day after his 80th birthday. It is Cohen's 13th studio album. Those who pre-order Popular Problems digitally will receive an instant download of his new song, “Almost Like The Blues”. You can hear the song below.

Kate Bush asks fans not to take photographs at her forthcoming live shows

Kate Bush has asked fans not to take photos at her forthcoming run of live shows. The singer will play her first series of gigs since 1979 later this month when she begins a 22-date run at London's Eventim Apollo, which will take place between August and October. "We're all very excited about the upcoming shows and are working very hard in preparation. It's going very well indeed, " she wrote in a note on her website.

Bob Seger to release first album in eight years

Bob Seger is to release a new album later this year. According to a report on Rolling Stone, Seger will release Ride Out on October 14. It is his first studio album since Face The Promise in 2006.

Rare Beatles photographs discovered at London children’s home

Rare pictures of The Beatles meeting youngsters from a children's home while filming A Hard Day's Night in 1964 have been discovered by a children's charity. Staff at The Children's Society discovered the photographs in an archive which contained a copy of the charity's supporters’ magazine from 1964. It featured an article on children from the Society's now-defunct Roehampton home, Hambro House, meeting the band while they were filming at London's Scala Theatre.

Exclusive! Hear the Grateful Dead and Branford Marsalis team-up for “Bird Song” at Nassau Coliseum, 1990

In 1990, the Grateful Dead began their 25th anniversary celebrations with a three-week tour through North America’s east coast. The tour has already been partly documented in the 2012 box set, Spring 1990. Now the band are releasing a 23-disc boxed set that covers eight complete shows, all previously unreleased, from this historic tour, titled Spring 1990 (The Other One).

Johnny Cash’s childhood home opens to the public

Johnny Cash's childhood home has been opened to the public, as part of a bid to boost the town he grew up in. Cash moved into the house in Dyess, Arkansas, in 1935 when he was three. The town was an experiment in president Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programme, which aimed to help the US economy bounce back from the Great Depression. The Cashes were among 500 families specially selected by the initiative to be given a small home, some farm land, money and a mule to try and rebuild their lives.

Watch Neil Young’s trailer for his new Director’s Cut of Human Highway

Neil Young has released a trailer for the new Director's Cut of his 1982 film, Human Highway. Scroll down to watch the trailer. The Director's Cut is being screened at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.

Stevie Nicks invites fans to design new shawl

Stevie Nicks has launched a competition that invites fans to design a shawl for the singer. According to Rolling Stone, the competition winner will receive $2,000 (£1198) to produce a trademark shawl for Nicks. The winner will also receive a professional photograph of the singer modelling the piece and will be featured on her website and social media outlets.

Aphex Twin blimp sighted above London

A blimp decorated in the Aphex Twin logo was spotted hovering above the Oval Space in Hackney on Saturday (August 16). The airship also featured the digits "2014". Now, in a further development, the same logo has been spotted by fans outside Radio City Hall in New York.
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