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Jack White named Record Store Day ambassador

Jack White named Record Store Day ambassador

Jack White has been named the official ambassador for Record Store Day...

Nick Cave on Grinderman reunion: 'Every other shitty band is doing it, why not someone who's good'

Nick Cave on Grinderman reunion: 'Every other shitty band is doing it, why not someone who's good'

Nick Cave has spoken about reforming Grinderman in order to...

Bruce Springsteen adds Leeds show to July UK tour dates

Bruce Springsteen adds Leeds show to July UK tour dates

Bruce Springsteen has added a new date to the UK leg of his Wrecking Ball Tour...

Yoko Ono celebrates 80th birthday with Yoko Ono Plastic Band gig

Yoko Ono celebrates 80th birthday with Yoko Ono Plastic Band gig

Yoko Ono celebrated her 80th birthday last night by playing a one-off ...

Thom Yorke's Atoms For Peace streaming debut album - listen

Thom Yorke's Atoms For Peace streaming debut album - listen

Atoms For Peace - the side project of Radiohead's Thom...

Robert Plant hints at Led Zeppelin reunion in 2014

Robert Plant hints at Led Zeppelin reunion in 2014

Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has said that he's open to...

Morrissey apologises for postponing more shows

Morrissey apologises for postponing more shows

Morrissey has apologised for postponing more shows on his US tour.

The...

Beatles collaborator Tony Sheridan dies

Beatles collaborator Tony Sheridan dies

Tony Sheridan, the British rock 'n' roll guitarist and singer who was backed by...

David Bowie to release new song 'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)' on February 26

David Bowie to release new song 'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)' on February 26

David Bowie is set to release a brand new track titled 'The Stars (Are Out...

Michael Stipe and Courtney Love join forces on Johnny Depp's 'pirate' album - listen

Michael Stipe and Courtney Love join forces on Johnny Depp's 'pirate' album - listen

Courtney Love and REM's Michael Stipe have collaborated on a...

Paul McCartney: 'Horsemeat revelations are scandalous'

Paul McCartney: 'Horsemeat revelations are scandalous'

Paul McCartney has said that the current furore surrounding horsemeat is "...

Allah-Las, Phosphorescent for Uncut stage at this year's Great Escape

Allah-Las, Phosphorescent for Uncut stage at this year's Great Escape

Brighton's Great Escape have announced its first wave of acts for this year's festival, among...

David Byrne & St Vincent revealed as final End Of The Road festival headliners

David Byrne & St Vincent revealed as final End Of The Road festival headliners

David Byrne & St Vincent are set to join Sigur Ros and...

The Strokes unveil new song 'All The Time' – listen

The Strokes unveil new song 'All The Time' – listen

The Strokes have unveiled a brand new track, 'All The Time'.

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Radiohead to regroup for new album at the 'end of summer'

Radiohead to regroup for new album at the 'end of summer'

Radiohead's Colin Greenwood has said that the band will be getting back...

BBC to screen feature length David Bowie documentary

BBC to screen feature length David Bowie documentary

The BBC has announced details of a feature length documentary about David Bowie...

Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood to 'twist bandmates arms' into playing Glastonbury

Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood to 'twist bandmates arms' into playing Glastonbury

Ronnie Wood has said that he is hoping to persuade his bandmates in The Rolling Stones...

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds announce autumn UK tour

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds announce autumn UK tour

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds have announced plans for an autumn tour of the UK...

Kraftwerk to headline T In The Park 2013

Kraftwerk to headline T In The Park 2013

Kraftwerk will headline T In The Park 2013.

The 20th anniversary of the...

Kurt Vile announces release of new album 'Wakin On A Pretty Daze'

Kurt Vile announces release of new album 'Wakin On A Pretty Daze'

Kurt Vile has announced the release of his fifth solo album, which is set to be...

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Bruce Springsteen, Tame Impala, Rodriguez, George Clinton, John Fogerty, Prince and George Jones in new Uncut


I would have bought the issue of Melody Maker in which I first read about Bruce Springsteen on my way into the art school in Newport, where in March 1973 I was in my last term, only a few months away from moving to London and not long after that fetching up on MM as a junior reporter/feature...