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Neil Young began his run of solo shows in Los Angeles with two shows, which featured the first appearance of “Thrasher” in 36 years.

The Cure repeated their marathon 45-song show at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Saturday (March 29), replicating their setlist of the previous night.

Flaming Lips have released a companion album to Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' – click below to listen.

Black Sabbath have been named the third headliners of Barclaycard British Summer Time festival at London’s Hyde Park, with a show on July 4.

Bookmakers Paddy Power are offering odds of 9/1 that Kate Bush will headline Glastonbury in 2015, after the singer announced her return to live performance.

A letter written by John Lennon to Phil Spector in the mid 1970s has sold for £53,000 at an online auction – over seven times its estimated pre-auction price of £7,000.

Kate Bush's run of 22 London shows sold out this morning [March 28] in less than 15 minutes. According to a statement released by Bush's press agent, the tickets which went on sale at 9.30am this morning are now completely sold-out. “I’m completely overwhelmed by the response to the shows," said Bush. "Thank you so much to everyone. Looking forward to seeing you all later this year.”

Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison, Damon Albarn and Mama Cass Elliot all feature in the new issue of Uncut, dated May 2014 and out now.

An American university is to host the world's first Pink Floyd academic conference. Called Pink Floyd: Sound, Sight, And Structure, the event will be held at Princeton University on April 13. According to a report on the website Open Culture, the keynote speaker at the event will be Pink Floyd producer and engineer James Guthrie.

Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson has invested $450,000 (£270,465) in the 'world's biggest aircraft'. The HAV Airlander is a 91.4 metre long airship, which is 18.2 metres longer than a Boeing 747, reports Top Gear. The ship is being made by the British company Hybrid Air Vehicles and its top speed is 100mph. It weighs 38 tonnes and can in addition carry 50 tonnes of cargo.