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The Small Faces’ surviving members, Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones, have taken us through the making of the group’s classic singles in the new issue of Uncut, out now.

The jackets worn by The Beatles in their 1965 film Help! are expected to fetch up to $115,000 (£69,000) when they are put up for auction next month. The items of clothing- worn by George Harrison and Ringo Starr - will go under the hammer at Omega Auctions in March. Taken from director Richard Lester's private collection, staff at the auction house have estimated that they will attract offers of between $82,000 (£49,875) and $115,000 (£69,947) when the bidding opens.

Spiritualized are streaming a new track called "Always Together With You (The Bridge Song)".

Morrissey has announced two major American arena shows with very unusual support acts: veteran performers Sir Tom Jones and Sir Cliff Richard. According to posters added to the quasi-official fansite, True To You, the shows are set to take place and LA's Los Angeles Sports Arena on May 10 and Brooklyn's Barclays Center on June 21. Tickets are not yet on sale. Both dates will include frequent Morrissey tour companion Kristeen Young.

U2 have unveiled the video for their single 'Invisible' – scroll down to watch. The black-and-white promo was directed by Mark Romanek, the director behind videos such as Johnny Cash's "Hurt", and sees the band performing in front of a crow. U2 premiered the track, which was a charity single released as part of a new partnership between Bono's charity (RED) and Bank Of America, during last month's Super Bowl.

Damon Albarn will play a number of intimate shows to launch his solo debut Everyday Robots.

Radiohead have launched a new app called PolyFauna. Writing about the app at Radiohead.com, Thom Yorke explained it as "an experimental collaboration between us (Radiohead) & Universal Everything, born out of The King of Limbs sessions and using the imagery and the sounds from the song 'Bloom'. It comes from an interest in early computer life-experiments and the imagined creatures of our subconscious."

Elton John has released a trailer for his new concert film, The Million Dollar Piano. The film, which was recorded at The Colosseum, Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, which will be released in cinemas for one night only on March 22. The concert film will be shown in over 200 cinemas across the UK & Ireland including Odeon, Cineworld and Vue Theatre; tickets are available here.

The Damned are to play a one-off London date later this year with tickets available at the 1977 price of £1.70 each. The gig will take place at The Forum on April 24 to celebrate guitarist Captain Sensible's 60th birthday. Ruts DC, Johnny Moped, TV Smith and Ed TudorPole will support on the night. Tickets for the show are strictly limited to two per person, and are paperless - with fans required to present the credit card they bought the ticket with on the night to gain entry.

The two surviving members of The Doors have confirmed that they will reunite to honour their fellow band member Ray Manzarek, who died last year aged 74. Speaking to Billboard, Robby Krieger said he has approached a number of other musicians to honour the late keyboardist to play a gig this summer.