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Elvis Costello is to release a new album in September. The album, a collaboration with The Roots, will be called Wise Up Ghost and will be released on September 16 on Blue Note Records. We first reported on the album back in February, as a possible Record Store Day release.

James Murphy has said he thinks the new Arcade Fire album will be "really great". Murphy, who has helped to produce a number of tracks on the forthcoming album, told Rolling Stone: "I think it's going to be a really great record, actually. I'm eager to see it come out." The Canadian band joined Murphy at the DFA studio earlier this year to work on new material. "There's a lot of them, and they're mostly self-produced – like, they don't need a producer in a certain way. So I didn't know how it would go," he said.

Patti Smith has been added to the line-up for this year's Green Man Festival. Smith will headline a night of live music in the Far Out Tent on the Thursday night (August 15) of the festival that runs between August 15 and 18. Smith's appearance, the only UK festival she will be performing at this Summer, will see her join a bill that includes Jon Langford, Matt Berry and Manchester band Money.

Reports out today (May 31) suggest that BBC will only be able to broadcast the first four songs of The Rolling Stones' headline slot at Glastonbury.

Rodriguez reflects on his unexpected musical comeback and his political ambitions in the new issue of Uncut (dated July 2013 and out now).

Bob Iver's Justin Vernon is to release a new album with his Volcano Choir project. Volcano Choir - a collaboration with Collections Of Colonies Of Bees - will release a studio album, Repave on September 3, 2013 on Jagjaguwar records. Scroll down to watch the official trailer for the album. Repave is the follow-up to the 2009 debut, Unmap. The tracklisting for Repave is: 1. "Tiderays" 2. "Acetate" 3. "Byegone" 4. "Comerade" 5. "Alaskans" 6. "Dancepack" 7. "Almanac" 8. "Keel"

The Velvet Underground have settled their dispute with the Andy Warhol Foundation over the rights to the Warhol-designed 'banana' logo on the sleeve of the band's 1967 debut album, The Velvet Underground And Nico. The band sued the foundation last year after it licensed the 'banana' logo from their debut for use on iPhone and iPad products, reports Associated Press.

300 Kate Bush fans gathered in a park in Brighton over the weekend to break the record for the most lookalikes re-enacting the famous video for her 1978 single "Wuthering Heights". Wearing red dresses like the one Bush sports in the video as well as black wigs, fans gathered in Stanmer Park on May 25 and staged their own version of the cult video, reports The Argus. Click below to watch a video of the group rehearsing.

Leonard Cohen has announced details of a UK arena tour. Cohen, who released his 12th studio album Old Ideas in January 2012, will play seven dates in August and September – calling in at Bournemouth, Brighton, Manchester, Cardiff, Leeds and Birmingham before a huge date at London's O2 Arena. Leonard Cohen will play: Bournemouth BIC (August 26) Brighton Centre (28) Manchester Arena (31) Cardiff Motorpoint Arena (September 3) Leeds Arena (5) Birmingham LG Arena (8) London The O2 (14)

David Byrne and St Vincent are giving away a free EP entitled 'Brass Tactics'. The EP, which features unreleased, live and remixed material is available to download here. David Byrne and St Vincent's Annie Clark released their acclaimed debut collaborative album, Love This Giant, last year. The 'Brass Tactics' EP tracklisting is: 'Cissus' [previously unreleased album track] 'I Should Watch TV' [M. Stine Remix] 'Lightning' [Kent Rockafeller Remix] 'Marrow' [live]