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Michelle Shocked has finally responded to accusations that her comments at a California concert were homophobic. Shocked released a statement last night, claiming those comments have been gravely misinterpreted. Purported audio of the concert has also come to light.

Dave Grohl has revealed that he asked PJ Harvey to join the remaining Nirvana members on stage to replace Kurt Cobain. Speaking in this week's NME the Foo Fighters frontman said that he approached Harvey to play with his Sound City players – the band featured in his documentary about the California studio where Nirvana recorded 'Nevermind'.

Paul McCartney has announced plans for a 2013 tour, entitled Out There!. The former member of The Beatles has only revealed two dates so far – at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland on June 22 and the Happel Stadium in Vienna, Austria on June 27 – but has said that more dates will be announced shortly.

The Stone Roses documentary Made Of Stone is to open nationwide on June 5, it has been confirmed. The film was made by This Is England director Shane Meadows and goes behind the scenes on the Manchester band's 2012 reunion, from the early stages to their celebratory hometown gigs at Heaton Park. The event will be satellite-linked to 100 cinemas as part of nationwide preview screenings running concurrently with the premiere launch, with tickets for both the host venue and the satellite-linked cinemas made available to the public.

Michelle Shocked, in a series of vague, hard to parse tweets, may be claiming homophobic remarks made on Sunday were intended in irony.

Michelle Shocked will have a lot of free time to think about Sunday’s (March 17) anti-gay tirade. All but one show in her US tour have been cancelled.

Blondie are set to embark on a tour of the UK and Ireland this summer. Of the jaunt, which kicks off at Nottingham’s Sherwood Pines Forest Park on June 14, frontwoman Debbie Harry said: "England will always have a special place in our hearts –we're all so excited about the forthcoming tour of the UK." The band will play the Isle of Wight Festival on June 16 as part of the tour and will also head up two London shows, at Camden's Roundhouse July 7 and Kew Gardens on July 9.

A previously uncirculated Smiths demo tape has surfaced on a fan web forum. Listen below. User bellapintura, who posted the so-called “Pablo Cuckoo tape” on smithstorrents.co.uk on March 16, claims the tape was from 1983. “The Smiths ran through a selection of songs at a rehearsal in a room in manager Joe Moss' jeans warehouse,” bellapintura wrote. “The tape was recorded for Troy Tate, in order to give him something to work with before going into the studio.”

The Men have unveiled their first ever music video for the track 'I Saw Her Face' – watch it below.

Paul Weller has paid tribute to one of his musical heroes, Wilko Johnson, in the latest issue of Uncut, out now.