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Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme has revealed that Dave Grohl will be drumming on the band's forthcoming new album. Grohl is filling in for Joey Castillo, who has left the band according to Homme, who broke the news yesterday evening [November 6] on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show. Grohl has long had close ties with Queens Of The Stone Age, drumming on the band's 2002 album, Songs For The Deaf. The band also posted a picture on their Facebook page, showing Grohl's name on the mixing desk.

Bob Dylan has embraced social media for the first time in the wake of Barack Obama's victory in the US election. Dylan, who has over 4 million "likes" on his official Facebook, posted a status update prior to the confirmation that Obama would serve a second term as US President. Taking a slightly less enthusiastic tone than you may expect, Dylan delivered a sobering message and said he was not expecting a landslide victory for the Democrats.

Rapper Jay-Z performed a special version of his hit "99 Problems" at a rally for Obama's re-election campaign in Columbus, Ohio, changing the lyrics to reference Obama's Republican opponent Mitt Romney. Jay-Z's new version swaps the line "I've got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one" for "I've got 99 problems but Mitt ain't one". Watch the clip by clicking the link below.

Kings Of Leon have confirmed a run of UK arena tour dates for 2013. The band, expected to release a new album next year, will play shows in London, Manchester and Birmingham in June and July. Tickets for all dates go on sale this Friday (November 9) at 9am. Starting in London, the Nashville-based band will play the O2 Arena on June 12 and 13 before playing Manchester Arena on June 24 and 25. The short tour then runs to Birmingham's LG Arena on July 9/10.

Stephen Stills says spoken about the aborted Buffalo Springfield reunion, which was planned for 2012 but cancelled when Neil Young decided to work on new projects with his band Crazy Horse instead – including the new Psychedelic Pill album.

Johnny Marr has announced details of his debut solo album. The Messanger will be released on February 25, 2013. It was recorded in Manchester and Berlin and features the former The Smiths guitarist on vocals, guitar and production. The LP was mastered at Abbey Road studios by Frank Arkwright who recently worked with Marr on the remastering work for The Smiths' box set Complete.

Courtney Love has denied rumours that a Broadway musical based on Nirvana's Kurt Cobain is currently in the works. Last month, Sam Lufti revealed that he is currently co-managing Courtney Love and working with her on a project about the life of her late husband. However, Love has scotched the rumours in an interview with The Observer, telling the newspaper "there will be no musical" as "sometimes it's best just to leave things alone".

Lindsey Buckingham has spoken about recent recording sessions with some of his Fleetwood Mac bandmates.

Reports have claimed that Thom Yorke's supergroup Atoms For Peace will release their debut album in January next year. Radiohead fan site Ateaseweb.com suggests that the band's first effort will be titled AMOK and will be available on CD, vinyl and digital download on January 28 through XL Records, although the rumour is yet to be confirmed officially by either the band or the record label. According to the report, the album's tracklisting is as follows: 1. 'Before Your Very Eyes…' 2. 'Default' 3. 'Ingenue' 4. 'Dropped' 5. 'Unless'