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Romy Madley Croft of The xx has said that the band's forthcoming second album, 'Coexist' – which is due for release on September 10 – isn't a "world away" from their eponymous 2010 debut. Speaking in Rolling Stone, she said that the new record "carries on" what they were doing on xx. She said: "It just sort of carries it on. It's developed, but it doesn't seem like completely a world away. I hope people will just enjoy it as a development of where we were before."

ZZ Top are set to release 'La Futura', their first new album in nine years, on September 10. The legendary guitar band's new album is their fifteenth studio LP, and has been produced by Rick Rubin and Billy Gibbons of the band. It is made up of 10 tracks and was recorded at Foam Box Recordings in Houston and at Shangri La Studios in Malibu.

John Paul Jones has revealed that his latest project shares some live similarities with Led Zeppelin.

We’ve just had our copies of the new issue dropped off in the office, ahead of it going on sale later this week. Nick Cave’s on the cover, glowering menacingly. John Robinson went down to Brighton, where, as John memorably tells us, Nick lives in a house that’s ‘large and white, much as Russia in winter is large and white’. The occasion for Uncut dropping in on Cave was the release of Lawless, the terrific – and terrifically violent - new movie directed by Nick’s long-time collaborator, John Hillcoat, for which Cave has written the snappy screenplay.

Nick Cave sheds light on his script and soundtrack for the movie Lawless, and the future of the Bad Seeds, in the new issue of Uncut, out on Friday (August 24).

Scott McKenzie, who sang the 1960s hit 'San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)', has died, aged 73.

Happy Mondays have announced plans to play two back to back shows in London later this year.

Queens Of The Stone Age are currently recording their sixth studio album.

Tom Jones has said that he "would love" to do a full album with Jack White.

Country music legend Willie Nelson was forced to cancel a fundraising gig in Denver yesterday (August 19) after he was admitted to hospital with "breathing problems". The singer, who has released over 200 albums and has won seven Grammy Awards during his lengthy career, was scheduled to play at a charity event for the Dumb Friends League in Colorado, but had to scrap the commitment and be taken to a nearby medical facility for checks instead.