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R.E.M. has announced the September 24th release of an expanded 25th Anniversary Edition of the band’s 1987 album, Document. The new edition features the digitally remastered original album, plus a previously unreleased 1987 concert from R.E.M.’s “Work” tour. The commemorative release also adds new liner notes, with the 2CD package presented in a lift-top box with four postcards. On the same date, the remastered original album will be reissued by Mobile Fidelity on 180-gram vinyl. The tracklisting for R.E.M.: Document (25th Anniversary Edition) is:

The xx have played two new tracks from their forthcoming second album – scroll down to listen. Titled "Sunset" and "Reunion", they are the latest songs the band have played live from their forthcoming album Coexist, which is due for release on September 10. You can hear them both below. Last week the band debuted a new dance-indebted track "Swept Away" at a show in LA. Previously, the band unveiled "Angels" – the first track from Coexist.

Dr. Dre has signed up to develop and act as an executive producer on a new crime drama series for American television network FX. According to Deadline, the rap mogul will oversee the production of the series, which will be written by Sidney Quashie and will focus on both the music industry and the criminal underworld of Los Angeles. Quashie will executive produce alongside Dr Dre, with Daniel Schnider from the producer's company Crucial TV and Brad Bertner also signed up executive produce the show. A one-hour pilot has initially been commissioned.

The Stone Roses hailed Team GB's gold medal winning athletes Jessica Ennis and Bradley Wiggins at their intimate London show last night (August 6), calling the pair - who were both in attendance - "the real King and Queen of England".

Hi there. I hope you all had good weekends. Were you, like me, glued to the BBC for the duration of the athletics?

Mad Men star Jessica Paré, who plays Megan Draper, joined the Jesus And Mary Chain in Buffalo, New York and Toronto last week. Paré sang "Just Like Honey" with the band on August 2 in Buffalo and then joined them for "Just Like Honey" and "Sometimes Always" the next day in Toronto. Scroll down to watch Paré sing "Just Like Honey" with the Jesus And Mary Chain, who include Uncut's picture researcher Phil King in the line-up.

In a statement published on fan site true-to-you.net, Morrissey reportedly slams the Olympics for "blustering jingoism". In a statement, dated 3 August 2012, Morrissey writes of his recent tour experiences in Italy, Turkey, Israel and Greece before launching into a sustained criticism of the London Olympic Games. He writes:

One of the imprisoned members of Pussy Riot has spoken out about their case, claiming they are not "enemies of Christianity". Nadia Tolokonikovoy is one of three members of the Russian punk collective who have been in detention since their arrest in March following an impromptu gig at Moscow's Christ The Saviour Cathedral. The band sang a song called "Holy Shit" as a protest against the Orthodox Christian church's support for Russian president Vladimir Putin. The three women face up to seven years in jail on hooliganism charges.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse debuted six new songs on the opening date of their 2012 tour. The tour opened on Friday night at the Pavilion, Hard Rock Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where Young and the Horse played a 15 song, 2-hour show, including six new tracks and an airing for a 1981 studio outtake. The set list for the Albuquerque show was: 1. Love And Only Love 2. Powderfinger 3. Born In Ontario (new) 4. "Walk Like A Giant" (new) 5. The Needle And The Damage Done (acoustic solo) 6. Twisted Road (new) (acoustic w/ the band)