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Tom Waits appeared on Monday evening's edition of Late Night With David Letterman, where he performed "Chicago", from his most recent album, 2011's Bad As Me, live for the first time. Musicians joining Waits on stage included his son Casey Waits on drums, long time bassist Larry Taylor, guitarist David Hidalgo, keyboardist Augie Myers and guitarist Big Bill Morganfield. You can watch Waits' performance on the CBS show below.

The Rolling Stones are set to release a new bootleg from their archives this morning [July 11] Recorded at the Tokyo Dome in 1990, on the Steel Wheels tour, this is the fourth bootleg the Stones have officially released, following on from 1975's LA Friday, the Hampton Coliseum show in 1981 and 1973’s legendary Brussels Affair set. The Stones toured Japan for the first time in February, 1990, taking up a 10-date residence at the Tokyo Dome. Tokyo 1990 is available to buy from www.stonesarchive.com at 11am GMT.

The Gaslight Anthem have extended their UK tour, which takes place in October. The New Jersey band, who will release their new album Handwritten on July 23, have added another show at London's O2 Academy Brixton on October 17 to the their tour. They will now play five dates, two of which will be at O2 Academy Brixton. Support on the tour will come from Blood Red Shoes. Earlier this month, The Gaslight Anthem played a one-off show at London's KOKO. They will return to the UK for appearances at Reading & Leeds Festivals at the end of August.

Pulp have announced details of a one-off Christmas homecoming show. It will be the band's first UK date since a performance at London's Royal Albert Hall in March. After reuniting last year, Pulp are currently on a brief European festival tour, which will conclude with an appearance at Fiera della Musica in Italy on Friday (July 13). Earlier today (July 10), the reunited five-piece posted the date and venue of the Sheffield show on their Twitter page, writing:

Following in their parents footsteps, members of the Wilson, Love and Jardine families have formed a new band, according to Rolling Stone. The line-up for the band, called California Saga, features Brian Wilson's daughters, Carnie and Wendy, Carl Wilson's son, Justyn, Dennis Wilson's son, Carl B. Wilson, Mike Love's son and daughter, Christian and Ambha and Al Jardine's sons, Matt and Adam. The lineup will also include guitarist Billy Hinsche, Carl Wilson's brother-in-law, who toured with the Beach Boys for decades.

Christopher Brahney, who went missing after The Stone Roses' first show at Heaton Park last Friday (June 29), has been found dead. A body was recovered by police from the Manchester Ship Canal at 9.35am (GMT) this morning (July 9) and Great Manchester Police have now confirmed that they formally identified the body as Brahney's.

Band Of Horses have announced a four-date UK tour for later this year. The band, who recently completed work on their fourth studio album, Mirage Rock, will play four shows on the tour in November. The trek begins at Birmingham's HMV Institute on November 15, before moving on to Glasgow's O2 Academy on November 16, Manchester Academy on November 19 and finally London's HMV Hammersmith Apollo on November 20.

LCD Soundsystem could reunite for a one-off cover version, James Murphy has revealed. The US dance-punk band - whose singer and primary songwriter was Murphy - released three acclaimed albums before announcing their disbandment in February 2011. Two months later, Murphy and his bandmates played their farewell show at New York City's Madison Square Garden.

Grizzly Bear have revealed that their new studio album will be titled Shields. The Brooklyn indie band will release the album on Warp Recordings on September 17 in the UK and September 18 in the US and you can hear the opening track "Sleeping Ute" now at the bottom of the page. It is the fourth record of their career to date. Grizzly Bear will tour the UK in support of the album in the autumn, with dates booked in both August and October.

Ahead of his first UK live shows in over 30 years, country rock pioneer, film producer, MTV 'creator' and former Monkee, Michael Nesmith, is set to answer your questions in Uncut as part of our regular Audience With… feature. So is there anything you’ve always wanted to ask the Nez..? As the author of "Different Drum", does he prefer the Linda Ronstadt or Evan Dando version? What does he remember of working with Bert Jansch, on LA Turnaround? Does he still have that woolly hat he wore in The Monkees?