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Jack White, Black Keys and Alabama Shakes are among the acts playing this year's Lollapalooza Festival. The line-up also includes Franz Ferdinand, Gaslight Anthem, Black Sabbath, the Afghan Whigs and Red Hot Chili Peppers. You can read the full line-up here: http://lineup.lollapalooza.com/ Started in 1991 by Jane's Addiction frontman, Perry Farrell, the festival takes place this year on August 3 - 5 in Grant Park, Chicago, where it's been based since 2005.

Soundgarden have spoken about their plans for their comeback album and have said that they believe it "picks up where they left off" when they split up in 1996. The band, who performed a triumphant comeback set at Download Festival on Sunday (June 10), told NME in a video which you can see by scrolling up to the top of the page and clicking that their new album would be "very rich" and "diverse".

As part of his UK tour, Professor Green played O2 Academy Brixton on Saturday 5 May and was recorded by O2 using Mativision cameras, designed to capture the gig from every angle and in full 360-degree glory.

Professor Green fans can watch five tracks from his gig – Remedy, Read All About It, DPMO, Oh My God and Jungle - on O2 Academy TV's YouTube channel and, in a first for YouTube, will be able to use Mativision's video player to control what they see at http://www.youtube.com/o2academytv.

Guitarist Pete Cosey, who recorded with Miles Davis, Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters, has died aged 68, according to Associated Press. Cosey died on May 30 of complications from surgery at Vanguard Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago. In the 1960s, Cosey was a member of the studio band at Chess Records in Chicago, where he played on Waters' Electric Mud album and Howlin' Wolf's Howlin' Wolf Album. He also worked with Etta James and Chuck Berry.

Animal Collective have announced plans for a short UK and Ireland tour this November. The Baltimore electro-psychedelic band will play four shows in London, Dublin, Glasgow and Manchester, following the release of their new album, Centipede Hz, which is set to come out on September 3. The dates make up part of a larger world tour. Centipede Hz is the band's tenth full-length studio album and their first since their 2009 effort, Merriweather Post Pavillion. It also follows the release in 2010 of the band's "visual album", ODDSAC.

Smashing Pumpkins are streaming their new album, Oceania, online via iTunes. Visit iTunes.com to hear the record. The album isn't formally released until next Monday (June 18), but can be heard in full now. The album is the seventh full-length effort of the band's career. Oceania, which was originally due last September, will now be released on June 18 and has been described as an "album within an album" as it is part of their 44-song cycle 'Teargarden By Kaleidyscope', the first songs for which were released in 2009.

Cat Power has spoken out about her ninth album, 'Sun', which is set for release this autumn. The singer songwriter, real name Chan Marshall, spoke to The Stool Pigeon via The Quietus, and explained that there was a four year break between the release of her 2008 covers album Jukebox and the new album - which is out on September 10 – because of the breakdown of a relationship.

The Who, Take That, George Michael and Emeli Sande have been confirmed to play at the Olympic Games' closing ceremony this summer. The concert will take place on August 12 at London's Olympic Park, reports The Mirror. A source close to the Olympic committee said of the line-up: "The committee wanted four major artists, representing Britain over the past 50 years, to headline." They added: "The Who are an inspired throwback to the swinging 60s."

Former Smiths guitarist Jonny Marr delighted thousands in his home city of Manchester yesterday (June 9) by turning up on stage at the Parklife Weekender to join Chic feat. Nile Rodgers for the seminal disco artist's classic hit 'Le Freak'.

Black Sabbath brought Download 2012 to a close tonight (June 10) with a career-spanning set.