Uncut

As Damon Albarn prepares to release his debut solo album, Everyday Robots, on Monday, and 20 years since the release of Parklife is celebrated, we delve back into the Uncut archive (July 2009, Take 146) and go behind the scenes of the sessions that produced Blur’s classic albums and reveal the conflicts that nearly destroyed the band… Interviews: Nick Hasted

Arctic Monkeys, Kate Bush, Warren Zevon and Neil Young all feature in the new issue of Uncut, dated June 2014 and out now.

The Libertines will reunite for a live show at Hyde Park in London this July. The band will headline the British Summer Time festival on July 5 on a bill that also includes The Pogues, Spiritualized, Maximo Park and The Enemy. Rumours about a potential reunion emerged over the weekend after Pete Doherty gave an interview in which he claimed he had been approached with an offer to reunite the band for a live show.

Portishead's Beth Gibbons has covered Black Sabbath's 1971 song "Black Sabbath" as Black Sabbeth. The track, which you can hear by clicking below is by Bristol based stoner rock band Gonga and features Gibbons on vocals. Meanwhile, back in February, Adrian Utley of Portishead said that the band members were "clearing our schedules" in order to work on their fourth album.

Stark, beautiful return for the solo Everything But The Girl man...

Neil Young & Crazy Horse have announced a new live date to their forthcoming European tour itinerary. They will now play Stockholm Music & Arts Festival on August 3, 2014.

Bruce Springsteen released a new EP, "American Beauty", for Record Store Day 2014. The a 12" vinyl EP featured four unreleased tracks - "American Beauty", "Mary Mary", "Hey Blue Eyes" and "Hurry Up Sundown". To accompany the release, Springsteen and the E Street Band shot an impromptu video for the song "American Beauty" before their gig at Charlotte, North Carolina on Record Store Day itself - April 19. Click below to watch the video.

Robin Pecknold has updated fans on the future of Fleet Foxes, revealing that he is working on new songs. In a post on the band's official Facebook page, he accounts for their lack of activity since 2011's Helplessness Blues, revealing that he has enrolled at university.

As he prepares to release his debut album at the sprightly age of 87, Harry Dean Stanton 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 legendary cult actor? What are his memories of co-starring with Bob Dylan in Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid? How did he end up living with Jack Nicholson for a year? What kind of show could we expect if we saw him perform with The Harry Dean Stanton Band?

1995 masterpiece reissued with disc of out-takes and making-of DVD...