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Jon Lord of Deep Purple has died at the age of 71. The co-founder and keyboard player with the metal pioneers passed away today (July 16) after suffering a pulmonary embolism. He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer and was surrounded by his family at the London Clinic.

Olivia Thirlby has promised that the Jeff Buckley biopic will be an "artistic film that does justice" to the late singer. American singer/actor Reeve Carney will play Buckley in the upcoming film, which has been titled Mystery White Boy after a posthumous Buckley live album released in 2000. The film is being helmed by Ridley Scott's son, Jake.

Ryan Adams is set to record an album with his wife Mandy Moore. The couple, who married in March 2009, are set to work together on Moore's new studio album, which is due out in 2013. Speaking about her plans for her seventh studio album, Moore told CBS News: "I'm probably going to work with my husband on this album. I'm not sure necessarily in what capacity, but we've been writing a little bit together. He has a studio, so I definitely want to make my record there."

Radiohead singer Thom Yorke slammed the Spanish banks during their headlining set at the BBK festival in Bilbao this weekend. The band were headlining the Spanish festival when he urged fans to take to the streets over the actions of the banking sector and its effect on the country's economy. The comments were especially controversial since the festival was sponsored by savings bank Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa (BBK).

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The Cure played an epic three-hour set at Portugal's Optimus Alive festival on Friday (July 14), closing the main stage at 3am after coming back for three encores. The band, who were forced to play an acoustic set at Spain's BBK festival earlier this weekend after their equipment failed, were on top form, maintaining a huge crowd throughout their epic set.

Queen's classic single "Bohemian Rhapsody" has been voted as the UK's 'Favourite Number One Single'. The poll, which has been carried out by the Official Charts Company, asked people to vote for their favourite UK Number One single of the last 60 years and revealed its winner last night (July 15). The 1975 single, which sold over one million copies during its five-week stint at Number One, saw off strong competition from Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean", which was narrowly in second place.

Mick Jagger has confirmed that The Rolling Stones will play together this autumn. The legendary band celebrated the 50th anniversary of their first ever gig earlier this month (July 12), and have been constantly surrounded by rumours that they are preparing to play together once more to mark the half-centenary landmark.

The legendary Paisley Underground band, The Dream Syndicate, have reformed to play four dates in Spain in September to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album, The Days Of Wine And Roses.

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