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Uncut at the Great Escape 2013

The full line-up for this year’s Great Escape festival in Brighton was announced today and along with it the line-up for the Uncut Stage at the Pavilion Theatre, where we’ll be hosting three nights of great music from May 16-May 18, with four bands each night. It’s probably our strongest-ever Great Escape bill and includes several of my own current favourites, among them Phosphorescent, Allah-Las, Lord Huron and Mikal Cronin, although there’s no one I’d really want to miss.

Peter Howson’s David Bowie portraits to go up for auction

Ten original drawings of David Bowie from 1994 are among the 390 works being auctioned by Scottish artist Peter Howson OBE. The painter's wife Terry Howson is auctioning the works to raise money for the couple's daughter Lucie, who has Asperger's syndrome, The Times reports. The 10 Bowie drawings are from 1994, when the singer posed for Howson. The pair struck up a friendship after Bowie bought two of his paintings depicting the Bosnian war, where he was an official war artist.

Paul Weller to play special Record Store Day show

Paul Weller has announced plans to play a special show on Record Store Day at London's Rough Trade East. Weller will take the stage at 8pm on Saturday, April 20 and play a 30 minute set, backed by Pete O’Hanlon and Josh McClorey from The Strypes on bass and guitar and Miles Kane's drummer Jay Sharrock. Weller will also release a double a-side single of new material - Flame-Out! And The Olde Original - for Record Store Day.

Watch trailer for The National’s Mistaken For Strangers tour documentary

The National have unveiled the trailer for Mistaken For Strangers, a documentary film about the band on the road. Click below to watch the clip. The film will receive its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on April 17. The band will play live following the screening of the film, which was directed by Tom Berninger, brother of the band's frontman Matt Berninger. Matt Berninger produced the film alongside Carin Besser and Craig Charland, and it will open up the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, which runs until April 28.

Uncut stage at the Great Escape festival: full line-up confirmed

The full line-up for the Uncut stage at this year's Great Escape festival in Brighton has been confirmed. The festival runs from May 16 - May 18 and Uncut will be taking over the Pavilion Theatre for the duration, presenting four live bands on each night. The complete line-up for the Uncut stage at the Great Escape is: Thursday, May 16 PHOSPHORESCENT LORD HURON DEAN McFEE RED RIVER DIALECT Friday, May 17 MIKAL CRONIN ALLAH-LAS CHARLIE BOYER & THE VOYEURS C JOYNES Saturday, May 18 WOODS

Ask John Fogerty

Ahead of the release of his long-awaited duets album Wrote A Song For Everyone, John Fogerty 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 him? What does he remember of the time he spent in the United States Army Reserve during the mid-Sixties? In 2011, he played two classic Creedence albums live in their entirely. What's his favourite Creedence album, and why?

Johnny Marr: “Margaret Thatcher didn’t make Britain great”

Johnny Marr has spoken out about Margaret Thatcher. "My thoughts are that if you see the word 'Thatcherism,' it’s not a word that stands for something good," he told Rolling Stone. "I don’t think there’s any getting around that."

Thurston Moore’s Chelsea Light Moving to play first UK shows this summer

Thurston Moore's new band Chelsea Light Moving will play their first UK shows in June. The band will tour Europe this summer, calling in at London, Leeds and Bristol. They have also been lined up for Yoko Ono's meltdown, which takes places across June at London's Southbank Centre.

Rare Jarvis Cocker-directed music videos revisited as part BUG: Warp Records special

Warp Films celebrated its tenth anniversary on Friday (April 12) with a special edition of Adam Buxton's BUG video showcase at the BFI Southbank. The showcase featured rare early music videos by a young Jarvis Cocker, including 'LFO' by LFO and Aphex Twin's 'On', which were produced between 1990 to 1993 in the years directly before Pulp's own meteoric rise to fame.

Black Sabbath: new album tracklisting revealed

Following a listening party over the weekend, the tracklisting for Black Sabbath's much-anticipated new album 13 has been revealed, reports Fact.
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