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David Bowie is almost guaranteed to be number one this Sunday with his new album 'The Next Day' set to become the fastest selling album of 2013 so far.

Iggy Pop unveiled new material from his forthcoming album 'Ready To Die' (March 13) at Mohawk Outdoor at SXSW in Austin, Texas. As well as airing classic tracks 'Raw Power', 'Fun House' and 'I Wanna Be Your Dog', the tiny show saw Iggy and The Stooges playing material from their forthcoming new album, 'Ready To Die', live for the first time. Iggy calling the performances of the material "world premieres".

Yo La Tengo are streaming a live, request-only performance today to support a pledge drive for WFMU. WFMU, a New Jersey station whose broadcast range extends to areas of New York and Pennsylvania is the longest running freeform radio station in the United States. It is almost wholly listener supported. The concert will take place between 9 am and 12 pm EST (1 pm to 4 pm in the UK), and is physically being performed in Berlin amid a European tour. For a $100 donation, listeners can make a request.

Prince has been confirmed to make his first appearance at SXSW in Austin, Texas this weekend.

Clive Burr, former drummer with Iron Maiden, passed away in his sleep last night (March 12) aged 56. He had been suffering from multiple sclerosis for a number of years. Burr played with Iron Maiden from 1972 to 1982, drumming on their first three albums: Iron Maiden, Killers and The Number Of The Beast. In a statement on the band’s website, band members talked lovingly of Burr, who had played with Bruce Dickinson not only with Iron Maiden, but also Dickinson’s previous band Sampson.

John Fogerty has announced details of his new album, Wrote A Song For Everyone. The album will be released in the UK on May 27. It finds Fogerty performing a dozen songs from his extensive catalogue, both Credence Clearwater Revival and solo, with guests including My Morning Jacket, Dawes, Bob Seger and Tom Morello. The album also contains two new songs – "Train Of Fools" and "Mystic Highway". Scroll down to watch Fogerty perform "Fortunate Son" with the Foo Fighters. The track listing for Wrote A Song For Everyone is:

Nick Cave took part in an 'In Conversation' session covering his life and career earlier today (March 12) as part of the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. Speaking at the Austin Convention Center with New York based author Larry Ratso Sloman, the Bad Seeds frontman admitted that he first joined a band in order to get "girls and booze", telling the packed out audience that "it actually works!"

A biopic on the Ramones will happen, according to the widow of Johnny Ramone. Linda Ramone has revealed in an interview with Rolling Stone that she is currently in talks to turn the band's story into a film. "I have offers right now to do a Ramones movie," she said.

A promotional David Bowie café serving “shepherd pies” and Bowie-themed cocktails has been opened in Tokyo by the singer's Japanese record label. Sony opened the café as part of their promotion for Bowie's new album, The Next Day.

Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders has given the strongest hint yet that the band will release their new studio album later this year.