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Actress Nina Arianda has been cast as Janis Joplin in the forthcoming movie about the late rock and blues singer's life.

Radiohead paid a special tribute to their late drum technician Scott Johnson last night (July 10) during their first gig since his death. The band, who were performing at the Les Arenes in Nimes, France, filled the screen with photos of Johnson as they played "Reckoner" in their third encore, reports Consequence Of Sound. It was their first rescheduled show since their drum tech died during a stage collapse in Toronto last month. A further three people were injured in the incident at Downsview Park.

The White Stripes have released recordings of their first ever live performances. The vinyl releases are only available through The Vault, a quarterly subscription series from Jack White's Third Man Records/ The latest Vault package includes the 'Live At The Gold Dollar' 7" single, a recording from an open mic night on July 14, 1997 that was the duo's first ever performance.

Blur guitarist Graham Coxon has signed up to write songs for the soundtrack for a new film titled The Wanderers. According to The Sun today (July 11), the film is a "non-conventional Britpop teen musical" and follows the fortunes of a young band from Essex, where Blur are originally from. The film, which is set in 1996, will also feature songs written by Ash frontman Tim Wheeler, whose band also rose to the fore around that time.

Johnny Depp is co-editing a unpublished Woody Guthrie novel, House Of Earth, according to reports in Rolling Stone and The New York Times.

Tom Waits appeared on Monday evening's edition of Late Night With David Letterman, where he performed "Chicago", from his most recent album, 2011's Bad As Me, live for the first time. Musicians joining Waits on stage included his son Casey Waits on drums, long time bassist Larry Taylor, guitarist David Hidalgo, keyboardist Augie Myers and guitarist Big Bill Morganfield. You can watch Waits' performance on the CBS show below.

The Rolling Stones are set to release a new bootleg from their archives this morning [July 11] Recorded at the Tokyo Dome in 1990, on the Steel Wheels tour, this is the fourth bootleg the Stones have officially released, following on from 1975's LA Friday, the Hampton Coliseum show in 1981 and 1973’s legendary Brussels Affair set. The Stones toured Japan for the first time in February, 1990, taking up a 10-date residence at the Tokyo Dome. Tokyo 1990 is available to buy from www.stonesarchive.com at 11am GMT.

The Gaslight Anthem have extended their UK tour, which takes place in October. The New Jersey band, who will release their new album Handwritten on July 23, have added another show at London's O2 Academy Brixton on October 17 to the their tour. They will now play five dates, two of which will be at O2 Academy Brixton. Support on the tour will come from Blood Red Shoes. Earlier this month, The Gaslight Anthem played a one-off show at London's KOKO. They will return to the UK for appearances at Reading & Leeds Festivals at the end of August.

Pulp have announced details of a one-off Christmas homecoming show. It will be the band's first UK date since a performance at London's Royal Albert Hall in March. After reuniting last year, Pulp are currently on a brief European festival tour, which will conclude with an appearance at Fiera della Musica in Italy on Friday (July 13). Earlier today (July 10), the reunited five-piece posted the date and venue of the Sheffield show on their Twitter page, writing:

Following in their parents footsteps, members of the Wilson, Love and Jardine families have formed a new band, according to Rolling Stone. The line-up for the band, called California Saga, features Brian Wilson's daughters, Carnie and Wendy, Carl Wilson's son, Justyn, Dennis Wilson's son, Carl B. Wilson, Mike Love's son and daughter, Christian and Ambha and Al Jardine's sons, Matt and Adam. The lineup will also include guitarist Billy Hinsche, Carl Wilson's brother-in-law, who toured with the Beach Boys for decades.