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The Clash's Mick Jones and his Justice Band have been confirmed to headline this summer's Strummer Of Love Festival. The festival, which takes place over the weekend of August 17 – 19, will be held at a secret location in Somerset and will mark the 10th anniversary of the death of The Clash frontman Joe Strummer.

Radiohead have rescheduled seven shows following last week's stage collapse in Toronto, which killed crew member Scott Johnson and injured three others. The shows, which were due to take place in Italy, Germany and Switzerland, have all been moved to late September, following their postponement last week. The band's show Rome Hippodrome Capanelle has been moved from June 30 to September 22, with their date at Florence Parco delle Cascine moving from July 1 to Septembe 23.

Muse have revealed that they have been chosen to provide the official song of the London 2012 Olympics. The track, which is titled "Survival", will be played when athletes enter the stadium, in the lead up to the medal ceremony and also as the theme for all international TV coverage. The track, which the band have said is inspired by "total conviction and pure determination to win", will be debuted on Radio 1 tonight [June 27] at 7.30pm (GMT).

Joanna Newsom has debuted a new song, "The Diver's Wife". On performed the song on Monday [June 25], when she appeared with Philip Glass at San Francisco's Warfield Theater as part of a benefit for Big Sur's Henry Miller Memorial Library. This is Newsom's first new material since 2010's Have One On Me, Uncut's Album Of The Year. You can hear the song here.

Mike Love has apparently booked Autumn dates with his touring version of the Beach Boys, without the group's other principal founding members. The reunited Beach Boys are currently in the middle of a 50th anniversary tour. But, according to Rolling Stone, Love is already planning his own shows, including South America in October. When asked by Rolling Stone whether he was aware of Love's plans, Brian Wilson said: "I wasn't aware that Mike had some shows in South America. News to me."

Elbow have said it was a "massive thing" to be asked to write a song for the Olympics in an exclusive interview taken backstage at Isle of Wight festival last weekend.

Iggy Pop and Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino have teamed up to record a song for the TV show True Blood. The pair have apparently recorded a track called "Let's Boot And Rally", which will appear in the episode which airs in the US on July 8. Pitchfork reports that the song will receive its radio debut a few days before the television broadcast date, on July 5. Of the collaboration Iggy Pop said: "I've always liked to bite. I guess this makes me a singing vampire, does this mean I have a license to suck? Hi Bethany..."

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion are set to release their first new album in eight years. The 12 track Meat And Bone will be released on September 17 and follows 2004's Damage – which was released under the shortened name of Blues Explosion. It features 12 tracks, and will be the band's ninth LP. Scroll down to listen to the album's opening track "Black Mold".

Jack White has said that The White Stripes will never get back together. When asked if a reunion would ever be on the cards, the Nashville singer told Dutch news station Newsuur, "No. I don't think that could ever happen; it's all done. But the lord works in mysterious ways so there'll probably be something better come out of me one day. I hope so, I've got nothing better to do."

The Black Keys' drummer Patrick Carney has hit out at the recent reunions of Black Sabbath and Van Halen and their failure to include all their original members. The full original line-up of Sabbath reunited last year, but have subsequently parted ways with drummer Bill Ward over a contract dispute. Van Halen released their first album for 14 years earlier this year, but recorded it without long-time bass player Michael Anthony, with mainman Eddie Van Halen's son Wolfgang Van Halen taking the role.