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Beatles museum in Hamburg closing due to ‘lack of interest’

The Beatles museum in Hamburg, Germany will close down at the end of this month, according to reports. The five-storey 'Beatlemania' museum was opened in May 2009 but will apparently be shut at the end of June due to a lack of interest from Fab Four fanatics.

David Byrne and Arcade Fire’s Win Butler to discuss Byrne’s new book

David Byrne and Arcade Fire's Win Butler are set to appear together on stage to discuss Byrne's new book, How Music Works. The event will take place on September 22, during the POP Montreal Festival in Canada. According to Pitchfork, the conversation will take place at the Ukranian Federation, co-presented by POP Montreal's Symposium and Librairie Drawn & Quarterly. How Music Works is to be published in September by McSweeney's, the American publishing house founded by novelist Dave Eggers.

Watch clip from LCD Soundsystem’s new documentary

A clip from LCD Soundsystem's forthcoming documentary, Shut Up And Play The Hits, is online. The clip from the film - released in the UK in August - features the band performing "Dance Yrself Clean" from their This Is Happening album at Madison Square Garden last year.

Black Sabbath’s Ozzy Osbourne: “Download’s going to be great”

Ozzy Osbourne has spoken to NME ahead of Black Sabbath's headline slot at this weekend's Download Festival, promising their set will be "great". The reunited metal legends will headline the metal festival's main stage - which has been named the Jim Marshall Stage in honour of the amp pioneer, who passed away earlier this year - on Sunday (June 10), after sets from the likes of Megadeth and Soundgarden.

Watch Willie Nelson cover Pearl Jam

Country music legend Willie Nelson has posted the video for his cover version of Pearl Jam's "Just Breathe" online. Scroll down to watch the video, which sees Nelson singing and playing guitar alongside his son Lukas while the pair go on a road trip together. The song is taken from Nelson's latest album, Heroes, which also sees him covering tracks by Coldplay and Tom Waits, as well as collaborating with rapper Snoop Dogg on the pro-cannabis track, "Roll Me Up".

John Cale announces new album details

John Cale has announced details of his new album, Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood. The album will be released on October 1 on Domino Records' Lucky Six label and is his first since blackAcetate in 2005. The tracklisting for Shifty Adventures... is: I Wanna Talk 2 U Scotland Yard Hemmingway Face To The Sky Nookie Wood December Rains Mary Vampire Cafe Mothra Living With You Midnight Feast Sandman (Flying Dutchman) Cale will also tour the UK in October. Dates confirmed are: Friday, October 5: HMV Picturehouse, Edinburgh

Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Welch dies

Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Welch has been found dead at his Nashville home. He was 66. According to police, the musician died of an apparent suicide. Local news network WKRN reports that Welch's wife found him dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest at 12.15pm local time on June 7. Police spokesperson Don Aaron said that a suicide note was recovered and added that Welch had recently been suffering from 'health issues'.

New Julien Temple-shot Glastonbury Festival documentary to premiere next week on BBC4

A brand new documentary about Glastonbury by filmmaker Julien Temple is set to premiere on June 15 on BBC4. Glastonbury After Hours: Glastopia was shot at last year's festival on location in the Shangri-La, Arcadia, the Unfair Ground, Strummerville, Block 9 and the Common areas. Temple directed 2006's acclaimed Glastonbury documentary film, which delved into the history of the festival, which is taking a fallow year this summer, before returning in 2013.

Ry Cooder announces new album details

Ry Cooder has announced details of a new album, Election Special, due for release on August 20 on Nonesuch/Perro Verde Records. The follow-up to last year's Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down, Cooder's album is released a few months ahead of the forthcoming US presidential election, which will be held in November 2012. Cooder has written introductions to each of the tracks on the album: Mutt Romney Blues

Wilco release new book

Wilco has released a new book, The Incredible Shrinking Tour Of Chicago. The book is free and available now exclusively on Apple’s iBookstore for iPad at www.iTunes.com/iBookstore. It documents the band’s five concerts from December 2011 in their native Chicago, with live photography, reproduction poster art and set lists.
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