Elbow extend their November UK arena tour

Elbow have extended their UK arena tour, which is set to take place in November. The band have now added a gig at London's Wembley Arena to their run of shows, which already included five other UK shows. The tour kicks off at Nottingham's Capital FM Arena on November 26, the band will then play Wembley Arena on November 27 before they head to Birmingham NIA on November 28 and then Liverpool's Echo Area on November 29, before heading to their Manchester hometown on December 1. They will finish up at London's The O2 on December 2.

Sigur Ros announce March 2013 UK tour

Sigur Ros have announced a full UK tour for March next year. The Icelandic band, who released their new album Valtari in May, will play five shows on the tour. The dates begin at Glasgow SECC on March 2 and end on March 8, when the band play the second of two dates at London's O2 Academy Brixton. They will also play gigs at Manchester's O2 Apollo and Wolverhampton Civic Hall.

Bible belonging to Elvis Presley sells for £59,000 at auction

At an auction in Stockport, near Manchester on Saturday (September 8), a Bible which was given to Elvis Presley by his uncle Vester and aunt Clettes for his first Christmas at Graceland in 1957, fetched £59,000 after being sold to an unnamed American man based in the UK. The book was only expected to make £25,000.

Jay-Z falls out with Occupy Wall Street again

Jay-Z has hit out at the Occupy Wall Street Movement, accusing protestors of not being clear about what they want. When asked about last year's activity at Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, where activists set up camp as the campaign went global in more than 80 countries last year, he told the New York Times: "What’s the thing on the wall, what are you fighting for?"

Muse sued for $3.5 million after man claims they stole his ‘science fiction rock opera’

Muse and their record label Warner Music are facing a $3.5 million (£2.2 million) lawsuit from a man who claims that they "ripped off" their 2009 track Exogenesis from his sci-fi rock opera of the same name. Charles Bolfrass filed the lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan last week and has accused the band of stealing his "cinematic science-fiction rock opera" called 'Exogenesis', reports Courthouse News.

Thom Yorke’s Atoms for Peace unveil new tracks in DJ set

Thom Yorke unveiled new tracks from his Atoms For Peace project during a DJ set in Long Island, US, last night at the PS1 Warm Up summer concert series. Taking to the stage with producer Nigel Godrich, the duo performed new material, which you can watch videos for below, as well as sampling tracks including Azealia Banks' "212" and Talking Heads' "Once In A Lifetime", according Consequence of Sound. Last week, Atoms for Peace unveiled the first single to be taken from their forthcoming debut album, which is due in 2013.

Paul McCartney joins Damon Albarn for London Africa Express gig

Paul McCartney joined Damon Albarn on stage at the Africa Express show in London on Saturday night [September 8]. Appearing as a surprise special guest, the former Beatle first appeared playing bass on Rokia Traore's "Dounia", with former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones on mandolin, before playing Wings' "Coming Up" and "Goodnight Tonight" with the Blur front man, Tony Allen and Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals among others.

Leonard Cohen brings ‘Old Ideas’ to London’s Wembley Arena

Leonard Cohen played two shows at London's Wembley Arena over this last weekend [September 8 and 9]. On Saturday, the singer songwriter played an epic set of over three hours, taking to the stage just before 8pm (BST) and finishing up around 11.30pm, with a short interval in the middle of the show.
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