The guitar Bob Dylan played during his historic set at the Newport Folk Festival on July 25, 1965 has been found, according to a report in Rolling Stone. The guitar - a 1964 sunburst Fender Stratocaster - has apparently been missing for 47 years, until it was discovered by New Jersey resident Dawn Peterson - whose father, a private pilot who worked for Dylan's manager Albert Grossman.

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

Today, as you may have heard, is apparently the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones’ first gig.

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.

Following music on Twitter, it sometimes feels as if a hyped album or a track is listened to for, at best, six hours now before it becomes in some way obsolete: if it’s not trending, it must be passé.

Johnny Depp is co-editing a unpublished Woody Guthrie novel, House Of Earth, according to reports in Rolling Stone and The New York Times.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