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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have unveiled a new song, "Forgotten Man". The song can be found on their website here. The interactive site is modelled after an old car radio; turn it on and use your mouse to flip through the stations. "Forgotten Man" can be found between 104 and 100. The song appears on their new album, Hypnotic Eye, which is released on July 29 via Reprise Records. You can also find four other previously released songs from the album on the website.

Jonny Greenwood has said that he has been emailing Thom Yorke ideas for new Radiohead songs. Speaking in The Sunday Times, Greenwood commented: "I was emailing stuff to Thom last night, actually, but it's not the same, is it? You don't see him tutting." When asked if there was a release date in mind for their next album, Greenwood explained: "No! Release? No, no idea. No," adding: "Our plan is to start making music soon. We've just got to get the inertia back."

Neil Young & Crazy Horse performed two rare cuts at their show in Münsterplatz, Ulm, Germany last night [July 20]. The band have already played two rarities on the current European tour - "Separate Ways", from the Homegrown sessions, which hasn't had a live airing since 2008, and "Days That Used To Be" from Ragged Glory, which the band hadn't played live since 1991.

Paul McCartney has discussed his plans for retirement, telling Rolling Stone he will step away from the spotlight when he feels like it. "...the answer to 'Are you going to retire?' is 'When I feel like it'. But that's not today."

Kevin Rowland and other members of Dexys are set to introduce select screenings of their new documentary, Nowhere Is Home. The film, directed by Paul Kelly, was shot during the band's residency at London’s Duke Of York’s Theatre last year and includes performance footage interspaced with interviews with Kevin Rowland and Jim Paterson about the band. It is due to screen in UK cinemas at 7.45 on Monday, July 21.

Early recordings of Jimi Hendrix made between 1965 and 1967 have been acquired by the Hendrix family's music company, Experience Hendrix LLC, and Sony Music's catalog division, Legacy Recordings.

Blondie’s Clem Burke has revealed that the band’s current world tour may be their last. Burke has been drumming with the band since they began back in 1972. In a recent interview, the 58-year-old has said that Debbie Harry has hinted that this could be it for the band once their current tour comes to an end.

Echo And The Bunnymen take us through the making of their best-known albums in the new issue of Uncut, dated August 2014 and out now.

The Rolling Stones have released a video celebrating the recent completion of the European leg of their 14 On Fire tour. Set to "Out Of Control" from their 1997 album Bridges To Babylon, the On Fire tour video features the band reflecting on the European leg of the tour, which came to an end with a two hour set at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark this month (July 6), interspersed with behind-the-scenes recordings and videos of the band performing on stage to huge crowds.

Patti Smith has joined forces with international art group Soundwalk Collective (Stephan Crasneanscki, Simone Merli and Kamran Sadeghi) to perform the poetry of Nico. The piece, called Killer Road, is an immersive aural journey based on the day the Velvet Underground vocalist died in Ibiza in 1988. The performance pairs a multi-instrumental soundscape, also featuring Nico’s signature harmonium sound, with Patti Smith reciting the last unpublished poems by the German chanteuse.