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Bob Dylan is among the artists appearing on the soundtrack for Inside Llewyn Davis, the new film from the Coen Brothers. The film, which is set in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s and stars Oscar Isaac as an upcoming folk singer, contains contemporaneous music by Dylan and Dave Van Ronk alongside material performed by members of the cast, including Isaac and Justin Timberlake, and Marcus Mumford.

Earl Slick says there are no secret plans in place for David Bowie to tour before the end of the year. The guitarist, who has played with Bowie since 1974, says there's no conspiracy about live dates, there is just nothing scheduled. Speaking to NME, he said: "I get asked all the time. And I say 'Do you know something I don't know?' Really though, there's no big secret we're keeping from everyone. There'll definitely be no shows this year, I can tell you that. There's no conspiracy about a tour, there just is no tour, and that's all I got for you.

Body/Head, the electric guitar duo comprised of Kim Gordon and Bill Nace (X.O.4, Vampire Belt, Ceylon Mange), have announced details of their debut album, Coming Apart. The album will be released as a double LP, CD and digital album by Matador Records on September 16. Body/Head began as a largely instrumental project after Gordon announced her separation from Thurston Moore in late 2011.

The Rolling Stones' Mick Taylor and The Black Keys' Patrick Carney appear together on a new track by Stephen Dale Petit called "Holla". Petit, a London-based American blues singer, enlisted the help of his famous pals to record the song, which is taken from his forthcoming album Cracking The Code, which also features a track with Dr. John. Speaking about the collaboration, Stephen Dale Petit said: "It’s been mind blowing to get to work with the best musicians & producers in the world, the crème de la crème. I can't wait for people to hear it."

Keith Richards has said that The Rolling Stones were "destined" to headline Glastonbury.

Uncut will be blogging at Glastonbury festival this weekend.

Motörhead have had to cancel two European gigs after their frontman Lemmy suffered a haematoma. The band have pulled tonight's show in Milan (June 25) and also had to cancel their gig on June 22 at a festival in Austria, reports Ultimate Classic Rock. The size, scale or location of Lemmy's haematoma – where blood collects outside of a blood vessel - is not known, but the news of the medical problem follows reports that the frontman has also recently been fitted with a defibrillator because of heart problems.

Former DEVO drummer Alan Myers has died following a battle with cancer. Ralph Carney, a former bandmate of Myers and uncle of The Black Keys' Patrick, shared the news on Facebook earlier this morning (June 26). "i just got some bad news," he wrote. "Alan Myers passed yesterday from cancer. he was Devo's best drummer and one of the first people to teach me about jazz. i cry.........." Myers joined Devo in 1976 and drummed with the band for just under a decade, playing on their early hits including "Jocko Homo", "Working In The Coal Mine" and "Whip It".

The V&A museum has announced details of a special live screening event of the David Bowie Is... exhibition. On Tuesday, August 13, audiences in over 200 cinemas will be able to watch the exhibition's curators Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh and a host of special guests talk about the stories behind some of the 300 objects on display at the exhibition live from the museum in London. David Bowie Is Happening Now will be directed by BAFTA winning director, Hamish Hamilton and will be broadcast to participating Picturehouse cinemas.

Arctic Monkeys have announced details of their new album, AM. The album, the band's fifth studio record, will be released on September 9 and features 12 tracks including the new single "Do I Wanna Know?". The song "Mad Sounds", first played at the Hultsfred festival in Sweden earlier this year, also appears alongside 2012 single "R U Mine?". Scroll down to see the full tracklisting for AM.