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Bruce Springsteen has already started recording the follow-up to last year's Wrecking Ball. Earlier this year, Springsteen spent time with Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello and the rest of the E Street Band in a studio in Sydney. Speaking to Rolling Stone, Springsteen commented: "We've never had a recording session during a tour in our lives. We did a couple of things that I wanted to put down. So that was very exciting. And being with Tommy was exciting. The band – Steven, Nils, all those guys – continues to be a source of inspiration for me."

Morrissey will release a live DVD to mark his 25th year as a solo artist.

Jamie Hewlett of Gorillaz has confirmed that he and Damon Albarn will release another Gorillaz album – but not before Blur put out their new material.

Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis has revealed that Led Zeppelin and Adele are at the top of her dream list for future headliners.

Jack White's label Third Man Records will release live recordings from The Kills, The Shins and Seasick Steve this month.

The BBC are set to broadcast an hour of The Rolling Stones' Saturday night headline set at next weekend's Glastonbury Festival.

Bruce Springsteen played his classic 1975 album Born To Run in full yesterday (June 20) as a tribute to the actor James Gandolfini, who passed away yesterday at the age of 51.

Nile Rodgers reveals the huge influence The Beatles had on him in the new issue of Uncut (dated July 2013 and out now). The Chic guitarist and songwriter, who recently teamed up with Daft Punk on their new Random Access Memories album, was particularly struck by the closing track of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, "A Day In The Life". "This was the first song I learned to play on guitar," explains Rodgers. "My transformation happened years earlier when I first heard 'The End' by The Doors, but it wasn't as important as actually learning 'A Day In The Life'."

Dubious rumours have spread that Bob Dylan was seen painting topless women in New York's Central Park last week.

David Lynch is set to join forces with Nine Inch Nails to direct the video for their song 'Came Back Haunted'.