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Arctic Monkeys will play next summer's Open'er festival in Poland. The event takes place in Gdynia from July 3-6, and will also see sets from Queens Of The Stone Age, Blur and Kings of Leon. Arctic Monkeys will play on July 4. Early bird tickets for the festival are on sale until January 15, 2013. For more information visit Opener.pl/en. This autumn, drummer Matt Helders' mum confirmed that Arctic Monkeys were in the Californian desert recording the follow-up to ' Suck It And See.

Thurston Moore had his 1960 Fender Jazzmaster stolen on Wednesday (December 12). The incident occurred around midnight at a Philadelphia hotel, reports a message on Sonic Youth's website.

Kraftwerk fans have been left frustrated as massive demand for tickets to the group's forthcoming residency at London's Tate Modern crashed the website yesterday (December 12).

The 12-12-12: Concert For Sandy Relief took place last night (December 12) at Madison Square Garden in New York, with Sir Paul McCartney performing with Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic.

Fleetwood Mac have announced that they will be reissuing expanded and deluxe versions of their 1977 album Rumours early next year. Posting the news on their website yesterday (December 12), the band revealed that the expanded edition will contain three CDs including the original album with B-Side 'Silver Springs', 12 unreleased live recordings from the band's 1977 world tour including 'The Chain', 'Oh Daddy' and 'Songbird', and another disc filled with 16 unreleased takes from the album recording sessions.

Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, Adele, Karen O and Fiona Apple are among the artists shortlisted for Oscars. Arcade Fire's track "Abraham's Daughter" on The Hunger Games soundtrack is one of the 75 tracks nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Paul McCartney could be set to join the surviving members of Nirvana onstage at a charity gig tonight (December 12). According to a report in The Sun, McCartney will join Foo Fighters' singer Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic onstage, replacing Kurt Cobain as singer, at a benefit for the victims of Hurricane Sandy in New York.

Stevie Nicks has told NME that she'd love the reformed Fleetwood Mac to headline Glastonbury in 2013. Addressing rumours that the band could coincide a forthcoming summer 2013 tour with their debut appearance headlining the Pyramid Stage, Nicks says she watched Beyonce's performance at the festival in 2011 from her hotel room in London after her own slot at Hyde Park Calling that year.

Ravi Shankar, the Indian sitar maestro, has died in hospital in San Diego, aged 92. Shankar, who helped popularise Indian music in the 1960s, was described as "the godfather of world music" by his most famous student, George Harrison.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse have announced five UK dates for 2013. According to Ticketmaster website, the band will play: Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle: June 10 LG Arena, Birmingham: June 11 SECC Arena, Glasgow: June 13 RDS Arena, Dublin: June 15 The O2 Arena, London: June 17 Tickets for all shows go on sale later this week.