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Two guitars stolen at a Sonic Youth gig in 1999 have been returned, 13 years later. The band's rented truck full of their equipment was stolen in the middle of the night before a festival appearance in Orange County. The truck was later found in Los Angeles, empty.

Jailed Russian punk collective Pussy Riot have spoken out about their time in prison and claimed they had been spending their time reading the Bible. Nadia Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich received two-year prison sentences on August 17 after being found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred – and in an interview with GQ, Tolokonnikova revealed that the only text she had been able to read to stave off boredom was the Christian tome.

Ronnie Wood has angrily denied claims that he has teamed up with his ex-wife to auction off stacks of Rolling Stones memorabilia. It was reported earlier today that Wood and his former spouse Jo, who separated in 2011 following allegations that Wood had an extra-marital affair with a waitress – were selling off their shared possessions, which included a wealth of Rolling Stones-related items.

Andy Williams has died at the age of 84. USA Today reports that the singer passed away at his home in Brnason, Missouri on Tuesday evening (September 25) following a lengthy battle with bladder cancer. Williams revealed that he had been diagnosed with the illness in November last year and vowed to beat the disease and return to the stage, insisting that cancer was "no longer a death sentence". But a representative for the singer has now confirmed that he has succumbed to the condition.

Feist has won the 2012 Polaris Music Prize, Canada's answer to the Mercury, for her fourth album Metals. The singer, who was also nominated for the record's 2007 predecessor The Reminder, collected the $30,000 (£19,000) cheque at last night's (September 24) prize gala in Toronto. Feist accepted the award from Jeremy Gara and Tim Kingsbury of Arcade Fire, who won the gong in 2011, after lying on the floor in shock and shying away from a conventional speech.

The company behind Hop Farm and Benicassim festivals is preparing to go into administration. Shares in Vince Power's ailing Music Festivals company were worth 66.5p last June, valuing the company at £10m, but they were suspended at just 2.12p on Friday (September 21), making the company worth just £310,000, The Guardian reports.

Neil Young has joined social networking site Twitter. The legendary rocker revealed his account yesterday [September 25], and explained that he would be doing a Q&A session on the site ahead of the release of his new album, Psychedelic Pill. He wrote: @neilyoung Look forward to talking to all of you music lovers. Will be doing a #TwitterLegends Q&A with fans about #PsychPill before the release! He also revealed a link to the official video for his and Crazy Horse's new song, "Walk Like A Giant". Scroll down to watch the video.

Scroll down to watch the trailer for the Rolling Stones new documentary, Crossfire Hurricane. Crossfire Hurricane, will simultaneously premiere at a host of cinemas in the UK and Ireland on October 18. The film, directed by Brett Morgen, documents the band's career from their early road trips and gigs in the 1960s, via the release of 1972's seminal 'Exile On Main Street' right up to present day.

The new Uncut’s only been on sale since the end of last week, but there’s already been a fair amount of correspondence about our cover story on The Byrds. Most of it’s been about our Top 20 countdown of The Byrds’s greatest tracks. You were broadly in agreement with what was included, but many of you wondered aloud at certain omissions – “Chestnut Mare” was particularly missed by many, including me it must be said.

According to reports, Mike Love is to continue touring without Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and David Marks when the current 50th anniversary tour finishes at the end of this week. The line-up for future shows will instead consist of Love, Bruce Johnston along with their regular touring band. "As we move on, Bruce and I look forward to performing live for Beach Boys fans everywhere," Love said in a press release, also noting, "The 50th Reunion Tour was designed to be a set tour with a beginning and an end to mark a special 50-year milestone for the band."