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Pulp have announced details of a one-off Christmas homecoming show. It will be the band's first UK date since a performance at London's Royal Albert Hall in March. After reuniting last year, Pulp are currently on a brief European festival tour, which will conclude with an appearance at Fiera della Musica in Italy on Friday (July 13). Earlier today (July 10), the reunited five-piece posted the date and venue of the Sheffield show on their Twitter page, writing:

Following in their parents footsteps, members of the Wilson, Love and Jardine families have formed a new band, according to Rolling Stone. The line-up for the band, called California Saga, features Brian Wilson's daughters, Carnie and Wendy, Carl Wilson's son, Justyn, Dennis Wilson's son, Carl B. Wilson, Mike Love's son and daughter, Christian and Ambha and Al Jardine's sons, Matt and Adam. The lineup will also include guitarist Billy Hinsche, Carl Wilson's brother-in-law, who toured with the Beach Boys for decades.

Christopher Brahney, who went missing after The Stone Roses' first show at Heaton Park last Friday (June 29), has been found dead. A body was recovered by police from the Manchester Ship Canal at 9.35am (GMT) this morning (July 9) and Great Manchester Police have now confirmed that they formally identified the body as Brahney's.

Band Of Horses have announced a four-date UK tour for later this year. The band, who recently completed work on their fourth studio album, Mirage Rock, will play four shows on the tour in November. The trek begins at Birmingham's HMV Institute on November 15, before moving on to Glasgow's O2 Academy on November 16, Manchester Academy on November 19 and finally London's HMV Hammersmith Apollo on November 20.

LCD Soundsystem could reunite for a one-off cover version, James Murphy has revealed. The US dance-punk band - whose singer and primary songwriter was Murphy - released three acclaimed albums before announcing their disbandment in February 2011. Two months later, Murphy and his bandmates played their farewell show at New York City's Madison Square Garden.

Grizzly Bear have revealed that their new studio album will be titled Shields. The Brooklyn indie band will release the album on Warp Recordings on September 17 in the UK and September 18 in the US and you can hear the opening track "Sleeping Ute" now at the bottom of the page. It is the fourth record of their career to date. Grizzly Bear will tour the UK in support of the album in the autumn, with dates booked in both August and October.

Ahead of his first UK live shows in over 30 years, country rock pioneer, film producer, MTV 'creator' and former Monkee, Michael Nesmith, is set to answer your questions in Uncut as part of our regular Audience With… feature. So is there anything you’ve always wanted to ask the Nez..? As the author of "Different Drum", does he prefer the Linda Ronstadt or Evan Dando version? What does he remember of working with Bert Jansch, on LA Turnaround? Does he still have that woolly hat he wore in The Monkees?

Paul McCartney is working on a new project with the makers of the Halo video game series. The Beatle announced he is composing music with developers Bungie on his Twitter page. He wrote: I'm really excited to be working on writing music with Bungie, the studio that made Halo. Although, it is unclear what he will be composing music for at this stage, it is unlikely to be on the next Halo game because Bungie concluded its work on the series in 2010 with 'Halo's Reach'. 'Halo 4', which is currently in development, is being made by 343 Industries.

Ringo Starr celebrated his 72nd birthday in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday night (7 July) by holding a "peace and love" moment at midday. Hundreds of fans joined Starr at Hard Rock Café, holding two fingers in the air and shouting "peace and love". The Beatles drummer also asked people around the world to do the same thing at 12 o'clock in their own time zones. He told his fans:

Johnny Marr will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Salford, at a ceremony at The Lowry on July 19. The Smiths guitarist, who has been a visiting professor in popular music at the university since 2007, said: "I'm very pleased to be given an honorary degree by Salford University. I've enjoyed working with the students in my capacity as visiting professor and hopefully we can find some more opportunities for creative work in the future." He also quipped on Twitter: