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David Crosby has been speaking about the forthcoming CSNY 1974 box set. In an interview with Radio.com, Crosby cited one of his highlights of the box set: a rarely performed, never commercially released Neil Young song called "Pushed It Over The End".

As he prepares to release his new album Haven’t Got the Blues (Yet), Loudon Wainwright III 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 legendary singer songwriter? What are his memories of appearing opposite Jasper Carrott on Carrott Confidential during the 1980s? How does he feel now about being described as "the new Bob Dylan"in the early Seventies? How did he get cast in Judd Apatow's Knocked Up?

Jack White's 2014 tour began last night at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma. White releases his new album, Lazaretto, on June 10 via Third Man Records/Columbia.

The forthcoming deluxe edition of Led Zeppelin II includes a never-before-released instrumental track that the band recorded in 1969 called "La La" which has just surfaced online in advance of its release date (June 3). Led Zeppelin recorded the track, which remains unfinished and appears as a rough mix on the reissue, with the rest of the album. Toward the end of "La La" when Jimmy Page plays a solo, the voice of one band member, presumably Robert Plant, can be heard singing, "Yeeeah."

Jack White discusses the making of his second solo album, Lazaretto, in the new issue of Uncut, dated July 2014 and out now.

Bruce Springsteen joined The Rolling Stones onstage in Lisbon last night (May 29) for a rendition of "Tumbling Dice". Fan-shot footage of the appearance sees them collaborating on the track from the Stones' 1972 Exile On Main St double album, which they had previously performed together in Springsteen's home state of New Jersey in 2012 during another Rolling Stones gig.

Jimmy Page has responded to recent plagiarism claims. Lawyers representing the group Spirit claim the intro to Led Zeppelin's 1971's "Stairway To Heaven" resembles their 1968 track "Taurus". Along with the rest of Led Zeppelin, Page originally declined to comment on the allegations.

Chrissie Hynde has spoken about working with Neil Young on her new solo album, Stockholm.

Metallica performed their 1988 track "The Frayed Ends Of Sanity" live for the first time ever last night (May 28). The band played the track from the ...And Justice For All album at Sonisphere Festival in Helsinki. The show was part of the Metallica By Request series of gigs, where the setlist for the evening is chosen by fans voting for songs they want to hear from a collection of 130 tracks.

The Black Keys performed an intimate show at Nashville's 500-capacity Mercy Lounge last night. It was reported in Rolling Stone that Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney and a pair of sidemen played to an invite-only crowd of competition winners. They were there via SiriusXM, which broadcasted the hour-long show live on its "Alt Nation" station.