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PJ Harvey to receive honorary degree

PJ Harvey has been announced as one of the names to receive an honorary degree from Goldsmiths University this year. The singer, who was appointed an MBE last year, will accept the accolade from the London university next month, along with architect Dame Zaha Hadid, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, journalist Neal Ascherson and poet George Szirtes. The ceremonies will take place between September 8 and 11. PJ Harvey will be awarded on Wednesday, September 10.

Roger Waters’ The Wall tour documentary to premiere in September

Roger Waters' documentary about his The Wall world tour is to receive its world premiere in September at the Toronto International Film Festival. The Wall Live Tour took place between 2010 and 2013, becoming the highest-grossing tour for a solo musician. The film utilizes footage from throughout the tour’s four-year run, which included stops in the UK and Europe, the US, South America, and Australia. The film is credited to Waters and the tour’s creative director, Sean Evans.

Peter Buck to release new EP

Peter Buck is to release a new EP, Opium Drivel. The 4-song, 7-inch will be released on October 21 on Mississippi Records, according to a story on Slicing Up Eyeballs. The EP can be pre-ordered here.

Listen to Bob Dylan’s “Nothing To It” performed by Jim James, Elvis Costello and more

A track, "Nothing To It", has been released from the forthcoming Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes project. The album features lyrics that Dylan wrote while recording the original Basement Tapes in 1967 that have been put to music by Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens (Carolina Chocolate Drops), Dawes' Taylor Goldsmith, Jim James, T Bone Burnett and Marcus Mumford. The first song from these sessions, "Nothing To It" is accompanied by an animated video that overlays abstract cartoons and Dylan's original hand-written lyrics.

Hear track from Leonard Cohen’s new album Popular Problems + tracklisting revealed!

Leonard Cohen has confirmed details of his forthcoming new album, Popular Problems. The album will be released on September 22, a day after his 80th birthday. It is Cohen's 13th studio album. Those who pre-order Popular Problems digitally will receive an instant download of his new song, “Almost Like The Blues”. You can hear the song below.

Kate Bush asks fans not to take photographs at her forthcoming live shows

Kate Bush has asked fans not to take photos at her forthcoming run of live shows. The singer will play her first series of gigs since 1979 later this month when she begins a 22-date run at London's Eventim Apollo, which will take place between August and October. "We're all very excited about the upcoming shows and are working very hard in preparation. It's going very well indeed, " she wrote in a note on her website.

Bob Seger to release first album in eight years

Bob Seger is to release a new album later this year. According to a report on Rolling Stone, Seger will release Ride Out on October 14. It is his first studio album since Face The Promise in 2006.

Rare Beatles photographs discovered at London children’s home

Rare pictures of The Beatles meeting youngsters from a children's home while filming A Hard Day's Night in 1964 have been discovered by a children's charity. Staff at The Children's Society discovered the photographs in an archive which contained a copy of the charity's supporters’ magazine from 1964. It featured an article on children from the Society's now-defunct Roehampton home, Hambro House, meeting the band while they were filming at London's Scala Theatre.

Exclusive! Hear the Grateful Dead and Branford Marsalis team-up for “Bird Song” at Nassau Coliseum, 1990

In 1990, the Grateful Dead began their 25th anniversary celebrations with a three-week tour through North America’s east coast. The tour has already been partly documented in the 2012 box set, Spring 1990. Now the band are releasing a 23-disc boxed set that covers eight complete shows, all previously unreleased, from this historic tour, titled Spring 1990 (The Other One).
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