Six previously unheard Nick Drake recordings have been removed from auction following a row over their ownership.
As previously reported, the tapes have been described as being in "pristine" condition and were recorded in 1968, before the 1969 release of Drake's debut album Five Leaves Left. The recordings were placed on auction by his friend, the singer Beverley Martyn.
Mick Jagger has said that he has no plans to retire any time soon.
Speaking to The Telegraph, Jagger says that he has never considered retirement. "I don't know when I'm going to stop, but I'm still going now," he states.
Uncut joins Robert Fripp and the latest incarnation of King Crimson in the rehearsal studio to hear about their upcoming gigs, the problems with touring and his setlist plans, in the new issue, out now.
“My professional life has been so devoid of joy,” explains Fripp, marveling at his enjoyment of the rehearsals so far.
Arcade Fire covered Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1970 track "Hey Tonight" onstage at the Shoreline Ampitheatre in California. Click below to watch footage of the performance, which came as part of the encore.
Jarvis Cocker is set to judge a Pulp karaoke competition in New York next week.
Cocker will be in New York to preside over the contest, which is being held at the Industry City venue in Brooklyn. Would be entrants can tweet their plea to perform for Cocker to the event organisers with those who don't want to sing "Common People" told they stand a better chance of being selected.
Eric Clapton is competing with Ed Sheeran in the race for this week's Number One on the Official UK Albums Chart.
Sheeran is currently ahead of The Breeze by Eric Clapton & Friends at today's midweek stage and is on course to spend his sixth straight week at the top with his second album X. The final chart placings will be revealed on BBC Radio 1 on Sunday (August 3).
Damon Albarn has said that Blur may never finish the album they began working on in 2013.
Albarn recorded new music with his Blur bandmates in Hong Kong in May last year.
However, in an interview published in this week's NME which is on newsstands tomorrow (July 30) and available digitally, Albarn says that because he likes to work in shorter, more concentrated periods of time he fears that he may never return to the tracks the band made while in Asia.
