Musicians including David Gilmour, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien and Philip Selway, Elbow's Guy Garvey, Johnny Marr and Billy Bragg have thrown their weight behind a campaign to overturn the ban on steel-strung guitars in British prisons.
An unreleased song recorded by Arcade Fire has made its way on line. Scroll down to listen now.
The song, reportedly titled "Get Right", is believed to have been recorded by the band during the sessions for their recent Reflektor album.
An excerpt of the song first appeared on a TV commercial advertising Reflektor.
Keith Richards has covered Bob Marley's "Get Up Stand Up" – watch a video of it below.
The guitarist performed his track "Words Of Wonder" as well as the cover in a video to promote his musical collective and charity, the Playing For Change foundation, which features musicians including Keb' Mo', Mermans Mosengo and Sherieta Lewis.
Cliff Richard has spoken to Uncut about his forthcoming date supporting Morrissey in America.
Richard is billed as “special guest” at Morrissey’s show on June 21 at New York’s Barclays Center. Meanwhile, Tom Jones is scheduled to perform with Morrissey on May 10 at Los Angeles’ Sports Arena.
Johnny Greenwood is to perform at Camden's Roundhouse in London later this year.
The guitarist will re-create the orchestral soundtrack he created for Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood live for the first time as part of the Roundhouse Summer Sessions on August 6 and 7.
Greenwood will perform with a 50 piece orchestra and will be playing the electrical instrument Ondes Martenot. The performances will also include a screening of the film and the orchestra will be conducted by Hugh Brunt.
Roddy Frame has announced details of a UK shows in December.
These are in addition to his forthcoming gig at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire on May 22, 2014.
The shows will feature Frame performing songs from his forthcoming new album, Seven Dials, which is due for release on AED on Monday May 5th.
The dates are:
MAY 22: Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
DECEMBER 1: Music Hall, Aberdeen
DECEMBER 2: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
DECEMBER 3: The Lowry, Manchester
DECEMBER 7: Town Hall, Birmingham
The new issue of Uncut went on sale late last week, with a cover story on Arctic Monkeys and features on Warren Zevon, Kate Bush, Isaac Hayes, Toumani and Sidiki Diabate, The Handsome Family, plus a quick word with Neil Young about what he’s currently up to, which as usual is a lot.
Neil Young was among thousands of people who took to the streets in Washington, D.C. on Saturday [April 26], urging the Obama administration to reject a proposed pipeline. Scroll down to watch him address the march.
The rally was a culmination of a five-day "Reject and Protect" protest against the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project, which would bring diluted bitumen from Alberta to refineries in the Gulf Coast.
Jeff Bridges and his band took to the stage to play a 30-minute set at Lebowski Fest in Los Angeles on Friday (April 25).
As reported by Associated Press, the actor, who played Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski in the 1998 Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski, performed songs from his 2009 film Crazy Heart among others.
Kyle Gass, best known as one half of Tenacious D alongside Jack Black, opened the night with a set of songs drawn from The Big Lebowski itself.
Paul McCartney has announced two new American tour dates, including the last ever show at Candlestick Park on August 14 - the site of The Beatles' final full concert on August 29, 1966.
He has also announced he will play Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium a few days earlier on August 10.
Candlestick Park is the former stadium of American football team the San Francisco 49ers. McCartney’s show is being billed as "Farewell to Candlestick: The Final Concert".
