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The Beatles' debut feature film, A Hard Day's Night, is to be re-released to commemorate its 50th anniversary. A new poster has been designed to accompany the re-release, which you can see at the top of the story. The A Hard Day's Night 50th anniversary restoration will have an extended run at London's BFI Southbank from July 4, with a special preview and talk with director Richard Lester on July 3.

Nick Cave has announced he will play three special solo piano sets after advanced screenings of a new documentary about the singer, 20,000 Days On Earth. Rolling Stone reports that Cave will play after screenings in Los Angeles (July 10), Montreal (August 1) and New York (August 4). He will also participate in Q+As at the same shows.

Metallica have defended their Glastonbury headline set, with drummer Lars Ulrich saying that the fact that people are debating the slot means "people still care". Speaking on Radio 1's Rock Show, Ulrich commented: "The fact that everyone's got an opinion I'll take as a good thing because it means that people still care and are still interested and we still have one foot in relevance of some sort."

Morrissey is streaming a new song, "Earth Is The Loneliest Planet". Click below to listen to the track via Spotify, which was recently trailed with a spoken word video starring Pamela Anderson. Morrissey's upcoming LP World Peace Is None Of Your Business will be released later this year on July 14. The full tracklisting for the album can be seen below.

Jack White has been playing a new song, "Temporary Ground", while on tour in America. Click below to watch footage of White performing the track last night (June 1) on stage in Houston, Texas. The song features on White's new album Lazaretto, which is released on June 9.

Wilko Johnson is reportedly making "excellent progress" after an operation on April 30 to have a pancreatic tumour removed. Johnson is currently convalescing at home after the procedure at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridgeshire. A statement on the Dr Feelgood Facebook reads:

King Crimson have announced they will play a series of live shows later this year. According to Rolling Stone, they will play New York's Best Buy Theater on September 18, 19 and 20. Tickets will go on sale Friday, June 6, at noon EST.

The front cover artwork of Neil Young's latest memoir has appeared online. Young fansite Thrasher's Wheat carry the imagine of Special Deluxe - A Memoir of Life & Cars, from the Instagram account of website Rock Book Show.

Sinéad O'Connor has announced details of a new studio album, I’m Not Bossy, I’m The Boss. The record will be released via Nettwerk Records on August 11, 2014. It is O'Connor's first studio album since How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? in 2011. Although the full tracklisting has yet to be revealed, a single called "Take Me To Church" will also be released on August 11.

Jimmy Page is to re-release his photographic autobiography later this year. The book, called Jimmy Page, was originally published in 2010 in a limited edition of 2,500 copies. The leather-bound, silk-wrapped and autographed 512-page edition sold for £495. Now Page and Genesis Publications announce a more accessible and affordable printing of the book, to be released this October 2014. Page himself has chosen every one of the 650 photographs, written the accompanying text and overseen the design of the book.