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Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Robert Plant and Arcade Fire are among the bands playing at this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The event will take place across two weekends: April 25 - 27 and May 1 - 4. Other artists performing include Santana, Vampire Weekend, Alabama Shakes, John Fogerty, Aaron Neville and Allen Toussaint. You can find the full line-up here.

After Lou Reed died on October 27 last year we began discussing how best we could commemorate the man and his tremendous body of work. The natural solution presented itself in the form of an Ultimate Music Guide.

Paul Weller has announced details of five forest gigs he will play this summer.

U2 played their first live show in three years at a Haiti benefit concert in Beverly Hills this weekend.

Courtney Love will appear in court next Monday (January 20) to defend an allegedly defamatory tweet she wrote.

Blur's Alex James has reportedly applied to use the name Britpop for a new drink.

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers have nearly completed their new album, according to Benmont Tench. The Heartbreakers' keyboard player has been speaking to Uncut ahead of the release of his solo album, You Should Be So Lucky. When asked about the status of the new Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers album, Tench told Uncut: "I think we’re virtually done. We cut a lot of stuff; Tom just wants to get the right batch of songs. That’s the scoop on it."

Christine McVie has rejoined Fleetwood Mac. The news was broken on Saturday night [January 11] by Mick Fleetwood during a concert in Hawaii. According to a report on Consequence Of Sound, Fleetwood told the audience at Uncle Willie K's BBQ Blues Fest in Maui,”This is the worst kept secret there is, but Christine McVie will be rejoining Fleetwood Mac.”

A book of essays by Kim Gordon is set to be published this month.

Tom Morello has revealed that he is working on a solo rock album.