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Bono has paid tribute to the late Lou Reed, who passed away last month. Writing in Rolling Stone, Bono explained how he first worked with Reed on the Amnesty International Conspiracy of Hope tour in 1986 and said that he was a fan of his deadpan humour. "His deadpan humor was easily misunderstood as rudeness, and Lou delighted in that misunderstanding," wrote Bono.

A US university is offering a theology class on Bruce Springsteen. Rutgers University in New Jersey is offering student the chance to take a semester-long class looking at the biblical references in The Boss' lyrics – from his 1973 debut'Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. to his 2012 album The Wrecking Ball.

The complete Nick Drake catalogue is to be released by Island Records in a 5-CD limited edition set. The CDs in Tuck Box will appear in mini-replica LP sleeves, housed in a 7” box. Each CD comes complete with full booklets and also included are the five official shop posters that were used to sell each album. The Nick Drake Tuck Box will be released on December 9. The set consists of: Five Leaves Left Bryter Layter Pink Moon Made To Love Magic Family Tree

The long-gestating biopic detailing the life of Keith Moon seems finally to be moving forward, it has been revealed. Roger Daltrey has previously been working on the project with Exclusive Media’s Chairman and CEO Nigel Sinclair. Sinclair's other credits include the Bob Dylan film, Masked & Anonymous. Now Billboard reports that a new deal between Exclusive Media and Da Vinci Media Ventures, led by Toby Moores and Wendy Rutland, has been signed with the Moon biopic the first feature length to be developed under the new agreement.

Robert Plant has announced details of an eight-part documentary series. Zirka was filmed in 2003, when Plant travelled to Mali to play the Festival In The Desert alongside Ali Farka Touré and Tinariwen. "It was a journey of revelation — one of the most illuminating and humbling experiences of my life," Plant tells Rolling Stone.

Morrissey is releasing a cover of Lou Reed's 'Satellite Of Love'.

John Lydon has spoken about his admiration for Mick Jagger, who paid Sid Vicious' lawyers when the Sex Pistols bassist was arrested for the alleged murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen.

Bernard Butler speaks to Uncut about his exciting new musical projects in the new issue of Uncut, dated December 2013 and out now.

Billy Bragg has called on artists to take action against record labels, and not companies like Spotify, for the poor rates they get from music streaming services. Services such as Spotify have come under attack recently from artists such as Thom Yorke and more recently Foals, who have rallied against the low royalty rates paid to artists.

Aaron Dessner has said that the follow-up to this year's National album Trouble Will Find Me will be "raw" and "simple". Speaking to NME, Dessner explained that the band would like their seventh album to be a reaction to their very "detailed" 2012 LP. "We're actually thinking for the next album we make a very raw, un-produced simple record, that nobody will like!" he said.