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Michael Bloomfield is the subject of a career-spanning 3CD/1DVD box set anthology due for release in February.

A rare David Bowie promotional radio programme will air on BBC Radio 6 Music today [October 23]. The 15-minute show was recorded by Bowie to promote the release of Bowie's 1973 album Pin Ups but never made it on air. The quarter of an hour broadcast includes tracks from the album, as well as clips of Bowie talking about the London music scene.

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds have announced the release of a new album, Live From KCRW. The album is due for release on December 2. It was recorded on April 18 this year at a live KCRW radio session at Apogee Studio in Los Angeles. It is the band's fourth live album and will be released on CD, download and double vinyl format. The vinyl edition features two additional exclusive, un-broadcasted live recordings from the session, "Into My Arms" and "God Is In The House". The album will also be available as a digital deluxe bundle with Push The Sky Away.

Dolly Parton has announced European tour dates to coincide with the release of her new album. The album, called Blue Smoke, doesn't yet have a confirmed release date, however the Blue Smoke Tour reaches England on June 8 and includes one show confirmed so far for London's 02 Arena.

Hop Farm Festival is set to return next summer, despite being called off this year because of poor ticket sales and going into administration following the 2012 event.

Courtney Love will publish her memoirs this December. Courtney Love: My Story will come out on December 15. At 400 pages, it will be published by Macmillan and will see Love discussing her relationships with her late husband kurt Cobain, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins.

Bob Dylan has released a companion app for Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10. The app, which is free to download at iTunes, holds over 500 pieces of content, including interviews, galleries and timelines; it also comes with one pre-loaded song.

Neil Young has confirmed details of his new album - the latest instalment of his Archives series. As previously reported on Uncut, Young's next release is Live At The Cellar Door, recorded during Young's six-show stand at Washington D.C.'s Cellar Door between November 30, 1970 and December 2, 1970.

U2 have posted a lyric video for their new song, "Ordinary Love", on their Facebook page. Scroll down to watch it. The song, which is taken from the film Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, will be available as the A-side of a limited-edition 10-inch vinyl release on Record Store Day's Back to Black Friday event on November 29.

Morrissey has issued a statement intended to clarify his sexuality, after opening up in Autobiography about his relationship with a man. The statement, which appeared on the quasi-official site, True To You, says: "Unfortunately, I am not homosexual. In technical fact, I am humasexual. I am attracted to humans. But, of course ... not many". -MORRISSEY, Sweden, 19 October 2013."