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David Byrne has laid into online music streaming sites in a new opinion piece. In the blog, which was published by The Guardian, Byrne says that the 'pittance' paid by sites such as Spotify to artists means that new and upcoming musicians won't be able to survive without supplementing their income in other ways and focusing less on making music.

Ronnie Wood has revealed that the Rolling Stones are planning a world tour for 2014. According to The Sun, Wood revealed that the band will get together in February next year for another run of shows. The band's last gigs were in July this year (2013), when they played two sold-out headline dates at London's Hyde Park. However, a band spokesperson has revealed to NME that there are "no firm plans yet".

Sharon Jones has announced her return to music, following her recent successful cancer surgery. In June of this year, Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings cancelled plans for a new album and tour after doctors found a stage-one tumour on the singer's bile duct. The tumour was removed that month. Jones has now revealed plans for the next Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings album. Give The People What They Want is set for release on January 13, 2014. Listen to the record's opening track, 'Retreat!' below:

Atoms For Peace covered Marvin Gaye's 1977 single "Got To Give It Up" last night at a gig in Mexico City. Click below to watch fan shot footage of the performance, via Consequence of Sound.

The Animals reveal the worldwide impact of “We’ve Gotta Get Out Of This Place” in the new issue of Uncut (dated November 2013), out now.

Tom Stoppard' BBC Radio 2 play Darkside is to be released as a deluxe CD package on November 25. The play, which incorporates music from Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, was an original commission by Radio 2 to mark the 40th anniversary of the album, and broadcast on August 26, 2013.

The Grateful Dead are releasing their own craft beer. Called American Beauty, the pale ale has been developed with Delaware brewery Dogfish Head. The brewery and the band asked fans to help decide on one ingredient to add to the recipe that would complement the pale ale base. They received more than 1,500 entries, before settling on granola - an idea submitted by Thomas Butler, a 39-year-old chemist and homebrewer who saw his first Dead show when he was nine.

Metallica frontman James Hetfield has revealed that the band are planning to start recording their next studio album early next year.

John Lennon's star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame has been defaced by vandals. The damage was noticed by a Beatles tour guide Gillian Lomax, who organises A Magical Mystery Tour around California. According to The Hollywood Reporter, she was showing a group of tourists John Lennon's star on Vine Street on October 5 when she discovered that vandals had covered it with graffiti, which included drawings and the words "I love you," and "Blackbird... Rain was here."

Nigel Godrich has said he is "distraught" over a report published by London School of Economics which claims that digital filesharing has not had an adverse affect on music industry profits. The briefing paper sent to MPs, published by the university, counters claims that the creative industries are suffering an overall revenue decline because of digital filesharing and streaming services.