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The Charlatans have announced plans to host a one-off charity concert in memory of former drummer Jon Brookes, who died earlier this year. The band will play London’s Royal Albert Hall in aid of The Brain Tumour Charity on October 18. Tickets for the gig will go on sale at 10am on Friday morning [September 20]. Brookes passed away peacefully in hospital on the morning of August 13.

The Beatles have released a new promo video ahead of their anticipated On Air – Live At The BBC Volume 2 collection. You can watch the film below. On Air – Live At The BBC Volume 2 will be released Monday, November 11 in 2CD and 180-gram vinyl packages with a 48-page booklet. On Air’s 63 tracks include 37 previously unreleased performances and 23 previously unreleased recordings of in-studio banter and conversation between the band’s members and their BBC radio hosts.

David Bowie light-heartedly threatened to steal Arcade Fire's "Reflektor" for himself, according to band member Richard Reed Parry. Bowie appears alongside the Canadian band on their new single, the first track to be taken from the forthcoming double album of the same name. Speaking to NME in a new interview in this week's issue, available digitally and on newsstands now, Parry lifted the lid on what it was like to be in the studio with Bowie.

The Rolling Stones have unveiled a trailer for their forthcoming live film, Sweet Summer Sun. The film was recorded at London's Hyde Park on July 6 and 13. You can read our original reviews of the shows here (July 6) and here (July 13).

Television have announced a short, UK headline tour for November. The band will play the Sage in Gateshead (15) and Manchester Academy 2 (17) before finishing up at London's Roundhouse (19) on the short, three-date jaunt.

Wilko Johnson is recording a farewell album with Roger Daltrey. According to a report in the Mirror, the pair met recently at an awards show.

Morrissey's autobiography, which appeared to have been pulled at the last minute last week following a "content dispute" between the singer and publisher Penguin Books, appears now to be back on the schedule - in the UK, at least.

The Byrds' Gene Clark is the subject of a new documentary, due for release in November. The Byrd Who Flew Alone – The Triumphs And Tragedy Of Gene Clark includes new interviews with friends and former colleagues including David Crosby, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman, alongside previously unseen archive footage. The documentary will be released on November 1 through Four Sun Productions.

Ian Curtis' lyrics - and previously unpublished facsimile pages from his notebooks - are to be collected in a new book. Published by Faber, So This Is Permanence: Lyrics And Notebooks, is edited by Jon Savage and comes accompanied with a foreword by Deborah Curtis. So This Is Permanence will be published in Spring 2014.