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We have a pair of tickets to see the Lumineers perform an exclusive live set in London this Thursday, March 14. The Denver, Colorado-based five-piece will be playing the Absolute Radio Sessions at the Hard Rock Cafe, 150 Old Park Lane, London W1K 1QZ. To be in with a chance of winning the pair of tickets, send your name, address and phone number to competition@ldpublicity.com by 5pm, Wednesday March 13. Winners will be notified by midday on Thursday, March 14; doors for the show open at 6.30pm.

The Who have added one more date to their Quadrophenia And More tour for Wembly Arena on July 8. The Wembly show will be to benefit the Double O charity, founded by the band in 1976 to benefit a variety of causes including domestic violence, sexual abuse, music education, international disaster relief and juvenile prison reform.

Atoms For Peace unveiled their debut BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix on Saturday night (March 9), featuring previously unheard Thom Yorke and Radiohead tracks. As well as cuts from Oneohtrix Point Never, Actress, Aphex Twin, and DOOM, the mix also featured a new Thom Yorke track titled 'Has Been' as well as unreleased Radiohead guitar loop 'Harmonics Loop'. Listen to it here.

The Rolling Stones are apparently set to head out on an 18 date tour of the United States this year.

Ahead of the release of his new album Love Has Come To You, recorded with Edie Brickell, actor, comedian and banjo player Steve Martin is set to answer your questions in Uncut as part of our regular Audience With… feature. So is there anything you’ve always wanted to ask him? How did he learn to play the banjo? Did he really write jokes for Mick Jagger? Why did he retire from stand-up comedy?

Brian Wilson has announced details of two live shows he will play with fellow former Beach Boys, Al Jardine and David Marks. The announcement of the live date comes after the group fell out with fellow members Mike Love and Bruce Johnston in 2012 when the pair revealed plans to continue playing live under The Beach Boys name, with or without Wilson, Jardine and Marks. The three-piece band have announced shows in Kettering, Ohio and a festival in Illinois this July.

New Order will play and curate a day of music from Manchester's Jodrell Bank. The series see bands perform beneath the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire. New Order will headline the event, and the band have also enlisted Johnny Marr, The Whip, ex-Bad Lieutenant man Jake Evans and Hot Vestry to play on July 7, 2013.

The world's first major exhibition about the life of The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is set to open this summer. Ringo: Peace & Love will open at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on June 12 and close in November 2013, before touring cities across the world in 2014. The exhibit will look at "all aspects of Starr's musical and creative life", including his work as a musician, artist and actor and will, according to a statement, "aim to propel Starr's universal message of peace and love."

Laura Marling has revealed details of her forthcoming album. The singer's website has been updated with information about her fourth album, the follow-up to 2011's 'A Creature I Don't Know'.

David Bowie has teamed up with designer Paul Smith for a T-shirt to celebrate the release of his new album 'The Next Day'. The cotton T-shirt, which features the Jonathan Barnbrook-designed artwork for 'The Next Day' - inspired by Bowie's 1977 album 'Heroes' – is one of many collaborations between Bowie and Smith planned this year, Vogue reports. The shirt features a message and signature written by Paul Smith on the bottom right corner of the album sleeve image.