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Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood was a surprise guest at an intimate Australian gig last week (March 1) - scroll down to the bottom of the page and click to watch. The guitarist joined the ACO Underground (Australian Chamber Orchestra) for their show in a loft apartment in Sydney, where he performed a cover of American composer Steve Reich's piece 'Electric Counterpoint'.

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band have announced they will play this year's Hard Rock Calling. The band will headline the event on Sunday June 30. The bill will also include the Black Crows and Alabama Shakes. The festival will take place at the Olympic Park in east London. Tickets will be available at www.hardrockcalling.co.uk starting this Friday (March 8) at 9 am. Kasabian will headline the Saturday, June 29 bill at the Hard Rock Calling, with special guest, Paul Weller.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse have added two dates to their upcoming UK tour. The band will now play Liverpool Echo Arena on August 18 and London O2 Arena on August 19. This is in addition to previously announced shows at Newcastle Metro Radio Arena on June 10, Birmingham LG Arena on June 11 and sold out shows at Glasgow SECC (June 13) and London O2 Arena (June 17). Los Lobos will support at all shows and tickets are on sale now. They will be Young's first UK gigs with the Crazy Horse line-up of Frank 'Poncho' Sampedro, Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina since 2001.

Atoms For Peace have announced three London shows as part of their European tour. The band will play three consecutive nights at London's Roundhouse at the end of July. The band, led by Thom Yorke, have already announced three festival dates – Pohada in Slovakia, Exit in Serbia and Melt in Germany. In addition to the London shows, they will play two festivals, both in Italy: Rock In Roma and the (Milan) City sound festival, along side shows in Paris, Belgium and Germany.

Sly And The Family Stone are to be the subject of a multi-disc retrospective box set later this year, announces Legacy Recordings, the back-catalogue division of Sony. Sly Stone - who turns 70 on March 15 month - has been chosen by Legacy as their 'Artist Of The Month'. The program was started earlier this year by Legacy and has so far been used to honor artists on significant birthdays. Janis Joplin received the honor in January when she would have turned 70 and Nina Simone received it in February when she would have turned 80.

Massive Attack have been added to the line-up for this year's Manchester International Festival.

Pete Townshend has apologised to a seven-year-old fan and her father after he mouthed the words 'fuck off' at them during a gig.

The National's tour movie, Mistaken For Strangers, is set to stage its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on April 17.

The Breeders have announced UK dates to coincide with the 20th anniversary of their 1993 album, Last Splash. The Breeders line up that recorded Last Splash - Kim Deal, Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs and Jim Macpherson - have already announced American dates, as well as a UK show at Deerhunter's 2013 ATP Festival in June. They've now added three more UK shows. Meanwhile, to mark the 20th anniversary of Last Splash, the band's record label 4AD plan are releasing a Deluxe Anniversary Edition called LSXX in April. The dates are:

David Bowie is streaming his new album The Next Day in full. Bowie's hugely anticipated new LP is his first new material in a decade and features the track "Where Are We Now" and "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" – which was released last week. The single "Where Are We Now" will see a special vinyl 7" single release for Record Store Day on April 20.