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Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds have announced plans for an autumn tour of the UK. The band will play five shows as part of a larger European tour, starting at London Hammersmith Apollo on October 26 and playing the same venue on the following day. They will then visit Manchester Apollo (October 30), Glasgow Barrowland (October 31) and Edinburgh Usher Hall (November 1). Tickets go on sale at 10am (GMT) on February 15.

Kraftwerk will headline T In The Park 2013. The 20th anniversary of the Scottish festival will also see sets from Mumford & Sons, Rihanna, The Killers, Jake Bugg, Paloma Faith and Alt-J.

Kurt Vile has announced the release of his fifth solo album, which is set to be called 'Wakin On A Pretty Daze'. The follow-up to 2011's 'Smoke Ring For My Halo', will come out via Matador on April 8. The album was produced by John Agnello. Vile recently told Spin that the record sounds like Fleetwood Mac's 'Tusk'. "It's totally our 'Tusk', but no cheese. Just rock," he said of the album, which features guest appearances from Farmer Dave Scher of Beachwood Sparks and Stella Mozgawa of Warpaint.

Brian Wilson has said that he doubts there will be another reunion of The Beach Boys. Wilson was speaking on Sunday (February 10) at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. When asked about the possibility of a reunion - following last year's 50th anniversary tour dates and the release of a brand new album 'That's Why God Made The Radio' - Wilson told the press room: "No, I don't think so. Doubt it."

Ravi Shankar's posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award was accepted by his daughters at a pre-Grammy event in Los Angeles on Saturday (February 9). Anoushka Shankar, a gifted sitar-player herself, and award-winning singer Norah Jones, accepted the award on behalf of their late father at a ceremony at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in California.

Bruce Springsteen has spoken out about his long mooted autobiography, saying that there doesn't seem to be an 'urgency' to return to writing it.

Fleetwood Mac have announced details of two new dates at London's O2 Arena on their forthcoming UK tour. The band will now play The O2 on September 25 and 27 in addition to the previously announced date of September 24 due to huge demand for the shows. Tickets for Fleetwood Mac's UK and Ireland tour went on sale this morning (February 8) priced between £50 and £140.

Warner Music Group has bought the Parlophone record label for £487 million. Universal Music has sold the home of Blur, Coldplay and Pink Floyd to Warners, who have said that they will be paying in cash for the label, which used to be part of EMI Music. Universal took over EMI in September of last year, but had to sell some of the company's assets in order to take care of concerns about competition, reports BBC News.

David Bowie and Iggy Pop's Berlin years are set to be made into a big-screen biopic titled 'Lust For Life'. The pair's legendary collaborative years in 1970s West Berlin, which led to Bowie's trilogy of albums 'Low', 'Heroes' and 'Lodger' and Pop's 'The Idiot' and 'Lust For Life' will be captured in the film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Ramones frontman Joey Ramone's record collection is set to go under the hammer. The late musician's vinyl collection includes records by Led Zeppelin, The Who, Bob Dylan, The Human League, Iggy Pop and The Doors. The collection is listed as being "In overall very good to fine condition, with various scattered creases and small tears to sleeves, affixed prices tags and labels, and marks to vinyl."