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Morrissey performed live on The Late Show With David Letterman last night [January 8]. The singer and his band played "Action Is My Middle Name". Scroll down to watch the performance. Morrissey's appearance on Letterman came ahead of his rescheduled North American tour dates. He was originally scheduled to play a handful of shows last October, but postponed them after his mother fell ill. Morrissey's current run of American shows begins tonight [January 9] at Tilles Center for Performing Arts in Brookville, New York.

Suede have unveiled a video for their new track 'Barriers' - scroll down and click 'play' to watch it. The low-key video, shot in black and white, shows the band performing the song in a rehearsal room. 'Barriers', given away as a free download yesterday (January 7), is the first track to be heard from the band's new album Bloodsports, which is due in March. An official single, titled 'It Starts And Ends With You', will precede the album in February.

ZZ Top have announced plans to play two UK tour dates later this year. The band, who are celebrating their 42nd anniversary, have lined up two shows in Manchester and London in June. They will play: London Hammersmith Apollo (June 24) Manchester O2 Apollo (25) ZZ Top will be playing tracks from their 2012 album La Futura. Mainman Billy Gibbons recently revealed that he and bandmate Dusty Hill once turned down an offer of $1 million (£638,000) to shave off their beards.

Led Zeppelin are in talks to stream their backcatalogue online. The band are looking at giving at various music services including Spotify, Rdio and Rhapsody the right to put their music online, reports The New York Times. A deal would be a rare digital leap forward for Zeppelin, who waited until 2007 before they made their albums available through iTunes. Metallica, who became embroiled in legal action with Napster in the past, made a similar digital switch recently when they allowed Spotify to upload their backcatalogue.

The track Tom Waits recorded with Keith Richards for Johnny Depp's latest compilation album has been revealed. The duo teamed up to record a cover of the ballad "Shenandoah" as part of a pirate themed compilation album, called Son Of Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs And Chanteys. You can stream the finished track via NPR here.

Producer Tony Visconti has said that the new David Bowie album is "a rock album", saying he was surprised to hear the reflective and melancholic track "Where Are We Now?" released first. Visconti spoke to BBC News following Bowie's surprise return yesterday with the new single and a new album, The Next Day, announced for March.

A mysterious new track believed to be the work of Prince has surfaced online. Scroll down and click 'play' to hear the track. Titled "Same Page Different Book", the funky tune emerged via a new Twitter account called 3rd Eye Girl. The account was set up on Sunday (January 6) and a series of Prince-related tweets were posted, including one linking to the song.

Keith Richards once shot a golf ball out of a gun - after the unwanted ball had landed in his breakfast, according to a new book. Richards apparently got trigger-happy while on tour with The Rolling Stones in the 1990s, when the band were staying at a hotel with an adjoining golf course. The band's sax player Bobby Keys claims to have caused the incident in his new autobiography Every Day Is Saturday Night.

Bob Dylan has released a 50th Anniversary collection in Europe only. According to Rolling Stone, around 100 copies of the four-CD, 86 track set featuring studio outtakes and live material recorded by Dylan in 1962 have been released.

Atoms For Peace have debuted the studio version of their song, "Judge Jury and Executioner". The track – which was first played live in 2009 in Los Angeles - was aired on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show last night [January 7]. Click below to hear the song.