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The Black Keys held a 'secret' gig last night (June 20) in Nashville. The band played an hour-long set at the Springwater Supper Club, according to Rolling Stone. The show was ostensibly a video shoot for the band's new single, "Little Black Submarines", taken from their 2011 album, El Camino. The video is directed by photographer, Danny Clinch. Along with "Little Black Submarines", which the band played twice, the Black Keys also played "Howlin' For You", "Next Girl", "Nova Baby", "Tighten Up", "She's Long Gone", "Lonely Boy" and "Gold On The Ceiling".

Dirty Three have announced a full UK and Ireland tour for later this year. The Australian trio, who released their eighth studio album Toward The Low Sun in February of this year, will play seven live shows across November. The gigs begin at Birmingham Glee Club on November 20 and run until November 28, when the band will headline London's O2 Shepherds Bush Empire. The band will also play Manchester, Dublin, Glasgow, Gateshead and Bristol on the tour.

Graham Nash has signed up with Random House's Crown Archetype imprint for an upcoming autobiography, according to a report in The New York Times. The newspaper reports that Nash plans to start his tale with his childhood in Salford, England, and go on to cover his work with the Hollies, his move to America, his lengthy history with David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Neil Young.

The six track album will be released on September 24 and will feature the 14 minute long single, "Early In The Morning", reports Rolling Stone. In October last year Gordon and Moore announced their split. The rock couple released a statement through their label Matador Records revealing that they were separating after 27 years of marriage.

Tickets for next summer's Glastonbury Festival will go onsale in October. Tickets for the event, which will run from Wednesday June 26 to Sunday June 30 in 2012, will go onsale on October 7 at 9am (GMT). As with sales for previous years, anyone wishing to buy tickets will need to register in advance in order to be able to obtain their ticket. All ticket holders (not just the person who purchases the tickets for a group) must make sure they register in advance so that their ticket can have their photo printed onto it.

Four companies, including one run by the members of Radiohead, have been asked to comply with an investigation by the Canadian government into the stage collapse which led to the death of the band's drum technician on Saturday (June 16). Ticker Tape Touring LLP, which lists Johnny Greenwood, Philip Selway, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien and Thom Yorke as board members has been identified by the Canadian Ministry of Labour as one of at least four companies involved in the collapse, the Toronto Star reports.

Legendary German experimental band Can have released a video taken from their new 3 CD boxset of unreleased tracks Can - The Lost Tapes. The video, for the track "Messer, Scissors, Fork And Light", has been directed by Nick Cave collaborators, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. Can - The Lost Tapes is a three CD compilation of recently unearthed and catalogued archive material from 1968 - 1975. You can read Uncut's review when it goes live on www.uncut.co.uk tomorrow. Meawhile, enjoy the video here:

The former chief financial officer for Pearl Jam's management company has been charged with 33 counts of theft. According to Associated Press, 54-year-old Rickey Charles Goodrich, of Navato, California, is alleged to have swindled $380,000 from 2006 until he was fired in September 2010. Prosecutors allege that Goodrich transferred the money from Curtis Management to fund personal use, including family holidays.

A new exhibition featuring photos of The Beatles' first tour of America has opened in New York. The Liverpool legends' first journey to the US and the height of the Beatlemania craze in the early 1960s was photographed by Curt Gunther, and a retrospective of his work, Unseen Beatles, is currently taking place at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in Soho, New York.

Bon Iver have announced a UK and Ireland arena tour for later this year. The folk band, who are already confirmed to headline this summer's Latitude festival, will play five arena shows in November. The dates are part of a full European tour. The gigs kick off on November 8 at London's Wembley Arena and run until November 10 when the band headline Dublin's O2 Arena. They will also play dates in Manchester, Glasgow and Belfast.