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Neil Young has added new dates to his ongoing solo acoustic tour. Young will perform at the Chicago Theatre on April 21 and 22. These are in addition to the four shows he's scheduled to play at the Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles on March 29, 30, April 1 and 2 and the two shows at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, Texas on April 17 and 18.

I was reading over the weekend about Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese's latest collaboration - a project for HBO about the music industry in New York during the Seventies.

The Rolling Stones have announced more European dates as part of their 14 On Fire tour. Last week, the band announced they will headline the Pinkpop Festival in Holland and TW Classic Festival in Belgium. In addition, the band will now play June 10: Berlin Waldbühne June 19: Düsseldorf Espirt Arena June 22: Rome Circus Maximus

Bob Dylan watched boxer Manny Pacquiao training for his upcoming fight with WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, it has been revealed. Dylan turned up at Pacquiao's Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles on Thursday (March 13), reports Rolling Stone, where he watched the fighter spar ahead of his rematch with Bradley.

Patti Smith has unveiled a collaborative track with Kronos Quartet and Clint Mansell, entitled 'Mercy Is'. The track was given its first airing on Mary-Anne Hobbs' radio show, which can be listened to here. The track is featured at the 2:55:00 mark.

Morrissey's 1994 album Vauxhall And I will be reissued later this year. Vauxhall And I was Morrissey's fourth solo album and celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Morrissey fansite True To You states that the album will be reissued on June 2 and has been remastered by Bill Inglot in Los Angeles. The 1994 album will include previously unused photographs, and will be available on CD and LP.

Scott Asheton, the drummer with the Stooges, has died aged 64. According to a report on Rolling Stone , Asheton [pictured, above right] died on Saturday [March 15] from an unspecified illness. Iggy Pop confirmed the news in a statement on his Facebook page on Sunday.

Suede are to release their "lost" single, "Let Go", on 7" vinyl on Record Store Day 2014 (april 19). The track was originally issued as a CD single in Sweden in 1999. The Record Store Day 7” single (backed with "Heroin") coincides the release of the Suede 7” Singles Box Set on April 14, but will not be included in it. You can watch a trailer for the Singles Box Set below:

Director Dexter Fletcher has reportedly quit the forthcoming Freddie Mercury biopic. Deadline says that filmmaker Fletcher, who made his directorial debut with 2012's Wild Bill and also helmed last year's Proclaimers-inspired musical Sunshine On Leith, has backed out of the project due to creative differences. His vision for the film reportedly clashed with that of producer Graham King.

A new documentary charting Pulp's homecoming show in Sheffield in December 2012 has been unveiled at the SXSW Film Festval. The movie, simply entitled Pulp, received its world premiere in Austin, Texas, and also had a follow-up screening last night (March 12) at the city's Stateside Theatre, at which Jarvis Cocker and director Florian Habicht were present.