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Peter Gabriel answers your questions in the new issue of Uncut, dated April 2014 and out now.

The Rolling Stones have returned to China for the first time since their debut there in 2006, headlining the Shanghai Mercedes-Benz Arena last night (March 12) with a setlist altered due to government censorship. The band had been set to play the country for the first time in 2003 but the gigs were cancelled due to the Sars crisis. When they did play there, in 2006, songs including "Brown Sugar", "Honky Tonk Women" and "Let's Spend The Night Together" were banned by the Chinese Ministry Of Culture.

Led Zeppelin are to kick off a major chronological reissue programme of their entire catalogue on June 2, 2014 with deluxe editions of Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, and Led Zeppelin III. Each album has been remastered by Jimmy Page and will feature a second disc of companion audio comprised entirely of unreleased music related to that album.

Johnny Marr has said that his future live shows are in jeopardy after he broke his band earlier this month. The guitarist and singer fell while he was out running in London last week, and now has his hand in plaster (see picture above). In a statement, Marr said: "I was running pretty fast and just went straight over. I banged my shoulder and then realised my hand was in a bad way. Obviously we’re hoping there’s no long term damage."

The video for a previously unreleased Johnny Cash track "She Used To Love Me A Lot" has been released – watch it below. John Hillcoat, the man behind films including The Proposition, The Road, and Lawless, directed the video in homage to the late singer.

Neil Young has confirmed that Jack White will appear on his new album. The album, titled A Letter Home, was recorded at White's Third Man studios in Nashville and will be released "very soon", most likely this Spring, Young told Billboard.

The Rolling Stones have confirmed they will be playing European tour dates this summer. Last week, Uncut reported that the band were planning a run of European dates.

Keith Richards will release a children's with his daughter, Theodora, later this year. The guitarist will release Gus & Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar on September 9 after signing a deal with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Richards' artist daughter Theordora has illustrated the picture book, which was co-written with Barnaby Harris and Bill Shapiro.

Neil Young launched his high quality digital Pono music player and service yesterday (March 11) at SXSW in Austin, Texas, saying of the player "once you hear this, you can't go back."

“There wasn’t a lot of pre-production for What’s The Story. . .If we were at home, the postman would drop off an envelope and in it would be a cassette saying ‘Noel demos’. You’d get a phone call: ‘There’s the next album. Learn it. See you in a week.’ That’s the way Noel worked. Everyone would figure out the chords – there was no point asking him, he didn’t know the name of the fucking things. ‘It’s one of them where your finger’s up there. . .’”