Band of horses

More acts announced for Norwegian festival

Americana heroes even get applause for their soundcheck

Enter Shikari also to join Radiohead at Danish music bash

The Seattle band to play tracks from 'Cease To Begin'

The Seattle indie act

Field Day, Victoria Park, London, June 7, 2015

Patti Smith is set to celebrate the 40th anniversary of her seminal 1975 album Horses with special gigs in London, Paris and New York.

The band re-issues the track after Susan Boyle’s X-Factor performance

Elmer Bernstein's classic score to the 1960 western, perhaps the last hurrah of traditional, pre-graphic-violence heroism. The film tanked at first in the US before European plaudits prompted re-promotion, and the Oscar-nominated music wasn't officially released until as late as the '90s. The title theme's unmistakable, and the sleevenotes to this package reveal two cute ironies. That theme, licensed out, sold more cigarettes than any other tobacco ad. Second, Bernstein was outside a Barcelona café last year, sitting by one of those mechanical horses that kids ride. It played his tune.

Neil Young, Chrissie Hynde and U2 are among the artists who have celebrated Willie Nelson's 80th birthday, which took place yesterday (April 30). Tributes paid by scores of musicians and friends - including Young, Hynde, Bonnie Raitt, John Mellencamp, Norah Jones and Band Of Horses - have been posted on Nelson's website. Neil Young sings "Happy birthday" to Nelson from the balcony of a roadside motel, adding: "80 years, unbelievable. Keep on rocking, man."