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Former DEVO drummer Alan Myers has died following a battle with cancer. Ralph Carney, a former bandmate of Myers and uncle of The Black Keys' Patrick, shared the news on Facebook earlier this morning (June 26). "i just got some bad news," he wrote. "Alan Myers passed yesterday from cancer. he was Devo's best drummer and one of the first people to teach me about jazz. i cry.........." Myers joined Devo in 1976 and drummed with the band for just under a decade, playing on their early hits including "Jocko Homo", "Working In The Coal Mine" and "Whip It".

Footage of a rare gig Morrissey performed with former Smiths members after he left the band to go solo has emerged online. Watch it below.

Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney and Miles Davis came close to forming a supergroup, it has been revealed. When Hendrix, Davis and Davis's drummer Tony Williams were planning to record an album together in 1969, backed by producer Alan Douglas, they sent a telegram to McCartney asking him to join them on bass. The telegram, sent on October 22 1969, read: "We are recording and (sic) LP together this weekend. How about coming in to play bass stop call Alan Douglas 212-5812212. Peace Jimi Hendrix Miles Davis Tony Williams."

Several Beatles songs that have never before been performed before were given their live debut by Paul McCartney on the opening night of his world tour. McCartney played "Your Mother Should Know", "Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite", "Lovely Rita" and "All Together Now" for the first time ever during the gig in Belo Horizone, Brazil on Saturday (May 4). You can watch fan-shot footage of the gig below.

Guitarist Bernie Leadon is reportedly to rejoin The Eagles for their upcoming History Of The Eagles tour. Rolling Stone reports comments made by current Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh in Billboard. "Bernie's brilliant," says Walsh. "I never really got a chance to play with him, but we've been in contact. We see him from time to time, and I'm really glad he's coming because it's going to take the show up a notch, and I'm really looking forward to playing with him, finally."

Lou Reed astounded a small group of 100 fan who had gathered to celebrate his 1972 album Transformer by making a personal appearance to listen to the album in its entirety. The event, set up by website high50.com, took place on March 4 at New York's Soho House. Reed also took part in a discussion about the album's content and its wider cultural significance. Earlier in the evening, photographer Mick Rock, who shot Reed for Transformer's album cover, read excerpts from his new book - Transformer.

Dan Toler, former guitarist for the Allman Brothers, has died at 65 in his hometown of Sarasota, Florida, reports Ticket Sarasota.

Good Ol’ Freda, a documentary about former Beatles secretary Freda Kelly, has scaled the Everest of music licensing feats: it has licensed three Beatles songs.

George Harrison's widow Olivia has halted a campaign to erect a statue of the late Beatle near his Oxfordshire home. James Lambert, from Henley-on-Thames, where Harrisson lived until his death in 2001, wrote to Olivia Harrison about his campaign to erect a bronze statue in her late husband's honour. She replied stating that she would prefer a community project instead.

Elizabeth Price, former singer with 1980s indie band Talulah Gosh, has won The Turner Prize. Price scooped the prestigious art world prize last night (December 3) at a ceremony in London. Click above to listen to Talulah Gosh's 1986 single "Beatnik Boy". Twee-poppers Talulah Gosh formed in Oxford in 1986 and split in 1988. Their name came from an NME headline about Altered Images frontwoman Clare Grogan.