A super deluxe boxset of the Sex Pistols‘ Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols album is set to be released in order to celebrate it’s 35th anniversary.

The boxset will be available from September 24 through Universal Music UK and will feature music, footage, interviews, pictures and other artefacts.

The 1977 record’s original master tapes – originally thought to be lost – have been remastered for the release by Tim Young, under direction from the album’s original producer Chris Thomas. The boxset also includes the ‘lost’ 1977 demo studio recording of “Belsen Was A Gas” and the six demos from the ‘Spunk’ bootleg album as well as demos and outtakes.

A copy of the handwritten lyrics to “God Save The Queen“, a replica of the withdrawn “God Save The Queen” A&M 7″ single, a replica promo poster and stickers and a 100 page 1977 Diary featuring quotes and rare and previously unseen photos will also be included as well as a Live 1977 DVD which has been produced by Julien Temple and features unseen performances, promo videos and radio interviews.

CD1 is made up of a remastered copy of the album, while CD2 comprises studio rarities and b-sides and CD3 features live material from 1977. For more information, visit: sexpistolsofficial.com and the band’s official Facebook page.

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Happy Mondays are planning a new album, they have confirmed.

The Manchester band’s management told NME that they are working on a new record, which will be the first time all the original line-up of the band recorded new material album of new material since 1992’s Yes Please!.

Manager Warren Askew said: “Yes, we are now planning to record a new album, after the success of the tour and with the band all getting on so well. Shaun has been writing and the band have been getting together in the studio putting ideas down. I’m sure it will be a great Happy Mondays album.”

Rumours began to surface today after Shaun Ryder told the Press Association: “At first there was no chance of the original line-up doing another album and then it went to maybe and now it’s definitely gonna happen.” Now it transpires that work has already begun.

Happy Mondays announced they were reuniting with their original line-up in January for a May tour. In February, Bez announced that he wouldn’t be performing with the band on tour, but would instead act as compere and DJ at the shows.

The band were originally discovered at a Battle Of The Bands at Manchester’s Hacienda in 1985 and went on to release the seminal albums Squirrel And G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out), Bummed, and Pills ‘N’ Thrills And Bellyaches before disbanding after 1992’s Yes Please!.

They have reunited twice before, most recently in 2004, but without members of the most successful line-up Mark Day, Paul Davis, Rowetta Satchell and Paul Ryder. Paul had sworn he wanted nothing to do with the band again when they split for a second time in 2000.

The band have released five albums in total, with their most recent effort Uncle Dysfunktional coming out in 2007.

Happy Mondays will headline Camp Bestival this weekend.

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The Velvet Underground‘s classic debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico, is set to be re-released as a six disc package on October 1.

The 1967 album will be re-released in order to celebrate its 45th anniversary. The six discs will include the original stereo and mono versions of the album, as well as Nico‘s Chelsea Girl album and two live discs taken from a show at the Valleydale Ballroom in Columbus, Ohio.

At the start of the year, The Velvet Underground filed a lawsuit seeking to block its iconic Andy Warhol-designed banana – which featured on the artwork for The Velvet Underground And Nico – being used on covers for iPads and iPhones.

The defunct 1960’s band, formed by Lou Reed and John Cale, announced it was taking action against the Andy Warhol Foundation over reports that they had agreed to license the banana design to a series of cases, sleeves and bags.

The tracklisting for the re-issue of The Velvet Underground & Nico is:

Disc One – ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico’ (Stereo Version)

Originally Issued As Verve V6-5008, March 1967

‘Sunday Morning’

‘I’m Waiting For The Man’

‘Femme Fatale’

‘Venus In Furs’

‘Run Run Run’

‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’

‘Heroin’

‘There She Goes Again’

‘I’ll Be Your Mirror’

‘The Black Angel’s Death Song’

‘European Son’

Alternate Versions:

‘All Tomorrow’s Parties (Alternate Single Voice Version)’

‘European Son (Alternate Version)’

‘Heroin (Alternate Version)’

‘All Tomorrow’s Parties (Alternate Instrumental Mix)’

‘I’ll Be Your Mirror (Alternate Mix)’

Disc Two – ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico’ (Mono Version)

Originally Issued As Verve V-5008, March 1967

‘Sunday Morning’

‘I’m Waiting For The Man’

‘Femme Fatale’

‘Venus In Furs’

‘Run Run Run’

‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’

‘Heroin’

‘There She Goes Again’

‘I’ll Be Your Mirror’

‘The Black Angel’s Death Song’

‘European Son’

The Singles:

‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’

‘I’ll Be Your Mirror (Alternate Ending)’

‘Sunday Morning (Alternate Mix)’

‘Femme Fatale’

Disc Three – Nico: ‘Chelsea Girl’

Originally Issued As Verve V6-5032, October 1967

‘The Fairest Of The Seasons’

‘These Days’

‘Little Sister’

‘Winter Song’

‘It Was A Pleasure Then’

‘Chelsea Girls’

‘I’ll Keep It With Mine’

‘Somewhere There’s A Feather’

‘Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams’

‘Eulogy To Lenny Bruce’

Disc Four – Scepter Studios Sessions

Acetate Cut On April 25, 1966

‘European Son (Alternate Version)’

‘The Black Angel’s Death Song (Alternate Mix)’

‘All Tomorrow’s Parties (Alternate Version)’

‘I’ll Be Your Mirror (Alternate Version)’

‘Heroin (Alternate Version)’

‘Femme Fatale 2.36 (Alternate Mix)’

‘Venus In Furs (Alternate Version)’

‘Waiting For The Man (Alternate Version)’

‘Run Run Run 4.23 (Alternate Mix)’

The Factory Rehearsals: January 1966 Rehearsal, Previously Unreleased.

‘Walk Alone’

‘Cracking Up / Venus In Furs’

‘Miss Joanie Lee’

‘Heroin’

‘There She Goes Again (With Nico)’

‘There She Goes Again’

Disc Five – Live At Valleydale Ballroom, Columbus, Ohio

‘Melody Laughter’

‘Femme Fatale’

‘Venus In Furs’

‘The Black Angel’s Death Song’

‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’

Disc Six – Live At Valleydale Ballroom, Columbus, Ohio

‘Waiting For The Man’

‘Heroin’

‘Run Run Run’

‘The Nothing Song’

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Dinosaur Jr‘s new album features a funk influence and a song about vampires.

The band are set to release their tenth studio album I Bet On The Sky on September 17.

“There’s a couple of songs with more of a groove, a little bit mellower, but there’s some heavier stuff on it too,” singer J Mascis told NME. “It’s funky for us, but not that funky. I like the first song ‘Don’t Pretend You Didn’t Know’ the best, that’s one of the funkier numbers, it seemed to come together in a good way.”

The ten-track album, recorded at Mascis’ house in Massachusetts over four months also features two songs written by bassist and Sebadoh frontman Lou Barlow – “Rude” and “Recognition”. It also includes the track ‘Watch The Corners’, a song Mascis claims is “written from the perspective of a vampire. It seems hip at the moment,” he said.

I Bet On Sky is the third album released by Dinosaur Jr since the trio reformed in 2005. “It still feels like a day-by-day thing,” he said, “you never know. I’m ready for it to stop at any moment. It’s good to see there’s a lot of younger people coming. I noticed people usually think the albums are better than they thought they would be. Some people have said this one reminded them of [1993’s] ‘Where You Been’, but I’m not sure.”

I Bet On Sky is released on September 17. The tracklisting is:

‘Don’t Pretend You Don’t Know’

‘See It On Your Side’

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Lou Reed is set to play a one-off London show as part of the Antony-curated Meltdown festival this August.

The former Velvet Underground frontman will play at London’s Royal Festival Hall on August 10, as part of the Southbank Centre’s Festival of the World with MasterCard.

We have a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky winner to see Reed’s Meltdown show, as well as a signed self portrait photo, and Meantime ale to drink throughout the night for free.

To be in with a chance of winning, answer the question below and send your answers to uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com by Friday, August 3 with your name, address and phone number. The correct answers will be put into the editor’s hat and one winner will be chosen at random. The winner will be notified by Monday, August 6.

Question: What was the name of Lou Reed’s debut album?

Was it: a) Lou Reed, b) Berlin or c) I Can’t Stand It?

For more information about Meltdown, visit: http://meltdown.southbankcentre.co.uk

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New Order have announced their first North American since 2005.

The band’s seven-date tour begins in San Francisco before visiting Los Angeles, New York and Chicago.

Said singer Bernard Sumner said, “We’ve been having such a great time together this year, playing shows all over Europe, and we’re all really excited to be playing America again. We have so many friends and fans there we can’t wait to get back!”

New Order’s last American show was at the Hammerstein Ballroom in May, 2005. Their last Canadian show was 11 years ago, in 2001.

New Order play:

San Francisco, Oakland Fox Theatre (October 5)

Toronto, Sony Center (October 23)

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The xx have announced a trio of intimate UK shows for September.

The London band will take to the stage at the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on September 10 – the same day they release second album Coexist. They will follow this hometown show with gigs at The Coal Exchange in Cardiff on September 11 and Edinburgh’s Usher Hall on September 12. The xx are also scheduled to perform at Bestival on the Isle of Wight on September 7.

The xx previewed material from Coexist, their follow-up to 2009’s Mercury Prize-winning ‘xx’, at a trio of London shows in May. Earlier this month (July), they unveiled the album’s lead single “Angels” – scroll down to listen to it.

Yesterday [July 23], the band revealed that they have “gained confidence” since the release of their debut album, xx. “It’s nice not feeling cripplingly shy,” Romy Madley Croft confided in an interview with The Vine.

The xx play:

London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire (September 10)

Edinburgh Usher Hall (September 12)

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Bruce Springsteen and E-Street Band member Steve Van Zandt made a surprise appearance last night [July 22] at a memorial concert in Norway to mark the anniversary of last year’s terror attacks.

The event, held in Oslo’s City Square, featured a number of local artists. Springsteen and Van Zandt appeared to play protest song, “We Shall Overcome” [watch below], telling the 60,000 strong audience:

“Steve and I are honored to be included here tonight. For all of us who love democracy and tolerance, it’s an international tragedy.”

Anders Behring Breivik bombed a government building in Oslo, killing eight people, as well as killing 69 people at a youth camp on Utoya island.

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Blur have launched their own interactive app for iPad and iPhone.

Blur: The App will be available to download free via iTunes from today (July 23). The software has been designed to serve as a companion for the band’s upcoming 21-disc retrospective, Blur 21: The Box, which will be released on July 30.

The app features rare and previously unreleased music, including demos and remixes, alongside archive video footage of band interviews and live performances. It also includes photo galleries, biographies, a career timeline, a comprehensive discography and videography, and a gigography with setlists powered by setlist.fm.

In addition, Blur: The App syncs up with news feeds from the band’s official website, Facebook page and Twitter account. Fans will able to share content from the app on their own social networking profiles.

Blur will begin an intimate five-date UK tour at Margate Winter Gardens on August 1 as a warm-up for their massive outdoor concert at London’s Hyde Park on August 12. The show, scheduled to coincide with the closing ceremony of the Olympic games, will see Blur topping a bill that also includes New Order and The Specials. The reunited band are also scheduled to headline Sweden’s Way Out West festival in August.

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Elbow have announced details of a UK tour.

Following the band’s headline slots at Latitude, T In The Park and the Isle Of Wight festivals this year, they will embark on their first ever arena tour in November and December.

Kicking off at Nottingham’s Capital FM Arena on November 26, the band will then head to Birmingham NIA on November 28 and then Liverpool’s Echo Area on November 29, before heading to their Manchester home-town on December 1. They will finish up at London’s The O2 on December 2.

Elbow will play:

Nottingham Capital FM Arena (November 26)

London The O2 (2)

Earlier this month, Elbow announced that they will release a B-sides compilation titled Dead In The Boot on August 27, featuring 13 B-sides and non-album tracks which have been selected by the band as favourites from their 15-year career.

In a statement on the band’s website, singer Guy Garvey said: “None of our B-sides are album rejects. It’s a different space, usually just post finishing an album when all the members of elbow are chiming and feeling very creative. This gives Dead In The Boot a real late night vibe.”

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Sir Richard Branson is considering buying back Virgin Records, the label he founded over 40 years ago.

The label’s current owner Universal Music may sell the baled to appease competition authorities as they look to buy rival major label EMI for £1.2bn.

Sir Richard originally sold Virgin Records, the company he founded in 1970 aged 20, to Thorn EMI for £510m in 1992. In 1977, the label signed the Sex Pistols. Writing on his blog, the Virgin mogul wrote that he thinks the company is a “sleeping beauty”:

“I have had informal talks with both Lucian Grainge and Patrick Zelnik about Virgin Records. I have known Lucian and Patrick for both 30 years. They are great record men and Patrick has committed to revitalise Virgin Records – which has been mismanaged in the last 10 years,” he wrote.

He added: “Lucian and I feel it is a “sleeping beauty” which could become an innovative and leading label once again with the right management and investment. The potential disposal of Virgin Records by Universal is an exciting opportunity and I am keen to try to work on an arrangement with Patrick Zelnik to acquire the company I started in the seventies.”

Current artists on the Virgin roster include Gorillaz and The Rolling Stones.

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Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has said that he firmly believes whoever the next “Kurt Cobain or Courtney Love or Trent Reznor” is, they will not make it big in the same way as those artists.

The singer, whose band released their new studio album Oceania last month, has said that most alternative bands will never escape the scene they start in as that scene is now self-sufficient.

Speaking to the Daily Beast, Corgan said: “If you’re 20 years old and you aspire to be like me or Kurt Cobain or Courtney Love or Trent Reznor, you’re not going to make it that way. You won’t succeed. Let’s say you’re the next Kurt Cobain. You will be appropriated on your first album by the Pitchfork community. Your record company will rally round that idea because that’s your marketing platform. But the minute you’re in that world you’re frozen.”

Corgan then went on to say that Pitchfork and those who read it is “very much about social codes” and “whether you’re wearing the right t-shirt.”

He added: “Those Pitchfork people are very much about social codes, about whether you’re wearing the right t-shirt. That orthodoxy is no different than the rigidity of the football team at school. You can’t break the social order if you’re preaching to the choir – and the choir already has cool haircuts!”

The singer then said that what had made “Nirvana so dangerous” was the fact that they attracted listeners from across the cultural spectrum and not just from one scene. He added: “You’ve got to want to subvert the social order of the high school. That’s why Nirvana was so fucking dangerous. They had the jocks listening to them. Kurt Cobain used to talk about how weird it was to be performing, and see the people who used to beat him up cheering along.”

Corgan then said that this belief was his main reason for keeping the name ‘Smashing Pumpkins‘ alive, despite the fact he is the only member of the original line-up still in the band.

He said of this: “Where’s the rebellion right now? There’s almost no music about what’s going on politically, which is crazy because this is the craziest political time I’ve ever lived in. I’m talking big picture. Where are the bands of dissent? Where has the pushback gone? When I’m treated like a weirdo for the pushback I give, I go, ‘I’ve been doing this for 25 fucking years!’ Cira 1993 the name Smashing Pumpkins made people go, ‘Aw, I fucking hate that band,’ or, ‘I fucking love that band.’ The name still has a charge in it.”

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The Who fans who still possess a ticket for their cancelled 1979 gig in Providence, Rhode Island can still use the brief for the band’s show in the city in 2013.

The legendary group were due to perform in the city on December 1979, but authorities prevented the gig from going ahead as 11 fans had been trampled to death at a previous show in Ohio.

Now, The Who have announced that fans who still have the rare ticket will be able to swap it for a new brief, which will entitle the holder entry into band’s gig at the Dunkin’ Donuts Centre on February 26 2013.

Lawrence Lepole, manager of the venue, told Rhode Island’s WPRO-AM radio station: “If someone does have tickets from ’79, we will honour them. If you’ve got a ’79 ticket we will find a way for you to come and see the show.”

He added: “Somewhere, someplace, someone’s got it stashed. The question is, are they willing to give that up? If they’re willing, we’re willing to take it.”

The Who will visit Providence, Rhode Island on their mammoth 2013 32-date tour of the US. The band will be playing their Quadrophenia album in its entirety, as well as other favourites.

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