So music at Glastonbury begins today, after Thursday's rain-soaked warm-up. Thankfully the sun is out, the mud is mostly gone, and the relieved party atmosphere is perfect for Goat at the West Holts Stage.

Before Midnight is the third in Richard Linklater’s intermittent catch-ups with Jesse and Celine, characters played by Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy who the filmmaker first introduced in 1995’s Before Sunrise.

New Order are planning to release an EP before the end of the year. The band's keyboard player Gillian Gilbert says the five-piece have been writing and will record the tracks in September "once the kids have all gone back to school". To speed up the writing process, the band – Gilbert, along with Bernard Sumner, her husband Stephen Morris, Phil Cunningham and Tom Chapman – have decided to release the EP rather than wait until they have enough material for a full album

A new documentary charting Pulp's homecoming show in Sheffield last year has been announced. Provisionally titled Pulp And Sheffield, the film documents the whole day for the band as they prepared to play Sheffield's Motorpoint Arena on December 8, 2012. The film marks the last time Pulp played live and will be made by Pistachio Pictures. Speaking about the project, Steve Milne of executive producers British Film Company said; "Music has been a big part of my life and we are delighted to be able to support this exciting project."

Yoko Ono is to release her new album, Take Me To The Land Of Hell, in September. It is her first album since Between My Head And The Sky, four years ago. The album features contributions from Wilco guitarist Nels Cline and Roots' drummer QuestLove alongside remixes by Beastie Boys Mike D and Ad-Rock. It has been produced by Ono with Sean Lennon and Yuka Honda.

Arctic Monkeys have announced details of a UK tour to take place this October. The band, who release new album AM in September, will play eight dates including a homecoming gig at Sheffield's Motorpoint Arena. Starting in Newcastle at the Metro Radio Arena on October 22, the tour will then visit Manchester, London, Liverpool, Cardiff, Birmingham and Glasgow before ending with the Sheffield gig on November 2. The Strypes will support on all dates.

Pixies have released a new song, Bagboy". It is the band's first new material since "Bam Thwok", from June 2004. Scroll down to hear "Bagboy". The track is available to stream now and can also be downloaded for free from the band's website. It is also the first release from the band since Kim Deal announced her departure from Pixies last month.

Glastonbury properly begins today (Friday, June 28), with headline performances from Arctic Monkeys and Portishead – and Uncut will be blogging from the festival all weekend.

Scott Walker had “a horror of being compared to Sinatra or Tom Jones” in the '60s, his publicist reveals in the new issue of Uncut (dated July 2013 and out now).