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Patti Smith looks back over her whole career, and reveals the inspiration behind her new album Banga, in an unprecedentedly frank interview in the new issue of Uncut, out on Tuesday (May 22).

Sir Paul discusses the end of the Fab Four and a new group…

Uncut have launched a new iPad app which tells the complete story of one of the greatest rock’n’roll icons of all time, Bruce Springsteen.

Sepia-toned friends-and-family set from the living legend...

This week I’m recommending, among other things, Sir Richard Bishop and the Michael Mayer Hauschka remix, but plenty more to get your teeth into here.

Things aren’t due to kick off for a couple of hours at the Pavilion Theatre where throughout this year’s Great Escape Festival Uncut is hosting a splendid line-up. So early Thursday evening I’m at the Dome, where Australian psyche rockers POND are making enough noise to wake the long-time dead.

Ringo Starr has reportedly lost his collection of Beatles' photographs. Speaking to Rolling Stone, Starr - a keen photographer - admitted he had no idea where his own photographs taking during his years with The Beatles are. "I don't know where they are," he told Rolling Stone. "I wish I did. There's been several moves and things happen." Previously, Starr unearthed a batch of postcards he'd received from his former bandmates, which were published as Postcards From The Boys in 2004.

Unique '60s classic remastered with added depth and bonus material...

Bassist Donald 'Duck' Dunn, who played with Booker T. & the M.G.'s, has died in Tokyo aged 70. The M.G.'s were the house band for STAX records and Dunn can be heard on a number of tracks including Otis Redding's "Respect" and Albert King's "Born Under A Bad Sign". The bassist had been in the Japanese city to play a series of concerts as part of a STAX show, featuring Steve Cropper and Eddie Floyd, and had played two gigs on Saturday night. Cropper posted on his Facebook page that Dunn had died in his sleep this morning (May 13).

Relentless! High end Martial Arts action flick...