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The new issue of Uncut, which hits shelves this Thursday, April 26, features Dexys, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Tom Petty and more.

John Cale has announced dates in the UK and Ireland ahead of the release of his new album later this year. Cale is scheduled to play: The Button Factory, Dublin on Wednesday, October 3 HMV Picture House, Edinburgh on Friday, October 5 HMV Ritz, Manchester on Saturday October 6 Coal Exchange, Cardiff on Sunday October 7 The Junction, Cambridge on Wednesday October 10 HMV Royal Institute, Birmingham on Thursday October 11 Royal Festival Hall, London on Saturday October 13

One of a bunch of interesting Record Store Day exclusives just turned up for this week’s playlist; a lovely EP from Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy that involves Jonathan Wilson in some capacity, and features covers of Leon Russell and Merle Haggard.

Ray Davies, The Waterboys, Nick Lowe and Seasick Steve have been confirmed to play the new Westport Festival of Music and Performing Arts in County Mayo, Ireland. Running on Saturday, June 23 and Sunday June 24, the festival line-up also includes Lloyd Cole, Marc Almond and Hothouse Flowers. More information about the Westport festival can be found at westportfestival.com. Davies will also join Bob Dylan, Patti Smith and Suede at this year's Hop Farm festival, which takes place in Paddock Wood in Kent from June 29 – July 1.

The new Uncut is on sale from Thursday, and we’re blushingly pleased with it. Dexys are on the cover, and we have an exclusive interview with Kevin Rowland in advance of their keenly-awaited comeback album, the astonishing One Day I’m Going To Soar.

When he first toured the UK with The Blasters, in 1981 or thereabouts, Dave Alvin was a swaggering young yahoo in rockabilly duds with a 50s quiff, attitude to spare and the unblemished good looks of someone still fairly new to what the rest of his life would become, the bulk of it since spent mostly on the road, playing whatever bar, club, juke joint, tavern, theatre, festival, hootenanny or hoe-down that would have him.

Spiritualized have announced a six-date UK tour for November. The band - whose new album, Sweet Heart Sweet Light, entered the UK Album Charts yesterday at No 11 - will play the following dates: Thu 1 November Gateshead, The Sage Gateshead Fri 2 November Cambridge, The Junction Sat 3 November Leeds, Metropolitan University Sun 4 November Coventry, Warwick Arts Centre Mon 5 November London, Roundhouse Tue 6 November Brighton, Corn Exchange

A couple of years ago when I was in Woodstock to interview Simone Felice and his band, The Duke & The King, Simone drove me around the mountains where he’d grown up, pointing out places of local and historical interest. These included Big Pink, the house on Parnassus Lane in West Saugerties, where Dylan and The Band recorded The Basement Tapes.

Spiritualized’s seventh album is a lavish and sentimental paean to rock’n’roll...

Blur are set to celebrate the 21st anniversary will a comprehensive reissue campaign. All seven of the band's studio albums are to be re-released on July 30 in expanded Special Edition formats, each featuring a bonus disc of previously unreleased material, booklets, and more.