Audience

The star of the new acclaimed documentary Searching For Sugar Man, singer songwriter Rodriguez, is set to play a one-off show in London. Rodriguez will perform at the Royal Festival Hall on November 17. The 70 year old cult musician will be backed by a full band. Searching For Sugar Man is in selected cinemas now and will be released on DVD in November. The soundtrack is out now.

Elvis Costello has announced an extensive UK tour for next summer. The singer, who released his 24th studio album National Ransom in 2010, will play 16 dates across the UK in May and June next year. The tour will once again feature Costello and his band asking members of the audience to spin a huge wheel and select the next song in the set. Costello's original wheel tour took place in 1986, opening at the Los Angeles Beverly Theatre, before a three night residency at London's Royal Albert Hall. Elvis Costello will play:

John Fogerty’s show supporting Bruce Springsteen at London's Hyde Park is reviewed in the new issue of Uncut, out now (dated September 2012). So, for this week’s archive feature, we delve back to March 2006 (Take 106), when the Creedence singer, guitarist and songwriter talked Uncut through all of his legendary band’s singles. Interview: Bud Scoppa __________________________

The Stone Roses hailed Team GB's gold medal winning athletes Jessica Ennis and Bradley Wiggins at their intimate London show last night (August 6), calling the pair - who were both in attendance - "the real King and Queen of England".

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One of the imprisoned members of Pussy Riot has spoken out about their case, claiming they are not "enemies of Christianity". Nadia Tolokonikovoy is one of three members of the Russian punk collective who have been in detention since their arrest in March following an impromptu gig at Moscow's Christ The Saviour Cathedral. The band sang a song called "Holy Shit" as a protest against the Orthodox Christian church's support for Russian president Vladimir Putin. The three women face up to seven years in jail on hooliganism charges.

Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips answers your questions in An Audience With… in this month's new issue of Uncut, out now. In this week's archive feature we head back to our June 2008 issue (Take 133), to find the band's frontman looking back over their back catalogue, taking in Vaseline, drug addiction, union picket lines, the religious right and nothing short of the collapse of civilisation. “My agenda is to go somewhere where we’ve never been before…" Interview: Jaan Uhelszki –––––––––––––––––––––––––

Bruce Springsteen has disclosed he's been seeing a therapist since 1982. Speaking to David Remnick for an interview in The New Yorker magazine, Springsteen admitted, "You cannot underestimate the fine power of self-loathing in all of this." Springsteen reportedly began attending counsellling sessions while he was working on his Nebraska album.

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.

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."