Glastonbury Festival organisers have announced that Rolf Harris will open the Pyramid Stage on Friday, June 26, with Tinchy Stryder doing the same on Saturday and Yeovil Town Band following suit on Sunday, June 28.
Rolf whom we bumped into at Glasto last year recently celebrated his eightieth birthday and returns for his sixth Festival appearance, whilst Tinchy makes his Pyramid debut, having previously performed at the Dance Village. Yeovil Town Band appear for the first time since 2005.
Candi Staton, Avi Buffalo and Tony Allen have also been added to the just announced Park Stage, along with the 20-piece steel band Steel Harmony.
We're keeping an up to date list of the officially announced acts here.
An audio recording of a Beatles press conference from 1966 will be auctioned on 13 June at Bonhams & Butterfields in Los Angeles, where it is expected to fetch somewhere in the neighborhood of $25,000.
A young photojournalist made the recording that contains approximately 14 minutes of The Beatles fielding questions from reporters at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, Canada on 17 August 1966 - just 12 days before the band gave their last official concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California.
"It's a very heavy press conference, and quite amazing to listen to," says Margaret Barrett, Director of Entertainment Memorabilia for Bonhams & Butterfields. "Unlike a lot of the wacky and fun-filled interviews The Beatles had done in the past, this one was very somber in tone. But it was still chaotic in parts - after all, it was The Beatles, and the journalists in the room were shouting over one another to get their questions in.
"The Beatles were being asked their opinions on some very weighty topics," says Barrett. "They were asked about the Vietnam War, the generation gap and, of course, John Lennon's very controversial comments about the band being bigger than Jesus Christ. John was the focal point during the interview, as you would expect. And he answers the 'Jesus Christ question' very matter-of-fact. He doesn't backpeddle or apologize."
Barrett says there is some levity during the press conference, however, especially when one reporter asks the band how long they expect to stay together. Lennon responds, "We're obviously not gonna go around holding hands forever" and McCartney adds "...it would be a bit, you know, embarrassing at 35..."
According to Barrett, the journalist who recorded the audio worked for the Canadian newspaper The Spectator. He attempted to wanted to sell the tapes in 1966 for $50 and nobody was interested. So he put them in a drawer and forgot all about them until recently.
Here's a YouTube video of a press conference The Beatles gave in Chicago, Illinois on 11 August 1966, on the eve of what would be their last tour. An obviously uncomfortable Lennon, facing intense pressure from the media, addresses the 'Jesus comment.'
On June 8, at London's Relentless Garage, UK art-punk legends Wire will take the stage as the countdown to this year's MOJO Honours List continues!
From the stop-start ferocity of their classic 1977 debut Pink Flag to 2008's Object 47, the London trio have carved their own unique place in British music history and periodically reassemble to deliver their uncompromising bursts of avant-pop in the live arena.
The gig plays a part in a full week's worth of MOJO Honours List activity, with performances from John Grant, Junip, Roy Harper, Richard Hawley and Marc Almond all set to take place at the beginning of June.
Gorillaz have announced a five-date UK arena tour in September.
The band have named the jaunt the 'Escape To Plastic Beach' tour, and it kicks off on September 10 when they play Birmingham.
Musical guests set for the shows are yet to be announced, although at the band's recent London Roundhouse shows, Damon Albarn was joined by ex-Clash members Mick Jones and Paul Simonon plus guest contributions from the likes of Mos Def, De La Soul and Shaun Ryder.
Gorillaz play:
Birmingham NIA (September 10)
Newcastle Metro Arena (11)
Manchester Evening News Arena (12)
London O2 Arena (14, 15)
Underworld have made a new track available as a free download.
The duo are inviting fans to download 'Scribble', their first material in almost three years from their official site, underworldlive.com.
The track, which saw Karl Hyde and Rick Smith team up with drum and bass producer High Contrast, is taken from their forthcoming as-yet-untitled sixth album due for release in the summer.
It has been made available as a free MP3 download or to buy in high quality over the next week before it is released as a single on June 21. The single will also feature a remix by Netsky.
Including instrumental versions of 'Pictures Of You' and 'Fascination Street', plus live recordings from their 1989 Dallas gig of 'Faith' and 'Disintegration', the bonus material is being streamed at TheCureDisintegration.com.
The tracklisting for 'Alternative Rarities 1988-1989' is as follows:
'Closedown - RS Home Demo (Instrumental)'
'Last Dance - RS Home Demo (Instrumental)'
'Lullaby - RS Home Demo (Instrumental)'
'Tuned Out On RTV5 - (Instrumental Rehearsal)'
'Funknnotfunk' - (Instrumental Rehearsal)'
'Babble - (Instrumental Rehearsal)'
'Plainsong - (Instrumental Demo)'
'Pictures Of You - (Instrumental Demo)'
'Fear Of Ghosts - (Instrumental Demo)'
'Fascination Street - (Instrumental Demo)'
'Homesick - (Instrumental Demo)'
'Delirious Night - (Instrumental Demo)'
'Out Of Mind - (Studio Instrumental Jam)'
'Late - (Studio 'WIP' Mix)'
'Lovesong - (Studio 'WIP' Mix)'
'Prayers For Rain - (Studio ‘WIP’ Mix)'
'The Same Deep Water As You - (Live Dallas Starplex)'
'Disintegration - (Live Dallas Starplex)'
'Untitled - (Live Dallas Starplex)'
'Faith - (Live Rome Palaeur - Crowd Bootleg)'
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