June 5th, 2012

Matt Walker, drummer with Morrissey‘s touring band for over six years, has quit the group not long after appearing to show some dissatisfaction with the famously outspoken star on Twitter.

Los Angeles’ Silversun Pickups appeared on the Late Show…with David Letterman yesterday evening (June 4th) – a performance of ‘Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)‘ can be viewed via YouTube below.

The Walkmen will kick off an expansive North American tour tomorrow (June 6th) in support of their new album ‘Heaven‘, which hit the shelves late last month.

Sir Paul McCartney has confirmed he will be appearing at the opening ceremony of this summer’s London Olympic Games.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse have announced a lengthy tour of North American arenas beginning this summer, which will mark their first concerts together since the Greendale tour was concluded in March 2004.

The annual All Tomorrow’s Parties festival has been forced to move away from Minehead to its original location at Pontins’ Camber Sands after the Butlins company decided to end its association with the festival.

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins is to play the part of Iggy Pop in a new film centred around the New York punk scene of the mid-Seventies, according to the Hollywood Reporter.