February 12th, 2013

Brian Wilson has said he ‘doubts’ there will be another full Beach Boys reunion again after he, David Marks and Al Jardine were unceremoniously dumped out of the band by Mike Love last year.

Ahead of the reissue of their debut album ‘Give Up‘ ten years on from its original release, The Postal Service are streaming a previously unheard track on YouTube (below).

Ed Harcourt has ironed out the details of his new single ‘Hey Little Bruiser’ which he will take out on the road along with its parent album for a spring UK tour.

Echo & The Bunnymen have completed the main line-up for this year’s Noel Gallagher curated Teenage Cancer Trust concerts (Tickets) after being confirmed as the support for Primal Scream.

Dave Grohl will bring his supergroup the Sound City Players to London later this month for their inaugural UK gig.

Graham Coxon, Ian Broudie and Stereophonics helped to successfully complete the re-recording of The Beatles‘ debut album ‘Please Please Me‘ yesterday (February 11th).

Muse have now spent the most weeks at the summit of Billboard’s Alternative Chart thanks to their 2012 single ‘Madness‘.

Kasabian have announced the details of two small UK gigs which will act as a warm-up for their headline performance in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust next month. (Kasabian Tickets)

Johnny Marr is NME’s Godlike Genius for 2013, and will pick up his prize at the publication’s annual award ceremony in London on February 27th.