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Neil Young and Mumford & Sons will be two of the headline acts when Bruce Springsteen becomes the latest MusiCares’ Person Of The Year next month.

Neil Young and the Crazy Horse line-up of Frank ‘Poncho’ Sampedro, Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina will play their first UK dates since 2001 when they tour a handful of arenas next year. The gigs are also Young’s first visit to British shores since his acclaimed festival appearances of 2009, which included a mesmeric performance at Glastonbury that spring.

Jack White and The Flaming Lips were among the performers at the 26th annual Bridge School Benefit in California over the weekend, while Eddie Vedder made a short, impromptu appearance after yet another late show from Guns N Roses.

In today’s Soundbites - our look back at the past week’s news, features, videos and tabloid gossip – ‘Love Me Do’ is 50, Morrissey and Johnny Marr stun the world when responding to Smiths rumours, Dave Grohl puts his feet up, Mumford & Sons don’t want any more fans, and the week’s most popular video is revealed.

Members of the Foo Fighters and The Black Keys were the special guests of Neil Young at the free Global Citizen Festival in New York over the past weekend. The extended jam can be viewed via YouTube below.

Neil Young has admitted having his lyrics quoted by Kurt Cobain in the Nirvana frontman’s suicide note had a profound effect on him.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse will release their first album of entirely new material since 2003 next month, the band have confirmed.

American heavyweights Neil Young, the Foo Fighters and The Black Keys will headline a concert in New York’s Central Park next month as part of the Global Festival, which aims to raise both money and awareness for initiatives that work towards ending poverty around the world.

Heavyweight American songwriters Jack White and Neil Young will headline the 2012 Voodoo Music Festival and Arts Experience.

New releases from veterans Neil Young and Patti Smith have landed straight in the top ten of this week’s UK Record Store Album Chart, which is topped by Gary Barlow‘s Jubilee-tinged record ‘Sing‘.