UNKLE have announced they will be teaming up with Queens of the Stone Age singer Josh Homme for their new album "War Stories".

Homme will sing on the track "Hold My Hand" which will be out on the new album on 9th July.

UNKLE front man James Lavelle will also be making his vocal debut on the album as well as duetting with Richard File on "Morning Rage".

DJ Shadow is one of the DJs playing as part of an interactive event at the Manchester International Festival.

 

The event - 'Industrial Resolution - The Industrial Revolution To Digital Resolution' - will happen on 6^th and 7^th July.

 

As well as DJ Shadow, Fatboy Slim and 2 Many DJs will be amongst the artists soundtracking images which highlight Manchester's themes of industrial and digital revolution.

 

The line up for 6^th July is:

 

2 Many Djs

Bushwacka

DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist

Erol Alkan and Richard Norris

Gilles Peterson

Unabombers

 

On 7^th July it will be:

 

Carl Cox

David Morales

Erol Alkan

Fatboy Slim

Frankie Knuckles

Laurent Garnier

Layo

Pete Tong

Sasha

Billy Bragg, Hard-Fi and Clash bandmembers Mick Jones and Topper Headon are to play a benefit concert for striking firefighters.

 

The gig will mark the fifth anniversary of the now legendary show that Joe Strummer performed with his former bandmate Jones at Acton Town Hall in 2002 - just weeks before his death.

 

The show - Arms Aloft - will take place in Acton Town on 15^th November, and is backed by the Fire Brigades Union.

 

A portion of the proceeds from this year's show will go towards a new Billy Bragg-fronted campaign entitled Jail Guitar Doors, which aims to put musical instruments in prisons up and down the country, in the memory of Strummer.

Radiohead have confirmed that they will be reissuing a rare EP from 2004 this May.

 

"Com Lag (2+2+5)" was originally released in the Japan and Australia territories, but on 16^th April will be available in the UK.

 

A US release is scheduled for 8^th May.

 

The EP's tracklisting runs as follows:

 

2+2=5

Remyxmomatosis (Cristian Vogel RMX)

I Will (Los Angeles Version)

Paperbag Writer

I Am A Wicked Child

I Am Citizen Insane

Skttrbrain (Four Tet Remix)

Gagging Order

Fog (Again) (Live)

Where Bluebirds Fly

2+2=5 (Live At Belfort Festival)

The headline artists for this year's Summer Series at London landmark Somerset House have been revealed today.

 

The annual shows will kick off with Mogwai on 12^th July, and will also see performances from Amy Winehouse, Kasabian, Guillemots and Hot Chip.

 

Chart-toppers Mika and Lily Allen will also appear at the event that runs until 21^st July.

 

There will also be a collaborative show from Bert Jansch, Beth Orton and former Suede member Bernard Butler on 14^th July.

 

The headliners are as follows, support acts will be announced in the coming weeks:

 

Mogwai (12^th July)

Kasabian (13th)

Bert Jansch with Beth Orton and Bernard Butler (14th)

Guillemots (15th)

Lily Allen (16th)

Mika (17th)

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (18th)

The Roots (19th)

Amy Winehouse (20th)

Hot Chip (21st)

 

Tickets go on sale at this Thursday, 19^th April at 10am.