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The Rolling Stones have announced the details of their 2013 “50 AND COUNTING” tour, which kicks off at Los Angeles’ Staples Center in early May (date subject to NBA/NHL playoff schedules) and concludes with a return to London’s Hyde Park on July 6.

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Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant will make his feature film debut in Terence Malick’s as-yet-untitled movie about the music scene in Austin, Texas. The news was revealed to Indiewire by actor Ryan Gosling, who will star in the movie along with Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Rooney Mara and Val Kilmer.

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Paul Simon says that he will follow-up his critically acclaimed 2011 album “So Beautiful or So What” with an EP of new songs.

He told Australia’s “Herald Sun” newspaper:

“I think it’s going to be an EP of about five tracks. I’ve written one song, which I’m really proud of. It’s a ballad with some really intricate guitar. I have some more ideas, but I think releasing something smaller will work. (The sound) is different altogether for me again.”

Simon is currently on his first Australian tour since 2009. He will play the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne tonight, and follow this with gigs in Newcastle (March 30), Byron Bay (April 1) and Sydney (April 2). He’ll then take his show to New Zealand with dates in Dunedin (April 6) and Auckland (April 8).

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After months of speculation it has been confirmed that The Rolling Stones will headline the Glastonbury Festival on Saturday, June 29. The Arctic Monkeys and Mumford & Sons will headline on the Friday and Sunday, respectively.

Mick Jagger told fans via Twitter:

“Can’t wait to play Glastonbury. I have my wellies and my yurt.”

Other acts announced for the three-day festival include Elvis Costello, Primal Scream, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Jake Bugg, Rita Ora, Billy Bragg, Rufus Wainwright, Smashing Pumpkins, Portishead, The Lumineers, Alabama Shakes, Chic, Public Enemy, Dinosaur Jr, Johnny Marr, Tom Tom Club, and Kenny Rogers.

The Rolling Stones performed a series of very successful 50th anniversary gigs recently, which included a brief reunion with former member Bill Wyman. As Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings are due to play the acoustic stage at Glastonbury, perhaps another reunion with his former bandmates is on the cards.

Other artists scheduled for acoustic sets at Glastonbury include Stevie Winwood, Sinead O’Connor, The Proclaimers, and the always entertaining KT Tunstall.

Glastonbury is already a sell-out with around 135,000 tickets sold in less that two hours. The television coverage will be the best ever though, with the BBC broadcasting the whole event live.

The complete line-up can be viewed on the Glastonbury website.

For a taste of what to expect from The Rolling Stones in June, check this great clip from the November 2012 show at London’s O2.

“Start Me Up” – The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones will play 18 shows in North America this summer, according to Rolling Stone magazine.

Details are sketchy, but a source told the magazine that the tour is scheduled to kick off on May 2 and that L.A. and Seattle gigs are likely, as well as some gigs “back East”.

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