Coldplay, Beady Eye, Blink 182, Noah And The Whale

It's all going on for the live music circuit this past week with Coldplay, Blink 182, Noah and the Whale and Liam Gallagher's post-Oasis band Beady Eye all announcing tours.

Coldplay's December performances in Liverpool and Newcastle will raise funds for homeless charity Hidden while drawing attention to the problem of "hidden homelessness". The band have also announced two dates at German festivals this summer.

However, we've also seen the cancellation of ex-Kinks frontman Ray Davies' North American tour due to a "medical condition". The singer is under doctors orders not to fly or travel until they are satisfied his condition is stable.

Check out all the dates below.

Ray Davies has cancelled;

New York, NY Beacon Theatre - November 24th
Montclair, NJ The Wellmont Theatre - November 26th
Philadelphia, PA Verizon Hall - Novemeber 27th
Boston, MA Wilbur Theater - November 28th

Beady Eye play:

Glasgow Barrowland - March 3rd + 4th
Manchester O2 Apollo March 6th + 7th
London Troxy - March 9th + 10th
Paris Casino De Paris - March 13th
Cologne Live Music Hall - March 14th
Milan Alcatraz - March 16th
Madrid La Riviera - March 18th
Amsterdam Paradiso - March 21st
Brussels Ancienne Belgique - March 22nd

Noah And The Whale play:

London KOKO - February 17th
Manchester Deaf Institute - March 30th
Leeds Brudenell Social Club - March 31st
Glasgow Stereo - April 2nd
Dublin Whelans - April 3rd
Bristol Thekla - April 4th

Blink-182 play:

Manchester MEN Arena - July 8th
Newcastle Arena - July 12th
Nottingham Arena - July 13th
Birmingham LG Arena - July 15th
London 02 Arena - July 18th

Coldplay play;

Liverpool - December 19th
Newcastle - December 20th
Rock Am Ring + Rock Im Park - Junes 3-5

Bruce Springsteen On Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

Bruce Springsteen was the musical guest on last weeks Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Performing the lead single from The Promise boxset, the collection of out-takes from The Darkness On The Edge of Town sessions which has just been released, as well as Because The Night.

He was backed by regular E-Street members Steve Van Zandt and Professor Roy Bittan, as well as the Late Night houseband, The Roots.

Springsteen also donned a mock beard and a curly haired wig to play a parody of his Darkness era self, joining a Neil Young styled Jimmy Fallon to play Willow Smiths recent single 'Whip My Hair'.

Check out the videos below.

The Pogues For Farewell Tour

The Pogues have announced a string of dates in the US for what is expected to be their final tour having already announced a "farewell tour" of the UK.

The Shane MacGowan fronted band have been playing annual Christmas shows since their reformation almost a decade ago.

The Pogues will play;

Glasgow O2 Academy Glasgow -December 13th
Newcastle O2 Academy Newcastle - December 14th
Sheffield O2 Academy Sheffield - December 16th
Manchester Apollo December - 17th
Birmingham O2 Academy Birmingham - December 18th
London O2 Academy Brixton - December 20th and 21st
Chicago Congress Theatre - March 3rd
Detroit Royal Oak Music Theater - March 4th
Baltimore Rams Head Live - March 7th
Washington DC 9:30 Club - March 8th and 9th
Boston House Of Blues - March 11th and 12th
New York Terminal 5 (15, 16, 17)

The Beatles on iTunes

The Beatles back catalogue is finally now available to download from the iTunes store after what Apple CEO Steve Jobs described as "a long and winding road."

The Paul McCartney penned 'Hey Jude' is currently the most popular Beatles song downloaded from the website, with 'Let It Be' sitting in second place.

John Lennon's widow stated it was "appropriate" to be adding the Beatles songs to iTunes on what would have been the year of his 70th birthday, while Paul McCartney said "It's fantastic to see the songs we originally released on vinyl receive as much love in the digital world as they did the first time around."

Watch Bruce Springsteen's 'The Promise'

Before the release of Bruce Springsteen's 'lost' Darkness On The Edge Of Town recordings, titled 'The Promise', on November 16 you catch a video of the live in the studio take of title track below.

Also below is the new video for another selection from the collection, the newly re-recorded 'Save My Love'.

The 3CD/3DVD set collects 21 previous unheard studio recordings, including an alternative 'rock' version of Racing In The Street, a remastered Darkness on the Edge of Town, a making-of documentary, as well as two live shows, from 1978 and 2009, and other selected live videos.

Thanks to pitchfork

Iron & Wine For UK and Ireland Tour

Iron & Wine have announced a UK and Ireland tour in support of upcoming album Kiss Each Other Clean, set to be released in January.

The 9 date tour kicks off on March 8th at London's roundhouse and finishes on March 17th at Leeds Metropolitan University.

Unlike the recent European solo tour, the upcoming shows will feature Sam Beam backed by a full band. Tickets go on sale tomorrow (Thurs 28th Oct) at 9am.

Iron & Wine play;

March 8th - London Roundhouse
March 9th - Brighton Corn Exchange
March 10th - Birmingham Town Hall
March 11th - Edinburgh HMV Picturehouse
March 12th - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
March 14th - Dublin Olympia
March 15th - Manchester Academy 2
March 16th - Gateshead Sage
March 17th - Leeds Metropolitan University

Take That Announce UK and Europe Tour

As was rumoured, Take That have announced a 14 date stadium tour of the UK and Ireland in a special broadcast from their website shortly after 10am this morning, their first tour as a five-piece since the departure of Robbie Williams in 1995.

The tour begins in Sunderland Stadium of Light on 30th May 2010 and finishes with a a four date residency at Wembly Stadium, London. Stop-offs along the way include a City of Manchester Stadium, Glasgow's Hampden Park, Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, Birmingham's Villa Park and Dublin's Croke Park.

It has also been revealed, via the tour dates section of the website, the band will play a furthur six dates across mainland Europe in Milan, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Munich.

While quite a way off the 58 dates which had been rumoured, the band did not rule out announcing more dates at a later stage.

The performances on the tour will take the form of three sections; Robbie Williams will play solo, the four member version of Take That will then play, followed by all five members together, to cater the fans who are there to see Williams, or there to see the four piece.

The band, who also include Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Howard Donald and Jason Orange, will be releasing their new album Progress on November 22nd, which is preceded by lead single 'The Flood', released on November 14th.

Tickets for the tour go on sale this Friday at 9am.

Take That play;

MAY 30 - SUNDERLAND STADIUM OF LIGHT, SUNDERLAND, UK
JUNE 03 - CITY OF MANCHESTER STADIUM, MANCHESTER, UK
JUNE 04 - CITY OF MANCHESTER STADIUM, MANCHESTER, UK
JUNE 05 - CITY OF MANCHESTER STADIUM, MANCHESTER, UK
JUNE 07 - CITY OF MANCHESTER STADIUM, MANCHESTER, UK
JUNE 14 - CARDIFF MILLENNIUM STADIUM, CARDIFF, WALES, UK
JUNE 18 - DUBLIN CROKE PARK, DUBLIN, IE
JUNE 22 - GLASGOW HAMPDEN PARK, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, UK
JUNE 23 - GLASGOW HAMPDEN PARK, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, UK
JUNE 27 - BIRMINGHAM VILLA PARK, BIRMINGHAM, UK
JULY 01 - WEMBLEY STADIUM, LONDON, UK
JULY 02 - WEMBLEY STADIUM, LONDON, UK
JULY 03 - WEMBLEY STADIUM, LONDON, UK
JULY 05 - WEMBLEY STADIUM, LONDON, UK
JULY 12 - SAN SIRO, MILAN, ITALY
JULY 16 - PARKEN, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
JULY 18 - AMSTERDAM ARENA, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND
JULY 22 - IMTECH ARENA, HAMBURG, GERMANY
JULY 25 - ESPRIT ARENA, DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY
JULY 29 - OLYMPIASTADION, MUNICH, GERMANY