NEWS DIGEST: Tuesday, June 3

12:00 PM GMT 03/06/2008

Tributes to the late Bo Diddley have been flooding in from all corners of the music world.

Mick Jagger called the rock 'n' roll originator an "enormous force in music, a big influence on the Rolling Stones and a wonderful, original musician. We will never see his like again." Meanwhile, Robert Plant said Diddley's "voice and relentless, glorious anthems echo down through my years. This royal shape shifter continues to influence four generations of musicians on a daily basis". The BBC has more HERE.

You can read MOJO's obituary by clicking HERE.

Mike Skinner has announced details of The Streets' new record. The follow-up to 2006's The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living will be called Everything Borrowed. He also outlines his plans for the "dark and futuristic" final Streets record. Read his new post HERE.

The Duke Spirit have announced their summer 2008 festival dates. They currently look like this:

Isle of Wight Festival (June 13)
The Electric Palace Cinema, Bridport-Dorset (26)
Glastonbury Festival, Park Stage (27)
Glastonbury Festival, Q Stage (28)
Wireless Festival, Bella Union Stage, London (July 4)
2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham (11)
Reading Festival, Reading (August 22)
Leeds Festival, Leeds (23)
Solfest, mainstage (24)
Bestival, BBC Tent, Isle of Wight (September 2)

Yoko Ono has lost a court battle to prevent John Lennon's Imagine from appearing in a new film. Ono and Lennon’s two sons, Julian and Sean, sued the makers of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, citing lack of permission. Federal Judge Sidney Stein has now ruled in favour of the filmmakers, stating they are protected by fair use doctrine.

And finally...Happy Birthday Curtis Mayfield! The late great soul man would have been 66 today. Here he is on the Whistle Test with Keep On Keeping On...

Posted by Ross_Bennett at 12:00 PM GMT 03/06/2008

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