NEWS DIGEST: Thursday, March 5

10:00 AM GMT 05/03/2009

Neil Young will headline this year's Isle Of Wight Festival. He'll play the final night of the event on Sunday, June 14.

John Giddings, the festival's organiser, has said, "I have tried every year since we restarted the event to book Neil Young., His music is part of my life and has inspired generations ever since. I'm sure that his performance will be talked about for years to come".

Young joins a host of acts already confirmed to appear of the weekend, among them The Prodigy, Basement Jaxx, Stereophonics and Razorlight.

The Isle of Wight Festival takes place at Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight between June 12 and 14. Tickets are on sale now.

For more information, head over to the event's official site HERE.

Young's new studio album, Fork In The Road, is released on April 6.

______________________________________________________________________

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will appear on stage together next month.

The Beatle pals will play the Change Begins Within gig at New York's Radio City Music Hall on April 4. The event is taking place in aid of the David Lynch Foundation - an organisation that aims to "raise funds to teach one million at-risk children to meditate - giving them life-long tools to overcome stress and violence and promote peace and success in their lives."

Donovan, Sheryl Crow, Moby, Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper, Bettye LaVette and Jim James are also set to appear.

If the collaboration goes ahead, it will be the first time Starr and McCartney have performed together since the Concert For George in 2002.

______________________________________________________________________

Michael Jackson is set to make an announcement regarding a string of London live dates rumoured to be taking place this summer.

The onetime King Of Pop will appear at the O2 Arena later today alongside representatives from AEG Live.

MOJO will be at the press conference and will be bringing you updates throughout the afternoon. Will he turn up? What will he say? You can follow all the action on our Twitter page HERE.

Here's a reminder of why the man once ascended to such great heights:

Posted by Ross_Bennett at 10:00 AM GMT 05/03/2009

Mojo - The Music Magazine

Navigation

Disc of the day

The Chi-Lites - The Best Of The Chi-Lites

New issue

News