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Stevie Wonder closed a day of music, speeches and celebration surrounding the opening of the Obama Presidential Center on Chicago's South Side on Thursday, delivering a performance that mixed some of his best-known songs with a personal recollection of his first meeting with Barack Obama more than two decades ago.

Eddie Vedder has released the original song ‘Better Believe', a collaboration with young musicians from Guitars Over Guns that premiered at the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.

One of the most anticipated unreleased projects in Neil Young's catalogue is finally set for an official release. Young has confirmed that the complete August 26, 1995 concert recorded at Dublin's RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion with members of Pearl Jam will debut as part of Neil Young Archives Volume 4, while a companion vinyl release drawn from the same performance is also being prepared from the original analogue master tapes.

Eddie Vedder has covered the Neil Young classic ‘Needle and the Damage Done’ for an upcoming Neil Young tribute album ‘Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young Volume 1’.

Saturday Night Live’s line-up for the 50th anniversary show on 14 February features some of the biggest stars in the world.

Pearl Jam have cancelled two more European concerts due to ongoing illness.

Closing a week of incredible shows last night was Ovation - A Celebration of 24 Years of gigs for Teenage Cancer Trust, a show featuring Roger Daltrey’s friends and fans, many of those who helped establish these gigs as a celebrated annual event: Roger himself, alongside Kelly Jones, Robert Plant with Saving Grace, Eddie Vedder and Paul Weller.