Brooklyn Vegan — The 2018 Desert Daze festival happens October 12 – 14 at Lake Perris, CA with already-announced headliners Tame Impala, Death Grips, Mercury Rev (who will perform their classic 1998 album 'Deserter's Songs' in full), and Warpaint. Continue reading�... more info

Stereogum — London has been getting a lot of Arcade Fire lately. They played London's SSE Wembley Arena on Wednesday night, and they brought Chrissie Hynde out to cover the Pretenders' "Don't Get Me Wrong." They played London's SSE Wembley Arena on Thursday nigh... more info

NME — "You’d hope it’d be very irrelevant now. But unfortunately...that’s not the case.” Arcade Fire's Win Butler and Regine Chassagne and Jarvis Cocker Arcade Fire played the second of three shows at London’s SSE Arena Wembley last night, ... more info

Stereogum — Arcade Fire just kicked off the European leg of their Everything Now tour, and they've been using the opportunity to have a little fun -- playing around with their setlist, covering interesting songs, and bringing surprise guests out. In Dublin last ... more info

Consequence of Sound — "He speaks the truth, unfortunately," remarked Win Butler following the onstage collaboration. more info

Guardian Music — Ramsgate Music HallMoving like a spider and dispensing fruit to the audience, the one-time Pulp frontman’s new songs seem some of the best of his careerThe fastest-selling show in the history of Ramsgate Music Hall is an intriguing prospect: o... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jarvis debuted his new band and played lots of new songs, a few older solo favorites and even a Pulp song. Continue reading… more info

BBC News - UK — The former Pulp front man is DJing at a gig to support anti-tree felling protesters. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Also: Jarvis Cocker, Jade Bird, Black Label Society, Mew, The Sea & Cake, Band of Horses and Rick Astley? Continue reading… more info

Consequence of Sound — Cocker hasn't released a solo album since 2009. more info