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…JARVIS COCKER’s signed with Cape to write memoir This Book Is A Song. The Bookseller reported it will blend “biography, essay, texts (plus) illustrati­ons”. BRETT ANDERSON’s

(right) Coal Black Mornings, meanwhile, is due next year from Little, Brown, and covers his life before Suede, growing up on a Haywards Heath estate with his boho cabbie dad… in order to get the final track from the Paradise EP, last month ANOHNI requested fans e-mail “a gesture of anonymous vulnerabil­ity… it is what you have expected of me” …have the days of cult bands playing holiday camps finally passed? The Safe As Milk festival, which was set to take on the ATP mantle from April 21-23 with the Butthole Surfers, The Residents and Shirley Collins live at Pontin’s in Prestatyn, pulled the plug in March with weeks to go…BOB DYLAN is the subject of a May 20 night at this year’s Bath Festival. Hosted by Danny Kelly, the “gala evening of music and discussion” will feature contributi­ons from Sid Griffin, David Hepworth and others …ROGER

DALTREY has designed a special car for Rolls-Royce’s ‘Inspired by British Music’ collection. There are eight other muso-planned motors in the series, and they’ll be auctioned off for charity… DAMO SUZUKI (left) penned a personal tribute to his late Can bandmate Jaki Liebezeit; read at: tinyurl.com/zowdd47 …festival-goers prone to bad backs may want to investigat­e the Sitpack, a new portable stool/“resting device” that folds up to the size of a beer can. Go to sitpack. com for details…

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