Drake released his latest album, ‘Nothing Was The Same’, back in September, but one of the busiest men in rap is set to furnish fans with a selection of new songs before the year is out.

Latitude Festival have announced that Two Door Cinema Club will make the step up to headline the main stage next summer. 

Essex skate-punks GIANTS have announced dates for a UK headline tour in January 2014, with support from Black Shapes.

Flying Lotus has released a 24-track Zip folder of previously unreleased music.

Fresh from his hometown shows earlier this month, Miles Kane has announced details of a full UK tour for spring 2014.

Due to demand for tickets, Little Mix upgraded the Manchester and Nottingham shows on their 2014 Salute Tour, confirming they will now perform at Manchester Phones 4u Arena instead of the O2 Apollo on the same date and Nottingham's Capital FM Arena instead of the Royal Concert Hall on May 28 instead of June 5. The girls have also announced additional Glasgow and Cardiff shows, scheduled for May 21 and June 5 respectively.

Berlin-based neoclassical pianist Nils Frahm has, along with his Icelandic buddy Ólafur Arnalds, become something of a poster boy for the revival of the piano in the world of contemporary classicism. Studio records such as ‘The Bells’ and ‘Felt’ have received the bulk of their acclaim in the mainstream ‘indie’ music press, although an acknowledgement of this is certainly not meant to belittle Frahm’s exceptional talent.

Penn & Teller have added a second Manchester Palace Theatre show to their 2014 UK tour.

Tennessee rockers Kings Of Leon have announced arena shows for their summer 2014 UK visit, confirming performances at Sheffield's Motorpoint Arena on June 17 and Manchester's Phones 4u Arena on June 18.

Beyoncé will return to the UK and Ireland in February and March 2014 for a series of arena shows on her Mrs. Carter Show World Tour.

Country legend Willie Nelson is among a number of musicians who have pulled out of gigs at SeaWorld after seeing the Blackfish documentary.

Swedish house star Avicii has unveiled a video for his track Hey Brother.

Trance trio Above & Beyond have announced a new acoustic album and live concert film.

Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks have unveiled a new video, for their track Cinnamon & Lesbians.

'Out Among The Stars', a lost collection of music by country legend Johnny Cash, is set to see a release in March 2014.

Childish Gambino will celebrate the release of his second album, 'Because The Internet', with two UK shows in February.

Nick Mulvey has announced details of a full UK and European headline tour for next year. The run of shows kicks off in Paris on February 19 and run through to an already confirmed night at London’s Scala on March 11.

Haim will support Kings Of Leon at their forthcoming Milton Keynes Bowl show.

So, to Christmas. Log fires (sometimes), plenty of food (certainly) and the chance to get in some serious reading time away from the pressures of the day job.

Elvis Costello has lined up a performance at Bexhill-On-Sea's De La Warr Pavilion for July 17, 2014.