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Alan Henderson, the bass player for Irish band Them, has died in the USA at the age of 72.

Van Morrison fans and musicologists are about to get a real Easter month present with the definitive collection of the singer’s music while at Bang Records.

Vince Jones will gather his Astral Orchestra for a series of dates to perform two of Van Morrison’s classic albums in Victoria and New South Wales in March.

Major new titles coming out this week include: Van Morrison, Craig David, Regina Spektor, Eric Clapton (live), Marianne Faithfull (live) Banks, Pixies, Opeth and Bon Iver.

Van Morrison has made a music video for his new song ‘Too Late’.

Van Morrison’s 36th studio album ‘Keep Me Singing’ will be released in September.

Set within the picturesque confines of Hampton Court, Van Morrison treated the expectant crowd to a virtuoso performance, effortlessly easing through a set of 19 tracks from his extensive back catalogue.

Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, in association with Exile Productions, Ltd., will release Van Morrison’s …It’s Too Late to Stop Now…Volumes II, III, IV & DVD on Friday, June 10.

Van Morrison has been given a knighthood.

Legacy Recordings is continuing their Van Morrison reissue campaign with the release of The Complete Them 1964-1967 on December 4.

Two more of Van Morrison’s classic albums ‘Astral Weeks’ and ‘His Band And The Street Choir’ have been remastered and expanded for reissue in October.

Eric Wrixon, who was part of the forming of both Them and Thin Lizzy, died on Monday in Italy at the age of 68. There are no details available on the cause of death.

Van Morrison has been named the 2015 recipient of the Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Death Cab for Cutie, Action Bronson, Madeon, Three Days Grace, Ringo Starr, The Prodigy and Van Morrison lead the week’s new releases.

Van Morrison has re-recorded his classics for the duets album ‘Duets: Re-Working’ and one of the songs features Michael Buble.

Van Morrison has a new record label. The Irish icon has signed with RCA to release his next album, the 35th of his career.

Van Morrison is planning on hitting the stage in London to not only perform but talk about his songs.

BluesFest will return to the Royal Albert Hall this autumn for an extended six-day event, which will once again feature an array of international stars from the worlds of blues, soul, jazz, R&B and beyond.

Van Morrison’s reissue of the classic ‘Moondance’ leads the list of new releases for this week. Talking Heads, Buffalo Springfield and Fleetwood Mac are also back on record store shelves this week.

Black Sorrows and Jo Jo Zep frontman Joe Camilleri will revisit his critically acclaimed show ‘Here Comes The Night: Songs from the Van Morrison Songbook’ for Sydney and Melbourne in November.

Veteran artists Van Morrison and Mick Hucknall will join forces on Friday, November 1 at London’s Royal Albert Hall for an All-Star Tribute to Bobby Bland.

Moondance, one of Van Morrison’s most beloved albums, will be remastered and re-released in a variety of formats on September 30 via Warner Brothers.

Van Morrison hasn’t toured Australia since 1985. On the off-chance he ever does comes here again the irony is that, unless hell freezes over, you will not be treated to a setlist like this of his most popular songs.

The Mumford & Sons ‘Babel’ album has kept Muse ‘The 2nd Law’ from the top spot on the US album chart this week despite dropping 74% on last weeks sales.

The Beatles have topped the listeners-voted Labor Day 500 list compiled and played by WCBS-FM.

James Taylor has been honored with the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters, an award given by the French government to “recognize eminent artists and writers, as well as individuals who have contributed to furthering the arts in France and throughout the world.”

Don Was has produced the next Van Morrison album ‘Born To Sing: No Plan B’.

Van Morrison is returning to Blue Note Records for his album Born to Sing: No Plan B. Due October 2, the album is his first since 2008’s Keep it Simple and his first for Blue Note since 2003’s What’s Wrong With This Picture?