Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Broken Social Scene and others are to play the 8th Annual Village Voice Siren Music Festival. [Village Voice]

Legendary Scottish pop duo the Vaselines are reforming for their first shows since 1990! First up a gig at Scotland’s Tigerfest on May 16th, then they’ll be playing Sub Pop’s 20th Birthday bash in July. Also newly announced for SP20’s lineup are Eric’s Trip and Les Thugs. [NME/Sub Pop]

The Police will play the last show of their reunion tour in NYC. [NME]

Italian conductor Ricardo Muti named music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. [Sun Times]

Neil Young unveils his Java/Blu-ray multi-media archive. [CNet]

Paul McCartney will give away copies of his latest album Memory Almost Full with this Sunday’s edition of the Daily Mail’s weekend paper, The Mail on Sunday. [Spinner.com]

Pete Doherty is out of jail. [Reuters]

Gang of Four’s rhythm section quits. [Pitchfork]

Oasis have posted songs online from their upcoming album. [Myspace]