Ipod Touch "now playing" screen

I have an Ipod touch that has been updated to 4.3. I don't normally use it as a music player, because I have a Nano and usually take that with me when I'm out and about.
On the "now playing" screen for music, there is no counter for the tracks, sometimes I find this useful, so where has it gone?

I have seen this behavior occasionally with the Music player. Normally, tapping the screen will bring up the scrubber bar/hide it, but, when in this abnormal state, tapping the screen does nothing. To retrieve the normal, correct scrubber bar behavior try shutting down the Music by closing it via the recent apps tray and restarting it.

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