Blur are set to release Parklive, a live album recorded at this summer's Hyde Park gig in London.
The five disc CD and DVD set will come out on December 3. The entire audio from the Olympic Games' closing gig will feature on two CDs, while a DVD of the concert - which was shot on 12 cameras - will also be included.
US TV show Austin City Limits aired an hour-long performance by Radiohead on Saturday (October 6) – and you can watch it in full here.
The set, filmed in March on the Oxford band's US tour, sees the band playing a set heavy on tracks from 2011's The King Of Limbs. Austin City Limits is a long-running music programme on America's PBS, and Radiohead's performance marked the start of its 38th series.
Radiohead play:
'Bloom'
'The Daily Mail'
'Myxomatosis'
'Morning Mr. Magpie'
'The Amazing Sounds of Orgy'
'Staircase'
'Identikit
The National received hate mail for supporting US President Barack Obama's campaign for four more years in the oval office.
The band were sent "hate mail on Facebook" for playing a Democratic campaign rally for the incumbent President in Des Moines last month, according to guitarist/keyboardist Aaron Dessner.
Despite the criticism, the Brooklyn group say they stand by their decision to publically support Obama as the election is "more important than any rock band".
The Beach Boys' Al Jardine has asked fans to sign a petition to champion the Beach Boys' full reunited line-up, over bandmate Mike Love's version of the band without the other three members.
Love has previously revealed plans to continue touring under the Beach Boys name after the band's current 50th anniversary, which ends in London tomorrow (September 28).
Please excuse the wholly shameless plug, but I thought you might like to know that the next in our series of Ultimate Music Guides goes on sale tomorrow (September 6) and this one is dedicated to Paul Weller.
With the new Uncut out tomorrow, it just occurred to me that I'd forgotten to post this review from the last issue. I did at least put up the full transcript of my email exchange with Ben Chasny, which you can check out by following this link. "Ascent" is on sale now, by the way.
A couple of notable absences here, I guess, since there remains no sign of Neil Young & Crazy Horse’s “Psychedelic Pill” (as we’re currently assuming it’s called), and only the editor has heard Bob Dylan’s “Tempest”, in some kind of fortified panic room at the Sony offices.
