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A New York judge has rejected part of a lawsuit brought by the The Velvet Underground against the the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts over the use of the iconic banana symbol from their 1967 album The Velvet Underground And Nico. In January this year, the defunct 1960s band filed a lawsuit seeking to block its iconic Andy Warhol-designed banana being used on covers for iPads and iPhones after reports that they had agreed to license the design for a series of cases, sleeves and bags.

A long-lost demo of the Sex Pistols' controversial track "Belsen Was a Gas" has emerged online - watch it above. The track, about the Nazi concentration camp, was written by Sid Vicious prior to him joining the band. With added input from Johnny Rotten, it became part of the band's live set from 1977. However, only live versions and a post-Rotten 1978 recording with Ronnie Biggs on vocal had previously existed.

Led Zeppelin have posted a video teaser ahead of the expected announcement that they will be releasing a DVD of their 2007 reunion concert at the O2 Arena. Scroll down to watch the video. The band reunited to play the Ahmet Ertegun concert in December 2007 at the O2 arena in London, but a DVD of the much sought after gig has never been released. The video reveals very little and simply features the band's four runes logo with the noise of cheering crowd in the background.

Three people have been killed and a number of others seriously injured after a coach returning from Bestival overturned after crashing into a tree last night (September 10). The 51-seater coach was going north on the A3 road in Surrey when the crash happened near the Hindhead Tunnel at 11.50pm (BST) last night. According to BBC News, the coach veered off the carriageway between the tunnel and the Thursley exit and hit a tree. No other vehicles were involved in the crash.

Elbow have extended their UK arena tour, which is set to take place in November. The band have now added a gig at London's Wembley Arena to their run of shows, which already included five other UK shows. The tour kicks off at Nottingham's Capital FM Arena on November 26, the band will then play Wembley Arena on November 27 before they head to Birmingham NIA on November 28 and then Liverpool's Echo Area on November 29, before heading to their Manchester hometown on December 1. They will finish up at London's The O2 on December 2.

Sigur Ros have announced a full UK tour for March next year. The Icelandic band, who released their new album Valtari in May, will play five shows on the tour. The dates begin at Glasgow SECC on March 2 and end on March 8, when the band play the second of two dates at London's O2 Academy Brixton. They will also play gigs at Manchester's O2 Apollo and Wolverhampton Civic Hall.

At an auction in Stockport, near Manchester on Saturday (September 8), a Bible which was given to Elvis Presley by his uncle Vester and aunt Clettes for his first Christmas at Graceland in 1957, fetched £59,000 after being sold to an unnamed American man based in the UK. The book was only expected to make £25,000.

This year’s London Film Festival opens for business in October.

Jay-Z has hit out at the Occupy Wall Street Movement, accusing protestors of not being clear about what they want. When asked about last year's activity at Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, where activists set up camp as the campaign went global in more than 80 countries last year, he told the New York Times: "What’s the thing on the wall, what are you fighting for?"

Muse and their record label Warner Music are facing a $3.5 million (£2.2 million) lawsuit from a man who claims that they "ripped off" their 2009 track Exogenesis from his sci-fi rock opera of the same name. Charles Bolfrass filed the lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan last week and has accused the band of stealing his "cinematic science-fiction rock opera" called 'Exogenesis', reports Courthouse News.