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Thom Yorke has defended his position on Spotify, after he and producer Nigel Godrich took to Twitter to express their views that the streaming service was "bad for new music" before announcing that they would be pulling their material from it.

A website has been launched for 20,000 Days On Earth, the fictional film charting 24 hours in the life of Nick Cave. The film, directed by multi-media artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, features cameos from Ray Winstone and Kylie Minogue, is due for release in Spring 2014. The website contains teaser footage from the film.

David Bowie has unveiled the video for "Valentine's Day" – watch it below. The track is the fourth single from Bowie's album The Next Day. It was directed by Indrani and Markus Klinko, who previously collaborated with Bowie on the artwork for the 2002 Heathen album. The track will also be released as a limited edition picture disc on August 19, with the track 'Plan' as a b-side.

Bob Dylan has released a trailer for the Bootleg Series Volume 10. The trailer for Another Self Portrait (1969 - 1971) includes interviews with Al Kooper and David Bromberg, who both played on the sessions, as well as clips for songs including “Went To See The Gypsy”, “Pretty Saro”, “Tell Old Bill”, "Time Passes Slowly” and “When I Paint My Masterpiece”. More information about Another Self Portrait (1969 - 1971) is expected later today.

Arcade Fire will release their fourth studio album on October 29. The band announced the release date on Twitter earlier today (July 12) in a pretty unusual fashion - in reply to a fan who had tweeted "you're my favourite" at them. The band Tweeted in response: "Thanks. Our new album will be out October 29th". It had previously been reported that the album, the band's follow-up to 2010's The Suburbs, would be released on September 9.

Arctic Monkeys have revealed the artwork to their new album AM. The artwork, which you can see above, was posted on Twitter by the band this morning (July 14) along with a message which reads: "Here's the artwork for 'AM', released on 9th Sept 2013." The minimal design is in keeping with the animated video and artwork for the album's lead single 'Do I Wanna Know?'.

The Rolling Stones brought to a close their 50 & Counting tour on Saturday (June 13), with a second show at London's Hyde Park. The band had kicked off their 50 & Counting tour on October 25 last year with a club show in the 600 capacity La Trabendo in Paris and another at the 1,800 capacity venue le Théâtre Mogador on October 29.

Morrissey has apologised for pulling a number of tour dates in Peru and Chile after being struck down with food poisoning.

Atoms For Peace have removed their music from Spotify. Producer Nigel Godrich claims the streaming service is "bad for new music", complaints that were backed up by Thom Yorke. Godrich posted a number of messages on Twitter concerning the removal of Atoms For Peace's album Amok from Spotify, explaining that he believes the system is run by the "same old industry bods trying to get a stranglehold".

Beastie Boy Mike D has released his first new music since the death of bandmate Adam Yauch. The producer and rapper has uploaded a 10-minute-long mix to his Soundcloud page under the name Humberto V New Reactionaries. The mix was inspired by hardcore bands such as Black Flag and Bad Brains as well as trap, the aggressive strand of hip-hop made popular by the likes of Gucci Mane and Wacka Flocka Flame.