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Pussy Riot have debuted a video for their track "Putin Will Teach You To Love The Motherland". The Russian punk collective unveiled the video yesterday (February 20) in response to the aggressive treatment they have received in Sochi. It was reported earlier this week that members of the group, including Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, were attacked by both uniformed Cossacks and security men as they attempted to perform in the Russian city, where the Winter Olympics are currently taking place.

Suede will release two brand new CD and 7” single box sets featuring all 24 Suede singles from 1992 – 2013 on April 14. The CD Singles box set will feature nearly every Suede b-side across all previous formats of each single, including a number of hard to find tracks that were omitted from the 2011 reissues. The box also includes for the first time CD singles of the three Bloodsports era singles and B-sides from 2013. The sets are limited to 1000 copies worldwide each.

Jim Jarmusch, speaking in the new issue of Uncut, recalls a run-in with Neil Young when the pair were collaborating on Jarmusch’s 1995 Dead Man film.

Beck has revealed that he turned down the opportunity to record the theme tune to hit US TV series Mad Men.

Neil Young has announced two solo acoustic shows. These follow on from his run of shows in January at New York's Carnegie Hall and his recent 'Honor The Treaties' shows in Canada. Young will play the Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, on Saturday, March 29 and Sunday, March 30.

Alex Turner made a defiant speech in support of rock'n'roll at last night's Brit Awards [February 19], where Arctic Monkeys becoming the first band to claim a Brits-double of British Group and British Album for a third time. Collecting British Group, Alex Turner said: "There's that 15 quid we put on One Direction to win down the drain." He declined to make a list of thank-yous, saying: "They need to hear their names read out as much as you need to hear another list of names of people you don't know."

David Bowie urged Scotland to "stay with us" and not vote for independence in his acceptance speech at last night's Brit Awards (February 19). The ceremony took place at London's O2 Arena earlier this evening, with Bowie winning Best International Male. However, the singer was not at the venue to pick up his award, and instead sent supermodel Kate Moss to pick up the prize on his behalf and read out his acceptance speech.

IKEA have announced plans to discontinue their Expedit shelving range. The range has proved immensely popular with record collectors, as it's dimensions make it perfect for storing records.

Don Henley has covered Jackson Browne's "These Days" for a forthcoming 2-CD album, Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne. The album features versions of Browne’s songs by artists including Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa, Lyle Lovett, Lucinda Williams, Bonnie Raitt and JD Souther. “It is astounding to think that Jackson wrote ‘These Days’ when he was only 16 years old,” Henley said. “But then, he was always a step ahead of the rest of us. I’ve learned a lot from him, over the years, and am honored to be part of this album.”

The Flaming Lips and Wild Beasts have been announced as headliners for this year's End Of The Road Festival. The festival, which takes place on August 29 - 31 at Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset, will also feature sets from Richard Thompson, Mark Kozelek, John Grant, Tinariwen, White Denim and Yo La Tengo.