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Beach House have unveiled the video for their new single, 'Wild'. Click below to watch the occasionally unsettling promo, which debuted on Pitchfork and features a series of urban vignettes, including violent and sexual scenes. The video was directed by Johan Renck, who has previously directed videos by New Order, The Libertines, The Streets, Bat For Lashes and Suede, as well as Lana Del Rey's recent H&M commercial, in which she sang a version of jazz standard 'Blue Velvet'.

Manic Street Preachers have confirmed they have started work on a new album. The Welsh trio, who left their future plans uncertain after a greatest hits show at London's O2 Arena last year, are currently working on their 11th studio album according to frontman James Dean Bradfield. He told Bang Showbiz: "I'm trying to find a good word for the next record. I'm not going to say esoteric because no-one wants to hear that word, it's not even eclectic."

Blur have unveiled live footage of their recent single 'Under The Westway' from their summer London Hyde Park concert – scroll down to watch it. The clip is taken from the band's forthcoming Parklife five-disc CD and DVD, which is 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.

The Stone Roses have announced plans for one-off gig in Dubai next year. The reformed Manchester band will play the Media City Amphitheatre on February 21, 2013. Tickets for the concert go on sale on Sunday (November 18). Fans can register for tickets at Thestonerosesdubai.com. The band are also set to play two shows at Finsbury Park in London and another at Glasgow Green in June next year. Support for the Glasgow show includes Primal Scream, Jake Bugg and The View. Support for the London shows will be announced shortly.

Jimmy Page has admitted "it looks very unlikely" that Led Zeppelin will ever play again. Speaking ahead of the DVD of the band's 2007 London reunion show Celebration Day, which will be released on November 19, Page told Jools Holland on his TV show Later... With Jools Holland last night (November 14), that they won't be doing any more shows. Scroll down below to watch the full interview.

Paul Weller has admitted that he destroys all his lyric books after finishing a new album. The singer said he found it therapeutic to get rid of his song notes and start from scratch after completing every project. He told BBC Radio 4: "I would rip up or burn my books. I'd always have a book of lyrics and once I finished the record, I'd destroy them so they were kind of, that's it, gone, it's kind of like the next step, let's all start again, a fresh canvas."

The Flaming Lips have recorded a track-by-track cover version of King Crimson's classic 1969 debut In the Court of the Crimson King. The new cover album, called Playing Hide And Seek With The Ghosts Of Dawn, follows on from their 2010 cover of Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon. The album includes collaborations with New Fumes, Linear Downfall, Spaceface and Stardeath and White Dwarfs. It's currently being streamed here: http://satelliteheartradio.com/ The Flaming Lips release a new studio album, The Terror, in the New Year.

The Gaslight Anthem have announced a UK tour for March 2013. The New Jersey rockers will play nine dates on the stretch kicking off on March 21 at the O2 Academy, Bristol, before heading up to Leeds, Glasgow and Manchester and finishing up at London's Troxy.

A collage used for the insert in The Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' album has fetched more than £50,000 at auction. The collage featured on the 1967 album, the band's eighth record, and shows Sergeant Pepper along with the four Beatles. Copies of it were inserted in the record for fans to cut out and keep.

Johnny Marr has unveiled the video for his first ever solo single, "The Messenger". As revealed by NME last month, Marr will release his debut solo album, also called The Messenger, on February 25. The album was recorded in Manchester and Berlin, and mastered at London’s Abbey Road by Frank Arkwright. The pair previously worked together on remastering work for The Smiths' box set Complete.