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The Verve have denied rumours that they are on the verge of cancelling their V Festival appearances this weekend (August 16-17). - Source

The fellas in Longwave have been hard at work in their own Brooklyn studio as well as at Peter Katis' (The National, Interpol) in Connecticut, preparing the following up 2005's There's A Fire - Source

As hinted to Xfm in May, Kelly Jones and co. will release a Greatest Hits album and follow it with a tour. - Source

The Spaced, Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz star snubs Coldplay during their second Residency show on Xfm. - Source

Fresh off their excellently over-the-top Pitchfork Fest set, Spiritualized's Jake Chapman-directed video for "You Lie You Cheat" is a tad more kinetic than the "Soul On Fire" clip that found a silver-clad J. Pierce rolling on the icy/dusty ground and prostrate in a hospital bed. Actually, even if all this video's shaky P.O.V. shots give you motion sickness, its trek to the 13th floor and back ends with the protagonist in a similar situation as its sleepier, sleeker predecessor. - Source

Moby covered Joy Division at an intimate show sponsored by Los Angeles public radio station KCRW last night (July 31). - Source

The Strokes' bassist Nikolai Fraiture has put three songs online from his new project Nickel Eye. - Source

The best of album from Chemical Brothers is close to dropping. It's hard to believe that the guys have been going strong for thirteen years. While the album really consists basically of a singles collection (with some other jams, click the link above to see), there will be a new tune on - Source

Jarvis Cocker has revealed more about the songs he's writing for Wes Anderson's new movie 'Fantastic Mr Fox'. - Source

A host of rare and unreleased tracks by The Clash are set to be released on October 6. - Source