Online retailer Amazon have given Radiohead’s seventh studio album an August 6 release date.

The album has yet to be titled, and the band are still in the studio working on the new material, but if the date is proven accurate fans would be delighted at getting their hands on new material before the end of the summer.

It should be said release dates on retail music sites are invariably inaccurate however, and are often used as a tool to start collecting pre-orders ahead of the competition. But after two years in the studio working on this release, there’s light at the end of the tunnel.

More information as we get it.

Outspoken Oasis bandleader Noel Gallagher has blasted political musicians Thom Yorke and Bono, telling them to stick to playing their hits, and to stop preaching their political beliefs to the masses.

The Mancunian rocker is coming under the media spotlight this week, in the run-up to next week’s Brit Music Awards where his band will achieve the Lifetime Achievement Award for their contribution to the British music industry. And once again, he hasn’t disappointed with his latest rant.

Gallagher says: “Thom Yorke sat at a piano singing, ‘This is f**ked up,’ for half an hour. We all know that, Mr Yorke. Who wants to sing the news? No matter how much you sit their twiddling, going, ‘We’re all doomed,’ at the end of the day people will always want to hear you play CREEP. Get over it.”

The Flaming Lips cover version of Radiohead track ‘Knives Out’ is to appear on a forthcoming compliation album in the US.

The American alternative rock band join the likes of REM, The Magic Numbers and Paul Weller on ‘Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project’ who will have cover versions of tracks appearing on the disc. The track originally appeared on the critically-acclaimed 2000 album Kid A.

The album will be sold in special-selected Starbucks stores from March 13 in the USA. The full track listing is as follows:

‘Out In The Weekend’- Girls In Hawaii
‘I Got The Sleep’- Sia
‘Crazy In Love’ - the Magic Numbers
‘Creep’ - Damien Rice
‘I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl’- Nikka Costa
‘Fire And Rain’- Dido
‘Wishing On A Star’- Paul Weller
‘Harvest’- Rufus Wainwright and Chris Stills
‘Gentle On My Mind’- REM
‘Mad World’- Gary Jules
‘Knives Out’- The Flaming Lips
‘Black Dog’- Robert Plant
‘Moses’- Missy Higgins
‘Let’s Dance’- M. Ware
‘Hallelujah’- k.d. lang