“Why so glum?” asks Roger Waters with a smile as he strides into a conference room in an elegant Mayfair hotel.

Roger Waters will take his live show of The Wall back on the road in Europe next year. Waters will play London’s Wembley Stadium on 14 September 2013, plus 24 dates in Europe. The 2013 shows will all take place outside. At a press conference in London today [November 15], Waters also spoke about the likelihood of his former Pink Floyd bandmates – specifically David Gilmour – appearing on stage during the new batch of dates. Waters was joined by Gilmour and Nick Mason last year at London’s O2.

Trent Reznor has revealed that he is working on a song for the forthcoming new Queens Of The Stone Age album. The Nine Inch Nails man broke the news earlier today on Reddit, saying that one of his current projects was: "helping Josh out on a new QOTSA track". Dave Grohl will also be lending a hand on the sixth Queens Of The Stone Age LP. The Foo Fighters frontman is filling in for drummer Joey Castillo, who has left the band according to Homme.

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."

Just finishing the Ultimate Music Guide on The Kinks while listening to Gurdjieff’s harmonium improvisations from 1949. There are, though, a bunch of interesting newer things here as well. Have a listen to the new Mark Kozelek song, for a start (he played a really compelling gig in London last Friday, incidentally, which I haven’t had a chance to write about).