German electronic group Kraftwerk are to perform their studio albums during a series of eight shows at London's Tate Modern in February next year.
Fittingly the band, whose name translates as Power Station, will be performing in the gallery's Turbine Hall, which once housed huge electric generators.
Foreign Minister Alistair Burt's admission that the Cameron government has "supported" a survey of attitudes to US drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas amounts to a tacit admission of British involvement.