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16:49 9th December 2011

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Karen O has revealed that she has been working on some new music with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

The singer recently teamed up with playwright Adan Rapp for her 'psycho opera.

In an interview with The Sun, O said she is now planning to open her opera 'Stop The Virgens' in London.

She said: "It's [Stop The Virgens] a psycho rock opera in New York which was amazing and we want to take it to London. And I've been tinkering around on some new Yeah Yeah Yeahs music with the boys."

Karen O worked with Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor on a cover of  Led Zeppelin's 'Immigrant Song' for the forthcoming film The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo soundtrack.

She said: "I plead total ignorance to Led Zeppelin. I am totally in the dark about them. That was the reason I could muster up whatever it took to actually cover that song. I didn't have any reverence for the track as I didn't really know it. When they asked I thought it was called 'The Pilgrim Song'".

"When I went into the studio to record the song I was feeling pretty angsty. I poured all my torment into the track as Trent's section was pretty rad. It's ballsy with the primal scream in there which was really fun and liberating to do".

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - live

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Leeds Academy

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Leeds Academy

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Leeds Academy

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Leeds Academy

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Leeds Academy

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Leeds Academy

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Leeds Academy

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Leeds Academy

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Leeds Academy

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Leeds Academy

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