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Pete Doherty & Amy Winehouse Counsel Each Other 2007-11-21 10:52:03 Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty has spoken about how he and jazzster Amy Winehouse
speak on the phone to each other nearly day to help each other get through their difficulties.
"I speak to Amy almost every day. She just wants her man back for Christmas. They are desperately in love," he said."One good thing is that Blake has got clean since he has been in prison." Read more:Counsel
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Details Of Weezer Frontman's Solo Album 2007-11-21 10:44:06 Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo is preparing for the release of his debut solo album which he has titled Alone - The Home Records of Rivers Cuomo. The album is due to be released on December 17 and it'll include an early version of his band's 1995 hit song "Buddy Holly".
Here is the current track listing:
"Ooh"
"The World We Love so Much"
"Lemonade"
"The Bomb"
"Buddy Holly"
"Chess"
"Longtime Sunshine"
"Blast Off!"
"Who You Callin" Bitch?"
"Dude We"re Finally Landing"
"Superfriend"
"Lover in the Snow"
"Crazy One"
"This Is the Way"
"Little Diane"
"I Wish You Had an Axe Guitar"
"I Was Made for You" Read more:Weezer
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Led Zeppelin 2008 Tour Confirmed 2007-11-21 10:39:18 It is still completely unofficial, but it has been strongly suggested that the idea of a 2008 Led Zeppelin
reunion tour is finally in the works.
Ian Astbury, lead singer of The Cult revealed during a recent gig that the band have been asked to support Led Zeppelin
in their 2008 tour. He is reported to have said: "We'll be back next year, because we're opening for a band you may have heard of. The name starts with an 'L' and has a 'Z' in it."
A fan in the audience shouted "Led Zeppelin?" to which the singer nodded, confirming his suspicions.
We are still awaiting official confirmation on a tour from the band's management, so stay tuned for the latest info. Read more:Confirmed
Foo Fighters To Play Wembley Stadium 2007-11-21 10:33:12 Foo Fighters
are set to play Wembley stadium next year on June 7. The plan at the moment is to have the gig broadcast live on Radio 1 which would definitely pull in more viewers for the radio station while further promoting the band in the UK.
Tickets go on sale at 10am this Friday (November 23) and although there will probably be around 75,000 seating tickets and 15,000 standing tickets going on sale I really wouldn't expect these tickets to last more than a few days, so get them while you can. Read more:Stadium
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Kate Nash's Album Gets US Release Date 2007-11-21 10:10:34 Ginger ninja Kate Nash's debut album Made Of Bricks is currently set to be released in the US on January 8.
We are expecting the album to do quite well in America as she is definitely gaining attention there with her track "Merry Happy" being featured on hit TV show Grey's Anatomy. Read more:Album
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Thom Yorke Speaks On Solo Album 2007-11-21 10:06:45 Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke
has claimed that working as a solo artist is "dull".
Yorke released his debut solo album The Eraser last year to critical acclaim (and rightly so, it was a masterpiece of an album) but he explained: "It was kind of dull [working on my own]. It was deeply unsatisfying because you weren't sharing much of the process but then I got back with the band and it was like 'Oh my god, there's all these other other people I have to work with now'."
On a semi-related note, Thom Yorke's bandmate Ed O'Brien has stated that Yorke needs more persuading on the idea of Radiohead touring next year. We can only hope that it'll happen, as the band can only be described as Gods.
On the idea of playing festivals Thom said: "That collective experience. Thousands of people in a field wanting the same thing, going to the same place, with the same mindset. I think that's really important." So festival appearances definitely seem to be a possibility at present. Read more:Album
The Futureheads - Broke Up The Time - Music Video 2007-11-12 11:55:22
English indie-rockers The Futureheads are back and are as average as ever.
The new track, titled "Broke Up The Time", is the first track to be heard from their upcoming, as-yet-untitled third album and can be heard in their new video (above) or on their MySpace page.
The track is good but just short of being catchy. It's no "Skip To The End" - that's fo' sho'. Read more:Music
Weezer's Album Six Release Date 2007-11-12 11:25:12 I realize I am a bit behind the rest of the Internet writing this, but the highly anticipated sixth Weezer
album now has a release date.
The as-yet-untitled sixth studio album will be released April 22, 2008, four month after lead singer Rivers Cuomo's first solo album: Alone - The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo.
Recording of the album was completed last month, and the band is now just looking for a mixer. Read more:Album
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Gallows are the Shit; Plus Making of "Staring at the Rude Bois" Video 2007-11-07 13:09:15 It has been a colossal year for Gallows
– an English punk rock band that has achieved more in their two years together than most bands accomplish in their entire careers.
Their recent shows include the Warped Tour in the USA; the Taste of Chaos tour in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Europe; and too many UK dates to list - NME magazine has even announced front man Frank Carter as the winner of their 2007 Cool List. They deserve every one of their illustrious achievements.
Their upcoming single features English rapper Lethal Bizzle on a modern reworking of song by The Ruts titled "Staring
at the Rude Bois". The new version includes lyrics by Carter and Bizzle to reflect street life in 2007 rather than 1979.
You can watch the making of "Staring at the Rude Bois" by clicking one of the following links - assuming you have Windows Media Player.
High Quality.
Low Quality.
The single will be available in the following formats and track-listings.
CD Single
"Staring at the Rude Bois"
"Stari
Boyzone Reform for Reunion Tour 2007-11-07 03:14:01 Oh, yes! Another 90s boy band is reforming.
The mildly successful Irish boy band Boyzone
have already confirmed their performance for the BBC's television charity appeal Children in Need and now they hope to follow it up with a tour.
Lead singer Ronan Keating told The Sun: "After all the speculation we are getting back together and we are very excited. We have been talking about it for a while now and decided to go out there on our own and have a go at it."
There are problems already though and you will never guess why...
The band bought and recorded a song called "I Gave It All Away", which was written by cheesy pop singer Mika, but Mika has banned the release deeming it too cheesy.
You can watch Boyzone perform during Children in Need on Friday, November 16. Read more:Reform
The Mars Volta Announce 2008 UK Tour 2007-11-27 11:31:36 The Mars Volta have announced 3 UK tour dates in support of their fourth studio album The Bedlam In Goliath (which is released on January 28 2008).
Here are the dates:
Glasgow Academy - March 11
Manchester Apollo - March 13
London Brixton Academy - March 14
New Babyshambles Song Posted Online 2007-12-07 11:02:22 A new song by Babyshambles has been posted online. The song is titled "Pretty Sue" and you can listen to it here.
Drummer Adam Ficek revealed in a mySpace bulletin that the band plan to post two further new songs online within the next few weeks, "1939" and "Mouse In The House".
He also hinted that Babyshambles would be playing some low-key Christmas shows, which one can only assume will mean a return of their impromptu pub gigs.
Pennywise Sign With... MySpace? Say What?! 2007-12-06 15:47:25 American punk rockers Pennywise have left their label of 15 years, Epitaph, for a new label created by the social networking website MySpace
.
The band’s ninth studio album, which is still untitled, will be available on March 25, 2008. The best part is that for two weeks the album will be FREE – the catch being that users must “befriend Textango”.
Pennywise lead vocalist Jim Lindberg said, "We can also potentially expose our music and message to people around the world who may have never had the opportunity to hear it because they either couldn't afford to buy a CD or they didn't have access to music outlets or good distribution."
Physical copies of the album will be distributed by MySpace Records. Digital copies will be sold on the MySpace website via mobile content company Textango.
I suggest you do not search for Pennywise on Google image search. You will find a picture of Jason Thirsk's (former bassist) dead, naked body.
Interesting fact: the band took their name from the
Radiohead 2008 European Tour dates 2007-12-06 09:22:23 Radiohead have released the tour dates
for their 2008 European
tour.
June 7 - Dublin, IRE - Malahide Castle
June 9 - Paris, FRA - Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
June 10 - Paris, FRA - Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
June 12 - Barcelona, SPA - Barcelona Forum
June 14 - Nimes, FRA - Arenes
June 18 - Milan, ITA - Arena Civico
June 20 - Neuhausen o.E., GER - Southside Festival
June 22 - Scheessel, GER - Hurricane Festival
June 24 - London, UK - Victoria Park
June 25 - London, UK - Victoria Park
June 27 - Glasgow, UK - Glasgow Green
June 29 - Manchester, UK - Lancashire County Cricket Ground
July 1 - Amsterdam, NET - Westerpark
July 3 - Roskilde, DEN - Roskilde Festival
July 4-6 - Werchter, BEL - Rock Werchter Festival
July 8 - Berlin, GER - Wuhlheide
If you want to be bored out of your fucking mind I suggest you go to one of these shows. Read more:Radiohead
Avril Lavigne 2008 UK Tour dates 2007-12-06 09:09:27 The 2008 UK tour dates
for AvrilLavigne
's Best Damn Tour have been announced.
Monday 26/5/08 Carling Academy Glasgow
Thursday 29/5/08 Men Arena Manchester
Friday 30/5/08 Nec Birmingham
Saturday 31/5/08 Cardiff International Arena
Sunday 1/6/08 Plymouth Pavilions
Tuesday 3/6/08 Bournemouth International Centre
Wednesday 4/6/08 The O2 London Read more:Avril Lavigne
Simpson Defence Force Assemble 2007-12-06 09:00:13 Poor Ashlee and Jessica -- yes, I am defending the Simpson
sisters. Papa Joe just keeps on getting more like a sexually abusive drunken stepfather every day.
Ashlee has been banned from bringing boyfriend Pete Wentz home for Christmas because her father/manager is a prejudiced homophobic asshole.
"Joe has told Ashlee she can't bring Pete home for the holidays. He was sceptical about the relationship from the start,” a source told Star magazine. "There is a rumour that Pete tried to commit suicide, but with the news of his possible bisexuality, Joe blew his top. Ashlee is upset, but she values her dad's opinions and has agreed."
Joe also has problems with his other daughter too. That’s right, 27-YEAR-OLD Jessica is still being controlled by daddy. He set her up with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, but is now complaining they are getting too close. Read more:Force
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Maximo Park Lauch Their Own Beer 2007-12-04 11:39:27 Newcastle Brown Ale is soon to be rebranded as Maximo
Brown Ale in a move that will hopefully make Maximo Park
synonymous with their glorious hometown of Newcastle.
The band have been hard at work designing their own label for the bottles of ale which will go on sale nationwide on December 15 (the same date that they are playing at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle).
Frontman Paul Smith said: "So many amazing things have happened for our band in a short space of time and to have our image emblazoned on a Brown label is another addition to that list.
"It would be great for our band to be as synonymous with Newcastle as the mighty Brown Ale, and it's both amusing and an honour to be able to deface the label in this manner!"
The label will be on the front of 25,000 bottles of Brown Ale that are to be sold at the Newcastle gig, as well as at the Stereo group of nightclubs in Newcastle, Brighton, Oldham and Huddersfield.
More Mars Volta UK Tour Dates 2007-12-04 11:29:48 As we previously reported The Mars Volta are coming to the UK in 2008 to help promote their upcoming album The Bedlam In Goliath .
The international dates have now also been announced, so here are all of the dates announced so far:
San Francisco, CA Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (December 31)
Hamburg, Germany Docks (February 17)
Oslo, Norway Sentrum (19)
Stockholm, Sweden Cirkus (20)
Copenhagen, Denmark Vega (22)
Berlin, Germany Huxley's (24)
Zurich, Switzerland Volkshaus (26)
Milan, Italy Alcatraz (27)
Madrid, Spain La Riviera (29)
Barcelona, Spain Razzmatazz (March 1)
Munich, Germany Elser Halle (3)
Paris, France Olympia (5)
Tilburg, Netherlands 013 Music Hall (6)
Cologne, Germany Live Music Hall (8)
Brussels, Belgium Ancienne Belgique (9)
Glasgow, Scotland Academy (11)
Manchester, England Apollo (13)
London, England Brixton Academy (14)
New Radiohead Video Appears Online 2007-12-04 11:24:19 The video for Radiohead
's new single Jigsaw Falling Into Place has finally found its way onto the Internet. The video features the band members wearing bicycle helmets while playing their instruments with cameras attached to the helmets pointing at them. The video is black and white and while its nothing spectacular the song is really good (although it wouldn't be my first choice of song to be released as a single).
Anyway, here's the video...
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Futureheads Announce New UK Tour 2007-12-04 11:18:05 The Futureheads have announced a load of tour dates for 2008 around different student's unions in the country. Expect support to be announced soon.
Here are the 12 currently announced dates:
Union of Brunel Students (January 16)
University of Hertfordshire Students' Union (17)
Warwick Students' Union (18)
Loughborough Students' Union (19)
Hull University Union (21)
Liverpool Guild Of Students Stanley Theatre (22)
Preston 53 Degrees (23)
Strathclyde Students' Union (24)
University Of Sheffield Union Of Students (26)
Leeds University Union (27)
Norwich The Waterfront (28)
Bournemouth The Old Fire Station (29)
Gnarls Barkley Discuss New Album 2007-12-04 10:58:02 Gnarls Barkley
have spoken about their new album which is eagerly anticipated after the huge success of their 2006 album St Elsewhere.
Not a lot of information has been released, except the duo (Dangermouse and Cee-Lo Green began work on the new album in late 2006 and expect it to be completed in spring 2008. No release date has been confirmed and no album title has been suggested thus far.
Speaking about the album Danger Mouse told New York Times: "It sounds like we're more comfortable with each other and just as uncomfortable with everybody and everything else." Read more:Album
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2007 Xmas Number 1 Single 2007-12-17 12:20:53 Just who is going to make it to the number one spot this Christmas? It's the question that's on the tip of everyone's tongues, but who knows the answer? Well I do, of course. :p
Let's have a quick look at the current odds given for the following artists to reach number this Christmas in 2007.
Eva Cassidy and Katie Melua 1/3
Leona Lewis 6/1
Malcolm Middleton 8/1
Soulja Boy 8/1
Sugababes 25/1
Girls Aloud 33/1
Mariah Carey 33/1
Strictly Come Dancing Theme 33/1
The Pogues 33/1
Timbaland 40/1
Shaun the Sheep 50/1
Alicia Keys 100/1
Amy Winehouse 100/1
Cascada 100/1
Connie Talbot 100/1
Shayne Ward 100/1
T2 feat Jodi Aysha 100/1
Mutya Buena 50/1
Take That 50/1
Andy Williams 100/1
Blake 100/1
Kate Nash 100/1
Rihanna 100/1
Ryan Dan 100/1
Scouting for Girls 100/1
The Fraggles 100/1
From looking at these odds and from looking at the charts from the past few weeks I can determine that Katie Melua has about a 95% chance of being Christmas number one, but depending on her single sales this week L Read more:Xmas
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Slipknot To Start Work On 4th Album 2007-12-17 11:37:27 Slipknot have announced that they are soon to return to the studio from hiatus to record their fourth (official) studio album.
The band's drummer, Joey Jordison, has confirmed that the 9-piece band will return to the studio in January and hope to release the album in the spring.
Jordison said: "We'll probably start touring a month of so before the album comes out, kind of the same way we did the Jagermeister Tour' before 'Vol. 3' came out (in 2004)."
"So we'll do something like that as well and we're looking at right now doing some European festivals next year but nothing's in stone yet. You know, there's still some things to be worked out, but the main thing is, you know, the fans should know that there will be another Slipknot record." Read more:Slipknot
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UK Releaes - 17 December 2007 2007-12-17 11:16:35 Here is the list of singles and albums released in the UK today:
Singles releases:
Crystal Castles - "Air War"
Hot Club De Paris - "Will You Still Be In Love With Me Next Year?"
Jay-Z -"Roc Boys"
Jeffery Lewis- "End Result"
Malcolm Middleton - "We"re All Going To Die"
Scouting For Girls - "Elvis Ain"t Dead"
Sugababes- "Change"
Album releases:
Eryka Badu -"Badu"
The Roots - "The Best Of The Roots"
Chingy - "Hate It Or Love It"
Busta Rhymes - "Ruler" Read more:December
Leona Lewis Knocked Off The Top Spot 2007-12-17 11:13:43 Katie Melua has knocked LeonaLewis
off the number one spot in the UK charts after Lewis enjoyed 7 weeks in the top spot.
Melua's number one song is a cover of "What A Wonderful World" featuring the late Eva Cassidy on vocals. Proceeds from the single are going straight to charity.
The good news for Leona was that she is still number one in the album charts with Spirit.
This week's top 10 singles in the UK are:
1. Kate Melua feat. Eva Cassidy - "What A Wonderful World"
2. Leona Lewis
- "Bleeding Love"
3. Soulja Boy Tellem - "Crank That (Soulja Boy)"
4. Mariah Carey - "All I Want For Christmas Is You"
5. Girls Aloud - "Call The Shots"
6. Timbaland - "Apologize"
7. Take That - "Rule The World"
8. The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - "Fairytale Of New York"
9. T2 feat. Jodie Aysha - "Heartbroken"
10. Cascada - "What Hurts The Most"image
Jackson 5 to Perform New Year's Eve Show? 2007-12-13 11:24:11 Producer Jermaine Dupri is planning a spectacular end-of-year celebration to mark his engagement to Janet Jackson
.
Dupri claimed to the radio station V-103 that the Jackson 5 will reunite for a special reunion show in his Studio 72 club.
He said: "It's the Jackson 5 Party. I swear to you it's going to be the biggest party this town has ever seen."
Michael Jackson and his four brothers will be flown into Atlanta by helicopter for the bash, claims Dupri.
Thom Yorke Gets Remixed 2007-12-13 08:33:51 Thom Yorke
(frontman of Radiohead) is getting songs from his solo album The Eraser remixed in the new year.
XL Recordings are to release three 12" vinyls each containing three tracks from Thom remixed by a variety of people.
The vinyls are released on January 21, 28 and February 4 2008.
Here is the track listing:
12" Number One (out January 21): "And It Rained All Night" (Burial remix)/"Skip Divided" (Modeselektor remix)/"Analyse" (various remix).
12" Number Two (out January 28): "Atoms For Peace" (Four Tet remix)/"Black Swan" (Christian Vogel remix 1)/"Black Swan" (Christian Vogel remix 2).
12" Number Three (out February 4): "Harrowdown Hill" (The Bug remix)/"The Clock" (Surgeon remix)/"Cymbal Rush" (The Field remix). Read more:Remixed
Ashlee Simpson - Outta My Head - Music Video 2007-12-11 07:27:39 Well boys and girls, what do we have here? Why it's the new AshleeSimpson
music video for "Outta My Head".
Simpson described it as having surrealist influences and mentioned Salvador Dali and Being John Malkovich as influences.
Watch the music video for Ashlee Simpson
's "Outta My Head" below.
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New Kooks Album Details 2007-12-11 05:58:20 Finally we have some more details on the new Kooks
album. The band recently revealed some information exclusively to NME.
Their sophomore effort will be titled Zonk, after the studio they recorded in, and will be released in March or April 2008.
"The Kooks - Konk sounded right," frontman Luke Pritchard said.
The band currently has 16 songs for the album that they will likely narrow down to 14. Track titles include "See The Sun", "Shine On', "Do You Wanna (Make Love To Me)", "Disappear", "Lonely Cat", "Sway", and "Stormy Weather". Read more:Album
Big Boi to Release New Material on New Year's Eve 2007-12-11 05:38:20 Big Boi has announced grand plans for the first single off his upcoming album, Sir Luscious Left Foot.
He told Vibe that fans can expect to hear the first single at midnight on New Year
's Eve, 2007 - 2008.
"I want all the stuff to be '08, everything to be brand new," he said. "I'm going to put 12 songs on, I'm finished with like nine right now."
Sir Luscious Left Foot will be released separately from Andre 3000's own new solo project, then will be followed up with a new Outkast release.
If you haven't worked out why there's a picture of Chunk from The Goonies it's because he's a big boy, get it? Read more:Release
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