Eccentric pop superstar Lady Gaga has been named by Forbes as the highest-earning female in music this year – after earning a staggering $90MILLION (£58million) in 2011 alone.
Rockers Reckless (pictured) Love, Jettblack and The Treatment are to line up together at the Garage in North London early next year. Playing under the ‘HMV Next Big Thing’ banner, and having seen all three of these excellent bands myself, I can personally promise you an evening of no-holds-barred rock ‘n’ roll excess.
Today The BRITs can reveal that Emeli Sandé is the winner of this year’s prestigious Critics’ Choice Award, with Maverick Sabre in second place and Michael Kiwanuka in third.
London club night This Feeling have announced the line-up for their New Year’s Eve Extravaganza at the Vibe Bar in Brick Lane. Among the entertainment on offer will be acoustic sets from The Rifles, Shed Seven’s Rick Witter and Paul Banks, and former Seahorses frontman Chris Helme, all of whom will be leading a bill of music to take you into 2012.
In a recent interview with BBC News, former Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan spoke about how his excessive drinking during the early ‘90s became so severe that he became seriously ill with acute pancreatitis and was told that he had to drastically change his lifestyle.
Twenty-two year-old Sarvi’s face is a face you’ll be seeing more and more of in 2012. The singing, songwriting beauty, who’s also a Sylvia Young Theatre School graduate, is already a prominent name in the British and European club scene – it’s likely that if you go out to an electro or house dance, you’ll hear at least one of her tracks. But a lot of you may not be familiar with her just yet – so let Stereoboard introduce you to one of the stars of tomorrow.
Essex-based alternative rock quartet Baddies have announced the release of their second album ‘Build’ with a free download of new track ‘Bronto’. The album, which fans of the band helped to fund through a PledgeMusic campaign, is due for release on 5th March 2012. New song ‘Bronto’ can be downloaded from the Baddies Bandcamp page and is available to listen to below.
Misfits have announced UK dates in February 2012 to celebrate the release of their first studio album in almost a decade. Support on the tour comes from JuiceheaD, a band who are signed to Misfits’ very own Misfits Records. Their new album ‘How To Sail A Sinking Ship’ will come out in February, following these UK dates.
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers have announced two Irish shows for early June 2012, ahead of their headline performance on Friday night of the Isle of Wight Festival 2012.
Across their career The Black Keys have been applauded for following the example of Fleet Foxes or Bon Iver, by breathing new indie life in to a style of music your dad will be confused to hear you playing. The Ohio double act that is Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach are making old school bluesy rock and roll cool again with a sound that’s reminiscent of Eric Clapton as much as it is with say, the Raconteurs.
Despite earlier reports that Mitch would never allow an Amy Winehouse biopic, he has now come forward to say that he WOULD allow a film to be made – as long as it only told the complete truth behind her whole story.
I have never seen Whitesnake live. They are a band that have been on my “live list” for quite a while now. Having heard both good and bad comments about the band, I walked into South Wales' Newport Centre last week, Wednesday 7th December, not knowing what to expect from a live show. Being a big fan of their recorded material, however, I was looking forward to a full-on rock show as well as seeing the man, the legend, David Coverdale.
Shock rock legend Alice Cooper has revealed how him and Lady Gaga are actually very close – and that he’d like to buy her a bible for Christmas, as well as a subscription to a housekeeping magazine...
There was a lot attention surrounding a veteran Californian rock band who were on the verge of a reunion at this year’s Grammy Awards – but it wasn’t Van Halen who were turning heads.
Iconic Irish singer-songwriter and performer Sinead O’Connor has announced two March 2012 UK shows to support the release of her ninth studio album ‘How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?’. More shows could be announced shortly.
