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Monday, 12 December 2011 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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Manchester-based veteran rockers The Stone Roses have announced via their Facebook page that they’ve signed two new record deals, guaranteeing their highly-anticipated third album release for the near future.
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Monday, 12 December 2011 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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Liverpudlian funny-man John Bishop has added two further Liverpool shows to his new Autumn 2012 'Stand Up Comedian' arena tour.
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Monday, 12 December 2011 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding has revealed some of the details of her rehab hell after it emerged that the star had long been suffering from an alcohol problem.
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Monday, 12 December 2011 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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Following her performance on The X Factor's Final weekend on Saturday evening, Leona Lewis has announced an EP of three tracks is now available to download.
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Monday, 12 December 2011 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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American industrial rockers Nine Inch Nails could be releasing their ninth studio album next year, frontman Trent Reznor has hinted.
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Monday, 12 December 2011 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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Thrash titans Metallica rounded off their run of shows at the San Francisco Filmore by inviting a range of rock royalty and metal superstars on stage to perform with them – including Black Sabbath’s Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler.
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Monday, 12 December 2011 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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Irish rock band U2’s incredible 360° world tour has officially become the biggest grossing tour of all time, it has been revealed today – taking in an absolutely massive $736million.
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Monday, 12 December 2011 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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Liverpool-based band The Farm have announced a 20 year anniversary show, performing their classic album ‘Spartacus’, for Saturday 19th May 2012.
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Monday, 12 December 2011 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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Late soul singing sensation Amy Winehouse has managed to top the album chart over four months after her tragic death in July.
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Monday, 12 December 2011 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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American alternative rockers The Smashing Pumpkins have dashed fans’ hopes of a new tour by stating that they don’t want to become known as a ‘nostalgia act’ who continuously tour the same songs over and over again.
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Sunday, 11 December 2011 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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Earlier this evening girl band Little Mix were crowned this year's X Factor winners, the first group to win the ITV talent show.
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Interviews
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Sunday, 11 December 2011 |
Written by Rob Sleigh
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In the eight or so years that The Agency Group’s Natasha Bent has been a booking agent, she has booked over 600 shows in approximately 25 countries, as well as 130 festival slots at the likes of Glastonbury, Latitude and Reading and Leeds. Natasha currently represents a roster of 25 acts, including Foals, Amy Macdonald, Noisettes, Cage the Elephant and Passion Pit. At the end of another busy year, which has seen her sign Foster the People and Darwin Deez and travel to approximately 200 shows, Natasha took some time out to chat with Stereoboard about the life of a booking agent and the future of the music industry…
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Features
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Sunday, 11 December 2011 |
Written by Rob Sleigh
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Two years ago, chart history was made when, after a four-year occupation by The X Factor, a Facebook campaign ended the hit TV show’s reign on the Christmas Number One spot by persuading over half-a-million people to go out and purchase an unlikely contender – Rage Against The Machine’s ‘Killing In The Name’. It only kept Joe McElderry’s cover of ‘The Climb’ by Miley Cyrus from the top spot for one week, but that was enough to claim that year’s Christmas Number One and become the most successful campaign of its kind.
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Saturday, 10 December 2011 |
Written by Rob Sleigh
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London-based electronic music duo Goldfrapp have announced details of their first singles compilation, which is due for release on 6th February 2012. ‘The Singles’ features 12 singles from their five albums released to date as well as two new tracks, ‘Yellow Halo’ and ‘Melancholy Sky’. The band have also released a video for ‘Yellow Halo’, which is available to watch below.
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Saturday, 10 December 2011 |
Written by Rob Sleigh
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Nashville-based singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters has announced the release of her seventh solo album ‘Hello Cruel World’. The album is due out on 30th January 2012 and is the follow-up to 2008’s ‘Northern Lights’. Peters has also revealed details of a tour of UK and Ireland in March and April – see below for dates.
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Saturday, 10 December 2011 |
Written by Rob Sleigh
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We Are Augustines’ debut album ‘Rise Ye Sunken Ships’ has been named as Best Alternative Album in the iTunes Rewind 2011 round-up in the US. The album is due for release in the UK on 5th March 2012. The New York trio will play at XFM’s Winter Wonderland in Brixton O2 Academy on Wednesday 14th December alongside Kaiser Chiefs, The Maccabees, The Horrors and Band of Skulls.
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Saturday, 10 December 2011 |
Written by Rob Sleigh
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US solo artist Bruce Hornsby, known best for his 1986 hit ‘The Way It Is’, has announced two UK tour dates for January 2012. The singer-songwriter will perform at London’s Shepherds Bush O2 Empire on Saturday 28th January, followed by a date at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Monday 30th January as part of the city’s Celtic Connections festival.
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Saturday, 10 December 2011 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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Rapper GZA has announced further dates to his early 2012 UK tour.
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Saturday, 10 December 2011 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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Laura Marling has announced a new tour for Spring 2012.
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Saturday, 10 December 2011 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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Lady Gaga visited US talk show The Ellen DeGeneres show Friday, 9th December, to perform her new single 'Marry the Night,' discussing with Ellen her desire for an acting career and her reluctance to finally settle down.
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