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Saturday, 26 November 2011 |
Written by Rob Sleigh
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Irish singer and producer Iarla Ó Lionáird, known best as the lead vocalist with world music collective Afro Celt Sound System, is set to release his new solo album ‘Foxlight’ on 12th December. Watch a live recording of the album track ‘Hand in Hand’ below.
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Friday, 25 November 2011 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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Modfather Paul Weller has added a fourth 'Sonik Kicks' show at London's Roundhouse due to phenomenal demand for tickets.
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Friday, 25 November 2011 |
Written by Rob Sleigh
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Reading-based folk-punk band Smokey Bastard have announced a series of tour dates next month, including several shows supporting Crazy Arm and Random Hand – see below for all dates.
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Friday, 25 November 2011 |
Written by Rob Sleigh
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Craig Finn, frontman of Brooklyn-based indie rockers The Hold Steady, will release ‘Honolulu Blues’ – the first single from his forthcoming debut solo album ‘Clear Heart Full Eyes’ – on 28th November. Finn’s US record label Vagrant Records have made the track available to be streamed online – listen below.
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Friday, 25 November 2011 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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Festival goers are suing folk and country duo Sugarland following the stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair which left seven dead and several others injured.
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Friday, 25 November 2011 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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George Michael has been forced to postpone all of his remaining UK tour dates due to his ongoing battle with Pneumonia. Tickets for the postponed shows will remain valid for the soon-to-be-announced rescheduled dates.
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Friday, 25 November 2011 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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Sting has this evening announced a third date at London's HMV Hammersmith Apollo for Wednesday 21st March.
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Friday, 25 November 2011 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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Megadeth’s iconic frontman Dave Mustaine has claimed that he touched and prayed for a hospital patient stricken with throat cancer – allowing him to live for much longer than doctors predicted.
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Friday, 25 November 2011 |
Written by Catherine Rea
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The new self-titled album by hard-rock artists ‘Staind’ takes a step back in returning to the angrier, aggressive basics that loyal fans would have sadly missed as the band transformed into a rock-pop glamour laced with ballads such as 2001 single ‘Its Been A While’. The American band seems to be returning back to the fundamentals that made them so popular back in 1995, and bring themselves back to the studio ready for the release of their seventh studio album – with a conspicuous edginess to all ten of their brand new tracks suggesting that these guys definitely have something to prove to the unsuspecting public.
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Friday, 25 November 2011 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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Legendary British band 10cc are to celebrate their 40th anniversary with a 2012 UK tour.
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Friday, 25 November 2011 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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Take That’s Gary Barlow seems to have matured from popstar to perfect person nowadays – and now he’s even slammed today’s media for overly sexualising music videos, causing X-Factor auditions to become even more raunchy each year.
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Friday, 25 November 2011 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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American rock trio The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion have announced plans to play a ATP show at London's Scala on Thursday 8th March 2012.
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Friday, 25 November 2011 |
Written by Ben Bland
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Unnecessarily cheesy title aside, Master and the Mule’s debut single is a pretty impressive slab of vaguely progressively oriented metal. Comparisons to Tool will no longer waste no time in arriving on the scene but to write off this Leeds based quartet as copyists would be doing a disservice to the passion and verve that they display during this track at least. Vocally dextrous and musically attention grabbing, this band have retained the use of dynamics apparent during their previous existence under the moniker Immune but have developed their songwriting skills if this effort is anything to go by.
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Friday, 25 November 2011 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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After months of claiming they were underestimated and didn’t receive the credit they deserved, Kasabian guitarist Serge Pizzorno has admitted that he’s unsure as to how the band got so big, because of ‘what they’re into’.
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Friday, 25 November 2011 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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Following a whirlwind year and the announcement that they will perform at this year’s Royal Variety Show, Scala & Kolacny Brothers have announced they will re-release their stunning self-titled debut album (with additional unheard-before tracks) on 12th December.
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Friday, 25 November 2011 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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Like ‘St. Anger’, ‘Lulu’ is an album Metallica fans will probably never take to and will probably be hated on for years and years to come. It received pretty terrible reviews worldwide and was subject to many a derogatory blog post, but one person who’s definitely not a fan is Trivium bassist Paolo Gregoletto – with him describing those who understood the album as “on drugs.”
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Friday, 25 November 2011 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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Several more acts, out of 100s from a multitude of genres, have been confirmed to perform at this year's December Sessions, – a month of free gigs featuring some of the most hotly tipped acts for 2012 performing to a potential audience of thousands at The O2 Arena London.
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Friday, 25 November 2011 |
Written by Steven James
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FOMFest Ltd, the company behind the Friends of Mine Festival, went into voluntary liquidation last month after failing to pay debts that are believed to be in the range of £200,000. FOM Festival took place back in May on the fields surrounding Capesthorne Hall in Cheshire and despite these debts, organisers Sam Gardner and Andrew Dollamur are keen for the festival to return in 2012. The money is owed right across the board, with amounts ranging from around £100 owed to artists and individuals to much larger sums that are owed to suppliers. The liquidation, including these debts, is now being dealt with by a South-Manchester insolvency firm.
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Friday, 25 November 2011 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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Legendary pop and soul singer George Michael has been placed in intensive care following his bout of pneumonia, which forced him to cancel two gigs in Cardiff.
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Friday, 25 November 2011 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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X-Factor boyband One Direction have revealed that they were thrilled when they found out they’d been asked back to sing on this year’s X-Factor charity single, after visiting Rainbow Children’s Hospice earlier this year.
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