Little Boots Releases New 'Shake' Single

Electro-pop singer-songwriter Little Boots, a.k.a Victoria Hesketh, released her new single ‘Shake’ on 14th November.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Wednesday, 16 November 2011

Michael Jackson Estate In Talks For Hollywood Biopic

It was only a matter of time before plans of a Michael Jackson Hollywood biopic were announced. Just over a week since the end of Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial, Michael Jackson's estate are in talks about a movie.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Wednesday, 16 November 2011

Cheryl Cole Forced To Cancel Children In Need Rocks Manchester Gig Appearance

Ex-Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole has unfortunately been forced to cancel her appearance at Manchester’s Children in Need gig after the singer contracted pharyngitis.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Wednesday, 16 November 2011

New Cardiff University GH2 Venue Hopes To Fill Gap Of Recent Closures

Welsh media and events group Orchard have announced that they’ve worked with Cardiff’s Student Union to create the Great Hall 2, a new, more intimate version of the Great Hall designed to fill the gap left by the sudden closure of a handful of Cardiff venues.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Wednesday, 16 November 2011

Rihanna Booed By Fans For Late London O2 Arena Show

Pop chart superstar Rihanna angered her fans earlier this week, arriving on stage at London's O2 Arena nearly an hour later than scheduled.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Wednesday, 16 November 2011

Lady Gaga To Release 'Marry The Night' Teaser Video Later This Week

As we get ever-closer to the long-awaited release of Born This Way European Tour Dates, Lady Gaga has confirmed that her new music video will be her longest yet.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Survivor Making "A Solid Move" To Reunite With Former Frontman Jimi Jamison

American classic rockers Survivor look set to be reuniting with their former vocalist and frontman Jimi Jamison.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Dixie Join Shaun Ryder On UK Tour

London-based five-piece Dixie release their UK debut single ‘What You Gonna Do’ on November 21st, and will follow the release up by tearing through 27 UK tour dates at the personal request of Shaun Ryder himself.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Artists Shouldn't Do More Than One Encore States Florence Welch

Florence and the Machine frontwoman Florence Welch has stated that an encore is “perfectly acceptable”, and said her band is very much the type to play an encore. But, in her eyes, two is just far too much.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Paolo Nutini Crowned Best Festival Headliner

Scottish singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini has been voted headliner of the year in this year’s UK Festival Awards, it has been revealed.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Worship To Release Debut Single 'House Of Glass' Next Week

New Reading based band Worship have announced the details of their debut single ‘House Of Glass’, to be released next week on November 21st. 

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Joss Stone's Top Hits Collected For First Time On ‘The Best Of Joss Stone 2003-2009'

Joss Stone’s top singles and album standouts spanning her S-Curve and Virgin Records catalog have been gathered for the first time for a new collection titled 'The Best Of Joss Stone: 2003-2009'. 

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Jimmy Page Knighthood Campaign Underway

Now this is a campaign that each and every one of you readers should pledge your allegiance too – a British MP has begun a movement to get Led Zeppelin’s legendary guitarist Jimmy Page knighted by the Queen herself.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Tuesday, 15 November 2011

We Lost Our Magic After Frusciante Left Admits Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea

The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ super-talented bassist Flea has admitted that the band has indeed lost some of its ‘magic’ since the departure of guitarist John Frusciante.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Scala & Kolacny To Perform At Royal Variety Show With Britain's Got Talent Winner

Following their most successful year to date, Scala & Kolacny Bros. announce their biggest UK TV appearance yet - a performance at The Royal Variety Show on December 5th. The choir will team up with Britain’s Got Talent winner Jai McDowall to perform their joint new single ‘With or Without You’, released on December 12th.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Black Sabbath Set To Rake In £100 Million From Comeback Tour

Ozzy Osborne and co. are finally back together, bringing rockers the best news they’ve heard for a while. At a press conference earlier this month, they told fans and press that it was legendary producer Rick Rubin who managed to convince them to reunite. But now we think we’ve found the real reason – as it emerges that the band could pocket around £100million from their up and coming world tour and Download Festival slot.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Lady Gaga Adds New 'You And I' Clip & 'Bloody Mary' Remix To YouTube

Lady Gaga has added a new clip of 'You and I,' from the concert film 'Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden', to her YouTube channel, along with a brand new remix of 'Bloody Mary' from UK rockers The Horrors from her upcoming release 'Born This Way The Remix'.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Madness To Play Brand New Album At Butlins 'House Of Fun Weekender'

With a line-up covering all bases from the cutting-edge to the well-known and loved Madness’s House of Fun Weekender, Butlins Minehead is already challenging to be one of the live music highlights of 2011. Things are about to get even better though as Madness announce that they will be showcasing their brand new, as yet untitled, tenth studio album, in all its glory during one of their two scheduled sets over the weekend!

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Monday, 14 November 2011

The Milk Announce Release Of 'B-Roads and B-Sides'

Hotly-tipped and freshly-signed rockers The Milk have announced details of a brand new EP, ‘B-Roads and B-sides’, which will see a release on 19th December via Sign of the Times / Sony.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Monday, 14 November 2011

Josh T Pearson's 'Last Of The Country Gentlemen' Announced As Rough Trade's Album Of The Year 2011

Josh T. Pearson’s 'Last Of The Country Gentlemen' has been crowned Rough Trade’s ‘Album of the Year’ 2011.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Monday, 14 November 2011

Los Campesinos! Release New Album 'Hello Sadness' Today

Cardiff-based indie-pop goup Los Campesinos! have announced that they will be releasing their fourth studio album today.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Monday, 14 November 2011

Gene Simmons Lays Into Axl Rose During Recent Interview

KISS megastar Gene Simmons has laid into Guns N Roses frontman Axl Rose in an interview with MusicNewsWeb, determining him as the sole reason that Guns N Roses weren’t “the biggest band in the world.”

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Monday, 14 November 2011

Susan Boyle Breaks Chart Records Once Again

Record breaking Britain’s Got Talent star Susan Boyle has made UK music history again by becoming the first female artist ever to have three consecutive albums debut at No.1 in the UK album chart in less than two years.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Monday, 14 November 2011

Nicola Roberts To Release New Single 'Yo-Yo'

Ex-Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts will be releasing ‘Yo-Yo’, the third single to be taken from her first ever debut album, on January 2nd.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Monday, 14 November 2011

Michael Kiwanuka Unveils Title Track Of New EP 'Home Again' - Listen Now

Michael Kiwanuka has unveiled the title track of his brand new EP 'Home Again' over on his Soundcloud page this morning. 'Home Again' was played exclusively on Lauren Laverne's BBC 6 Music show earlier today and is now available to listen to below.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Monday, 14 November 2011

Fans Have Producer Rick Rubin To Thank For Black Sabbath Reunion

After Friday’s announcement that Black Sabbath would be getting together for a new album, a world tour and a headline appearance at next year’s Download Festival, fans would be thanking goodness, God, and their lucky stars for bringing some of the best news in rock history. But it turns out that it’s Rick Rubin they should be thanking – after he apparently forced the Sabbath reunion into existence.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Monday, 14 November 2011

ATP Make Typically Diverse & Stunning First Announcement For 'I’ll Be Your Mirror 2012'

Few festivals in the world are truly, truly diverse. Even Glastonbury, for many considered the Holy Grail of the British festival with its willingness to allow everything from hip-hop to indie and bizarre strands of world music, has a noticeable dislike for booking much in the way of heavy music. For ATP there are clearly no boundaries, as last year’s excellent 'I’ll be Your Mirror' festival at Alexandra Palace proved. There simply is nowhere else you could realistically expect to see Portishead, Swans, Company Flow and Godspeed You! Black Emperor sharing the same stage.

Written by: Ben Bland | Date: Monday, 14 November 2011

Jamie Hartman of Ben’s Brother to Release New Single on Christmas Day

Jamie Hartman of the London-based indie-pop group Ben’s Brother has announced that his debut solo single ‘Happy New Year’ will be released on Christmas Day. The single precedes the release of Jamie’s new album ‘III’, which is due out in February 2012.

Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Sunday, 13 November 2011

Black Sabbath Reunite For New Album, World Tour And Download Festival 2012 Headline Slot

It's the news nearly every rock fan in the world has been dreaming of - Black Sabbath have reunited and be going on world tour, as well as headlining 2012's Download Festival and releasing their first album for THIRTY THREE YEARS.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Friday, 11 November 2011

Axl Rose Blames Slash And His Managers For Turning Up To Shows Late

Guns N Roses frontman Axl Rose has claimed that Slash is to blame for the band’s bad reputation for being late to shows, as well as accusing his management.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Friday, 11 November 2011