The Cranberries Announce First UK Gig in Seven Years

The Banshee is an Irish she-spirit that wails on the rooftops of the houses of those about to die. Deloris O’Riorden is the Irish she-singer for an awesome Irish rock band who hadn’t played together in nearly a decade. There is no real connection between the two, which begs the question: why mention it at all? While we’re pondering that, news just in: the Cranberries are performing again for the first time in 7 years! Click here for tickets.

Written by: Saard | Date: Friday, 16 October 2009

Il Divo Announces UK Tour Dates & Tickets for Christmas 09

The boy-band of popular classical music will be male-diva-ing it up in an arena near you soon. Well, it’ll be near to you if you live in London. The improbably handsome foursome with voices powerful enough to explode a sheep will be performing songs from their latest album ‘The Promise’. Sheep are advised not to attend. Click here for tickets.

Written by: Saard | Date: Thursday, 15 October 2009

69 Eyes Announce 2010 UK Tour Dates & Tickets

Brilliantly over the top Finnish Goth Rockers (dubbed ‘goth and rollers’ by their fans’) are back. With a name that sounds like the surname of a Lovecraftian beastie (ie: the Faceless Child of Yog-Sothoth with Sixty Nine Eyes), the band have been rocking their vampiric thang mercilessly for over 20 years. Is there no-one who can stop them? Buying tickets will only encourage them, but you can do it by clicking here.

Written by: Saard | Date: Thursday, 15 October 2009

Soulsavers Announce UK Tour Dates & Tickets

Not a cut price Salvation Army shop but an English duo producing an unusual and compelling mix that is ambient, rock, soul and gospel plus a smattering of other musical goodness. If you’ve not heard them before, you wont be sure what it is but you might like it. If you have heard them before, you might like to know they’re on tour in the UK this December and next year. Click here for tickets.

Written by: Saard | Date: Wednesday, 14 October 2009

The XX Tickets and Tour Dates Announced

You have to give The XX credit for slight intrigue. Unless someone’s said it to you, you don’t know how to say their name, which could lead to an embarrassing faux par at a cool gathering. Are they ‘the ex ex’, ‘the double ex’, ‘the double kiss’, ‘the kiss kiss’, is it roman numerals, are they ‘The Twenty’? You might never know until they’re actually announced on tour. "Now on stage, It's the Cross Crosses!" Click here for tickets.

Written by: Saard | Date: Wednesday, 14 October 2009

Temper Trap Announce 2010 London Gig

A scientist once hypothesised that Australian sunshine has a stimulating effect on the music centre of the brain, Nimoy’s Drum. When his peers stopped laughing, they snapped his thermometer and washed his labcoat with a red top so it became pink; a terrible insult in the world of scientists. Temper Trap however are Australian and are really good. So, the question becomes, who’s laughing now? Yep, Temper Trap are and they’re on tour. Click here for tickets.

Written by: Saard | Date: Wednesday, 14 October 2009

Enter Shikari Tour Dates & Tickets Announced

With a name that sounds like a Kung-Fu film or possibly something more adult, Enter Shikari are a massive post-hardcore band who famously sold out London’s Astoria before they’d even been signed. The only other band ever to have done this was ‘The Darkness.’ Click here for tickets.

Written by: Saard | Date: Wednesday, 14 October 2009

Tinchy Stryder Announces 2010 Tour Dates & Tickets

The lovely Tinchy Stryder will be up on stage dancing about and singing about stuff next February. He’s got it all planned, he figures that if he features some new songs and some old songs and wears sunglasses, then loads of people will buy tickets and go along to watch. As plans go, it’s simple but effective. Click here for tickets.

Written by: Saard | Date: Wednesday, 14 October 2009

Kings of Leon To Release Live DVD

If you were part of one of the most popular bands of current times how would you go about capping off yet another monumental year? Why releasing your first ever DVD of course!

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 13 October 2009

John Mayer Announces UK Tour Dates for 2010

John Mayer will be heading to the UK next January to play four shows in London, Glasgow, Manchester & Wolverhampton. The grammy award winning, multi-platinum, American singer will hit our shores in the New Year to help promote his upcoming new album 'Battle Studies', which is released in the UK on November 16th.

Written by: Stereoboard.com | Date: Tuesday, 13 October 2009

Whitney Houston UK Tour Dates & Tickets Announced

Old wobbly gob is back and this time the uber-Diva is giving her first proper tour in more than eleven years. The lungs on this queen of pop are simply remarkable, she is one woman who has no problem being heard at the back. Sometimes it’s tricky not killing the people at the front, but it’s the way they’d want to go. Click here for Whitney Houston tickets.

Written by: Saard | Date: Monday, 12 October 2009

Boyzone singer Stephen Gately Dies While On Holiday

Boyzone singer Stephen Gately has died, at the age of 33. The singer passed away suddenly whilst on holiday in Majorca. The four remaining members of the Irish boy band are flying out to Palma, the capital city of Majorca, today.

Written by: Stereoboard.com | Date: Sunday, 11 October 2009

Air Announce Special London Gig

Loveable French rogues Air have released a new album and are touring to make sure you bloody well know about it. ‘Love 2’ is the electro-pop merchants’ fifth studio album and a follow up to 2007’s much loved ‘Rocket Symphony’ and is produced in their very own state-of-the-art recording shack, Atlas Studios. Click here for tickets.

Written by: Saard | Date: Saturday, 10 October 2009

The Swn Festival Comes To Cardiff

Wristbands are still available for Cardiff’s three day Swn Fest. That’s three fantastic nights of crawl festival around the various venues of Cardiff. If cow poo and camping aren’t for you but you want the excitement of a festival with more intimate gigs and the advantages of civilisation, then you’re a little bit picky but catered for. What’s more, you might be able to catch such bands as Los Campesinos, Wild Beasts and Gaggle.

Written by: Saard | Date: Saturday, 10 October 2009

All Time Low to Headline Kerrang! Relentless Tour 2010

Like something far too obscene and lusty to be mentioned on a decent, family site like this, the Kerrang! Relentless Tour will be mounting an arena near you soon and showing you a good time. Click here for tickets.

Written by: Saard | Date: Saturday, 10 October 2009

Muse Vs Glenn Beck: The Twist In The Tail

A few weeks ago you may have seen the news about the transatlantic bust-up between Brit Rockers Muse and notorious, American conservative big mouth, Glenn Beck. Love or hate the guy, the man knows how to kick-up some controversy! Now, if you’re not familiar with Glenn Beck, it should be known that this is not a man who watches his tongue. Known for his out-spoken right-wing views on his own TV and radio shows, he is currently embroiled in a scandal over remarks he made in July, when he referred to President Obama as “a racist”. As you can see, notorious, big mouth, out-spoken, controversy. Words that may be all starting to make sense now.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Friday, 09 October 2009

Jay-Z Tickets for Alexandra Palace Sell Out in 15 Seconds

Jay-Z tickets for his show at Alexandra Palace in London on Wednesday 4th November went on sale at 9am this morning and promptly SOLD OUT in an amazing record breaking 15 seconds. It is the second record breaking sold-out show in a matter of weeks for Jay-Z.

Written by: Stereoboard.com | Date: Friday, 09 October 2009

Pavement to Headline All Tomorrow’s Parties UK Festival & Tickets

Originally thought only to be a cruel rumour, like Cliff Richards’ gangsta recordings, but now known to be an undeniable fact, like Simon Cowell secretly being a blood-drinking lizard: legendary and sadly missed band Pavement have reformed and are performing again. It’s true, they’re headlining at All Tomorrow’s Parties on the 14th to the 16th of May 2010. Click here for All Tomorrows Parties tickets.

Written by: Saard | Date: Friday, 09 October 2009

Rolling Stones Bookies Favourites To Headline Glastonbury 2010

Music legends The Rolling Stones are rumoured to be the hot favourite’s amongst the big names to play at the Glastonbury music festival next year. Mick, Keith, Ronnie and Charlie, now all in their 60’s have been reported to have been approached by Glasto organiser Michael Eavis and have been booked up for the 40th Anniversary festival in June next year.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Thursday, 08 October 2009

Frank Turner Tour Dates & Tickets Announced

Touring like a swine from hell, Frank’s on tour next week and then he’s on tour again in March. He’s a plinky-plonky folky acoustic touring bad-ass maniac of sensitivity. He’s touring like he’s trying to get it all in while he still can. Maybe he knows something we don’t. See him before the impeding apocalypse which may occur at the end of his latest tour. Click here for tickets.

Written by: Saard | Date: Wednesday, 07 October 2009

Reel Big Fish Announce UK Tour & Tickets

Humungous events in the lives of the members of indie-rockers Reel Big Fish have left them permanently and irreversibly Ska’d. There are a lot of sick individuals who are happy at this news and will be following the band on their January 2010 tour so they can witness the ska-ing first hand. What’s the world coming to, eh? Click here for tickets.

Written by: Saard | Date: Wednesday, 07 October 2009

Them Crooked Vultures Circle UK Skies

Imagine this, you’re carelessly glancing through the pages of a monthly music magazine, memorising gig dates, noting down the stand-out tracks from the newly released albums, catching up on the latest news from some of the planets biggest names in music. Then, without any kind of warning, it hits you. Something else catches your eye, something you need to read twice just to make sure. You scan it again to double check. It reads, “The next project that I’m trying to initiate involves me on drums. Josh Homme (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal) on guitar, and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) playing bass. That’s the next album. That wouldn’t suck.”

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Wednesday, 07 October 2009

AC/DC To Release Major Box Set

It has been announced that kings of rock AC/DC are to release a new major box set on November 10th….and what a Box set it will be!! The collection, which will include CDs, DVDs, 164-page book, an LP and a stash of original memorabilia reproductions, will be titled “Backtracks” and in true AC/DC rock and roll style, even the box itself will double up as a working amplifier! That’s right you didn’t read it wrong, one watt of pure AC/DC stored in the ‘head’ of the box, makes this whole package one of the ultimate collectors items. Ok, so with one watt you may not be able to turn it quite up to ‘11’, but where else would you be able to PLAY the box set while LISTENING TO the box set!

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Wednesday, 07 October 2009

Mika Announces UK Tour Dates & Tickets

Mika has announced a UK tour taking place next Spring. The Lebanese born singer will hit the road in February and March for a ten date tour kicking off in Belfast on February 13th. Click here for Mika tickets

Written by: Stereoboard.com | Date: Wednesday, 07 October 2009

Little Boots Tour Dates & Tickets Announced

Talented, attractive, critically acclaimed, BRIT-nominated, topper of the 2009 BBC sound of music poll before her album was even released plus a criminally endearing name, Little Boots is carving a niche for herself into the music world. It’s quite satisfying to find out that she entered Pop Idol and didn’t even make it up in front of the judges. Cram that up your pipe, Cowell. Click here for tickets.

Written by: Saard | Date: Tuesday, 06 October 2009

Newton Faulkner Tour Dates & Tickets Announced

When one of your middle names is Battenberg, you have three choices, become an accountant, become a sociopath or grow ginger dreads and become a soulful acoustic pop/blues/folk singer. Sam Newton Battenberg Faulkner is a terrible accountant and a pacifist, so the choice was easy. He’s on tour. Click here for tickets.

Written by: Saard | Date: Tuesday, 06 October 2009

Kasabian UK Tour Dates Extended

Kasabian have taken pity upon Bournemouth and added the city to their November tour. Pundits are speculating exactly what it is that Bournemouth did to get this honour. Click here for tickets.

Written by: Saard | Date: Tuesday, 06 October 2009

Glastonbury Festival 2010 Sold Out in 12 Hours Non-Shocker

Yep, after an intense battle of phone calls and clicking the refresh button, it’s over. It only took 12 hours for every 2010 Glastonbury ticket to disappear from the virtual shelves. This is a marked improvement on 2009’s tickets, which took several weeks to sell out but then 2009 was such a success and the next festival is the 40th anniversary.

Written by: Saard | Date: Tuesday, 06 October 2009

Jay-Z Announces Show at Alexandra Palace, London

Jay-Z, the heavyweight king of Hip-Hop, Fella to Beyonce, only Hip-Hop Arist ever to headline at Glastonbury and an musician so successful that scientists have hypothesized that 90% of the dark matter in the universe is money he’s forgotten he has, is on tour. Click here for tickets.

Written by: Saard | Date: Monday, 05 October 2009

Stereophonics Tour Dates & Tickets Announced for March 2010

Having rocked Cardiff Castle on the weekend (check out the pics and review here), Stereoboard.com can exclusively reveal the Stereophonics March 2010 UK Arena Tour Dates. Get your Stereophonics tickets here.

Written by: Stereoboard.com | Date: Monday, 05 October 2009