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Fanfarlo Unveil February 2010 UK Tour Dates And cover The Smashing Pumpkins too...
By Scott Colothan on 19 November 2009
Fanfarlo are set to play a five-date UK tour next February.
The London outfit, who released their acclaimed debut album 'Reservoir' in September, will play shows in Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, London and Bristol.
Ahead of the show, the band will release a seven track EP exclusively via iTunes featuring a cover of The Smashing Pumpkins' 'We Only Come Out At Night' alongside reworkings of 'Reservoir' tracks.
Tickets for the UK jaunt are available through Gigwise Gig Tickets now. They play:
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Mastodon Announce February 2010 UK Tour The Atlanta metallers play seven dates...
By Scott Colothan on 19 November 2009
Mastodon have announced details of a seven-date UK tour for February 2010.
The heavy metallers' jaunt around these fair isles culminates with a huge show at The Roundhouse in Camden.
Details of when tickets are on sale will be coming shortly, but as always check the Gigwise Gig Tickets section for availability.
They play:
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Nick Cave Nominated For Bad Sex Award He's up for a dubious honour...
By Scott Colothan on 19 November 2009
Nick Cave is amongst the nominees for the Literary Review's 2009 Bad Sex In Fiction Award.
The annuals event, now in its 17th year, celebrates and mocks "redundant passages of sexual description" in novels.
Cave's nomination is for his second book 'The Death of Bunny Munro' which follows the debased exploits of an alcoholic and serial cheat whose wife commits suicide.
A rep for Nick Cave told The Guardian: "Frankly we would have been offended if he wasn't shortlisted."
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Sir Elton John Won't Be Rescheduling Axed UK Tour Dates Refunds are available for all shows..
By Scott Colothan on 19 November 2009
Sir Elton John has confirmed that he won't be rescheduling the concerts he was forced to axe due to illness.
The 62-year-old pop legend cancelled shows in Liverpool, Sheffield, Newcastle and London after contracting the flu and later E.coli.
A statement from Sir Elt's promoters Marshall Arts reads: "Sadly, due to venue availability and the scale of the Red Piano show, these shows cannot be rescheduled and have now been cancelled.
"Elton has been overwhelmed by the tremendous loyalty and messages of support he has received from his fans in the UK."
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Liam Gallagher Hopes To Release New Album Next July Recorded with his former Oasis band mates...
By Scott Colothan on 19 November 2009
Liam Gallagher is hoping to release his debut solo album by next July, the singer has revealed.
In an interview with MTV Italy, the 37-year-old confirmed that he was been working with his former Oasis bandmates on material, minus Noel.
"We've been demoing some songs that we've had on the quiet. After Christmas we might go in the studio and record it and hopefully have an album out in July," he explained.
And Liam reckons his material with Gem Archer, Zak Starkey and Andy Bell will be better than Oasis.
He added: "We'll do it in a different kind of way now. I'll try and reconnect with a new band, new songs and I'm feeling confident about the songs.
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Beck Weighs Into Fiery Furnaces vs. Radiohead Feud He's recorded a song called 'Harry Partch'...
By Scott Colothan on 19 November 2009
Beck has seemingly weighed into The Fiery Furnaces vs. Radiohead feud by recording a song called 'Harry Partch'.
Earlier this month, The Fiery Furnaces' Matthew Freidberger lashed out at Radiohead for recording a song called 'Harry Patch' - a tongue lashing that brought about a huge backlash.
Despite Radiohead's charity song actually being about the last surviving British World War 1 veteran of the trenches, The Fiery Furnaces issued a statement saying that Friedberger aimed the vitriol towards American composer 'Harry Partch'.
The statement continued that Friedberger “would have much preferred to insult Beck but he is too afraid of Scientologists.”
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Fyfe Dangerfield Announces Solo UK Tour Guillemots frontman to play four dates...
By David Renshaw on 19 November 2009
Fyfe Dangerfield has announced plans for a UK tour.
The Guillemots frontman will release his solo album 'Fly Yellow Moon' on January 18 and is set to play four live shows on the week of the album's release.
The dates are as follows.
Birmingham, Glee Club – January 18
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Coldplay Stars Books X Factor Reject To Play At Wedding Jonny Buckland's bash at the weekend...
By Scott Colothan on 19 November 2009
Coldplay's Jonny Buckland booked an X Factor reject to play at his wedding last weekend, it has been revealed.
Instead of drafting in one of Coldplay's high profile friends, the guitarist paid Daniel Pearce to perform at his wedding to long term partner Chloe in London on Saturday.
Pearce didn't even make the final 12 of The X Factor and was in the boy band 'Pop Stars: The Rivals' flop One True Voice.
A source tells The Sun: "It was a shock when we saw who was doing the music.
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Fall Out Boy To Take An Indefinite Break, The Band Confirm The bassist partly blames himself...
By Scott Colothan on 18 November 2009
Fall Out Boy are taking an indefinite break, the band have confirmed.
The four members explained thbey have decided to focus on other avenues while they part company for the time being, adding:“We don’t know the future of Fall Out Boy!”
In the interview with Kerrang! Magazine, Pete Wentz partly blames his celebrity status and high profile relationship with Ashlee Simpson as one of the main reasons for the hiatus.
He said: “My biggest personal reason for taking a break is that I feel my name has become a hindrance for the band.
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Former Hefner Singer Darren Hayman Suffers Fractured Skull In Brutal Mugging In Nottingham last Friday...
By Scott Colothan on 18 November 2009
Former Hefner frontman Darren Hayman has been left with a fractured skull after being attacked after a gig in Nottingham last Friday (November 13).
Hayman's wife Helen has written a letter to fans, which she linked to on her husband's Twitter page, thanking fans for support and explaining the extent of his injuries.
She wrote:
"Hello all,
Darren is still not allowed near his computer but I've read him all of your messages and he is completely overwhelmed and grateful for all of your love and best wishes. He is feeling very loved and supported.
The full story is, that he and David Shepherd were attacked and mugged whilst parking the car after Nottingham's show. Nothing to do with the gig, just wrong place at the wrong time. He was discharged from hospital last night and is now safely back in London. There should be no long lasting damage, but he does have a linear fracture in his skull (this is the best kind apparently!) which will keep him fairly quiet for six weeks or so. He also has a head wound, a bit of bruising, and a very nasty headache. However they have prescribed a terrifying amount of pain killers to deal with this.
He has made huge improvements since the incident and I'm sure that it is only a matter of time before he wrestles this computer from me and lets you know how he's doing and what he's up to.
All we seem to have done for days is to say thank you to people for their kindness, sorry for the lack of eloquence but thank you again.
Love, Helen & Darren"
Somewhat unfortunately, a few hours before the attack happened Hayman tweeted: “I'm in nottingham. Most violent city in uk im told. Come see me play!”
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