Month: June 2009

Vaselines set to play Latitude Festival

Scottish indie duo, The Vaselines, have been confirmed to perform at the Latitude Festival’s Uncut Arena in July after having recently reformed.

Band members, Eugene Kelly and Frances McKnee, split the group in 1990 and have played only a few shows since but recently played their first London gig in …

Kasabian To Tour In November

Kasabian have outlined details of a UK arena tour to take place in November. The ten-date tour will start on the 10th at Newcastle Metro Radio Arena and finish on the 23rd at Sheffield Arena.

Speaking to NME about the tour, guitarist Serge said “We won’t be coming out of …

Glastonbury Festival Raps Up

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The final day of this year’s festival was kicked off on the Pyramid Stage by reggae group Easy Star All-Stars, followed by veteran rockers Status Quo.

The traditional vintage slot for Sunday afternoon, previously filled by artists such as Shirley Bassey and Neil Diamond, went to crooners Tony Christie …

Review: Blur Civic Hall, Wolverhampton

24/06/09

When Blur announced that they were to play the modestly sized Wolverhampton Civic Hall, few who had followed the band were surprised.

The Midlands have long been a favourite hotspot of the band, with Damon Albarn announcing mid-gig that they had made a point of playing the Civic as …

Springsteen Lights up Glastonbury – Day Two Recap

Singer VV Brown got Saturday underway on the Pyramid Stage, playing her second show of the festival after appearing on the John Peel Stage on Friday. ‘Fictional’ rock band Spinal Tap played a crowd pleasing set in the afternoon. During ‘Stonehenge’ an inflatable model of Stonehenge was brought on to …

White Lies Slam Michael Jackson “Exploitation”

White Lies frontman Harry McVeigh has attacked plans for late singer Michael Jackson’s planned fifty date UK tour as ‘exploitation’. Speaking to Gigwise, McVeigh said the gigs would have been “hard work for anyone”. The band’s bass player, Charles Cave, also criticised the tour, saying: “He definitely wouldn’t have made …

Michael Jackson O2 Concert Promoter In Trouble

Concert promoter AEG Live faces the daunting task of refunding $85 million in ticket sales in the wake of Michael Jackson’s untimely death on Thursday. The King of Pop was slated to play 50 sold-out concerts this summer in London at the O2 Arena.

The Los Angeles Times reports that …

Glastonbury – Day One

Abba tribute act ‘Bjorn Again‘ officially kicked off this year’s festival on the Pyramid Stage. Weather reports earlier in the week had suggested a sunny start for Glastonbury, but the rain predicted over the past few days meant a familiar wet start for this year’s festival-goers.

Fleet Foxes debuted two …

Beatles Poster Sells for $50k at New York Auction.

A Beatles poster has fetched a staggering 50,000 dollars (£31,720) at an auction in New York.

The Sgt.Peppers poster, dated from 1967, shows the group sporting their famous military outfits and has the fab four’s signatures on it.

The poster was just one of three hundred other items that went …