December 6th, 2009

Susan Boyle tops the Album Chart for a second week with her album ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ shifting another 300,000 copies this week. Elsewhere, two popular boybands scored new entries in the top 10 with Westlife’s ‘Where We Are’ entering at no.2 and Take That’s ‘The Greatest Day – The Circus Live’ hitting no.3. In the Singles Chart, comedian Peter Kay’s charity record for the BBC’s Children In Need charity retains it’s place at no.1.

Art Brut’s Eddie Argos and The Blood Arm’s Dylan Valdes have released details of a tour for their side project, Everybody Was In The French Reistance…Now.

The jaunt kicks off on Februrary 9th in London at the Dingwalls venue and will then take the pair all over the country for dates in Nottingham, Bristol, Leeds and Manchester.

The duo recently confirmed that their debut album, Fixin’ The Chart’s, features 12 tracks and will be released in January 2010.

Having played to over 1 million fans on their world tour of 2009 , Placebo have announced the release of their new single “Bright Lights“. Dave Bascombe (Soulwax, Goldfrapp, LadyHawke and Funeral For A Friend) has mixed this new version for the band which is available on February 8th 2010.

The new single features remixes of the talented Alex Metric and Randomer .

Placebo recently won the coveted ‘Best Alternative’ award at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2009, a prize which is extra special, as it is voted on by the fans.