October 14th, 2010

Pixies celebrated the safe rescue of the 33 trapped Chilean miners with a special 33-song set during a show in the country’s capital Santiago last night.

Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood says that the Stones will never quit after revealing that he has now been sober for the past seven months

Retirement doesn’t seem to be on the band’s mind although speculations about their future has been a longtime favorite subject of the music press. Wood spoke to BBC Radio 4′s Front Row programme and claimed that the band continue to look forward to the future.

The line-up for this year’s Liverpool Music Week, which will feature both ticketed and free gigs taking place at venues across the city from October 23rd to November 13th, has expanded further with the announcement of two new US acts due to take part in the annual event.

Scottish band Frightened Rabbit are to release the single ‘Loneliness & The Scream‘ next month, the latest track to be taken from their third studio album ‘The Winter Of Mixed Drinks‘ which was issued back in March.

In today’s Soundbites, our weekly take on news, reviews and tabloid gossip, Sir Paul McCartney dances like an elf, Morrissey seriously bigs up a new UK band and Chris Moyles could be ready to waddle away from Radio 1. We also take a look at Detroit Social Club’s new track, and there’s news from the recent ASCAP Awards.