Month: October 2011

Chris Martin, Coldplay (Photo: Live4ever) Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has said he feels like the “world just hates us” as he has a habit of dwelling on the negative press his band receives. Martin made the admission to Spin as Coldplay went to number one in the UK with ‘Mylo…

A spokesperson for British star Adele has quickly moved to deny scurrilous internet rumours which suggested the remainder of her 2011 UK tour had been cancelled due to throat cancer. Adele has been dogged with throat problems for a large portion of the year, and a decision to cancel remaining…

Metallica fans rioted in India last weekend after a scheduled gig in Delhi was called off due to apparent safety concerns. The gig had been due to take place in Delhi last Friday (October 28th), but was cancelled when a safety barrier at the front of the stage collapsed, the…

Muse (Photo: Live4ever) Muse‘s 2003 single ‘Hysteria‘ has the greatest bass line of all-time, according to a new poll conducted by MusicRadar. The publication places Muse at number one, ahead of Rush‘s ‘YYZ‘ and Queen‘s disco-fused favourite ‘Another One Bites The Dust‘. Related news:…

Posthumous tracks left behind by Amy Winehouse when she tragically passed away last summer have been worked into a new album by producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi, and will be released later this year. Entitled ‘Amy Winehouse Lioness: Hidden Treasures‘, the record will be issued on December 5th, and…

The Slow Show are not your average Manchester band; they sound as though they could flourish in any era and could exist in any place. Recently formed by five acoustic folk pop enthusiasts from the heart of the industrial city, The Slow Show, whose music aptly fits the group’s name,…

Acts including The Maccabees, Miles Kane, The Horrors and Live4ever favourites We Are Augustines have been booked to appear at this year’s XFM Winter Wonderland. The 2011 event will take place across two gigs at the Manchester Apollo and Brixton Academy on December 5th and 14th respectively, with the likes…

Kings Of Leon (Photo: Live4ever) Kings Of Leon drummer Nathan Followill has attacked Qantas Airlines after a second day of strikes today (October 30th), affected their travels to Australia for a series of re-scheduled tour dates down under. Related news:…

It’s something of a prerequisite for so-called emo bands, certainly bands that sail under the ‘post-hardcore’ banner in any case, to carry on their backs a particularly dedicated following. If this gig is anything to go by, after five albums and several changes in personnel, Welsh rockers Funeral For a…

Chris Martin, Coldplay (Photo: Live4ever) Coldplay have gone straight in at number one on the UK Album Chart this week, with last week’s chart topper, ‘Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds‘, continuing its impressive opening commerical performance by dropping just one place to #2. Related news:…

New York aftershow party for Depp’s new movie The Rum Diary. Richards and Depp covered Charlie Segar’s ‘Key To The Highway’. Related news:…

Photo: Jon Super Occasionally, a band and a venue will fit together so perfectly you begin to wonder if they were formed and built with each other in mind. The Beatles had the Cavern, the Ramones had CBGB’s, Queen had Wembley, Oasis had Maine Road. And now, it seems the…

Former REM bassist Mike Mills has said he doesn’t expect his ex-band’s frontman Michael Stipe to launch a solo career. It was last month when REM told the world of their decision to split, with Stipe commenting at the time that: “A wise man once said–’the skill in attending a…

U2 frontman Bono has continued his recent bout of introspection, telling The Sun newspaper he feel the Irish supergroup have been ‘on the verge of irrelevance’ for two decades. Bono was speaking not long after hinting he may be unsurprisingly ready to take a prolonged break from music following the…

Over the weekend, the son of legendary Beatle John Lennon and a sizable bunch of other artists joined an ever-increasing list of entertainers (Talib Kweli, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum, the punk band Anti-Flag, Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie) who performed for the protesters…

Coldplay (Photo: Live4ever) Coldplay look set for a number one album on both sides of the Atlantic next week, with ‘Mylo Xyloto‘ on course to top the Billboard Charts in the US. According to reports, Coldplay’s fifth studio effort is being estimated to have shifted around 450,000 copies before the…