June 28th, 2012

The Hives announce North American tour for September

Posted on 28 Jun 2012 at 11:20am

The Hives, who are currently out on the road in the US, will return in September with a new string of headline shows.

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Guillemots ready four new albums for release

Posted on 28 Jun 2012 at 9:27am

Guillemots will release four new studio LPs over the course of the next six months after explaining they wanted to move away from the ‘traditional cycle’ of releasing albums.

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Muse reveal more about official Olympics song ‘Survival’

Posted on 28 Jun 2012 at 7:42am

Muse have revealed more about the official Olympics song which was premiered on Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show yesterday evening (June 27th), revealing the track will be included on their new album ‘The 2nd Law‘.

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The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess to release second solo album in September

Posted on 28 Jun 2012 at 7:03am

The Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess will release his second solo LP ‘Oh No I Love You‘ on September 24th.

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David Beckham, Noel Gallagher pay tribute to Stone Roses ahead of Heaton Park gigs

Posted on 28 Jun 2012 at 6:03am

David Beckham, Noel Gallagher and Damien Hirst are just some of the stars who have paid their own tributes to The Stone Roses as the reunited band prepare for the first of their massive homecoming Heaton Park concerts which will take place tomorrow (June 29th).

Mumford & Sons unveil new album trailer, US tour dates

Posted on 28 Jun 2012 at 5:09am

Mumford and Sons have released a new video trailer which appears to hint at a title for their forthcoming second album.

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Radiohead confirm re-scheduled European tour dates

Posted on 28 Jun 2012 at 4:48am

Radiohead have confirmed the new dates for the European gigs affected by the aftermath of a stage collapse in Toronto earlier this month which tragically killed their drum technician Scott Johnson, and also injured three others.

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Snow Patrol scrap entire album’s worth of material

Posted on 28 Jun 2012 at 4:33am

Snow Patrol frontman and chief songwriter Gary Lightbody has revealed he scrapped an entire album’s worth of new material recorded during the sessions for their 2011 LP ‘Fallen Empires‘, and has instead written a new collection of songs which are ‘light years away’ from anything the band have produced before.

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BBC 6Music to pick the ‘ultimate Stone Roses playlist’

Posted on 28 Jun 2012 at 4:20am

As The Stone Roses prepare for their trio of homecoming gigs at Manchester’s Heaton Park this weekend, digital radio station BBC 6Music is inviting listeners to pick the ‘ultimate Stone Roses playlist’ to mark the occasion.

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