September 10th, 2012

New Yorkers FIGO have made a newly re-mastered edition of their excellent debut 7-track mini album / EP ‘Put It All On Black‘ available as a free download ahead of their upcoming CMJ appearances this month.

Sigur Ros have announced a European tour for early next year which will be concluded with a short stop in the UK.

Artmagic released their debut album ‘Become The One You Love‘ in July to genuine critical acclaim, and now Live4ever has a signed copy of the record to give away to one lucky reader.

Mumford & Sons have premiered the video for ‘I Will Wait‘ – the first single to be taken from their forthcoming second album ‘Babel‘. The promo is available through the band’s VEVO channel on YouTube, and can be viewed below.

New Order frontman Bernard Sumner has admitted he is ‘glad’ Peter Hook is no longer with the group, as he feels their former bass player had previously been unhappy within the band.

Sir Paul McCartney was the special guest of Damon Albarn at the Blur frontman’s Africa Express concert in London over the weekend after rushing back to the city from Paris.

The Vaccines have scored their first UK number one album after beating Two Door Cinema Club to the top spot this week.

Coldplay brought the curtain down on a summer of Olympic and Paralympic sport in London last night (September 9th) with a 16-song set which soundtracked the Paralympic Games’ closing ceremony.