Posts Tagged ‘Doves’

Manchester recently hosted the fifth annual Future Perfect fundraising event, bringing a fantastic line up to the Castlefield Arena with bands and artists such as The Rain Band, Supajamma and Rowetta appearing along with comedian Russell Howard.

This year’s event, led by Garth Brooks and Graham Massey, was given an added poignancy as those gathered helped to raise money for Christie’s Cancer Hospital in the name of one of the original Future Perfect organisers and DJs Lee Wyatt, who lost his battle with the disease last year.

When Glasgow meets Las Vegas it’s like having The Killers over for tea at Mogwai’s rocket space house in some distant galaxy of harmonia. The Doves have flown in. They’re all drinking from vessels of rapture and nibbling cosmic hot rocks as they ascend to the heights of astral waves. They find Bono there, he is puzzled, and the gang direct him accordingly and wrongly- sending him to a galaxy far away.

In today’s Soundbites, our weekly take on news, reviews, and tabloid gossip, Robert Plant looks to expand his Band Of Joy project, Cheryl Cole could be set for disappointment in the US and there’s a look at Chapel Club’s latest track. Elsewhere, The View reveal their songwriting secrets, and Doves’ woes look set to continue.

From bouncing to Band Of Skulls at SXSW, marvelling at the return of The Libertines at Leeds Festival, to serenading with Beach House at the Manchester Cathedral, there’s been plenty of great music Live4ever has been lucky enough to witness over the past twelve months.

Following Kasabian’s headline shows at last weekend’s V Festival, their final scheduled dates, frontman Tom Meighan told the UK’s News Of The World newspaper he is looking into new solo projects to keep him busy during the band’s down-time.

Loyal Doves fans worry not – the beloved Manchester band is not breaking up but rather taking a 2 year break from touring and recording, it was revealed yesterday. “We just to get off that whole album-tour-album-tour treadmill,” singer Jimi Goodwin said.

Welsh rockers Stereophonics have launched a competition which will result in an unsigned Welsh band supporting them at their upcoming summer show at the Cardiff City Stadium on June 5th.

Official music video for ‘Andalucia’, the latest Doves’ single as well as a new song included on their Best Of album ‘The Places Between”

Manchester band Doves have told BBC 6Music that they fear for the future of today’s upcoming bands as the costs of touring and promotion continues to rise.

Here are the latest tours and festivals announced this week. Don’t miss out, there are tickets available by clicking on the ticket links next to the event: