Posts Tagged ‘madness’

Walking on to a festival site for the first time on its last day is a strange experience; not too dissimilar to that Simpsons episode in which Homer emerges from a bomb shelter having unwittingly missed a nuclear explosion.

You wander through a barren wasteland, aware that something epic has happened in your absence, but now only presented with an eerie mid-morning calm. A thick layer of half dried mud underfoot tells the story of previous heavy downpours, and the lingering smell of smoke and barbecued meat in the air offers traces of missed 3am camp fires. As the morning progresses, the number of bleary-eyed revellers emerging into the arena area starts to grow, as does the conspicuous feeling of having enjoyed the luxury of a warm shower just a couple of hours ago.

It’s 11am on the Sunday of the 2011 Leeds Festival, and after visits from headliners Muse and My Chemical Romance on the previous two nights, Pulp are due for a little promotion this evening when they make a long awaited return to their Yorkshire roots.

Madness frontman Suggs has confirmed the Ska legends plan to release a new studio album next year.

Speaking to Digital Spy, Suggs revealed that, despite a delay in finalising the album due their dissatisfaction with the original finished product, they still believe the album will be released in 2012.

Ever since its inception in 1993, Southbank Centre’s Meltdown Festival has consistently delivered line-ups not replicated in any other Summer Festival. Be-fitting the year in which Southbank Centre celebrates the 60th Anniversary of Festival of Britain with MasterCard, Ray Davies’ Meltdown line-up confirmed so far features musicians, comedians, composers, poets and filmmakers from across the decades since the Royal Festival Hall was built in 1951.

The Libertines could be ready to return to the live scene following their successful reunion last year, as reports of a new deal with investment firm Power Amp emerge today.

There’s more good news for Mumford & Sons today as it has been announced they have received nominations in all but one of the Artist categories for this year’s UK Festival awards.

Ska survivors Madness, led by frontman Suggs (pic), have unveiled details of a large UK tour to commence in November. The ‘Do Not Adjust Your Nut‘ tour will begin in Blackpool on November 26th and is set for feature new material from their forthcoming tenth studio album.

Here you’ll find all the latest news from this week’s UK Indie Album and Singles Charts, as well as Live4ever’s highlights taken from some of our featured tours going on in a major city near you over the next 7 days.

Live4ever’s highlights this week include a new album from a Manchester legend, a farewell gig from a popular Sheffield band, and the return of a long-running music-based TV series.

Albums

Ian Brown‘s new album ‘My Way‘ is released this week. The album has already spawned hit single ‘Stellify‘, and has been hailed as his strongest solo album to date. Elsewhere, US band Alice In Chains release their first album since 1995 – ‘Black Gives Way To Blue‘ is out on the 29th.

Uncut magazine revealed its long list for the second anual Uncut Music Award today (September 23) .The prize is to reward the “most inspiring and rewarding musical experience” of the past year.

A full list of the 25 albums from the past year which made the magazine’s cut this year are listed below

Following peers and pros are all on this year’s judging panel :Uncut editor, Allan Jones, UMA 2008 winner Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold, Billy Bragg, folk singer Rachel Unthank, Absolute Radio DJ Christian O’Connell, BBC creative head of music entertainment Mark Cooper, Stiff Records founder Dave Robinson plus broadcasters Mark Radcliffe, Bob Harris and Danny Kelly.

80s legends Madness will tour the UK later this year. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday September 4th.

Full Tour:

Bournemouth International Centre – December 1st
Brighton Centre – 2nd
Plymouth Pavilion – 4th
Southend Cliffs Pavilion – 5th
Swindon Oasis – 7th
Leeds O2 Academy – 8th
Sheffield O2 Academy – 9th
Birmingham O2 Academy – 10th
NewcastleO2 Academy – 12th
Glasgow O2 Academy – 13th
Manchester Apollo – 15th

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