Posts Tagged ‘the national’

The National, Fleet Foxes and Animal Collective lead the impressive list of new acts confirmed for next year’s Primavera Sound Festival, which will take place in Barcelona, Spain from May 26th-28th.

Florence & The Machine led the way at today’s annual Q Awards ceremony, picking up two prizes for Best Female and Best Track for her take on ‘You’ve Got The Love‘.

Arcade Fire’s successful return has continued today after it was announced they have earned three nominations for this year’s Q Awards.

The xx’s brilliant debut record rises to the top of this week’s UK Indie Album chart following it’s recent Mercury nomination, while The National’s ‘High Violet‘ also climbs two places to re-enter the top ten. Outside the top ten, Canadian indie band Tokyo Police Club land at #18 with their second album ‘Champ‘. British rapper Example retains the number one spot on the UK Indie Singles chart for another week, and ‘Summer Snow‘, the latest in Ash’s singles series, is at no.7.

As the 2010 Latitude festival prepares for the early arrivals at Henham Park, Suffolk, one of this year’s headliners have been speaking of their delight as they prepare to headline their first major festival.

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.

In today’s Soundbites we look at a disappointing weekend for Amy Winehouse, one of the many highlights from the 2010 Glastonbury festival, how The National nearly closed down an airport, and there’s the latest news from Laura Marling, Pulp, The Libertines and Mystery Jets.

Our latest Soundbites has news on new tour dates for Public Image Ltd., the details of The National’s latest single, how The Drums are comfortable with their progress, as well as Jimmy Page’s thoughts on his late, great bandmate John Bonham.

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.

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.