Posts Tagged ‘the strokes’

The Killers drummer Ronnie Vannucci is to follow his frontman Brandon Flowers‘ lead by releasing debut solo album ‘Big Talk‘ on July 11th.

After making fans wait over five years for new album ‘Angles‘, The Strokes are already making up for lost time and have begun putting together ideas for a fifth studio record.

The Strokes‘ low key Beverly Hill gig, held to celebrate the launch of the new T-Mobile Sidekick 4G, was closed down prematurely by fire chiefs last night (20th April).

What a difference a decade makes, The Kills know this more than most.

The answer as to how they know this so well is easy to trace, as a lot has happened in the ten-plus years since Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince first crossed paths during a chance encounter in a London squat. At the time, Mosshart was crashing out on tour in Europe as a member of the Florida pop-punk diehards Discount, and Hince was living upstairs, writing songs alone and still smoldering in the ashes of his own overlooked outfit Scarfo.  Flash forward to the April of 2011 and the two will tell you just how much a table can turn.

Start your week right here as Live4ever’s music collection offers you all the weekend’s chart news, our pick of the week’s new album releases, and you can also plan your next seven days with our UK Gig Guide where you will find tickets for some of the best shows currently going on across Britain.

The Strokes, Foo Fighters and pop superstar Lady Gaga lead the names confirmed to appear at Radio 1′s Big Weekend, which is to be held this year over the weekend of May 14th-15th in Carlisle.

The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. has candidly talked through his recent drug problems, casting a light on one of the major reasons for the long wait for a new album from the New York band.

Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has said the band are likely to play their 2001 second album ‘Origin of Symmetry‘ in its entirety when they headline this summer’s Reading/Leeds festival, after recently revealing the shows could mark the last time the band play tracks from the album live.

Start your week right here as Live4ever’s music collection offers you all the weekend’s chart news, and you can also plan your next seven days with our UK Gig Guide where you will find tickets for some of the best shows currently going on across Britain.

Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has said the band may visit tracks from their second album ‘Origin Of Symmetry‘ for the last time when they headline this summer’s Reading/Leeds festivals.