Start your week right here as Live4ever’s very own music collection offers you all the weekend chart news, updates of brand new tours recently announced and our pick of the week’s new tracks. You can also plan your next seven days with our UK Gig Guide which will show you where tickets are still available for some of the best shows currently going on across Britain.
Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions
Popstar Katy Perry lands at number one on the UK Album chart this week with her new album ‘Teenage Dream’, which knocks last week’s chart topper ‘Recovery’ to #2. Elsewhere, the Mercury-nominated albums ‘Only Revolutions’ (Biffy Clyro) and ‘Sigh No More’ (Mumford & Sons), both rise in the top ten ahead of the prize-giving ceremony tomorrow, while outside the top ten, Everything Everything enjoy a top 20 debut with their new album ‘Man Alive’ entering at no.17. In the UK Singles chart, former X Factor contestant Olly Murs is on top with his track ‘Please Don’t Let Me Go’, preventing Katy Perry from a prestigious chart double.
In the UK Indie Album chart, The xx’s self-titled debut is on top for another week, while recent Reading/Leeds appearances from Arcade Fire and The Libertines has seen the two bands climb into the top 10. In the UK Indie Singles chart, Manchester duo Pepper & Piano are on top with their single ’You Took My Heart’.
Top 10 Albums:
1/ Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
2/ Eminem – Recovery
3/ Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions
4/ Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
5/ Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
6/ The Pretty Reckless – Light Me Up
7/ Disturbed – Asylum
8/ Lady Gaga – The Fame
9/ Eliza Doolittle – Eliza Doolittle
10/ Plan B – The Defamation Of Strickland Banks
Top 10 Singles:
1/ Olly Murs – Please Don’t Let Me Go
2/ Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
3/ Taio Cruz – Dynamite
4/ Eminem – Love The Way You Lie
5/ Flo Rida – Club Can’t Handle Me
6/ Roll Deep – Green Light
7/ Pepper & Piano – You Took My Heart
8/ Katy B – Katy On a Mission
9/ Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP – We Speak No Americano
10/ Travie McCoy – Billionaire
UK Indie Album Chart:
1/ The xx – xx
2/ Richard Thompson – Dream Attic
3/ Example – Won’t Go Quietly
4/ Vampire Weekend – Contra
5/ Kano – Method To The Madness
6/ Dizzee Rascal – Tongue N Cheek
7/ Thea Gilmore – Murphy’s Heart
8/ Papa Roach – Time For Annihilation
9/ The Libertines – The Best Of
10/ Arcade Fire – Funeral
UK Indie Singles Chart:
1/ Pepper & Piano – You Took My Heart
2/ Katy B – Katy On a Mission
3/ Adele – Make You Feel My Love
4/ DJ Fresh – Gold Dust
5/ Example – Kickstarts
6/ Daithi – Carraroe
7/ Example – Last Ones Standing
8/ Flow Dem – Get What I Am
9/ The xx – Islands
10/ Ash – Change Your Name
Here’s our round-up of the latest UK tour news, which this week features Band Of Horses, Brandon Flowers and The Pogues.
Band Of Horses will tour the UK at the start of next year, after a successful run during this summer’s festival season. The band will visit cities such as Newcastle, Leeds and Glasgow on the tour which will finish in London on February 3rd.
Dates:
JANUARY
Newcastle O2 Academy Newcastle (26)
Glasgow O2 Academy Glasgow (27)
Birmingham O2 Academy Birmingham (28)
Bristol O2 Academy Bristol (30)
Leeds O2 Academy Leeds (31)
FEBRUARY
Manchester Academy 1 (1)
London O2 Academy Brixton (3)
The Pogues have announced details of what may or may not be their final winter tour, depending on which band member you listen to. The ‘Farewell’ tour will take place in December to coincide with the annual boost in sales the band enjoy thanks to their classic 1987 Christmas hit ‘Fairytale Of New York’.
Dates:
DECEMBER
Glasgow O2 Academy Glasgow (13)
Newcastle O2 Academy Newcastle (14)
Sheffield O2 Academy Sheffield (16)
Manchester Apollo (17)
Birmingham O2 Academy Birmingham (18)
London O2 Academy Brixton (20 & 21)
The Killers front man Brandon Flowers will embark on a UK tour next month, following the release of his debut solo album ‘Flamingo’ which is released today.
Dates:
OCTOBER
Glasgow O2 Academy Glasgow (12)
Leeds O2 Academy Leeds (13)
Liverpool O2 Academy Liverpool (14)
Manchester Academy (16)
London HMV Forum (17)
Birmingham HMV Institute (18)
Our pick of the week’s new tracks is I Am Kloot ‘Proof’, the new single taken from their Mercury-nominated fifth studio album ‘Sky At Night‘.
If you’re wanting to get out to a gig this week find out where tickets are still available for some of the best shows currently going on across Britain with our latest UK Gig Guide. Click on the featured bands to view their full tour details, and if your city or favourite band isn’t featured this week, you can search any event and browse all the featured tours over on our dedicated tickets page.
BIRMINGHAM:
Sunday – Wolf Parade @ Glee Club BUY TICKETS
BRIGHTON:
Wednesday – Black Mountain @ Concorde 2 BUY TICKETS
DERBY:
Friday – The Twang @ The Venue BUY TICKETS
EDINBURGH:
Saturday – Fun Lovin Criminals @ HMV Picture House BUY TICKETS
GLASGOW:
Thursday – Wintersleep @ The Captains Rest BUY TICKETS
LONDON:
Fri/Sat – Muse @ Wembley Stadium BUY TICKETS
Tickets remain available for both of Muse’s upcoming dates at Wembley Stadium this week. As one of the best live bands in the world, fans are sure to be treated to a show to rival their unforgettable appearance at Wembley in 2007, and with support coming over the two days from the likes of White Lies, The Big Pink, Lily Allen and Biffy Clyro, this is sure to be one of the most talked about events of the year.
SOUTHAMPTON:
Monday – Pulled Apart By Horses @ Joiners BUY TICKETS
YORK:
Sunday – Two Door Cinema Club @ Fibbers BUY TICKETS
(all dates have tickets still available as of Monday, September 6th 2010)
