Month: December 2010

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US rockers Bon Jovi have this year’s highest grossing concert tour, according to a trade publication. The veteran rock group sold $201 million worth of tickets for their ‘The Circle‘ world tour, Pollstar magazine reports. This comes as a surprise as the 2009 album did not  …

… or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Hipsters and Their Skinny Jeans

Late December… the days are short (but getting longer) and cold as the year draws to an end. What better time than now to look back upon the past year and reminisce over some of …

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24 year old Lady Gaga’s “The Fame Monster” is officially the best selling album of 2010. After shifting an amazing 5.8 million copies worldwide it relegated Eminem’s chart topper “Recovery” to the runner up spot.

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Phoner To Arizona the first track from ‘The Fall’

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The Last Living Rose’ by PJ Harvey. A short film directed by Seamus Murphy.

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A rather dismal year in concert ticket sales is moving many concert promoters to promise more affordable gigs in the coming new year. This is a likely relief to music fans tight on cash as well as artists and venues who had to cope with half empty seats during the …

From the new album Build a Rocket Kids , out March 7th , 2011

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2010 was a phenomenal year for indie icon Edwyn Collins. The former frontman of Scottish post-punkers Orange Juice released his seventh solo album in the UK to massive acclaim. Heralded by the British press as one of the best releases of the year, Losing Sleep will arrive on US shores …

Radiohead‘s much lauded 1997 album ‘OK Computer‘ has been named ‘the best album of the past 25 years’ by a poll conducted by Q Magazine.

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Klaxons are to release an EP of unreleased material as a free download on Christmas Day.

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Foo Fighters made their return to the live stage last night with an exclusive show in LA, reports planetrock.com.

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The Irish giants rock Belfast three times in a day…

On December 17th And So I Watch You From Afar treated fans in Belfast to a trio of special gigs to mark the end of their headline European tour and their return to Northern Ireland for the end of the …

Elbow have unveiled the title of their eagerly anticipated new album, the follow up to 2008’s ‘The Seldom Seen Kid‘.

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Jeff Horton, owner of the threatened London venue The 100 Club, has said the club could now be on course for safety as he has entered talks with a new potential sponsor.

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Ocean Colour Scene guitarist Steve Cradock is to issue a brand new single next February and has also released details of a UK tour to commence in April.

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The first single from Tapes ‘n Tapes new record, Outside.

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