Monday Box-Set: Adele Holds Off Elbow On UK Charts, The Vaccines Pick Of Week


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.

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Elbow - 'Build a Rocket Boys!'




Another week on top of the Album and Singles chart for British singer Adele this week, with Elbow‘s new album ‘Build a Rocket Boys!’ the highest new entry at #2. Adele’s debut album ’19’ also holds on to its top 5 spot (#4), and R.E.M’s new record ’Collapse Into Now’ lands at number. Elsewhere, Noah & The Whale enter at #8 with ‘Last Night On Earth‘, while Beady Eye’s ’Different Gear, Still Speeding’ just holds on to a top 10 spot (#10).

Top 20 Albums:

1/ Adele – 21
2/ Elbow – Build a Rocket Boys!
3/ Jessie J – Who You Are
4/ Adele – 19
5/ R.E.M – Collapse Into Now
6/ Rihanna – Loud
7/ Bruno Mars – Doo Wops & Hooligans
8/ Noah and The Whale – Last Night On Earth
9/ Avril Lavigne – Goodnight Lullaby
10/ Beady Eye – Different Gear, Still Speeding
11/ Daniel O’Donnell – Moon Over Ireland
12/ Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
13/ Plan B – The Defamation Of Strickland Banks
14/ Cee Lo Green – The Lady Killer
15/ Glee Cast – Glee The Music Vol. 4
16/ Eva Cassidy – Simply Eva
17/ Olly Murs – Olly Murs
18/ Tinie Tempah – Disc-Overy
19/ Chase & Status – No More Idols
20/ Take That – Progress

Top 20 Singles:

1/ Adele – Someone Like You
2/ Jessie J – Price Tag
3/ Rihanna – S&M
4/ Lady Gaga – Born This Way
5/ Wiz Khalifa – Black and Yellow
6/ Chris Brown – Yeah 3X
7/ Alexis Jordan – Good Girl
8/ Chipmunk – Champion
9/ Adele – Rolling In The Deep
10/ Bruno Mars – Grenade
11/ Dr. Dre – I Need a Doctor
12/ Tinie Tempah – Wonderman
13/ Jessie J – Do It Like a Dude
14/ Tiesto vs. Diplo – C’mon (Catch Em By Surprise)
15/ Pink – Perfect
16/ Avril Lavigne – What the Hell
17/ Taio Cruz – Higher
18/ David Guetta – Who’s That Chick?
19/ Noah and The Whale – L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N
20/ Olly Murs – Heart On My Sleeve

Live4ever’s pick of the week’s new albums this week features The Vaccines‘ debut ‘What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?’. Check out videos for  first single ‘Wreckin Bar (Ra Ra Ra)‘, early buzz release ‘If You Wanna‘ and a live version of ‘Blow It Up’.

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. 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.

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GLASGOW:

Tuesday – Elbow @ S.E.C.C BUY TICKETS

LEEDS:

Thursday – Iron & Wine @ Leeds Met Uni BUY TICKETS

LIVERPOOL:

Thursday – Does It Offend You, Yeah? @ O2 Academy 2  BUY TICKETS

LONDON:

Saturday – Shaun Ryder @ Shepherds Bush Empire BUY TICKETS

(all gigs listed have tickets still available as of Monday, 14th March 2011)


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