Update – 26 June: Looks like the earlier reports of Coldplay opening Glastonbury on Friday morning were a bit premature, as the slightly more boring Kaiser Chiefs have now apparently been ‘officially’ confirmed as the TBA act on The Other Stage tomorrow. Coldplay rumours are still circulating though, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see…
Karen O has today revealed she will release a solo album in September called Crush Songs. The album will be the Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer’s first solo album, and will be released via Julian Casablancas Cult Records imprint on 8 September. The artwork for Crush Songs is above, and Karen O explained the title of…
The above weather symbol is annoyingly plastered all over the weather forecasts for this weekends Glastonbury Festival. What does it mean? Will it be sunny, rainy or cloudy? Or all three at once? It basically means anything is possible weather-wise and the word for the weekend is: changeable. Most forecasts are pretty certain that it…
“Tyranny has come in many forms throughout history. Now, the good of business is put above anything else, as corporations have become the new ruling body. Most decisions seem to be made like ones of a medieval king: whatever makes profit while ignoring and repressing the truth about whatever suffering it may cause (like pop…
It’s official – Glastonbury Festival has the best line-up of the year! I asked you earlier this month to vote on what UK festival line-up you thought was the best in 2014, and the results are unequivocal: Glastonbury has got the best bands on! Here’s the results in full: Glastonbury took just under 40% of…
Being a resident of Leicester all my life (save for the obligatory few years away at Uni), I can safely say that the city has never before seen a day like Saturday 21 June 2014. Not only are Kasabian the biggest band to ever come from Leicester, they are also currently one of the biggest…
Tickets for the newly reformed Libertines’ warm-up show in Glasgow went like hot-cakes when they went on sale last month. The demand was so high, in fact, that the band quickly moved to arrange a second date at Glasgow Barrowlands – on Saturday 28 June. Tickets for the new show on 28 June go on…
***UPDATE – 26 June: We have a winner! Congratulations to Robert Jones! Thanks to everyone who took part and keep your eyes peeled for more competitions coming soon!*** Competition is now closed. [divide] In amongst a busy-looking summer schedule of festival dates, New Zealand band The Naked And Famous have arranged a quick-fire visit…
As excitement builds ahead of Kasabian’s huge Summer Solstice homecoming gig this weekend in Leicester’s Victoria Park, the band have finally announced who will be their support acts. In a short but sweet post on their official site, the Leicester band announced that support on Saturday will be coming from: Rudimental DJs Jagwar Ma Zane…
You may remember late last year I reported on YouTube’s plans to join the music streaming party with their own subscription-based model. That hasn’t happened yet, but the Google-owned video site has started to make behind-the-scenes manoeuvres to get licensing deals in place for it. A big part of that is to get all the publishers…
