The Killers have today been confirmed as the final headliner for next years Isle Of Wight Festival – joining previously announced headliners The Stone Roses and Bon Jovi. The Las Vegas rockers will headline the Saturday night of the festival (15 June), with The Stone Roses headlining the Friday and Bon Jovi the Sunday. Announcing…
US rapper Eminem has been announced as the first headline act for next years revamped Reading and Leeds Festivals. The news was announced on Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show tonight, and follows last weeks early announcement confirming Alt J, Deftones and Sub Focus on the bill. Eminem seems like a surprise choice to headline the…
Katy B has released a surprise EP online today – which features guest contributions from Jessie Ware, Wiley, Diplo, Geeneus, Jacques Green and Iggy Azalea. Called Danger, the EP is available to stream below – or you can download it from www.katybofficial.com if actually owning music means anything to you these days! Listen to Danger EP…
Seminal shoegazers My Bloody Valentine have announced a short burst of live dates in the UK next March. The group will play: March 09 – Glasgow, Barrowlands 10 – Manchester, Apollo 12 – London, Hammersmith Apollo Tickets for the gigs are available from lots of different places, all of which are listed on the band’s Facebook page. As…
The Noel Gallagher-curated line-up for the 2013 series of Teenage Cancer Trust gigs has been announced today – with a few surprises mixed in with some more obvious acts. The most surprising inclusion on the line-up is Noel’s former Blur ‘enemies’ Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon, who will be playing on the same night as…
Contrary to previous reports, which suggested Thom Yorke’s side-project Atoms For Peace’s debut album will be out in January, the Radiohead frontman has confirmed today the album will actually be out in February. Atoms For Peace are the supergroup made up of Thom Yorke, producer Nigel Godrich, Red Hot Chilli Peppers bassist Flea, Joey Waronker…
Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr is releasing his first solo album early next year, and has today revealed a 10-date UK tour in March 2013 to accompany it. The new album, called The Messenger, is due out on 25 February – with the lead single of the same name out next week. The artwork for…
Either Hot Chip front-man Alexis Taylor is an ardent Spurs fan, or he has just released the most randomly-named EP of the year! Taylor surprisingly released ‘Nayim From The Halfway Line’ (a reference to footballer Nayim’s comical goal against Arsenal ages ago) today on vinyl, and released this teaser trailer to go with it: The…
A host of new acts have been announced today for next years Isle Of Wight Festival. Following last weeks confirmation that The Stone Roses will be headlining, festival organisers have announced Bloc Party, Jake Bugg, The Maccabees and Paloma Faith will be joining them in June 2013. Festival organiser John Giddings said of the latest…
The Reading and Leeds Festival is not the only summer music event with some news today, as Bestival has announced next years fancy-dress theme will be ‘HMS Bestival’. 2013 will be the Isle of Wight’s other festival’s 10th anniversary and they’re determined to ‘push the boat out’ (see what they did there?) with the nautical…
