Britpop legends Blur have announced on Twitter that they will be releasing two brand new singles on Monday 2nd July. the band revealed ‘Under The Westway’ and ‘The Puritan’ will be released at 6.15pm and 7.15pm respectively – probably as digital downloads: Be here Monday 2nd July. 6.15 & 7:15pm BST RT — blur (@blurofficial)…
Bloc Party have today unveiled the full details of a UK headline tour this October. The band who release their ‘comeback’ album Four on 20 August – will play eight dates across the UK, starting in Newcastle on 12 October and finishing in Cambridge on 20 October (full dates below) Bloc Party have also released…
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will release ‘Everybody’s On The Run’ as the next single from their/his self titled debut solo album. The single follows previous releases ‘The Death Of You And Me’, ‘If I Had A Gun’, ‘AKA… What A Life’, and ‘Dream On’, and will feature a remix of ‘AKA… What A Life’…
Back in the top gigs in June post I wrote a few weeks ago, I mentioned Bat For Lashes (who is playing in Cambridge tonight) should be ready to announce her new album soon – well today she has revealed the album will be called The Haunted Man and is due for release on 15…
What is it with ‘new album trailers’ all of a sudden? Before the dust has settled on Muse’s new trailer, The Killers have released the above ‘promo’ for their forthcoming new album Battleborn. The Killers have gone for subtle, atmospheric synths for their trailer – sounding a bit Blade Runner-esque to me – and also…
Following on from releasing the above trailer for their new album The 2nd Law yesterday, Muse have revealed dates for a UK & European arena tour this autumn. Tickets for the tour go on general sale next Thursday (14 June) at 9am, although a small amount of standing tickets will be made available to fan club…
Muse have released the above trailer for their new album – the follow up to 2009’s The Resistance. The new album will be out in September and appears to be titled The 2nd Law – which judging by what the newsreader says in the trailer probably relates to the 2nd law of thermodynamics (I love…
The xx have today announced their second album will be released on 10 September. The follow-up to their break out 2009 debut album will be called Coexist, and was once again produced by the bands Jamie Smith in their London studio. The xx, who you can see above performing debut album track ‘Crystalised’, released a…
Bloc Party have revealed the name of their upcoming fourth album will be imaginatively titled Four. The band released the above trailer online today to announce the new album – the follow-up to 2008’s Intimacy. Four will be released on 20 August and was produced by Mars Volta producer Alex Newport. Along with the album…
Las Vegas band The Killers (above is their song from the recent Dark Shadows film soundtrack) have revealed their upcoming fourth studio album will be called Battle Born. The album, the follow-up to their 2008 release Day & Age, is named after their recording studio – with Battle Born also being the nickname of their…
