The band reunited this year and after playing at Download festival, they have been working on their third album, which is now apparently almost complete. In an interview with Total Guitar Magazine lead singer Justin Hawkins commented:

“When you write songs, you need a grounding to set the stories in. There’s a lot about small-town life. The album has songs about stuff that’s happened to us in the town. As for influences, it’s AC/DC, Queen, Aerosmith, et cetera.”

A release date for the album has yet to be announced but by the sound of things, it won’t be too far off. The band will also be touring the UK this Autumn.

The Darkness tour tickets will be available online.

The Lust For Life singer and car insurance salesman, who performed (as he usually does) shirtless on the contest last week, admits he has become a fan of the programme over the years and he did consider the possibility of offering his opinion on the show.

He says, “It didn’t go very far. There were two phone calls… I wasn’t sure I was interested or available. They called me… I was curious and we spoke a couple times, and that was as far as that went.”

Pop insists he would have been the wrong man for the job – and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler was a much better pick: “I don’t think I could’ve done the right job for them on that particular show. I think Steven does a really, really good job of it.”

Iggy and the Stooges Hop Farm festival tickets are available online

There are still 300 tickets listed on ticketing websites with prices starting at £50. The band were a huge success at Download festival at the weekend after delighting festival-goers with their hit-filled set on the main stage.

Their Download performance was their first here in the UK for two years and their O2 performance tomorrow will be the only other chance for UK fans to catch the band this year.

Hard Rock Calling tickets have been falling in price in recent weeks, with tickets to see Paul McCartney on the final day of the festival, Sunday 27th June, now trading from £32. In fact, it is cheaper to buy Paul McCartney tickets for his Hard Rock Calling performance than to buy tickets for any of his scheduled stadium shows. With a general admission day ticket, fans will gain full entry to the festival and can also witness performances from the likes of Crowded House, Elvis Costello and Crosby, Stills and Nash.

Hard Rock Calling takes place in Hyde Park from Friday 25th June to Sunday 27th June. Hard Rock Calling tickets for Pearl Jam’s headline performance on the Friday can also be picked up for £32. Saturday tickets for Stevie Wonder’s headline appearance start at £45.

Download Festival tickets are still available, despite the event getting under way tomorrow. Download weekend tickets are currently available on the secondary ticket market for less than £150. Music fans with download tickets will have the chance to witness headline performances from AC/DC, Rage Against the Machine and Aerosmith. This year’s line up also includes Deftones, Motorhead, Slash, 30 Seconds to Mars, Bullet For My Valentine, The Blackout and A Day to Remember.

Hop Farm Festival tickets are also trading below face value. Hop Farm Festival may not be the most talked about festival of the summer, but it will this year play host to the likes of Bob Dylan, Pete Doherty, Van Morrison, Laura Marling and Seasick Steve. The festival takes place in Tonbridge this July and day tickets cost around £45 each, with camping tickets costing £25 on top of that.

All these festival tickets and more are available here at Tixdaq.com.

What seems to be less known is that Steven Tyler, Joe Perry et al will also be performing at the London O2 Arena on June 15 with a substantial amount of tickets remaining unsold. At the last count there were over 1700 Aerosmith tickets available which is a remarkable figure for a band that have stood the test of time.

It is possible that the majority of Aerosmith’s  hardcore UK fans will be making the journey to Castle Donington to see their heroes but you would expect a band with 40 years worth of music making behind them to sell out their show in the capital.

One drawback could be that it is right in the middle of festival season and, with money tight, many rock fans are having to pick and choose their gigs. Nevertheless, anyone with an interest in seeing a seminal rock band live could do worse than part with the £50 currently being asked by GetMeIn for a seat in the upper tier of the arena – the cheapest ticket on offer.

The cheapest general admission Aerosmith ticket can be bought through Viagogo for £55 and gives you the freedom to mosh to your heart’s content. But if you want a great view as close to the stage as possible then you may have to fork out up to £680 via Ticket Network to sit in prized Block 101 with that price perhaps suggesting that Aerosmith are still very much in demand after all.

Weekend ticket holders can expect headline performances from AC/DC, Aerosmith and, on the back of their Finsbury Park Rage Factor performance, Rage Against the Machine. Other acts confirmed to appear across the weekend include Deftones, Motorhead, Slash, 30 Seconds to Mars, Bullet For My Valentine, The Blackout and A Day to Remember.

The tickets are three-day passes that allow the holder to get away from the mud and overflowing urinals by staying in an exclusive campsite. You can stay in a ‘kabin’ a caravan, a ‘tipi’ or even a hotel as you recover from a day or three moshing to Megadeth and co.

Download Festival is being held at the infamous Castle Donington venue that has been a home to hard rock music for decades. This year’s Download Festival is a three-day event featuring huge headline acts such as AC/DC, Rage Against The Machine and Aerosmith.

Download Festival RIP tickets have been sold out on the primary ticket market for some time but can still be purchased on the secondary ticket market. The RIP tickets are not cheap with prices ranging from £715 to £894 for the duration of the Download Festival but as you get to see some rock gods AND get a good night’s sleep it will definitely appeal to many festival goers.

The cheapest tickets currently listed here at Tixdaq.com are priced at £59 and are for seats located in block 418, in the upper tier of the arena. Aerosmith standing tickets are currently trading between £64 and £300.

With the concert set to take place next week, and with over 1,000 tickets listed on the secondary market, there are some great deals to be found when comparing prices.

There will inevitably be a big rush for tickets as more acts are announced, but with a stellar bill already featuring AC/DC, Rage Against The Machine and Aerosmith, Motorhead, Deftones, Stone Temple Pilots, Them Crooked Vultures, 30 Seconds To Mars, Bullet For My Valentine, Stone Sour, and Megadeth, why wait until then to secure your tickets?

Compare and buy Download Festival tickets online now!

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Not many could rival this for sheer weirdness though: 50 Cent has told the Sun newspaper that he would like to record a new version of Peter Andre’s huge hit Mysterious Girl with the singer, saying, “It’s like ‘YMCA’, one of those songs everybody knows. Girls like it and it gets them up dancing. Pete seems like a nice guy and maybe, with the right remix, we can get him a number one in the US as well as Europe this time.”

The longer you think about it, the more you think it could work…

50 Cent and Peter Andre are both heading out on separate tours of the UK, with Andre’s tour ongoing. He plays the following dates:

March 05th – Bournemouth, Pavilion
March 06th – London, IndigO2
March 07th – Swindon, Oasis
March 08th – Birmingham, Symphony Hall
March 09th – Bristol, Colston Hall
March 11th – Manchester, Apollo
March 12th – Gateshead, The Sage
March 13th – Blackpool, Opera House
March 15th – Sheffield, City Hall
March 17th – Brentwood, Leisure Centre
March 18th – Reading, Hexagon
March 19th – Brighton, Dome
March 20th – Yeovil, Westland
March 22nd – Plymouth, Pavilions
March 24th – Bradford, St Georges Hall
March 26th – Folkestone, Leas Cliff Hall
March 27th – Leamington, Royal Spa
March 28th – Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall

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Although doubts were expressed about the future of frontman Steven Tyler, it has been confirmed that the charismatic singer will lead the band at the show. Tickets for Aerosmith at London’s O2 Arena – as well as the rest of their European tour – are on sale now and available to compare through Tixdaq.com.

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Although doubts were expressed about the future of frontman Steven Tyler, it has been confirmed that the charismatic singer will lead the band at the show. Tickets for Aerosmith at London’s O2 Arena are expected to go on sale soon and will be available to compare through Tixdaq.com.

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The 2010 Download Festival looks set to be the best ever, with Rage Against the Machine and Aerosmith among the top acts already confirmed. This year’s festival is set to take place from June 11 – 13 at Donington Park and will see performances from the likes of AC/DC, Megadeth and Them Crooked Vultures. It will be one of Rage Against the Machine’s first gigs since they controversially clinched the 2009 Christmas Number One with ‘Killing in the Name.’

Download Festival tickets are already selling fast and the announcement of both Aerosmith and Rage Against the Machine is likely to boost ticket sales figures. Fans are urged to snap up Download Festival tickets while they are still available.

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Download Festival tickets are already selling fast and the announcement of both Aerosmith and Rage Against the Machine is likely to boost ticket sales figures. Fans are urged to snap up Download Festival tickets while they are still available.

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Whitney Houston’s involvement at the 37th American Music Awards has just been taken to a whole new level as she is preparing to receive a special award, the International Music Award, at the show on 22nd November in Los Angeles.  This award has only been presented seven times in the event’s 37-year-long history,to artists who in the organisers’ opinion have reached truly global superstar status.  Previous recipients include Michael Jackson, Rod Stewart, Led Zeppelin, Bee Gees, Aerosmith, Madonna and Beyonce Knowles, a list that is perhaps as notable for its omissions as it is for its inclusions.

Nevertheless, the award can be seen as recognition of Ms Houston’s salvation from a drug- and booze-fuelled trip to the brink of oblivion in the late ’90s, despite signing the biggest record deal the world had ever seen, with Arista/BMG, in 2001.  Despite these erratic shenanigans she continued to record and perform in smaller tours in the early 2000s, but her self-destructive behaviour surfaced again in 2005, plumbing what many saw as a new low by appearing on a US TV reality show with her then-husband, Bobby Brown.  Yet this execrable train-crash of a programme did not extinguish interest in her music;  she laid down a new album in 2007, rejoined the interview circuit in 2008 and then announced her first full-scale tour for over a decade.  The I Look To You tour comes to the UK on 8 April 2010 until the end of that month.  Tickets to Whitney Houston concerts in the UK and Ireland are available to compare and buy now at tixdaq.com.

According to the concert promoter, Flash Entertainment, Beyonce and Aerosmith have been booked for the first ever concert at a Formula 1 race. Beyonce is set to open the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on October 29 and Aerosmith will bring the event to a close three days later on Sunday November 1.

This is set to be the first Grand Prix to take place in Abu Dhabi and a number of other special events have  been planned to celebrate including a live performance by Timbaland and outdoor film screenings.

The Beyonce performance at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix comes midway through her forthcoming ‘I am Sasha Fierce..’ tour. Beyonce follows the F1 show with visits to Russia, Egypt and Greece. Shortly after, the Beyonce tour arrives in the UK.

The UK leg of the 2009 Beyonce tour kicks off on November 11 at Liverpool Echo Arena. Beyonce is also set to perform live in concert at a number of the UK’s top venues including London O2 Arena (November 14 & 16), Manchester Evening News Arena (November 18) and Nottingham Trent FM Arena (November 20) The Beyonce tour draws to a close at Belfast Odyssey Arena on November 24.

As previously reported on Tixdaq.com, Beyonce tickets are currently available for all of the UK shows. Thousands of Beyonce tickets can be compared online with prices starting at £50.