A spokeswoman from the Met Office stated ”Tomorrow will see highs of around 18 degrees though it will feel cool in the wind. Temperatures will pick up on Sunday with highs of 22 degrees  though again in the breeze it will feel a bit cooler. The evenings are also looking dry with temps of around 11 degrees.”

This is good news for those Secret Garden Party goers who will also be able to see such acts as Blondie, Mystery Jets and Snow Club.

Blondie will also be playing at this year’s Bestival.

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The two-day festival sees headline sets from Judas Priest (Saturday 23rd) and Dream Theater (Sunday 24th). Artists also appearing over the weekend include Slash, Black Country Communion, Thin Lizzy, Thunder, Barclay James Harvest, and Jethro Tull. Judas Priest, Dream Theater will be performing their only UK festivals of the year. It takes place in London’s Victoria Park.

Whilst rain showers are expected for Saturday day, they should clear up by the evening, and Sunday is predicted to see sunny intervals all day. Tickets are still available for the festival.

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As well as being surrounded by some amazing beers and ales no doubt, the Beer Festival will also include some great acts including The Sex Pirates, The Ramshackle Union Band and The Curst Sons for the Saturday.  Whilst on the Sunday, acts will include Gillian Glover, The Proposition and The Orange Circus.

Playing on this year’s main stage are Judas Priest, Dream Theater and Slash. Whilst acts performing on the Prog Stage include Jethro Tull and Barclay James.

With such a vast array of rock gods all amassing on London’s Victoria Park, it should be quite some weekend.

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Carr told Buzz Magazine, “Kayne came on the Friday Night Project and was ever so sweet,

“He invited me and Justin Lee Collins to go on his jet to see him perform in Oslo. But I was doing a charity night… I was very tempted to throw a sickie!”

Kanye West has been no stranger to controversy in recent years, most notably for invading the stage during Taylor Swift’s win at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009.

Alan Carr is set to perform arena shows across the UK this year, with tickets for the upcoming Alan Carr UK tour available online.

Fish’s debut solo album will be called Life In Monochrome and is to be released on September 26th. The album is said to have been inspired by artists including Ray Davies and Damon Albarn. Fish reveals the record is the result of a “period of transition” in his life – coming out of a six-year relationship and beginning a new one. The new album will have eleven tracks, and is released through Music For Wolves.

Mystery Jets are still playing UK dates, and will perform at Bingley Music Live in September, alongside artists including Athelete, Chase & Status, Feeder, Maximo Park, Eliza Doolittle, Fun Lovin’ Criminals and The Sunshine Underground.

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High Voltage is set at London’s Victoria Park and kicks off on the 23rd July and goes on until Sunday 24th July.

Headlining this year’s High Voltage are Judas Priest on Saturday and Dream Theater on the Sunday. Also on the illustrious bill of rock giants are Thin Lizzy, Slash and Jethro Tull.

Fans are now eagerly counting down the days until the festival rocks its way into Victoria Park. For those of you who don’t already have a ticket, fear not. Tickets are still available online.

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It has also been announced today that Snoop will play at London’s O2 Arena on the 7th October, with tickets going on sale this Friday.

This exciting new show announcement comes following a very busy Summer for the rapper. He is jetting off to Ibiza for the first time and playing Amnesia as well as playing at this weekend’s Lovebox Weekender.

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Britney started her 33 date Femme Fatale world tour last week but managed to jet in for her son, Jayden James’s class graduation.  Looking tired but extremely happy she went to the special occasion looking more mum than popstar in a long dress and over sized cardigan.

Britney’s tour has already come under fire for the pop star looking bloated. Regardless of her physical shape, the pop princess ‘has gotten her spark back’ according to fans who have said the extravaganza is incredible.

Britney belts her way through 22 songs, all sung live and nine costume changes including an angel, kimono and a motorcycle leather clad outfit. All the glitz, glam and show spectacular you expect from a Britney Spears tour.

Whilst she may look tired she is balancing the act of pop star and mum to great success.  When the spears tour rolls in to town it will definitely be worth catching.

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The 21 year old had success with his reggae styled pop song Beautiful Girls. The accident has been described as ‘shocking’ by press, no details to injuries have been given. The family have thanked well-wishers for all the support.

Justin Bieber tweeted: ” Got my friend Sean Kingston in my prayers tonight. A true friend and big bro. Please keep him in your prayers tonight as well.”

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JLS, which is an initialism of ‘Jack the Lad Swing’, were runners up on The X Factor in 2008 and have since sold almost 1 and a half million albums worldwide.

Their currently unnamed third album will be released later this year.

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Skin, Rival Sons, Amplifier, Von Hertzen Brothers, Neurosis, Electric Wizard, Evile and more have now been confirmed for the festival, which will take place at Victoria Park in London on the 23rd and 24th July.

High Voltage tickets are on sale now, with General Admission prices starting at around £56.

Manchester Academy – December 8th – The Wombats, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Futureheads, Mystery Jets, The View, Everything Everything

O2 Academy Brixton, London – December 15th – Manic Street Preachers, White Lies, The Drums, Two Door Cinema Club and Mona

There are a limited number of XFM Winter Wonderland presale tickets on sale now.

Manchester Academy – December 8th – The Wombats, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Futureheads, Mystery Jets, The View, Everything Everything

O2 Academy Brixton, London – December 15th – Manic Street Preachers, White Lies, The Drums, Two Door Cinema Club and Mona

XFM’s Winter Wonderland tickets will go on general sale Friday 5th November.

American Football fans can buy tickets to watch NFL live games using our ticket comparison service, and select the best available seats in the stadium. Tickets to watch New York Jets vs Minnesota Vikings live and all other live NFL games are available now.

Fans can watch Buffalo Bills v New York Jets by buying tickets to the NFL live game, available online here.

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Adult weekend tickets are available for £155 each. Weekend tickets for students can be bought for £120, weekend tickets for teenagers cost £60 each and children under 12 years of age can attend the festival for £4.

The Big Chill Festival tickets are available from Seetickets and Gigantic.

Angus & Julia Stone tickets are on sale now for the following UK tour dates:

December 4th 2010 – Brighton St Georges Church
December 5th 2010 – Leeds Wardrobe
December 7th 2010 – Glasgow Oran Mor
December 9th 2010 – London Royal Festival Hall
December 10th 2010 – Falmouth Princess Pavillions
December 11th 2010 – Bristol Trinity Centre

Jay-Z was hosting a World Cup party backstage at Oxegen Festival in Dublin at the weekend, and was suitably impressed with JLS’ number one single to get in touch. He reportedly envisages them becoming stars in the vein of Boys II Men and Jodeci, so the fortunes of Aston Merrygold, Marvin Humes, Jonathan “JB” Gill, and Oritsé Williams look very bright indeed.

Still, there is the chance to see the boys live in concert before they jet off across the Atlantic! JLS tickets are available for the following UK tour dates:

June 16th 2010 – Cork, Marquee
June 17th 2010 – Cork, Marquee
June 19th 2010 – Newton-le-Willows, Haydock Park Racecourse
July 15th 2010 – Warwick, Warwick Castle
July 16th 2010 – Gloucester, Westonbirt Arboretum
July 17th 2010 – Ottery St Mary, Escot Park
July 18th 2010 – Peterborough, Peterborough Embankment
July 22nd 2010 – Epsom, Epsom Downs Racecourse
July 23rd 2010 – Glasgow, Hamilton Park Racecourse
July 25th 2010 – Margate, Quex Park
November 29th 2010 – Aberdeen, AECC
November 30th 2010 – Glasgow, Braehead Arena
December 2nd 2010 – Liverpool, Echo Arena
December 3rd 2010 – Liverpool, Echo Arena
December 4th 2010 – Cardiff, International Arena
December 6th 2010 – Bournemouth, International Centre
December 7th 2010 – Birmingham, LG Arena
December 9th 2010 – London, O2 Arena
December 10th 2010 – London, O2 Arena
December 11th 2010 – Nottingham, Trent FM Arena
December 13th 2010 – Glasgow, SECC
December 14th 2010 – Aberdeen, AECC
December 16th 2010 – Manchester, MEN Arena
December 17th 2010 – Sheffield, Arena
December 18th 2010 – Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena
December 20th 2010 – Manchester, MEN Arena
December 21th 2010 – Birmingham, LG Arena
December 22th 2010 – London, Wembley Arena
December 23th 2010 – London, Wembley Arena
January 3rd 2011 – Cardiff, International Arena
January 4th 2011 – Nottingham, Trent FM Arena
January 5th 2011 – Sheffield, Arena
January 15th 2011 – London, O2 Arena
January 18th 2011 – Cardiff, International Arena
January 19th 2011 – Birmingham, LG Arena
January 20th 2011 – Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena
January 22nd 2011 – Manchester MEN Arena
January 23rd 2011 – Nottingham Trent FM Arena
January 24th 2011 – Cardiff International Arena

Mystery Jets tickets are on sale now, and will play live concerts in the following venues:

October 22nd 2010 – Manchester, Cathedral
October 23rd 2010 – Sheffield, The Leadmill
October 25th 2010 – Cambridge, The Junction
October 26th 2010 – Leeds, Metropolitan University SU
October 27th 2010 – Newcastle, Digital
October 29th 2010 – Edinburgh, The Liquid Rooms
October 30th 2010 – Glasgow, ABC
October 31st 2010 – Liverpool, O2 Academy
November 5th 2010 – Birmingham, HMV Institute
November 6th 2010 – Nottingham, Trent Students Union
November 7th 2010 – Cardiff, Glee Club
November 9th 2010 – Bristol, Anson Rooms
November 10th 2010 – Brighton, Concorde
November 11th 2010 – London, Roundhouse

In addition, the band will perform at Lovebox Weekender, Reading and Leeds Festivals this summer.

October 22nd 2010 – Manchester, Cathedral
October 23rd 2010 – Sheffield, The Leadmill
October 25th 2010 – Cambridge, The Junction
October 26th 2010 – Leeds, Metropolitan University SU
October 27th 2010 – Newcastle, Digital
October 29th 2010 – Edinburgh, The Liquid Rooms
October 30th 2010 – Glasgow, ABC
October 31st 2010 – Liverpool, O2 Academy
November 5th 2010 – Birmingham, HMV Institute
November 6th 2010 – Nottingham, Trent Students Union
November 7th 2010 – Cardiff, Glee Club
November 9th 2010 – Bristol, Anson Rooms
November 10th 2010 – Brighton, Concorde
November 11th 2010 – London, Roundhouse

Meanwhile, the band also play at Lovebox Weekender, Reading and Leeds Festivals this summer.

Weekend tickets for students can be bought for £120, weekend tickets for teenagers cost £60 each and children under 12 years of age can attend the festival for £4. Adult weekend tickets are available for £155 each.

The Big Chill Festival will take place between the 5th and 8th August at Eastnor Castle in Hertfordshire and tickets are still available from primary ticket vendors such as Seetickets and Gigantic.

This year’s event will be headlined by Massive Attack, M.I.A and Lily Allen. Thom Yorke, Kelis, Mystery Jets, Plan B, Tinie Tempah, Mr Scruff, Newton Faulkner, Paloma Faith, Magic Numbers and High Contrast are also set to appear across the weekend.

Summer Series tickets are available from £20, with tickets for Noah and the Whale on Saturday 10th July and Soul II Soul on Sunday 18th July currently trading at the lowest prices.

The Summer Series 2010 line-up is as follows:

Thu 8th July – Mystery Jets
Fri 9th July – Air
Sat 10th July – Noah and the Whale
Sun 11th July – N-Dubz
Mon 12th July – The Temper Trap
Tue 13th July – The XX
Wed 14th July – Gil Scott-Heron
Thu 15th July – Florence and the Machine
Fri 16th July – Corinne Bailey Rae
Sat 17th July – The Divine Comedy
Sun 18th July – Soul II Soul

Thu 8th July – Mystery Jets
Fri 9th July – Air
Sat 10th July – Noah and the Whale
Sun 11th July – N-Dubz
Mon 12th July – The Temper Trap
Tue 13th July – The XX
Wed 14th July – Gil Scott-Heron
Thu 15th July – Florence and the Machine
Fri 16th July – Corinne Bailey Rae
Sat 17th July – The Divine Comedy
Sun 18th July – Soul II Soul

Somerset House has built a reputation as one of the best open-air concert hosts around and this year boasts a wide variety of acts for its Summer Series.

Summer Series tickets are currently available below face value, with tickets for the Mystery Jets concert trading between £20 and £170. The cheapest Noah and the Whale tickets are priced at £19, and N-Dubz tickets are available from £22.

Joan Jett is most famous for her work in Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, with whom she topped the American billboard charts, but also enjoyed success in first band The Runaways.

Frank Turner is also a rock superstar. Having crafted out a considerably successful career with hardcore band Million Dead, he has reinvented himself as an energetic acoustic artist. Turner’s songs resonate with feeling, and many people relate to his lyrics.

Those who have tickets to Green Day’s Dublin concert at Marlay Park have a slight variation. In addition to Joan Jett, Paramore will open for Green Day in the Irish capital.

Fortunately, Green Day tickets are still available for all these dates – as well as their concert at Paris’ Parc des Princes. Prices begin at £20 for the Lancashire County Cricket Club date – which is substantially less than the face value £29.

In addition, there are over 1000 Wembley tickets still on sale, with Seatwave tickets the best priced at £33.

The cheapest Green Day Wembley Stadium tickets currently available are priced at £37 and are for seats located in the upper tier of the arena. Standing tickets are trading from £45 to £200 and there are over 400 available. Seats are still available in the lower, middle and upper tier of the arena.

The cheapest Green Day tickets for the Manchester show are priced at £27 and are general admission tickets. There are over 700 general admission tickets currently listed on ticket exchange websites. There are also ticket and hotel packages available for this show, priced at around £150.

Green Day tickets are still available on the secondary ticket market for the shows in Manchester on Wednesday 16th June and London on Saturday 19th June. The cheapest Green Day tickets currently available are trading at £29 and are general admission tickets for the Lancashire County Cricket Club show. The cheapest Wembley Stadium tickets are priced at £35 and are for seats located in the upper tier of the stadium.

Other acts added to the bill today include Mystery Jets, Laura Marling, The Drums and Echo & The Bunnymen. T in the Park tickets are available to compare and buy here at Tixdaq.com, and there are a huge number of T in the Park day tickets and T in the Park weekend tickets still available.

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Other names also confirmed today include Wild Beasts, A Day To Remember, The Walkmen, Motion City Soundtrack, Girls, New Young Pony Club, Surfer Blood, Frankie & The Heartstrings and Serj Tankian.

Although tickets have sold out from primary vendors, there are still a huge amount available from trusted ticket exchanges such as Seatwave, Viagogo and GetMeIn. Reading Festival weekend tickets are currently available from £234 whilst Leeds Festival weekend tickets can be bought for just £210.

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Mystery Jets, Air, Noah and the Whale, N-Dubz, The Temper Trap, The XX, Florence and the Machine, Corinne Bailey Rae and Soul II Soul have all been previously confirmed and tickets are now on sale for all ten events.

Full Summer Series details are listed below:

Thu 8th July – Mystery Jets
Fri 9th July – Air
Sat 10th July – Noah and the Whale
Sun 11th July – N-Dubz
Mon 12th July – The Temper Trap
Tue 13th July – The XX
Wed 14th July – Gil Scott-Heron
Thu 15th July – Florence and the Machine
Fri 16th July – Corinne Bailey Rae
Sat 17th July – The Divine Comedy
Sun 18th July – Soul II Soul

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Tickets for the shows, staring on the 8th July and running until the 18th go on sale tomorrow morning (26th March) and will be available to compare and buy here at Tixdaq.com. Full details are listed below:

Thu 8th July – Mystery Jets
Fri 9th July – Air
Sat 10th July – Noah and the Whale
Sun 11th July – N-Dubz
Mon 12th July – The Temper Trap
Tue 13th July – The XX
Wed 14th July – TBA
Thu 15th July – Florence and the Machine
Fri 16th July – Corinne Bailey Rae
Sat 17th July – TBA
Sun 18th July – Soul II Soul

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Tickets for Lovebox Weekender 2010 are on sale now,  and can be found at the cheapest available price at Tixdaq.com. We compare the UK’s top ticket vendors to give you the best possible value tickets for your hard-earned pennies!

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Now into its tenth year, the Teenage Cancer Trust series will see performances from the likes of The Who, JLS, Arctic Monkeys, Noel Gallagher, The Specials, Them Crooked Vultures and Suede at the Royal Albert Hall this month, and were originally created by The Who front-man, Roger Daltrey.

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May 03rd 2010 – Glasgow ABC 2
May 04th 2010 – Sheffield O2 Academy 2
May 05th 2010 – Liverpool O2 Academy
May 07th 2010 – London Islington Academy
May 08th 2010 – Hatfield Forum Attic Room
May 10th 2010 – Oxford Academy 2
May 11th 2010 – Southampton Joiners
May 12th 2010 – Bristol O2 Academy 2
May 13th 2010 – Birmingham O2 Academy 2

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Not forgetting: JLS, to be joined by Lemar and Diana Vickers; The Specials, to be supported by The King Blues; and last but certainly not least, The Who, to be joined by Sweet Billy Pilgrim. Phew.

Them Crooked Vultures kick off the Teenage Cancer Trust series at London’s Royal Albert Hall on March 22. Hundreds of tickets – including all the top acts such as The Who, JLS and Arctic Monkeys – are still available to compare through Tixdaq.com.

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Muse performed the AC/DC song at the Big Day Out festival in Sydney on Friday (January 22). Muse were amongst the headline acts on this year’s Big Day Out line up including Lily Allen, Dizzee Rascal and Kasabian.

As well as playing a series of massive shows across Europe this June, Muse are set to perform three huge live shows in the UK in September. Muse will play one show at the Lancashire County Cricket Club in Manchester (September 4) as well as two dates at Wembley Stadium (September 10 & 11).

Hundreds of Muse tickets are available to compare online, however, we can confirm that the remaining Muse tickets are selling fast.

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Twisted Wheel are currently providing support for the Modfather, Paul Weller. Twisted Wheel will then be touring with Jet in Japan at the start of 2010 before embarking on their own UK tour.

Tixdaq can confirm that Twisted Wheel tickets are available to buy and compare online.

Twisted Wheel are set to play the following dates:

February 11 – Birmingham Academy 3
February 12 – Manchester Academy 2
February 13 – Leeds Brudenell Social
February 18 – Nottingham Bodega
February 19- Sheffield Leadmill
February 20 – Edinburgh Electric Circus
February 23 – London Lexington
February 25 – Wimbledon Watershed
February 27 – Coventry Kasbah
March 5 – Wigan Indiependence
March 6 – Buckley Tivoli
March 13 – Swindon 12 Bar
March 19 – Hull The Lamp
March 20 – Leicester Music Café

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Florence + The Machine is planning to incorporate an American sound into her second album, with US artists becoming part of her Machine.  The BRIT Award winner, 23, is jetting off to LA next year, where she will start work on her eagerly anticipated follow-up to her debut, Lungs.

“I’m looking to go LA to work with some American producers”, Florence is reported as saying. “…Lungs had a very London sound to it as it’s where I grew up. I think it would be good to travel a bit and put some otherworldly sounds in it too.”

Throughout December, Florence is playing one date in Dublin and six UK dates, in Belfast, Glasgow, London, Lincoln and Manchester.

Tickets to all these remaining shows in Florence + the Machine’s UK tour are available to compare and buy at tixdaq.com.

The Quo is touring to support the release in 2008 of their compilation album, Pictures – 40 Years of Hits.  Their most recent studio album, 2007′s In Search of the Fourth Chord – pokes self-deprecating fun at the band’s preference in its early years for simpler songs with a basic three-chord structure.  This gentle self-parody and honest desire to entertain has paid off, decade after decade; although the band took shape as “The Status Quo” as long ago as 1967, earlier this year the band played at the 2009 Glastonbury Festival, cementing Status Quo as a favourite with a new, younger breed of fan.  And in March, frontman Francis Rossi surprised fans everywhere by deciding his trademark, 35-year-old ponytail had to be cut off with the aim of growing old a little more gracefully.

The newly invigorated, cleaner-cut Status Quo will see out November with dates in Basingstoke, Ipswich, Cambridge, Oxford and Halifax.  Tickets to these gigs – and more – are available to buy and compare at tixdaq.com

It seems Lungs by Florence and the Machine is one of the bookmakers’ favourites to take home the accolade. Florence Welch claims that she is so nervous about tonight’s awards ceremony that she is considering hiding in the toilets until the winner is announced, saying that it is sitting through the ceremony that is scaring her the most.

Fellow nominee Elly Jackson, singer from La Roux, also thinks Florence and the Machine is the favourite to win together with the self-titled debut album from the Friendly Fires. Elly Jackson says that she was not expecting to win and was looking forward to her live performance as well as the live performances of her fellow nominees.

She also said that even if La Roux do pick up the gong, there will be no time to celebrate as they have to jet off to France soon after the show. It seems the Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2008 winners Elbow agree with La Roux’s Elly Jackson, having said they think Friendly Fires will win take the crown from them this year.

Speech Debelle has talked up her own chances of winning the Barclaycard Mercury Prize with her album Speech Therapy. She claims that if it was a popularity contest, she would lose but will have a very good chance if the decision was based on the reasons why she was nominated for the shortlist in the first place.

Speech Debelle has also described her album as being different to what is always heard on the radio and is confident of winning the top prize, despite saying she does not have a speech prepared.

Also in the running for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize is Kasabian with the album West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Kasabian guitarist Serge Pizzorno claims that the band might donate the money to charity if they win the award, unless the money gets given to the barman, that is.

Many of this year’s front runners to lift the Barclaycard Mercury Prize crown are also on tour playing at many venues across the UK.

Florence and the Machine, already performing shows throughout September, has just announced details of new tour dates for the UK and Ireland scheduled for December 2009. The new Florence and the Machine tour dates include the Glasgow O2 Academy on December 9 as well as the Manchester Apollo (December 10), Lincoln Engine Shed (December 11) and the London Brixton Academy (December 13).

Florence and the Machine tickets for the December gigs go on general sale on Friday September 11 at 9am, however tickets for their September shows are still available to compare and buy at Tixdaq.com

The Kasabian tour begins at the Newcastle Metro Radio Arena on November 10 and will also stop off for two dates at the London Wembley Arena (November 14 & 15), the Manchester Evening News Arena (November 20) and ending the tour at the Sheffield Hallam FM Arena (November 23).

Also playing UK venues throughout November is La Roux, like the Leeds University Union on November 13 as well as the Birmingham O2 Academy (November 18), the Southampton Guildhall (November 24) and two dates at the London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire (November 25 & 26).

Kasabian tickets, La Roux tickets, as well as tickets to see fellow Barclaycard Mercury Prize nominees The Horrors and Bat for Lashes, are all available to compare and buy at Tixdaq.com

Placebo have had to cancel dates for their North America tour so that frontman Brian Molko can recover from illness.

Last week, Brian Molko caught a virus whilst touring Asia and in combination with jet lag and exhaustion, fainted on stage in Osaka, Japan whilst performing at the Summer Sonic Festival after the first song.

Now, Brian Molko’s doctors have ordered him to take a six-week break and recover at home in London, resulting in the cancellation of their North American dates, which would have begun in Portland on September 12.

The statement on the official Placebo website from Riverman Management claimed they would try to rearrange the cancelled dates as soon as possible.

However, there has been no announcement as to whether Placebo will still be appearing at the Reading and Leeds Festival.

The Reading and Leeds Festival is taking place over the bank holiday weekend of August 28-30 at Reading Richfield Avenue and Leeds Bramham Park.

If Placebo do not perform at the Reading and Leeds Festival, fans will be pleased to hear that the band are scheduled to return to the UK to tour in December.

The Placebo tour of their current album Battle For The Sun kicks off at the Birmingham LG Arena (December 8 ) and will be playing at the London O2 Arena (December 9), Bridlington Spa Theatre and Royal Hall (December 11), Manchester Central (December 12) and the Glasgow SECC and Clyde Auditorium (December 14).

Reading and Leeds Festival tickets and Placebo tickets are all available to compare at tixdaq.com

Jet will perform an acoustic show at the London Parker McMillan club before their UK tour

Having just announced new September tour dates for the UK, it has also been revealed that Jet will be performing an acoustic set as a warm-up gig a month before they hit the road.

Jet will perform at the London Parker McMillan club on August 12 as part of the ‘This Feeling’ night.

The Jet tour will coincide with the release of their new album Shaka Rock, which is released on September 7 and they hit the road two days later at the Nottingham Rock City (September 9).

Jet will also play at the Manchester Ritz Ballroom (September 10), Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall (September 14) and the London HMV Forum (September 17).

The acoustic show at the London Parker McMillan club will be supported by Jersey Budd, who is also touring the UK in September.

The Jersey Budd tour kicks off at the Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms (September 28) and will also play at the Sheffield Leadmill (September 26), Manchester Night and Day Cafe (September 29) and the London Relentless Garage (October 2).

Jet tickets and Jersey Budd tickets are available to compare at tixdaq.com

Brighton’s Great Escape festival has expanded its line up to include The Maccabees, White Denim, School Of Seven Bells, Chairlift and James Yuill.

The festival considered by many to be Britain’s answer to south by south west will once more take place across a number of venues in and around Brighton between May 14 and May16, will also see the likes of Kasabian, Future Of The Left, Micachu And The Shapes, The Soft Pack and VV Brown take part.

The Great Escape line-up now includes Metronomy, Kissy Sell Out, Future Of The Left, The Big Pink, Passion Pit, Micachu And The Shapes, It Hugs Back, Esser, VV Brown, Ben Kweller, Johnny Foreigner, Dananakroyd, Let’s Wrestle, The Chapman Family, Your Twenties, Golden Silvers, Bell X1, Kasms, The Soft Pack, An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump, Vivian Girls, Middle Class Rut Pulled Apart By Horses, A Grave With No Name, Tin Can Telephone, Yves Klein Blues, John Steel Blues Band, The Joy Formidable, To The Bones, Cassie And The Cassettes, Fanzine, The Maccabees, White Denim, School Of Seven Bells, Chairlift, Jamies Yuill, The Boxer Rebellion, The Mae Shi, Abe Vigoda, DM Stith, Fan Death, Heartbreak, Magic Magic, We Were Promised Jet Packs, The XX, Hot Silk Pockets, Casiokids, Ulterior, Rainbow Arabia, Harry’s Gym, Three Trapped Tigers, The Week That Was, Skind And Demoralised, Trailer Trash Tracys, Dan Black, The New Wine, Rodney Fisher, Futurecop!, Rogues, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, Conan Mockasin, Marina And The Diamonds, Meme Love, Miranda Lee Richards, The Brute Chorus.

Tickets for the great escape festival are now on sale.