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October 7th, 2009 by Peter Bevan

Dave Grohl's band the Foo Fighters is the latest act to be announced who will perform at the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards in Berlin on November...

October 6th, 2009 by Peter Bevan

Muse and Kasabian are just two of the top acts in line to perform at the 2010 Big Day Out festival in Australia and New Zealand. It looks like many acts with upcoming UK tours are also heading to Australia and New Zealand for some festival action early next year. The...

September 29th, 2009 by Peter Bevan

It has been announced that Lily Allen and Dizzee Rascal are going on tour together next year. Lily Allen, whose album It's Not Me It's You could be her last as previously reported on Tixdaq News, will be performing at the Manchester Evening News Arena (March 5 2010) and the London...

September 29th, 2009 by Peter Bevan

Just before the Scottish singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini embarks on his UK tour for the former number one album Sunny Side Up, he has been discussing who he would like to collaborate with in the future. It has been reported that Paolo Nutini has been eyeing up fellow Scottish artists for a...

September 8th, 2009 by Peter Bevan

After Tixdaq revealed who made the shortlist for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2009, the winner of the accolade and £20,000 will be announced at an awards ceremony at the London Grosvenor House Hotel later this evening. Tonight will also see all twelve artists nominated performing at the awards ceremony for...

August 18th, 2009 by Peter Bevan

The Streets will play at the Edinburgh HMV Picture House on August 31 after having to cancel their original date of August 14. The original August 14 show at the Edinburgh HMV Picture House had to be cancelled because The Streets' bassist Wayne Vibes was diagnosed with swine flu. Original tickets will...

August 10th, 2009 by George Prior

Jack White's latest band, Dead Weather, have recently confirmed that they will play three live shows later this year. Dead Weather are set to perform live in concert in Newcastle, Birmingham and London this October. The Dead Weather tour announcement follows the recent release of their debut album Horehound. The Dead...

July 30th, 2009 by Peter Bevan

Those who originally bought tickets to the now cancelled Big Green Gathering can attend a different festival instead. The Big Green Gathering, which was originally due to take place at the Somerset Fernhill Farm from July 29 - August 2, was cancelled because of the threat of an injunction from the...

July 29th, 2009 by Peter Bevan

Scottish rock band Idlewild have announced 11 October dates for their tour of the new album Post Electric Blues, which is also expected to be released in October. Idlewild recently performed two songs from the new album in front of the T In The Park crowd on the NME/Radio 1 stage. These...

July 23rd, 2009 by Peter Bevan

Heavy metal band Anthrax will reunite with their former vocalist John Bush for a one-off performance at this year's Sonisphere Festival after Dan Nelson recently left the band because of an 'unexpected illness'. Anthrax had to cancel some shows in Europe leading up to Sonisphere 2009, as well as some US...

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