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 29th, 2009 by Peter Bevan
Tom Jones and David Gray are just two of the acts in the line-up to play a charity gig at the London O2 Arena on September 11 for the Nordoff-Robbins Trust.Razorlight, Joss Stone, Supergrass and Robert Plant are the other acts confirmed to perform the 'Rockwell' show, where unique collaborations...
July 29th, 2009 by Peter Bevan
Caleb Followill from Kings Of Leon will be hoping for a break from touring soon as he recently admitted feeling overloaded with work.He felt so much pressure during the Kings Of Leon performance at T In The Park earlier this month that he smashed his guitar.Caleb Followill later explained that...
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...
July 23rd, 2009 by Peter Bevan
This year, many female solo artists made the shortlist for the Barclaycard Music Prize, rewarding the best album, and seven out of the twelve albums nominated are debut albums. Fans can catch the majority of these artists in action live as they tour the UK.Brighton-based Bat For Lashes (real name...
July 16th, 2009 by Peter Bevan
The Cribs have announced that they will be playing more shows as part of their UK tour before the end of the year.Tickets to see The Cribs are already available for shows in September and October, but have now added four more dates for December.The new dates will be played...
July 16th, 2009 by Peter Bevan
Pearl Jam are already set to perform at two major UK arenas as part of their European tour but will now also play a much more smaller venue for a more intimate atmosphere to their live show.It was already announced at the end of April this year that Pearl Jam...
July 16th, 2009 by Peter Bevan
As their new albums are due for release in September, English male solo artists David Gray and Newton Faulkner have announced details of their upcoming UK tour.David Gray will be showcasing his eighth studio album called Draw The Line, featuring the single Fugitive, which will be released on September 14...
July 15th, 2009 by Peter Bevan
Orange RockCorps organised a one-off show at the Manchester Apollo on July 13 as a way of saying thank you to the 3,000 volunteers who gave up four hours to work on community projects across Manchester.Tom Clarke, lead singer of The Enemy, spoke of the band’s support for Orange RockCorps...
May 28th, 2009 by Gregory Jones
As previously reported on Tixdaq.com, Dave Gahan's sickness has already forced Depeche Mode to cancel a number of the recent dates on the 2009 Depeche Mode tour. However, it was expected that Dave Gahan would recover in time for the imminent show at the London O2 Arena.It has now been...
