July 30th, 2009 by Peter Bevan
A statement from the Kaiser Chiefs reports that frontman Ricky Wilson broke a rib whilst performing in New York at Madison Square Gardens as the support act for Green Day.Ricky Wilson was jumping between the barrier and the stage when he injured himself, but after treatment it was found that...
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 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...
April 29th, 2009 by Peter Bevan
It has been announced that Lily Allen will begin her tour of the UK on Monday November 16 at Sheffield O2 Academy.Lily Allen will be performing songs from her second album, 'It's Not Me It's You', after releasing the singles, 'The Fear' and 'Not Fair,' so far this year.The last...
April 23rd, 2009 by Gregory Jones
It has recently been confirmed that Universal Music are set to release the official recording of the hugely popular Nirvana performance from the 1992 Reading Festival.A bootleg copy of performance was previously circulated online and proved to be so popular that Universal Music and the remaining members of Nirvana agreed...
February 26th, 2009 by Jessica Martinez
Glastonbury organisers have recently comfirmed that Britpop legends, Blur, will headline this year's festival. After months of speculation, the Glasonbury co-founder, Michael Eavis,is, revealed that Blur will be performing at the festival.The Glastonbury 2009 festival will take place in Somerset between June 26 & 28. The event is now completely...
January 23rd, 2009 by Gregory Jones
It has been reported this week that Lily Allen is one of the acts being considered for the 2009 Glastonbury Festival. Lily Allen joins a long list of artists rumoured to be on this year's line up. Some of the bands reported to be playing this year's Glastonbury Festival include...
