Gosforth Gathering is a new, independently run 2 day community music festival for all ages, located on the outskirts of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in the north east of England. The line-up: Saturday 5th August The Stranglers, Therapy?, Stiff Little Fingers, Ginger & The Sonic Circus, Buzzcocks, The Exploited, Antiproduct, Spunge and Adequate Seven. Sunday 6th August Biffy […]

PJ Harvey is releasing her first Live DVD next month. It’s entitled ‘PJ Harvey On Tour – Please Leave Quietly’ will hit the shelves on 1st May

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have confirmed details of their next single. ‘Turn Into’ will be the second release taken from the band’s album ‘Show Your Bones’, and will be released on 19th June. It follows the band’s short UK tour, and appearance at All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in Camber Sands, and Radio 1’s One Big Weekend.

The Answer are to play the Kingston Peel on May 19. Also on the bill are Pig Iron, Steranko and Coda.

Black Sabbath, Diamond Head, Motorhead, Misfits and Thin Lizzy are all featured on the upcoming compilation ‘Full Metal Garage – The Songs That Drove Metallica’. This double CD, released on June 26 by Sanctuary, features the original versions of songs covered by Metallica. Other bands featured are Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blue Oyster Cult, Discharge, Anti Nowhere […]

36 Crazy Fists are to warm up for their appearance at the Download Festival, with a show at the Sheffield Corporation on June 9.

Dio, In Flames and Trivium are to play the X-Fest in Athens, Greece. This happens on June 6.

Chicago band The Hush Sound are to support Fall-Out Boy at: Manchester Apollo May 23, London Brixton Academy 24/25, Newport Centre 26, Edinburgh Corn Exchange 29, Wolverhampton Civic Hall 30. They also play the Brighton Great Escape Festival on May 20, Leeds Slam Dunk Festival Millennium Square on May 27. The band will release ‘We […]

Silent Civilian have made the song ‘Rebirth Of The Temple‘ available for download. This is the first single from the band’s album, also titled ‘Rebirth Of The Temple’, set for release on May 2 in America.

AFI have now confirmed the full track listing for their new album, ‘Decemberunderground‘, which is due out in June. It is: ‘Prelude 12/21’, ‘Kill Caustic’, ‘Miss Murder’, ‘Summer Shudder’, ‘The Interview’, ‘Love Like Winter’, ‘Affliction’, ‘The Missing Frame’, ‘Kiss And Control’, ‘The Killing Lights’, ‘7mm’, ‘Endlessly, She Said’.