The Longcut have confirmed details of their summer UK tour.The band who release new album ‘Call And Response’ on June 12, will hit the road throughout July. The fisrt gig is to take place in Liverpool, on July 10. The closer will be on July 25, in London. During the tour the band will play […]

The Cure have announced details of reissues of their albums.Each album with feature a second disc of extra tracks.Рўhey will re-release ‘The Top’, ‘The Head On The Door’ and ‘Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me’. ‘Blue Sunshine’, the album by The Glove – the sideproject formed by Robert Smith and Siouxsie & The Banshees drummer […]

Beth Orton has announced details of her second UK tour of the year.The star hits the road in September, playing a six-date jaunt in support of new album ‘Comfort of Strangers’. Orton‘s new single, a double-A side featuring ‘Shopping Trolley’ and ‘Comfort of Strangers’, is in stores on June 26.

Howling Bells, TV On The Radio and Hot Chip are among the bands who will be playing on the Carling Stage at the Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds festivals this year.The full line-up for the stage has been announced. Other highlights come from the headliners Bedouin Soundclash, Nouvelle Vague and Animal Collective. The full line-up […]

Gomez, Echo & The Bunnymen and Lily Allen are among the acts who have been added to the bill for this year’s V Festival. The Dead 60s, Xavier Rudd and Dogs are also confirmed to play the bash this year.The acts will join headliners Morrissey and Radiohead plus others including Razorlight, Faithless, Beck, Kasabian and […]

Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire has made his first solo appearance at the Hay Festival in Wales.The singer performed a series of tracks including early Manics number ‘Condemned To Rock ‘N’ Roll’, a cover of 70s solo artist Jonathan Richman‘s ‘Roadrunner’ and a rendition of German krautrockers Rammstein‘s ‘Sehnsucht’.Backed by The Secret Society Band, […]

Billy Preston died yesterday (June 6) at the age of 59 after being in a coma since last November due to kidney failure. The Legendary keyboardist had a string of hit singles such as ‘Outta Space’ and ‘Nothing From Nothing’ and also played a major part in some of the most famous albums and singles […]

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin’s duet with Nelly Furtado was dropped from her album because it was too ‘rocky’. Martin was due to sing on the track ‘All Good Things (Come To An End)’, but as Furtado explains: “Chris’s label [Parlophone] didn’t want his voice sounding so rocky, so they said we couldn’t use the song. […]

Although it’s yet to be officially ratified, blabbermouth.net are reporting that the new Slayer album will be called ‘The Final Six’. The record is to be released at the end of July.

Anthrax are to perform the whole of their classic 1987 album ‘Among The Living’. This is to happen at four US dates next month.