Primal Scream have been added to the bill for this year’s Roskilde Festival. The quite brilliant Mancunians join a plethora of top acts on the Danish Festival’s eclectic bill. Also playing the musical extravaganza are the likes of Sigur Ros, Kanye West, Placebo, Wolfmother, Franz Ferdinand, Tool and Arctic Monkeys. Roskilde takes place on June […]

Slayer have uploaded new song ‘Cult’ for streaming on their official website. This comes from their new, as yet untitled album, due out at the end of July.

Rock trio Oysterhead is hoping to mount its first tour since 2001 later this year. Рўhe group, which features drummer Stewart Copeland, guitarist Trey Anastasio and bassist Les Claypool, will return to live duty later this month at the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tenn.Oysterhead‘s lone album, “The Grand Pecking Order”, was released in 2001 by […]

Perry Farrell‘s new band Satellite Party has signed with Columbia, which will release its self-titled debut album later this year. Рўhe project boasts guest appearances by Red Hot Chili Peppers members Flea and John Frusciante, plus New Order bassist Peter Hook.

Kasabian have titled their second album ‘Empire’– after the band’s private ‘Star Wars’-inspired buzzword.Scheduled for release on September 4, it was recorded after they returned from touring the US with Oasis in November last year. The Leicester five-piece spent four eventful weeks at Rockfield Studios in Wales putting the album together.

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. […]