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 […]

Masked metal act Slipknot is midway through a year-and-a-half long sabbatical, but it doesn’t mean that the band has been completely idle. A follow-up to its 2002 DVD, “Disasterpieces,” will be issued shortly via Roadrunner, while songwriting for Slipknot‘s fourth studio effort will begin later this year.

Ash have started working on new material for their forthcoming album.The band, who are currently holed up in a New York studio, have already got 27 ‘rough songs’ to choose from for their as yet-untitled-fifth record.Since guitarist Charlotte Hatherley left the band earlier this year to pursue her solo career, Ash have continued to work […]

Keane have announced a special one-off show this Friday 9th June.To celebrate the release of ‘Under The Iron Sea’ on Monday 12th June, Keane will be playing a special gig at the Astoria in London on Friday June 9th.

Deep Purple and Styx are teaming up for a UK tour next Spring. The dates are: Newcastle Metro Radio Arena April 21, Manchester MEN Arena 22, Nottingham Arena 24, Cardiff CIA Arena 25, Bournemouth BIC 27, London Wembley Arena 28, Brighton Centre 29, Glasgow Clyde Auditorium May 1, Sheffield Hallam FM Arena 2, Birmingham NEC […]

Jade Pugett, guitarist with AFI, has posted a mixtape online. This includes tracks from At The Drive-In, Saves The Day and Refused.

Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor has produced the new album from Facecage. Called ‘Facecage III’, it’s released next month by Great Big Mouth Records, a new label co-owned by Taylor and the band.