Veteran German thrashers Destruction are to headline the Irish Day Of Darkness Festival, which happens in Ballylinan, Co. Laois on July 7/8. The full list of bands is:JULY 7 – Moonsorrow, Geasa, Sorrowfall, Ground Of Ruin, Minds Astray.JULY 8– Destruction, Primordial, Morphosis, Hexxed, Mass Extinction, Aftermath, Primed, For Ruin, A Distant Sun, Nothing is Sacred.

311, Jurassic 5, the Wailers are the first artists set for the second U.S. edition of U.K.’s Download Festival. The event will encompass two concerts: Aug. 20 with the aforementioned bands at the Tweeter Center outside Boston and Sept. 30 at Shoreline Amphitheatre near San Francisco, with a lineup to be announced.

The Lost Weekend, the festival spin off of Glastonbur’s Lost Vagueness field, has been cancelled.The organisers have released a statement via their official website saying thay have been forced to to pull the event.The festival was due to see appearances form The Zutons, Julian Cope and The New York Dolls over the weekend of June […]

Milburn have announced details of a new UK tour for this July.The tour, set to coincide with their next single ‘Chesire Cat Smile’ released on July 10, will have 8 dates, the first one being July 11 (Aberdeen) and the last one July 19 (Oxford).

Рўhe trio Dartz! have announced a record deal with Xtra Mile Recordings.The band, fresh from supporting The Research on a nationwide tour, are set to record their debut album this summer. It is set to be released “before the end of the year”, say the band, with a single also scheduled for later in 2006.Xtra […]

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.

Hate Eternal are to release a DVD through Earache in October. As yet untitled, it will include the following: the band’s full at The Garage in London earlier this month, an in depth,post-gig interview with the band, a documentary on the making of last album ‘I, Monarch’, On tour footage, plus all of Hate EternalВ№s […]

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 […]