Four more acts have been added to the twin-site V Festival, which takes place at both Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Weston Park, Staffordshire on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th August.The newly confirmed acts are The Divine Comedy, Kula Shaker, Nerina Pallot and Shack.They join the previously confirmed acts, which include headliners Radiohead and Morrissey, plus […]

Badly Drawn Boy and British Sea Power are amongst the names confirmed for a new festival this year. The End of the Road Festival takes place on September 15-17 at Larmer Tree Gardens on the border of North Dorset and Wiltshire. Also confirmed for the festival are The Boy Least Likely To, Electric Soft Parade, […]

Hard-Fi were joined by a surprise special guest last night (May 15) for the second show of their five-night residency at Brixton Academy.The Staines four-piece teamed up with the Modfather Paul Weller during their encore for The Jam classic ‘A Town Called Malice’ before he returned the favour and helped them out on album title […]

Oasis have decided to pull the release of their forthcoming EP in the summer. Noel Gallagher revealed that the band have shelved songs slated to appear on the mini-album because they weren’t up to scratch. He also said that Oasis are taking a break for the rest of 2006 after recently completing their world tour.

Depeche Mode are to release a double A-sided single next month. ‘John The Revelator’/’Lilian’, which is the fourth release to be taken from their recent album ‘Playing The Angel’, will be available on two CDs and a DVD format on June 5.CD1 will feature single versions of both tracks while CD2 will include five versions […]

Dry Kill Logic will be releasing a new EP/DVD, entitled “The Magellen Complex“, on June 27 via Psychodrama / Repossession Records. The CD contains cover versions of Guns n’ Roses’ “It’s So Easy” and Danzig’s “Dirty Black Summer”, plus an original track called “From Victim To Killer” that will be included on Dry Kill Logic‘s […]

Stream Of Passion, the new band featuring Ayreon mastermind Arjen Lucassen, will release their live double CD and DVD, entitled “Live in the Real World”. The tracklisting is as follows: 01. Intro 02. Spellbound 03. Passion 04. Waracle 05. Wherever You Are 06. Computer Eyes 07. Calliopeia08. Valley Of The Queens 09. Haunted10. The Charm […]

After Forever‘s former record label, Transmission Records, has announced plans to release a two-disc compilation album containing the best songs from the band’s first ten years of existence, plus previously unreleased material, non-album tracks, alternate takes, rarities and previously unreleased remixed versions. Included you will find collaborations with such guest musicians as Sharon den Adel […]

Two brand new New York Dolls tracks — “Take a Good Look at My Good Looks” and “Dance like a Monkey” — have been posted online at this location. The songs come off the seminal band’s eagerly anticipated new album, “One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This”, due on July 25 via […]

Alien Ant Farm are to release a new album in late July. Produced by Jim Wert, it’s called ‘Up In The Attic’, and is to be on the New Door label. A DVD, ‘BUSted‘, comes out the same day.