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The Virgins tour the UK

Breakthrough NYC indie band The Virgins will jump from playing The Dublin Castle to Ally Pally to end 2008, having just confirmed a UK tour this Nov/Dec with Pigeon Detectives.

Their debut 7″ ‘One Week Of Danger’ has been postponed to accompany the tour and will now come out on DECEMBER 1st on the Young & Lost label. The video will be sent out soon.

The Virgins stopped in at The Fly on their last trip – see Donald performing an acoustic version of ‘One Week Of Danger’ here.

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Pigeon Detectives Tour Dates:

24 Nov- Grimsby Auditorium

25 Nov- Wolverhampton Civic

26 Nov- Wolverhampton Civic

27 Nov- Newcastle Academy

28 Nov- Edinburgh Corn Exchange

30 Nov- Glasgow Barrowlands

01 Dec- Glasgow Barrowlands

02 Dec- Nottingham Rock City

03 Dec- Manchester Academy

04 Dec- Manchester Academy

06 Dec- London Alexandra Palace

07 Dec- Reading Rivermead Leisure Complex

08 Dec- Swindon Oasis Leisure Centre

09 Dec- Bournemouth Solent Hall

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You Me at Six to support Fall Out Boy this month

You Me At Six are thrilled to announce they will be supporting Fall Out Boy on their October UK arena tour. The 3-date tour, which already features Bostonians Boys Like Girls, kicks off in Birmingham on October 19. While the dates fall in the middle of You Me At Six’s headline tour, the band have rescheduled three of their dates and original tickets remain valid for these shows. The new tour dates are as follows:

Tour dates:

15.10.2008- MIDDLESBROUGH EMPIRE

16.10.2008- NORWICH WATERFRONT

17.10.2008- NOTTINGHAM RESCUE ROOMS

18.10.2008- WOLVERHAMPTON WULFRUN

19.10.2008- BIRMINGHAM NEC – SUPPORTING FALL OUT BOY

20.10.2008- NORTHAMPTON ROADMENDER – RESCHEDULED SHOW

21.10.2008- GLASGOW SECC HALL 4 – SUPPORTING FALL OUT BOY

22.10.2008- LONDON WEMBLEY ARENA – SUPPORTING FALL OUT BOY

23.10.2008- MANCHESTER ACADEMY 2

24.10.2008- LIVERPOOL ACADEMY 1

25.10.2008- SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY

26.10.2008- OXFORD ACADEMY

27.10.2008- LONDON ASTORIA

28.10.2008- CARDIFF SOLUS

29.10.2008- BRIGHTON KOMEDIA

30.10.2008- EXETER PHOENIX

03.11.2008- GLASGOW ABC 1 – RESCHEDULED SHOW

04.11.2008- LEEDS MET UNIVERSITY – RESCHEDULED SHOW

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HOT CHIP and KATE NASH headline Moshi Moshi records’ 10th birthday

Moshi Moshi Records 10th Birthday featuring:

Hot Chip (live)

Florence and the Machine (live)

Kate Nash (live) + Tilly and the Wall (live)

James Yuill (live)

Slow Club (live)

The Mae Shi (live)

The Wave Pictures (live)

Greco-Roman Soundsystem with Ross Allen Joe Hot Chip and Drums of Death (live)

(special ticket price £18.50 adv with £1 of each sale going to Shelter)

To book tickets go to: www.thisisnotlondon.co.uk or www.ticketweb.com

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Earache: ‘Thrashing Like a Maniac’ Euro Tour ’08

Including the likes of Gamba Bomb and Bonded by Blood

Dates:

13.10.08 Sheffield, UK @ The Corporation

14.10.08 London, UK @ The Underworld

15.10.08 Nottingham, UK @ The Old Angel

16.10.08 Bristol UK @ Bier Keller

17.10.08 Wolverhampton UK @ The Little Civic

18.10.08 Huddersfield UK @ The Parish

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Aggrolites tour Europe

Aggrolites European November dates:

04-Nov Leeds Cockpit UK

05-Nov Nottingham Rescue Rooms UK

06-Nov Manchester Academy UK

07-Nov Oxford Academy UK

08-Nov London Islington Academy UK

09-Nov Brighton Concorde 2 UK

11-Nov Birmingham Academy UK (+RANCID)

12-Nov Newcastle Academy UK

13-Nov Brussels AB Box BE (+THE SKATALITES)

14-Nov Groningen Vera NL

15-Nov Amsterdam Melkweg NL

16-Nov Eindhoven Effenaar F NL

18-Nov Paris Trabendo (+ TWO TONE CLUB)

19-Nov Münster Gleis 22 DE

20-Nov Stuttgart Zwoelf Zehn DE

21-Nov Geneva L’Usine CH

22-Nov Winterthur Gaswerk CH

23-Nov Bologna Me que meo IT (+ MR T-BONE)

24-Nov Milano Zoe Club IT

25-Nov Ljubljana Gala Hala SI

26-Nov Bratislava Randal Club SK

27-Nov Vienna Arena A

28-Nov Moscow Club Ikra RU

For more info check:

www.myspace.com/theaggrolites / www.aggroreggae.com / www.hell-cat.com

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Blueprint in Germany

Blueprint have just posted their latest Tales Of The Black Glove video edit. Watch footage featuring Mark Baines, Neil Smith, Colin Kennedy and Jerome Campbell amidst a Spring Germany Tour below.

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Ramp City Bowl Blowout

Big Woody’s opening party for their new incredible bowl and fullpipe set up was said to have gone off at the weekend. Go to www.rampcitywsa.co.uk to find out how to get to the Marton area of Blackpool to skate it this winter as this park is now absolutely incredible.

Pic: Josh Parr captured by Matt Sefton

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Nick Stansfield on Landscape

Congrats to Big Push ATV Nick Stansfield who is now fully hooked up on Landscape Skateboards.

Look out for new decks and pro wheels from in your local SOS and also the fact that another video series is just round the corner.

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Heroin 10 yr decks out now

Heroin Ten Year team decks out now.

Fos had these made on Resin construction wood that’s light as hell and lasts for ages. Get them before they are all gone.

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Matix are coming!

Xmas is coming early to UK skaters as the Matix Team are flying in for a demo visit to Milton Keynes Buszy Plaza on Saturday October 18th at 2pm.

Expect Marc Johnson, Rick McCrank, Brandon Biebel, Torey Pudwill, MikeMo Capaldi, Jeron Wilson, Danny Brady, Jesus Fernandez, Christian Bomholt and Lem Villemin.

Don’t miss this.