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Skateboarding News

No skateboarding at Olympics

According to official Olympic sources, skateboarding is unlikely to be in the 2012 Olympics in London.

UCI sports director Olivier Queguiner, who met recently with IOC officials to discuss the situation, said that “no decision about skateboard”. Not even skateboarding, just skateboard.

High-level sources in Lausanne say the IOC will take no action on skateboarding until it hears from the UCI. One source indicates 2016 is a more likely start for skateboard. Skateboarders are also apparently divided on what event to stage in the Olympics, with the majority of top boarders believed to be in favor of a street-style event, not the half-pipe proposed by UCI.

Check www.aroundtherings.com for more details.

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Music News

Bright Eyes bring in orchestra

Bright Eyes will be playing a concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Nate Walcott, the Bright Eyes’ instrumentalist has rearranged the music with the orchestra which will feature 40 strings, 11 brass and 12 woodwinds. It is expected to be a one off for now though there might be further similar concerts in the future.

The support will come from Yo La Tengo and M Ward, leaving birthday boy Moose fuming that not going to be at the Hollywood Bowl.

www.thisisbrighteyes.com

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Skateboarding News

Styley traps his soul

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Music News

Motion City Soundtrack return

Motion City Soundtrack are back with a new album titled ‘Even If It Kills Me‘ on Epitaph Records this month.

Have a butchers at the ‘This Is For Real‘ video, the single that is lifted from the new album below.

Live dates:

29/09/07 Glasgow ABC
30/09/07 Dublin Cargo (formerly Temple Music Bar Centre)
02/10/07 Exeter The Lemon Grove
04/10/07 Norwich The Waterfront
05/10/07 London Astoria
06/10/07 Portsmouth The Pyramids Centre
07/10/07 Leeds Met. University

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Music News

Ida Maria is here!

Crossfire always knows what music is about to blow up, and we get it to you first. So when we heard this Norweigen singer, we knew we had to share it with the world because very soon you’ll see her everywhere.

Ida Maria‘s new single Oh My God is out on October 1st and you can check it out on her myspace.

So, check the video below and get acquainted with her!

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Music News

NME tour with Bizzle kicks off

What’s his name blud? Bizzle Bizzle!

The grime MC is going out on tour with The Enemy and The Wombats as part of the NME Rock N Roll Riot Tour which starts in Oxford tonight [Sept 27th]. The full dates are below and see if you can count how many times Bizzle says his own name during his set, the bets are on!

September:

27th – Oxford Academy
28th – Leeds University
29th – Cambridge Junction
30th – Cardiff Great Hall

October:

1st – Newcastle Academy
3rd – Inverness Ironworks
4th – Aberdeen Music Hall
5th – Glasgow Barrowlands
6th – Dundee Fat Sams Live
8th – Middlesbrough Town Hall
9th – Nottingham Rock City
10th – Manchester Academy
11th -Norwich UEA
13th – Keele University
14th – Wolverhampton Civic Hall
15th – Southampton Guildhall
17th – London Brixton Academy
20th & 21st – Birmingham Academy

www.myspace.com/lethalbizzlemusic

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DVD Reviews

Roadrunner Roadrage 2007 DVD

The problem with compilations – be it on CD or DVD – is that if not done correctly they can present themselves as a rather shocking waste of time and money.

As luck would have it, the latest installment of the annual Roadrunner Roadrage DVD series is in fact not one of these, presenting genuine value for money and enough hard rocking action to give you whiplash. There may be a severe lack of extras here – you’re literally getting nothing but the videos listed on the back of the case – but it still amounts to one hell of a heavy metal marathon.

Featuring videos from the likes of metal gods Machine Head, thrash upstarts Trivium, hard rocking veterans Megadeth, pop-punk upstarts Madina Lake, sword-toting battle lords 3 Inches Of Blood and more, Roadrage 2007 looks set to provide metalheads across the UK with yet another excuse never to leave their bedroom. For a bit.

The DVD is available exclusively via Play.com for the bargain price of £5.99, so take your finger out of your ass and get clicking. Wash your hands first, mind.

Ryan Bird

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Music News

London gets some Horses!

Band Of Horses will be playing a one off show in London.

The band will hit Bush Hall on November 29th and tickets are on sale now. The show will showcase their new record Cease To Begin which is due to hit shops on October 15th. The band are planning a full UK tour in February next year.

www.bandofhorses.com

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Music News

Man dies at Pumpkins gig

A fan has died at a Smashing Pumpkins concert in Canada.

The man was attending their gig in Vancouver on September 24th and was involved in what the police have called “mosh pit or crowd-surfing incident”. The man was unconscious when removed from the crowd and was transferred to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.

A spokeswoman for the venue said: “It’s just a really, really sad ending to what started out to be probably a very fun night for a young man.”

A really sad ending? No shit…

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Music News

New QOTSA video

Queens Of The Stone Age have a new video online.

The video is for the track 3’s and 7’s and you can check it out by clicking here.

www.qotsa.com