A-Trak is hitting the UK in May.
The 1997 World DMC Champion will be bringing his hip hop and electro fuelled DJ sets to the venues below. He’ll also be releasing a 45 minute Nike Plus track, following in the steps of Aesop Rock:
1st – Paradise Factory, Manchester
2nd – Fabric, London
8th – Notting Hill Arts Club, London
15th – Cargo, London
24th – Dot To Dot Festival, Bristol
25th – Dot To Dot Festival, Nottingham
In the meantime, you can check out his remix of Sinden’s Beeper right here.
Maximo Park will be playing a charity event at the Forum in May.
The band will be joined by Mystery Jets, Blood Red Shoes & Pete And The Pirates in Kentish Town on May 28th in aid of The Royal Marsden Hospital and the No Surrender Charitable Trust.
The show was put together by Maximo Park after their good friend Jason Boas was diagnosed with terminal cancer and Claudia Anselmetti, who tragically died of cancer three years ago.
Tickets are £20 and are on sale now.
Paramore will release their new single in May.
That’s What You Get will be released on May 12th and is taken from their album Riot. The band also announced some dates around their Give It A Name appearances in Sheffield and London [May 10th & 11th].
May 12th – Academy, Glasgow
June 2nd – RDS Simmions Court, Dublin
June 4th – Guildhall, Portsmouth
June 5th – Rock City, Nottingham
Deftones recently updated fans on their new album.
Eros will be started on April 14th with Terry Date producing it. They went on to say:
“Hard for me to describe what this record will sound like. So far, it’s shaping up to be our most unorthodox piece of work, not only sound-wise but the way a lot of the songs have come about. There is also some of that good old “fuck you, I hope you die!” aggression I know a lot of you love and miss from us. So thats about it for now. Will keep you posted.”
Robin Finck has rejoined Nine Inch Nails.
The guitarist played with the band in the mid 90s as well as in 2000 and has been brought back in after the band announced a number of US shows, including the Lollapalooza festival in August.
Finck has also worked for Guns N Roses, being drafted in to replace Slash and worked on the will-it-ever-be-released? album Chinese Democracy.
Terror have released a song from their new album.
The Damned, The Shamed will be released on June 10th and will be their debut for Century Media. You can hear Relentless Through And Through on their MySpace page by clicking the link below.
Calvin Harris has lost his entire new album.
The Scottish producer had flown to Miami to play some shows, but his bags were lost at Heathrow’s Terminal 5. One of these bags included his hard drive, which had all of his songs on. He went on to say in his MySpace blog:
“I heard on the news that some people may not get their bags back for A YEAR, but apparently we are getting £750 compensation, which will obviously cover the costs of 7 months work. Will it fuck. This is not good news for me, I have been walking in circles for a couple of days, and will continue to do so until i meet the man/robot responsible and set him/it on fire. I shall overcome! (once he’s on fire)”
Comeback Kid will play 5 UK dates on their World Tour later this year.
The band will be hitting the following venues with Crime In Stereo and Shai Hulud in July:
8th – Carling Academy, London
9th – Academy 3, Manchester
10th – Corporation, Sheffield
11th – TJs, Newport
12th – The White Rabbit, Plymouth
The Sex Pistols are to release a live DVD.
The Sex Pistols: There’ll Always Be An England, will be the band’s first ever full-length concert DVD and will be released in the band. It will feature the reunion shows the band performed last year at the Brixton Academy and featured the original line-up of John Lydon, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock. The DVD will also include an 80 minute feature called The Knowledge, showing each band member revisiting their favourite haunts in London.
Jay Z may be pulling out of Glastonbury.
The rapper, who is set to headline the festival this year, is apparently disappointed that his apperance may have caused fewer ticket registrations with rumours suggesting he may pull out and play the 02 Wireless Festival in London insead. However, Michael Eavis has denied the rumours saying:
“I spoke to his people this weekend. Everything is fine. I’m excited.”