My Bloody Valentine are considering a reunion it has been reported.
Billboard has said that the band, who split in 1995 whilst trying to record the follow up to 1991’s Loveless, have been offered a co-headlining spot at Coachella in 2008. And this rumour has been fuelled by the band registering an official website and launching a myspace.
Watch this space…
A new album is being readied by The Cure for the not too distant future.
The band recently cancelled their upcoming North Americans tour so that they could spend more time working on the record, which will be a double album.
The band reportedly said that they wanted to finish the record before heading out on the road but wanted to “complete the project to our total satisfaction”
Isaac’s band of merry mice, Modest Mouse, have added an extra date to their European tour in September.
The band will play The Liverpool Academy on the 2nd September, before heading down to the London Forum on the 3rd.
Henry Rollins will be touring the UK’s bigger venues with his spoken word set.
The dates of the former Black Flag frontman’s tour are:
January 2008:
26th – London Hammersmith Apollo
27th – Bristol Colston Hall
28th – Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
29th – Dublin Vicar Street
30th – Manchester Academy
31st – Newcastle Academy
February:
2nd – Aberdeen Music Hall
3rd – Glasgow Theatre Royal
KRS-One has signed to Duck Down Records.
The label’s co-CEO, Buckshot, recently told a magazine that the legend has signed to his label and that they were “going hard, as far as production wise”. He also spoke on his own record, which he’s working on with 9th Wonder:
“The things I do lyrically on this album aren’t easy. That’s the whole point of hip-hop, to do what’s not easy.”
Enter Shikari picked up 2 Kerrang! Awards last night.
The St Albans hardcore-ravers picked up the Spirit Of Independence and Best Live Band awards to cap a great night for the band. Elsewhere Crossfire favourites Gallows grabbed the Best British Newcomer award to cap an amazing 12 months for the Watford boys.
Other results included My Chemical Romance getting Best International Band, Machine Head picking up the Best Album and Hard Rock Heroes awards, Lost Prophets bagged the Best British Band and Best Single was given to Jared Leto’s 30 Seconds To Mars‘ The Kill.
Read more about the night here.
Let’s keep this one short – Marilyn Manson‘s new video for Putting Holes In Happiness is online.
Click here to cheggitout.
The Hold Steady have been turned into a comic book.
The band’s last album Boys And Girls In America have inspired an animated book where each song on the record has it’s own section and the lyrics of the track become the words on the page.
The comic is being offered by the band on their website so click below if you fancy some of that.
Pras has spoken out again about a Fugees reunion.
The rapper said that the reunion will never happen adding: “Before I work with Lauryn Hill again, you will have a better chance of seeing Osama Bin Laden and [George W.] Bush in Starbucks having a latte, discussing foreign policies, before there will be a Fugees reunion. At this point I really think it will take an act of God to change her, because she is that far out there.”
Reports have been circulating that the singer has been insisting she is called Miss Hill by everyone around her and has been showing other diva-like qualities. Meanwhile, Pras is working on his new solo album, Experience, which is due to be released this year.
Alexisonfire will be playing some UK dates in November.
The band was nominated for Group Of The Year at the Juno Awards and also saw their video for This Could Be Anywhere In The World win an award. The dates for their upcoming tour date are:
11th – Bristol, Academy
12th – Southampton, Guildhall
13th – London, Brixton Academy
14th – Manchester, Academy
16th – Birmingham, Academy
17th – Nottingham, Rock City
18th – Middlebrough, Town Hall
19th – Leeds, Metropolitan University
21st – Inverness, Iron Works
22nd – Aberdeen, Moshulu
23rd – Glasgow, ABC