Slash has apparently sold the rights to his autobiography to a publishing house.
The former Guns n Roses man, who is now in Velvet Revolver, is to get to work on the book with Anthony Bozza who helped Tommy Lee with his TommyLand book.
The autobiography is expected to be completed by autumn, so watch this space!
Buzzcocks have announced they will play a number of live shows over the new few months.
The band will be heading out to the South By South West Music Festival in March and willfollow that up with an April 6th show in London’s 229 The Venue with an April 27th show at Newcastle’s Academy wrapping things up.
An announcement on plans to tour South America and Europe are expected to be released in the next few weeks.
Nihal Arthanyake is to take over the mid-morning phone-in show on the BBC’s Asian Network.
Crossfire’s good mate Nihal, who already co-presents a weekly Asian music show on Radio 1, also presents the Asian Network’s weekly football show.
On his new job, he said:
“People know me primarily as a music person but I take great interest in issues that affect the Asian community in the 21st century. The phone-in really gets under the skin of what British Asians are thinking and how that affects what it’s like to live in Britain for everybody”.
Z-Ed says “Good on him for his positive attitude …but unfortunately he is still a Tottenham supporter underneath it all! Expect the Asian Gooner Collective to be spending a fortune on phone bills!”
DJ MF Shalem has announced his latest list of projects and they show just how busy he is!
First up will be the debut album from Brown Co., which is currently mastered and just needs the artwork finishing. It is hope that the record will be out in April or May and will feature a limited edition “official Brown Co. mix-CD” with the album.
In addition to this, he is halfway done with a new project alongside Proe which will feature a guest spot from Richie Cunning.
As if that wasn’t enough, he’s teamed back up with Adeem [Glue/Dorian 3] for their next album, which he says has 4 songs completed so far.
Beats for days son!
An NME poll has revealed that Nirvana‘s 1992 Reading Festival performance was their best moment.
The poll, which coincides with what would have been Kurt Cobain’s 40th birthday, saw the festival set feature at the top spot, just above their MTV Unplugged set and Smells Like Teen Spirit.
Other events which made the top 10 include the band singing the wrong words to a song on Top Of The Pops and the band’s performance on the legendary TV show The Word.
The full top 10 is:
1. Reading Festival 1992
2. MTV Unplugged
3. ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
4. Singing the wrong words on ‘Top Of The Pops’
5. ‘Nevermind’ knocking Michael Jackson off the top of the US charts
6. The band’s performance on ‘The Word’
7. The ‘Nevermind’ album cover
8. ‘Come As You Are’
9. Starting a food fight and getting thrown out of the ‘Nevermind’ launch party
10. Pretending to be Madonna’s representatives and crank calling The Lemonheads
A number of groups are opposing plan to modernise the UK’s nuclear weapons.
Razorlight, Thom Yorke, Ian Brown, Bloc Party and Snow Patrol are amongst those who have signed a CND statement which is against Tony Blair spending a ton of money on updating the country’s weapons.
Kele Okereke from Bloc Party added that spending billions would bring us nearer to “global catastrophe” whilst Ian Brown claimed political leaders were “hypocrites and warmongers”.
Busta Rhymes is mulling over a guilty plea to save getting prison time.
Rapper Busta has already rejected an offer of six months in prison on two assault charges, but is currently thinking over a guilty plea for a lesser charge that will mean having to serve no time.
He was offered a plea of third-degree assault by the judge which means he’d get off of jail time in exchange for community service and anger management classes.
He is accused of beating his former driver over back pay and another charge against a fan who spat on his car.
Funeral For A Friend have announced their latest set of UK tour dates.
The band go on tour in May to support their upcoming album Tales Don’t Tell Themselves, with tickets going on sale this Saturday [24th]. The dates are:
May:
13th – Bristol Academy
14th – Nottingham Rock City
15th – Leeds University
17th – Glasgow Academy
18th – Manchester Apollo
19th – London Brixton Academy
21st – Portsmouth Guildhall
23rd – Cambridge Corn Exchange
24th – Birmingham Academy
25th – Newcastle Academy
27th – Derry Nerve Centre
28th – Belfast Mandela Hall
29th – Dublin Ambassador
Roller Disco is lighting up King’s Cross and is now blasting its way to South London too.
The ever popular Roller Disco events in King’s Cross on a Thursday sees rowdy rollers doing their thing in fancy dress to the best in funk, disco house and DnB over 3 indoor arenas. And now the finest rollers in the South can experience it too as it spreads its wings to Vauxhall:
Renaissance Rooms, Vauxhall, London SW8 1SD
Fridays, 8pm – 2am and Saturdays 8pm – 2am
£12.50 including skate hire
South London DJ line up: Dj Louise, Mik Arnold, Martyboy, Mikey Mac, Dj Louise, Soulfull Darco , Steve Feelgood (on rotation)
Canvas, Kings Cross Goods Yard, London, N1 0UZ
Thursdays 8pm – midnight and Fridays 8pm – 2am
Thursdays: £10.00, Fridays: £12.50 both include skate hire
North London DJ line up: Dj Stefan, Dj Dorothea, Steve B, Roland London, Sam Starlight, Vladimir P, Adrian Alaisay, Anton Priestnal, D’Lambert, Barnaby, Fashion Andy, Soulfull Darco (on rotation)
New Young Pony Club will be playing an exclusive gig tonight in London.