Category: Music News

Hammersmith Palais is to be demolished it has been announced.

Despite campaigns and petitions to save the building by getting it listed, Fulham and Hammersmith Council have approved property developers plans to knock the venue down to make it a restaurant and office block.

Fulham and Hammersmith councillor Lucy Ibimy said:

“We recognise the contribution the Palais has made to the west London music scene, but the golden days of the club are long gone.”

We’re gutted here at Crossfire, as we’d been to many a good show at the Palais. Sad faces all round.

Gallows get the cover of Kerrang this week.

Watford quintet and this week’s Kerrang! cover stars Gallows are set to bring blood and chaos back to the streets of Britain for a headline tour in March. Dates are as follows:

March:

Friday 2nd – Manchester Roadhouse
Saturday 3rd – Glasgow Barfly
Sunday 4th – Birmingham Bar Academy
Monday 5th – Cardiff Barfly
Tuesday 6th – London 100 Club

The band are also set to take their black knuckles and broken teeth overseas for the first time with an appearance at SXSW in Austin, Texas on March 17th, followed by a stint on the Warped Tour throughout June, July and August.

‘Orchestra Of Wolves’ is out now on In At The Deep End Records. The band play Klub Kerrang! at Koko in London on January 27th.

www.myspace.com/burnthegallows

mewithoutYou have been announced as the tour support for Brand New in the UK this February.

The band, from Philadelphia, will also release their their album Brother Sister at the end of March. The dates for the Brand New tour are:

February:

5th – Southampton Guildhall
6th – Manchester Apollo
8th – Newcastle Academy
9th – Glasgow Academy
11th – Birmingham Academy
12th – Cardiff University
13th – London Hammersmith Apollo
14th – London Water Rats

www.mewithoutyou.com

Snow Patrol’s drummer will not be on tour of Europe and Australia.

After reports of Travis Barker pulling out of his band’s tour due to injury, Snow Patrol’s Jonny Quinn is having to do the same thing. He broke his arm whilst snowboarding meaning he will be out of action for quite a while thus missing the band’s jaunts to Europe and Autralia from March onwards.

The former drummer with Therapy?, Graham Hopkins, will fill in for the duration of the recovery.

www.snowpatrol.com

Towers Of London will be playing a new tour across the UK in March.

After 48 hours in the Big Brother house, Donny Tourette and his group are going to be zooming off around the country to support the release of their new single I’m A Rat, which is out on February 12th. The tour dates are:

March:

2nd – Cardiff Barfly
3rd – Bristol Academy
5th – Cambridge Junction
6th – Nottingham Rock City
7th – Stoke Sugarmill
8th – Liverpool Barfly
9th – Newcastle Academy 2
11th – Glasgow Cathouse
12th – Manchester Academy 3
13th – Hull Welly Club
14th – Sheffield Plug
16th – Birmingham Academy 2
17th – Northampton Soundhaus
18th – Oxford Zodiac
19th – Brighton Concorde 2
20th – London Islington Academy 2

www.thetowersoflondon.com

Good Shoes will be putting up an exclusive download on their website.

The band, who are releasing their debut album Think Before You Speak on March 26th, will be placing Ice Age, a track from the album, on their website for free download for a limited period of time. On top of this, the band are currently playing some live dates:

January:

Thu 25th – Glasgow – Barfly, XFM X-Posure tour
Fri 26th – Manchester – Urbis, XFM X-Posure tour
Sat 27th – London – Camden Barfly, XFM X-Posure all dayer

March:

Tue 6th – Bristol – Thakla
Wed 7th – Cambridge – Soul Tree
Thu 8th – Reading – Fez
Fri 9th – Nottingham – Rescue Rooms
Tue 20th – Birmingham – Academy 2
Wed 21st – Newcastle – Academy 2
Thu 22nd – Glasgow – ABC
Fri 23rd – Leeds – Cockpit
Sat 24th – Manchester – Academy 3
Mon 26th – Stoke – Sugarmill
Tue 27th – Oxford – Zodiac
Wed 28th – Brighton – Concorde 2
Thu 29th – London – Mean Fiddler (Astoria)

Click the link below for your free download.

www.goodshoes.co.uk

The Ponys’ new album Turn The Lights Out is out this March.

The Chicago group will be also be playing some live shows in London as a taster for their album and have put up Double Vision, a track from the new album, on their myspace. The live show dates are:

February:

20th – Camden Barfly, London
22nd – Sonic Cathedral @ The Legion, London
23rd – Dirty Water Club @ The Boston Arms, London

www.myspace.com/theponys

Audioslave guitarist has announced details of his first solo album.

Morello, who will team up again with Rage Against The Machine at Coachella, will be singing lead vocals for the first time on his new project The Nightwatchman. Whilst he has been playing under that name for a few years, this will be the first time he’s recorded an album as the Nightwatchman.

The album will contain 13 tracks and will be called One Man Revolution with a release date set for April 24th in the States.

www.nightwatchmanmusic.com

Crossfire favourite Pigeon John is giving his fans the chance to strut their stuff!

Pigeon John’s infamous Pigeon Dance is the centre of a new competition for his fans. He and his label Quannum are giving the fans the chance to do the pigeon in order to win a pair of tickets to see the rapper in a US town on his current tour, merch from his store and the chance to do the dance with him on stage!

Check the video out below to see how it’s done. Remember though, this is for US shows only!

Click here and get flapping!

Whilst you’re clicking away, hit the last Hip Hop Radio show so you can hear a PJ song from his latest album.

The Minnesotan record label has launched its own channel on Youtube.

Rhymesayers Entertainment, which is home to Atmosphere, POS, Brother Ali, Psalm One and more, will put up all their videos plus exclusive content on their channel.

At the moment you’ll be able to see videos such as the Abjekt cameo’d Bleeding Hearts Club, Trying To Find A Balance, National Disgrace, Prom Quiz and even a trailer for the forthcoming MF Doom DVD.

Keep those eyes peeled!

www.youtube.com/rhymesayers