Following it’s phenomenal success in the last couple of years ‘Give It A Name’ is back for a third bite at the apple with a triple venue, 3 day spectacular.
Birmingham NEC, Glasgow SECC and London’s Earls Court share the spoils from 27th/28th/29th April in what promises to be a killer weekender.
Kicking off on Friday 27th April [London, 28th Birmingham, 29th Glasgow], Juliette & The Licks, Alexisonfire, The Used, HIM, From First To Last, Mindless Self Indulgence, Cry For Silence, The Sleeping, Ignite, Lost Alone and Kill Hannah will be breaking in the festival.
Saturday [in London, 29th in Birmingham] sees Crossfire favourites Brand New headlining a set that has us drooling – All American Rejects, Motion City Soundtrack, Senses Fail, New Found Glory, Madina Lake, Kevin Devine, Saosin, Mae, Kids In Glass Houses and the UK’s upstarts Enter Shakari will be amongst the act rocking out on the two stages at Earls Court.
Sunday [in London, 27th in Birmingham] sees the return of the grand-daddies of emo Jimmy Eat World, alongside AFI, Sparta and Thursday, Hit The Lights, theAudition, The Receiving End Of Sirens, mewithoutYou and MXPX, with Drive Thru’s Hellogoodbye headlining the second stage.
One things for sure – this festival’s going from strength to strength, and this year has a line up that’s dripping with promise. Tickets go on sale on from 9am Friday 19th January and will cost £80 adv for a 3 day pass and £32.50 adv for a single day.
Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell‘s new project, Satellite Party, will release its debut album called Ultra Payloaded in May.
Korn have announced their will be putting out an Unplugged album with 14 tracks, with the release date being February 19th.
Hell Is For Heroes have posted a new song from their forthcoming self-titled album on their myspace.
The nominations for this year’s Brit Awards have been announced, with Muse, Lily Allen and Gnarls Barkley chalking up a lot of nominations. They will take place on February 14th at Earls Court. The nominations are:
Fall Out Boy, fresh from working with Jay Z, have announced that Kanye West will be remixing a track from their upcoming album Infinity On High and it is rumoured that Fall Out Boy will be returning the favour by remixing a Kanye track.
The Bronx will be releasing a new single, Shitty Future, on January 29th, taken from their self titled album, which came out last year. You can check the video for the single by clicking one of the links below.
George Harrison’s handwritten lyrics for While My Guitar Gently Weeps have been sold for $300,000 [around $150,000] at an Arizona auction.
Rockworld TV has been re-launched on Sky TV [Channel 368]. The alternative music channel will show cult anime shows, music news and interviews and much more for metal, rock and indie fans.
RJD2‘s new album is due out on March 5th and we at Crossfire were lucky enough to get our hands on a copy of the album, The Third Hand.