Category: Music News

Long Range are Nick Smith and Phil Hartnoll who was one half of influential electronica duo Orbital. The Longrange debut album “Madness and Me” will be released in Japan initially on the Beatink label before seeing a UK release in 2007.

Having been deemed a “highlight” by many at this years Big Chill festival, this one-off show at Cargo on the 12th December will be the first opportunity for people to see this amazing new band in an intimate club setting. Nick and Phil are joined onstage by a highly accomplished group of musicians, who consist of rising star Kelly Malone on vocals, Mick Mula on vocals, Jimi Mula on keyboards and the legendary Will White of Propellorheads fame taking on the drumming duties.

In a continuation of the high live production values established by Orbital, the Long Range show features amazing visuals by the subversive www.c6.org and lighting and sound by members of the former Orbital crew.The gig will also be taking place in the much talked about virtual world Second Life.
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The concert will take place on a 16-acre island, designed specially for this unique online event. Music and video will be streamed live from the band’s performance at Cargo London. Tickets for the online event can be secured exclusively at: www.longrangeinsecondlife.com

Doors open 20.00
DJ Senor Mick 20.00 – 22.00
LONGRANGE 22.00 to 23.00
23.00 – 01.00 DJ’s PHIL HARTNOLL AND WILL WHITE
Curfew 01.00
Doors 19.30

Rizla are set to end their year of live music sponsorship with a one-off gig from Brazilian buzz band Cansei de Ser Sexy, aka CSS. Keeping to the ‘inspired by‘ theme, Rizla asked the band to choose their most inspiring musician to perform with on the evening, and thus, the concert will feature a cameo performance from a mystery guest, the identity of whom is, er, a mystery, of course – but the person in question is being described as a ‘Britpop icon‘.

The band’s Lovefoxx says: “When Rizla first approached us about who has inspired us and would like to play with, we never really thought it would happen as this person is such a legend and we’re so new to the UK music scene. We now can’t wait to entertain London with an unforgettable kick ass show. It’s been an amazing year for the band and this is a really special way to round it off“.

The event takes place at The Forum, NW5 on 8 December. Tickets here www.livenation.co.uk

With a court appearance scheduled this morning to be sentence for several drug offences (including the possession of heroin, cocaine and cannabis) you’d have thought it advisable for Babyshamble’s frontman Pete Doherty to keep a low profile and stick to the straight and narrow for a while.

However Reports are rising of the Kate Moss’s lover trashing a room at the trendy Malmaison Hotel in Clerkenwell. According to sources the troubled singer went on a rampage, breaking mirrors, electrical equipment, emptying the mini bar and causing what amounts to thousands of pounds worth of damage to his room.

A spokesman from the hotel (a favourite with more gentile stars like Kylie Minogue and George Micheals) added ‘We’re used to rock stars here -but this is a whole different level, and is simply not the sort of behaviour one would expect, especially in view of Mr Doherty’s court appearance today‘. There was no comment as to whether Ms Moss was with Doherty last night.

www.babyshambles.net
www.malmaison.com

It’s all going off in the world of rock right now – Jesse ‘The Devil‘ Hughes, frontman of Eagles Of Death Metal, has responded to Axl Rose, who called his band “the pigeons of shit metal” before axing them from the support slot on the current Guns N Roses US tour, allegedly after Hughes’ band was poorly received at a GnR gig in Cleveland.

Responding via the NME, Hughes politely gave his side of the story: “Axl Rose is fucking out of his mind. He wasn’t even there when we played. He got there about 30 minutes after we got done playing. He waltzed on to the stage and went nuts. He had a couple of fans thrown out for pissing him off. Then when he called us The Pigeons Of Shit Metal, Tommy Stinson, their bass player, took his bass off and goes: ‘Fuck you, that’s it’. And then he threw his bass down. But then Axl picked up his bass and fucking threw it at him dude. It was a fucking circus up there“.

Hughes claims that after Axl’s raging there was major stress in the GnR camp, with Rose’s bandmates furious at how their support band had been treated. So much so Rose’s management called up the EODM’s tour manager asking the band to rejoin the GnR tour. An offer to which Hughes responded:
“You can tell that motherfucker to go and fuck himself because I will never go through that again“.

Elsewhere in EODM stuff, the band are due to tour the UK in early 2007, with Hughes’ part time partner in crime Josh Homme joining the band for some of the live dates.

Watford-based hardcore rock n’roll punk rock masters of chaos Gallows have been confirmed to support Bullet For My Valentine on their rescheduled UK dates in January 2007. The dates are as follows:

Wed 3rd Jan – Newcastle Academy
Thursday 4th Jan – Manchester Apollo
Fri 5th Jan – Birmingham Academy
Sun 7th Jan – Cardiff University
Mon 8th Jan – Hammersmith Apollo

The album ‘Orchestra Of Wolves‘ is out now via In At The Deep End Records.

Let the pandemonium begin, more information including Gallows, recent Crossfire radio guest slot visit: www.myspace.com/burnthegallows

Yeti have confirmed they’ll be playing a five date tour of the UK, following the success of their EP One Eye On The Banquet. Make sure you get along to one of the dates listed below.

Also, if you haven’t already done it, get over here and check the interview we just did with the band!

December:

4th – Manchester, Joshua Brooks
5th – Liverpool, Barfly
6th – Cardiff, Barfly
8th – Birmingham, Barfly
15th – Camden, Barfly.

www.yetiintelligence.com

30 Seconds To Mars have made history by making the first American video which was shot in its entirety in China.

The video for the track From Yesterday, was shot in the Emperor Qin Palace and the Forbidden City and featured more than 300 extras and runs over 10 minutes. The track comes from 2005’s A Beautiful Lie and you can check out the video here.

www.thirtysecondstomars.com

Fun loving Texans Bowling For Soup are back with a new single High School Never Ends as a download single on January 22nd and a physical release on January 29th. Their new album, The Great Burrito Extortion Case, will be out in February.

You can check the video by clicking here.

The band will also be on tour on the following dates in February:

6th – Bristol Academy
7th – Southampton Guildhall
8th – Cambridge Corn Exchange
9th – Cardiff University
10th – Manchester Academy
12th – Glasgow Queen Margaret University
13th – Nottingham Rock City
14th – Leeds Met Uni
15th – Norwich UEA
17th – Birmingham Academy
18th – London Hammersmith Palais

www.bowlingforsoup.com

Green Day have added their name to a campaign to stop America’s “addiction” to oil, working with the Natural Resources Defense Council’s “Move America Beyond Oil” movement.

The band have set up their own website on the issue, and gives fans the chance to contact lawmakers and industry bods directly. The group have said “Our message is that it’s OK, and very rebellious, to take on that responsibility.”

www.greenday.com

Ever wanted to know what Caught In The Crossfire is in Dutch? Well wonder no more, as we can exclusively reveal that it is, in fact, gevangen in een vuurgevecht!

This is just one of the many gems that came from an interview with hip hop group C-Mon and Kypski, as they were recently interviewed by Abjekt.

The interview, which covers music, North African dress codes and C-Mon’s blinging skate injury, will be up next week, along with a track from their new album Where The Wild Things Are, in the buzz chart. Also see how their album went down at Crossfire in the upcoming Mix!

www.c-monandkypski.nl