NME have launched a New York version of its Club NME and will soon announce that they are launching two US news desks, one on the West coast and one on the East, to enhance the news service on their website.
NME publishing director Paul Cheal said:
“This is a great time to be extending NME into the US. Not only will our readers there get even more value out of our investment in NME.COM, but they can also now enjoy the full-on live experience of Club NME in both LA and NYC!”
Baltimore’s Spank Rock have announced that their European dates have been cancelled.
The tour, which was due to start in Switzerland and go through London, Bristol, Glashow, Manchester and Leeds, is off due to personal and professional commitments.
However, the group are expected to be back earlier in the new year.
The Charlatans release their new album, Forever – The Singles, on November 6th with single You’re So Pretty We’re So Pretty on November 13th.
To see the video for the new single, click the link below:
The Killers have announced some tour dates for 2007, with tickets going on sale this Friday [3rd November]. The dates are:
February:
16th – Sheffield Hallam FM Arena
17th – Manchester MEN Arena
18th – Birmingham NEC
20th – Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
21st – Aberdeen P&J Arena
22nd – Glasgow SECC
24th – London Wembley Arena
25th – London Wembley Arena
March
3rd – Brighton Centre
4th – Nottingham Arena
6th – Cardiff CIA
Buzzcocks will be releasing a new single, Reconciliation, on December 4th. The track comes from their recent album Flat-pack Philosophy, and will be accompanied by a tour which will feature “a multimedia display featuring original artwork by Malcolm Garrett, plus photos by Chris Gabrin and Kevin Cummins”.
The dates are:
November:
27th – Brighton, The Concert Hall
28th – St Albans, Alban Arena
29th – Bristol, Anson Rooms
December:
1st – Manchester, Academy
2nd – London, The Forum
4th – Northampton, The Deco
5th – Leicester, University
7th – Gateshead, Sage61
8th – Glasgow, ABC
9th – Warwick, Arts Centre
The Sonic Youth B-Sides and Rarities album, The Destroyed Room, has had its tracklisting revealed:
Fire Engine Dream (‘Sonic Nurse’ outtake)
Fauxhemians (‘Noho Furniture Sessions’ and the ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties 1.1’ compilation)
Is It My Body? (2 x 7″ Alice Cooper Tribute)
Razor Blade (‘In The Heather’ single)
Blink (‘Pola X’ soundtrack)
Campfire (‘At Home With The Groovebox’ compilation)
Loop Cat (Bonus track ‘Sonic Nurse’)
Kim’s Chords (Bonus track from ‘Sonic Nurse’)
Beautiful Plateau (Bonus track from ‘Sonic Nurse’)
Three Part Sectional Love Seat (‘Noho Furniture Sessions’)
Queen Anne Chair (‘Noho Furniture Sessions’)
The Diamond Sea (‘The Diamond Sea’ single)
San Fran’s finest, Deerhoof, have just completed their new album, Friend Opportunity and will be releasing it in January of next year.
In addition to this they will be touring with The Flaming Lips and will also be palying at the Nightmare Before Christmas Festival, which is being curated by Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth. The tour dates are:
November [with Flaming Lips]
5th – Bournemouth, BIC
6th – Manchester Apollo
8th – Blackpool Empress Ballroom
9th – Birmingham NIA
December
8th-10th – Minehead All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival
Fatboy Slim is apparently planning a new beach party in Brighton for New Year’s this year.
He had previously been banned from holding another event, after his 2002 party attracted 250,000 instead of the expected 60,000. During that night, a woman fell to her death and the emergency services were stalled due to the crowded streets.
Fatboy Slim can now reportedly come back to the beach but only with 20,000 people in attendance for the event called Big Beach Boutique 3. It’ll be ticket entrance only and will be restricted to those with a local postcode.
Viacom have become the latest media company to tell YouTube to remove copyrighted content from the site.
Reports are that YouTube have gone through their entire site, removing segments from Comedy Central [owned by Viacom], which includes Jon Stewart’s Daily Show and South Park.
YouTube and Viacom have yet to comment but seeing as Viacom own MTV and VH1, it could be a hefty job to take the videos down.
The My Chemical Romance monster is tearing through some Arena dates next year. The dates are:
March:
10th – Plymouth Pavilions
21st – Brighton Centre
22nd – Birmingham NIA
24th – Manchester MEN Arena
25th – Cardiff Arena
26th – Nottingham Arena
27th – Glasgow SECC
29th – London Wembley Arena