Placebo have announced their biggest UK shows ever which will happen this December. If you want to check out the band live, then make sure you get to one of these dates:
December:
6th – SECC Glasgow
7th – Nottingham Arena Nottingham
9th – Wembley Arena London
10th – Evening News Arena Manchester
Hellicar Crago Lewis Lloyd and Friends will be playing 3 shows in 3 days, so if you want to get involved in all the carnage, then peep these dates:
August:
3rd – 2-4 Hoxton Square – with Bur Sur and The Bleeps
Free before 8, £5 after
4th – The Victoria Pub
Free
5th – 440 Kingsland Road
£5
Downstairs
10.00 Doors open – Big Sam & The Cardinal (Intro Set)
11.15 HCLL live (Psychedelic Modern Folk)
12.00 Or… (DJs – House Electro Breaks)
01.00 Pants & The Rebel (DJs – StyleFree School Disco Set)
02.30 Dekker (DJ – Anything Goes – HipHop to Electro)
04.00 Bruno Papas (Live Laptop breaks)
05.00 Room closes
Upstairs
12.00 Vania vs Nicholas (World Music)
01.00 Sharon Bowen (HipHop Soul Funk)
02.00 Big Sam (HipHop Funk TV Themes and other weird stuff)
03.00 Cardinal Broomhall (funk!)
04.00 Paddy (Deep House – After party set)
06.00 Room closes
San Franciscan rockers Knights of the New Crusade have announced some European tour dates and will be riding into the UK as part of it. The dates are:
August:
4th – Zwoelfzehn, Stuttgart, Germany
5th – Freakstock Festiva,l Gotha, Germany
6th – Sleepwalkers, Guspini, Sardinia
7th – Bastion at the Beach, Portixeddu, Sardinia
8th – Corto Maltese, Cagliari, Sardinia
9th – Tachales – Cafe Zapata, Berlin, Germany
10th – Beat Club, Hamburg, Germany
11th – Voodoo Lounge, Dublin, Ireland
12th – Dirty Water Club, London, UK
Archie Bronson Outfit are back with a new single, Cherry Lips, on October 9th and they are to embark on a UK tour which will culminate in a 2 night stand at the ICA in London. Check them out at:
September:
25th – Oxford, The Zodiac
26th – Birmingham, Bar Academy
28th – Bristol, Fleece
29th – Cardiff, Barfly
30th – Nottingham, Social
October:
1st – Leeds, Josephs Well
2nd – Glasgow, King Tuts
3rd – Manchester, Night & Day
10th – London, ICA
11th – London, ICA
Fans of 80’s US hardcore will be delighted to know that a movie documenting the scene that will be released via cinemas in the US on September 22nd.
The movie has various hardcore heads talking about how fucked up and cool the scene was as it swept the US and caught on across the planet including Keith Morris and Henry Rollins from Black Flag (the latter finding himself on a few music documentaries these days), Vic Bondi from the legendary Articles of Faith and many more.
If you were a fan of Bad Brains, Minor Threat, 7 Seconds, Germs, Circle Jerks, Poison Idea, Corrosion of Conformity and many more then this movie is for you. Lets just hope American Hardcore reaches the UK’s screens!
Click here for the trailer.
Gypsy Punks Gogol Bordello have been confirmed as the headliners for the main stage of Friday night at the Isle Of Wight’s Bestival in September. On top of this, Guillemots will play the main stage on Saturday and Future Sound Of London presents the Atmosphous Androgynous have been confirmed for The Blue Pavilion.
Curator Rob Da Bank said:
“I’ve been chasing Gogol Bordello since Christmas to do Bestival and finally bribed and cajoled them to move recording commitments. We are really, really pleased they are headlining the Friday night. They’re easily the most exciting live band I’ve seen in 2006 and if you haven’t seen them yet you won’t be disappointed. Gypsy punk, Eastern European ska, New York bombastic breaks, weird haircuts and sexy ladies with washboards strapped to their backs!”
Check out the website at www.bestival.net for more info.
Nick Oliveri and the Mondo Generator are to tour the UK this year to support the I Never Sleep, the debut single from their upcoming album Dead Planet: SonicSlowMotionTrails. Check out the former QOTSA bassist at one of the following:
August:
21st – Sheffield – Leadmill
22nd – London – Underworld
23rd – Coventry – Colosseum
28th – Welwyn Garden City, The Green Room
29th – York – Barfly
30th – Glasgow – King Tuts
31st – Liverpool – Barfly
September:
1st – Manchester – Roadhouse
4th – Oxford – Zodiac
5th – Southampton – Joiners
Legendary group Judas Priest are putting out a 2 CD set collecting 3 hours of the band’s best material and contains both hits and live and album favourites. The double album, called The Essential Judas Priest, will feature 34 tracks and the tracklist is as follows:
Disc 1
1. Judas Rising
2. Breaking The Law
3. Hell Bent For Leather
4. Diamonds And Rust
5. Victim of Changes
6. Love Bites
7. Heading Out To The Highway
8. Ram It Down
9. Beyond The Realms Of Death
10. You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’
11. Jawbreaker
12. A Touch Of Evil
3. Delivering The Goods
14. United
15. Turbo Lover
16. Painkiller
17. Metal Gods
Disc 2
1. The Hellion
2. Electric Eye
3. Living After Midnight
4. Freewheel Burning
5. Exciter
6. The Green Manalishi (with the two pronged crown)
7. Blood Red Skies
8. Night Crawler
9. Sinner
10. Hot Rockin’
11. The Sentinel
12. Before The Dawn
13. Hell Patrol
14. The Ripper
15. Screaming For Vengeance
16. Out In The Cold
17. Revolution
Meanwhile the Priest are busy working on a new album, scheduled for a 2007 release about the life and predictions of Nostradamus.
Victory Records bands A Perfect Murder and Comeback Kid are both touring at the end of this year on two different tours, both of which hit the UK’s shores so make sure you check them out:
Hell On Earth Tour
[A Perfect Murder with Heaven Shall Burn, Maroon, Cataract, God Forbid, Fill Blown Chaos and Purified In Blood]
September:
15th – Haarlem – Patronaat (Netherlands)
16th – London – Mean Fiddler (Great Britain)
17th – Bournemouth – Opera House (Great Britain)
18th – Manchester – Rockworld (Great Britain)
19th – Glasgow – Cathouse (Great Britain)
20th – Milton Keynes – Pitts (Great Britain)
21st – Trier – Ex Haus (Germany)
22nd – Schweinfurt – Alter Stadtbahnhof (Germany)
23rd – Berlin – SO 36 (Germany)
24th – Frankfurt – Batschkapp (Germany)
25th – Salzburg – Rockhaus (Austria)
26th – Pinarella Di Cervia – Rockplanet Club (Italy)
27th – Solothurn – Kofmehl (Switzerland)
28th – München – Backstage (Germany)
29th – Bielefeld – Kamp (Germany)
30th – Flensburg – Roxy (Germany)
October:
1st – Hasselt – Music O Drom (Belgium)
2nd – Dresden – Reithalle (Germany)
3rd – Jena – Fhaus (Germany)
4th – Eindhoven – Effenaar (Netherlands)
5th – Hannover – Musik Centrum (Germany)
6th – Aalborg – Studebterhus (Denmark)
7th – Essen – Fun Box Amilie (Germany)
Persistence Tour
[Comeback Kid with Sick Of It All, Madball, Walls Of Jericho and Destiny]
November:
30th – Wiesbaden – Schlachthof (Germany)
December:
1st – London – Forum (United Kingdom)
2nd – Essen – Fun Box Amelie (Germany
3rd – Tilburg – 013 (Netherlands)
5th – Wien – Arena (Austria)
6th – München – Werk (Germany)
7th – Berlin – Huxleys (Germany)
8th – Hamburg – Markthalle (Germany)
9th – Dresden – Alter Schlachthof (Germany)
10th – Torhout – De Mast (Belgium)
Apparently, Pink Floyd members are considering coming back together in a tribute to the late Syd Barrett. Though David Gilmour has said many times that he has never wanted to reform the group, a source in a newspaper has claimed the band members are more likely to do it now in a celebration of Barrett’s life.
There are no further details about this, but if ever there was a chance of a reunion, it seems a lot more likely now than ever before.