Clor, who released a self-titled debut last year which brought the singles Love And Pain and Good Stuff, have split up.
The band’s manager released a statement saying that the group decided to split after not being able to be “wildly creative and chart-bothering”.
The band have called it a day just as their album is to be unleashed on America, but it is likely to that the two main men, Barry Dobbin and Luke Smith, will continue making music in the future.
Just when we thought Pete Doherty had completely lost it, we get another stunning example of his cultural expertise.
The Babyshambles singer is to display his works of art at a London gallery, works of art that will depict his life on tour and he plans to sell them for £1,000 each.
However, what makes these just that little bit more Doherty-esque is the fact that they are all painted in his blood. Lovely.
Derby ska-punk crew Lightyear, who split in late 2003, have announced a one off tour this summer across the UK.
Tickets are available now via www.seetickets.com
Before the split, the band released two critically acclaimed albums – ‘Call Of The Weasel Clan’ and ‘Chris’ Gentlemans Hairdresser And Railway Bookshop’ – and were well known amongst UK punk fans for their frenetic, fun live shows.
LIGHTYEAR UK TOUR JULY 2006
THURS 20th JULY – BRISTOL BIER KELLER
FRI 21st JULY – YEOVIL SKI LODGE
SAT 22nd JULY – BIRMINGHAM CARLING ACADEMY 2
SUN 23rd JULY – BRIGHTON ENGINE ROOMS
MON 24th JULY – LEICESTER CHARLOTTE
TUE 25th JULY – MANCHESTER JILLY’S ROCKWORLD
WED 26th JULY – NEWCASTLE CARLING ACADEMY 2
THU 27th JULY – NORTH BERWICK COMMUNITY CENTRE
FRI 28th JULY – SHEFFIELD THE PLUG
SAT 29th JULY – LONDON MEAN FIDDLER
SUN 30th JULY – DERBY FIRST FLOOR
For more Lightyear malarkey, go to www.householdnamerecords.co.uk and if you are a massive fan of HHN, click here to hear Kafren on the None More Punk show as a guest from the label.
Texas pop-punks Fenix TX have cancelled their imminent UK tour for the second time. Singer/guitarist Will Salazar has been struck down with throat problems, and has been ordered to stop singing immediately. The band apologise to their UK fans, and are intending to reschedule the tour for a later date.
The band last played the UK in 2002, whilst promoting their second album ‘Lechuza‘.
The Isle of Wight’s finest export, The Bees, return to touring this month with the release of Octopus, their 3rd album due in the summer. Having recorded their second album at Abbey Road, the group are now taking it back home and recording in the basement studio on the Isle.
Check them out at the following dates:
May
18th – The Great Escape, Brighton
20th – Tropicalia Festival, The Barbican
28th – Hi-Fi South Festival, Winchester
June
12th – CARGO, London
July
5th – The Marquee, Cork, Ireland (supporting Robert Plant)
23rd – The Lovebox Festival, Victoria Park, London
29th – Across The Tracks Festival, Leeds
30th – Night and Day, Manchester
August – “Highlands And Islands” Tour
2nd – Raigmore, Inverness
3rd – BA Club, Fort William
4th – Fusion, Orkney
6th – The Loft, Forres
7th – The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
10th – Reading Room, Dundee
11th – GUU, Glasgow
12th – North Star, Shetland
Editors are releasing a new single, Blood, which will feature two cover songs. The first cover will be found on the 10″ numbered vinyl, which will be deleted on the same day it is released and will be Road To Nowhere by Talking Heads and will also have a remix of Camera by Jason Pierce. The second version will be a CD and will have Editor’s version of REM’s Orange Crush, a Paul Oakenfold remix of Camera and the video for Blood.
The single will be released on July 9th and the band are set to carry on writing material for their second album and head into the studio as soon as the summer festival circuit ends.
Radiohead played their second night in Copenhagen and debuted more new material which could well be set to feature on their upcoming seventh album.
The full version of Arpeggi was included as well as Bodysnatchers, Nude, Spooks, Bangers N Mash and 15 Step. They also played crowd favourites like Karma Police and Fake Plastic Trees, finishing with The Bends.
Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the families of George Harrison and John Lennon have lost their legal battle with Apple. They took the company to court saying that thanks to the introduction of iTunes, Apple had gone back on their agreement not to enter the music industry, because of the band’s label being called Apple.
However, the judge of the case said that Apple Computers used their logo with its shops, rather than the music itself and as such didn’t break any deal. The logos were also different, with The Beatles’ label being a full apple whereas the computer firm’s logo being an apple with a bite out of it.
This year’s Rise Festival, an anti-racism festival which is laid on for free, which this year takes place at Finsbury Park has added Graham Coxon and Sway to the bill. The festival will be on July 8th and will also feature The Buzzcocks, The Wailers and Roy Ayers.
As well as the main stage, other stages will be set up to feature music from Latin America, Asia, African and will have music and dance from Turkey too.
Hellicar, Crago, Lewis Lloyd and Friends will be playing Cargo in London on May 15th as support for My Lastest Novel.
The Djs on the night will be Eat Your Own Ears and Chris Wheeler and you’ll be able to grab the tickets [only a fiver!] from either www.cantaloupegroup.co.uk/shop or www.ticketweb.co.uk.
As if this weren’t enough, there will be a headline show at the Luminaire on May 31st, with special guests James Blackshaw and James William Hindle. Have a butchers at the flyer for more info.