Muse have finally revealed the name of their fourth album and given it a release date. The album, which was recorded in New York, will be called Black Holes And Revelations and wil be out in the shops on July 3rd.
It will be preceeded by the first single from it, Supermassive Black Hole, which has a due date of June 12th for download and June 19th to buy in the shops.
The Download festival are releasing individual day tickets for the extravaganza at Donnington Park on June 9th, 10th and 11th, and in conjunction with this the festival has confirmed the return of the Snickers Bowl stage, which will join the Main Stage, Snickers Stage and the Gibson/Myspace.com Stage.
The cream of new rock talent has been lined up to play the Snickers Bowl Stage over the course of the 3 days and visitors to the bowl will be treated to sonic chaos from Gay For Johnny Depp, Sintuition, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Get Amped, Streetlight Youth, Viking Skull, Betty Curse and Evergrey. Sounds like a party that can’t be missed!
This will be the third year in a row that Snickers have brought the Bowl to the Download festival and it is sure to be more popular than ever. The bowl itself is the size of an Olympic swimming pool, and twice the depth. This year, a new event will take place, the Snickers UK Friday, where the best and emerging talents in the UK in skateboarding and BMX will be able to ride in an invitation only jam.
On Saturday and Sunday of the festival, you’ll be able to watch in awe at the likes of Rune Glifber, Koji Kraft and Renton Millar. There’s even a special guest judge, with the Godfather of skate and the star of the Dogtown And The Z-Boys documentary, Tony Alva making an appearance.
For more details, plus a chance to win Download 2007 tickets in the competitions section, check out check out www.downloadfestival.co.uk/snickers
East London’s The Fallout Trust are releasing a new single on the 29th of May. The track, When We Are Gone will coincide with a 12 date UK tour, plus 5 shows as the support for Morning Runner.
Check out the band at the following dates:
MAY
Supporting Morning Runner:
12th Newcastle Northumbria University
14th Manchester University
16th London Mean Fiddler
17th Nottingham Marcus Garvey Ballroom
18th Leeds Cockpit
Headline Tour:
23rd Newcastle Cluny
24th Glasgow Sleazy’s
25th Carlisle Brickyard
26th Manchester Bierkelller
28th Southend Blue Peter In The Park
29th Wolverhampton Little Civic
30th Brighton Freebutt
31st London Garage
JUNE
6th London Metro
7th Leeds Faversham
8th Sheffield Leadmill
9th Bristol Louisiana
Further to the news piece up recently, Marc Ecko’s backing of seven kids who had been taken to court for possessing spray cans, has paid off.
This week a judge over-ruled the law of New York and now the city can no longer enforce its policy of making it illegal to carry spray cans and broad tipped markers.
Marc Ecko took on New York City and won, keeping the graffiti tradition and lifestyle very much alive and kicking. Much respect is going his way from Crossfire HQ.
Bloc Party have written a new track which is based on last year’s bombings in London. The new song, Hunting For Witches, is one of many songs penned for demoing in the lead up to a new album.
Lead singer Kele Okereke said that the bus which was blown up, happened very close to where he lives and he wrote the song based on the observations he made about the reaction of the press.
Other track titles which could feature on the new album are Cruel, Merge On The Freeway, Kreuzberg and Machines.
Keith Richards, who fell from a tree and reportedly suffered mild concussion, now has to have an operation to drain his skull because it has been revealed he has a brain haemorrhage.
After he fell from a tree, he continued to complain of having headaches and the tests revealed the problem, according to The Sun newspaper.
The band are due to start the European part of their world tour, A Bigger Bang, in Barcelona on May 27th.
Nicolai Dunger will go on tour with Josh Ritter in Europe in May and will have a “greatest hits” album coming out later this fall.
European Tour with Josh Ritter
May 2006
TUE 09 – Birmingham, Glee Club
WED 10 – Manchester, Academy 2
FRI 12 – Dublin, Vicar St
SAT 13 – Dublin, Vicar St
SUN 14 – Belfast, Empire
MON 15 – Glasgow, Oran Mor
WED 17 – Bristol, Fiddlers
THU 18 – Brighton, Gardener Centre
FRI 19 – London, Shepherd’s Bush Empire
SAT 20 – Paris, Café De La Dance
TUE 23 – Cologne, MTC
WED 24 – Berlin, Club 103
FRI 26 – Copenhagen, Little Vega
SAT 27 – Stockholm, Berns
SUN 28 – Oslo, Bla
MON 29 – Hamburg, Stage Club
TUE 30 – Brussels, Ab Box
WED 31 – Amsterdam, Paradiso
Recent Roadrunner UK signings PE’Z will release their territorial debut ‘Tsu Ku Shi N Bow’ on May 15th.
Founded in Tokyo in 1999 by band leader Oyama ‘BMW’ Wataru, they are veterans in their native Japan where they have already released 3 albums to critical acclaim – their unique brand of ska, samba, jazz and rock helping them on their way to winning New Artist of the Year at the 17th Japan Gold Disc Awards in 2003. Touring plans are expected in the not too distant future.
Keep one eye on the prize at www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/artists/pez
Gibraltar-based metallers Breed 77 will release their new single ‘Alive‘ on June 12th.
The track will mark the first new material for the group since 2004’s breakthrough album ‘Cultura‘, which spawned 3 Top 40 singles and has sold in excess of 30,000 copies to date. A new full-length is set to appear in the following months.
The band were recently nominated in the ‘Best British Act’ category for this year’s Metal Hammer Awards, set to take place in London on the day of release.
See www.breed77.net for more information.
The Futureheads played a secret live show for Steve Lamacq’s show on Radio 1 and previewed five tracks from their upcoming album. The tracks were Back To The Sea, Return Of The Beserker, Cope, Fallout and the new single Skip To The End.
The group are also going on tour to support their new album News And Tributes, and the dates are:
May 29th – Glasgow Academy
May 30th – Liverpool Academy
May 31st – Leeds University
June 2nd – Manchester Academy
June 3rd – Birmingham Rock City
June 4th – Keele University
June 6th – Norwich UEA
June 7th – Bristol Academy
June 8th – Southampton Guildhall
June 9th – Birmingham Academy
June 11th – Cardiff Great Hall
June 12th – London Forum