British rockers Muse will be back with a bang on June 19th, as they release the first single from their upcoming album. The single, entitled Supermassive Black Hole will be followed by the album on July 3rd.
Frontman Matt Bellamy said that he got the inspiration for the sound going out dancing in New York, allowing him to mix guitars with a dance type beat. Interesting…
Belle And Sebastian will play a free show in Trafalgar Squar as part of the Love Music Hate Racism campaign against the BNP ahead of the upcoming local elections.
Lining up alongside them will be Boy Kill Boy, Jerry Dammers [of The Specials] and grime acts Roll Deep and Lethal Bizzle. The show will take place between 2 and 7pm on April 29th and will also feature a series of speakers.
For more information see www.lovemusichateracism.com
The Scare have just been added to a handful of shows with Forward! Russia! Complete up coming dates below:
Weds 26th April, The Sugarmill – Stoke w/Forward Russia
Fri 28th April, The Soundhaus – Northampton w/Forward Russia
Sat 29th April, The Forum – Tunbridge Wells w/Forward Russia
Sun 30th April, The Barfly – Birmingham w/Polysics
Sat 13th May, The Flapper & Firkin – Birmingham
Thurs 18th May, The Windmill – Brixton, London
Sat 20th May, The Great Escape festival – Brighton
Tour with Sign & The Answer
Sun 21st May Barfly, London
Mon 22nd May Barfly, Birmingham
Tue 23rd May Barfly, Liverpool
Wed 24th May Barfly, Glasgow
Thu 25th May York, Fibbers
Fri 26th May Barfly, Cardiff
Thurs 8th June, Buffalo Bar – London w/GayforJohnnyDepp
Weds 21st June, Club Fandango@ Water Rats – London
You can grab tickets from most major outlets and www.ticketline.co.uk / www.barflyclub.com
Snoop Dogg has taken time away from rapping to start writing on his first novel, titled Love Don’t Live Here No More which is scheduled to be the first in a series. The story, unsurprisingly, follows the life of a young rapper trying to make it big.
His publisher has claimed that its a chance to speak to a female audience more than he does in his music, so we’ll have to wait and see how it turns out. Get that gin and juice ready…
Hot on the heels of their recently released ‘Apollo‘ album on Sweet Nothing Records, cult fuzz rockers Nebula are preparing to hit these shores alongside the much anticipated debut appearance by mighty metal Texans The Sword. If you have any taste, you’ll be there to enjoy this mouth watering line up. You know it makes sense!
Dates are as follows:
May
11th – Glasgow – Barfly
12th – Birmingham – Carling Academy
13th – Sheffield – Cooperation
14th – London – Dingwalls
Spazz-core outfit Test Icicles played their last ever show on Saturday at the Astoria in London to mark the end of their brief career. The group, who cancelled all US dates after announcing the split, played a 45 minute set and dropped balloons on the crowd, whilst also handing out badges which proclaimed “Test Icicles RIP”.
The show was rowdy as hell and you should look out for a live review coming soon on Crossfire.
For the time being, you can check out their official site: www.test-icicles.com
Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers has written on the band’s official website saying that he believes George Bush should be impeached for telling lies about his foreign policy. Flea wrote:
“George W Bush should definitely be impeached, he is a liar and his lies have bought misery to millions of people and bought no good to anyone except for the corporate oil billionaires who are making huge profits. Bush has made the world a much less safe place. Before the war Iraq was not a place for terrorists. Saddam Hussein, brutal dictator that he was, was secular and had nothing to do with Al Queda. The people of Iraq are no better off at all. All those people want is for the Americans to leave decent families and people like you and I who never wanted America there in the first place”.
To read the full update, click here.
D12 member Swift has been put in jail on a violation of probation when he missed a court hearing due to being at the funeral of his late crewmate Proof. He now faces 93 days in jail after not turning up at court on drink driving offences.
His probation stipulated that he stay clear of drink and drugs, and as he was done for drinking, the length of time is higher than normal.
Bit harsh to chuck the fella in jail for being at his friend’s funeral, where he was an honourary pallbearer really.
Him again. The former Libertines frontman was thrown into the slammer only hours after escaping a jail sentence for possession. Why did he get locked up in an East London cop shop? Yeah, you guessed it, drugs charges. He was released on bail and has to return in June, when he may be charged.
Continuing the prison theme, apparently he is considering playing a concert at Pentonville Prison in London in a tribute to Johnny Cash’s legendary show at Folsom Prison.
Remember Eels? Yeah, they were quality back in the day before disappearing off the radar for a bit. But they’re back to play dates in June over here in the UK. The group recently released a CD/DVD called Eels With Strings Live At Town Hall and no doubt will be recreating it on stage. They’ll also feature at the Wireless Festival this summer, playing in London and Leeds.
The two new dates are:
June 23rd – London Astoria
June 26th – Glasgow ABC