Category: Music

Crossfire took Download Festival at Castle Donington by storm on Friday and Saturday night with killer sets from Enter Shikari, Gallows and our resident Crossfire DJs Zac Slack and the legendary James Sherry.

The Duracell Powerhouse tent was bursting at the seams by eleven, hundreds of metal fans rocking out, with classic metal hitting the airwaves on day one. Following their triumphant set on the Dimebag Darrell stage that evening, trance/rock upstarts Enter Shikari took to the decks around midnight on Friday, with fans packed into the tent, the crowds going mad for Slayer, Refused, Rage Against The Machine and even Madness!

Glo-sticks and mosh pits, head banging and raving all came together in a night that kicked everyone’s arse. Crowds spilt out into the pathway, everyone plastered in Crossfire stickers and partying like there was no tomorrow. Shikari’s 30 minute set went out the window, and 2 hours later, they were still rocking out to Slayer, with this live version of the ‘Heavy Shit Show‘.

Crossfire and Enter Shikari took partying to a whole new level….and then handed the gauntlet to Gallows for the live None More Punk show on Saturday night. The Crossfire Sound System was on 11 as Gallows destroyed the tent with their choices for a crowd of over 2000 people who just went nuts for 4 hours. who didn’t disappoint and tore the entire festival a new one.

Expect more in the very near future…

The White Stripes will be playing a one off show in London next week.

Jack and Meg White will play the Rivoli Ballroom in South London on June 12th, which has been called an “intimate and incredible setting”. Tickets for the gig will go on sale on June 11th via Live Nation and Gigs And Tours and will be limited to two per person.

Proceeds from the show will go to the Chelsea Pensioners’ Appeal, as well as charities supported by The London Pearly Kings and Queens Society.

www.whitestripes.com

Alan McGee is to join forces with radio DJ Gary Crowley to team up with Rockworld TV.

The channel, which goes out on Sky Channel 368, will see McGee and Crowley’s venture showcase the best in new music on their station.The show will feature 3 bands playing live every episode and the 3 bands lined up for the first episode, broadcast on July 20th are The Holloways, Reverend And The Makers and The Chavs.

Crowley will host his own show which will feature interviews and live performances and his first show, June 10th, will feature original Sex Pistol Glen Matlock.

www.rockworld.tv

Throwdown have posted a new song up from their upcoming album.

Venom & Tears is due for release in early August and the track taken from it, which you can check out by clicking the link at the bottom is called Holy Roller. Frontman Dave Peters said:

“We kinda went back to our roots as far as what got us into playing music, rather than sticking to what got us into hardcore…When we wrote Haymaker (2003) that’s about as bare bones and raw as it gets, add four years later of playing and touring together to that and we’ve developed quite a ways with influences, execution and fuck it we’ll play a solo if we want to too.”

www.myspace.com/throwdown

The Dead 60s are to release their new album in August.

Time To Take Sides will be out on 13th August and will be preceeded by the single Stand Up which is out digitally on July 30th with a physical release set for August 6th. To support these releases the band will be touring the following places:

June

18th – Soho Revue Bar, London

July

24th – Marquee, Hertford
25th – Charlotte, Leicester
29th – Faversham, Leeds
31st – Leadmill, Sheffield

August

2nd – Empire, Middlesbrough
3rd – Tunnels, Aberdeen
4th – King Tuts, Glasgow
5th – Cluny, Newcastle
8th – Roadhouse, Manchester
9th – Dingwalls, London
11th – Thekla, Bristol
12th – Fez, Reading
14th – Pressure Point, Brighton
15th – Academy, Liverpool
17th – Club Nirvana, Wigan
18th – Fibbers, York

www.thedead60s.com

Bez and his mates will be back touring as the Happy Mondays have announced a new set of dates.

The band will be supported by The Sunshine Underground to follow up their very popular sold out summer dates. The full tour listing is:

September:

27th – Nottingham Rock City
28th – Glasgow Carling Academy

October:

1st – Sheffield Octagon
2nd – Newcastle Carling Academy
3rd – Bristol Carling Academy
5th – Oxford Zodiac
6th – Brixton Carling Academy
8th – Norwich Uea
9th – Southampton Guildhall
10th – Leeds University
12th – Birmingham Carling Academy
13th – Liverpool Carling Academy

www.happymondaysonline.com

More rumours are circulating on the status of Blur.

According to a report in The Mirror, the band are going to hit the studio in November with Graham Coxon in tow. The paper states:

“They’ve all had lots on with solo projects, cartoon bands and farming. But by the end of summer, their plates will be clear. They’ll go into the studio in November”.

Rumours of fanboy Abjekt running around whooping at this news are as yet unconfirmed.

www.blur.co.uk

The newly reformed Smashing Pumpkins will be playing a one off show at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire on June 19th and will be their only UK show before their comeback album is released.

Zeitgeist will hit the shops on July 9th.

www.smashingpumpkins.com

The Gallows launch party for their Abandon Ship single literally rocked the Thames last night! The party, organised by Crossfire was electric with Mike Davies and DJ Feebz smashing rock and punk in the main room, Danny Watson and his crew supplying the classics downstairs and party vibes from Zac Slack’s Crossfire Sound System.

Free beer and Jack Daniels fuelled a riotous show with the band exploding in front of a select 150 people. It was utter carnage as they romped through tracks from their new album ‘Orchestra Of Wolves’ released on June 18th. The crowd took over the stage grabbing mics and singing the words to every song. It was the gig of the year so far without a doubt!

Look out for the band on tour in June, dates are here.

Beirut will be performing at the Jazz World Stage at Glastonbury this year.

In support of the single, Elephant Gun, which is out on June 25th, Beirut will also be playing the Tripod in Dubling on June 22nd and Koko in London on June 26th with the Glastonbury date falling in on the 24th of June.

Check out the video to Elephant Gun here.

www.beirutband.com