The Who are to play Swansea as part of their summer European tour.
The band, who are also set for an appearance at Glastonbury, will be the first band to ever play the Liberty Stadium in Swansea.
Speaking about the gig, Roger Daltrey said that the set in Wales would last two hours and would feature songs from across their entire career.
Crazy Brazilian baile funk group Bonde Do Role will be releasing their new single in March.
The group, who were spotted by Diplo and are now on Domino records, are to release their single Solta O Frango on March 19th, and a video showing the making of the real video [still with me?] has gone up on youtube.
If you want to check out the making of the video, click right here.
In addition to this, the band will be playing ULU on February 24th in London and they always put on a crazy live show, so make sure you get yourself along!
Jadakiss has been indicted on drugs and weapons charges.
Jadakiss, real name Jason Phillips, was arrested last October after the police searched the car he was in.
Answering to the charges in court, he pleaded not guilty, saying he was in the back of the car and had no idea there was a gun up front.
If he is found guilty and convicted, he could go down for a period of 16 months to 7 years.
Fresh from announcing details of her new album Patti Smith has revealed some UK dates. You can check her out at any of the following dates:
May:
10th – Kendal Arts Centre
11th – Ulverston Coronation Hall
13th – Dublin Vicar Street
17th – London Roundhouse
19th – Minehead All Tomorrow’s Parties
20th – Liverpool Academy
22nd – Glasgow ABC
23rd – Newcastle Sage
24th – Sheffield The Plug
Dr Dre is planning to go into the movie business.
The American rapper and producer has apparently signed a deal with New Line films in the hope of making comedies and horror films, getting involved in both production and the musical elements.
He said that since he’s directed a lot of music videos, it’s a natural switch for him, and that he eventually wants to go into directing.
Kate Moss has banned Pete Doherty from attending the Brits.
The supermodel has apparently told her other half not to go to the Brit Awards because, allegedly, she is jealous of the singer’s friendship with Lily Allen who is going to be at the Brits herself.
The Mirror claimed that Moss found a present from Allen to Doherty at his house and was far from pleased about it.
So now the question is whether Pete will follow orders or turn up for a bit of drama!
Mean Fiddler
25.01.07
‘Silent Alarm’ rang late in the winter of 2005 and has since been taken in by the millions of music fiends around the globe, people who love nothing more than a fresh melody drumming away harmoniously on their ears. This 4 piece from Essex, are too unique to describe, they have a wonderful way of playing normal musical instruments simultaneously and achieve a sound that is hard to go unnoticed!
Their music is raw, yet refined, it’s old, yet its never been heard before, it’s a serious masterpiece on every note and comes fully equipped with lyrical genius-ness. I can’t quite place their mentors as I’m not sure that they have any, but by comparison I would say Joy Division, The Cure, XTC & The Pixies are amongst their midst and shines through in their ballads of individualism.
Thursday night at the Mean Fiddler saw Bloc Party come on stage to play their phenomenal album ‘Silent Alarm’, alongside bits off their latest album, ‘A Weekend in the City’. This was no ordinary gig; this was a one off pre-release gig that gave Bloc Party fans the chance to see them live before their UK tour, which sold out in record time. As packed as the Mean Fiddler was, Bloc Party was still performing in front of a concentrated crowd, but it was a crowd filled with some of their biggest fans!
The first piece of music to hit the long awaited fans was the ever famous, ‘Like Eating Glass’. A great way to start their set as the energy of anticipation started glowing with electricity. Fans sang away to every lyric and Bloc Party was simply dropping bombs by the riff, in spectacular fashion. They churned out most of their beloved debut album, “Positive Tension”, “Banquet”, “She’s Hearing Voices”, “Blue Light” and “Helicopter“. Every song went down very well with the crowd, but it was “Modern Love” that I myself was waiting for. It fell on my ears like never before and I could tell that this track was a favourite for many of the screaming fans jumping around to the opening riff!
Amongst all the nostalgia filling a smoky Mean Fiddler, the band graced us with a few tracks off their new album. They delivered us with “Hunting for Witches”, “Song for Clay Disappear” and they’re latest single “The Prayer“, which is climbing its way higher and higher up the charts. It was well received and the last sequence of each track was muffled by applause and whistling of astonished fans.
Most of their new material came on after an obvious encore. To much of the delight of the fans, they reappeared with fresh tunes, as well as mixing in the remaining classics. They preserved one track and kept it locked up until they announced that they would now play their final track for the evening. “Luno” was echoing throughout the venue and crowd started chanting away as the opening riff came to life.
It was seriously amazing to witness and be a part of this show, a gig that I will definitely remember, not only for the unforgettable music, but the order in what it was staged, alongside with a bunch of Bloc Party fanatics who looked like they too were having the time of their lives.
Words and photos by 2P
Jared Leto and his band will release the single Attack on February 19th.
The star of Fight Club and Requiem For A Dream will unleash his band’s new single this month. The track, Attack, is taken from their album A Beautiful Lie which is to be released on February 26th and has sold almost a million copies in the States.
The band also recently won an MTV award for Best Video Of The Year for their recent US single The Kill.
Love Is All will release their double A-side single in March.
Love Is All have announced that their new double A-side single, Nothing To Be Done / Ageing Had Never Been His Friend, will be released on March 26th.
In addition to this release, the band will be on tour in the UK, including supporting Regina Spektor at the Astoria in February. The live dates are:
February
15th – Nottingham, Junction
16th – London, Astoria (w/Regina Spector)
March:
15th – London, Cargo (Headline Show)
16th – Bristol, Carling Academy
17th – Southampton Joiners
19th – Nottingham Rock City w/ The Rakes
20th – Dublin Vicar St The Rakes
21st – Glasgow Barrowlands The Rakes
22nd – Sheffield Octagon w/ The Rakes
23rd – Norwich UEA w/ The Rakes
Modest Mouse will be playing a tour in March that will see them come to the UK.
As previously stated on here, the album will feature James Mercer from The Shins and will also be the first release single Johnny Marr joined the band.
The tour will begin in Mexico before taking in some US shows and then coming to the UK. They will play All Tomorrow’s Parties and the Royal Albert Hall:
March:
20th – Butlins Minehead (ATP vs. the Fans) (20)
May:
23rd – London Royal Albert Hall (May 23)