Category: Music

The Arctic Monkeys are back with a new album.

The Sheffield foursome, who got huge last year, have announced that their new album, Favourite Worst Nightmare, will be released on April 23rd. The single to precede it will be Brianstorm on April 16th. The tracklisting will be:

1. Brianstorm
2. Teddy Picker
3. D is for Dangerous
4. Balaclava
5. Fluorescent Adolescent
6. Only Ones Who Know
7. Do Me a Favour
8. This House Is a Circus
9. If You Were There, Beware
10. The Bad Thing
11. Old Yellow Bricks
12. 505

www.arcticmonkeys.com

The Distillers have announced they have disbanded.

The Australians, who recently had Andy Granelli and Ryan Sinn leave for other bands [Darker My Love and Angels And Airwaves respectively], have decided not to continue under the same name.

A new band, Spinnerette, featuring remaining Distillers Brody Dalle and Tony Bradley plus Wizard A and Jon T Bonerham.

There is a promise of new music soon, and you can find out more about the new band from their myspace.

Legendary singer has announced some new tour dates for the UK.

Al Green is coming over to the UK to wow crowds with his voice again. If you want to see the great man in action, then make sure you get to one of these dates:

June:

28th – London Royal Albert Hall
29th – Manchester Evening News Arena

July:

2nd – Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre
4th – Birmingham NIA Academy
6th – London Hammersmith Apollo

www.algreenmusic.com

Famous bands design t-shirts to benefit their favourite charities.

Wolfmother, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Devendra Banhart and Rilo Kiley have all designed t-shirts which range from musical instruments to scenes of nature.

Yellow Bird, who are running the campaign, will donate 100% of the proceeds to the charities chosen by the artists. Some charities included are the Teenage Cancer Trust, Elliott Smith Memorial Fund and Art for Change.

To check out the t-shirts and get more information, check out www.yellowbirdproject.com

Badly Drawn Boy has announced the winning chip shops!

Badly Drawn Boy had invited his fans to first nominate and then vote on their favourite chip shops, so that he could include them on an upcoming Chip Shop Tour. After all the voting, he settled on three to include in his UK tour, which looks like this:

February:

13th – Queens Hall, Edinburgh
15th – Toffs Chip Shop, London
16th – Shepherds Bush Empire, London
17th – St Georges Hall, Bristol
17th – Magnet Chip Shop, Bristol
19th – City Varieties, Leeds
20th – Sage Theatre, Gateshead
21st – Smiths Chip Shop, Grimsby

23 Feb: Plaza, Stockport

Stereophonics singer has been fined for urinating in public.

Welshman Kelly Jones was caught pissing in the street in Camden, though rumours have it that the £80 fine might have come from his reaction and subsequent verbal abuse given out to the police.

When the policeman reminded him the residents of Camden wouldn’t appreciate having their streets pissed on, the front man simply replied:

“I know that. That’s why I live in Fulham.”

Quality.

www.stereophonics.com

Kings Of Leon have confirmed the tracklisting for their new album.

The album, their third, will be called Because Of The Times and is due out on April 2nd. It will be preceeded by the single, On Call, on March 26th. The tracklisting is:

Knocked Up
Charmer
On Call
McFearless
Black Thumbnail
My Party
True Love Way
Ragoo
Fans
The Runner
Trunk
Camaro
Arizona

www.kingsofleon.com

Shooter at Kanye gig gets life.

A man who shot two security guards at a Kanye West show last year in Birmingham has been sentenced to life in prison.

The man and his girlfriend had tried to enter the show without tickets had an altercation with some stewards, shooting them as they attempted to lead him off the premesis. Thankfully both survived.

www.kanyewest.com