Enter Shikari To Play Download
Given that the band has played several low-key / intimate shows over the past month or so to get its stage legs back in preparation for the exhausting months of touring that lie ahead, it seems only fitting that Enter Shikari should start the festival season with an intimate show in a tent too. Read More …
Depeche Mode Return To The Stage
Depeche Mode are back on tour a month after a tumour forced frontman Dave Gahan to pull out of shows. Read More …
Monsoon Weather For Glastonbury
Everyone associates Glastonbury festival with rain, mud and portaloo’s but it seems conditions could be a whole lot worse for this years Glastonbury campers, as a weather expert had predicted monsoon conditions. Read More …
Leeds And Reading - Who Else?
As ever, the bill for the stage is a mix styles and genres with one defining characteristic, they are all bands and artists that you have read about this year and are the talk of any discerning music fan. Read More …
Festival Republic Stage @ Leeds And Reading 2009
With a host of huge names and exclusive performances, this year’s Reading and Leeds Festival is, once again, the only place to be for the serious music fan over the summer. Read More …
Britney Spears Tickets On Sale For £2
Fancy seeing Britney Spears live at the O2 Arena for only £2? Well now’s your chance after she’s desperate to fill the venue at the weekend. Read More …
Aerosmith To Tour With Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith fans are set for a real treat when they catch the band live this year - the group is planning to perform its bestselling album in its entirety at shows. Read More …
Fightstar Announce UK Headline Tour
Fightstar's recent album Be Human went straight into the Top 20 when it was released in April, and shortly afterwards the band embarked on a small headline tour to introduce their fans to the new record. Read More …
Oasis forced to abandon Heaton Park Gig
What should have been one of the biggest gigs of 2009, Oasis live at Heaton Park, ended in disappointment tonight after they were forced to abandon the show due to technical difficulties. Read More …
Lisa Hannigan - UK Tour
Acclaimed Irish singer Lisa Hannigan has announced further UK tour dates throughout June and July, including what promises to be a spectacular performance at London’s Union Chapel on 16 July. She will also appear at Glastonbury on the Acoustic Stage, and on the main stage of Latitude Festival. Read More …
Calvin Harris Announces UK Tour
Following the huge success 2 number one singles ‘Dance Wiv Me, (taking Calvin Harris sales to over a million copies), and ‘I’m Not Alone; and the rapturous response to his recent live dates Calvin Harris announces his next UK headline tour. Read More …
Muse - World Tour
Muse announce details of an Autumn UK and European tour to coincide with the release of their forthcoming album, ‘The Resistance’. The band has self-produced their fifth studio album in Italy, which will be mixed with Mark ‘Spike’ Stent (Massive Attack, U2 and Oasis). Read More …
Download Festival Release More Camping Tickets
Due to massive public demand, Download festival organisers have examined the final Donington 2009 site and are delighted to announce that a further 2,500 camping tickets have been made available and are now on sale! Read More …
Bruce Springsteen Teams Up With The Killers
Bruce Springsteen surprised concert-goers at a festival in the Netherlands on Saturday when he was joined onstage by The Killers. Read More …
Diversity To Perform At Wireless Festival
Fresh from victory at Saturday’s Britain’s Got Talent Final, street dance troupe Diversity have been added to the incredible line up for Wireless Festival 2009. Read More …
Jack Savoretti - UK Tour
Inspirational singer-songwriter, Jack Savoretti, takes to the road this July to play a series of intimate live dates across the UK. Read More …
Placebo Announce October Dates
Following the success of their recent warm-up shows, Placebo are pleased to announce a UK and Irish arena tour in December including The 02 Arena in London. Read More …
80s Rewind Festival Line Up
Recently voted the coolest decade of the last fifty years, the 1980s revival has in recent years seen repeats, remakes and sequels to a string of popular films and TV shows. Read More …
Festival Essentials: Powerpump Charger
Orange have unveiled their sexy new compact mobile phone charger prototype, the Orange Power Pump - a lightweight unit powered by sheer legwork that will ensure festival goers at Glastonbury this summer never lose contact with their friends on site. Read More …
Download 2009: The Final Line-Up
The Download Festival line up is now well and truly in place, fully locked and loaded with over 120 bands guaranteed to whet the appetite of every single festival goer. A host of new acts have been confirmed across the four stages. These are: Read More …
Manchester Orchestra - UK Tour
Following the release of critically acclaimed ‘Mean Everything To Nothing’, the second album from Atlanta’s Manchester Orchestra, the band are set to return to the UK for a string of headline dates. Read More …
Download Festival Announces Fourth Stage
For the first time in Download history, this year’s festival will be extended to Four Stages, with over 100 bands playing across the weekend of 12-14 June. Read More …
CMT Music Awards Dominated By Sugarland
Country music stars Sugarland, Taylor Swift and Brad Paisley will lead the way at the 2009 CMT Music Awards, after landing the most nominations Read More …
Thursday To Tour With Rise Against
Groundbreaking post-hardcore band Thursday have just announced that they will be supporting Rise Against on their European tour in November 2009. The tickets for Spanish and UK shows went on sale this week and the additional European shows will be announced in the near future. Read More …
