The Last Shadow Puppets- the side project of The Arctic Monkey’s Alex Turner and The Rascals’ Miles Kane- are scheduled to play three shows in the United States next week.
The band will make appearances in New York on October 29 and 30th hitting Late Night With Conana O’brien and The Grand Ballroom. The last show is November 3 in Los Angeles.
Their album, “Age of Understatement,” hit number one in the UK. Although the band has since dissolved (the members returned to their bands for the time) Turner assures there is more Shadow Puppets music in the future.
He said, “It’s the end of a journey for now anyway. We will definitely make a second Shadow Puppets album. It’s difficult getting a timeframe sorted though.”
Muse has made a live, rare MP3 available for download on their Web site. “Fury” was recorded at an intimate show at London’s Royal Albert Hall in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. The song was recorded during the “Absolution” era and was currently only available on Japanese versions of the album and as a b-side of the single “Sing for Absolution.”
Damon Albarn (Blur), Jarvis Cocker (Pulp) and Dot Allison (Babyshambles) will be featured in a production at Barbican Theatre in Central London titled, “Drifting and Tilting: The Songs of Scott Walker.”
Scott Walker, a.k.a. Noel Scott Engel from Hamilton, Ohio, started in music in the 1960’s. Since he has had a successful career- both in bands and solo.
The production is directed by Walker and will feature his original works- performed by others. It includes Walker’s band as well as a 42 piece orchestra.
The show runs from November 13 through November 15.
It’s hard to imagine that giving away music ultimately makes an album… successful?
Radiohead revealed their 2 year-long projects to the U.K. on Oct. 10, 2007 (the USA on Jan. 1, 2008) in a unique fashion. The band just ended their contract with EMI and decided to release the material not only as a physical CD and on iTunes, but for download off radiohead.com … for free.
Fans could have the music or pay whatever they wanted. Although no financial figure has been released, over the weekend at the You are in Control Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland it was announced “In Rainbows” sold a total of 3 million copies.
The 3 million includes downloads from iTunes, Amazon and other outlets, radiohead.com, physical CDs and boxed sets.
The album not only sold 3 million copies, but entered both the UK and USA charts at number one.
Via MySpace and their Web site, The Long Blondes have officially announced their separation. Dorian Cox issued a statement blaming the split up on his illness. In June he fell ill and was diagnosed with having suffered a stroke. The band at the time was forced to cancel a string of gigs. Unfortunately he is unsure when and if ever he will be ready to play guitar again.
Aside from announcing the separation Cox thanked the fans. ” On behalf of the band I’d like to say a big thank you to anyone who ever came to one of our shows, bought one of our records or danced to one of our songs in a club. Thank you, if it wasn’t for you the whole thing would have been pointless.”
The Long Blondes joined forces in 2005 and gained quick recognition earning the Philip Hall Radar Award at the Shockwave NME Awards in 2006.
Today the Long Blondes released their last album, a compilation, “Singles.” Past releases included 2006’s “Someone to Drive You Home” and early 2008’s “Couples.”
I guess you could say Noel Gallagher is a fan of guitar hero. When asked how he felt about guitar hero he was quoted, “If it puts little plastic guitars into kids’ hands and fires their imaginations, I think that’s a good thing. It’s harmless fun, innit.
I’d rather that genre of video games than somebody getting their fucking head chopped off with a samurai sword while getting fucked by a goblin up the arse with a laser. Do you know what I mean?”
It should be no surprise Oasis has teamed up with the best selling video game of 2007 to release their newest album, “Dig Out Your Soul” in entirety in 2009.
“The Shock of Lightning,” “Bag It Up” and “Waiting for the Rapture” will be released on XBox 360 and Playstation3 on November 6.
Until then Oasis fans can currently find “Rock ‘N Roll Star,” “Live Forever,” “Wonderwall” and “Don’t Look Back in Anger” for download on Rock Band on XBox 360 and Playstation 3.
The only difference is clearly Bloc Party didn’t want to lip sync. The British rock Gods appeared at the Brazil MTV Awards on October 2, 2008. The band took no initiative to cover up they were pretending to play. It was obvious it was not the band’s choice. If it was they would have attempted to look like they were actually playing.
I found this video very entertaining and made me respect them more as artists standing up against the big corporation. Perhaps they will reign longer.
I think that Noel Gallagher should host a chat show. I will admit I’m the first to be sucked into articles about him hating on something new every day. The best part is I agree or laugh because it’s so funny. I really think he’d get high ratings.
Oasis and Ryan Adams are bringing their sold out tour to America!
12/3, Oakland, CA (Oracle Arena) 12/4, Los Angeles, CA (Staples Center) 12/6, Las Vegas, NV (The Pearl) 12/8, Denver, CO (Broomfield Events Center) 12/10, Minneapolis, MN (Target Center) 12/12, Chicago, IL (Allstate Arena) 12/13, Detroit, MI (Palace of Auburn Hills) 12/15, London, Ontario (John LaBatt Centre) 12/17, New York, NY (Madison Square Garden) 12/19, Camden, NJ (Susquehanna Center) 12/20, Washington, DC (GMU Patriot Center)
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