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Its... The MTV TWO Gig Guide!
MTV TWO has all the info on the just announced tours as well as the gigs you can go to this week.
Keep checking back here for the latest news, or catch up with what's going down on MTV TWO - Thursdays at 20:30 and Mondays at 14:30. Word.
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Ida Maria
Hailing from the tiny, tiny town of Nesna in the far north of Norway, Ida Maria is fast becoming known for her melodic pop-tunes. Check her out at the following veues: 09 May - Brick Yard, Carlisle 10 May - Metropolis @ The Empire, Middlesbrough 11 May - The Tunnels, Aberdeen 15 May - The Great Escape Festival, Brighton 16 May - The Great Escape Festival, Brighton 19 May - The Cockpit, Leeds 20 May - Jericho Tavern, Oxford 21 May - Kings College, London 24 May - Dot-To-Dot Festival, Bristol 25 May - Dot-To-Dot Festival, Nottingham 27 May - Glee Club, Birmingham 29 May - Fuzz Club @ The Foundry, Sheffield 31 May - Academy 3, Manchester 01 Jun - King Tuts, Glasgow
EXCLUSIVE Ida Maria Spanking New Sessions Tracks
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The Music
The Music are back and raring to go with the release of their third album, ‘Strength In Numbers’ out mid June, and to kick everything off the band have announced a UK tour coinciding with the album’s release. The band have partnered up with Flood who produced the album, and the band claimed Flood got the best out of them, so lets hope this magic happens on stage too! You can catch The Music In June and July this year, see below for details: June Cardiff, University - 16th Liverpool, Academy - 18th Newcastle, University - 19th Sheffield, Leadmill - 20th Bristol, Bierkeller - 22nd Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall - 23rd Norwich, Waterfront - 25th Cambridge, Junction - 26th Oxford, Academy - 27th July Manchester, Academy - 1st Leeds, Town Hall - 2nd London, Astoria - 4th Glasgow, ABC - 5th
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Enter Shikari
Enter Shikari have been sorely missed of late, but hurrah they are back for another tour, well not until September; but who can blame them when they’re in the studio working on their new album! It’s expected they will be pulling out a few new hot ones so get booking now! October Leeds University - 21st Manchester Apollo - 22nd & 23rd Newcastle Academy - 25th Glasgow Barrowlands - 26th Wolverhampton Civic - 28th & 29th Cardiff University - 31st November Southampton Guildhall - 1st Brighton Dome - 2nd Plymouth Pavilions - 3rd Norwich UEA - 5th London Brixton Academy - 6th London Electric Ballroom - 7th
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Beck
Old School artist Beck is play O2 Wireless this summer! The event kicks off in London’s Hyde Park from 3rd-6th July. Beck will be playing on the 4th alongside headliner Morrissey. To warm things up a little Beck has also planned a gig in Manchester 1st July then in Southampton on 2nd.
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Glasto Line Up
Glasto is kicking off in 22nd June and lets hope it’s rain-free! Brief Glasto line-up is listed below. Apparently Michael Eavis reported that there are ladybirds on the Glasto field which is a good sign of a great Summer, lets hope so Michael…no-one wants a mud bath! Pyramid Stage Friday - Arctic Monkeys , Kasabian, The Fratellis Saturday - The Killers, The Kooks, Paul Weller Sunday - The Who, Kaiser Chiefs, Manic Street Preachers The Other Stage Friday - Bjork, Arcade Fire Saturday - Iggy And The Stooges, Editors Sunday - The Chemical Brothers, The View, The Go! Team John Peel Stage Friday - Hot Chip, Maccabees, Mum Ra Saturday - The Twang, Get Cape Wear cape Fly, Patrick Wolf Sunday – Gossip, Jamie T, Just Jack
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White Lies
White Lies are currently on tour with Crystal Castles and Friendly Fires. These three young chaps from Swansea have just announced a headlining tour in September and MTV TWO would advise a trip to see these guys (dates below) September Cardiff Club Ifor Bach - 21st Manchester Night And Day - 22nd Wolverhampton Little Civic - 24th Nottingham Bodega - 25th Sheffield Leadmill - 26th Bristol Thekla - 28th Brighton Komedia - 29th October Norwich Arts Centre - 1st Newcastle The Cluny - 2nd Glasgow King Tuts Wah Wah Hut – 3rd Leeds Faversham - 4th Oxford Carling Academy - 6th London ICA - 7th
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Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend are on a world tour until September but this week they are in the one and only UK. If you can get your mits on a ticket, these gigs promise fulfil! See below for gig info May Minehead Camber Sands - 9th Maidstone Radio 1 Big Weekend - 10th Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms - 12th (SOLD OUT) London Electric Ballroom - 13th (SOLD OUT) Brighton Great Escape @ Concorde 2 - 15th
Watch EXCLUSIVE Spanking New Sessions Tracks From Vampire Weekend
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Dirty Pretty Things
Dirty Pretty Things kick off their tour this month in Glasgow! The bands second album ‘Tired of England’ is out in June so hopefully this means that the band will be treating us to a few newbies! For gig details see below! May Galsgow, ABC - 14th Aberdeen, Moshulu - 15th Dundee, Fat Sams - 16th Newcastle, Northumbria University - 18th Sheffield, The Leadmill - 19th Manchester, Ritz - 20th Coventry, Kasbah - 22nd Liverpool, Carling Academy - 23rd Nottingham, Dot to Dot Festival - 24th Bristol, Dot to Dot Festival - 25th London, Astoria - 27th Brighton, Corn Exchange - 28th Dublin, Ambassador Theatre - 31st
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Pendulum
Pendulum are on tour of the UK this week, so get your dancing trainers on (none of that plimsole malarkey) and head down (see dates below). The band will be playing live, yes LIVE, and it’s defiantly the best way to see these guys! Manchester, Academy - 9th Leeds University - 10th Nottingham Rock City - 13th Exeter University Great Hall - 14th Birmingham, Custard Factory - 16th Edinburgh, TBC - 16th Brixton Academy - 17th
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One Night Only
One Night Only are on tour this week and most of the dates are open to over 14’s! The bands album ‘Started A Fire’ is out now! See below for gig dates! May Northumbria University - 9th Sheffield Leadmill - 12th Manchester Academy - 13th Norwich Waterfront - 14th Great Escape Brighton - 15/17th
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Hot Chip
Oh yes, Hot Chip have announced another UK tour! The band’s current award winning album, ‘Made In The Dark’ is taking dance floors by storm, and their latest cracker of a single, ‘One Pure Thought’ is out the first week of May. If you wanna catch these dance floor fillers, they are on tour in October finishing in November with a one off late show! October Southampton Guildhall - 23rd Cardiff University - 24th Liverpool Carling Academy - 25th Leeds Academy - 26th Sheffield Carling Academy - 28th Birmingham Carling Academy - 29th Cambridge Corn Exchange - 30th November Manchester Apollo - 1st Glasgow Carling Academy - 2nd Leicester University - 3rd Brighton Dome - 5th London Brixton Academy - 6/7th (show till 3am)
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Coldplay
It’s been three years…but Coldpay are back, and let’s hope the time out has made their new album a cracker! The album, ‘Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends’ (bit of a mouthful!) is out mid June and to celebrate the arrival of the album, they are playing two FREE gigs! And where are they… None other than Brixton Academy and New York’s Madison Square Garden…details are not known as yet but check out Coldplay’s website for updates!
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Latitude
Foals and Crystal Castles are playing this years Latitude Festival. The Suffolk based Latitude Festival mixes music, art, film and poetry into to an ‘Avin It’ weekend…and how can you not av it when Blondie playing?! The event takes place from 17-20th July and will also feature headliners Interpol, Sigor Ros and Franz Ferdinand.
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The Metros
The South London five-piece, all just 18, manage to fuse elements of punk, funk, rockabilly and pop with witty lyrics about bunking trains, the degradation of the Welfare State, nights out for a tenner and old Cockney lags with sawn-off shooters.: Thu 1st May - Newcastle - Academy 2 (14+) Sat 3rd May - Leeds - Faversham (14+) Sun 4th May - Middlesbrough - Arena (18+) Mon 5th May - Glasgow - King Tuts (14+) Tue 6th May - Dundee - Fat Sam's (14+) Thu 8th May - Preston - 53 Degress (18+) Sat 10th May - Manchester - Roadhouse (14+) Sun 11th May - Birmingham - Bar Academy (14+) Mon 12th May - Norwich - Waterfront (14+) Tue 13th May - Nottingham - Bodega (14+) Fri 16th May - Tunbridge - Forum 16 (14+) Sat 17th May - Oxford - Academy 2 (14+) Mon 19th May - London - Dingwalls (14+) Tue 20th May - Portsmouth - Wedgewood Rooms (14+) Wed 21st May - Cardiff - Clwb Ifor Bach (14+) Fri 23rd May - Colchester - Arts Centre (14+) Sat 24th May - Hull - The Welly (14+) Tue 27th May - Liverpool - Sound City (14+) Wed 28th May - Bristol - Thekla (16+) Thu 29th May - Northampton - Roadmender (14+) Fri 30th May - Leicester - Sumo (16+)
EXCLUSIVE Metros Spanking New Sessions Tracks
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Redfest
Redfest is a new festival hosting a wicked line-up with performers such as The Macabees, Lightspeed Champion, Late of the Pier and Does It Offend You Yeah? The festival takes place on Robin's Cook Farm in Surrey on 4th and 5th July, and with just a 5,000 people capacity, it is going to be a wicked intimate summer festival!
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The Hives
The Hives are back, playing Get Loaded in the Park 24th August and hopefully they will be treating us to some fresh new tunes from their latest album ‘Black and White’. The band will be playing alongside the one and only Gogol Bordello, The Gossip, Mylo, Kate Nash, Reverend and the Makers, Supergrass and loads more.
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The Wombats
Those cheeky Wombats are on tour this week! Tickets have sold out, gutted but if you are going to see these guys wahey, We’re sure they will charm you with their wit and musical flair. The band is also planning a Stateside release of their album, ‘The Wombats Proudly Present… A Guide to Love, Loss and Desperation’ this summer! April Brighton Dome - 29th May Stoke Victoria Hall - 1st Brixton Academy - 3rd Leeds University - 4th Bristol Academy - 5th Oxford Academy - 6th The Wombats are also playing Liverpool! It’s not until November but it will be the last gig for them in 2008 and what a better way to end the year than playing to 10,000 people in your home city!
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Bloc Party
Want to have fun and be charitable at the same time? Block Party are set to play Durham University’s Racecourse which is the venue for Future Perfect on Sunday 8th June. This is a charity event organised by the uni’s student’s union and Durham City Vision. This festival will have you dancing in your flip flops with Bloc Party, Mr Scruff and Layo & Bushwacka. 1000 Early bird tickets are on sale now.
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Massive Attack
Massive Attack are headling London’s Royal Festival Hall, as part of the Meltdown Festival. Massive attack have been given the honour of being a curator, past curators of the event include David Bowie, Patti Smith and Morrissey! The event runs from 14th-22nd June and includes other acts such as Tom Tom Club, Cool Kids and DJ sets from Four Tet and Peaches.
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Great Escape
Brighton’s 3 day festival, Great Escape kicks off on 15th May! The festival features up to 200 artists spread over 25 venues! MTV TWO will be making its presence known, hosting a Gonzo live stage with Vampire Weekend, The Wombats and The Subways headlining! We are also giving away free tickets to the event, if you are up for winning check out www.mtv.co.uk/greatescape
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Fightstar
Any ex-Busted fans missing a bit of Charlie? Nothing like Busted though; Fightstar the four piece rock band who recently set up camp on a farm to work on their latest album 'One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours' are now on tour (see below). May Derby University SUB - 19th Mansfield / Intake Club 20th Portsmouth / Wedgewood Rooms - 22nd Liverpool Academy 2 - 23rd Glasgow / Garage - 24th Leeds Slam Dunk Festival / Leeds University 25th Stoke / Sugarmill 27th Manchester Academy 3 - 28th London / Islington Academy - 29th Birmingham Academy 2 - 30th
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Gatecrasher
The Gatecrasher Summer Sound System is Celebrating 20 years of Acid House! The two day event is being held over May bank holiday weekend (24th-25th) at Turweston Aerodrome, Northamptonshire. Hot Chip have just been added to the DJ list along with Mark Ronson and Zane Lowe with headliners The Prodigy and Chemical Brothers, this is defiantly one not to miss, don't forget your glow sticks!
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Field Day Festival
East London’s Victoria Park is clearly the place to be this summer, not only does the historical park get to witness the Lovebox Weekender, but also a new one-off, one-day festival in the form of “Field Day,” taking place on August 11th. Put together as a collaboration by some of London’s finest music promoters, the event aims to create a more leftfield and abstract feel than the countless other major festivals. And with acts confirmed so far including Battles, Foals and Bat for Lashes, it looks like they are going to succeed. As well as presenting some of the hippest bands around for your viewing pleasure, Field Day will also allow you to prove just how cool you are in competitions such as welly throwing and tug-of-war’s. And did I mention the burlesque dancers? Tickets are insanely cheap (around the £22 mark) so you’ve got absolutely no excuse not to go chuck some wellys at burlesque dancers, whilst listening to Battle’s “Atlas.” Sounds perfect! Confirmed full line up so far: 1990’s Absentee Adem Andrew Weatherall Archie Bronson Outfit Battles Bat For Lashes Ben Fat Trucker Boys Noize Caribou Electrelane Erol Alkan Fence Collective presents 3 Craws Foals Four Tet Fridge James Yorkston Jo Jo De freq Metronomy Pull Tiger Tail The Aliens The Earlies
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Lovebox Weekender
Groove Armarda bring back their legendary two-day spectacular this summer to East London. Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th of July will see the festival return to Victoria Park, this time with the eclectic line up spread out over eight stages. So far confirmed to play the party of the summer are: Saturday 19th Groove Armarda Human League Young Knives Young Blood Brass Band Secretsundaze The Glimmers The Nextmen The Black Seeds Horse Meat Disco Sunday 20th The Flaming Lips Goldfrapp Lightspeed Champion Jack Penate Seun Kuti Rachel Unthank Mulletover Hayseed Dixie Damian Lazarus Stanton Warriors Horse Meat Disco Tickets are on sale now for the award winning Lovebox Weekender, and selling fast for obvious reasons.
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Dirty Pretty Things
Carl Barat takes his band away from mixing the new album “This Is Where the Truth Begins” this May, to try their new songs out on the road. The band promises the new songs out-shine the old classics, and even if they say so themselves, the tour is guaranteed to be unmissable. 14th May – Glasgow, ABC 15th May – Aberdeen, Moshulu 16th May – Dundee, Fat Sams 18th May – Newcastle, Northumbria University 19th May – Sheffield, Leadmill 20th May – Manchester, Ritz 22nd May – Coventry, Kasbah 23rd May – Liverpool, Carling Academy 24th May – Nottingham, Rock City 25th May – Bristol, Academy 27th May – London, Astoria 28th May – Brighton, Corn Exchange
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Foals
No sooner have Foals completed their tour have they announced another one (see below) this band sure knows they are hot stuff right now! Tickets are not on sale yet but in the meantime you can listen to the two free live tracks acessable form their website. The tracks are from their recent finale Astoria gig (just get your mates round, close your eyes, and jump around like you were there) September Aylesbury Civic Centre - 27th Cardiff University - 28th Norwich UEA - 29th Nottingham Rock City - 30th October Hull University - 2nd Liverpool Academy - 3rd Aberdeen Music Hall - 4th Glasgow / Barrowland - 5th Newcastle Academy - 7th Manchester University - 8th Leeds Academy - 9th Lincoln / Engine Shed - 10th Southampton Guildhall - 12th Bristol Academy - 13th Birmingham Academy - 14th London Brixton Academy - 16th
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Oxegen
Richard Hawley and Kate Nash have announced that they will play Oxegen this year. It is also rumored that security guards have been specifically asked by Ms Nash’s management to search bags for lemons! Only joking.The event takes place at Punchestown Racecourse in Naas, County Kildare from 11-13th July and the line-up is looking heavy (see below). Tickets go on sale March 7th - Friday morning so quick sharp! REM Kings Of Leon The Verve Future Kings of Spain Alabama 3 Counting Crows The Prodigy Panic at the Disco Stereophonics Rage Against the Machine Kaiser Chiefs The Pogues The Courteeners The Raconteurs The Fratellis The Feeling The Charlatans Ian Brown Interpol The Chemical Brothers Hot Chip Justice Aphex Twin Band of Horses Seasick Steve DJ Koze Kaz James Crookers Bowling for Soup Kate Nash Editors The Hoosiers Newton Faulkner Pendulum Scouting for Girls The Zutons Battles Róisín Murphy Lightspeed Champion David Jordon
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Download
Jimmy Eat World are taking a bite of Download this summer. They are not the only artist to recently be added to the line-up, legendry Chris Cornell ex-Soundgarden/Audioslave is also playing as a solo artist. Headlining Download this year is Kiss, Lostprophets and The Offspring! The event takes place on13-15th July in Donington Park and tickets are on sale now so what you waiting for?
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Wavestock
The music festival with doubles as the biggest wakeboarding festival in Europe has just announced that The Streets, Supergrass and the Young Knives are set to play. The event kicks off at Oxfordshire’s Blenheim Palace on June 27-29th, then in Abersoch, north Wales from July 4-6th. Tickets are on sale now and if you hurry you may even be able to wangle a V.I.P. package.
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R.E.M
So R.E.M are back, with their 14th album, Accelerate, but hold your horses, it’s not out yet, you’ll have to wait until 31st March. The album was produced by Jacknife Lee, who has previously teamed up with Bloc Party and Green Day, you can have a sneaky peek at the album on their website. If you want to check out R.E.M’s frequency this year, here are the dates! 24th March - London Royal Albert Hall 2nd July - Amsterdam Westerpark 9th July - Nice Theatre De Verdure 15th July - Dresden Elbufer 16th July - Berlin Waldbuhne 18th July - Locarno City Square 20th July - Perugia Parco Giuliana 21st July - Verona Arena 23rd July - Naples Mostra d’Oltremare 24th July Udine Villa Manin 26th July Milan Arena 17th August - Prague Slavia Stadium 19th August - Stuttgart Ehrenhof 20th August - Loreley venue TBC 22nd August - Wuzburg Marienfeste 3rd September - Oslo Ulevaal Stadium 4th September - Bergen Koengen Stadium 6th September - Copenhagen Parken Stadium 7th September Stockholm Stadium 9th September - Helsinki Finnair Stadium
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Bestival
The eco-friendly festival is living up to its name again this summer, having just confirmed shoegaze legends My Bloody Valentine will be headlining the first night of the 2008 edition. Other acts confirmed to play on the Isle of Wight over the 3 days include Aphex Twin, CSS, Foals, The Teenagers, Pendulum and DJ Yoda. As well as the delightfully eclectic line-up, the quirky festival boasts unique attractions such as a dressing up area, an inflatable wedding chapel, and even luxury bohemian-themed Bivouacs, complete with double beds for those who aren’t fans of the regular camping experience. Tickets are on sale now for Bestival, which runs over the weekend of Friday 5th September till Sunday 7th.
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Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong
Fresh from playing showcase gigs at SXSW in Texas, and supporting The Cribs on tour, these young London upstarts head out on their first headline UK tour of this size. The band are promoting their upcoming debut album- despite not yet revealing when it will be released, or even its title. The band has been kind enough to announce details for the next single though- “Lonely Buoy” is out March 10th. April 21st - Hull Asylum April 22nd- Loughborough Room 1 April 24th- Reading University April 25th- Coventry Warwick Marketplace April 27th- Bournemouth Old Fire Station April 28th- Guildford Surrey Rubix May 1st- Stoke Underground May 2nd- Coventry Kasbah May 3rd- Tamworth Palace May 5th- Liverpool Academy 2 May 6th- Newcastle Academy 2 May 8th- Aberdeen Tunnels May 9th- Glasgow King Tuts May 10th- Bristol Thekla May 12th- Preston 53 Degrees May 13th- Oxford Academy May 14th- Leeds Cockpit May 15th- Manchester Academy 3 May 17th- Sheffield Leadmill May 18th- Birmingham Academy 2 May 19th- Nottingham Rescue Rooms May 20th- Brighton Concorde 2 May 22nd- London Scala May 23rd- Portmouth Wedgewood Rooms May 27th- Norwich Waterfront
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The Charlatans
Tim Burgess and co hit the road this May to promote the follow up to 2006’s top ten album Simpatico. The band is following in Radiohead’s footsteps with new record “You Cross My Path,” – it will be available as a free download from March 3rd, then gets a physical release on the 19th as a box set collection of 7” Vinyl and CD. May 10th- Leicester Leicester University May 11th- Liverpool Carling Academy May 12th- Oxford Carling Academy May 13th- Bristol Carling Academy May 15th- London Forum May 16th- Southampton Guildhall May 17th- Lincoln Engine Shed May 19th- Aberdeen Music Hall May 20th- Glasgow Carling Academy May 22nd- Newcastle Carling Academy May 23rd- Sheffield Carling Academy May 24th- Manchester Academy
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The Courteeners
The Courteeners are out and about the UK this week (see below), the band have also announced future dates for October. If you go to a Courteeners gig, be sure to take some good snaps, the band are asking for fans photos of the band, they will then feature on their website with a few goodies for the winners… go to their website to find out more. October: 17th Edinburgh Liquid Rooms 19th Manchester Academy 20th Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall 21st Norwich Waterfront 22nd Cambridge Junction
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Paramore
Earlier this year Paramore were rumoured to be splitting up… apparently postponing gigs so they could return to the US and sort out, ‘internal issues’! Well it looks like the rumours of the split are defiantly not true as re-scheduled dates for the cancelled gigs have now been set (see below) May 12th Glasgow Academy June 2nd Dublin RDS Simmions Court 4th Portsmouth Guildhall 5th Nottingham Rock City
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Death Cab For Cutie
Death Cab For Cutie are out and about this summer doing a European tour and playing the Coachella festival in the US…nice. Tickets for the UK leg of the European tour are on sale now (dates below). The bands first album for almost three years, ‘Narrow Stairs’ is out in May, ‘I Will Posses Your Heart’ is the first track to be released form the album and is available for download now! July 15th Birmingham Carling Academy 16th Manchester Apollo 17th London Carling Academy
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Metallica
Whack this one in your diary… 20th August Metallica playing Dublin’s Marlay Park! Tickets go on sale Friday 18th April…you’ll have to be on the ball to snap these up! These old school 80’s metal heads are currently working on their ninth LP! It’s the first to be released since their monster 2003 album, ‘St Anger’.
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LUKE BRANFORD
THU 31/01/08 @ 12:33
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