Gwen Stefani: Returns Home to Rock Orange County / Takes Home 2005 American Music Award

Gwen Stefani

Hardcore fans thrilled with solo act Thousands of true Gwen Stefani fans came out Tuesday night to see Gwen perform solo at The Pond in Anaheim, California, for her final hometown show. We joined in to see if her solo tour puts on as outstanding of a show as her Grammy winning band No Doubt does in concert. We thought she might have something up her fashionable sleeve to surprise her hardcore Orange County fans.

The bass rumbled and the crowd pumped up their energy as Stefani stepped out on stage with her stylish back up dancers --- the Harajuku Girls -- proving that she holds her own on stage without her backing band. Complete with breakdancers, multiple costume changes, and a marching band for her finale of "Hollaback Girl," Stefani showed her hometown fans that this is just the begining of her hot new dance music career. Lucky for fans, word is out that Gwen is coming out with a second solo CD very soon, and fans got a preview of two new songs including crowd favorite, 'Orange County Girl.'

We wondered if her hardcore O.C. fans would be upset that she didn't perform any No Doubt songs in her home town, but the fans didn't have many compliants. It was Gwen mania and the crowd left eager to find out what the L.A.M.B. princess is going to do next.

source: tmz

Gwen Takes Home 2005 American Music Award

Gwen received the Favorite Female Artist Pop/Rock award at last week’s American Music Awards ceremony held in Los Angeles, CA.

source: gwen stefani website

Franz Ferdinand: New Dvd Next Week / New Video Tops NME Chart / Tour Dates

Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand are set to release their first feature-length DVD next week, through Domino Records. The 2-disc set not only includes live performances from around the globe but also a myriad of very special bonus features. The first disc includes a selection of live tracks from last year including fantastic performances at Brixton Academy, T In The Park and a homecoming at Barrowlands. Disc One also includes footage from the band fifth ever gig at Glasgow School of Art, as well as specially-produced karaoke films for 'Matinée' and 'Take Me Out'. Disc Two comes packed with two full concerts from London and San Francisco with extra bonus live tracks including the previously unreleased 'Can't Stop Feeling'.

The double DVD is available to pre-order now for release on November 28th through the official webshop.

Walk Away Tops NME Chart

New video Walk Away has topped the NME VIdeo Chart.

Thanks to all who voted... let's keep it there before the single is released on December 5th.

UK and Ireland Tour

Franz Ferdinand's home soil headline tour kicks off today in Cardiff, and calls at another ten cities on both sides of the Irish Sea before a record-breaking four-night stint at Alexandra Palace in London.

London Dec 01 Alexandra Palace (SOLD OUT)
London Dec 02 ROOTS MANUVA and THE LONG BLONDES
London Dec 03 THE CRIBS and UNPOC

European Headline Tour

08 | 12 | 05
SWE: Stockholm - Arena (4)
09 | 12 | 05
DEN: Copenhagen - KB Hallen (4)
11 | 12 | 05
HOL: Amsterdam - Heineken Music Hall (5)
12 | 12 | 05
GER: Munich - Zenith (5)
14 | 12 | 05
SWI: Winterthur - Eulachhalle (5)
15 | 12 | 05
AUS: Vienna - Stadhalle (5)
17 | 12 | 05
ITA: Milan - Palalido (5)
18 | 12 | 05
ITA: Florence - Saschall (5)
19 | 12 | 05
ITA: Bologna - Paladozza (5)
21 | 12 | 05
SPA: Barcelona - Vall D'Hebron (5)
22 | 12 | 05
SPA: Madrid - Madrid Arena (5)

(1) -with support from Editors and The Rakes
(2) -with support from The Long Blondes and Roots Manuva
(3) -with support to be confirmed
(4) - with support from Arctic Monkeys
(5) - with support from The Rakes

NZ and Australian Tour

20 | 01 | 06
NZL: Auckland - Ericsson Stadium
BIG DAY OUT FESTIVAL
22 | 01 | 06
AUS: Gold Coast - Parklands
BIG DAY OUT FESTIVAL
24 | 01 | 06
AUS: Sydney - Enmore Theatre (sold out)
25 | 01 | 06
AUS: Sydney - Enmore Theatre (on sale now)
26 | 01 | 06
AUS: Sydney - Showground
BIG DAY OUT FESTIVAL
29 | 01 | 06
AUS: Melbourne - Princes Park
BIG DAY OUT FESTIVAL
31 | 01 | 06
AUS: Melbourne - Palace
03 | 02 | 06
AUS: Adelaide - Royal Showground
BIG DAY OUT FESTIVAL
05 | 02 | 06
AUS: Perth - Claremont Showgrounds
BIG DAY OUT FESTIVAL

source: franz ferdinand website

KoRn: Bad Position In UK Chart / In London / Win NYC Gig's Tickets / Fan Injuried Sues Tacoma

UK chart position revealed. In it's first week in the charts, "Twisted Transistor" hits #27. "Twisted Transistor" was released this Monday (25 November) via Virgin Records. BBC Radio 1 DJ's JK & Joel revealed today on the Official UK Singles Chart that KoRn made it to #27 in the week ending 27 November. #27 is not the best position for KoRn, but despite just missing the half way mark, KoRn also beat the Foo Fighters and Alkaline Trio who also had new entries and have been getting much primetime airing. The full chart -- compiled by The Official UK Charts Company -- can be fully viewed by clicking here.

KoRn In London

November 25th was the anticipated wait of KoRn's "See You on the Other Side" promotional show in the United Kingdom.

KoRn -- making their second appearance in the capital of London within 3 months -- exclusively played four tracks off the forthcoming album - two of them being never-before-played live material!

KoRn played "Twisted Transistor" & "Hypocrites," which are now common in the live scene but also playing new favorites "Liar" & "Coming Undone". Not forgetting classics such as "Falling Away From Me" etc.

Below is the setlist played at The Forum. This setlist may not be in 100% correct order.

01. Here to Stay
02. Twist
03. Got the Life
04. A.D.I.D.A.S
05. Twisted Transister
06. Liar
07. Falling Away From Me
08. Shoots and Ladders / One
09. Freak on a Leash
10. Coming Undone

11. Another Brick in the Wall
12. Blind
13. Hypocrites
14. Yall Want a Single

Win Tickets to NYC Gig!

KoRn's Official website today reports that your last chance to grab tickets for the upcoming New York City show is to hang around outside the MTV Total Request Live (TRL) studios tomorrow!

The studio -- located in 1515 Broadway in New York City -- will see KoRn as live guests tomorrow to promote "See You on the Other Side". Before the show at 16:45 KoRn will be handing out tickets to the sold out show at the Hammerstein Ballroom to lucky fans.

KoRn will also be riding through Times Square on a red double decker bus loaded with fans and US GIs who have just flown there from London.

KoRn fan sues Tacoma over concert injury.

A KoRn fan is suing the city of Tacoma, Washington, because he got knocked over at a concert and was forced to leave, despite being injured.

The fan claims in a suit filed in Pierce County Court last week that he was jumped on and knocked down a level in the Tacoma Dome, breaking an arm and a hip.

Security offered him no help, but told him to leave or he would be arrested, he claims in the suit, which also names the venue and Pro Staff security as defendants.

source: korn tv uk

Broken Social Scene: Pitchfork Interview / Black Mountain Not At War With / Tour Dates

You can view an interesting interview by Ryan Schreiber to Broken Social Scene (read last album's reviews on Rock-Rev) for Pitchfork, click on the link below... "It's been an eventful three years for Toronto collective Broken Social Scene. Since the 2002 release of their landmark second album, You Forgot It in People, they've become one of indie rock's most popular and beloved bands, toured the world countless times over, seen members split off to form successful bands in their own right,

signed (and been released from) a major label record deal, issued a b-sides album, recorded a film soundtrack, broken up three times, been beaten by police and jailed, fought, obsessed, and struggled, and recorded enough material for three albums. We sat down this fall for interviews with co-frontmen Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, and producer David Newfeld, to see how they survived the carnage.

Pitchfork: To the casual observer, it might not seem that there was a long break between You Forgot It in People and the new album. When did you start work?

Kevin Drew: We never really stopped recording. I'd say we were back in spring of 2003.

Dave Newfeld: The previous album came out in late 2002, so really we started working in earnest in 2003 on it. In the meantime, we scored a film, the band was touring like crazy, and I made the Apostle of Hustle record. Everyone had their lives, had good things happen, bad things. Relationships start, relationships end. Circumstances change. Nothing's static. All that stuff gets put onto the CD indirectly. " (...)

Complete interview here.

Black Mountain Not At War With Broken Social Scene

extract from ChartAttack:

"The world sure would be a boring place without a little competition, right? Leafs and Habs. Lindsay and Hilary. Aniston and Jolie. Anton and Courtney. Hogan and, well, just about every wrestler from the last 20 years.

So here at ChartAttack, where we love to stir the pot, we went digging to find a bit of good ol' fashioned warring between some of our country's music tribes. And what better place to start than with the indie scene? How does a little west coast vs. east coast action grab ya?

We all know what happened when the soldiers of the Broken Social Scene army unleashed You Forgot It In People, forcing the rest of the country to take notice that the east had begun its conquering and plundering. This year the west coast finally started to push back (we're not counting the New Pornographers, of course, since they'd simply be too happy and bouncy to want to wage war) when Vancouver's Black Mountain dropped their debut full-length. The subsequent, and almost immediate, attention they garnered was eerily similar to that which BSS received south of the border over the past two years. " (...)

Complete article here

TOUR DATES

Tuesday November 29, 2005 London, UK Barfly

Thursday December 1, 2005 Vienna, Austria Szene Wien
Friday December 2, 2005 Fribourg, Switzerland Fri-Son
Saturday December 3, 2005 Munich , Germany Feierwerk
Monday December 5, 2005 Berlin, Germany Postbahnhof
Tuesday December 6, 2005 Copenhagen, Denmark Loppen
Wednesay December 7, 2005 Stockholm, Sweden Kagelbanan
Thursday December 8, 2005 Oslo, Norway John Dee
Saturday December 10, 2005 Hamburg, Germany Knust
Sunday December 11, 2005 Frankfurt, Germany Mousonturm
Tuesday December 13, 2005 Cologne, Germany Prime Club
Wednesday December 14, 2005 Amsterdam, Netherlands Melkweg
Thursday December 15, 2005 Brussels, Belgium Ab Box
Friday December 16, 2005 Paris, France La Maroquinerie
Saturday December 17, 2005 Den Haag, Netherlands State X New Forms Festival
Monday December 19, 2005 London, UK Cargo

Friday January 20, 2006 Toronto, ON The Koolhaus($25)
Saturday January 21, 2006 Toronto, ON The Koolhaus($25)
Friday January 27, 2006 New York, NY Webster Hall($25)
Saturday January 28, 2006 New York, NY Webster Hall($25)

Saturday February 25, 2006 Brisbane, Australia The Zoo
Tuesday February 28, 2006 Melbourne, Australia The Corner Hotel
Thursday March 2, 2006 Perth, Australia Perth International Arts Festival
Saturday March 4, 2006 Sydney, Australia Metro Theatre

source: broken social scene website

Weezer: Japan Tour Dates / MySpace Contest / TRL Premiere

Weezer

from Weezer's website: "...hey everybody! Well, November pushes onward, with the weez men out accomplishing various feats of strength and the airing of grievances...oh, wait, thats Festivus. Well, we'll call it personal time. Trekking through various exotic locales, solidifying ties and searching within for truth!

Those are feats of strength anyhow. And in a few weeks, the final leg of the 2005 Make Believe Tour will pick up in Japan, and the rock shall rise again. Beyond the holidays, we know that Rivers will be completing his degree at Harvard in the spring while the others work on music and their own bags.

While there is definitely no timetable at this point, there is optimism within the band that the weez will indeed rise again someday, whether in a studio or on the road or both. When? Dunno, but don't sweat it - we'll keep ya posted, and we'll hopefully have some suprises now and again on the website in the meantime."

CONTEST

Weezer is part of a new MySpace contest where the grand prize is an XBox 360 and other prizes include the inaugural MySpace Records release "MySpace Vol.1" which features music from all sortsa bands including Weezer, who contributed "We Are All On Drugs". So enter the contest now, and keep an eye on the Weezer Myspace Page and the Myspace Music page.

TRL PREMIERE

Look for the "Perfect Situation" video on Mtv's TRL on this coming Wednesday, November 30! And don't forget to vote for it on the TRL webpage! (The video is coming to the weezer.com media page asap! In the meantime, its up on Yahoo! Music)

PERFECT SITUATION

in response to various questions that have come in about "Perfect Situation" - The version of the song you hear in the video, and may be hearing on the radio (if the station has chosen to play it instead of the original album version), is officially called the Radio Remix.

You may recall news of the band doing a small recording session at the beginning of the Foozer tour in Atlanta - the work done there was for this remix. In this version, the instrumental introduction has been shortened and the band added some extra backup vocals, as well as some slight mixing changes for the radio.

Also, the chorus melody has been revised, reflecting a change that happened on the road this year when 'sing-along' audiences tended to sing a different melody than what was on the cd, prompting the band to reconsider what was the 'right' melody for the chorus! Anyway, for the moment, this version is only available on the promotional CDs that were sent to radio stations. We dont yet know if there will be a UK/Euro/Int'l cd single for Perfect Situation, but if there is, it would be available on that.

Also, once the "Make Believe" album goes into future repressings (soon), it will have this version on it instead of the original mix.

JAPAN TOUR

December Japan Tour Dates (try for tickets here, good luck with the language gap), and note that we are hearing talk that some of these have sold out already.

December 15, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 16, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 17, 2005 Fukuoka - Zepp
December 19, 2005 Nagoya - Zepp
December 20, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 21, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 22, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast

source: weezer website

The Darkness: New Album On MySpace / Drummer Ed Reply To Pete Doherty / Tour Dates 2006

GO TO HELL ...AND BACK WITH THE DARKNESS ON MYSPACE Starting today, you can listen to The Darkness' new album, ONE WAY TICKET TO HELL ...AND BACK in its entirety exclusively on MySpace! It's all happening HERE. DRUMMER ED ISSUES DENIAL In response to a quote incorrectly attributed to me regarding Pete Doherty, saying that "I would like to smash him in the face really hard. I hate everything about him. He should be on the plate. Served up on Sunday, with a selection of veg..."

First of all, I would never say such a thing, and should I ever meet the guy, i wouldn't like to punch him in the face, nor eat him for Sunday lunch with vegetables. Random violence and cannibalism are not hobbies of mine.

THE DARKNESS ANNOUNCE FEBRUARY ARENA TOUR

Lock up your sons and daughters, because four-man rock machine The Darkness are all set to return to the stage, announcing an arena tour for February 2006. Debuting material from their new, every-song-a-classic album, 'One Way Ticket To Hell ...And Back' the shows will, as always, be so much more than just an ordinary live show.

The last time the band performed live was during their winter arena tour of 2004. In typical Darkness fashion, the tour saw them raising hell with some flaming incredible pyrotechnics, and charismatic frontman Justin Hawkins taking in the view from a lap of honour astride a life-size white tiger.

Every venue on the tour was a complete lock-out with 130,000 tickets sold, including the band playing a three-night run at the home of legends, Wembley Arena. Says Justin: "We are all really looking forward to getting back out there and playing live to our fans. It will be great to air the new album and new bass player, Richie Edwards, as well as some of our older classics."

TOUR DATES 2006

04 FEBRUARY Dublin The Point
05 FEBRUARY Belfast Odyssey Arena
07 FEBRUARY London Alexandra Palace
08 FEBRUARY London Alexandra Palace
11 FEBRUARY Sheffield Hallam FM Arena
12 FEBRUARY Glasgow SECC
13 FEBRUARY Newcastle Metro Radio News Arena
18 FEBRUARY Manchester MEN Arena
19 FEBRUARY Birmingham NEC
20 FEBRUARY Nottingham Arena
21 FEBRUARY Brighton Centre

source: the darkness website

Arctic Monkeys: New Singles / Tour Dates

Arctic Monkeys

NORTH AMERICAN SINGLE Arctic Monkeys is releasing the 3-song single both on 10" vinyl and digitally through iTunes. Both "formats" include the same tracklisting: "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" "Bigger Boys And Stolen Sweethearts" "Chun Li's Spinning Bird Kick"

These tracks are already available at the iTunes store, along with the Five Minutes With Arctic Monkeys single, which featured the songs "Fake Tales Of San Francisco" and "From The Ritz To The Rubble."

For those who prefer the classic analog format, the official release date for the 10" single is November 29th, though it will be available for sale at the upcoming American gigs ahead of streetdate. If, come street date, you are having trouble finding this release, you will be able to order from these reputable outlets:

www.dominorecordco.US
www.insound.com
www.othermusic.com

'WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN'

The next single from Arctic Monkeys 'When The Sun Goes Down' will be released on the 16th of January. The single will be on CD and 7" Vinyl. There will be three new studio recordings as b-sides, track titles are to follow.

Shockwaves NME Awards Tour 2006

Arctic Monkeys will be playing the NME tour in January and February. More ticket information can be found in the gigs/tours section of the Arctic Monkeys' website.

FEBRUARY

Wed 1 Leeds, University NME Ticketline
Thu 2 Liverpool, University NME Ticketline
Sat 4 Manchester, Academy NME Ticketline
Sun 5 Manchester, Academy NME Ticketline
Tue 7 Sheffield, Octagon NME Ticketline
Wed 8 Birmingham, Academy NME Ticketline
Thu 9 Norwich, UEA NME Ticketline
Sat 11 Cardiff, Great Hall NME Ticketline
Sun 12 Cambridge, Corn Exchange NME Ticketline
Mon 13 Bristol, Academy NME Ticketline
Wed 15 Portsmouth, Guildhall NME Ticketline
Thu 16 Brighton, Dome NME Ticketline
Fri 17 London, Brixton Academy NME Ticketline

JANUARY

Tue 24 Dublin, Ambassador TICKETMASTER
Password: ARCTIC
Wed 25 Belfast, Ulster Hall TICKETMASTER
Password: ARCTIC
Fri 27 Glasgow, Academy NME Ticketline
Sat 28 Edinburgh, Corn Exchange NME Ticketline
Sun 29 Newcastle, Academy NME Ticketline
Tue 31 Nottingham, Rock City NME Ticketline

Video Watch

You can now view the new video for I Bet You Look Good on The Dancefloor (directed by Huse Manfaradi) on the web. here.

source: arctic monkeys website

Mogwai: New Album Announced / Tour Dates

Mogwai

7th March 2006 signals the arrival of Mogwai's new full length studio album, 'Mr. Beast.' Produced by longtime associate Tony Doogan and Mogwai at Castle Of Doom Studio, is nothing short of a monumental moment in Mogwai's storied tenure. Though there are still hints aplenty of the subtle beauty that adorned big chunks of

'Rock Action' and 'Happy Songs For Happy People', there are an equal portion of headcrushers on this one that will leave you gasping for air. Particularly if you've been wearing a plastic bag over your face (which we do not recommend, by the way)

Though Mogwai will be hitting the US early next year, the band have already announced a slate of intimate gigs at London's ICA for next January, along with a couple of shows to benefit mental health organization One In Four in Glasgow and Edinburgh respectively, later this month (28 November at Cabaret Voltaire, 29 November at the Arches)

TOUR DATES

All tickets for our Cabaret Voltaire show have now sold out but there are still tickets available for our Arches show on Tuesday the 29th. They are available from the venue or from their website www.thearches.co.uk

28/11/2005 Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Scotland
Sold Out. Benefit for One In Four charity.

29/11/2005 The Arches, Glasgow, Scotland
Benefit for refugees in glasgow
http://www.thearches.co.uk/livemusic.html

07/01/2006 temple bar music centre, Dublin, Eire
http://www.ticketmaster.ie/

08/01/2006 spring & airbrake, Belfast, N.Ireland
http://www.ticketmaster.ie/

10/01/2006 ICA, London, England
Sold Out

11/01/2006 ICA, London, England
Sold Out

12/01/2006 ICA, London, England
Sold Out

13/01/2006 ICA, London, England
Sold Out

14/01/2006 ICA, London, England
Sold Out

24/01/2006 Unit, Tokyo, Japan
http://smash-jpn.com/mogwai.html

25/01/2006 Unit, Tokyo, Japan
http://smash-jpn.com/mogwai.html

Listen To:
"Ratts of the Capital" (12.5Mb
Live from Tokyo Axe November 6, 2003.
"Sad DC" (6.3Mb)
Song Mogwai put on the Japanese edition of Happy Songs. Features the fine Mr Luke Sutherland.

source: mogwai website

Gravenhurst: New Video / New EP / European Tour Dates

Gravenhurst is back with a new album “Fires In Distant Buildings” and a preceding single “The Velvet Cell”, both out on Warp. The new video for “The Velvet Cell” is out and you can downlod it from the links below. Quicktime / small / medium / large Windows: small / medium / large

Gravenhurst's new EP "Black Holes In the Sand" is out now.

The Ep marks a significant progression for Gravenhurst - the sonic elements of the previous record have been magnified, the undercurrent of lyrical dread intensified, yet the title track is as immediate and approachable as anything on the previous album.
‘Still Water', a beautiful, strange song evoking images of lost civilisations and cultural entropy, quickly collapses into a Velvets-inspired wig-out complete with shredding Telecasters, tambourines and shaky Moe Tucker percussion. The rural elements of the album ‘Flashlight Seasons’ are extended with the epic 'Flowers in Her Hair', then stretched to breaking point with a cover of Hüsker Dü's ‘Diane’, reinterpreting a punk classic as a murder ballad.

TOUR DATES

The US tour is just finished and Gravenhurst has announced a new European tour later this year, culminating in some live UK shows.

The London date on 9th December will be filmed as part of the sixteenth Tiscali Showcase. You will be able to watch it online a few days after the gig.

A full list of dates is as follows:

30 Nov Leuven, Stuk
1st Dec Paris, Tryptique
3rd Dec Amsterdam, Melkweg
4th Dec Koln, Gebaude 9
5th Dec Munich, Ampere
6th Dec Zurich, G5 Club
7th Dec Milan, La Casa
9th Dec London, Islington Bar Academy TISCALI SHOWCASE info
10th Dec Nottingham, Social
11th Dec Glasgow, Nice N Sleazy

Gravenhurst Desert Island Discs

1) my bloody valentine - come in alone
if the desert island i was stranded on was peopled by a primitive tribe I would use this song to demonstrate the art of guitar playing in the 20th century

2) the smiths - there is a light that never goes out
this song could be used to school a primitive civilsation in the use of darkly humourous melancholy and flamboyant guitar overlays

3) depeche mode - enjoy the silence
demonstrating to the tribe the art of dark, sensual, meticulously arranged synth pop

4) can - i want more
who knows, maybe me and the tribe will hit it off. maybe we'll get loaded. maybe we'll have a party.

5) can - bel air
With only ten songs to listen to forever, i will soon get very bored of them. this song is twenty minutes long, so that might help a bit.

6) bert jansch - jack orion
the tribe have become bored of my music. they decide to eat me. they allow me one last song, and I choose a blues influenced fingerstyle interpretation of a traditional english folk song played by the jimmy hendrix of acoustic guitar. clocking in at nine minutes and fifty seconds, this song might give me enough time to plan my escape

7) husker du - green eyes
perhaps if the tribe just understood that without this band we wouldn't have had the pixies or nirvana, they wouldn't eat me, but just grill me for interesting bits of indie rock trivia

8) augustus pablo - king tubbys meets rockers uptown
maybe there is a shit load of pot growing on this island

9) joy division - shadowplay
this song changed my life. maybe it will change it again, and somehow get me off this fucking island

10) gravenhurst - black holes in the sand
everything is absolutely fine. it turns out that the tribe are massive Gravenhurst fans.

source: Warprecords website

The Go! Team: Working On Remix / New Single / Tour Dates

Kevin Shilds (ex My Bloody Valenine) is working on a Go! Team remix fusing the songs Ladyflash and Huddle Formation togheter. It will be on the side B to Ladyflash wich is coming out on Jan 30th in the UK. Kaori Tsushida has joined the band proper style - replacing Silke. She play a kickass guitar, recorder, keyboard, nelonica and sings too.

The Go! Team have confirmed for the Big Day Out festival in Australia and New Zeland in January. Feb is gonna see a major UK tour -see below for the dates-, the band is also playng an XFM Shelter benefit on 12th Dec at Brixton Academy (just sold out).

TOUR DATES


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source: The Go! Team website

Pete Doherty Considering Solo Career

Pete Doherty

Not one to shy away from controversy or media attention, Pete Doherty is at it again with a look at launching a solo career. The frontman of Babyshambles is allegedly recording his own material at a secret location. According to sources such as NME, it is claimed that since finishing last months tour with Babyshambles and following the media attention surrounding himself and Kate Moss, Pete, has spent time working on his own material and having no contact with his band. However, conflict in stories arise when other sources claim that Pete is actually checked himself into rehab in Arizona. Yet another controversy in the world of Doherty? Or maybe his PR needs the sack!

source: stereoboard

Richard Ashcroft: New Single And Album Announced / Tour Dates

Richard Ashcroft

Richard Ashcroft have announced a date at Kings College, London (7th December) which sold out instantly, he has confirmed new dates to coincide with the release of his new album ‘Keys To The World’, out January 23rd 2006.

TOUR DATES

January 2006

Fri 20th Glasgow ABC, T. 0870 169 0100
Sat 21st Gateshead Sage, T. 0870 703 4555
Sun 22nd Preston Guildhall, T. 01772 258858
Tues 24th London Electric Ballroom, T. 0207 4033331

24hour cc hotline 0871 2200 260
Tickets cost £18.50 except London £20.

Pre-sale tickets can be obtained by registering for email updates here; a presale link will be emailed to all registered site members on Wednesday 23rd November for the chance to buy presale tickets which go onsale at 9am on Thursday 24th November (maximum 4 tickets per person; NB pre-sale tickets are limited).

General release tickets will be available from 9am, Friday 25th November.

New single and album announced

The first single from Richard's new album will be Break The Night With Colour, due for release on 9 January. It is taken from the forthcoming album Keys to the World which will be available from 23 January on Parlophone Records.

source: Richard Ashcroft official website (site restyle announced)

Korn: Entire New Album Available For Streaming - Nov. 25, 2005

Korn's new album, "See You on the Other Side", is available for streaming in its entirety at MTV Italy here. The CD was produced by Matrix (AVRIL LAVIGNE, THE MOONEY SUZUKI) and Atticus Ross (BAD RELIGION, NINE INCH NAILS, PINK). As previously reported, a press conference with KORN and eight U.S. soldiers whom the band have brought from London to New York for a few days of well-deserved leave is scheduled to take place on Monday, November 28 at 6:00 p.m. at an as-yet-undisclosed location in midtown Manhattan.

The soldiers — who have served in either Afghanistan or Iraq and are currently on leave in Frankfurt, Germany and Venice, Italy — will join KORN and MTV Europe contest winners for this "See You on the Other Side" chartered flight and special performance in connection with the release of KORN's new album "See You on the Other Side".

KORN's one-off gig at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom on November 29 will be taped for a half-hour special on MTV2 airing December 3 at 9:30 p.m. and December 6 at 10:30 a.m. KORN will also be hosting MTV2's "T-Minus Rock Countdown" December 6 at 11 a.m., and the Hammerstein show will be available online via MTV Overdrive in early December.

source: roadrunner records


TOUR DATES

11.29.05 Hammerstein Ballroom New York City, NY
12.03.05 Myth Maplewood, MN
12.10.05 Gibson Amphitheatre Universal City, CA
12.11.05 4th and B San Diego, CA
12.16.05 Bayfront Park Amphitheatre Miami, FL
12.17.05 Freeman Coliseum San Antonio, TX
12.18.05 Nokia Theatre Dallas, TX

"Word Up!" Video - Watch it here:
RealVideo | QuickTime | Windows Media: lo - med - hi

Oasis: New Single And Video / Tour Dates

Oasis

The Oasis new single "Let There Be loved" taken from the album "Dont Believe The Truth" is out now. The video can be watched on the major TV music networks or you can see the stream from the Oasis website HERE TOUR DATES AUSTRALIA 2005 26 November, 2005 Brisbane, Australia, Entertainment Centre 28 November, 2005 Sydney, Australia, Hordern Pavilion Sold Out 29 November, 2005 Sydney, Australia, Hordern Pavilion Sold Out 1 December, 2005 Melbourne, Australia, Festival Hall Sold Out 2 December, 2005 Melbourne, Australia, Festival Hall Sold Out 4 December, 2005 Perth, Australia, Rock It, Arena Joondalup Sold Out .

EUROPE 2005

10 December, 2005 Cardiff, United Kingdom, Millennium Stadium Sold Out
12 December, 2005 Aberdeen, United Kingdom, AECC Sold Out
14 December, 2005 Glasgow, United Kingdom, SECC Sold Out
15 December, 2005 Glasgow, United Kingdom, SECC Sold Out
18 December, 2005 Belfast, United Kingdom, Belfast Odyssey Arena Sold Out
19 December, 2005 Belfast, United Kingdom, Odyssey Arena Sold Out
21 December, 2005 Dublin, Ireland, Point Theatre Sold Out
22 December, 2005 Dublin, Ireland, Point Theatre Sold Out

EUROPE 2006

25 January, 2006 Oslo, Norway, Spektrum
26 January, 2006 Stockholm, Sweden, Hovet
29 January, 2006 Lille, France, Zenith
30 January, 2006 Grenoble, France, Summum
1 February, 2006 Vienna, Austria, Gasometer
2 February, 2006 Winterthur, Switzerland, Eulachhalle
4 February, 2006 Toulouse, France, Zenith
6 February, 2006 Florence, Italy, Mandela Forum
7 February, 2006 Rome, Italy, Palalottomatica

source: Oasis website

Pete Townshend: New Live DVD Release / WhoTV, Basement Jam Free Webcast / Pete's Blog Online

Pete Townshend

BAM DVD UK release "Psychoderelict" Pete Townshend's August 7 1993 show from the Brooklyn Academy of Music, which featured Psychoderelict as well as a wealth of other PT classics is to be released on DVD. A new interview with Pete, in which he discusses Psychoderelict, is also included on the disc. The DVD, which features 36 tracks, is released in the UK on November 28th by Universal (cat 9823369). A U.S. release is slated for March 21st 2006. Tracklisting: 1. Pinball Wizard 2. See Me Feel Me 3. Listening To You 4. Let My Love Open The Door 5. Rough Boys 6. Keep Me Turning 7. Eminence Front 8. Intro To Psychoderelict

9. English Boy
10. Meher Baba M3
11. Let's Get Pretentious
12. Meher Baba M4 (Signal Box)
13. Early Morning Dreams
14. I Want That Thing
15. Intro: Outlive The Dinosaur
16. Gridlife 1
17. Flame
18. Now And Then
19. I Am Afraid
20. Gridlife 2
21. Don't Try To Make Me Real
22. Intro: Predicatble
23. Predictable
24. Flame
25. Meher Baba M5 (Vivaldi)
26. Fake It
27. Intro: Now And Then - Reprise
28. Now And Then - Reprise
29. Baba O'Riley - Demo
30. English Boy - Reprise
31. A Little Is Enough
32. You Better You Bet
33. Face The Face
34. Won't Get Fooled Again
35. Let's See Action
36. Magic Bus

Basement Jam Free Webcast

From 'Pete Diaries' on Pete Townshend website:.

BASEMENT JAM - FREE Webcast event on Dec 4 from Pete Townshend's Oceanic studios. Presented by Rachel Fuller; featuring Pete, Foy Vance, Simon Townshend, Mikey Cuthbert and Rachel and her band.

"I know I will sound like the President of the local Golf Club when I use this expression, but I am very excited to announce BASEMENT JAM. This webcast happens on December 4th from Oceanic Studios in London, England. It is now going to be offered FREE not Pay For View. This does mean we will, be unable to guarantee a clean feed to every viewer but we are increasing the bandwidth massively to cope with a bigger subscription.

WARNING! You need a WINDOWS MEDIA player to see this show. QuickTime and Real Players which we use on our download areas will not work for this show.

Rachel Fuller's IN THE ATTIC shows every mid-week from Oceanic have been a test bed for this first LIVE MUSIC webcast. Rachel has already announced this show from her Blog, and on IN THE ATTIC last week.

A limited number of people will be able to attend to watch the show live at the studio in London, but the programme is targetted at the internet audience at home.

The show is based on the same cast of guests Rachel invited to appear at her show at the London Bedford Arms show in Balham on October 18th. The same artists will appear live: Pete Townshend, Foy Vance, Simon Townshend, Mikey Cuthbert and of course Rachel will host the evening and perform with her band.

As well as a live music show BASEMENT JAM will feature live interviews, chats and informal music from Rachel's IN THE ATTIC - a format many of you will already have checked out. There will also be a highlightfrom the Bedford Arms show.

A DVD of the combined events will be made available early in 2006."

The WhoTV

It has always been my intention to pepper the free stuff looped on the WhoTV (free stream) with really good Pay For View events. The first one, planned for December 4th has hit some critical problems. Nothing technical.

My company boss and team leader Nick Goderson has just had to endure a very serious operation, and my Webmaster Matt Kent has just had to take three weeks compulsory sick leave because of a shoulder operation. A couple other members of our team have also had some minor problems. Our first Pay For View will now take place in the New Year - probably February.

The BASEMENT JAM event on Decmber 4th is going ahead FREE. Rachel Fuller and Nicola Joss, along with my studio team Lincoln Fong and Paul Bonnick have everything ready. The downside is that without a ticket/password system in place we cannot guarantee a clean stream feed to every subscriber - I hope I have purchased enough bandwidth to meet demand.

In the next week on WhoTV you will see a number of 'bootleg' style DVDs sent to me in May for my birthday by Carrie Pratt who is developing the LONG LIVE ROCK website to establish a BitTorrent group for future high quality downloads - shareware and commercial. But the stuff I'm showing this week is bootleg material that you might normally expect to pay for. We do not intend to boot the booters here, rather to acknowledge the funky work they are doing and to widen their audience and our own.

The Who are considering setting up a GRATEFUL DEAD style recording/filming area at their concerts so that higher audio and visual quality can be assured. At the moment clever clogs booters snitch Roger's vocal via his radio mike feed, and I have to say it sounds horrible and compromises the balance of the overall stage sound. Every time Roger sings a line, the band sound disappears for a moment. It would be better to have a compressed, equalized feed of the kind that the audience hear rather than whatever happens to be pumped into Roger's earpiece.

WhoTV link HERE

The Pete Townshend blog online

From the November 19th Pete Townshend mantain a personal blog on blogger. Pate are serializing his novella "The Boy Who Heard Music" in 23 episodes on this blog. You can see it HERE.

Idlewild: Splits with EMI / Charity Evemt / Glasgow Show

Idlewild

Idlewild has parted ways with its British label. While the band are promoting the fourth full-length album, 'Warnings/Promises', Idlewild have posted a message on their website that announce the splits with EMI. You can read the post below: "Idlewild would like to announce that after eight years and four albums they have parted company with their label Parlophone/EMI.

The band had fulfilled their record contract and it seemed like a good time to move on.

More news regarding a new label and a new record will follow. Here's to the future!"

DJ @ Edinburgh charity event

Idlewild members will DJ at an Edinburgh charity event on 30th November.

The 'One In Four' event is to raise awareness and understanding of mental health issues.

Also taking part on the night are:
Biscuit Time (Steve Mason ex-Beta Band), 1990s and Union of Knives.

The 'One In Four' event will be held @ Ego, Edinburgh on 30th November.
Tickets are £9.

Idlewild announce a special Glasgow show!

Idlewild will round off 2005 in style with a show at the Glasgow Barrowlands on Thursday 22nd December.

The band will play two seperate sets, one fully acoustic, and one fully rocking and electric.
There will be special guests and DJs to make it a night worth remembering!

source: Idlewild website

Bob Dylan's college poetry auctioned for $78,000 / Concert for Bangladesh DVD

Bob Dylan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A collection of poems written by legendary rock poet Bob Dylan as a student at the University of Minnesota in 1960 sold for $78,000 Monday in a Rock & Pop Memorabilia auction at Christie's. The 16 pages of poems hand-written in pencil formed the earliest Dylan manuscript ever offered for auction and it fetched the highest auction price to date for the acclaimed songwriter, according to Christie's. A title page was inscribed in blue ink "Poems Without Titles," with the majority of the poems signed Dylan or Dylanism. The poetry was acquired by an unidentified private European interest.

Dylan arrived at the college in 1959 as freshman Robert Zimmerman from upstate Hibbing and left at the end of 1960 as folk singer and songwriter Bob Dylan, headed to make his mark on the folk scene in New York's Greenwich Village.

The second-highest priced item in the sale that grossed $661,536 was Eric Clapton's Fender composite Stratocaster electric guitar, circa 1959, which sold for $36,000.

source: yahoo

The Concert for Bangladesh

Rock-Newz wants take your attention on this update from Bob Dylan official website:

"The Concert for Bangladesh was the first benefit concert of its kind in that it brought together an extraordinary assemblage of major artists collaborating for a common humanitarian cause – setting the precedent that music could be used to serve a higher cause.


The concert sold out Madison Square Garden and along with the Grammy ® Award-winning triple-album boxset, and the feature film, has generated millions of dollars for UNICEF and raised awareness for the organization around the world, as well as among other musicians and their fans. It is therefore acknowledged as the inspiration and forerunner to the major global fundraising events of recent years.


To quote the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, "George and his friends were pioneers."

For more information and to purchase the DVD, visit: theconcertforbangladesh.com"

The Hives New DVD

The Hives_Photocredit: Aubrey Iwamoto

That little rock band from Sweden called The Hives is back again, but this time in DVD form. That's right, The Hives have a new DVD called "Tussles In Brussels" and it drops November 22nd (that's next Tuesday), just in time for the holidays. It's got a brand new documentary film on the band entitled "DW Johnson's The Hives, Hinduism & Me" (narrated by Little Steven) as well as their full 2005 live show in Brussels, Belgium.

The set has all your favourite hits, from "Hate to Say I Told You So" and "Main Offender" to "Walk Idiot Walk". Even more, there's a bunch of their music videos AND television performances on there for you to watch over and over again.

Check out the nifty e-card for the DVD complete with bouncing Hives members here.

source: punkunited

WATcH the VIdEOs

from "Tyrannosaurus Hives"
(released july '04)

"Two-Timing Touch And Broken Bones"
Video: real | windows

"Walk Idiot Walk"
Video: real | windows

source: The Hives website

Anti-Flag: Joins 2006 Warped Tour / Tour Dates

Anti-Flag will take a few months out of its socialist-propagandizing schedule to help a shoe company reach the teen market this summer. The (up until recently) avidly anti-corporate act will join the Warped Tour for the package tour’s full schedule next year. Anti-Flag joins acts such as NOFX and Rise Against who’ve already pledged allegiance to the summer package tour. The Warped Tour was conceived in 1994 as a cross-promotional effort for Vans shoes to piggyback on music culture marketing.

Anti-Flag’s long been known for its socialist and anti-corporate stance.

“I don't really want right-wing fuckers coming to our shows and invading our community!" front man Justin Sane told Aversion in 2001 . "We consider ourselves as part of a struggle. If a person who is counter to our struggle infiltrates our scene simply because he or she likes our music it could be very counter-productive to what we are trying to achieve."

The band’s RCA Records debut, For Blood and Empire is on track for a March release.

TOUR DATES

Sat. Nov. 26 in Chicago, Illinois @ Vic Theatre
D@ 5:00 pm
with RISE AGAINST and BANE

Sun. Nov. 27 in Chicago, Illinois @ Vic Theatre
D@ 6:00 pm
with RISE AGAINST and BANE

Thu. Jan. 12 in Hamburg, Germany @ Grünspan
D@ 6:00 pm
with GOOD CLEAN FUN & MIKE PARK

Fri. Jan. 13 in Berlin, Germany @ SO 36
D@ 6:00 pm
with GOOD CLEAN FUN & MIKE PARK

Sun. Jan. 15 in Prague, Czech Republic @ Futurum
D@ 6:00 pm
with GOOD CLEAN FUN & MIKE PARK

Tue. Jan. 17 in Wien, Austria @ Arena
D@ 6:00 pm
with ACCIDENTS, GOOD CLEAN FUN & MIKE PARK

Wed. Jan. 18 in Olten, Switzerland @ Schützi
D@ 6:00 pm
with GOOD CLEAN FUN & MIKE PARK

Fri. Jan. 20 in Knokke-Heist, Belgium @ Ravelingen
D@ 6:00 pm
with SEVERANCE, GOOD CLEAN FUN & MIKE PARK

Sat. Jan. 21 in Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Waterfront
D@ 6:00 pm
with GOOD CLEAN FUN & MIKE PARK

Sun. Jan. 22 in Hannover, Germany @ Faust
D@ 6:00 pm
with GOOD CLEAN FUN & MIKE PARK

Mon. Jan. 23 in Bochum, Germany @ Matrix
D@ 6:00 pm
with THE VADERS, GOOD CLEAN FUN & MIKE PARK

source: aversion / anti-flag website

Pretty Girls Make Graves: Tour Dates 2005/2006 and New Album

Pretty Girls Make Graves

Pretty Girls Make Graves have completed the new album - full details in next news update. In the meantime, they're playing some dates on the West Coast and 7 East Coast dates in December with The Double: Wed, Nov 30 - Vancouver BC - Red Room Thu, Dec 1 - Tacoma WA - Hell's Kitchen Fri, Dec 2 - Seattle WA - Husky Union Bldg, Univ of Washington Mon, Dec 5 - New York NY - Knitting Factory with PGMG

Tue, Dec 6 - Brooklyn NY - Warsaw with PGMG
Thu, Dec 8 - Washington DC - Black Cat with PGMG
Fri, Dec 9 - Bellmore NY - Live Trax with PGMG
Sat, Dec 10 - Providence RI - The Living Room with PGMG
Sun, Dec 11 - Cambridge MA - Middle East with PGMG
Mon, Dec 12 - Philadelphia PA - North Star with PGMG

Pretty Girls Make Graves will hit the road in March in advance of its third album.

While no release date or title has been revealed for its next album -- which is nearly finished, according to Matador Records -- the Seattle band is packing into the van to promote itself. It will, of course, make the requisite stop in Austin for the South By Southwest Music festival.

Pretty Girls Make Graves' tour dates are:

March 9 - WOW Hall, Eugene, Ore.
March 10 - Stanford University/Cresge Hall, Stanford, Calif.
March 11 - El Rey, Los Angeles
March 12 - Ground Control, San Diego
March 13 - Jillian's, Las Vegas
March 15 - Mason Jar, Phoenix
March 16 - Launchpad, Albuquerque, N.M.
March 18 - The Parish, Austin
March 19 - The Sanctuary, San Antonio, Texas
March 20 - T-Lounge, El Paso, Texas
March 22 - Hotel Congress, Tucson, Az.
March 23 - Chain Reaction, Anaheim, Calif.
March 24 - Jerry's Pizza, Bakersfield, Calif.
March 25, 26 - Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco
March 27 - Bossanova, Portland

SOME MP3s From Pretty Girls Make Graves website

"If You Hate Your Friends You're Not Alone" (mp3 here)
"More Sweet Soul" (mp3 here)

sources: matador records / aversion