Liam Fray of The Courteeners is to play at the Salford Lads Club, the Manchester venue made famous by The Smiths.
The frontman will play a solo acoustic show on August 18 and is set to become the first person to play a music show at the venue.
“I’m pretty sure it’s the first gig at the [...]
Fray to play landmark gig
13th August 2010MGMT coy on McCartney link
11th August 2010MGMT say that Paul McCartney hasn’t yet been in touch with them despite the former Beatle expressing a desire to work with the group.
Frontman Andrew Van Wyngarden said: “We did play a show with him last summer at New York park, which was really cool.
“But nothing has really come of the collaboration part of it.”
“We [...]
Kings of Leon announce new album release
05th August 2010Kings of Leon will bring out a new album on October 18th in the UK.
Fans will get a taster of the new album when they headline V Festival on August 21-22, with Kings of Leon playing four of their new album tracks in recent live shows.
The album, entitled “Come Around Sundown”, is their fifth studio [...]
Avey and Badly Drawn Boy announce album dates
02nd August 2010Avey Tare of the Animal Collective’s has announced the release date and track listing for his debut solo album.
The album, entitled “Down There”, will be released via Animal Collective’s own label Paw Tracks on 26.
Meanwhile, Animal Collective’s Panda Bear is set to release his new solo album “Tomboy” in September.
The tracklisting for “Down There” is [...]
New Michael Jackson album set for November release
01st August 2010An album of previously-unreleased songs by Michael Jackson is set to be released in November.
The posthumous LP will feature 10 songs from sessions recorded during his peak in the 1980s right up to his recording sessions with will.i.am in 2006.
The album will be the first in a 10-album, seven-year deal the Jackson estate agreed with [...]
