Zebrahead - Get Nice! Music Video & UK dates‏

The title track from zebrahead’s forthcoming album ‘Get Nice!’ is now available to buy digitally and the accompanying video has also been unveiled. It can be viewed here. The band will be playing a one-off headline date at London’s Garage on Monday 8^th August. Tickets available at www.ticketweb.co.uk. This will follow a performance at Hevy Festival in Kent the day before with the likes of Four Year Strong and Funeral or A Friend.

Matty from the band says of the forthcoming trip to this part of the world – "I can't wait to get back to Europe! The fans are incredible! I wish I could take them all home with me and adopt them!"

The La Habra, CA-based punk inspired rock outfit zebrahead was formed in the mist of the Orange County punk explosion and since their incarnation they have had highs and lows, sold over 1.5 million albums to date, survived label changes, garnered a Grammy nomination and toured nonstop. Fueled by pure determination and a lot of beer the band is still going strong.

Get ready to Get Nice!

We The Kings second album and UK tour

We The Kings "Heaven Can Wait"

We The Kings | MySpace Music Videos

We The Kings have a new album called 'Smile Kid' out March 8th with 'Heaven Can Wait being the first single from it. They're also going to be hitting the road to support You Me At Six on the following dates:

March 9 Birmingham O2 Academy
March 10 Kingsway Newport Centre
March 11 Sheffield O2 Academy
March 12 Manchester Apollo
March 13 Newcastle O2 Academy 2
March 14 Glasgow O2 Academy
March 16 Leeds O2 Academy
March 17 Nottingham Rock City
March 18 Southampton Guildhall
March 19 Norwich UEA
March 20 London Brixton Academy

Damon Fowler
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The Who to release Greatest Hits and perform at Superbowl XLIV

The Who are releasing ‘The Who: Greatest HITS / Greatest Hits Live’ to coincide with their performance during the halftime show of the 2010 Superbowl XLIV.

The band will take to the stage on Sunday, 7th February to perform a twelve-minute medley of their hits during the halftime show. Halftime at The Super Bowl is always a hugely anticipated event and, this year, will be broadcast worldwide in more than 230 countries and territories with The Who being seen by one of the largest television audiences in history.

The band will be performing classic songs from the forthcoming ‘Greatest Hits / Greatest Hits Live’ album during the halftime entertainment beginning with their first single ‘My Generation’ and concluding with a track from the most recent album ‘Endless Wire’; this spans the group’s entire recording career from 1964 to date.

The Greatest Hits CD/download also includes classics such as, ‘My Generation’, ‘I Can’t Explain’, ‘The Kids Are Alright’, ‘Pinball Wizard’, ‘I Can See For Miles’, ‘Substitute’ as well as featuring the three theme songs to the CSI series – ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’, ‘Who Are You’ and ‘Baba O’Riley’.

The album will be available from Monday 8th February 2010.

Nirvana live at Reading DVD

Since Nirvana last took to the Reading Festival stage a whole generation has been born and grown up. Finally after all the bootlegged copies, this legendary gig is available on DVD and CD.

The first thing you notice is how the Reading Festival main stage has changed. Only seventeen years ago and all the huge video screens and fancy lighting rigs are gone. Despite its differences, there is something that tells you this is the Reading Festival, and not just the DVD case. The next noticeable thing is how young Dave Grohl looks.

Nevermind is performed nearly in its entirety, along with other Nirvana classics. And there’s something about it that you just can’t look away. Whether it’s Kurt Cobain in a medical gown or if its Grohl throwing his symbols at his drum kit, it’s a mesmerising performance.

Truly a great DVD whether you’re the most diehard of fans or just like a few Nrvana songs.

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Video for Creed's new single "Overcome"

Creed's new album, 'Full Circle' is set for release on November 2nd, With 'Overcome' being the first single (released on November 9th) via Virgin Records.

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Joke backfires on Pete Wentz

Pete Wentz pays the price as Gabe Saporta revealed his phone number on the net. The ordeal for Wentz originated with his attempted to get one over on his close friend Gabe Saporta (lead singer of Cobra Starship) at this years VMA's. The Fall Out Boy bassist sported a T-shirt with Saporta's phone number and email address on it. However, MTV didn't allow it and Wentz had to put masking tape over the details.
Wentz was determined to not let this one go and got onto his clothing company Clandestine Industries. Copies of the t-shirt were printed up and put on sale with Saporta's number and email address blurred on screen but not on the actual product.

Saporta quickly got in touch with the clothing site and had the shirt taken off sale. Wentz still wouldnt let it go and went a step further by un-blurring the phone number. However, his plan backfired as Saporta had replaced his number with Wentz's. His voicemail filled up in no time. Saporta, Wentz and the employees at Clandestine are good friends so no malice was involved, it was just a prank that went to the extreme.


Wentz unleashed his frustrations on twitter:

"@gabrielsaporta @billbeckett @jensenclan88 very funny. youre all fired haha i literally cant use my phone."

"i literally cant use any function on my phone. steam is coming out of my ears as i try to make calls."

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Green Day win at VMAs and announce UK/Euro tour support

Los Angeles based band Prima Donna have been selected by Green Day to support them on thier upcoming UK and European tour. Kevin Preston , Prima Donna lead vocals, occasionally joins Green Day in their alter-ego band Foxboro Hot Tubs.

In other Green Day news they took home three VMA awards(Best Rock Video, Best Direction and Best Cinematography) for their clip for "21 Guns". They also performed "East Jesus Nowhere" during which they were joined on stage by a mass of their fans.

Green Day, supported by Prima Donna will be playing the following dates:

09-28 Lisbon, Portugal @ Atlantico Pavilion
09-29 Madrid, Spain @ Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad
10-01 Barcelona, Spain @ Palau Sant Jordi
10-02 Toulouse, France @ Zenith
10-04 Paris, France @ Bercy
10-05 Cologne, Germany @ Cologne Arena
10-07 Berlin, Germany @ World Arena
10-08 Hamburg, Germany @ Color Line Arena
10-09 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Forum
10-11 Stockholm, Sweden @ The Globe
10-12 Oslo, Norway @ Spectrum
10-14 Dortmund, Germany @ Westfalenhalle 1
10-16 Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Ahoy
10-17 Antwerp, Belgium @ Sportpalais
10-19 Glasgow, Scotland @ SECC
10-20 Belfast, Northern Ireland @ Odyssey Arena
10-21 Dublin, Ireland @ The 02
10-23 London, England @ The 02
10-24 London, England @ The 02
10-26 Sheffield, England @ Sheffield Arena
10-27 Birmingham, England @ LG Arena
10-28 Birmingham, England @ LG Arena
10-30 Manchester, England @ MEN Arena
10-31 Manchester, England @ MEN Arena
11-01 London, England @ Wembley Arena
11-03 Munich, Germany @ Olympiahalle
11-06 Vienna, Austria @ Stadthalle
11-08 Zurich, Switzerland @ Hallenstadion
11-10 Milan, Italy @ Datchforum
11-11 Bologna, Italy @ Futur Show
11-12 Turin, Italy @ Palaolimpico

Damon Fowler
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Nirvana live at Reading to be released on DVD/CD

Nirvana’s historic August 30, 1992 headlining appearance at the UK’s Reading Festival is one of the most bootlegged concerts in the annals of rock’n’roll. Now, fans will have an opportunity to own a pristine copy of that entire performance. The DVD will feature the following songs:

1. Breed
2. Drain You
3. Aneurysm
4. School
5. Sliver
6. In Bloom
7. Come As You Are
8. Lithium
9. About A Girl
10. Tourette's
11. Polly
12. Lounge Act
13. Smells Like Teen Spirit
14. On A Plain
15. Negative Creep
16. Been A Son
17. All Apologies
18. Blew
19. Dumb
20. Stay Away
21. Spank Thru
22. Love Buzz*
23. The Money Will Roll Right In
24. D-7
25. Territorial Pissings

*not included on CD

Nirvana's legendary never-before-released 1992 Reading concert will be available on CD and/or DVD from November 2nd, followed by a 2 LP version on November 16.

Damon Fowler
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'The Most Powerful EP In The Universe'

Only forming around a year ago, the Leeds based trio that make Dinosair Pile-Up are anything but modest. Releasing a couple of singles and selling out their first London show at the Camden Barfly has lead to the release of their debut EP, entitled 'The Most Powerful EP In The Universe'.

Entering the studio in May with producer James Kenosha (Pulled Apart By Horses, Grammatics) the EP is set for release on August 17th. Sticking with their independent outlook, it will be released on the bands own Big Brain Records label in conjunction with small indie, Friends Vs Records.

It is to soundtrack what is a very busy festival season ahead, with sets at T In The Park and Oxegen down and Boardmasters, Bestival and Reading and Leeds festival (Radio One tent) still to go.

Tracks on the EP are 'Summer Hit Single', ‘Beach Bug’, ‘Opposites Attract’, ‘Melanin’ and ‘Cat Attack’.

LIVE DATES:

Jul 30 London Water Rats
Jul 31 Manchester Deaf Institute
Aug 7 Newquay Boardmasters Festival
Aug 28 Leeds Festival
Aug 29 Reading Festival
Sept 11 Bestival

Damon Fowler
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Kerrang! The Album 2009 tracklisting announced

Spanning two explosive CDs, CD 1 focuses on rock and punk and includes the huge ‘Know Your Enemy’ by Green Day, Billy Talent’s new single ‘Rusted From The Rain’ and the raucous ‘Juggernauts’ by Enter Shikari. CD 2 hones in on the world of metal and features ‘Sulfur’ by Download headliners Slipknot as well as the epic ‘Heroes Of Our Time’ by Dragonforce.

CD1

1. Green Day – Know Your Enemy
2. Billy Talent - Rusted From The Rain
3. My Chemical Romance - Desolation Row
4. Paramore - Misery Business
5. You Me At Six - Save It For The Bedroom
6. The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell
7. New Found Glory - Listen To Your Friends
8. Nickelback - If Today Was Your Last Day
9. Theory Of A Deadman - Hate My Life
10. Spinnerette - Rebellious Palpitations
11.Alexisonfire - Young Cardinals
12. The Blackout - STFUppercut
13. Madina Lake - Let’s Get Outta Here
14. Taking Back Sunday - Sink Into Me
15. The King Blues - Save The World, Get The Girl
16. Swound! - We Are A Danger
17. Chiodos - Lexington (Joey Pea-Pot With A Monkey Face)
18. Cobra Starship - Pete Wentz Is The Only Reason We’re Famous
19. Metro Station - Shake It
20. Enter Shikari - Juggernauts
21. The Prodigy - Omen

CD2

1. Slipknot - Sulfur
2. Dragonforce - Heroes Of Our Time
3. Killswitch Engage - Starting Over
4. Mastodon - Divinations
5. Marilyn Manson - We’re From America
6. Gallows - London Is The Reason
7. Ghost Of A Thousand - Bright Lights
8. In Case Of Fire - Enemies
9. Disturbed - The Night
10. DevilDriver - Pray For Villains
11. Shinedown - Sound Of Madness
12. Papa Roach - Lifeline
13. Fightstar - Mercury Summer
14. Static-X - Stingwray
15. Lamb Of God - Set To Fail
16. Cancer Bats - Engine Skull
17. Blakfish - Economics
18. Outcry Collective - Dead in The Water
19. The Dead Formats – Dirty White Shoes
20. Rolo Tomassi - I Love Turbulence
21. Bring Me The Horizon - Football Season Is Over

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Innerpartysystem leave Island Records and announce new fans site

Innerpartysystem have made the following statement following recent developments:

“Hello everyone, We know we’ve been a little elusive as of late with news, but we have a few really big updates.

First off: Innerpartysystem is no longer on Island Records. There’s really nothing else to be said there. There are some really amazing, overworked, underpaid, stressed out people who love music, working very hard there… and there are a handful of people who just didn’t really understand this band, and didn’t know how to react when ‘Don’t Stop’ wasn’t ‘Just Dance.’ Our bad there.

There’s a particularly badass crew at Island UK, who really fought and worked the hell out of this brand new, no name band from America, and we’re sincerely thankful that we've had the team by our side to help build such a strong foundation. At the end of the day, our label teams made this past year possible, gave us the freedom to make the album we wanted to make, and provided the opportunity for us to build our (albeit extremely modest) studio and stage show. So thank you!

This is a very exciting time for us. We also realize that now, more than ever, we need to directly connect with our fans. There’s no amount of marketing money that is more valuable than IPS being able to directly communicate with you, and let you know exactly what’s going on in our world. With that in mind, our tech guru/ soundman extraordinaire, Andy, has put together innerpartysystem.net. Innerpartysystem.net is a forum site specifically for IPS fans where we can communicate with you directly, and most importantly, use it as a place to give you free exclusive music, videos, and whatever else the gods of the interweb may dream up.

To celebrate the launch, we’re posting a free download of our ‘Official Warped Tour/Summer Mixtape,’ featuring most of our remixes from the past year, artists we love, and a few new surprises. For the audiophiles, we’ve also posted stems for you to remix and DJ including: ‘Obsession,’ ‘Heart Of Fire,’ ‘Last Night In Brooklyn,’ ‘New Poetry,’ and ‘Don’t Stop.’ Fans of IPS, we appreciate you. We need you. We wouldn’t exist without you. We can’t wait to share new music with you later this year, and we hope to see tons of you all this summer on Warped Tour.
Until next time.

-IIIII”

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Panic At The Disco split in half

Panic at the Disco guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker have announced they are leaving the band "to embark on a musical excursion of their own."

Ross and Walker posted on the band’s website, "Though the four of us have made music together in the past, we've creatively evolved in different directions which has compromised what each of us want to personally achieve."

The two remaining members, Brendon Urie (vocals) and Spencer Smith (drums) issued the following statement:
"It's been an amazing journey being in a band with them, but sometimes individual tastes take friends in different directions and you can't ignore it. They are some of the most talented guys we know, and we're sure that whatever they do next will be great.

That said, Panic At The Disco is alive and very very well. We are working on new songs that we are excited for you to hear. Our dates with Blink and Fall Out Boy start in a little less than a month, and we wouldn't miss those for the world."

Damon Fowler
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Paramore set date for new album

Paramore have announced new album 'Brand New Eyes' will be released on September 29th. It will be the bands third studio album and follow up to 2007s 'Riot!'



You can preorder brand new eyes starting July 7th on paramore.net. The first single from the album will be 'Ignorance', it will be available for download at all digital retailers from July 7th.

Here is the tracklistings for 'Brand New Eyes':

01. Careful
02. Ignorance
03. Playing God
04. Brick by Boring Brick
05. Turn It Off
06. The Only Exception
07. Feeling Sorry
08. Looking Up
09. Where the Lines Overlap
10. Misguided Ghosts
11. All I Wanted

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A behind the scenes look at Papa Roach

Papa Roach are offering you a behind the scenes look at their development over the last ten years in this new video. This comes as the band are releasing not only a new single, 'Lifeline' but also an acoustic EP 'Naked and Fearless' on Monday (June 22nd).

'Lifeline' is the second single to come from the California quartets latest album 'Metamorphosis.' The album returned Papa Roach onto the rock map playing second headliners on the 2nd stage at this years Download Festival.

"We bring it live," Shaddix (Vocals) says. "Listening to a record is one thing, but when you come to one of our shows, it's like the last tribal experience. Playing shows every night is what we're built for. We make a club feel like an arena, and we make an arena feel like a club."

See the behind the scenes video here.

Damon Fowler
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Nine Inch Nails Frontman decides to call it quits

Trent Reznor, the only official member of Nine Inch Nails (NIN), announced on Saturday at Bonnaroo Festival in Tennessee that NIN have played their last show. During the set he said "It just dawned on me that this is our last show ever in the United States." He continued "Don't be sad. I'll kepp going. But I think I'm going to lose my... mind if I keep doing this, and I have to stop."

NIN have been around since 1988, but in a recent interview but Reznor said in a recent interview he would quit playing soon due to his own mental health and to "make Nine Inch Nails a precious thing."

Outside of the US, NIN will be playing at T in the Park between July 10 - 12.

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Enter Shikari to play 'secret' set at Download

Friday 12th June at 5.30pm, Enter Shikari will throw concern for life and limb to the wind and perform a set in the intimate Tuborg tent at Donington's Download Festival.

This comes with the upcoming release of their second album "Common Dreads" released on Monday June 15th. The band will also be doing signings at stores around the country including HMV in Glasgow and Manchester, Reflex Records in Newcastle and Jumbo Records in Leeds.

Damon Fowler
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White Belt Yellow Tag single and tour news

Have you heard of 'White Belt Yellow Tag'? It's the combination of Justin Lockey from Yourcodenameis:Milo and Craig Pilbin and they are set to have a big 2009.

The pair began writing just over a year ago after meeting in a studio in Newcastle. Lockey, had steadily been building a considerable reputation as a producer, working on singles and demos for the likes of Late of the Pier, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, White Lies, Enter Shikari & Everything Everything among others.

Pilbin had a bunch of songs he wanted to try out with Lockey, yet it soon became apparent that the producer/writer relationship was too restrictive as both began contributing in equal measure; the results were instant, falling somewhere between the glacial flow of Slint and the uplifting majesty of Doves.

By early 2009 they had most of their debut album complete with news on it coming soon. In the mean time not only is their a new single, called 'Tell Your Friends (It All Worked Out)' released on Juky 13th on vinyl and download but you can also see them on tour this month:

June
4th London Forum (supporting The Gaslight Anthem)
7th Middleborough Town Hall
8th Nottingham Bodega
10th Bristol Louisiana
11th Hertford Marquee
13th Oxford Cellars
15th Swindon The Vic Inn
16th Northampton Roadmender
17th Cheltenham Frog & Fiddle
18th Leeds Cockpit
19th Liverpool Korova
20th Manchester Ruby Loung

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The Gaslight Anthem announce new single and video to go with it

New Jersey’s favourite sons The Gaslight Anthem return to the UK this summer twice, for a headline show at The Forum in London on June 4th and again supporting “The Boss” at Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park. Tickets for The Forum show are priced at £15.00 and are available from www.livenation.co.uk. Tickets for Hard Rock Calling are already sold out. The band will also be playing the Radio 1 / NME stage at Reading and Leeds festivals.

June 15th also sees the release of the title track ‘The ’59 Sound’. This single will be available via download, as well as in 7” and CD versions. The B-sides include Gaslight’s brilliant cover version of ‘State of Love and Trust’ by Pearl Jam and ‘We Came to Dance’ off the band’s first full-length 'Sink Or Swim'. Below is the official video for the new single.



The Gaslight Anthem is regarded as one of the hardest working bands in rock n roll, performing over 200 shows in the last 8 months.

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Blink 182 announce tour details

Blink 182 have finally announced details of their reunion tour to Rolling Stone magazine. The support acts will be Weezer and Fall Out Boy, although it is not clear if this will apply to a UK leg of the tour.

Along with the promise of new songs Blink's bassist/singer, Mark Hoppus said 'We used to walk onstage and forget our parts. We wanted to play fast and look cool. This time, we want to be more artistic... We want to use the entire arena as a lighting rig and stage.'

Rumours were that All-American Rejects would also be on the tour, and that's not yet impossible. A spokesperson from Interscope said an official announcement (about the tour) will be released in the coming weeks.

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The Ghost Of A Thousand to play two free shows

The Ghost Of A Thousand (TGOAT) will be playing two free gigs to support the release of their new album ‘New Hopes, New Demonstrations’. The Brighton based band’s album is to be released on 1st June and follows their debut album from 2007 ‘This Is Where The Fight Begins’.

The free gigs are take place on 30th May at Audio in Brighton (16+) and 1st June at Bloomsbury Bowling in London (18+). “Absolutely everyone is welcome, unless you have swine flu” said Steve Sitowski, frontman for Outcry Collective who will be supporting TGOAT at the London gig. Not only are the London gig free but there will be giveaways from Epitaph, Jagermeister, Vans, Criminal Damage and Rockstar to help make this a night to remember.

If you can't make these gigs then you can see TGOAT supporting Gallows on their current UK tour, or supporting Alexisonfire at their Borderline gig.

Damon Fowler
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