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Vampire Weekend 'Modern Vampire in the City' - 'Modern Vampires in the City' makes it three for three for the New Yorkers and their latest release could very well be their best yet. It shows...
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 23 December 2013
Bruno Mars, Rudimental And Bastille At Brits
Bruno Mars, Rudimental and Bastille will perform at the Brit Awards next year. They will join previously announced artists, Arctic Monkeys and 'Roar' hitmaker Katy Perry at the annual ceremony, which takes place at the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 19 December 2013
Grammy Awards 2014 Nominations: Who Are The Notable Absentees On The Nominee's List
The 2014 Grammy Awards will take place in January 2014, with the full list of nominees being revealed over the weekend. Jay-Z was the most capped nominee, with nine nods in total, whilst Macklemore &...
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 09 December 2013
Blink 182 To Headline Reading And Leeds
Blink 182 are to headline Reading and Leeds Festival 2014. BBC Radio 1 presenter Zane Lowe revealed on his show last night (03.12.13) the 'What's My Age Again' hitmakers - Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 04 December 2013
Arctic Monkeys Win Top Festival Prize
Arctic Monkeys' headlining set at the Glastonbury festival has won the band a top prize at the UK Festival Awards.The group scored the Headline Performance Of The Year at the London ceremony on Monday night...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 03 December 2013
Arctic Monkeys' R'n'b Influence
Arctic Monkeys wanted to record 'AM' in the way Timbaland works.The 'Crying Lightning' hitmakers were inspired by R'n'B production values but still wanted to keep their traditional rock sound.Frontman Alex Turner explained: ''We had this...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 30 November 2013
Alex Turner Focuses His Mind By Playing Darts
Arctic Monkeys rocker Alex Turner stayed focused while writing tracks for the band's new album by spending hours playing darts.The Cornerstone hitmakers released their fifth record Am in September (13) and frontman Turner has previously...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 29 November 2013
Arctic Monkeys & Katy Perry First Acts Confirmed For Brit Awards 2014
The Arctic Monkeys and Katy Perry have been announced as the first acts to be confirmed for the 2014 Brit Awards, due to take place in February next year. The awards showcase will be held...
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 28 November 2013
Arctic Monkeys Clear Up Jimmy Kimmel Axe Reports
British rockers Arctic Monkeys have denied they were shunted from the schedule of a U.S. Tv chat show to make way for Kanye West, insisting their performance had already been recorded days in advance.The Cornerstone...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 27 November 2013
Arctic Monkeys First Act Announced To Headline T In The Park 2014
English rock group Arctic Monkeys have been announced as one of the headlines acts at the 2014 T in The Park concert.They are the first act to be announced for next year's event which is...
By Nick Hill in Music / Festivals on 20 November 2013
Jared Leto Leads Silence For Typhoon Haiyan Victims
Jared Leto led a minute's silence at the MTV EMAs for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.The rocker - whose band 30 Seconds To Mars won the award for Best Alternative act -...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 10 November 2013
Alex Turner's Laryngitis Prompts Arctic Moneys To Scrap Shows
British rockers the Arctic Monkeys have been forced to scrap two shows on their current U.K. tour to allow frontman Alex Turner time to recover from laryngitis.The band postponed a Halloween night gig in Birmingham,...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 01 November 2013
Is Laura Mvula The Winner Of The Mercury Music Prize 2013?
Laura Mvula's debut albumSing To The Moon, one of the contenders for the BBC Sound of 2013 title, could claim a far more lucrative and career-defining prize at London's Roundhouse tonight.Laura Mvula Is The Favourite...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 30 October 2013
Alex Turner Continues To Channel Elvis As Arctic Monkeys Play Newcastle
Arctic Monkeys kicked off the first night of their UK tour at Newcastle's Metro Radio Arena on Tuesday evening (October 22, 2013), reports NME.com.Supported by buzz band The Strypes, the band played to a sell-out...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 23 October 2013
Lars Ulrich Makes His Kids Rock
Lars Ulrich introduced his children to rock music at a young age.The Metallica drummer is tired of his kids - Miles, 15, Layne, 12, and five-year-old Bryce - fighting over the same favourite band, but...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 19 October 2013
Retro Rocks: Vinyl Sales Highest Since 2003 Thanks To Daft Punk & Arctic Monkeys
Annual sales of vinyl LPs has benefitted from a surge in sales in the past year, pushing the sales of records over the half million mark for the first time since 2003, reports The Independent....
By Lauren James in Music / Festivals on 17 October 2013
Arctic Monkeys Planning Sequel Album
Arctic Monkeys are planning a ''part two'' to their new album 'AM'.The 'Do I Wanna Know' group say during recording sessions for the album they came up with ideas which could form the basis of...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 12 October 2013
Arctic Monkeys Not Hiding Under Josh Homme's Wing
Arctic Monkeys ''don't want to hide under the wing'' of Josh Homme. The Queens of the Stone Age frontman has helped guide the 'R U Mine' band since he worked as producer on their 2009...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 09 October 2013
Elbow Explore Turning 40
Elbow's new album is inspired by Guy Garvey's impending 40th birthday.The group will release the follow-up to 2011's 'Build A Rocket Boys!' next March, the same month the frontman reaches the milestone age, and the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 01 October 2013
Q Awards Odds: Bowie, Arctic Monkeys & Daft Punk Set To Dominate
It's that time of year when music magazine Q's awards are rolling round again and the bookies begin to speculate on which acts have best defined the year in music. With a quick glance at...
By Lauren James in Music / Festivals on 30 September 2013
Keith Urban Tops Billboard Album Charts With 'Fuse'
Country star Keith Urban reaches top spot in Billboard 200 album chart race as the Australian born singer narrowly beat The Weeknd'S 'Kiss Land' for that No.1 position. Billboard reported that 'Fuse' sold 98,000 copies...
By Nick Hill in Music / Festivals on 19 September 2013
Independent Arctic Monkeys Set Record With Five Straight #1 Albums
The Arctic Monkeys are riding a wave of high praise. Their fifth album, AM, was met with critical acclaim from far and wide, which, judging by their artistic prowess, is all they really wanted from...
By Jack de Aguilar in Music / Festivals on 16 September 2013
Arctic Monkeys Make History With Their Fifth Consecutive Number One
The Arctic Monkeys have done it again! Their fifth album to date has entered the chart at number one after a strong week of sales since last week's release, with AM racking up more than...
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 16 September 2013
Arctic Monkeys Make History With 5th No.1 Album, Am
British band 'Arctic Monkeys' have reached No.1 in the album charts for the 5th time with their new album, AM.The Sheffield boys will be celebrating their latest album success as AM sold 157,000 copies last...
By Nick Hill in Music / Festivals on 16 September 2013
Mercury Prize Shortlist Announced, But Does It Even Matter Anymore?
The Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize this week announce the shortlist for it's 12 favourite albums of the last 12 months, albums that it claims are "urgent" and are "reflective" of the evolving sound of contemporary...
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 14 September 2013
Mercury Music Prize List Has "More Good Albums...Than For A Very Long Time"
This year's Barclaycard Mercury Prize could be one of the greatest lists of nominees in the awards history. 2013's nominees shortlist includes talent old and new, rock, pop, and dance with one thing to unite...
By Lauren James in Music / Festivals on 12 September 2013
Alex Turner Has The Arctic Mum-keys On Lockdown - 'No Mums At Festivals, Thanks'
Some people actually go to festivals with their parents; the bond is that strong they can either forgo the temptation to get really drunk and act like an idiot in front of those who raised...
By Jack de Aguilar in Music / Festivals on 12 September 2013
Can Those Arctic Monkeys Strip Daft Punk Of Their 'Fastest Selling' Crown?
Seemingly from nowhere, Daft Punk were the biggest band in the world. Stagnant for nearly a decade, they managed to concoct the catchiest song of all time, and suddenly their album was the soundtrack for...
By Jack de Aguilar in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12 September 2013
David Bowie Leads The Pack In Mercury Prize Nominations
David Bowie came back from his retirement/hiatus completely unannounced this January, when he released the video for the single 'Where Are We Now,' and managed to catch everyone off guard with his birthday announcement of...
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 12 September 2013
Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2013: This Year’S Nominees For Album Of The Year
The Barclaycard Mercury Prize nominations have come round again, designed to celebrate this year's best British musical offerings. Last year we saw Alt-J with An Awesome Wave take home the coveted music industry prize and...
By Lauren James in Music / Festivals on 11 September 2013
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