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Ryan Adams Makes Like A Hippy

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Ryan Adams Makes Like A Hippy

Prolific alt.rock singer/songwriter Ryan Adams has confirmed that he will be taking the opportunity to play a special album launch show at Stonehenge this Summer. The show on June 5 will be one of the few times a gig has been set in this gloriously pagan Wiltshire setting, and is part of the Salisbury International Art Festival. Ryan Adams has continued to record on several projects this year - putting together the final touches for latest - and ninth - studio album "Easy Tiger" which is due for release on the same day as the Stonehenge show. The follow up to 2006's "29" has the following confirmed tracklisting, revealed this week: 'Goodnight Rose' 'Everybody Knows' 'The Sun Also Sets' 'Halloween Head' 'Off Broadway' 'Two Hearts' 'Tears Of Gold' 'These Girls' 'Two' 'I Taught Myself How To Grow Old' 'Oh My God, Whatever, Etc.' 'Rip Off' 'Pearls On A String' Tickets for the intimate show are very limited and avaialble by special arrangement only. Terms and conditions of purchase will be confirmed and tickets issued in April, though fans can register their interest in attending by emailing marketing@salisburyfestival.co.uk. More details about the festival's events and ticket information is available here

Prolific alt.rock singer/songwriter Ryan Adams has confirmed that he will be taking the opportunity to play a special album launch show at Stonehenge this Summer.

The show on June 5 will be one of the few times a gig has been set in this gloriously pagan Wiltshire setting, and is part of the Salisbury International Art Festival.

Ryan Adams has continued to record on several projects this year – putting together the final touches for latest – and ninth – studio album “Easy Tiger” which is due for release on the same day as the Stonehenge show.

The follow up to 2006’s “29” has the following confirmed tracklisting, revealed this week:

‘Goodnight Rose’

‘Everybody Knows’

‘The Sun Also Sets’

‘Halloween Head’

‘Off Broadway’

‘Two Hearts’

‘Tears Of Gold’

‘These Girls’

‘Two’

‘I Taught Myself How To Grow Old’

‘Oh My God, Whatever, Etc.’

‘Rip Off’

‘Pearls On A String’

Tickets for the intimate show are very limited and avaialble by special arrangement only.

Terms and conditions of purchase will be confirmed and tickets issued in April, though fans can register their interest in attending by emailing marketing@salisburyfestival.co.uk.

More details about the festival’s events and ticket information is available here

Prince Buster Finds His Beat At Rhythm Festival

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Prince Buster Finds His Beat At Rhythm Festival

The Rhythm Festival is to take place in the Twinwood area of Bedford on the weekend of August 3-5. The festival, now in it's second year has confirmed the first headlining artists that will appear at the event are Jamaica's ska king Prince Buster, Alabama 3, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, The Levellers, Seth Lakeman and John Mayall & The Blues Breakers. The Rhythm Festival had a hugely successful debut last year, earning two nominations in the UK Festivals Awards, and the improved facilities should make this year's bash even better. Festival Director, Jim Driver says: “Rhythm Festival is a small, friendly event aimed at people who enjoy festivals but who don't appreciate rip-off burgers, Middle Ages sanitation and flavour-of-the-month programming.” The festival will also include an increased children's field, including mini olympics, workshops, entertainers and dodgems – a much-enlarged Healing/Alternative Culture field, a Comedy Stage (programmed by Ronnie Golden), a Folk Club and a solar-powered Cinema featuring an old-style kid's morning, mini-seasons of classic comedies, gangster movies and a raft of more cutting edge movies. Weekend tickets are £89, with kids under 11 going free. More details about the Rhythm Festival are available here The first acts confirmed are: FRIDAY The Beat, Dean Friedman, Levellers, The Men They Couldn't Hang, The Yardbirds SATURDAY Buick 6, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Prince Buster (Jamaica), Seth Lakeman, King Naat Veliov's Original Kokani Orchestra (Macedonia), Iain Matthews, Dave Pegg/PJ Wright, Waking The Witch, Stan Webb's Chicken Shack SUNDAY Alabama 3, Band From County Hell, Dr Feelgood, John Mayall & The Blues Breakers, Richie Milton & The Lowdown, Neville Staples Band (Specials), The Turns, Tiny Tin Lady

The Rhythm Festival is to take place in the Twinwood area of Bedford on the weekend of August 3-5.

The festival, now in it’s second year has confirmed the first headlining artists that will appear at the event are Jamaica’s ska king Prince Buster, Alabama 3, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, The Levellers, Seth Lakeman and John Mayall & The Blues Breakers.

The Rhythm Festival had a hugely successful debut last year, earning two nominations in the UK Festivals Awards, and the improved facilities should make this year’s bash even better.

Festival Director, Jim Driver says: “Rhythm Festival is a small, friendly event aimed at people who enjoy festivals but who don’t appreciate rip-off burgers, Middle Ages sanitation and flavour-of-the-month programming.”

The festival will also include an increased children’s field, including mini olympics, workshops, entertainers and dodgems – a much-enlarged Healing/Alternative Culture field, a Comedy Stage (programmed by Ronnie Golden), a Folk Club and a solar-powered Cinema featuring an old-style kid’s morning, mini-seasons of classic comedies, gangster movies and a raft of more cutting edge movies.

Weekend tickets are £89, with kids under 11 going free.

More details about the Rhythm Festival are available here

The first acts confirmed are:

FRIDAY

The Beat, Dean Friedman, Levellers, The Men They Couldn’t Hang, The Yardbirds

SATURDAY

Buick 6, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Prince Buster (Jamaica), Seth Lakeman, King Naat Veliov’s Original Kokani Orchestra (Macedonia), Iain Matthews, Dave Pegg/PJ Wright, Waking The Witch, Stan Webb’s Chicken Shack

SUNDAY

Alabama 3, Band From County Hell, Dr Feelgood, John Mayall & The Blues Breakers, Richie Milton & The Lowdown, Neville Staples Band (Specials), The Turns, Tiny Tin Lady

Ringo, Bolan, Clapton And A Zebra Are Revolution Kids

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Ringo, Bolan, Clapton And A Zebra Are Revolution Kids

Every day, we bring you the best thing we've seen on YouTube - a great piece of archive footage, a music promo or a clip from one of our favourite movies or TV shows. Today: See Marc Bolan joined by Beatle Ringo Starr and Elton John performing a brilliant version of T-Rex’s “Children Of The Revolution.” This was part of the “Born To Boogie” movie footage. The film directed by Ringo Starr, was released on The Beatles' Apple Films label in 1972. As well as recording studio scenes filmed at the Apple Studio in Savile Row, the film also featured concert footage filmed at Wembley. Check out the wonky fairground shape-shifting mirrors and the stuffed animals littered amongst the instruments. The zebra rocks. Check out the stonking footage here

Every day, we bring you the best thing we’ve seen on YouTube – a great piece of archive footage, a music promo or a clip from one of our favourite movies or TV shows.

Today: See Marc Bolan joined by Beatle Ringo Starr and Elton John performing a brilliant version of T-Rex’s “Children Of The Revolution.”

This was part of the “Born To Boogie” movie footage. The film directed by Ringo Starr, was released on The Beatles’ Apple Films label in 1972.

As well as recording studio scenes filmed at the Apple Studio in Savile Row, the film also featured concert footage filmed at Wembley.

Check out the wonky fairground shape-shifting mirrors and the stuffed animals littered amongst the instruments. The zebra rocks.

Check out the stonking footage here

Nearly 400,000 Register For This Year’s Glastonbury

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Nearly 400,000 Register For This Year’s Glastonbury

The period for registering for the chance to buy a Glastonbury festival ticket ended at midnight yesterday. Organisers say that 395,000 people have registered the world-famous Somerset event, meaning there will be some scramble for tickets when they go onsale on April 1. The event that takes place on Worthy Farm between June 22 and 24 usually has a capacity of around 130, 000, but this year may be increased to 145,000. Just prior to the original cut-off point of February 28, it was reported that over 1200 registrations an hour were being received. Registration- providing address details and a photograph was introduced for the first time this year in an attempt to combat ticket touts. Acts so far confirmed to play this year's Glasto are The Who, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, The Killers and Bjork - although the official line-up will be announced when the event is sold-out. More information about the festival is available here from glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

The period for registering for the chance to buy a Glastonbury festival ticket ended at midnight yesterday.

Organisers say that 395,000 people have registered the world-famous Somerset event, meaning there will be some scramble for tickets when they go onsale on April 1.

The event that takes place on Worthy Farm between June 22 and 24 usually has a capacity of around 130, 000, but this year may be increased to 145,000.

Just prior to the original cut-off point of February 28, it was reported that over 1200 registrations an hour were being received.

Registration- providing address details and a photograph was introduced for the first time this year in an attempt to combat ticket touts.

Acts so far confirmed to play this year’s Glasto are The Who, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, The Killers and Bjork – although the official line-up will be announced when the event is sold-out.

More information about the festival is available here from glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

Echo And The Bunnymen To Play Leicester Fest

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Echo And The Bunnymen To Play Leicester Fest

Echo and the Bunnymen have been confirmed as one of the headliners at this year's Summer Sundae festival in Leicester. The Bunnymen's current touring incarnation comprises founder members Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant with Simon Finley (drums), Stephen Brennan (bass), Gordy Goudie (guitar), and Paul Fleming (keyboards). The three day, five stage, music festival takes place in the grounds of De Montfort Hall between August 10 and 12. Also confirmed to play are The Magic Numbers, Gruff Rhys, The Pipettes and Uncut favourites Richmond Fontaine. Another 90 artists are still to be confirmed for the event which is now in it's sixth year. Previous years have seen sets from Patti Smith, Belle & Sebastian, Gomez, Calexico and Yo La Tengo. Early bird ticket offer of £75 for the whole weekend ends this Friday (March 9). More artist and ticket information available from here

Echo and the Bunnymen have been confirmed as one of the headliners at this year’s Summer Sundae festival in Leicester.

The Bunnymen’s current touring incarnation comprises founder members Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant with Simon Finley (drums), Stephen Brennan (bass), Gordy Goudie (guitar), and Paul Fleming (keyboards).

The three day, five stage, music festival takes place in the grounds of De Montfort Hall between August 10 and 12.

Also confirmed to play are The Magic Numbers, Gruff Rhys, The Pipettes and Uncut favourites Richmond Fontaine.

Another 90 artists are still to be confirmed for the event which is now in it’s sixth year.

Previous years have seen sets from Patti Smith, Belle & Sebastian, Gomez, Calexico and Yo La Tengo.

Early bird ticket offer of £75 for the whole weekend ends this Friday (March 9).

More artist and ticket information available from here

Wilco To Play UK Shows In May

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Wilco To Play UK Shows In May

Wilco have announced that they play a series of shows in Europe in May, in support of their forthcoming album "Sky Blue Sky" which is due for release on May 14. The first European show will be as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Somerset on May 19. Wilco will also play London's Shepherd's Bush Empire the following night, May 20. The band are expected to announce details for shows in Germany, France, Belgium, Holland and Spain. "Sky Blue Sky" is the band's first studio album since Wilco's 2004 Grammy Award-winning "A Ghost Is Born." Wilco will return to Europe later in the year for further tour dates. Uncut has been lucky enough to hear the highly anticipated new album, for a preview of the new Wilco material read Deputy Editor John Mulvey's blog here Uncut has been lucky enough to hear the highly anticipated new album. For a preview of the new Wilco material read Deputy Editor John Mulvey's blog here

Wilco have announced that they play a series of shows in Europe in May, in support of their forthcoming album “Sky Blue Sky” which is due for release on May 14.

The first European show will be as part of the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in Somerset on May 19.

Wilco will also play London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire the following night, May 20.

The band are expected to announce details for shows in Germany, France, Belgium, Holland and Spain.

“Sky Blue Sky” is the band’s first studio album since Wilco’s 2004 Grammy Award-winning “A Ghost Is Born.”

Wilco will return to Europe later in the year for further tour dates.

Uncut has been lucky enough to hear the highly anticipated new album, for a preview of the new Wilco material read Deputy Editor John Mulvey’s blog here

Uncut has been lucky enough to hear the highly anticipated new album.

For a preview of the new Wilco material read Deputy Editor John Mulvey’s blog here

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Jeff Tweedy has always been a perverse bugger. When Wilco became the toast of the Americana classes, Tweedy did everything in his considerable power to disassociate himself from the scene. He made the two greatest albums of his career, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" and "A Ghost Is Born", and saw his band h...

Jeff Tweedy has always been a perverse bugger. When Wilco became the toast of the Americana classes, Tweedy did everything in his considerable power to disassociate himself from the scene. He made the two greatest albums of his career, “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” and “A Ghost Is Born”, and saw his band hailed as so adventurous as to be virtually avant-garde. Clearly, though, being stereotyped as a radical is starting to get on his nerves.

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New Nine Inch Nails Track Posted On Web

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New Nine Inch Nails Track Posted On Web

Ahead of their latest studio release "Year Zero," US industrial rock group Nine Inch Nails have made another available to listen to on their MySpace page. "In This Twilight" has been added to their profile, alongside forthcoming new single "Survivalism" - also from the new album which is due for worldwide release on April 6. As previously reported the tracklisting for "Year Zero" is as follows: Hyperpower! The Beginning Of The End Survivalism The Good Soldier Vessel Me, I'm Not Capital G My Violent Heart The Warning God Given Meet You Master The Greater Good The Great Destroyer Another Version Of The Truth In This Twilight Zero-Sum The band are currently on a UK tour, tonight they play in Birmingham, and this week they also play four nights at London's Brixton Academy. Birmingham Academy (March 5) London Brixton Academy (7,8,10,11) Wolverhampton Civic Hall (12) You can hear In This Twilight by clicking here to go to NIN's MySpace profile

Ahead of their latest studio release “Year Zero,” US industrial rock group Nine Inch Nails have made another available to listen to on their MySpace page.

“In This Twilight” has been added to their profile, alongside forthcoming new single “Survivalism” – also from the new album which is due for worldwide release on April 6.

As previously reported the tracklisting for “Year Zero” is as follows:

Hyperpower!

The Beginning Of The End

Survivalism

The Good Soldier

Vessel

Me, I’m Not

Capital G

My Violent Heart

The Warning

God Given

Meet You Master

The Greater Good

The Great Destroyer

Another Version Of The Truth

In This Twilight

Zero-Sum

The band are currently on a UK tour, tonight they play in Birmingham, and this week they also play four nights at London’s Brixton Academy.

Birmingham Academy (March 5)

London Brixton Academy (7,8,10,11)

Wolverhampton Civic Hall (12)

You can hear In This Twilight by clicking here to go to NIN’s MySpace profile

Less Than Jake To Play Six Album Club Shows

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Less Than Jake To Play Six Album Club Shows

US ska/punk/pop band Less Than Jake are to perform a series of shows at London's Mean Fiddler in September. The infectious group will play a six-night residency, playing through a different album from their back catalogue each night, alongside b-sides and rarities. Albums set to be played through are "Pezcore," "Losing Streak," "Hello Rockview," "Borders & Boundaries, "Anthem" and "In With The Out Crowd." LTJ recently rehearsed 109 songs from their fifteen year career for a smilar residency event in their hometown of Florida. The UK shows will run from September 11 to 16, with the order in which the albums will be performed yet to be determined. These will be the group's only intimate UK shows this year. Founder member and drummer Vinnie says: "We feel that the UK is our second home and want to something special for our friends and fans there. Some of the best shows we have played were in the UK, some great memories to go with those shows. The six shows are the best and biggest thank you we could think of to give." Tickets for individual shows are £14 from usual ticket outlets, however, a season ticket will be available via postal application from Straight Music, priced £76.50. Send a cheque or money order made payable to Straight Music Ltd to: LTJ c/o Straight Music 2 Munro Terrace London SW10 0DL More details about the LTJ residency is available from the band's website here

US ska/punk/pop band Less Than Jake are to perform a series of shows at London’s Mean Fiddler in September.

The infectious group will play a six-night residency, playing through a different album from their back catalogue each night, alongside b-sides and rarities.

Albums set to be played through are “Pezcore,” “Losing Streak,” “Hello Rockview,” “Borders & Boundaries, “Anthem” and “In With The Out Crowd.”

LTJ recently rehearsed 109 songs from their fifteen year career for a smilar residency event in their hometown of Florida.

The UK shows will run from September 11 to 16, with the order in which the albums will be performed yet to be determined. These will be the group’s only intimate UK shows this year.

Founder member and drummer Vinnie says: “We feel that the UK is our second home and want to something special for our friends and fans there. Some of the best shows we have played were in the UK, some great memories to go with those shows. The six shows are the best and biggest thank you we could think of to give.”

Tickets for individual shows are £14 from usual ticket outlets, however, a season ticket will be available via postal application from Straight Music, priced £76.50.

Send a cheque or money order made payable to Straight Music Ltd to:

LTJ c/o

Straight Music

2 Munro Terrace

London SW10 0DL

More details about the LTJ residency is available from the band’s website here

TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

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HAPPENINGS TEN YEARS TIME AGO March 5 to 11, 1997 The Notorious B.I.G. is shot dead as he sits in a car outside the Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles. Police confirm they are investigating links between the killing and the slaying of Tupac Shakur in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas six months earlier, fuelling tabloid stories of a feud between the East Coast and West Coast rap communities. Biggie's demise comes just days after Death Row Records president Marion 'Suge' Knight receives a nine-year sentence for parole violations. Paul McCartney receives his knighthood from the Queen at Buckhingam Palace, to add to the MBE he received in 1965. Bono bemoans the state of modern rock music, while plugging U2's Pop album in the pages of Time magazine: "It does seem absurd that there are punk rockers in the late '90s rebelling against their parents with their parents' music. I can't quite get my head around that, it's like 'Dad, you suck - can I borrow your Sex Pistols album?'. White bread rock has, for me, lost its sense of adventure, and seems very tired in comparison with hip-hop. Spice Girls become the first act to have UK Number One singles with each of their first four releases, following the success of the double A-side "Who Do You Think You Are" and "Mama", but are knocked off the top of the albums chart by U2. Wearing his film producer's hat, Mick Jagger is rumoured to be wooing Madonna to star in a forthcoming movie about a 1930s Hollywood starlet who becomes a political activist. R&B legend Lavern Baker dies of complications from diabetes, aged 67. Only the second woman ever to be inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame (after Aretha Franklin), she was best known for the hits "Tweedle Dee" and "Jim Dandy". She was halfway through a comeback tour, despite having had both her legs amputated two years earlier. Actor David Doyle, best known as Bosley in the TV series Charlie's Angels, dies of a heart attack, aged 67. A French court orders Brigitte Bardot and her publishers to pay 250,000 francs compensation to her ex-husband Jacques Charrier and son Nicholas for comments made in her memoirs. Bardot described Charrier, who she divorced in 1963, as a "bourgeois coward" and Nicholas as "a tumour who fed off me while I was pregnant". Private Parts, the biopic of Howard Stern in which the controversial broadcaster plays himself, tops the US box office chart, ending a five-week run of the special editions of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back. An explosion at a nuclear waste processing plant in Japan triggers panic across the country, although authorities claim only a handful of the plant's 35 workers were exposed to low-level radioactive contamination. Tete de Femme, a 1931 work by Pablo Picasso, is stolen from a London gallery, but recovered a week later.

HAPPENINGS TEN YEARS TIME AGO

March 5 to 11, 1997

The Notorious B.I.G. is shot dead as he sits in a car outside the Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles. Police confirm they are investigating links between the killing and the slaying of Tupac Shakur in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas six months earlier, fuelling tabloid stories of a feud between the East Coast and West Coast rap communities. Biggie’s demise comes just days after Death Row Records president Marion ‘Suge’ Knight receives a nine-year sentence for parole violations.

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OMD To Play Aintree’s Summer Pops

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OMD To Play Aintree’s Summer Pops

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, the Liverpool pioneers of British electronic music founded by Andy McCluskey andPaul Humphreys, have announced a homecoming gig, headlining at this year's Summer Pops festival. The show on July 21 will be the OMD's final show of the band's comeback tour. Their shows are the first since 1989 and OMD have regrouped with original band members Martin Cooper and Malcolm Holmes. McCluskey knows the homecoming show will be special, saying "Every band will tell you that Liverpool is always a favourite city to play on any tour because the audience is the best. For OMD, Liverpool is also our our home town gig. What better place to celebrate the last night of our comeback tour?” Liverpools' Summer Pops festival has this year relocated to Aintree race course to increase capacity for the shows to 4,500. BRIT award-winning singer James Morrison will headline on July 11 and boyband McFly take to the stage on July 20. Support acts will be announced in the coming weeks, and tickets go onsale this Friday (March 9) at 9am. More information about Summer Pops is available here from CMP Entertainment Click here for information about events in Liverpool

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, the Liverpool pioneers of British electronic music founded by Andy McCluskey andPaul Humphreys, have announced a homecoming gig, headlining at this year’s Summer Pops festival.

The show on July 21 will be the OMD’s final show of the band’s comeback tour.

Their shows are the first since 1989 and OMD have regrouped with original band members Martin Cooper and Malcolm Holmes.

McCluskey knows the homecoming show will be special, saying “Every band will tell you that Liverpool is always a favourite city to play on any tour because the audience is the best. For OMD, Liverpool is also our our home town gig. What better place to celebrate the last night of our comeback tour?”

Liverpools’ Summer Pops festival has this year relocated to Aintree race course to increase capacity for the shows to 4,500.

BRIT award-winning singer James Morrison will headline on July 11 and boyband McFly take to the stage on July 20.

Support acts will be announced in the coming weeks, and tickets go onsale this Friday (March 9) at 9am.

More information about Summer Pops is available here from CMP Entertainment

Click here for information about events in Liverpool

Kermit The Frog Plays David Byrne In Talking Heads Skit

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Kermit The Frog Plays David Byrne In Talking Heads Skit

Every day, we bring you the best thing we've seen on YouTube - a great piece of archive footage, a music promo or a clip from one of our favourite movies or TV shows. Today: See Kermit the Frog perform a jerky, puppet dancing version of Talking Heads’ classic 1980 single “Once In A Lifetime.” The Muppets Tonight video copies the marionette style choreography that the original video became renowned for. Kermit’s vocals are provided by Jim Henson puppeteer Steve Whitmire- who is also the voice behind Sesame Street’s Ernie. See the Talking Heads video skit here

Every day, we bring you the best thing we’ve seen on YouTube – a great piece of archive footage, a music promo or a clip from one of our favourite movies or TV shows.

Today: See Kermit the Frog perform a jerky, puppet dancing version of Talking Heads’ classic 1980 single “Once In A Lifetime.”

The Muppets Tonight video copies the marionette style choreography that the original video became renowned for.

Kermit’s vocals are provided by Jim Henson puppeteer Steve Whitmire- who is also the voice behind Sesame Street’s Ernie.

See the Talking Heads video skit here

The Police To Tour Europe

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The Police To Tour Europe

The Police today confirmed dates and venues for the European leg of their world tour, after all dates on their North American tour sold out. The Police kick-off the reunion tour in Europe at the Globe Arena, Stockholm on August 29. The band's first UK show since 1986's Synchronicity Tour will take place at Twickenham Stadium on September 8, with further shows taking place in Birmingham and Manchester. This leg of the reunion tour will culminate at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on October 19. Arthur Fogel, Chairman of Live Nation, the concert promoters said: "The anticipation and excitement to see The Police is overwhelming. We are absolutely thrilled to be bringing the band to fans new and old." As with the North American tour, Fan Club members get the chance to buy tickets ahead of the general public, and tickets go onsale from tomorrow morning (March 6). You can catch The Police at the following venues this Autumn: Globe Arena, Stockholm (Public Sale Mar 12/FC Presale Mar 7) (Aug 29) NIA, Birmingham (Public Sale Mar 9/FC Presale Mar 6) (Sept 4) Twickenham Stadium, London (Public Sale Mar 9/FC Presale Mar 6) (Sep 8) AOL Arena, Hamburg (Public Sale Mar 16/FC Presale Mar 13) (Sep 11) Arena, Amsterdam (Public Sale Mar 9/FC Presale Mar 6) (Sep 13) Sazka Arena, Prague (Public Sale TBA/FC Presale TBA) (Sep 16) Stadthalle, Vienna (Public Sale Mar 19/FC Presale TBA) (Sep 19) Olympiastadion, Munich (Public Sale Mar 16/FC Presale Mar 13) (Sep 22) Olympic Stadium, Barcelona (Public Sale TBA/FC Presale TBA) (Sep 27) Stade de France, Paris (Public Sale Mar 21/FC Presale TBA) (Sep 29) LTU Arena, Dusseldorf (Public Sale Mar 16/FC Presale Mar 13) (Oct 13) MEN Arena, Manchester (Public Sale Mar 9/FC Presale Mar 6) (Oct 15) Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (Public Sale Mar 9/FC Presale Mar 6) (Oct 19) Show details for Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, and Denmark are still to be confirmed. A portion of the proceeds from this tour will be donated to WaterAid, the charity dedicated to reducing poverty in the world's 17 of the world's poorest countries by improving access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene education. Click here for complete tour & ticket information from thepolicetour.com

The Police today confirmed dates and venues for the European leg of their world tour, after all dates on their North American tour sold out.

The Police kick-off the reunion tour in Europe at the Globe Arena, Stockholm on August 29.

The band’s first UK show since 1986’s Synchronicity Tour will take place at Twickenham Stadium on September 8, with further shows taking place in Birmingham and Manchester.

This leg of the reunion tour will culminate at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium on October 19.

Arthur Fogel, Chairman of Live Nation, the concert promoters said: “The anticipation and excitement to see The Police is overwhelming. We are absolutely thrilled to be bringing the band to fans new and old.”

As with the North American tour, Fan Club members get the chance to buy tickets ahead of the general public, and tickets go onsale from tomorrow morning (March 6).

You can catch The Police at the following venues this Autumn:

Globe Arena, Stockholm (Public Sale Mar 12/FC Presale Mar 7) (Aug 29)

NIA, Birmingham (Public Sale Mar 9/FC Presale Mar 6) (Sept 4)

Twickenham Stadium, London (Public Sale Mar 9/FC Presale Mar 6) (Sep 8)

AOL Arena, Hamburg (Public Sale Mar 16/FC Presale Mar 13) (Sep 11)

Arena, Amsterdam (Public Sale Mar 9/FC Presale Mar 6) (Sep 13)

Sazka Arena, Prague (Public Sale TBA/FC Presale TBA) (Sep 16)

Stadthalle, Vienna (Public Sale Mar 19/FC Presale TBA) (Sep 19)

Olympiastadion, Munich (Public Sale Mar 16/FC Presale Mar 13) (Sep 22)

Olympic Stadium, Barcelona (Public Sale TBA/FC Presale TBA) (Sep 27)

Stade de France, Paris (Public Sale Mar 21/FC Presale TBA) (Sep 29)

LTU Arena, Dusseldorf (Public Sale Mar 16/FC Presale Mar 13) (Oct 13)

MEN Arena, Manchester (Public Sale Mar 9/FC Presale Mar 6) (Oct 15)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (Public Sale Mar 9/FC Presale Mar 6) (Oct 19)

Show details for Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, and Denmark are still to be confirmed.

A portion of the proceeds from this tour will be donated to WaterAid, the charity dedicated to reducing poverty in the world’s 17 of the world’s poorest countries by improving access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene education.

Click here for complete tour & ticket information from thepolicetour.com

Public Enemy’s Chuck D Gets Down With The Foundation

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Public Enemy’s Chuck D Gets Down With The Foundation

Asian Dub Foundation are to release a career retrospective collection called “Time Freeze” next month. The ragga/punk/hip hop/drum'n'bass and rock collective have had a diversely amazing time as a foundation. Their lives shows are acclaimed and ADF have been chosen no less than three times to play at London's Meltdown festival. Curators David Bowie, Lee Scratch Perry and Scott Walker all picked them to play on separate occasions. No other band has achieved this feat. "Time Freeze" collects material from across ADF's seven studio albums from 1995 to 2007 and includes "Rebel Warrior," their Top 10 hit "Buzzin'" and their activist track "Free Satpal Ram." The retrospective also includes two new tracks “Stop Start” and “Target Practice” bringing the timeframe bang up to date. The bonus disc's highlights are two live tracks recorded at ADF's 2004 Somerset House show, when Public NME's Chuck D joined them onstage for amazing versions of "Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos" and "Son Of A Bush." These two blistering tracks have never been made available before. ADF are currently finishing up their as yet-yet-untitled new studio album which is due for release late summer. "Time Freeze" is released on April 30 through Rinse It Out/EMI. Click here to go to ADF's artist website

Asian Dub Foundation are to release a career retrospective collection called “Time Freeze” next month.

The ragga/punk/hip hop/drum’n’bass and rock collective have had a diversely amazing time as a foundation. Their lives shows are acclaimed and ADF have been chosen no less than three times to play at London’s Meltdown festival. Curators David Bowie, Lee Scratch Perry and Scott Walker all picked them to play on separate occasions. No other band has achieved this feat.

“Time Freeze” collects material from across ADF’s seven studio albums from 1995 to 2007 and includes “Rebel Warrior,” their Top 10 hit “Buzzin'” and their activist track “Free Satpal Ram.”

The retrospective also includes two new tracks “Stop Start” and “Target Practice” bringing the timeframe bang up to date.

The bonus disc’s highlights are two live tracks recorded at ADF’s 2004 Somerset House show, when Public NME’s Chuck D joined them onstage for amazing versions of “Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos” and “Son Of A Bush.” These two blistering tracks have never been made available before.

ADF are currently finishing up their as yet-yet-untitled new studio album which is due for release late summer.

“Time Freeze” is released on April 30 through Rinse It Out/EMI.

Click here to go to ADF’s artist website

A Guide To Recognising Your Saints

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Dir Dito Montiel St Robert Downey Jr, Rosario Dawson, Shia LaBoeuf, Martin Compston The suburban New York coming-of-age story has been told more than once before, most laudably with Scorsese's Mean Streets and most lucratively with Saturday Night Fever. Dito Montiel's feature debut, adapted from his own autobiography, is a curious mix of both, dealing with a working-class upbringing that fits between the two, being neither a movie about the constraints of peer pressure and the lure of criminality nor the liberating nature of adolescent dreams. A Guide To Recognising Your Saints is subtle and affecting, taking place in the summer of 1986 in the Astoria suburb of Queens. It begins with the present-day Montiel (played by Downey) giving a reading in LA, before being summoned home by his mother (Diane Wiest) to visit his proud, ailing father (Chazz Palminteri). The call reawakens old memories, and we lapse into flashback of the young Montiel (LaBoeuf). It's here that the young cast excels, recreating a misspent youth that refreshingly never crosses the line from bad to evil, but the age casting causes problems in the later sections. Some won't notice, but let's just say that even admirers of the good (Rosario Dawson, 27), the bad (Downey, 41) and the ugly (Eric Roberts, 50) will have a hard time placing them in the same hood at the same time. DAMON WISE

Dir Dito Montiel St Robert Downey Jr, Rosario Dawson, Shia LaBoeuf, Martin Compston

The suburban New York coming-of-age story has been told more than once before, most laudably with Scorsese’s Mean Streets and most lucratively with Saturday Night Fever. Dito Montiel’s feature debut, adapted from his own autobiography, is a curious mix of both, dealing with a working-class upbringing that fits between the two, being neither a movie about the constraints of peer pressure and the lure of criminality nor the liberating nature of adolescent dreams.

A Guide To Recognising Your Saints is subtle and affecting, taking place in the summer of 1986 in the Astoria suburb of Queens. It begins with the present-day Montiel (played by Downey) giving a reading in LA, before being summoned home by his mother (Diane Wiest) to visit his proud, ailing father (Chazz Palminteri). The call reawakens old memories, and we lapse into flashback of the young Montiel (LaBoeuf). It’s here that the young cast excels, recreating a misspent youth that refreshingly never crosses the line from bad to evil, but the age casting causes problems in the later sections. Some won’t notice, but let’s just say that even admirers of the good (Rosario Dawson, 27), the bad (Downey, 41) and the ugly (Eric Roberts, 50) will have a hard time placing them in the same hood at the same time.

DAMON WISE

The Illusionist

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Dir Neil Burger St Ed Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel A brilliant turn-of-the-century magician whose tricks disturb and amaze. This premise may sound strikingly like Christopher Nolan's recent period drama The Prestige, but The Illusionist isn't simply a case of the kind of Hollywood synchronicity that sees volcano, asteroid and Truman Capote movies seemingly being made in pairs. Though it shares a similarly dreamlike sense of period with Nolan's film, Neil Burger's elegant mystery is more about magic than sleight of hand, flirting with supernatural Victoriana where Nolan plumped for alchemy and even (albeit in the rather bizarre form of the physics supplied by David Bowie's Nikolai Tesla) science. Ed Norton stars as Eisenheim, a poor boy who's risen from his roots to become Vienna's premier illusionist. Eisenheim offers a gateway to the unknown, raising spirits and phantoms, but his elaborate routines irk the Crown Prince (Rufus Sewell), who hires lapdog Chief Inspector Uhl (Giamatti), himself an admirer of Eisenheim's stagecraft, to discredit him. The intrigue that follows is wonderfully staged, with Norton on fine form as the intense, weirdly charismatic Eisenheim and Giamatti as the perfect foil, playing the unwitting straight man in a fantastical double act. The final twist may have as much to do with such mundane influences as The Usual Suspects as any late-19th-century phantasmagoria but The Illusionist is a far from everyday thriller, a bewitching maze of mist, myth and cobblestones. DAMON WISE

Dir Neil Burger

St Ed Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel

A brilliant turn-of-the-century magician whose tricks disturb and amaze. This premise may sound strikingly like Christopher Nolan’s recent period drama The Prestige, but The Illusionist isn’t simply a case of the kind of Hollywood synchronicity that sees volcano, asteroid and Truman Capote movies seemingly being made in pairs. Though it shares a similarly dreamlike sense of period with Nolan’s film, Neil Burger’s elegant mystery is more about magic than sleight of hand, flirting with supernatural Victoriana where Nolan plumped for alchemy and even (albeit in the rather bizarre form of the physics supplied by David Bowie’s Nikolai Tesla) science.

Ed Norton stars as Eisenheim, a poor boy who’s risen from his roots to become Vienna’s premier illusionist. Eisenheim offers a gateway to the unknown, raising spirits and phantoms, but his elaborate routines irk the Crown Prince (Rufus Sewell), who hires lapdog Chief Inspector Uhl (Giamatti), himself an admirer of Eisenheim’s stagecraft, to discredit him. The intrigue that follows is wonderfully staged, with Norton on fine form as the intense, weirdly charismatic Eisenheim and Giamatti as the perfect foil, playing the unwitting straight man in a fantastical double act. The final twist may have as much to do with such mundane influences as The Usual Suspects as any late-19th-century phantasmagoria but The Illusionist is a far from everyday thriller, a bewitching maze of mist, myth and cobblestones.

DAMON WISE

Pete Doherty Gives A Poetic Performance

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Babyshamble Pete Doherty has announced two special shows to take place at London's Hackney Empire theatre next month. Billed as "An Evening with Peter Doherty" the two shows on April 11 and 12 will feature poetry, readings and acoustic songs. Doherty will be joined onstage by some special guests - details of whom will be announced very soon. Tickets for the show cost £17.50 and will go onsale next Wednesday, March 7.

Babyshamble Pete Doherty has announced two special shows to take place at London’s Hackney Empire theatre next month.

Billed as “An Evening with Peter Doherty” the two shows on April 11 and 12 will feature poetry, readings and acoustic songs.

Doherty will be joined onstage by some special guests – details of whom will be announced very soon.

Tickets for the show cost £17.50 and will go onsale next Wednesday, March 7.

Cassadaga

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You know, up until a couple of weeks ago, I never thought I'd want to play a Bright Eyes record ever again. Their early records had sounded naive, passionate and interesting. But Conor Oberst's default schtick soon lost it's charm for me, closer resembling a kind of whingeing verbal diarrhoea. I know he was still pretty young - he's only about 27 now - but his pretensions still seemed rooted in adolescence, like a clever 16-year-old trying to cram all the ideas, images and words he knows into one song. Oberst doesn't do that so much on "Cassadaga", his major label debut which is due out in April. He's still verbose and emotional, but he no longer allows his enthusiasms to yank the songs out of shape. Instead, Oberst finally takes his time on the likes of "If The Brakeman Turns My Way". It's tempting to assume he's matured a little, less the frantic and frequently inebriated politico-brat of legend. But it might also be because Bright Eyes are now being presented as a band, with long-time associates Nate Walcott and Mike Mogis as permanent members ranked alongside Oberst. Mogis has produced all Bright Eyes records, if memory serves,but his calming hand is much more in evidence here. Incidentally, Mogis first came to my attention in the late '90s as part of a terrific Omaha band called Lullaby For The Working Class, who got nothing like the acclaim they deserved, effectively prototyping the edgy, unravelling alt-country that Oberst has finessed. They're also the only act I've ever seen who sold band pillowcases at their gigs. Not quite the weirdest bit of merchandise I've bought - that would be the "rustic" pottery made by Tori Kudo, leader of Japanese anarcho-improv-cuties Maher Shalal Hash Baz - though it's a close thing. But clearly, I digress. "Cassadaga" is not without its awkward, self-conscious moments, not least when Oberst plays up to all that new-Dylan guff that's been thrown his way. But there are some genuinely excellent songs here, especially the lush and tender "Make A Plan To Love Me", where he steps up as a winsome, convincing orchestral crooner, and the woozy "Coat Check Dream Song", which flirts with electronica in a much more successful way than anything on 2005's "Digital Ash In A Digital Urn". Oh, and Gillian Welch, M Ward and Janet Weiss all guest, which is cool by me. Next week, by the way, I'll be writing about the new Wilco record amongst other stuff. See you then.

You know, up until a couple of weeks ago, I never thought I’d want to play a Bright Eyes record ever again. Their early records had sounded naive, passionate and interesting. But Conor Oberst‘s default schtick soon lost it’s charm for me, closer resembling a kind of whingeing verbal diarrhoea. I know he was still pretty young – he’s only about 27 now – but his pretensions still seemed rooted in adolescence, like a clever 16-year-old trying to cram all the ideas, images and words he knows into one song.

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Beastie Boys To Play Bestival

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New York hip hop veterans the Beastie Boys have been confirmed as headliners for this year's Rob da Bank curated music festival Bestival. It will be the Beasties only UK festival appearence this year. The Chemical Brothers are also headlining the September event that takes place in Robin Hill Country Park on the Isle Of Wight. The forth annual festival will also see performances from Gregory Isaacs, The Levellers, Horace Andy and Billy Bragg. DJs confirmed so far include Giles Peterson, Tim Westwood, Erol Alkan and David Holmes. As has become tradition at the Bestival - there will be a fancy dress parade as well a new ingenius idea to get festival goers to swim across the Solent to Bestival! Navy lifeguards will on hand in case swimmers can't quite make it all the way across. Cuban Brothers band member Miguel Mantovani will be screaming encouragement into a megaphone from a rubber dinghy trailing swimmers. Adult weekend tickets are £115, children under 12 are admitted free. There are no day tickets onsale this year. Regular updates and online ticket details are available here from bestival.net

New York hip hop veterans the Beastie Boys have been confirmed as headliners for this year’s Rob da Bank curated music festival Bestival.

It will be the Beasties only UK festival appearence this year.

The Chemical Brothers are also headlining the September event that takes place in Robin Hill Country Park on the Isle Of Wight.

The forth annual festival will also see performances from Gregory Isaacs, The Levellers, Horace Andy and Billy Bragg.

DJs confirmed so far include Giles Peterson, Tim Westwood, Erol Alkan and David Holmes.

As has become tradition at the Bestival – there will be a fancy dress parade as well a new ingenius idea to get festival goers to swim across the Solent to Bestival!

Navy lifeguards will on hand in case swimmers can’t quite make it all the way across. Cuban Brothers band member Miguel Mantovani will be screaming encouragement into a megaphone from a rubber dinghy trailing swimmers.

Adult weekend tickets are £115, children under 12 are admitted free.

There are no day tickets onsale this year.

Regular updates and online ticket details are available here from bestival.net

Jarvis Has A Meltdown

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Jarvis cocker has been announced as this June's South Bank Centre Meltdown festival curator. He is the fourteenth artist to be asked to curate the annual event which will take place this year between June 16 and 24. The last Meltdown was directed by Patti Smith in 2005 - before the venue was closed for a refurbishment. Jarvis is honoured to be directing this year's festival and had this to say: ''C*nts may be running the world but a cock will be controlling the South Bank for one week in June. Jarvis Branson Cocker is honoured, proud and excited to announce that he will be curating this year's Meltdown Festival. Your cultural life is in my hands. I can't wait.” The Meltdown programme of events is renowned for its eclectic mix of rock, classical and contemporary music, film, dance and performance, and each year Meltdown offers a guest director the opportunity to make his or her own fantasy festival come true, mixing artists and art forms, reflecting their own personal passions and interests. Although most well known for being a 90s Britpop icon fronting Pulp, he has just released his first solo album "Jarvis" to much acclaim. Jarvis has had many and various side projects including making videos for Aphex Twin, recording documentaries for Radio 4, moonlighting in bands with members of Radiohead and Fat Truckers, writing soundtrack music for the last Harry Potter film as well as songs for Nancy Sinatra, Marianne Faithful and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Last October he even guest edited the Observer Music Monthly magazine. In short, he is the perfect candidate for Southbank Centre’s Meltdown director. Glenn Max, the Southbank Centre's producer says they are delighted to have Jarvis on board. He said: "With his curatorial inclinations and sense of ceremony, Jarvis Cocker was an obvious choice. There was little to explain to him about the Festival. He knows the game, and he knows exactly how to make it fun, challenging and perplexing. On the heels of his fantastic new record, it is safe to say that Meltdown is back in the eager hands of one of rock music's most creative forces. Those who appreciate the history of this festival will be delighted by the ideas, humour and sense of mischief that will be oozing from this Meltdown." The full line-up for this year's Meltdown will be announced soon.

Jarvis cocker has been announced as this June’s South Bank Centre Meltdown festival curator.

He is the fourteenth artist to be asked to curate the annual event which will take place this year between June 16 and 24.

The last Meltdown was directed by Patti Smith in 2005 – before the venue was closed for a refurbishment.

Jarvis is honoured to be directing this year’s festival and had this to say:

”C*nts may be running the world but a cock will be controlling the South Bank for one week in June. Jarvis Branson Cocker is honoured, proud and excited to announce that he will be curating this year’s Meltdown Festival. Your cultural life is in my hands. I can’t wait.”

The Meltdown programme of events is renowned for its eclectic mix of rock, classical and contemporary music, film, dance and performance, and each year Meltdown offers a guest director the opportunity to make his or her own fantasy festival come true, mixing artists and art forms, reflecting their own personal passions and interests.

Although most well known for being a 90s Britpop icon fronting Pulp, he has just released his first solo album “Jarvis” to much acclaim.

Jarvis has had many and various side projects including making videos for Aphex Twin, recording documentaries for Radio 4, moonlighting in bands with members of Radiohead and Fat Truckers, writing soundtrack music for the last Harry Potter film as well as songs for Nancy Sinatra, Marianne Faithful and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Last October he even guest edited the Observer Music Monthly magazine.

In short, he is the perfect candidate for Southbank Centre’s Meltdown director.

Glenn Max, the Southbank Centre’s producer says they are delighted to have Jarvis on board. He said: “With his curatorial inclinations and sense of ceremony, Jarvis Cocker was an obvious choice. There was little to explain to him about the Festival. He knows the game, and he knows exactly how to make it fun, challenging and perplexing. On the heels of his fantastic new record, it is safe to say that Meltdown is back in the eager hands of one of rock music’s most creative forces. Those who appreciate the history of this festival will be delighted by the ideas, humour and sense of mischief that will be oozing from this Meltdown.”

The full line-up for this year’s Meltdown will be announced soon.

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