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Vote For Your Best Films Of The Year!

Our top 20 finest movies of 2006, is revealed in the new issue of Uncut. Our film of the year, The Departed, won by a mile, and we also heap praise on The Proposition, Munich and Jarhead to name but three more. Get the January issue to see the full list, then come and tell what you think… What films rocked your world? Were we even at the same movies as you? Are you seething at the exclusion of Snakes On A Plane? Maddened that Ice Age 2: The Final Meltdown didn't make the cut? Well, here’s your chance to throw some critical popcorn our way so we can compile the definitive Uncut readers list in due course...

Our top 20 finest movies of 2006, is revealed in the new issue of Uncut.

Our film of the year, The Departed, won by a mile, and we also heap praise on The Proposition, Munich and Jarhead to name but three more.

Get the January issue to see the full list, then come and tell what you think…

What films rocked your world? Were we even at the same movies as you?

Are you seething at the exclusion of Snakes On A Plane? Maddened that Ice Age 2: The Final Meltdown didn’t make the cut?

Well, here’s your chance to throw some critical popcorn our way so we can compile the definitive Uncut readers list in due course…

Muse To Be First UK Band To Play Wembley

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Muse To Be First UK Band To Play Wembley

Muse are to be the first British band to play the newly built Wembley Stadium next year. They are the first act to be announced so far and will play the 75,000 capacity stadium on June 16. Matt Bellamy told MTV that he was happy that Muse contrast US rock act Bon Jovi - the last band to play Wembley, before it was razed to the ground to make way for the new stadium. Bellamy said “It feels right for us to play this venue. We're ready for this. It's great to have a UK band to offset the fact that Bon Jovi were the last band to play here!" Muse have promised fans a spectacular show full of surprises, bellamy said to expect a “rocket or space ship.” The Devon trio are renowned for shiny big shows – their recent shows at Wembley Arena including glitter canons and a spaceship. Tickets will be made available by Wembley soon. Muse’s current single “Knights of Cydonia” is available now. But you can watch the Spaghetti Western/ Barberella-style promo video here: Windows Media - lo / hi Real Media - lo / hi

Muse are to be the first British band to play the newly built Wembley Stadium next year.

They are the first act to be announced so far and will play the 75,000 capacity stadium on June 16.

Matt Bellamy told MTV that he was happy that Muse contrast US rock act Bon Jovi – the last band to play Wembley, before it was razed to the ground to make way for the new stadium.

Bellamy said “It feels right for us to play this venue. We’re ready for this. It’s great to have a UK band to offset the fact that Bon Jovi were the last band to play here!”

Muse have promised fans a spectacular show full of surprises, bellamy said to expect a “rocket or space ship.”

The Devon trio are renowned for shiny big shows – their recent shows at Wembley Arena including glitter canons and a spaceship.

Tickets will be made available by Wembley soon.

Muse’s current single “Knights of Cydonia” is available now. But you can watch the Spaghetti Western/ Barberella-style promo video here:

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Peter Hook and co. give themselves a name

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Peter Hook and co. give themselves a name

New Order’s bassist Peter Hook is working with two other great British bass players: former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke and former Stone Rose and Primal Scream bassist Mani. The speculated supergroup appears to have come to fruition with Hooky talking online that they’ve named themselves Freebase. Peter Hook has been talking about the group to various sites; telling us a bit more about what the new material will sound like, he explains, “As for the music itself, it's a really weird cross between northern soul, reggae, New Order, Stones Roses and the Smiths. The three basses work together on a few tracks, which I was delighted about, because everyone was laughing at us for wanting to do it." The supergroup is still searching for a singer, and in an interview on music site higher-frequency.com, Peter Hook jokes about their attitude. “Mani said, ‘We've gotta find somebody who's unknown, Hooky, so we can fuckin’ persecute him!’ So we're looking for someone who we can persecute, for all our years of persecution!" Hook speculates that Freebase might have settled on someone, saying, “We've found a kid in Wigan, he's been in a few bands before, and he's done a couple of tracks, a couple of ideas that were really good.” The three bassists have apparently got 17 songs written, so hopefully we’ll be hearing something soon.

New Order’s bassist Peter Hook is working with two other great British bass players: former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke and former Stone Rose and Primal Scream bassist Mani.

The speculated supergroup appears to have come to fruition with Hooky talking online that they’ve named themselves Freebase.

Peter Hook has been talking about the group to various sites; telling us a bit more about what the new material will sound like, he explains, “As for the music itself, it’s a really weird cross between northern soul, reggae, New Order, Stones Roses and the Smiths. The three basses work together on a few tracks, which I was delighted about, because everyone was laughing at us for wanting to do it.”

The supergroup is still searching for a singer, and in an interview on music site higher-frequency.com, Peter Hook jokes about their attitude.

“Mani said, ‘We’ve gotta find somebody who’s unknown, Hooky, so we can fuckin’ persecute him!’ So we’re looking for someone who we can persecute, for all our years of persecution!”

Hook speculates that Freebase might have settled on someone, saying, “We’ve found a kid in Wigan, he’s been in a few bands before, and he’s done a couple of tracks, a couple of ideas that were really good.”

The three bassists have apparently got 17 songs written, so hopefully we’ll be hearing something soon.

Russell Brand Announced As BRITS Host

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Russell Brand Announced As BRITS Host

Award-winning but foul-mouthed comedian Russell Brand has been given the job of hosting next years’ prestigious BRIT Awards. It’ll be interesting to see if Brand can restrain the content of his sketches and ad-libs as next year’s event at Earl’s Court will be broadcast live on ITV1 for the first time in 15 years. Named by Time Out magazine as “Stand Up Comic of the Year”, Russell Brand has had an incredible 2006. He has hosted a variety of television shows including E4’s Big Brother’s Big Mouth and Russell Brand’s Got Issues. Brand has also turned radio presenter, currently hosting a Saturday primetime show on BBC Radio 2, the UK's most popular radio station. The BRITS take place on February 14, and it has already been confirmed that the award for ‘Outstanding Contribution To Music” will go to Oasis – who recently beat the Beatles by one notch in the albums chart with their best of compilation “Stop The Clocks.” Oasis are the only act so far confirmed to play live. Final nominations for the Awards will be unveiled at a televised event on January 16 at London’s Hammesrmith Palais.

Award-winning but foul-mouthed comedian Russell Brand has been given the job of hosting next years’ prestigious BRIT Awards.

It’ll be interesting to see if Brand can restrain the content of his sketches and ad-libs as next year’s event at Earl’s Court will be broadcast live on ITV1 for the first time in 15 years.

Named by Time Out magazine as “Stand Up Comic of the Year”, Russell Brand has had an incredible 2006.

He has hosted a variety of television shows including E4’s Big Brother’s Big Mouth and Russell Brand’s Got Issues.

Brand has also turned radio presenter, currently hosting a Saturday primetime show on BBC Radio 2, the UK’s most popular radio station.

The BRITS take place on February 14, and it has already been confirmed that the award for ‘Outstanding Contribution To Music” will go to Oasis – who recently beat the Beatles by one notch in the albums chart with their best of compilation “Stop The Clocks.”

Oasis are the only act so far confirmed to play live.

Final nominations for the Awards will be unveiled at a televised event on January 16 at London’s Hammesrmith Palais.

Watch rousing live performance by Arcade Fire and Bowie

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Watch rousing live performance by Arcade Fire and Bowie

Everyday, 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 of TV shows. Today: Watch David Bowie join Canadian folk rock band, The Arcade Fire. Singing vocals on the marching track “Wake Up”, Bowie sings in his inimitable style. The song is taken from The Arcade Fire’s 2004 acclaimed debut “Funeral.” It’s not the first time Bowie has joined the group on stage – He performed his own song “Five Years” at the 2005 Fashion Rocks event too. Check out the superb collaboration by clicking here now

Everyday, 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 of TV shows.

Today: Watch David Bowie join Canadian folk rock band, The Arcade Fire.

Singing vocals on the marching track “Wake Up”, Bowie sings in his inimitable style.

The song is taken from The Arcade Fire’s 2004 acclaimed debut “Funeral.”

It’s not the first time Bowie has joined the group on stage – He performed his own song “Five Years” at the 2005 Fashion Rocks event too.

Check out the superb collaboration by clicking here now

Lou Reed Gets Spiritual

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Lou Reed Gets Spiritual

Lou Reed has composed an ambient electronic soundtrack for a new Tai Chi DVD workout. The former Velvet Underground member provides the music to Master Ren GuangYi’s, Chen-style Tai Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) programme. Lou Reed has been a martial artist since the ‘80s and is a private student of Master Ren, experiencing Master Ren’s teachings as well as promoting awareness for the exercises. As well as creating the ambient soundtrack, Reed also provides the onscreen narration for Master Ren’s demonstrations. For more details about Lou Reed’s relaxing side – Click here

Lou Reed has composed an ambient electronic soundtrack for a new Tai Chi DVD workout.

The former Velvet Underground member provides the music to Master Ren GuangYi’s, Chen-style Tai Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) programme.

Lou Reed has been a martial artist since the ‘80s and is a private student of Master Ren, experiencing Master Ren’s teachings as well as promoting awareness for the exercises.

As well as creating the ambient soundtrack, Reed also provides the onscreen narration for Master Ren’s demonstrations.

For more details about Lou Reed’s relaxing side – Click here

George Clooney In New Ellroy Movie

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George Clooney In New Ellroy Movie

George Clooney is acting in and producing a new film project, “White Jazz” – based on the James Ellroy novel of the same name, says The Hollywood Reporter. The adaptation of “White Jazz” will form the fourth and final part of what is known as the “LA Quartet”. The other novels in the crime series are “LA Confidential,” ‘The Black Dahlia” and “The Big Nowhere.” The former two have also previously been adapted into big screen hits. As well as this film due to start production in 2008, Clooney is also co-producing a new heist movie “Belmont Boys” with his previous partner for “Ocean’s Eleven,” Jerry Weintraub. He will also enlist his “Good Night, and Good Luck” producer Grant Heslov. The film will take place in the U.S. and locations throughout Europe, with Clooney and Weintraub ready to cast the lead roles. Weintraub has already promised that the new movie will not be an "Ocean's" retread and that the actors will be much older, "though all big stars." George Clooney won an Academy Award this year for his supporting role in “Syriana.”

George Clooney is acting in and producing a new film project, “White Jazz” – based on the James Ellroy novel of the same name, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The adaptation of “White Jazz” will form the fourth and final part of what is known as the “LA Quartet”.

The other novels in the crime series are “LA Confidential,” ‘The Black Dahlia” and “The Big Nowhere.” The former two have also previously been adapted into big screen hits.

As well as this film due to start production in 2008, Clooney is also co-producing a new heist movie “Belmont Boys” with his previous partner for “Ocean’s Eleven,” Jerry Weintraub.

He will also enlist his “Good Night, and Good Luck” producer Grant Heslov.

The film will take place in the U.S. and locations throughout Europe, with Clooney and Weintraub ready to cast the lead roles.

Weintraub has already promised that the new movie will not be an “Ocean’s” retread and that the actors will be much older, “though all big stars.”

George Clooney won an Academy Award this year for his supporting role in “Syriana.”

Beatles Guitar Makes A Mint

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Beatles Guitar Makes A Mint

A guitar played by George Harrison at the height of his Beatles career sold yesterday at a music auction for a massive £115, 000. Harrison played his Maston MS-500 Mastersound guitar in 1963, just as Beatle-mania was starting. The guitar had been expected to fetch at least £100,000 at the sale yesterday at Cooper Owen's Music Legends sale, taking place five years after the Beatle's death. Other items for sale yesterday included a very rare fully signed Sgt. Pepper Gatefold sleeve and items of Lennon’s clothing. See the new issue of Uncut, on sale next Tuesday. It’s a Beatles special! Featuring Johnny Marr on George, as well as Noel and Liam Gallagher on John,m Brian Wilson on Paul, and Dave Grohl on Ringo.

A guitar played by George Harrison at the height of his Beatles career sold yesterday at a music auction for a massive £115, 000.

Harrison played his Maston MS-500 Mastersound guitar in 1963, just as Beatle-mania was starting.

The guitar had been expected to fetch at least £100,000 at the sale yesterday at Cooper Owen’s Music Legends sale, taking place five years after the Beatle’s death.

Other items for sale yesterday included a very rare fully signed Sgt. Pepper Gatefold sleeve and items of Lennon’s clothing.

See the new issue of Uncut, on sale next Tuesday. It’s a Beatles special! Featuring Johnny Marr on George, as well as Noel and Liam Gallagher on John,m Brian Wilson on Paul, and Dave Grohl on Ringo.

Watch a resplendent ELO

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Watch a resplendent ELO

Everyday, 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 of TV shows. Today: Be reminded just how great Electric Light Orchestra were. Today’s clip is Jeff Lynne and co. performing "It's Over" for a VH1 Classic show. The track has strings galore and is from the "Out Of The Blue" album in 1978. Check out the hair and flares. “Out Of The Blue” is finally being re-issued in February next year, it’s on Uncut’s stereo right now. Watch ELO’s heartbreaking “It’s Over” by clicking here

Everyday, 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 of TV shows.

Today: Be reminded just how great Electric Light Orchestra were.

Today’s clip is Jeff Lynne and co. performing “It’s Over” for a VH1 Classic show.

The track has strings galore and is from the “Out Of The Blue” album in 1978.

Check out the hair and flares.

“Out Of The Blue” is finally being re-issued in February next year, it’s on Uncut’s stereo right now.

Watch ELO’s heartbreaking “It’s Over” by clicking here

Tom Baker Sings The Kinks

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Tom Baker Sings The Kinks

Former Dr Who and Little Britain narrator Tom Baker is from today, a virtual pop star, aiming to raise money for homeless charity Shelter this Christmas. Tom Baker has covered The Kink’s classic “You Really Got Me”, in a mash-up style with the lyrics being read by text. The text-to-voice technology enables mobile phone users to send SMS messages to landline phones. Tom Baker says he’s looking forward to being the voice of text, saying, “I'm delighted to have been asked back by BT as the voice of text-to-landline. It's rather like being Santa Claus, delivering all your festive greetings - I only wish I could hear what I’m saying! Baker’s cover version can be download online now, all BT proceeds are going straight to shelter. BT is aiming to raise £100,000 with their new pop record. Listen to Tom Baker and find out more about Text Aid by clicking here Pic credit: Rex Features

Former Dr Who and Little Britain narrator Tom Baker is from today, a virtual pop star, aiming to raise money for homeless charity Shelter this Christmas.

Tom Baker has covered The Kink’s classic “You Really Got Me”, in a mash-up style with the lyrics being read by text.

The text-to-voice technology enables mobile phone users to send SMS messages to landline phones.

Tom Baker says he’s looking forward to being the voice of text, saying, “I’m delighted to have been asked back by BT as the voice of text-to-landline. It’s rather like being Santa Claus, delivering all your festive greetings – I only wish I could hear what I’m saying!

Baker’s cover version can be download online now, all BT proceeds are going straight to shelter. BT is aiming to raise £100,000 with their new pop record.

Listen to Tom Baker and find out more about Text Aid by clicking here

Pic credit: Rex Features

Uncut Fave Richmond Fontaine Announces New UK Tour

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Uncut Fave Richmond Fontaine Announces New UK Tour

Richmond Fontaine have announced details of a 15-date UK and Irish tour to start in February. The alt-country rockers are playing in support of a highly anticipated new album “Thirteen Cities” released the same month. This is Richmond Fontaine’s seventh album and sees the band leave their native Portland, Oregon, for the dry desert climate of Tucson, Arizona. “Thirteen Senses” has been produced and recorded at Wavelab Studios, where Calexico, Giant Sand (who both contribute on the album), Neko Case, Steve Wynn, have also recorded. You can catch the ‘Taine at the following venues early next year: Bedford, Esquires (February 10) Winchester, Railway (11) Brighton, Audio (12) London, Dingwalls (13) Bristol, St Bonaventures (14) Leicester, The Musician (15) Dublin, Whelans (16) Cork, Cyprus Ave (17) Galway, Roison Dubh (18) Manchester Academy 3 (20) Leeds, The New Roscoe (21) Glasgow ABC2 (22) Newcastle Cluny (23) Nottingham, Maze (24) Norwich, Arts Centre (25) To find out more about the new album and shows, click here to go to Richmond Fontaine’s homepage

Richmond Fontaine have announced details of a 15-date UK and Irish tour to start in February.

The alt-country rockers are playing in support of a highly anticipated new album “Thirteen Cities” released the same month.

This is Richmond Fontaine’s seventh album and sees the band leave their native Portland, Oregon, for the dry desert climate of Tucson, Arizona.

“Thirteen Senses” has been produced and recorded at Wavelab Studios, where

Calexico, Giant Sand (who both contribute on the album), Neko Case, Steve Wynn, have also recorded.

You can catch the ‘Taine at the following venues early next year:

Bedford, Esquires (February 10)

Winchester, Railway (11)

Brighton, Audio (12)

London, Dingwalls (13)

Bristol, St Bonaventures (14)

Leicester, The Musician (15)

Dublin, Whelans (16)

Cork, Cyprus Ave (17)

Galway, Roison Dubh (18)

Manchester Academy 3 (20)

Leeds, The New Roscoe (21)

Glasgow ABC2 (22)

Newcastle Cluny (23)

Nottingham, Maze (24)

Norwich, Arts Centre (25)

To find out more about the new album and shows, click here to go to Richmond Fontaine’s homepage

Stephen Merchant To Present New Show

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Stephen Merchant To Present New Show

Stephen Merchant, the BAFTA award-winning writer, best known for creating The Office, is the latest new presenter on BBC 6 Music. The director and actor is to start a new music show on Sundays from January 14. An avid fan of music, Merchant is looking forward to starting his show. Telling us what to expect, he says, “When I was a teenager I used to run a mobile disco for weddings and birthdays, so DJ-ing is in my blood. The 6 Music show will be all about the music – I love making people listen to the tunes that excite me - but obviously if things are not working, I’ll just stick on C’mon Eileen.” Merchant has lots of experience DJing, starting off at university radio before presenting a local Bristol breakfast show. More recently he co-hosted a popular show on London’s XFM with Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington.

Stephen Merchant, the BAFTA award-winning writer, best known for creating The Office, is the latest new presenter on BBC 6 Music.

The director and actor is to start a new music show on Sundays from January 14.

An avid fan of music, Merchant is looking forward to starting his show. Telling us what to expect, he says, “When I was a teenager I used to run a mobile disco for weddings and birthdays, so DJ-ing is in my blood. The 6 Music show will be all about the music – I love making people listen to the tunes that excite me – but obviously if things are not working, I’ll just stick on C’mon Eileen.”

Merchant has lots of experience DJing, starting off at university radio before presenting a local Bristol breakfast show.

More recently he co-hosted a popular show on London’s XFM with Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington.

Dorothy Goes Technicolour

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Dorothy Goes Technicolour

A cleaned-up and digitally restored version of Hollywood classic The Wizard of Oz, is being released next month at cinemas in the UK. The 1939 film was one of the most expensive films ever made at the time at a cost $2.7 million, but the negatives starting deteriorating soon after its cinematic release. Artists have been working at Warner Bros Studios for the past eight months to remove dirt and scatches from the original three-strip Technicolour negatives. It took 250 hours just to clean the dust of them. The British Film Istitute says the film now has “amazing image clarity and breathtaking colour". They BFI also say that the film looks as stunning as the day it originally opened and that the yellow brick road is yellower than ever. The three times Oscar winning film opens at around 40 cinemas at cinemas around the UK.

A cleaned-up and digitally restored version of Hollywood classic The Wizard of Oz, is being released next month at cinemas in the UK.

The 1939 film was one of the most expensive films ever made at the time at a cost $2.7 million, but the negatives starting deteriorating soon after its cinematic release.

Artists have been working at Warner Bros Studios for the past eight months to remove dirt and scatches from the original three-strip Technicolour negatives. It took 250 hours just to clean the dust of them.

The British Film Istitute says the film now has “amazing image clarity and breathtaking colour”.

They BFI also say that the film looks as stunning as the day it originally opened and that the yellow brick road is yellower than ever.

The three times Oscar winning film opens at around 40 cinemas at cinemas around the UK.

Babyshambles Head The Bill Againt Racsism Tonight

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Babyshambles Head The Bill Againt Racsism Tonight

Babyshambles are to headline at a special fundrasier for Love Music Hate Racism tonight at London superclub Fabric. The fantastic line-up of indie, rock, grime, and hip-hop bands and DJs includes The View, The Paddingtons, Mystery Jets, Larrikin Love, Lupen Crook & The Murderbirds, Hope of The States, Queens of Noize. Even The Specials’ Jerry Dammers will be behind the decks. Drew McConnell of Babyshambles explains why Love Music Hate Racism deserves support, saying, “What we have is music, so join us, a motly crew of indie bands, grime acts, and techno dj’s, to help send a unified message to the BNP - Britain is a multicultural society and that’s how we like it.” The event is sold out, but an allocation of tickets will be made available at the dorr from 8pm. For more details about the event tonight – Click here to go to the LMHR website

Babyshambles are to headline at a special fundrasier for Love Music Hate Racism tonight at London superclub Fabric.

The fantastic line-up of indie, rock, grime, and hip-hop bands and DJs includes The View, The Paddingtons, Mystery Jets, Larrikin Love, Lupen Crook & The Murderbirds, Hope of The States, Queens of Noize. Even The Specials’ Jerry Dammers will be behind the decks.

Drew McConnell of Babyshambles explains why Love Music Hate Racism deserves support, saying, “What we have is music, so join us, a motly crew of indie bands, grime acts, and techno dj’s, to help send a unified message to the BNP – Britain is a multicultural society and that’s how we like it.”

The event is sold out, but an allocation of tickets will be made available at the dorr from 8pm.

For more details about the event tonight – Click here to go to the LMHR website

Check out Dylan’s All-Star Fandango

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Check out Dylan’s All-Star Fandango

Everyday, 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 of TV shows. Today: Watch our Man of The Year Bob Dylan get down with his friends on this all-star version of “I Shall Be Released.” Joining Dylan is Elvis Costello, Chrissie Hynde and Carole King. This clip was recorded at London’s Brixton Academy on Dylan’s 1995 UK tour. Look out for Carol King’s dance towards the end! Get some release – by clicking here now to watch Dylan and friends

Everyday, 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 of TV shows.

Today: Watch our Man of The Year Bob Dylan get down with his friends on this all-star version of “I Shall Be Released.”

Joining Dylan is Elvis Costello, Chrissie Hynde and Carole King.

This clip was recorded at London’s Brixton Academy on Dylan’s 1995 UK tour.

Look out for Carol King’s dance towards the end!

Get some release – by clicking here now to watch Dylan and friends

Double-Whammy Faust Weekend Ahead

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Double-Whammy Faust Weekend Ahead

German artists Faust are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their seminal film “Nobody Knows It Ever Happened” recorded live at London’s Garage in 1996, with a special weekend of Faust-ness in London. Friday (December 1) sees a screening of the original live feature film at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts, followed by a Q&A with founder member Jean-Hervé alongside author Andy Wilson whose new book “Faust: Stretch Out Time 1970-75” chronicles the band’s early history. The film directed by Emyr Glyn Williams and starring Jean-Hervé Peron, Werner ‘Zappi’ Diermaier, Insa Winkler, Hans Joachim Irmler and Steven Wary Lobdell is 90 minutes of crashing sounds, amplified tools, destruction, nudity and industrial strength power all rolled into The Garage that night and Williams’ film captures every breath, snarl and shriek. Faust will follow up their evening of film with an exclusive live show at The Corsica Arts Club as part of the Elefest ‘An Electric Storm’ festival on Sunday (December 3). As well as playing a rare show themselves, the Krautrock pioneers have curated the evening to include artists Kling Klang and Staple Remove alongside laptop performances, art installations and electronic weirdness by Guerilla Zoo. Both Faust nights will have Krautrock DJ’s Komische on the decks. For more details about the ICA Faust film evening – Click here for the institute’s homepage For more details about Faust’s rare appearance – Click here for Corsica Studio’s homepage

German artists Faust are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their seminal film “Nobody Knows It Ever Happened” recorded live at London’s Garage in 1996, with a special weekend of Faust-ness in London.

Friday (December 1) sees a screening of the original live feature film at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts, followed by a Q&A with founder member Jean-Hervé alongside author Andy Wilson whose new book “Faust: Stretch Out Time 1970-75” chronicles the band’s early history.

The film directed by Emyr Glyn Williams and starring Jean-Hervé Peron, Werner ‘Zappi’ Diermaier, Insa Winkler, Hans Joachim Irmler and Steven Wary Lobdell is 90 minutes of crashing sounds, amplified tools, destruction, nudity and industrial strength power all rolled into The Garage that night and Williams’ film captures every breath, snarl and shriek.

Faust will follow up their evening of film with an exclusive live show at The Corsica Arts Club as part of the Elefest ‘An Electric Storm’ festival on Sunday (December 3).

As well as playing a rare show themselves, the Krautrock pioneers have curated the evening to include artists Kling Klang and Staple Remove alongside laptop performances, art installations and electronic weirdness by Guerilla Zoo.

Both Faust nights will have Krautrock DJ’s Komische on the decks.

For more details about the ICA Faust film evening – Click here for the institute’s homepage

For more details about Faust’s rare appearance – Click here for Corsica Studio’s homepage

Hard-Fi Announce New Monthly Podcast

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Hard-Fi Announce New Monthly Podcast
Hard-Fi have announced a new monthly podcast, “Rockin’ In The City” available through their website and iTunes now. The Staines rockers are giving fans the chance to follow them from their sold-out five night residency at London’s Brixton Academy earlier this year through to making their ...

Hard-Fi have announced a new monthly podcast, “Rockin’ In The City” available through their website and iTunes now.

The Staines rockers are giving fans the chance to follow them from their sold-out five night residency at London’s Brixton Academy earlier this year through to making their new album, the follow up to 2005’s Mercury Music Prize nominated “Stars of CCTV.”

As well as live footage, exclusive interviews with the band reflect back on the whirlwind success of the past 18 months whilst looking to the future.

The third podcast in the series will also feature interviews with the band’s musical inspirations Paul Weller, Mick Jones, Jerry Dammers and Billy Bragg.

Footage of Hard-Fi recording their highly anticipated second album will also be made available in future podcasts.

For any fans who want to find out more about Hard-Fi’s influences, probe deeper into life on the road, or even have an input into the recording of the new album, they will be able to interact with the band via email after each podcast is made available to download.

For a taster of what to expect from Richard Archer’s boys, try this teaser:

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Rockin’ The City will be available free of charge the band’s website – Click here for www.hard-fi.com

ABBA Museum To Open

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ABBA Museum To Open

The first museum dedicated to all that is fabulous about ABBA is to open in their hometown of Stockholm, Sweden. The museum is due to open in 2008 and will display the kitsch pop group’s instruments, handwritten lyrics and their original famous brightly coloured outfits. ABBA’s now reclusive members; Agnetha Fältskog, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Reuss think it’s a great idea. They said in a group statement, “It’s great that someone feels like taking on our musical history and making it accessible.” They added, “We hope and believe that it will be a fun and groovy museum to visit.” The ABBA museum idea was thought up by entrepreneurs Ewa Wigenheim-Westman and Ulf Westman after they visited the Beatles museum in Liverpool, and the pair eventually convinced the band to give their approval; and to donate materials to make the permanent exhibition happen. Wigenheim-Westman explains why Abba and why now is the time for a museum to open, saying, “ABBA is one of our largest contemporary cultural treasures. With 370 million records sold, only Elvis and the Beatles have had larger sales in musical history. Today, 25 years after ABBA retired, the group still sells a couple of million albums a year. This makes Björn, Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid living legends and speaks volumes about how many fans they still have around the world.” The museum is expected to be a phenomenal tourist attraction attracting up to 500,000 visitors in its first year. The legendary pop group is still Scandinavia’s biggest musical export, even though they disbanded in 1982. For more information about the ABBA museum – Click here to go to the official website

The first museum dedicated to all that is fabulous about ABBA is to open in their hometown of Stockholm, Sweden.

The museum is due to open in 2008 and will display the kitsch pop group’s instruments, handwritten lyrics and their original famous brightly coloured outfits.

ABBA’s now reclusive members; Agnetha Fältskog, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Reuss think it’s a great idea. They said in a group statement, “It’s great that someone feels like taking on our musical history and making it accessible.” They added, “We hope and believe that it will be a fun and groovy museum to visit.”

The ABBA museum idea was thought up by entrepreneurs Ewa Wigenheim-Westman and Ulf Westman after they visited the Beatles museum in Liverpool, and the pair eventually convinced the band to give their approval; and to donate materials to make the permanent exhibition happen.

Wigenheim-Westman explains why Abba and why now is the time for a museum to open, saying, “ABBA is one of our largest contemporary cultural treasures. With 370 million records sold, only Elvis and the Beatles have had larger sales in musical history. Today, 25 years after ABBA retired, the group still sells a couple of million albums a year. This makes Björn, Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid living legends and speaks volumes about how many fans they still have around the world.”

The museum is expected to be a phenomenal tourist attraction attracting up to 500,000 visitors in its first year.

The legendary pop group is still Scandinavia’s biggest musical export, even though they disbanded in 1982.

For more information about the ABBA museum – Click here to go to the official website

Pay tribute to Alan ‘Fluff’ Freeman With Today’s YouTube Video

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Pay tribute to Alan ‘Fluff’ Freeman With Today’s YouTube Video

Everyday, 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 of TV shows. Today: Watch a tribute to the late Radio 1 DJ Alan ‘Fluff’ Freeman, who passed away this week, aged 79. This video is a collage of Top of the Pops, Fluff’s Rock Show, and Pick of the Pops in a chart rundown. The graphics are retro-great and it’s great to reminded of Freeman’s renowned phrases such as ‘Not Arf!’ The video’s creator Sloopjohnrb sent Freeman a copy of his tribute and apparently Fluff thought it was great! You wont stop humming the theme tune once you seen this clip. Watch the chart rundown by clicking here now

Everyday, 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 of TV shows.

Today: Watch a tribute to the late Radio 1 DJ Alan ‘Fluff’ Freeman, who passed away this week, aged 79.

This video is a collage of Top of the Pops, Fluff’s Rock Show, and Pick of the Pops in a chart rundown.

The graphics are retro-great and it’s great to reminded of Freeman’s renowned phrases such as ‘Not Arf!’

The video’s creator Sloopjohnrb sent Freeman a copy of his tribute and apparently Fluff thought it was great!

You wont stop humming the theme tune once you seen this clip.

Watch the chart rundown by clicking here now

Psych Documentary Rocks

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Psych Documentary Rocks

Comets On Fire are among the bands featured in a Swedish television show about the superb San Francisco Psychedelic Rock Scene. The show is a beautifully shot 30 minutes' long and features interviews and live footage of Comets On Fire, Citay, Brightblack Morning Light, Howlin’ Rain, Badgerlore/Six Organs of Admittance and Michelle Cable. Highlights are Comets on Fire treating us to an impromptu song intro at home and Howlin’ Rain inside their recording studio. There is also live footage and snippets of promo videos interspersed throughout. The filming in San Francisco intimately shows us the psych rock scene that the musicians live in, their homes, the cafes, the venues and even points out the streets where the bands play illegal gigs until the police move them on. Ethan Miller of Comets On Fire and Howlin’ Rain champions the way San Francisco helps the artists thrive, saying, “it’s the “greatest city in the world for the underdog.” The show Musik Bryan was aired in Sweden this weekend, but is being scheduled to be shown on TV around Europe very soon. The show is also currently available online, the programme is in English with Swedish subtitles – and is really worth checking out. The January issue of Uncut, out next week, features a special psych rock CD featuring all of the bands mentioned on this programme as well as tracks from Ghost, Oakley Hall and Black Mountain. Watch Musik Bryan Here - Once the page opens, hit the red button that says “Se om senaste programmet” - Then choose programme: 061124

Comets On Fire are among the bands featured in a Swedish television show about the superb San Francisco Psychedelic Rock Scene.

The show is a beautifully shot 30 minutes’ long and features interviews and live footage of Comets On Fire, Citay, Brightblack Morning Light, Howlin’ Rain, Badgerlore/Six Organs of Admittance and Michelle Cable.

Highlights are Comets on Fire treating us to an impromptu song intro at home and Howlin’ Rain inside their recording studio.

There is also live footage and snippets of promo videos interspersed throughout.

The filming in San Francisco intimately shows us the psych rock scene that the musicians live in, their homes, the cafes, the venues and even points out the streets where the bands play illegal gigs until the police move them on.

Ethan Miller of Comets On Fire and Howlin’ Rain champions the way San Francisco helps the artists thrive, saying, “it’s the “greatest city in the world for the underdog.”

The show Musik Bryan was aired in Sweden this weekend, but is being scheduled to be shown on TV around Europe very soon.

The show is also currently available online, the programme is in English with Swedish subtitles – and is really worth checking out.

The January issue of Uncut, out next week, features a special psych rock CD featuring all of the bands mentioned on this programme as well as tracks from Ghost, Oakley Hall and Black Mountain.

Watch Musik Bryan Here – Once the page opens, hit the red button that says “Se om senaste programmet” – Then choose programme: 061124

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