Over a week on, I suppose we’re still dealing with a kind of Neil Young & Crazy Horse feedback. This week’s major live distraction in the office, though, has been a stream/download of Wilco’s covers set from their festival last Friday night. The whole thing is hugely recommended but, if you’re pressed for time, please have a listen to the uncanny version of “Marquee Moon” I’ve embedded below.
Happy Mondays have announced two back to back shows in London in December.
The reformed line-up will perform a double header at the Camden Roundhouse on December 19 and 20. Support will come from 808 State.
Earlier this year, the Mondays confirmed that they are working on a new album, which will be the first time all the original line-up have recorded a record of new material since 1992's Yes Please!.
Boxing Day, 1967, and The Beatles’ new film, something called Magical Mystery Tour, is about to be shown for the first time, broadcast by the BBC, fans looking forward to what surely will be a highlight of the Christmas television schedules, a welcome respite to those of a certain age from the usual seasonal fare of old movies and light entertainment, all that stuff that they usually show to keep the old folks happy over the holidays.
Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder has said he's happy his band didn't as wait as long as The Stone Roses to reform.
When asked by The Guardian if he wished he had left it longer to reform the Mondays after finding out the amount of money the Roses were offered to reform, which has been estimated at £26 million, he replied: "What, and got as skint as they did? No thanks! I've got six kids who've all gotta go to private school!"
Happy Mondays are planning a new album, they have confirmed.
The Manchester band's management told NME that they are working on a new record, which will be the first time all the original line-up of the band recorded new material album of new material since 1992's Yes Please!.
