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Buzzcocks To Release Live Anniversary Album

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Buzzcocks To Release Live Anniversary Album

Buzzcocks have announced that they are to release a live album from their 30th anniversary tour last year, as a digital release next month. 'Buzzcocks 30' was recorded on the band's birthday tour last year, at the Kentish Town Forum. Fronted by Pete Shelley, the band were inspired by the Sex Pistols to make music, and their debut album 'Another Music In A Different Kitchen' was a huge hit in the 70s punk scene. Buzzcock's best known song 'Ever Fallen in Love (with someone you shouldn’t have)?’ enjoyed a resurrection in 2005 when Pete Shelley re-recorded it with an all-star group, including Roger Daltrey, David Gilmour, Peter Hook, Elton John and Robert Plant amongst others as a tribute to the late Sir John Peel. The live album includes tracks from throughout the band's 11 album spanning career, including 'What Ever Happened To', 'Operator's Manual' and 'Orgasm Addict'. To promote the new live release on November 26, the band will play the following venues: Leeds, Cockpit (November 23) Edinburgh, Liquid Room (24) Manchester, Ritz (25) Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall (27) Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms (28) Oxford, Academy (29) London, Indig02 (30) More inforamtion is available from the Buzzcocks' official website here:www.buzzcocks.com

Buzzcocks have announced that they are to release a live album from their 30th anniversary tour last year, as a digital release next month.

‘Buzzcocks 30’ was recorded on the band’s birthday tour last year, at the Kentish Town Forum.

Fronted by Pete Shelley, the band were inspired by the Sex Pistols to make music, and their debut album ‘Another Music In A Different Kitchen’ was a huge hit in the 70s punk scene.

Buzzcock’s best known song ‘Ever Fallen in Love (with someone you shouldn’t have)?’ enjoyed a resurrection in 2005 when Pete Shelley re-recorded it with an all-star group, including Roger Daltrey, David Gilmour, Peter Hook, Elton John and Robert Plant amongst others as a tribute to the late Sir John Peel.

The live album includes tracks from throughout the band’s 11 album spanning career, including ‘What Ever Happened To’, ‘Operator’s Manual’ and ‘Orgasm Addict’.

To promote the new live release on November 26, the band will play the following venues:

Leeds, Cockpit (November 23)

Edinburgh, Liquid Room (24)

Manchester, Ritz (25)

Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall (27)

Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms (28)

Oxford, Academy (29)

London, Indig02 (30)

More inforamtion is available from the Buzzcocks’ official website here:www.buzzcocks.com

Black Mountain: “In The Future”

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After yesterday’s technical grief, I’ve now managed to play the new Black Mountain album three or four times. There’s a lot of stuff about angels laying their halos down and demons hiding in the shadows here. Blood is spreading across the walls, witchy children have black magic touches and, pointedly, Stephen McBean and Amber Webber chant in “Bright Lights”, “We love the night and all the witchery.” Pretty daft, then, but highly effective when it comes bound up in Black Mountain’s inspired hybrid of stoner rock, ‘70s Krautsynth, parched Neil Youngisms, sludge boogie and any other arcane genres I can fabricate this morning. The Black Mountain Army, should you have missed Uncut’s faint obsession with them in 2006, are a hairy collective who spend their days caring for homeless drug users in their hometown of Vancouver. They still have time, though, to figure in a multitude of bands, and most of them are great. Singer/guitarist Stephen McBean, singer Amber Webber and drummer Joshua Wells figure in Velvetsy drone-poppers The Pink Mountaintops. Bassist Matt Camirand and Wells do dusty Americana in Blood Meridian; Jeremy Schmidt makes orbiting, keyboard prog as Sinoia Caves; and Webber and Wells recently filed a set of stark, torchy folk as Lightning Dust. Black Mountain is the hub band, though, steered by McBean, and the place were all these strains run together and commingle with a distinctly heavier imperative. Their self-titled debut was a big office favourite here in 2006, and ended up at Number Four in our last albums of the year list. I’m not sure “In The Future” is quite that good, but it still feels, on initial acquaintance, like a mighty good record. The strategy is to go for long, brooding atmospherics, punctuated by outbreaks of meticulous heavy riffing. With Schmidt’s keyboards to the forefront, the obvious ‘70s correlative is Deep Purple, not least when “Stormy High” kicks off with such a gallop. But his tastes lean more to Tangerine Dream than Jon Lord this time, so the songs are longer and filled with more gaping, cosmic spaces – “Bright Lights” sprawls out for well over 15 minutes, as a result. It all works, though. At this early stage, I’m liking “Wucan” best, maybe because it’s closest to the bong-headed funk of the first album’s stand-out, “Druganaut”. Also working well this morning: a skanky ramalam called “Evil Ways”; and the frail “Harvest”-like ballad “Stay Free” that a few of you might have found, implausibly, on the soundtrack to “Spiderman 3”. There’s also a new reference point in their apparent desire to borrow everything from a classic Uncut record collection, since “Wild Wind” is a dead ringer for folksy David Bowie, specifically something off “Hunky Dory”. I’ll come back to this one when I’ve played it some more. In the meantime, you can hear some of Black Mountain’s old stuff at their myspace site.

After yesterday’s technical grief, I’ve now managed to play the new Black Mountain album three or four times. There’s a lot of stuff about angels laying their halos down and demons hiding in the shadows here. Blood is spreading across the walls, witchy children have black magic touches and, pointedly, Stephen McBean and Amber Webber chant in “Bright Lights”, “We love the night and all the witchery.”

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Radiohead To Tour In 2008

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Radiohead To Tour In 2008

Radiohead are to tour next year, their management has revealed in an interview with US magazine Billboard. Radiohead's manager Bryce Edge revealed that Radiohead are in talks planning a tour to start in May, that would run on and off until the end of the year. Edge said: "We plan to tour next year, Starting in May through to probably the end of the year, with lots of holidays in that period. "At the moment we are talking with our agents in North America and for the rest of the world, trying to get a schedule which works for the band and works financially." Edge also revealed that Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke isn't overly keen on the idea of touring. "He likes to do shows, but the whole business of schlepping round the world is not top of his favourite things to do," he said. "It's the process of how to do that which is the pain in the neck. They're not road dogs. They never have been." Radiohead's seventh studio album has just been released, for download through their website only. Find out how to get hold of a copy of the In Rainbows album here. Read our first impressions of In Rainbows HERE For Uncut's Track By Track review of In Rainbows: click here.

Radiohead are to tour next year, their management has revealed in an interview with US magazine Billboard.

Radiohead’s manager Bryce Edge revealed that Radiohead are in talks planning a tour to start in May, that would run on and off until the end of the year.

Edge said: “We plan to tour next year, Starting in May through to probably the end of the year, with lots of holidays in that period.

“At the moment we are talking with our agents in North America and for the rest of the world, trying to get a schedule which works for the band and works financially.”

Edge also revealed that Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke isn’t overly keen on the idea of touring.

“He likes to do shows, but the whole business of schlepping round the world is not top of his favourite things to do,” he said. “It’s the process of how to do that which is the pain in the neck. They’re not road dogs. They never have been.”

Radiohead’s seventh studio album has just been released, for download through their website only.

Find out how to get hold of a copy of the In Rainbows album here.

Read our first impressions of In Rainbows HERE

For Uncut’s Track By Track review of In Rainbows: click here.

Today’s Uncut playlist

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Just spent most of the afternoon in some kind of company blogging seminar (conclusion: I think I may be doing it wrong), to find the new Black Mountain album waiting for me. We're now trying to play it for the third time without it jumping. But in the meantime, here are the day's other selections: a couple of vague dogs in this lot, if memory serves. 1 Pharaoh Sanders - Black Unity (Impulse) 2 White Magic - Dark Stars (Drag City) 3 Tenniscoats - Totemo Aimasho (Room40) 4 Youssou N'Dour - Rokku Mi Rokka (Give And Take) (Nonesuch) 5 A Mountain Of One - Collected Works (10 Worlds) 6 Radiohead - In Rainbows (Waste Products Inc) 7 Beirut - The Flying Club Cup (4AD) 8 Black Mountain - In The Future (Jagjaguwar) I think it might be working this time. . .

Just spent most of the afternoon in some kind of company blogging seminar (conclusion: I think I may be doing it wrong), to find the new Black Mountain album waiting for me. We’re now trying to play it for the third time without it jumping. But in the meantime, here are the day’s other selections: a couple of vague dogs in this lot, if memory serves.

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Cut of the Day: Motorhead Rock With Girschool

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Cut of the Day: Motorhead Rock With Girschool

Cut of the day is Motorhead teaming up Girlschool for their 1981 single 'Please Don't Touch (St Valentines Massacre). Girlschool were a South London all-girl heavy metal group and the year before this 'duet' they had signed to Motorhead frontman Lemmy's record label Bronze. The track reached number 5 in the UK singles chart; check out this carnage of a live performance on Top of the Pops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keO6yo253XY If you have any trouble viewing the embedded video - click here.

Cut of the day is Motorhead teaming up Girlschool for their 1981 single ‘Please Don’t Touch (St Valentines Massacre).

Girlschool were a South London all-girl heavy metal group and the year before this ‘duet’ they had signed to Motorhead frontman Lemmy‘s record label Bronze.

The track reached number 5 in the UK singles chart; check out this carnage of a live performance on Top of the Pops:

If you have any trouble viewing the embedded video – click here.

Uncut’s Worst Gigs – Ever!

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Uncut’s Worst Gigs – Ever!

In last month's UNCUT, our writers, friends and favourite musicians reminisced about their favourite gigs. Well, in this month’s issue we’re looking back on the worst gigs we’ve ever seen - including The Stone Roses, Bob Dylan, Kevin Rowland and David Bowie - with rare photos from the shows too. We're also going to publish one of the worst gigs every day, with online exclusives, so feast your eyes on this, and be glad you weren’t there! ***** 10 | ROLLING STONES Knebworth Fair, Herts, August 21, 1976 CAROL CLERK: In 30-plus years of seeing the Stones, they’ve been good, great, occasionally indifferent and sometimes transcendent. At Knebworth, though, they could’ve been performing like gods and I’d never have noticed. We’d set out with huge expectations, myself and some friends who’d flown in from Northern Ireland. Knebworth was horribly overcrowded. By the time Todd Rundgren’s Utopia came on, we realised that to leave our pitch meant literally walking on top of people squashed together on the ground. Trampling over random legs and feet in the hike to the nearest stinking toilets, queueing, and then desperately trying to relocate our home base occupied the interval and half of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s set. We decided, miserably, against striking out again to find food or drinks. The next big problem was 10cc, whose sound problems caused massive delays. The Stones finally came on, more than two hours late, about the time the concert was supposed to finish. The mood turned ugly in places. One particular fight near us led to a terrifying backward stampede, the sort that could cause serious physical damage, so we kept on retreating, all the way out of Knebworth. I have no idea what the Stones were playing as we left. That night, we really didn’t give a shit. ***** plus WERE YOU THERE? Not even UNCUTs war-weary gig-hounds have been to every show in history – but you lot probably have. Email Allan_Jones@ipcmedia.com to share your memories, of the ones we've published or any which we have missed, and we’ll publish the best in a future issue

In last month’s UNCUT, our writers, friends and favourite musicians reminisced about their favourite gigs.

Well, in this month’s issue we’re looking back on the worst gigs we’ve ever seen – including The Stone Roses, Bob Dylan, Kevin Rowland and David Bowie – with rare photos from the shows too.

We’re also going to publish one of the worst gigs every day, with online exclusives, so feast your eyes on this, and be glad you weren’t there!

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10 | ROLLING STONES

Knebworth Fair, Herts, August 21, 1976

CAROL CLERK: In 30-plus years of seeing the Stones, they’ve been good, great, occasionally indifferent and sometimes transcendent. At Knebworth, though, they could’ve been performing like gods and I’d never have noticed.

We’d set out with huge expectations, myself and some friends who’d flown in from Northern Ireland. Knebworth was horribly overcrowded. By the time Todd Rundgren’s Utopia came on, we realised that to leave our pitch meant literally walking on top of people squashed together on the ground. Trampling over random legs and feet in the hike to the nearest stinking toilets, queueing, and then desperately trying to relocate our home base occupied the interval and half of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s set. We decided, miserably, against striking out again to find food or drinks.

The next big problem was 10cc, whose sound problems caused massive delays. The Stones finally came on, more than two hours late, about the time the concert was supposed to finish. The mood turned ugly in places. One particular fight near us led to a terrifying backward stampede, the sort that could cause serious physical damage, so we kept on retreating, all the way out of Knebworth. I have no idea what the Stones were playing as we left. That night, we really didn’t

give a shit.

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plus WERE YOU THERE?

Not even UNCUTs war-weary gig-hounds have been to every show in history – but you lot probably have.

Email Allan_Jones@ipcmedia.com to share your memories, of the ones we’ve published or any which we have missed, and we’ll publish the best in a future issue

American Music Club Ready New Album

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American Music Club Ready New Album

Legendary poetic songwriter Mark Eitzel has revealed that a new album by American Music Club is to be released in February next year. The band's ninth studio album 'The Golden Age' features thirteen tracks, and frontman Mark Eitzel says he just "wants to make the best fucked up pop songs out there". Eitzel has also proclaimed reasons for why AMC have returned to lighter folk/pop sound from their earlier albums. Eitzel states on the press release: "1) AMC refutes the label of 'Emo Pioneers'. For the record AMC hate Emo and have never been on the soundtrack for any Warner Brothers network show … yet. 2) Dark music is for people who are healthy enough to take it - and AMC want to appeal to all people - including the sick." Recorded after Eitzel moved to Los Angeles in order to work more closely with AMC lead guitarist Vudi, Eitzel then had to recruit a new rhythm section - as former drummer Tim Mooney and bassist Danny Pearson remained in San Francisco to work on their own projects. The new musicians to work on the AMC album are bassist Sean Hoffman and former The Lark's drummer Steve Didelot. American Music Club originally broke up in the mid '90s after their seventh album 'San Francisco' - and Eitzel went on to release eight solo albums, before regrouping AMC in 2003 after several bands like Radiohead, R.E.M, and Pearl Jam cited them as influences and their status grew. American Music Club will be doing a full UK tour in February 2008, in support of The Golden Age. More details to follow. Check back to www.uncut.co.uk for details. The album is released on February 4, 2008, through Cooking Vinyl. More information about the band is available from their official website here: www.american-music-club.com.

Legendary poetic songwriter Mark Eitzel has revealed that a new album by American Music Club is to be released in February next year.

The band’s ninth studio album ‘The Golden Age’ features thirteen tracks, and frontman Mark Eitzel says he just “wants to make the best fucked up pop songs out there”.

Eitzel has also proclaimed reasons for why AMC have returned to lighter folk/pop sound from their earlier albums.

Eitzel states on the press release: “1) AMC refutes the label of ‘Emo Pioneers’. For the record AMC hate Emo and have never been on the soundtrack for any Warner Brothers network show … yet.

2) Dark music is for people who are healthy enough to take it – and AMC want to appeal to all people – including the sick.”

Recorded after Eitzel moved to Los Angeles in order to work more closely with AMC lead guitarist Vudi, Eitzel then had to recruit a new rhythm section – as former drummer Tim Mooney and bassist Danny Pearson remained in San Francisco to work on their own projects.

The new musicians to work on the AMC album are bassist Sean Hoffman and former The Lark’s drummer Steve Didelot.

American Music Club originally broke up in the mid ’90s after their seventh album ‘San Francisco’ – and Eitzel went on to release eight solo albums, before regrouping AMC in 2003 after several bands like Radiohead, R.E.M, and Pearl Jam cited them as influences and their status grew.

American Music Club will be doing a full UK tour in February 2008, in support of The Golden Age. More details to follow. Check back to www.uncut.co.uk for details.

The album is released on February 4, 2008, through Cooking Vinyl.

More information about the band is available from their official website here: www.american-music-club.com.

Green Man Festival 2008 Tickets Go On Sale

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Green Man Festival 2008 Tickets Go On Sale

Tickets for next Summer's Green Man Festival are to go on sale at the end of the month. The festival set in the surrounds of Glanusk Park in the Brecon Beacons, this year saw trimphant headline slots from Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation, Joanna Newsom and Stephen Malkmus. The sixth annual Green Man festival is scheduled to take place from 15-17 August 2008 and tickets will cost £105 including camping. Keeping the event intimate and family friendly, the capacity for the festival will remain capped at 10,000. Testament to the festival's glowing reviews from fans and music critics - Green Man has been nominated in two categories in the annual UK Festival Awards. If you would like to vote for Green Man as either 'Best Small Festival' or for the 'Grass Roots Award' - click here. Tickets for 2008's festival will go on sale on October 29 at 10am.More details and tickets will be available from the festival website here:www.thegreenmanfestival.co.uk

Tickets for next Summer’s Green Man Festival are to go on sale at the end of the month.

The festival set in the surrounds of Glanusk Park in the Brecon Beacons, this year saw trimphant headline slots from Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation, Joanna Newsom and Stephen Malkmus.

The sixth annual Green Man festival is scheduled to take place from 15-17 August 2008 and tickets will cost £105 including camping.

Keeping the event intimate and family friendly, the capacity for the festival will remain capped at 10,000.

Testament to the festival’s glowing reviews from fans and music critics – Green Man has been nominated in two categories in the annual UK Festival Awards. If you would like to vote for Green Man as either ‘Best Small Festival’ or for the ‘Grass Roots Award’ – click here.

Tickets for 2008’s festival will go on sale on October 29 at 10am.More details and tickets will be available from the festival website here:www.thegreenmanfestival.co.uk

Paul McCartney Expands ‘Memory’

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Paul McCartney Expands ‘Memory’

Paul McCartney is to release an expanded version of his latest studio album 'Memory Almost Full' which was originally released in June this year. The new deluxe CD package also comes with a second DVD disc containing the music videos for the singles 'Ever Present Past', which was directed by Phil Griffin, and 'Dance Tonight', directed by Michel Gondry [Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind] and starring actress Natalie Portman. The added DVD also features exclusive live performance footage from the time of the album's release, including the Beatles' 'secret show' at London's Electric Ballroom in June. Extra tracks that were part of the original deluxe package in June, 'In Private', 'Why So Blue', '222' have now been incorporated on to the main album. Meanwhile, in other Macca news - he spoke out in an interview earlier this week, explaining how the Beatles turned down an offer to reform in 1976 - to see the story - click here. The full track listing for the new deluxe 'Memory Almost Full' is: Disc: 1 1. Dance Tonight 2. Ever Present Past 3. See Your Sunshine 4. Only Mama Knows 5. You Tell Me 6. Mr Bellamy 7. Gratitude 8. Vintage Clothes 9. That Was Me 10. Feet In The Clouds 11. House Of Wax 12. End Of The End 13. Nod Your Head 14. In Private 15. Why So Blue 16. 222 Disc: 2 / DVD 1. Drive My Car 2. Only Mama Knows 3. Dance Tonight 4. House Of Wax 5. Nod Your Head 6. Dance Tonight 7. Ever Present Past Pic credit: Rex Features

Paul McCartney is to release an expanded version of his latest studio album ‘Memory Almost Full’ which was originally released in June this year.

The new deluxe CD package also comes with a second DVD disc containing the music videos for the singles ‘Ever Present Past’, which was directed by Phil Griffin, and ‘Dance Tonight’, directed by Michel Gondry [Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind] and starring actress Natalie Portman.

The added DVD also features exclusive live performance footage from the time of the album’s release, including the Beatles‘ ‘secret show‘ at London’s Electric Ballroom in June.

Extra tracks that were part of the original deluxe package in June, ‘In Private’, ‘Why So Blue’, ‘222’ have now been incorporated on to the main album.

Meanwhile, in other Macca news – he spoke out in an interview earlier this week, explaining how the Beatles turned down an offer to reform in 1976 – to see the story – click here.

The full track listing for the new deluxe ‘Memory Almost Full’ is:

Disc: 1

1. Dance Tonight

2. Ever Present Past

3. See Your Sunshine

4. Only Mama Knows

5. You Tell Me

6. Mr Bellamy

7. Gratitude

8. Vintage Clothes

9. That Was Me

10. Feet In The Clouds

11. House Of Wax

12. End Of The End

13. Nod Your Head

14. In Private

15. Why So Blue

16. 222

Disc: 2 / DVD

1. Drive My Car

2. Only Mama Knows

3. Dance Tonight

4. House Of Wax

5. Nod Your Head

6. Dance Tonight

7. Ever Present Past

Pic credit: Rex Features

Eric Clapton Subject Of TV Special

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Eric Clapton Subject Of TV Special

Eric Clapton is to appear on The South Bank Show, for the first time in twenty years, this December. Interviewed once again by South Bank Show host Melvyn Bragg, Clapton chats at length about conquering his addiction with alcohol which was at it's peak at the time of their first meeting. The filmed interview also sees Clapton talk frankly about his family, the death of his son, the intensity of his relationships with other great guitarists and with women, his influences and his most moving songs - and how he has now finally found peace. The show which airs on ITV1 on December 2, will also include rare and exclusive performance footage. Other highlights on The South Bank Show this Christmas include an interview with Annie Lennox behind the scenes as she prepares for a peace concert. The show airs on December 16. Don't forget - there's still time to enter Uncut.co.uk's Eric Clapton competition - For your chance to win a Fender Strat - click here!.

Eric Clapton is to appear on The South Bank Show, for the first time in twenty years, this December.

Interviewed once again by South Bank Show host Melvyn Bragg, Clapton chats at length about conquering his addiction with alcohol which was at it’s peak at the time of their first meeting.

The filmed interview also sees Clapton talk frankly about his family, the death of his son, the intensity of his relationships with other great guitarists and with women, his influences and his most moving songs – and how he has now finally found peace.

The show which airs on ITV1 on December 2, will also include rare and exclusive performance footage.

Other highlights on The South Bank Show this Christmas include an interview with Annie Lennox behind the scenes as she prepares for a peace concert. The show airs on December 16.

Don’t forget – there’s still time to enter Uncut.co.uk’s Eric Clapton competition – For your chance to win a Fender Strat – click here!.

Cut Of The Day: Dexys Perform Passion Revue

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Cut Of The Day: Dexys Perform Passion Revue

Today's choice cut from the world of YouTube is this clip of Dexys Midnight Runners in 1981. Performing 'Your Own' which was renamed 'Liars A - E' on the Projected Passion Revue album - the band are on top form for this live clip. Check out Uncut deputy editor John Mulvey's 4* review of The Projected Passion Revue here. Check out the great Dexys live performance here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNRqbT41ViQ If you have any trouble viewing the embedded video, click here.

Today’s choice cut from the world of YouTube is this clip of Dexys Midnight Runners in 1981.

Performing ‘Your Own’ which was renamed ‘Liars A – E’ on the Projected Passion Revue album – the band are on top form for this live clip.

Check out Uncut deputy editor John Mulvey’s 4* review of The Projected Passion Revue here.

Check out the great Dexys live performance here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNRqbT41ViQ

If you have any trouble viewing the embedded video, click here.

Uncut’s Worst Gigs – Ever!

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Uncut’s Worst Gigs – Ever!

In last month's UNCUT, our writers, friends and favourite musicians reminisced about their favourite gigs. Well, in this month’s issue we’re looking back on the worst gigs we’ve ever seen - including The Stone Roses, Bob Dylan, Kevin Rowland and David Bowie - with rare photos from the shows too. We're also going to publish one of the worst gigs every day, with online exclusives, so feast your eyes on this, and be glad you weren’t there! ***** 11 | THE FALL The Junction, Cambridge Tuesday, October 24, 1995 PAT LONG: The Junction was a nondescript building situated in the middle of an industrial estate behind Cambridge railway station. The Fall played there in 1993 and a bootleg of the show proves that it was incredible – the album that they were touring, The Infotainment Scan, was a return to form, Mark E Smith was just the right side of drunk and they closed with a thrillingly malicious version of The Sonics’ “Strychnine”. I wasn’t at that gig. The one I went to was two years later and remains one of the most hostile I’ve ever seen – and that includes the Jesus Lizard show when David Yow rammed his forearm, James Herriot-style, into his anal cavity and then smeared his hand on the front row’s faces. The first thing Smith did was kick NME photographer Andy Wilsher in the face, lens first. He then slurred through a few songs, booted guitarist Craig Scanlon in the rump and stormed off to sing most of the rest of the set from the dressing room. Scanlon apparently left the band the next day after what were presumably 16 very long and tiresome years. ***** plus WERE YOU THERE? Not even UNCUTs war-weary gig-hounds have been to every show in history – but you lot probably have. Email Allan_Jones@ipcmedia.com to share your memories, of the ones we've published or any which we have missed, and we’ll publish the best in a future issue

In last month’s UNCUT, our writers, friends and favourite musicians reminisced about their favourite gigs.

Well, in this month’s issue we’re looking back on the worst gigs we’ve ever seen – including The Stone Roses, Bob Dylan, Kevin Rowland and David Bowie – with rare photos from the shows too.

We’re also going to publish one of the worst gigs every day, with online exclusives, so feast your eyes on this, and be glad you weren’t there!

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11 | THE FALL

The Junction, Cambridge

Tuesday, October 24, 1995

PAT LONG: The Junction was a nondescript building situated in the middle of an industrial estate behind Cambridge railway station. The Fall played there in 1993 and a bootleg of the show proves that it was incredible – the album that they were touring, The Infotainment Scan, was a return to form, Mark E Smith was just the right side of drunk and they closed with a thrillingly malicious version of The Sonics’ “Strychnine”.

I wasn’t at that gig. The one I went to was two years later and remains one of the most hostile I’ve ever seen – and that includes the Jesus Lizard show when David Yow rammed his forearm, James Herriot-style, into his anal cavity and then smeared his hand on the front row’s faces. The first thing Smith did was kick NME photographer Andy Wilsher in the face, lens first. He then slurred through a few songs, booted guitarist Craig Scanlon in the rump and stormed off to sing most of the rest of the set from the dressing room. Scanlon apparently left the band the next day after what were presumably 16 very long and tiresome years.

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plus WERE YOU THERE?

Not even UNCUTs war-weary gig-hounds have been to every show in history – but you lot probably have.

Email Allan_Jones@ipcmedia.com to share your memories, of the ones we’ve published or any which we have missed, and we’ll publish the best in a future issue

Brian May Launches New Queen Live DVD

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Brian May Launches New Queen Live DVD

Queen guitarist Brian May launched the forthcoming Queen Rock Montreal live DVD at London's Hard Rock Cafe last night (October 16). Making a jovial, anecdotal speech before an edit of the concert film was shown, Brian May apologised on behalf of Roger Taylor who couldn't make it to the launch, saying: "he sends his love. He told me to tell you that he would actually MUCH rather be here with us for the launch of the DVD, rather than sunbathing on his luxurious boat off the coast of Africa, if he were someone who gave a shit!" May also told the story of how Queen came to play the Montreal Forum for two nights on November 24 and 25 in '81 - after touring South America - as director Saul Williams had decided it would be great to make a cinema quality live film. May explained the back story that as the band were no longer on tour at the time of the filming, everything had to especially constructed for those two nights. The stress of that combined with the band's (especially Mercury's) dislike of the Williams working practices meant that tempers flared. May advised us retrospectively saying: "What you see in this film is a very edgy, angry band, carving out a performance in a rather uncomfortable situation. But it does mean it’s very high energy, real, and raw." One of the highlights of the film is the first ever live performance of 'Under Pressure' their soon to be global hit, in collaboration with David Bowie. The DVD will also come with extended Live Aid footage. Check out the queenrockmontreal.com microsite here - for some video and audio clips from the show. Plus check out Brian May's regularly updated blog here and to see all of his speech notes from last night.. Queen Rock Montreal is released on DVD and double CD on October 29. Disc one: Intro We Will Rock You (fast) (May) Let Me Entertain You (Mercury) Play the Game (Mercury) Somebody to Love (Mercury) Killer Queen (Mercury) I'm in Love With My Car (Taylor) Get Down, Make Love (Mercury) Save Me (May) Now I'm Here (May) Dragon Attack (May) Now I'm Here (reprise) (May) Love of My Life (Mercury) Disc two: Under Pressure (Queen/Bowie) Keep Yourself Alive (with impromptu jam before the song) (May) Drum Solo/Tympani Solo (Taylor) Guitar Solo/Guitar and Drum Duel (May/Taylor) Flash (May) The Hero (May) Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Mercury) Jailhouse Rock (Leiber/Stoller) Bohemian Rhapsody (Mercury) Tie Your Mother Down (May) Another One Bites the Dust (Deacon) Sheer Heart Attack (Taylor) We Will Rock You (May) We Are the Champions (Mercury) God Save the Queen (tape) (arr. May)

Queen guitarist Brian May launched the forthcoming Queen Rock Montreal live DVD at London’s Hard Rock Cafe last night (October 16).

Making a jovial, anecdotal speech before an edit of the concert film was shown, Brian May apologised on behalf of Roger Taylor who couldn’t make it to the launch, saying: “he sends his love. He told me to tell you that he would actually MUCH rather be here with us for the launch of the DVD, rather than sunbathing on his luxurious boat off the coast of Africa, if he were someone who gave a shit!”

May also told the story of how Queen came to play the Montreal Forum for two nights on November 24 and 25 in ’81 – after touring South America – as director Saul Williams had decided it would be great to make a cinema quality live film.

May explained the back story that as the band were no longer on tour at the time of the filming, everything had to especially constructed for those two nights. The stress of that combined with the band’s (especially Mercury’s) dislike of the Williams working practices meant that tempers flared. May advised us retrospectively saying: “What you see in this film is a very edgy, angry band, carving out a performance in a rather uncomfortable situation. But it does mean it’s very high energy, real, and raw.”

One of the highlights of the film is the first ever live performance of ‘Under Pressure’ their soon to be global hit, in collaboration with David Bowie.

The DVD will also come with extended Live Aid footage.

Check out the queenrockmontreal.com microsite here – for some video and audio clips from the show.

Plus check out Brian May’s regularly updated blog here and to see all of his speech notes from last night..

Queen Rock Montreal is released on DVD and double CD on October 29.

Disc one:

Intro

We Will Rock You (fast) (May)

Let Me Entertain You (Mercury)

Play the Game (Mercury)

Somebody to Love (Mercury)

Killer Queen (Mercury)

I’m in Love With My Car (Taylor)

Get Down, Make Love (Mercury)

Save Me (May)

Now I’m Here (May)

Dragon Attack (May)

Now I’m Here (reprise) (May)

Love of My Life (Mercury)

Disc two:

Under Pressure (Queen/Bowie)

Keep Yourself Alive (with impromptu jam before the song) (May)

Drum Solo/Tympani Solo (Taylor)

Guitar Solo/Guitar and Drum Duel (May/Taylor)

Flash (May)

The Hero (May)

Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Mercury)

Jailhouse Rock (Leiber/Stoller)

Bohemian Rhapsody (Mercury)

Tie Your Mother Down (May)

Another One Bites the Dust (Deacon)

Sheer Heart Attack (Taylor)

We Will Rock You (May)

We Are the Champions (Mercury)

God Save the Queen (tape) (arr. May)

Neil Young Previews New Album Online

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Neil Young Previews New Album Online

Neil Young has set up his own youTube channel to showcase tracks from his new album 'Chrome Dreams II'. Four tracks from the forthcoming album are available to watch with specially made photo montage's from Neil Young's photo collection. The veteran rocker has posted the tracks 'Dirty Old Man', 'The Believer', 'The Way' and 'Spirit Road' with a collection of close-up images of rusty cars taken by Young. The new studio album, the follow-up to last year's 'Living With War' is due for release next week (October 23) and Neil Young also kicks off his North American tour this week in Idaho (October 18). Check out Neil Young's 'Chrome Dreams II' showcase here:http://youtube.com/neilyoungchannel For more details about Neil Young's 20-date US tour, click here.

Neil Young has set up his own youTube channel to showcase tracks from his new album ‘Chrome Dreams II’.

Four tracks from the forthcoming album are available to watch with specially made photo montage’s from Neil Young’s photo collection.

The veteran rocker has posted the tracks ‘Dirty Old Man‘, ‘The Believer‘, ‘The Way‘ and ‘Spirit Road‘ with a collection of close-up images of rusty cars taken by Young.

The new studio album, the follow-up to last year’s ‘Living With War’ is due for release next week (October 23) and Neil Young also kicks off his North American tour this week in Idaho (October 18).

Check out Neil Young’s ‘Chrome Dreams II’ showcase here:http://youtube.com/neilyoungchannel

For more details about Neil Young’s 20-date US tour, click here.

Cat Power Hearts Bob Dylan On New Jukebox Album

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Cat Power Hearts Bob Dylan On New Jukebox Album

Cat Power has revealed the track listing for her second covers' album due out early next year. The album, titled 'Jukebox' is to include covers of songs made famous by artists such as Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Hank Williams and Janis Joplin. The album due out on January 21, will also include two new Cat Power tracks; 'Metal Heart' and 'Song To Bobby', her own tribute to Bob Dylan. The 'Jukebox' track listing is: 'Theme From 'New York, New York' (originally sung by Frank Sinatra) 'Metal Heart' (Cat Power) 'Ramblin' (Wo)man' (Hank Williams) 'Song To Bobby' (Cat Power) 'Aretha, Sing One For Me' (Originally sung by George Jackson) 'Lost Someone' (James Brown) 'I Believe In You' (Bob Dylan) 'Fortunate Son' (Creedence Clearwater Revival) 'Silver Stallion' (Lee Clayton) 'Dark End Of The Street' (Originally sung by James Carr) 'Don't Explain' (Billie Holiday) 'Woman Left Lonely' (popularized by Janis Joplin)

Cat Power has revealed the track listing for her second covers’ album due out early next year.

The album, titled ‘Jukebox’ is to include covers of songs made famous by artists such as Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Hank Williams and Janis Joplin.

The album due out on January 21, will also include two new Cat Power tracks; ‘Metal Heart’ and ‘Song To Bobby’, her own tribute to Bob Dylan.

The ‘Jukebox’ track listing is:

‘Theme From ‘New York, New York’ (originally sung by Frank Sinatra)

‘Metal Heart’ (Cat Power)

‘Ramblin’ (Wo)man’ (Hank Williams)

‘Song To Bobby’ (Cat Power)

‘Aretha, Sing One For Me’ (Originally sung by George Jackson)

‘Lost Someone’ (James Brown)

‘I Believe In You’ (Bob Dylan)

‘Fortunate Son’ (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

‘Silver Stallion’ (Lee Clayton)

‘Dark End Of The Street’ (Originally sung by James Carr)

‘Don’t Explain’ (Billie Holiday)

‘Woman Left Lonely’ (popularized by Janis Joplin)

29 Artists Join Forces For Love Music Hate Racism

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29 Artists Join Forces For Love Music Hate Racism

Uncut's sister title NME has joined up with Love Music Hate Racism to release a free anti-racism double album - the first disc of which comes free with this week's issue of the paper. The Love Music Hate Racism project was created following reports that the British National Party were attempting to recruit school students to their notorious campaign by handing out racist music CDs. The LMHR album aims to reverse the trend with it's positive anti-racist message from the artists involved. Pete Doherty’s Babyshambles and Carl Barat's Dirty Pretty Things both appear on the album, putting aside artistic differences. Doherty exclaimed, “Count me in – I’ll fight!” Other artists that feature on the double album include Hard-Fi, Carbon/Silicon, Manu Chao, Billy Bragg, Biffy Clyro and The Charlatans. There are a further 14 tracks available to download free at NME.com The full track list for LMHR disc one is as follows: 1. The Enemy – Fear Killed The Youth Of Our Nation (rare B-side) 2. Lethal Bizzle - Babylon' s Burning The Ghetto (new single) 3. Roll Deep Racist People (specially recorded) 4. Helsinki (Drew - Babyshambles) Ampersand (specially recorded) 5. The View - Fireworks & Flowers (unreleased song) 6. Hard Fi - We Need Love (exclusive remix) 7. MIA - Hussel (from the album 'Kala ') 8. Bloc Party vs. Diplo - Where Is Home? (Exclusive remix) 9. Carbon / Silicon - The Network's Going Down (exclusive recording) 10. Natty - If I... (exclusive recording) 11. Babyshambles - Stone Me-What A Life! (B-side of 'Delivery’) 12. Get Cape. Wear Cap. Fly - If I Could Build You A Tower (specially recorded) 13. The Charlatans - Blank Heart, Blank Mind (specially written and recorded) 14. Dirty Pretty Things - 9 Lives (specially written and recorded) 15. Albert Hammond Jr. - Cartoon Music For Superheroes (From the album Yours To Keep)

Uncut’s sister title NME has joined up with Love Music Hate Racism to release a free anti-racism double album – the first disc of which comes free with this week’s issue of the paper.

The Love Music Hate Racism project was created following reports that the British National Party were attempting to recruit school students to their notorious campaign by handing out racist music CDs. The LMHR album aims to reverse the trend with it’s positive anti-racist message from the artists involved.

Pete Doherty’s Babyshambles and Carl Barat’s Dirty Pretty Things both appear on the album, putting aside artistic differences. Doherty exclaimed, “Count me in – I’ll fight!”

Other artists that feature on the double album include Hard-Fi, Carbon/Silicon, Manu Chao, Billy Bragg, Biffy Clyro and The Charlatans.

There are a further 14 tracks available to download free at NME.com

The full track list for LMHR disc one is as follows:

1. The Enemy – Fear Killed The Youth Of Our Nation (rare B-side)

2. Lethal Bizzle – Babylon’ s Burning The Ghetto (new single)

3. Roll Deep Racist People (specially recorded)

4. Helsinki (Drew – Babyshambles) Ampersand (specially recorded)

5. The View – Fireworks & Flowers (unreleased song)

6. Hard Fi – We Need Love (exclusive remix)

7. MIA – Hussel (from the album ‘Kala ‘)

8. Bloc Party vs. Diplo – Where Is Home? (Exclusive remix)

9. Carbon / Silicon – The Network’s Going Down (exclusive recording)

10. Natty – If I… (exclusive recording)

11. Babyshambles – Stone Me-What A Life! (B-side of ‘Delivery’)

12. Get Cape. Wear Cap. Fly – If I Could Build You A Tower (specially recorded)

13. The Charlatans – Blank Heart, Blank Mind (specially written and recorded)

14. Dirty Pretty Things – 9 Lives (specially written and recorded)

15. Albert Hammond Jr. – Cartoon Music For Superheroes (From the album

Yours To Keep)

Cut of the Day: Lou Reed With David Bowie

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Cut of the Day: Lou Reed With David Bowie

Cut of the day today is Lou Reed joining David Bowie on stage in New York back in 1999. Bowie joins his hero for a double-whammy of Reed tracks - Dirty BLVD and White Light/White Heat. Check out the glorious eight minute video clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdRXRJSCm_U If you have trouble viewing the embedded video click here.

Cut of the day today is Lou Reed joining David Bowie on stage in New York back in 1999.

Bowie joins his hero for a double-whammy of Reed tracks – Dirty BLVD and White Light/White Heat.

Check out the glorious eight minute video clip here:

If you have trouble viewing the embedded video click here.

McCartney: ‘The Beatles Turned Down Reunion In ’76’

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McCartney: ‘The Beatles Turned Down Reunion In ’76’

Paul McCartney has spoken for the first time about how the Beatles turned down a offer to reform the band in 1976. Speaking to listings magazine Radio Times to publicise his show at the BBC Electric Proms later this month, McCartney said that the money they were offered to stage a comeback back then was 'phenomenal'. He said:"There were phenomenal amounts of money being offered. Millions by Sid Bernstein, this New York promoter. But it just went round and round. There might be three of us thinking 'You know, it might not be a bad idea' - but the other one would go, 'Nah, I don't think so' and sort of veto it. Let's put it this way, there was never a time when all four of us wanted to do it. And I'm actually glad of that now because the Beatles' work is a body of work. There's nothing to be ashamed of there. He concluded: "The potential disappointment of coming on and not being as good as The Beatles had been, that was a risk we shouldn't take." In the wake of the unprecedent buzz around Led Zeppelin's reunion - Macca was asked in the interview 'What If' the Beatles could have reformed now? McCartney replied: "Since you're leading me down that flowery path, we could imagine that John would be this fantastic elder statesman, very much in command of his lifestyle. I'd be alongside him singing magnificently. George would be playing like an angel on his guitar. We'd be gelling, sounding like nothing anyone's ever heard before with all the power of modern amplification." With a flourish he added: "And, behind us, would be the world's greatest drummer. And it'd be fandabidozi! We could be introduced by the Krankies. Unfortunately, this is just pure imagination. But then what's wrong with that?" McCartney also revealed that he has artists old and new on his iPod, saying: "My iPod moves from Kaiser Chiefs to Neil Young to Guillemots to Bob Dylan to Radiohead to Bob Marley. And if you want to get a dancefloor moving, it's I Will Survive. Mix that with Foo Fighters, throw in a bit of Fred Astaire, KC and the Sunshine Band, maybe Fatboy Slim and we've got it!" Pic credit: Rex Features

Paul McCartney has spoken for the first time about how the Beatles turned down a offer to reform the band in 1976.

Speaking to listings magazine Radio Times to publicise his show at the BBC Electric Proms later this month, McCartney said that the money they were offered to stage a comeback back then was ‘phenomenal’.

He said:”There were phenomenal amounts of money being offered. Millions by Sid Bernstein, this New York promoter. But it just went round and round. There might be three of us thinking ‘You know, it might not be a bad idea’ – but the other one would go, ‘Nah, I don’t think so’ and sort of veto it. Let’s put it this way, there was never a time when all four of us wanted to do it. And I’m actually glad of that now because the Beatles’ work is a body of work. There’s nothing to be ashamed of there.

He concluded: “The potential disappointment of coming on and not being as good as The Beatles had been, that was a risk we shouldn’t take.”

In the wake of the unprecedent buzz around Led Zeppelin‘s reunion – Macca was asked in the interview ‘What If‘ the Beatles could have reformed now?

McCartney replied: “Since you’re leading me down that flowery path, we could imagine that John would be this fantastic elder statesman, very much in command of his lifestyle. I’d be alongside him singing magnificently.

George would be playing like an angel on his guitar. We’d be gelling, sounding like nothing anyone’s ever heard before with all the power of modern amplification.”

With a flourish he added: “And, behind us, would be the world’s greatest drummer. And it’d be fandabidozi! We could be introduced by the Krankies. Unfortunately, this is just pure imagination. But then what’s wrong with that?”

McCartney also revealed that he has artists old and new on his iPod, saying: “My iPod moves from Kaiser Chiefs to Neil Young to Guillemots to Bob Dylan to Radiohead to Bob Marley. And if you want to get a dancefloor moving, it’s I Will Survive. Mix that with Foo Fighters, throw in a bit of Fred Astaire, KC and the Sunshine Band, maybe Fatboy Slim and we’ve got it!”

Pic credit: Rex Features

Amy Winehouse Trips Up At Comeback Gig

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Amy Winehouse Trips Up At Comeback Gig

Amy Winehouse performed her first live gig since taking a drug overdose in August, last night (Oct 15) at Berlin’s Tempodrom venue. Winehouse's comeback show did not start well, with the singer tripping up on stage, followed by mumbling the opening lines of ‘Valerie’, her now customary rendition of The Zutons song. Despite the underwhelming start, the singer won over the crowd by performing her smash hits ‘Rehab’ and ‘You Know I’m Know Good’. The show last night, comes after two months of numerous gig cancellations, due to her publicised drug problems and stints in rehab. The show in Berlin last night was the first of twelve dates scheduled across mainland Europe in the coming two weeks. Following these European dates, Winehouse will return for her UK tour, which starts in Birmingham on November 14.

Amy Winehouse performed her first live gig since taking a drug overdose in August, last night (Oct 15) at Berlin’s Tempodrom venue.

Winehouse’s comeback show did not start well, with the singer tripping up on stage, followed by mumbling the opening lines of ‘Valerie’, her now customary rendition of The Zutons song.

Despite the underwhelming start, the singer won over the crowd by performing her smash hits ‘Rehab’ and ‘You Know I’m Know Good’.

The show last night, comes after two months of numerous gig cancellations, due to her publicised drug problems and stints in rehab.

The show in Berlin last night was the first of twelve dates scheduled across mainland Europe in the coming two weeks.

Following these European dates, Winehouse will return for her UK tour, which starts in Birmingham on November 14.

New Reviews Online Now

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New Reviews Online Now

Uncut.co.uk publishes a weekly selection of music reviews; including new, reissued and compilation albums. Find out about the best here. All of our reviews feature a 'submit your own review' function - we would love to hear about what you've heard lately. This week's new reviews published online, each with Q&As are: 4*Robert Wyatt - Comicopera 4*Beirut - The Flying Club Cup 4*Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter 3*Vashti Bunyan - Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind Other recomended new releases you might have missed in the past couple of weeks are: 5*Joy Division - Reissues 4*Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends 4*Moby Grape - Reissues 3*Bob Dylan - Dylan. 5*Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation 4*Carbon/Silicon - The Last Post 4*Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade

Uncut.co.uk publishes a weekly selection of music reviews; including new, reissued and compilation albums. Find out about the best here.

All of our reviews feature a ‘submit your own review’ function – we would love to hear about what you’ve heard lately.

This week’s new reviews published online, each with Q&As are:

4*Robert Wyatt – Comicopera

4*Beirut – The Flying Club Cup

4*Josh Ritter – The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter

3*Vashti Bunyan – Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind

Other recomended new releases you might have missed in the past couple of weeks are:

5*Joy Division – Reissues

4*Les Savy Fav – Let’s Stay Friends

4*Moby Grape – Reissues

3*Bob Dylan – Dylan.

5*Babyshambles – Shotter’s Nation

4*Carbon/Silicon – The Last Post

4*Steve Earle – Washington Square Serenade

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