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CUT of the Day: Brian May Rocks With The Best Of Queen

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CUT of the Day: Brian May Rocks With The Best Of Queen

Brian May is today (Augut 23) sitting his final aural exam, the Viva, to complete his theses “Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud"- finally completing his Phd 36 years after he started it. The guitarist and co-leader of rock legends Queen, stopped working on his theses when rock 'n' roll took over back in the early 70s. The result is due this afternoon just after 5pm, after which Brian May intends on going out drinking. From Brian May's online blog: "The next thing I will do is call my dear friend Patrick [Moore], and then give our Phil Symes a statement, and then I will be drinking!! The Department have offered to give me a celebration beverage, so hopefully there will something to celebrate. Right now, I'm reading my thesis one more time, so it's fresh in my mind, and, like the "Roof" thing, the rest is out of my control. It's one of those times, to relinquish control to the Higher Power. I hope my Higher Power will smile upon my efforts. But in any case, I sure have good friends ... thanks, all." Check out this video compilation of Queen highlights, Brian's 'We Will Rock You': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCFv89XTsSo This story got us going with the puns combining May's astronomy with Queen titles, can you do better? Email us at competitions@ipcmedia.com, we'll send the best one a prize from the Uncut cupboard. Sun-body to love White Dwarf (As It Began) Seven Seas of Aurorae We Will Hale -Bopp You Gamma to fall Bohelial-moon rhapsody Albums: A Night At The Observatory News of the Worlds

Brian May is today (Augut 23) sitting his final aural exam, the Viva, to complete his theses “Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud”- finally completing his Phd 36 years after he started it.

The guitarist and co-leader of rock legends Queen, stopped working on his theses when rock ‘n’ roll took over back in the early 70s.

The result is due this afternoon just after 5pm, after which Brian May intends on going out drinking.

From Brian May’s online blog:

“The next thing I will do is call my dear friend Patrick [Moore], and then give our Phil Symes a statement, and then I will be drinking!! The Department have offered to give me a celebration beverage, so hopefully there will something to celebrate. Right now, I’m reading my thesis one more time, so it’s fresh in my mind, and, like the “Roof” thing, the rest is out of my control. It’s one of those times, to relinquish control to the Higher Power. I hope my Higher Power will smile upon my efforts. But in any case, I sure have good friends … thanks, all.”

Check out this video compilation of Queen highlights, Brian’s ‘We Will Rock You’:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCFv89XTsSo

This story got us going with the puns combining May’s astronomy with Queen titles, can you do better?

Email us at competitions@ipcmedia.com, we’ll send the best one a prize from the Uncut cupboard.

Sun-body to love

White Dwarf (As It Began)

Seven Seas of Aurorae

We Will Hale -Bopp You

Gamma to fall

Bohelial-moon rhapsody

Albums:

A Night At The Observatory

News of the Worlds

Dylan Biopic Trailer Goes Online

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Dylan Biopic Trailer Goes Online

The first teaser trailer for Todd Haynes' Bob Dylan "biopic", I'm Not There, has gone online. The film stars six actors as Dylan Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett (pictured above), Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger and Ben Whishaw. "I'm Not There" debuts at this year's Venice Film Festival on September 4. We'll be bringing you our first look report immediately after. Check out the trailer here.

The first teaser trailer for Todd Haynes’ Bob Dylan “biopic”, I’m Not There, has gone online.

The film stars six actors as Dylan Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett (pictured above), Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger and Ben Whishaw.

“I’m Not There” debuts at this year’s Venice Film Festival on September 4. We’ll be bringing you our first look report immediately after.

Check out the trailer here.

Win Guest Tickets to the Carling Weekend: Reading Festival

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Win Guest Tickets to the Carling Weekend: Reading Festival

If you’ve missed out on tickets to the Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals, then don’t worry because www.uncut.co.uk has got two pairs of exclusive Guest tickets for the Carling Weekend: Reading Festival, kicking off this Friday (August 24) to give away in conjunction with Nokia Rock Up & Play. Nokia also have a Nokia 5300 XpressMusic mobile phone up for grabs for a lucky runner-up. To be in with a chance of going to the Carling Weekend: Reading Festival as a guest, just answer the following question: What is the title of The Hold Steady’s last UK album release? Send your answer, along with your name, phone number and email address to uncutcompetitions@ipcmedia.com Competition closes at 12pm, Thursday 23 August. Winners will be notified on Thursday afternoon, with tickets to arrive by Friday 9am. The Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festival 2007 features headliners Smashing Pumpkins, Razorlight and Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well as Uncut favourites Arcade Fire, The Hold Steady and Devendra Banhart. For more information on the Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals, go to www.readingfestival.com or www.leedsfestival.com. Nokia is bringing Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festival goers closer to the music they love this summer. • Ask top festival bands your questions courtesy of Nokia’s exclusive artist Q&A sessions including The Enemy, The Maccabees, Noisettes, and Shiny Toy Guns and listen to exclusive live acoustic sets. • Get up and perform live on Nokia’s Rock Up & Play stage. Play solo, with friends, or with the house band to share your musical passions with festival-goers. (All backline instruments and equipment are provided) • Download Nokia’s free*, interactive mobile festival guide – receive all the Reading festival information straight to your mobile phone – including final line-ups, personal schedule maps and stage update messages. For more information, go to www.nokia.co.uk/rockupandplay - Nokia’s virtual community website which gives music lovers everywhere the chance to ‘rock up and play’ anytime. Sign up now for exclusive content and competitions. T&Cs • The Nokia 5300 XpressMusic Black Edition comes without network connection or SIM card. • *Festival Guide is free to download and use - standard network rates may apply • Usual Uncut rules apply.

If you’ve missed out on tickets to the Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals, then don’t worry because www.uncut.co.uk has got two pairs of exclusive Guest tickets for the Carling Weekend: Reading Festival, kicking off this Friday (August 24) to give away in conjunction with Nokia Rock Up & Play.

Nokia also have a Nokia 5300 XpressMusic mobile phone up for grabs for a lucky runner-up.

To be in with a chance of going to the Carling Weekend: Reading Festival as a guest, just answer the following question:

What is the title of The Hold Steady’s last UK album release?

Send your answer, along with your name, phone number and email address to uncutcompetitions@ipcmedia.com

Competition closes at 12pm, Thursday 23 August. Winners will be notified on Thursday afternoon, with tickets to arrive by Friday 9am.

The Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festival 2007 features headliners Smashing Pumpkins, Razorlight and Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well as Uncut favourites Arcade Fire, The Hold Steady and Devendra Banhart. For more information on the Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals, go to www.readingfestival.com or www.leedsfestival.com.

Nokia is bringing Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festival goers closer to the music they love this summer.

• Ask top festival bands your questions courtesy of Nokia’s exclusive artist Q&A sessions including The Enemy, The Maccabees, Noisettes, and Shiny Toy Guns and listen to exclusive live acoustic sets.

• Get up and perform live on Nokia’s Rock Up & Play stage. Play solo, with friends, or with the house band to share your musical passions with festival-goers. (All backline instruments and equipment are provided)

• Download Nokia’s free*, interactive mobile festival guide – receive all the Reading festival information straight to your mobile phone – including final line-ups, personal schedule maps and stage update messages.

For more information, go to www.nokia.co.uk/rockupandplay – Nokia’s virtual community website which gives music lovers everywhere the chance to ‘rock up and play’ anytime. Sign up now for exclusive content and competitions.

T&Cs

• The Nokia 5300 XpressMusic Black Edition comes without network connection or SIM card.

• *Festival Guide is free to download and use – standard network rates may apply

• Usual Uncut rules apply.

PJ Harvey Confirms First Single From White Chalk

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PJ Harvey Confirms First Single From White Chalk

PJ Harvey has confirmed details of the first single to be taken from her highly anticipated eigth studio album 'White Chalk.' 'When Under Ether' is to be released on September 17 on 7" vinyl and download only. The B-side will be 'Wait' - one of the earliest tracks ever recorded by the singer in 1988, the song is previously unreleased. Harvey has also confirmed that she will be appearing at Bristol's Colston Hall on September 24 ahead of her sold-out show at London's Royal Festival Hall on September 29. Tickets for the Bristol show are on sale now from the Colston Hall Box Offfice here.

PJ Harvey has confirmed details of the first single to be taken from her highly anticipated eigth studio album ‘White Chalk.’

‘When Under Ether’ is to be released on September 17 on 7″ vinyl and download only. The B-side will be ‘Wait’ – one of the earliest tracks ever recorded by the singer in 1988, the song is previously unreleased.

Harvey has also confirmed that she will be appearing at Bristol’s Colston Hall on September 24 ahead of her sold-out show at London’s Royal Festival Hall on September 29.

Tickets for the Bristol show are on sale now from the Colston Hall Box Offfice here.

Rolling Stones Are Sensational As They Kick Off London Dates

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Rolling Stones Are Sensational As They Kick Off London Dates

The Rolling Stones' opening London show at the 02 Arena last night (August 21) was a sensational success. The first of three nights at the mammoth venue - Jagger, Richards (pictured above) and Wood looked better than ever, as they played through a 2 hour set of classic Stones' hits. The show was a slightly stripped down back-to-basics affair, but only in comparison to the massive stadiums they've been playing on this European leg of the tour. The Stones played only one track; 'Rough Justice' from the most recent album 'A Bigger Bang', when they've most typically been playing three or four. 'Rocks Off', 'Satisfaction' and 'Paint It Black' were all part of the super-hit laden set. The Stones play 02 again tomorrow (August 23) supported by Jet, and again on Sunday (August 26) supported by The Enemy. They played: Start Me Up You Got Me Rocking Rough Justice Rocks Off Let It Bleed Beast Of Burden Can't You Hear Me Knocking I'll Go Crazy Tumbling Dice --- Introductions You Got The Silver (Keith) I Wanna Hold You (Keith) It's Only Rock'n Roll (to B-stage) Respectable (B-stage) Satisfaction (B-stage) Honky Tonk Women (to main stage) Sympathy For The Devil Paint It Black Jumping Jack Flash Brown Sugar (encore)

The Rolling Stones’ opening London show at the 02 Arena last night (August 21) was a sensational success.

The first of three nights at the mammoth venue – Jagger, Richards (pictured above) and Wood looked better than ever, as they played through a 2 hour set of classic Stones’ hits.

The show was a slightly stripped down back-to-basics affair, but only in comparison to the massive stadiums they’ve been playing on this European leg of the tour. The Stones played only one track; ‘Rough Justice’ from the most recent album ‘A Bigger Bang’, when they’ve most typically been playing three or four.

‘Rocks Off’, ‘Satisfaction’ and ‘Paint It Black’ were all part of the super-hit laden set.

The Stones play 02 again tomorrow (August 23) supported by Jet, and again on Sunday (August 26) supported by The Enemy.

They played:

Start Me Up

You Got Me Rocking

Rough Justice

Rocks Off

Let It Bleed

Beast Of Burden

Can’t You Hear Me Knocking

I’ll Go Crazy

Tumbling Dice

— Introductions

You Got The Silver (Keith)

I Wanna Hold You (Keith)

It’s Only Rock’n Roll (to B-stage)

Respectable (B-stage)

Satisfaction (B-stage)

Honky Tonk Women (to main stage)

Sympathy For The Devil

Paint It Black

Jumping Jack Flash

Brown Sugar (encore)

Countdown To Carling Weekend: Smashing Pumpkins

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Countdown To Carling Weekend: Smashing Pumpkins

This weekend sees the start of the annual Carling Weekend – a three day festival of some of the biggest and the best of the world’s rock bands. Starting this Friday (Aug 24) the event’s headliners include Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails and Razorlight. Throughout the week, Uncut will be previewing some of the must-see bands. Uncut will be bringing you festival news, blogs and pics all weekend live from the Carling Weekend: Reading, so take a look at Uncut’s festival blog from this Friday, August 24. *** SMASHING PUMPKINS Rising from the ashes of heroin addiction and bitter slandering that ensued their highly publicised break up, American rock legends The Smashing Pumpkins reformed last year to record a new album, “Zeitgeist”. With a new line-up; D’arcy Wretzky replaces bassist Ginger Reyes and guitarist Jeff Schroeder steps into James Iha’s shoes – the Smashing Pumpkins will headline the Main Stage on Sunday in Reading and perform in Leeds on Saturday. “Zeitgest” is a quintessential Pumpkins album – despite the loss of two former band members. Ultimately, the band was always the brainchild of its perfectionist founder and lead singer Billy Corgan who remains on top form. The incredible goth-metal-shoegaze sound that made them the giants of rock in the 1990’s remains intact, in spite of Corgan’s unashamed politicisation. The infinite energy and haunting lyrics that became synonymous with The Smashing Pumpkins of old are still evident in “Zeitgeist”. Recent shows have seen the band plunder gloriously through the back catalogue of old too, everything from 'Silverfuck' to '1979' to 'Zero' have all got outings in massively long shows in Europe. The Smashing Pumpkins will perform on the Main Stage on Sunday in Reading and in Leeds on Saturday alongside Nine Inch Nails, LostProphets, Fall Out Boy, Funeral For A Friend, +44, The Used, Billy Talent, Hello Goodbye and Gym Class Heroes.

This weekend sees the start of the annual Carling Weekend – a three day festival of some of the biggest and the best of the world’s rock bands.

Starting this Friday (Aug 24) the event’s headliners include Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails and Razorlight.

Throughout the week, Uncut will be previewing some of the must-see bands.

Uncut will be bringing you festival news, blogs and pics all weekend live from the Carling Weekend: Reading, so take a look at Uncut’s festival blog from this Friday, August 24.

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SMASHING PUMPKINS

Rising from the ashes of heroin addiction and bitter slandering that ensued their highly publicised break up, American rock legends The Smashing Pumpkins reformed last year to record a new album, “Zeitgeist”.

With a new line-up; D’arcy Wretzky replaces bassist Ginger Reyes and guitarist Jeff Schroeder steps into James Iha’s shoes – the Smashing Pumpkins will headline the Main Stage on Sunday in Reading and perform in Leeds on Saturday.

“Zeitgest” is a quintessential Pumpkins album – despite the loss of two former band members. Ultimately, the band was always the brainchild of its perfectionist founder and lead singer Billy Corgan who remains on top form. The incredible goth-metal-shoegaze sound that made them the giants of rock in the 1990’s remains intact, in spite of Corgan’s unashamed politicisation.

The infinite energy and haunting lyrics that became synonymous with The Smashing Pumpkins of old are still evident in “Zeitgeist”.

Recent shows have seen the band plunder gloriously through the back catalogue of old too, everything from ‘Silverfuck’ to ‘1979’ to ‘Zero’ have all got outings in massively long shows in Europe.

The Smashing Pumpkins will perform on the Main Stage on Sunday in Reading and in Leeds on Saturday alongside Nine Inch Nails, LostProphets, Fall Out Boy, Funeral For A Friend, +44, The Used, Billy Talent, Hello Goodbye and Gym Class Heroes.

CUT of The Day: Nick Drake Sings Kids TV Anthem

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CUT of The Day: Nick Drake Sings Kids TV Anthem

CUT of the day: Wednesday August 22 YouTube truly does throw up some of the most bizarre 'lost' tapes, and today is no exception. A 1971 session featuring an uncredited Nick Drake singing the theme song to cult British kids TV show Rainbow. The session vocals have been added to the programme's title sequence just for fun. Watch the re-made show's opening sequence, featuring Nick Drake here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvsTMgfVnfg

CUT of the day: Wednesday August 22

YouTube truly does throw up some of the most bizarre ‘lost’ tapes, and today is no exception.

A 1971 session featuring an uncredited Nick Drake singing the theme song to cult British kids TV show Rainbow.

The session vocals have been added to the programme’s title sequence just for fun.

Watch the re-made show’s opening sequence, featuring Nick Drake here:

Beatles Inspired Scuplture Unveiled In Liverpool

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Beatles Inspired Scuplture Unveiled In Liverpool

A sculupture celebrating the 'special' relationship between the Beatles and Russia has today (August 21) been unveiled at the Beatles Story museum in Liverpool. The artwork (pictured) by renowned Russian artist Nikolay Rogatnev is subtitled “The Music of The Beatles Unites The Earth”. Rogatnev hopes that similar sculptures will eventually be exhibited across the world in important Beatles-related locations such as Hamburg, New York too. Russian journalist, Valentin Bayoukansky, who originally came up with the concept for the sculpture explained, “There were four Beatles and we want to place a sculpture in four different counties to show how the people of the world were united by their wonderful music. Liverpool was number one on our list as it is the Beatles hometown.” The Beatles were hugely popular in Russia during Soviet times, when fans braved official disapproval from the Communist Party to collect records of Western rock groups. Sir Paul McCartney played his first gig in Russia in 2003 and said at the time, “We were chuffed in the 60s when we heard The Beatles were big in Russia. We thought. ‘Wow! The power of music! We’ve even got behind the iron curtain.’” Jerry Goldman, Managing Director of the Beatles Story said “It’s wonderful that we can welcome our Russian friends to Liverpool. The importance of the Beatles to so many Russian music fans can never be understated. In the last few years we have seen the number of Russian visitors rise with the introduction of our Russian audio guide.” The Beatles Story museum, on the Albert Docks in Liverpool is expanding it's exhibits next year; to include rooms that focus on the solo careers of George Harrison and Ringo Starr, alongside existing displays on John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

A sculupture celebrating the ‘special’ relationship between the Beatles and Russia has today (August 21) been unveiled at the Beatles Story museum in Liverpool.

The artwork (pictured) by renowned Russian artist Nikolay Rogatnev is subtitled “The Music of The Beatles Unites The Earth”. Rogatnev hopes that similar sculptures will eventually be exhibited across the world in important Beatles-related locations such as Hamburg, New York too.

Russian journalist, Valentin Bayoukansky, who originally came up with the concept for the sculpture explained, “There were four Beatles and we want to place a sculpture in four different counties to show how the people of the world were united by their wonderful music. Liverpool was number one on our list as it is the Beatles hometown.”

The Beatles were hugely popular in Russia during Soviet times, when fans braved official disapproval from the Communist Party to collect records of Western rock groups. Sir Paul McCartney played his first gig in Russia in 2003 and said at the time, “We were chuffed in the 60s when we heard The Beatles were big in Russia. We thought. ‘Wow! The power of music! We’ve even got behind the iron curtain.’”

Jerry Goldman, Managing Director of the Beatles Story said “It’s wonderful that we can welcome our Russian friends to Liverpool. The importance of the Beatles to so many Russian music fans can never be understated. In the last few years we have seen the number of Russian visitors rise with the introduction of our Russian audio guide.”

The Beatles Story museum, on the Albert Docks in Liverpool is expanding it’s exhibits next year; to include rooms that focus on the solo careers of George Harrison and Ringo Starr, alongside existing displays on John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

Reading Festival Site Badly Affected By Rain, Still

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Reading Festival Site Badly Affected By Rain, Still

Reading Festival organisers have abandoned some of the campsites for this year’s event starting on Friday (August 24), as recent floodwaters in the area have failed to recede. Situated next to the river Thames, Reading was severely affected by last month’s floods and some of the site remains under water. “We have recovered to a large extent but not fully and a fair amount of the site is still not campable today,” festival organiser Melvin Benn warned the fans on the official website. He added: “It has been a challenge. The summer has been bloody awful.” Main stage and all the arenas where the Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Arcade Fire will play, should be “fine” according to the organisers but some campsites are ‘boggy’ and others will remain “unusable” throughout the weekend. To counter the lack of camping space, Orange car park has now become a campsite for the fans. But festival goers need not fret about the weather during the bash. Weekend forecasts have been quite favourable, some sun is expected, and organisers are adamant that the festival will pass without a hitch despite the difficulties. Organiser Melvin Benn optimistically concluded: “We will be able to stage the world’s greatest rock festival despite what climate change and the weather have thrown at us.” “I always said the festival was more important than the weather!” To see what campsites are unusable and are being rearranged, visit the official Carling Reading/Leeds Festival Weekend website here.

Reading Festival organisers have abandoned some of the campsites for this year’s event starting on Friday (August 24), as recent floodwaters in the area have failed to recede.

Situated next to the river Thames, Reading was severely affected by last month’s floods and some of the site remains under water.

“We have recovered to a large extent but not fully and a fair amount of the site is still not campable today,” festival organiser Melvin Benn warned the fans on the official website.

He added: “It has been a challenge. The summer has been bloody awful.”

Main stage and all the arenas where the Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Arcade Fire will play, should be “fine” according to the organisers but some campsites are ‘boggy’ and others will remain “unusable” throughout the weekend. To counter the lack of camping space, Orange car park has now become a campsite for the fans.

But festival goers need not fret about the weather during the bash. Weekend forecasts have been quite favourable, some sun is expected, and organisers are adamant that the festival will pass without a hitch despite the difficulties.

Organiser Melvin Benn optimistically concluded: “We will be able to stage the world’s greatest rock festival despite what climate change and the weather have thrown at us.”

“I always said the festival was more important than the weather!”

To see what campsites are unusable and are being rearranged, visit the official Carling Reading/Leeds Festival Weekend website here.

Kill Bill’s Diary Set For Release

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Kill Bill’s Diary Set For Release

David Carradine, 'Bill' in the classic Tarantino movie Kill Bill, is set to reveal all about filming in a diary to be published next month. Writing behind the scenes whilst making Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2, Carradine tells of the grueling training, conversations with Quentin Tarantino and falling in love with Uma Thurman while 'swinging a steel-tempered Samurai sword at her head.' On and off set over the course of the two year filming process, Carradine also reveals his admiration of acting alongside martial arts heroes Sonny Chiba and Chia Hui Liu. The first UK edition of the diary is published on September 17 by Methuen Drama, A&C Black. Check out David Carradine's official mySpace page here; full of funny video clips and samples of his record 'As Is' here.

David Carradine, ‘Bill’ in the classic Tarantino movie Kill Bill, is set to reveal all about filming in a diary to be published next month.

Writing behind the scenes whilst making Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2, Carradine tells of the grueling training, conversations with Quentin Tarantino and falling in love with Uma Thurman while ‘swinging a steel-tempered Samurai sword at her head.’

On and off set over the course of the two year filming process, Carradine also reveals his admiration of acting alongside martial arts heroes Sonny Chiba and Chia Hui Liu.

The first UK edition of the diary is published on September 17 by Methuen Drama, A&C Black.

Check out David Carradine’s official mySpace page here; full of funny video clips and samples of his record ‘As Is’ here.

Morrissey Announces US Residencies

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Morrissey Announces US Residencies

Morrissey has revealed plans for an extensive US concert tour starting this September. The iconic indie songsmith will play several nights in Las Vegas, San Francsico, Washington DC and Los Angeles over a six week period between September 21 and November 8. The newly announced shows include multiple nights at San Fracisco's Fillmore auditorium and ten nights at LA's Palladium. The US stint comes after the singer was forced to cancel several dates due to illness during his 40 date tour that started in April this year. Morrissey contracted a viral throat infection and was forced to cancel gig that included New York's immense Madison Square Gardens. Morrissey's most recent album, 'Ringleader of the Tormentors'has been one of the former Smith's founders most successful album of recent years, entering the UK charts at number one in 2006. Support for all of Morrissey's dates will come from the same alternative singer as played on his US tour earlier this year, Kristeen Young. Morrissey will play: Las Vegas, NV - The Pearl (September 21) San Francisco, CA - Fillmore (23/24/26/27) Santa Barbara, CA - County Bowl (29) Los Angeles, CA - Palladium (October 1/2/4/5/6/8/9/11/12/13) Salt Lake City, UT - Thanksgiving Point (15) Waukegan, IL - Genesee Theatre (17) Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre (19) Merrillville, IN - Star Plaza (20) New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom (22/23/26/27/28) Boston, MA - Orpheum (30) Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live! (31) Washington, DC - Constitution Hall (November 2)

Morrissey has revealed plans for an extensive US concert tour starting this September.

The iconic indie songsmith will play several nights in Las Vegas, San Francsico, Washington DC and Los Angeles over a six week period between September 21 and November 8.

The newly announced shows include multiple nights at San Fracisco’s Fillmore auditorium and ten nights at LA’s Palladium.

The US stint comes after the singer was forced to cancel several dates due to illness during his 40 date tour that started in April this year. Morrissey contracted a viral throat infection and was forced to cancel gig that included New York’s immense Madison Square Gardens.

Morrissey’s most recent album, ‘Ringleader of the Tormentors’has been one of the former Smith’s founders most successful album of recent years, entering the UK charts at number one in 2006.

Support for all of Morrissey’s dates will come from the same alternative singer as played on his US tour earlier this year, Kristeen Young.

Morrissey will play:

Las Vegas, NV – The Pearl (September 21)

San Francisco, CA – Fillmore (23/24/26/27)

Santa Barbara, CA – County Bowl (29)

Los Angeles, CA – Palladium (October 1/2/4/5/6/8/9/11/12/13)

Salt Lake City, UT – Thanksgiving Point (15)

Waukegan, IL – Genesee Theatre (17)

Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre (19)

Merrillville, IN – Star Plaza (20)

New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom (22/23/26/27/28)

Boston, MA – Orpheum (30)

Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live! (31)

Washington, DC – Constitution Hall (November 2)

Countdown To Carling Weekend: Devendra Banhart

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Countdown To Carling Weekend: Devendra Banhart

This weekend sees the start of the annual Carling Weekend – a three day festival of some of the biggest and the best of the world’s rock bands. Starting this Friday (Aug 24) the event’s headliners include Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails and Razorlight. Throughout the week, Uncut will be previewing some of the must-see bands. Uncut will be bringing you festival news, blogs and pics all weekend live from Reading, so take a look at Uncut’s festival blogfrom this Friday, August 24 *** DEVENDRA BANHART From a distance Devendra Banhart is easily confused for a Hell’s Angel; bushy beard, long hair, psychedelic glasses and the denim jacket seem a dead give-away. But look again and you will see a hippy and a poet that radiates love of music. Banhart will be playing the Radio 1/NME stage in Leeds on Friday and in Reading on Saturday. He will be showcasing tracks from his fifth album "Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon", which details Banhart's break-up with Bianca Casady of CocoRosie, as well as playing through tracks from his back catalogue of beautiful acid-folk songs. The new album is an experimental mix of gospel, reggae and South American balladry inspired by his upbringing in Venezuela in which he departs slightly from the acid-folk sound of his previous albums. However, the superb song-writing skills that transcend musical genres are evident in all of his albums and make Devendra Barnhart irresistible at times. Others have described his music as cathartic and encyclopaedic, so don’t resist, if you've never heard him play, you'll be enthralled. Banhart will be joined on the Radio One/ NME stage on Friday in Leeds and on Saturday in Reading, by Klaxons, LCD Soundsystem, CSS, Jamie T, Cold War Kids, The Maccabees, The Sunshine Underground, New Young Pony Club, Hadouken, Pull Tiger Tail and Late of the Pier.

This weekend sees the start of the annual Carling Weekend – a three day festival of some of the biggest and the best of the world’s rock bands.

Starting this Friday (Aug 24) the event’s headliners include Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails and Razorlight.

Throughout the week, Uncut will be previewing some of the must-see bands.

Uncut will be bringing you festival news, blogs and pics all weekend live from Reading, so take a look at Uncut’s festival blogfrom this Friday, August 24

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DEVENDRA BANHART

From a distance Devendra Banhart is easily confused for a Hell’s Angel; bushy beard, long hair, psychedelic glasses and the denim jacket seem a dead give-away. But look again and you will see a hippy and a poet that radiates love of music.

Banhart will be playing the Radio 1/NME stage in Leeds on Friday and in Reading on Saturday. He will be showcasing tracks from his fifth album “Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon”, which details Banhart’s break-up with Bianca Casady of CocoRosie, as well as playing through tracks from his back catalogue of beautiful acid-folk songs.

The new album is an experimental mix of gospel, reggae and South American balladry inspired by his upbringing in Venezuela in which he departs slightly from the acid-folk sound of his previous albums.

However, the superb song-writing skills that transcend musical genres are evident in all of his albums and make Devendra Barnhart irresistible at times. Others have described his music as cathartic and encyclopaedic, so don’t resist, if you’ve never heard him play, you’ll be enthralled.

Banhart will be joined on the Radio One/ NME stage on Friday in Leeds and on Saturday in Reading, by Klaxons, LCD Soundsystem, CSS, Jamie T, Cold War Kids, The Maccabees, The Sunshine Underground, New Young Pony Club, Hadouken, Pull Tiger Tail and Late of the Pier.

Henry Rollins Announces UK Tour

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Henry Rollins Announces UK Tour

Henry rollins has announced details for a full UK spoken word tour for early 2008. The multi-tasking musician and writer is currently appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and spends time each year mixing spoken word shows with those by The Rollins Band, the band he formed at Black Flag's demise in 1986. Recently Rollins has taken his shows to visit US troops in countries such as Afghanistan, Kuwait and Iraq, in between hosting his own weekly US radio show. You can see Rollins at the following venues from January 2008 London, Hammersmith Apollo (January 26) Bristol, Colston Hall (27) Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall (28) Ireland, Dublin, Vicar St (29) Manchester, Academy (30) Newcastle, Academy (31) Aberdeen, Music Hall (February 2) Glasgow, Theatre Royal (3)

Henry rollins has announced details for a full UK spoken word tour for early 2008.

The multi-tasking musician and writer is currently appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and spends time each year mixing spoken word shows with those by The Rollins Band, the band he formed at Black Flag’s demise in 1986.

Recently Rollins has taken his shows to visit US troops in countries such as Afghanistan, Kuwait and Iraq, in between hosting his own weekly US radio show.

You can see Rollins at the following venues from January 2008

London, Hammersmith Apollo (January 26)

Bristol, Colston Hall (27)

Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall (28)

Ireland, Dublin, Vicar St (29)

Manchester, Academy (30)

Newcastle, Academy (31)

Aberdeen, Music Hall (February 2)

Glasgow, Theatre Royal (3)

CUT of the Day: Rolling Stones Rip Up IOW

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CUT of the Day: Rolling Stones Rip Up IOW

The Rolling Stones are kicking off three dates at London's 02 Arena tonight (August 21) - their only UK dates on this leg of the Bigger Bang European tour. Support acts for their three shows have just been announced as being The Kooks tonight, Jet on Thursday (August 23) and The Enemy for the show on Sunday (August 26). Check out this clip from the Stones' fantastic performance at the Isle of Wight Festival in June of this year. It was their first UK festival headline performance since playing Knebworth all the way back in 1976. See 'Start Me Up Here': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djcAgrZmsMA Pic credit: Rex Features

The Rolling Stones are kicking off three dates at London’s 02 Arena tonight (August 21) – their only UK dates on this leg of the Bigger Bang European tour.

Support acts for their three shows have just been announced as being The Kooks tonight, Jet on Thursday (August 23) and The Enemy for the show on Sunday (August 26).

Check out this clip from the Stones’ fantastic performance at the Isle of Wight Festival in June of this year. It was their first UK festival headline performance since playing Knebworth all the way back in 1976.

See ‘Start Me Up Here’:

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

Pic credit: Rex Features

Love – The Blue Thumb Recordings

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Love – The Blue Thumb Recordings

'Forever Changes' cast a long shadow over Arthur Lee’s career – even in its immediate aftermath. With heroin addiction having pretty much ensured the break-up of the Love line-up that made the record, Lee took a two year break, formed a new group, and returned with two albums. The first, 'Four Sail', concluded Love’s business with Elektra records. The second, for new label Blue Thumb, was the double 'Out Here'. All round, it was an exemplary action for this enigmatic and perplexing figure. Attempting to break the ties between himself and his dark, psychedelic masterpiece, Lee recorded with a stripped-down band. The notoriously travel-shy Lee even came to England, in winter, to promote it. I interviewed him while he sat on a paraffin stove, and his coat caught fire. “I’m burning,” he said suddenly, and he leapt up, beating out smoke from his shaggy fur coat. 'Out Here', the reason for such a perilous trip, is ultimately half a great album marred by two excessively long tracks – and seriously weighed down by “Doggone”’s endless drum solo. Yet a handful of songs are truly up there with Lee’s best. The pleading, folksy “Listen To My Song”, the trademark melodic intricacy of “I Still Wonder” and “Gather Round”, an almost Pete Seeger-like protest song built around inter-weaving, escalating, chiming guitars. The downside, though, is the presence of too many unworthy, frivolous songs, and sadly, 1971’s follow up, 'False Start' is even more dominated by this breezy, carefree approach. Inane material like “Slick Dick” and “Flying” are the norm, and even though the album opens with “The Everlasting First”, Lee’s collaboration with close friend Jimi Hendrix, even that fires up only intermittently. The highlight of this three CD set is a spitting live version of 'Out Here'’s garage-funk blast, “Stand Out”. It’s sourced from the same tour recordings presented here as the bonus disc, “Live In England 1970”, where Lee explores all five Love albums with searing and seething intent – but also with soaring passion. MICK HOUGHTON

‘Forever Changes’ cast a long shadow over Arthur Lee’s career – even in its immediate aftermath. With heroin addiction having pretty much ensured the break-up of the Love line-up that made the record, Lee took a two year break, formed a new group, and returned with two albums. The first, ‘Four Sail’, concluded Love’s business with Elektra records. The second, for new label Blue Thumb, was the double ‘Out Here’.

All round, it was an exemplary action for this enigmatic and perplexing figure. Attempting to break the ties between himself and his dark, psychedelic masterpiece, Lee recorded with a stripped-down band. The notoriously travel-shy Lee even came to England, in winter, to promote it. I interviewed him while he sat on a paraffin stove, and his coat caught fire. “I’m burning,” he said suddenly, and he leapt up, beating out smoke from his shaggy fur coat.

‘Out Here’, the reason for such a perilous trip, is ultimately half a great album marred by two excessively long tracks – and seriously weighed down by “Doggone”’s endless drum solo. Yet a handful of songs are truly up there with Lee’s best. The pleading, folksy “Listen To My Song”, the trademark melodic intricacy of “I Still Wonder” and “Gather Round”, an almost Pete Seeger-like protest song built around inter-weaving, escalating, chiming guitars.

The downside, though, is the presence of too many unworthy, frivolous songs, and sadly, 1971’s follow up, ‘False Start’ is even more dominated by this breezy, carefree approach. Inane material like “Slick Dick” and “Flying” are the norm, and even though the album opens with “The Everlasting First”, Lee’s collaboration with close friend Jimi Hendrix, even that fires up only intermittently.

The highlight of this three CD set is a spitting live version of ‘Out Here’’s garage-funk blast, “Stand Out”. It’s sourced from the same tour recordings presented here as the bonus disc, “Live In England 1970”, where Lee explores all five Love albums with searing and seething intent – but also with soaring passion.

MICK HOUGHTON

Anne Briggs – The Time Has Come

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Anne Briggs – The Time Has Come

By the time Anne Briggs came to record this, her second album proper, she was already on her way out of a folk scene she had helped transform during the 1960s, when she had flitted through Albion’s folk clubs and pubs like an untamed nature spirit. Belonging to country rather than town, disinclined to stay anywhere for long, Briggs had a mercurial quality that chimed with the strangeness of English folksong – it was easy to imagine encountering her materialising in the mists above Blackwater Side or rambling through the greenwood, lurcher in tow, exactly as the cover of The Time Has Come depicts her. The urge for freedom that would lead her to vanish (leaving a third album complete but unissued) was there in her singing. Blessed with a skylark of a voice that was usually unaccompanied, Briggs would inhabit a song rather than deliver it note perfect. It was a quality better suited to the traditional fayre with which she made her name than to the originals and covers here – her versions of “Reynardine” and the rest remain timeless, whereas The Time Has Come gets by more on period charm. By this time Anne was accompanying herself – adequately but no more - on guitar and (unusually for 1970) bazouki. The real problem is material too slight for her wildness. “Fire and Wine”, borrowed from a friend, is a campfire singalong, “Ride Ride” a tepid re-run of “Railroad Bill”, “Everytime” and “Tidewave” half-formed ideas. Add a couple of ho-hum instrumentals and you’re half an album down. The remainder, though, has real strength. The title track – already covered by Pentangle among others – retains an easy charm, and “Tangled Man”, “Wishing Well” (written with Bert Jansch) and “Sandman’s Song” show a songsmith in the making. Best of all comes Lal Waterson’s “Fine Horseman”, whose mood of languid romance is perfectly captured by vocals that ripple with love and lust. An imprefect creation, then, but one of immense charm. NEIL SPENCER

By the time Anne Briggs came to record this, her second album proper, she was already on her way out of a folk scene she had helped transform during the 1960s, when she had flitted through Albion’s folk clubs and pubs like an untamed nature spirit.

Belonging to country rather than town, disinclined to stay anywhere for long, Briggs had a mercurial quality that chimed with the strangeness of English folksong – it was easy to imagine encountering her materialising in the mists above Blackwater Side or rambling through the greenwood, lurcher in tow, exactly as the cover of The Time Has Come depicts her.

The urge for freedom that would lead her to vanish (leaving a third album complete but unissued) was there in her singing. Blessed with a skylark of a voice that was usually unaccompanied, Briggs would inhabit a song rather than deliver it note perfect.

It was a quality better suited to the traditional fayre with which she made her name than to the originals and covers here – her versions of “Reynardine” and the rest remain timeless, whereas The Time Has Come gets by more on period charm.

By this time Anne was accompanying herself – adequately but no more – on guitar and (unusually for 1970) bazouki. The real problem is material too slight for her wildness. “Fire and Wine”, borrowed from a friend, is a campfire singalong, “Ride Ride” a tepid re-run of “Railroad Bill”, “Everytime” and “Tidewave” half-formed ideas. Add a couple of ho-hum instrumentals and you’re half an album down.

The remainder, though, has real strength. The title track – already covered by Pentangle among others – retains an easy charm, and “Tangled Man”, “Wishing Well” (written with Bert Jansch) and “Sandman’s Song” show a songsmith in the making. Best of all comes Lal Waterson’s “Fine Horseman”, whose mood of languid romance is perfectly captured by vocals that ripple with love and lust. An imprefect creation, then, but one of immense charm.

NEIL SPENCER

Q&A With Super Furry Animal Gruff Rhys

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Q&A With Super Furry Animal Gruff Rhys

UNCUT: You seem to have reigned in the excess on this one. RHYS: When Rough Trade picked us up, Geoff Travis said, "Can you make us one of those pop records?" So we recorded a load of songs and initially we were going to choose heavier songs but in the end we tried to make our idea of a pop record. U:Apart from your debut, this is the first Furries album without artwork by Pete Fowler. Why's that? GR:Yeah, he's done every record since (i)Radiator(i). It was a band decision to cut the line after ten years, which was really difficult because he's a genius. We were more upset than he was. This record has a very eleborate surrealist screenprint by the Japanese artist Keiichi Tanaami. U: Where does the title come from? GR:That's from the beginning of "Into The Night". Then we noticed slightly too late that it's the title of a That Petrol Emotion EP. Guto and I are big fans, and we reckoned it wasn't necessarily a bad thing to be named after a That Petrol Emotion song.

UNCUT: You seem to have reigned in the excess on this one.

RHYS: When Rough Trade picked us up, Geoff Travis said, “Can you make us one of those pop records?” So we recorded a load of songs and initially we were going to choose heavier songs but in the end we tried to make our idea of a pop record.

U:Apart from your debut, this is the first Furries album without artwork by Pete Fowler. Why’s that?

GR:Yeah, he’s done every record since (i)Radiator(i). It was a band decision to cut the line after ten years, which was really difficult because he’s a genius. We were more upset than he was. This record has a very eleborate surrealist screenprint by the Japanese artist Keiichi Tanaami.

U: Where does the title come from?

GR:That’s from the beginning of “Into The Night”. Then we noticed slightly too late that it’s the title of a That Petrol Emotion EP. Guto and I are big fans, and we reckoned it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing to be named after a That Petrol Emotion song.

Super Furry Animals – Hey Venus!

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Super Furry Animals – Hey Venus!

Serious shortages of imagination and integrity force most bands to use the old back-to-basics approach as an excuse for a mediocre record. Super Furry Animals possess both qualities in abundance, yet 'Hey Venus!', their eighth album in 12 years and by no means a stinker, must rank as their least adventurous. Having proved over time that they're capable of almost anything, the conservative guitar-driven power-pop of 'Hey Venus!' comes as a minor disappointment, particularly after 'Love Kraft''s epicurean agenda. Cosy strumalongs such as "Show Your Hand" and "Suckers" reveal a group plump in their comfort zone, tuned into Wogan, able but unwilling to stretch themselves. Like dining at Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant only to be served a very good burger and chips, one senses something magical missing. By the same token, perhaps because they've spoiled us in the past, it's easy to overlook the handsome craftmanship of 'Hey Venus!' when listening out for the Furries' nuttier nuances, which aren't indulged: the whole thing clocks in below 37 minutes; the longest song doesn't reach five. The Motown swagger of "Runaway", for example, could be Gruff Rhys' "What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted?" as he croons the satisfying couplet, "We may have fought with teeth and nails/I still recall your banking details". Huw 'Bunf' Bunford, meanwhile, does a marvellous Roy Orbison turn on the tremulous "Battersey", something George Harrison might've penned for 'Cloud Nine', and Cian Ciaran, over "Rhagfyr"'s balalaika and strings, offers a tender Gene Clark-style vocal. These, at least, are the surprises. Sparky and deliriously tuneful, "Neo Consumer" and "Baby Ate My Eightball" – standard SFA fare given a '70s AOR glaze – don't tell us anything we didn't already know about this intrepid bunch. Without a doubt, 'Hey Venus!' is an attractive album with a broad appeal – Rough Trade wanted a pop record and got one – but it also feels like a missed opportunity, a consolidation of affairs rather than a step forward. PIERS MARTIN

Serious shortages of imagination and integrity force most bands to use the old back-to-basics approach as an excuse for a mediocre record. Super Furry Animals possess both qualities in abundance, yet ‘Hey Venus!’, their eighth album in 12 years and by no means a stinker, must rank as their least adventurous.

Having proved over time that they’re capable of almost anything, the conservative guitar-driven power-pop of ‘Hey Venus!’ comes as a minor disappointment, particularly after ‘Love Kraft”s epicurean agenda. Cosy strumalongs such as “Show Your Hand” and “Suckers” reveal a group plump in their comfort zone, tuned into Wogan, able but unwilling to stretch themselves. Like dining at Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck restaurant only to be served a very good burger and chips, one senses something magical missing.

By the same token, perhaps because they’ve spoiled us in the past, it’s easy to overlook the handsome craftmanship of ‘Hey Venus!’ when listening out for the Furries’ nuttier nuances, which aren’t indulged: the whole thing clocks in below 37 minutes; the longest song doesn’t reach five. The Motown swagger of “Runaway”, for example, could be Gruff Rhys’ “What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted?” as he croons the satisfying couplet, “We may have fought with teeth and nails/I still recall your banking details”. Huw ‘Bunf’ Bunford, meanwhile, does a marvellous Roy Orbison turn on the tremulous “Battersey”, something George Harrison might’ve penned for ‘Cloud Nine’, and Cian Ciaran, over “Rhagfyr”‘s balalaika and strings, offers a tender Gene Clark-style vocal.

These, at least, are the surprises. Sparky and deliriously tuneful, “Neo Consumer” and “Baby Ate My Eightball” – standard SFA fare given a ’70s AOR glaze – don’t tell us anything we didn’t already know about this intrepid bunch. Without a doubt, ‘Hey Venus!’ is an attractive album with a broad appeal – Rough Trade wanted a pop record and got one – but it also feels like a missed opportunity, a consolidation of affairs rather than a step forward.

PIERS MARTIN

Ringo Starr – Photograph: The Very Best Of Ringo Starr

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Ringo Starr – Photograph: The Very Best Of Ringo Starr

As hostilities increased between Lennon and McCartney in the wake of the Beatles’ split, Ringo Starr sensibly took on the role of a musical Switzerland. Benefitting from a neutrality which allowed him to write with Harrison (“Photograph”) flirt with Bolan (“Back Off Boogaloo”) and receive gilt-edged musical hand-outs from Lennon (“I’m The Greatest”) he became, for a while, at least the most successful solo Beatle. It couldn’t last. By 1974 single “(It’s All Down To) Goodnight Vienna” his Monte Carlo-via-Colombia lifestyle had brought him to a point where even zero star reviews were an act of kindness. Boasting a mere five tracks from the last thirty years, this cuts to the chase, recalling Ringo’s own salty assessement of his talents in “Early 1970” : “I can play guitar A-D-E/ I don’t play bass ‘cos it’s too hard for me.” PAUL MOODY Pic credit: PA Photos

As hostilities increased between Lennon and McCartney in the wake of the Beatles’ split, Ringo Starr sensibly took on the role of a musical Switzerland. Benefitting from a neutrality which allowed him to write with Harrison (“Photograph”) flirt with Bolan (“Back Off Boogaloo”) and receive gilt-edged musical hand-outs from Lennon (“I’m The Greatest”) he became, for a while, at least the most successful solo Beatle. It couldn’t last.

By 1974 single “(It’s All Down To) Goodnight Vienna” his Monte Carlo-via-Colombia lifestyle had brought him to a point where even zero star reviews were an act of kindness. Boasting a mere five tracks from the last thirty years, this cuts to the chase, recalling Ringo’s own salty assessement of his talents in “Early 1970” : “I can play guitar A-D-E/ I don’t play bass ‘cos it’s too hard for me.”

PAUL MOODY

Pic credit: PA Photos

V Festival: Uncut’s roll of honour

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Far away from the mud and mayhem of Chelmsford, it seems time to discuss who really impressed us this weekend. Who were the best band? What was the greatest moment? Who annoyed the hell out of us yesterday evening on the Channel 4 Stage? Read on and find out… Best Band: The Stooges There wasn’t another group this weekend who even came close to the majesty of these motor city heroes. Iggy was on top form, scaling the stage and smashing up his microphone stand near the end of ‘Funhouse’, while Ron Asheton stood motionless, cranking out driving riffs and blitzkrieg solos. Have they still got it? Do you need to ask? Iggy PopBest Song: ‘Fuck Forever’ – Babyshambles Their new album might have had rave reviews so far (including this from Uncut’s Editor Allan Jones), but the biggest surprise of V Festival was that they played a gripping set, with Doherty nearly back to being the raucous showman of four years ago. This final song was the band’s best, Pete even playing the drums at the end as the song disintegrated. In a good way, mind you. Pete DohertyBest Moment: Tim Booth on Tony Wilson In the middle of James’ set on the main V Stage, singer Tim Booth paid tribute to Factory Records’ Tony Wilson, praising “his intelligence, [and] his vitality”. The amazing part was that the whole audience, thousands of them, raised their hands in the air, clapped and cheered. A fitting tribute to the great man. Tim BoothMost Popular Group: The Killers / Foo Fighters Jointly the best-received bands, these two American behemoths drew mass crowds to the main stage on both nights. The roar when The Killers flew into ‘When You Were Young’ was incredible. Brandon FlowersWorst Performer: Lily Allen This ‘accolade’ must go to Ms Allen, who, in addition to putting on an irritatingly high-pitched East London accent throughout at least three of her songs, attempted several soul-inflected vocal improvisations, which, with her exceptionally weak voice, were just horrible. Lily AllenBest Frontman: Jarvis Cocker Scrambling for time on the press cabin laptops we didn’t have time to write about Jarvis’ performance over the weekend – and what a performance. As the last chord of his cover of ‘Paranoid’ rang out, Cocker was silhouetted in a statuesque pose on top of a monitor. What a star. Jarvis Cocker All in all, there was some fantastic music on show, and it’s a shame there weren’t enough hours in the day to blog about it all. V might be the most corporate festival (it’s a closely fought competition, though), but there was still some utterly fantastic, life-affirming music to see. Words: Tom Pinnock

Far away from the mud and mayhem of Chelmsford, it seems time to discuss who really impressed us this weekend. Who were the best band? What was the greatest moment? Who annoyed the hell out of us yesterday evening on the Channel 4 Stage? Read on and find out…

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