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The UK’s Numero Uno dance-fest, Creamfields, has undertaken research to find out the best from the rest at this years festival.
Over 1000 people responded to a Creamfields survey, with questions ranging from where they’ll be spending most time at the festival to who they’re most looking forward to seeing.
Creamfields CEO, James Barton commented: “We’ve had an amazing response to the survey and it makes for interesting reading, I have to say. It also proves how vocal our customers are, which is great for us, as it gives us an opportunity to analyse the data and respond to it”
The results show that the majority of people will be travelling from the North-West, with 84% camping over the two-day period. Furthermore, DJ’s including Tiesto and Paul van Dyk are the main attraction, despite the inclusion of Ian Brown and Kasabian at this year’s 10th Anniversary event.
To win tickets to Creamfields, taking place from the 23rd - 24th August, visit the Planet Notion competitions page. For the festival line-up, updates, and the full results of the survey, visit the Creamfields website.
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Somebody asked Planet Notion what we’d like to be if we could be anything in the world. It took Planet Notion a mere mili-second (sic) to come up with an answer… Catfish don’t have to worry about writing previews for dodgy House nights, or where that greasy white stain on their black jeans came from. Which is why we’re so excited that Lounge on the Farm (LOTF) has announced a fancy-dress theme for this year’s festival. Hoorah!
LOTF, taking place at Merton Farm, Canterbury, from 11th – 13th July, is calling for all attendees to dress-up based around the notion of ‘Farm-Hands’. This isn’t limited to mucky slacks, slicked mullets, and mothers who are your brothers; Oh no, LOTF is willing to accept country gent attire, milk-maids, two-man cow costumes – anything really!
Furthermore, the best costume will win the coveted ‘Best in Show’, given out by a really eccentric country dude. Um, you do get Catfish on farms don't you? Of the bands on offer, Mystery Jets, Holy Fuck, Dub Pistols Sound System, Lightspeed Champion, Los Campesinos, Polar Bear, Johnny Foreigner, Toddla T, Black Kids, Billy (friggin’) Childish, and The New York (fuckin’) Dolls will all be taking to the stage… Planet Notion has tickets to give away too: CLICK HERE TO ENTER! And for a full line-up and loads of other information on the festival, CLICK HERE !
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One wonders how Noel Gallagher feels about the praise Jay-Z received for his Glastonbury set on Saturday, following the Oasis guitarists comments that hip hop has no place at the festival. It was probably a bigger kick in the teeth for Noel when the American rapper covered the Oasis classic ‘Wonderwall’, accompanied by guitarists and huge Union Jack backdrop, the crowd lapping it up like a pack of thirsty mongrels in a desert Oasis.
But today Noel will be patting the American rapper on the back, following news that sales of Oasis albums have seen a sudden resurgence since the festival ended.
According to the BBC, sales of 'What's The Story (Morning Glory)', the album featuring ‘Wonderwall’, as well as Oasis's best of album, 'Stop The Clocks', have increased by 200% and 140% respectively. The ‘Wonderwall’ single has also seen a boost in sales. But the Gallagher brothers aren’t the only ones to benefit.
Experts [whoever they may be] predict that Jay-Z’s 2004 single, ‘99 Problems’, will sky-rocket into the top 25 this week, with his Linkin Park collaboration, ‘Numb/Encore’, also expected to chart. Other bands to play at Glasto, including Elbow, Kings of Leon, Editors, The Feeling, and The Raconteurs, have also seen a massive boost in sales. [fini]
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19 year-old MC/Writer, Tinie Tempah, has been handed the Massive Task of supporting Jay-Z. Tempah will play alongside the American hip hop artist, whose set proved a big hit at Glastonbury, during a set at the O2 Wireless Festival this Thursday.
An indication of how quickly the UK artist’s reputation has grown in the 3 years he’s been releasing material, is the attention he's been getting from the press across America...
Independent releases on DL Records caught the attention of the New York Times’ Kelefa Sanneh, who wrote: ‘His nerve, shifting rhyme schemes and even his accent (“can’t throw” becomes “cahn’t fro”) might charm American listeners, providing they can find a way to buy or steal this pleasingly overstuffed CD.’
An interview alongside Gym Class Heroes in Playboy Magazine, and coverage throughout the states for his ‘audio scrapbook’, are just for starters. In good ol’ Blighty, Tinie, whose A Levels coincided with his increasing reputation, was picked as a representative for Youth Culture.
Mike Stobbie, the composer behind BMW, Marks & Spencer, and McDonalds commercials, produced the Tinie track, ‘Put the Knives and Guns Down’, whilst interviews with news channels such as ITN, BBC, and Sky, showed the country that there’s far more to the college graduate than quick lyrics and slick rhymes.
Currently mulling over his UCAS form, Tinie’s stature continues to grow; supporting Jay-Z further indication of just how highly the young artist is regarded on the urban music scene. New single, Tears, is released on download from the 4th August with a string of live dates to coincide. For further information, visit Tinie's MySpace !
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The Beachdown Festival has announced a new string of top acts joining an already secure string of top acts, making for a really long string of top acts. The festival, taking place at Brighton’s Sand Downs over the August Bank Holiday of August 22nd to 25th, will bring together a whole friggin’ host of genre-bending names from the upper-echelons of the international circuit.
We’re talking the folksy strumming of Jose Gonzalez, the kings of hip-hop/rock, Fun Lovin’ Criminals, and geeky post-punk alt-rockers, The Young Knives. That’s just for starters, Bonobo, The Brakes, Peggy Sue and The Pirates, and USA favourites, The Magic Numbers, will also be making the trip to Sand Downs.
Good God, man, it doesn’t stop there! French collective, Nouvelle Vague, and NYC residents, Hercules and the Love Affair, will be joining the likes of the Maccabees, Lightspeed Champion, Reverend and the Makers, and the critically acclaimed Terry Callier. Other acts include Azymuth, Jah Wobble All-Stars, and Amp Fiddler.
Beachdown joins a long list of festivals attempting to "do their bit" for climate change; aiming to be as carbon neutral as possible and employing a number of energy saving and environmentally friendly tools. Furthermore, a weekend pass will set you back a mere £85. It's a deal, a steal, the sale of the fuc... For camping and ticket information, as well as updates to the line-up, visit www.beachdownfestival.com
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Tickets for this year’s Get Loaded in the Park are selling like hash cakes. Little surprise when you take a glimpse over the line-up; a glittering, nay – blinding array of international artistes and DJs. Ahem, Iggy and the Stooges anyone? Utah Saints m’boy? Okay, how about a dose of Plastic Little? I could go on, and I will; but first, to the new additions and latest announcements for the August 24th event…
Get Loaded have confirmed that the host of the main stage will be one of the Legends of his art. Viewed widely as the greatest beatboxer (sic) to grace the scene, Beardyman will be taking to the stage with his own inimitable array of scat-sounds, beats and blips, courtesy of his amazing multi-instrumental vocal-chords!!! As far as Beatboxer’s go, Beardyman is easily ranked as the most entertaining - donning outfits, impersonating folk, and getting up to general tomfoolery. Imagine Joe Pasquale as a human synthesizer and you’re someway there. Actually, scrap that; that’s a taint on the good name of our Beardyman…
Of the acts, Wiley (yes, Wiley) will be making an appearance. Donned the ‘Godfather of Grime’, Wiley is one of the most respected artists of his ilk. The former Roll Deep rapper recently found chart success with the single ‘Wearing My Rolex’. I remember when he used to wear a Swatch, which is a clear indication of just how far he’s come…
Metronomy will also be bringing their wonky-electro pop to proceedings. The talents of the three-piece don’t end with their thoroughly enjoyable instrumental and electro combos; oh no, the boys are also a dab hand at remixing having taken on tracks by the likes of Roots Manuva, Klaxons, and Ladytron. They're also a darn impressive live act! Kid Harpoon will be supplying more subtle folksy numbers, having established himself as one of ‘08’s breakthrough acts, whilst genre-bending beat and blip-smith, Toddla T, and electro Aussie newboys, Midnight Juggernauts, make up the latest additions…
This year’s Get Loaded will be split into various stages hosted by XFM, Together/Timeout, and Finger Lickin’ Records, who will be celebrating their 10th Anniversary as only they know how: With a big phat mash-up verging on biblical proportions. The likes of Kate Nash, Soulwax, Mylo, The Hives, Ipso Facto, Streetlife DJs, Supergrass, Plump DJs, DJ Yoda, and Gogol Bordello will be spread, thick and juicy, across the Get Loaded stages… For line-ups, tickets, and all other information visit www.getloadedinthepark.com
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The Garden Festival (TGF) has become one of the best-loved dance festivals in Europe over recent years. The idyllic surroundings of Croation city Zadar on the stunning Adriatic coastline, and the intimate scale of the festival, has seen TGF attendees returning year after year since its induction onto the circuit five years ago…
Taking place from the 1st – 3rd of August, this years TGF has drafted in some of the finest promoters from the UK for what’s sure to be three days and nights of high-octane ear-beating action; and this on top of cutting edge international artists and underground club legends…
Kings of the East-London scene, Mulletover, renowned for their hedonistic warehouse parties and all-night rave-a-thons, will be heading to Zadar. Mulletover co-promoter, DJ Geddes, will be leading such charges as German tech/house god Matthias Tanzmann and East-London wideboy Jamie Jones.
Even Wales is getting in on the action, with soulful-house hosts, L’America, drafting in some of their best-loved DJs from around the globe. If house floats your boat, Saturday night’s the place to be, with DJ Rame (Italy’s Pasta Boys) and Slovenia’s DJ DEKKY joining Craig Bartlett and his L’America clubnight. Awooga!
Finally, East-London favourites, East Village, will be bringging a host of DJs, including Ame, Dixon, and of course East Village ledge Stuart Patterson, along for the ride. The city of Zadar has enjoyed a resurgence of chic cafés and bars over recent years, where punters can take a breather from the heady-hedonism, chill-out, and relax… Oh, and the icing on the cake, if ever I bleedin’ saw it, is the return of the infamous Argo cruise to a secret party location! SWEET!
For line-up updates, ticket information, and travel details visit www.thegardenfestival.eu
Mulletover
Matthias Tanzmann
Jamies Jones
Geddas
Saturday 2nd August:
L'America
Pasta Boys
Craig Bartlett
GarethHopkins
Claire Jones
Dave Little
DJ Aleksij
DJ Dekky
Sunday 3rd August:
EastVillage
Ame
Dixon
Stuart Patterson
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Did you hear about Kanye West riling the festival going peeps at Tennessee’s Bonnaroo last week? In case you haven’t heard about it, we’ll fill in the blanks...
Planet Notion’s interpretation of the incident is thus: Kanye didn’t want to play on the ‘Which Stage’ (reserved for fairly good, non-headlining acts) so he was all like: “Screw that man”, and decided that he’d move himself into a slot on the ‘What Stage’ (the main stage) at 2.45am. So anyway, Kanye’s running dangerously late, something like 2 hours, so all the peeps in the crowd started throwing stuff onto the stage (beverages, chicken bones, nuts, cows; that kind of thing). When Kanye eventually appeared his set was apparently “pretty good” but, unsurprisingly, he was continually heckled throughout…
As you can imagine, Kanye’s received pretty bad press for his diva(esque) behaviour and, not one to take getting “dissed” lightly, has hit back through his online blog. “I understand if people don't like me because I like me or if people think tight clothes look gay or people say I run my mouth to much,” Kanye, who to our knowledge has never sported skinny-jeans, begins.
“But this Bonnaroo thing”, he continues, “Is the worst insult I've ever had in my life. This is the most offended I've ever been... this is the maddest I ever will be. I'm typing so fucking hard I might break my fucking Mac book Air!!!!!!!!”
He just though he’d drop that in…
"LIKE WAYNE SAYS PLEASE DON'T SHOOT ME DOWN CAUSE I'M FLYING! I'M FUCKING HURT BY THIS ONE', BONNAROO SHOULD HAVE RELEASED A STATEMENT IN MY DEFENSE BUT SINCE THEY HAVEN'T LET'S BREAK DOWN THE WALLS ON THIS TRUMAN SHOW AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY OCCURRED!!!"
Kanye’s so pissed-off he doesn’t realize he’s left caps-lock on. The man’s on a role!
"MY PEOPLE WORKED OUT A COMPROMISED STAGE PLOT AND A 3AM TIME SLOT AND I AGREED. FAST FOWARD TO THE DAY OF THE SHOW. MY PRODUCTION MANAGER TRIED TO LOAD IN FOR 24 HOURS BEFORE I WENT ON STAGE BUT THE FESTIVAL WOULDN'T ALLOW US TO DO ANYTHING UNTILL PEARL JAM LEFT THE STAGE. PEARL JAM ENDED ON HOUR LATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AT THAT POINT WE'RE RACING AGAINST THE SUN."
God-damn friggin’ Pearl Jam arse-munchers! What a bunch of turds, messing things up for Kanye like that. How can they live with themselves? HOW!? HOW!?
"I CUT A FEW SONGS FROM THE SET BECAUSE I WANTED PEOPLE 2 EXPERIENCE STRONGER WHILE THERE WAS STILL SOME DARKNESS TO PERFORM IT IN. I'VE STRUGGLED WITH STRONGER FROM IT'S CONCEPTION. REMEMBER LAST SUMMER WHEN I CANCELED SOME TV APPEARANCES. IT WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO PERFORM STRONGER IN THE DAYTIME".
God-damn friggin’ daylight!
"SOMETIMES I GO 2, 3 DAYS W/O SLEEP WORKING ON MY PERFORMANCE...” Jesus, Kanye, you should take it easy man; treat yourself to a new Ferrari 612 P4/5 or one of those self-flushing ‘Buck Rogers’ toilets.
“I HAVE TO ICE MY KNEES AFTER EVERY SHOW AND THEY HURT WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE AIRPORT... HAVING AN EXPENSIVE STAGE CUTS MY PAYDAY IN HALF". And there was Planet Notion complaining about our minimum wage and mid-week comedowns.
We don’t realize how friggin' easy we’ve got it sometimes.
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Nokia’s ‘Music Almighty’ returns next month with a range of bands and DJs playing nine dates across the UK. Alas, this year the event will be a completely different ball game; well, not exactly a ball game, more a roller-disco extravaganza!
Celebrating the UK’s love of music, Nokia will be taking their ‘Music Almighty’ roller disco to London, Birmingham and Manchester, enabling 1,000 people to participate in the sport completely FREE of charge.
Like a neon-soaked scene from trippy 80’s film Xanadu, acts including Hot Chip, Zero 7, and the legendary Norman Jay will take centre stage as skaters weave between giant glitter balls, trees, and statues representing pop, rock, hip hop, electronica and classic anthems.
Will Harris, Nokia's Marketing Director commented: "Nokia Skate Almighty is going to be the event of the summer. As fun as ice-skating, but a lot warmer, it will bring people together [and] pay homage to the different types of music that we all love. With some of the best DJs around playing at the events it is going to look and sound absolutely fantastic."
Furthermore, the Nokia ‘Skate Almighty’ rink will be open to children and families during the day; so whether you’re an oatmeal-munching pensioner or a duplo-building kid, you’ll be able to keep fit in the coolest (and hottest) way possible.
The event will kick-off in the Thames-side South Bank area, London, from July 11th to 13th, before taking in Birmingham’s Victoria Square from July 18th to 20th, and Manchester from 25th to 27th.
Log on to www.nokia.co.uk/skatealmighty to secure a free ticket and a one-hour skate slot. Tickets will be sent to mobiles prior to the event.
In other news ‘Nokia: Music to Your Ears’ has signed-up hotly tipped newcomer Vassy; the songstress has recorded the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil” and the New Radicals’ “You Get What You Give”. Both will be available to download from the Nokia Music Store from July 10th. Visit www.music.nokia.co.uk for details.
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Kevin ‘God Knows How to Pronounce His Surname’ Skwerl, the guy who leaked Guns N’Roses’ 14 years in the making album, Chinese Democracy, is being questioned by the FBI. A keen blogger and former employee of the Universal Music Group, Kevin was questioned regarding the source of the files (tracks) he uploaded onto his website.
Speaking to Rollingstone.com, Kevin commented: “It's a legal grey area since it wasn't for download, it wasn't a finished product. We aren't sure who owns the recordings. I feel like I might survive this”. Sure, I mean a guy who spends all day writing shit on the internet and used to have a well-paid job is really going to beat Guns N’Roses, right? (ahem)
McFly are to give away their new album with the Mail on Sunday [fini]…
Boy George has thrown a massive hissy fit and said: “If the USA doesn’t want me then Canada can’t have me either” (there’s no evidence to suggest that George actually said this). George is punishing the Canadian’s, by refusing to tour, after the American’s denied him a visa due to a previous drug conviction. George was forced to serve a community order and clean filth off the pavements with the rest of the convicts and street-cleaners... Canadian's have apparently announced the 25th of July a public holiday...
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Dance-double act Layo & Bushwacka! have remixed the Peter Raeburn classic ‘Celebrare’, the musical score that accompanied the Smirnoff Sea TV advert, one of the most watched on internet site YouTube.
The remix draws on classical elements, including a Bulgarian choir, a New-York based gypsy-punk band, and Scottish renaissance singers; along with melodic Latin vocals, harps, violins, huge double basses, and a deep and heavy bassline, Layo & Bushwacka’s! interpretation of ‘Celebrare’ is one of the most unique dance tracks of the summer.
The track is already taking dancefloors, the world over, by storm, having been road-tested in Miami, Sydney, and of course The End; the club co-owned by Layo where the pair regularly DJ.
As with the Raeburn original the track opens with a string intro, a building bassline added to the mix, before breaking into Raeburn’s euphoric Latin vocal. The usual Layo & Bushwacka! tech-house beats follow a cinematic mix of rising strings and chanting vocals, keeping a balance between Raeburn and co-producer Nick Foster’s original, and the dance-duos own interpretation.
Music producer Raeburn, whose work includes the musical score on Jonathon Glazer's film Sexy Beast, and original co-producer Nick Foster worked closely with Layo & Bushwacka! on the track, due for release on July 14th. ‘Celebrare’ will be available on CD and download formats, including beatport and iTunes. Furthermore, fans will be able to create their own visual interpretations to the music, just like the Smirnoff Sea advert (below), on internet site U-MYX.
For further information visit: www.layoandbushwacka.com
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Heather Mills has got her claws (leg/teeth/enter body item here) into a new fella. Yep, the 40-year-old former wife of Sir Paul McCartney met her 36-year-old ‘toy-boy’ in Tenerife, according to The News of The World.
“I'm under strict instructions not to talk about this,” Mills told the Sunday paper, “But I guess you already know it all then. Just be nice about me”. Which is a bit like telling Osama Bin Laden to come out of hiding for a game of British Bulldog and a slumber party at the White House.
Robbie Williams has reportedly been offered £1.5million to play a 30-minute set at a festival in Norway. Possibly because everyone thought Robbie’s last album, Rudebox, was (ahem) crap, the singer had vowed to give-up touring.
A ‘friend’ commented: “It would probably be the easiest money he’ll make in his life but it’s touch and go whether he’ll say yes. We’ll have to wait and see”.
Sad news today as a spokesman revealed Dame Shirley Bassey has pulled out of the Nelson Mandela 46664 concert this Friday. The great Dame had an emergency stomach operation and will take some time to reach full recovery. Following a blinding set at last years Glasto, we wish Dame Shirley our best wishes; you will be missed… That’s assuming she’s one of the 50 people who bother to read this.
Mark Ronson put the age-old question of whether he used to watch porn with Michael Jackson to bed, as he joined Justin Lee-Collins and Alan Carr on the Sunday Night project. Apparently, he and John Lennon’s son Sean, showed Jackson porn when they were youngsters.
"Me and Sean said 'Michael do you want to see something cool?'” Ronson explained. “We turned the dial to the porn channel and there were strippers shaking their tits around. We were like, 'Michael, Michael how cool is this?'”
And how did Jackson respond? "We turned around and he was cringing saying, 'Ooh stop it, stop it, ooh it's so silly.' He was not down with the program whatsoever”. Well Mark, that’s one way of putting it.
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Good grief! I wish Chris Martin would stop surprising me like that; I almost had a heart-attack. Coldplay have reached number one (1) on the American Billboard Top 100 Singles chart, the first British band to do so since the Spice Girls 10 years ago; and I really didn’t see it coming. Honestly, I didn't. Look, I'm being serious; I’m genuinely shocked.
Staind have announced a new album and tour. You remember Staind, right? They were the kings of teen-angst in like, 2001. They were so good at banging out nu-metal hits, that nobody noticed they couldn’t spell their name.
Anyway, frontman Aaron Lewis commented: “We went into the studio with the mindset of making our heaviest record yet, but the record that came out has flavors of Pink Floyd”. Which basically means: “We failed”.
Amy Winehouse has been diagnosed with emphysema, according to her father Mitch. Speaking to the Sunday Mirror, Mitch commented: "She's got emphysema. It's in its early stages, but had it gone on for another month they painted a very vivid picture of her sitting there like an old person with [an oxygen] mask on her face struggling to breathe".
According to Mitch, recent shows in Moscow and Portugal have helped sustain Amy from taking her usual cocktail of narcs, and doctors have suggested no reason why she shouldn’t play Glastonbury this coming weekend.
Primal Scream played an intimate London show in the early hours of Sunday morning to promote their forthcoming album, Beautiful Future. In a bizarre twist, pint-sized bassist Mani paid tribute to Swedish furniture giant Ikea. The forthcoming album contains a cover of the Fleetwood Mac song ‘Over and Over’, and the new tracks reportedly went down a storm.
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