http://newsmusic.blog.com/ music world news en-US Thu, 08 May 2008 12:44:57 +0200 Thu, 08 May 2008 12:44:57 +0200 Blog.com http://newsmusic.blog.com/3093330/ http://newsmusic.blog.com/3093330/ Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have been picking up rave reviews for their 'Raising Sand 2008’ Tour in the US. The UK leg of the tour kicked off yesterday, May 5th at the Birmingham NIA Arena.

The Raising Sand tour features legendary producer T Bone Burnett on guitar and renowned musicians Stuart Duncan on guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, Buddy Miller on guitar, autoharp, mandolin and pedal steel, Jay Bellerose on drums and percussion and Dennis Crouch on bass.

Named album of the year by the Sunday Times, 'RAISING SAND’ has sold over two million copies to date worldwide and topped critics 2007 best-of lists. The thrilling first single 'Gone Gone Gone’ went on to win a prestigious Grammy Award.
UK:
May
5th BIRMINGHAM, NIA – Tel: 0871 945 6000
7th MANCHESTER, Apollo – Tel: 08444 777 677
8th CARDIFF, International Arena – Tel: 02920 224488
22nd LONDON, Wembley Arena – Tel: 0870 060 0870
Europ:
May
10th DUSSELDORF, Philipshalle
11th BRUSSELS, Forest National Club
13th PARIS, Le Grand Rex Theatre
14th AMSTERDAM, Heineken Music Hall
16th STOCKHOLM, Hovet (Ice Hall)
18th OSLO, Spektrum
19th BERGEN, Bergenshalle

Niptoon Thu, 08 May 2008 12:44:57 +0200 http://newsmusic.blog.com/3093316/ http://newsmusic.blog.com/3093316/ Thirty years since they proceed, have appeared in the London Fan depot, Inductors will be to appear, once again, in a legendary London scene of action as party of the British round also call in Glasgow and Manchester.

With 32 best 40 calls covering more than 4 decades and numerous albums of gold and platinum, Inductors remain true to be generated. At first moving there-here in 1975, the direct approach of talk of a bar was sometimes interpreted as aggressive and confrontational, but if truth to be known, they were more musically presented than many of their peers.

However, their glory has been captured by movement of the punk 1977, interrupting the Tailor of a musical plot of the debut taken from their legendary first album Rattus Norvegicus, and starting a bar in public consciousness from after that century.

OCTOBER
THU 16 CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
FRI 17 ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE
SAT 18 CAMBRIDGE CORN EXCHANGE
MON 20 SOUTHAMPTON GUILDHALL
TUE 21 READING HEXAGON
WED 22 BRISTOL ACADEMY
FRI 24 EXETER GREAT HALL
SAT 25 BIRMINGHAM ACADEMY
TUE 28 ISLE OF MAN VILLA MARINA
THU 30 INVERNESS IRONWORKS
FRI 31 DUNDEE FAT SAMS Niptoon Thu, 08 May 2008 12:38:44 +0200 http://newsmusic.blog.com/3093305/ http://newsmusic.blog.com/3093305/ Despite the fact that to be it is less than two months in them planned the letter / subroutine registration, extreme irritability (or, the bungalow fever ' is faster ') has hit the Enter Shikari camp.


To give to quartet С-Albans light in the end of the tunnel, they have solved its time which they had a month in a van that with impatience to wait the same as the winter will start.

Round bypasses many from usual touring offs bar stoppings, and instead a beret in several cities and cities which the bar did not see within several years.

OCTOBER 2008
02 Cambridge - Corn Exchange
03 Hull - University
04 Nottingham - Rock City
05 Keele - University
07 Oxford - Academy
08 St Albans - Arena
09 Norwich - UEA
10 Peterborough - Cresset
11 Hastings - White Rock Theatre
13 Middlesborough - Town Hall
14 Liverpool - Academy
15 Dublin - Ambassador
16 Cork - Savoy theatre
17 Belfast - Mandela Hall
19 Inverness - Ironworks
20 Dundee - Fat Sams
21 Edinburgh - University (Potterow)
23 Newport - Centre
24 Bath - Pavilion
26 Llandudno - Arena
27 Bournemouth- Solent Hall
29 Exeter - Great hall
30 Southampton - Guildhall
31 Folkestone - Leas Cliff Hall
Niptoon Thu, 08 May 2008 12:34:04 +0200 http://newsmusic.blog.com/3093290/ http://newsmusic.blog.com/3093290/ The singer starts the clothes stamp, Malicious Tailoring of a high class, in the USA and Spice Girls bandmate for help has accessed to its "acute" former. Mel has told: "Victoria is really positive. If you require any business advice, it always - the character with whom I speak.

"Victoria have distorted the head on the right. It - basically very acute business woman. It also is improbably obliging, if you want advice, and really only speaks to you to go for this purpose."

Mel became a name known each family in the USA since its appearance on television show of talent of call, ' Dancing with Stars where she has lost in the finite.

She hopes, that its range of clothes will help to cement its star state In the USA. She has added to British Greetings log: "I wished to make a line of my own projected clothes the whole eternity. Now it seems perfect time. People in America know, who I."
Niptoon Thu, 08 May 2008 12:28:50 +0200 http://newsmusic.blog.com/3076769/ http://newsmusic.blog.com/3076769/ Jay-Z refuses to wear his wedding ring in public.

The rapper - who wed Beyonce Knowles last month - doesn't feel the need to wear jewellery as he is content with the 'ring' tattooed on his wedding finger.

A source is quoted by Fox News as saying: "He doesn't need more bling, this is a very personal thing for him and he won't wear anything other than a tattoo in public."

Last week, the superstar couple officially confirmed their marriage.

The pair filed their signed marriage license on April 18 in Scarsdale, New York.

Beyonce and Jay-Z applied for the license - which lists the wedding date as April 4 2008 - on April 1, three days before the ceremony.

Scarsdale Town Clerk Donna Conkling said: "They were very low-key and
weren't dressed up. They did not have a large entourage."

The couple took the license home that day, and then signed it and mailed it in after the ceremony.

Niptoon Sat, 03 May 2008 21:25:00 +0200 http://newsmusic.blog.com/3076766/ http://newsmusic.blog.com/3076766/ Usher wants to work with Michael Buble.

The R'n’B star is desperate to team up with the Canadian jazz artist on his new album 'Here I Stand’ and has even written a song for them to perform together.

He said: 'I would love to perform my track 'Forever Young’ with Michael Buble. I actually wrote that song with the intention of him and me doing it together.' The 'Love in This Club’ singer is also keen to collaborate with US singer-songwriter John Mayer.

Usher added: 'I would like to do something with John Mayer on one of my songs 'Something Special’ which is on my new album. I would love him to play the guitar and sing with me on that.'

The 29-year-old star, who has recorded a track with Ne-Yo for his new LP, insists he is happy his 18-year-old chart rival Chris Brown has enjoyed such success.

Usher explained: 'All of this new energy is great for the industry. Chris is the guy who dances and sings, which is a lot like I do and did as a young artist. If time serves us correctly, and artists continue to better themselves, then hopefully he will follow the same path that I did.'

'Here I stand’, which is Usher’s fifth studio album, is scheduled to be released worldwide on May 27.

Niptoon Sat, 03 May 2008 21:24:16 +0200 http://newsmusic.blog.com/3076760/ http://newsmusic.blog.com/3076760/ Beyonce Knowles has started work on her new album.

The 'Crazy in Love' singer - who married rapper Jay-Z last month - is back in a New York studio to record new material with production duo Chris 'Tricky' Stewart and Kuk Harrell.

Tricky said: "She's a professional. She loves what she does and works her butt off. Right now she's basically doing three to four songs a day and that's unheard of."

Tricky - who has previously worked with Rihanna and Mariah Carey - also revealed Beyonce could team up with Jay-Z. He added to People magazine: "It's always a possibility. They worked together before, so it may be just a matter of getting the right record."

Meanwhile, it has been claimed Beyonce is pregnant.

The star - who has been plagued by pregnancy rumours ever since she wed Jay-Z in a secret ceremony on April 4 - is said to be expecting her first child and was keen to tie the knot before she had the baby. A source said: "Beyonce is 100 per cent pregnant, which is why the couple rushed their wedding.

"The wedding was thrown together so quickly because of Beyonce's strong Christian beliefs."

Niptoon Sat, 03 May 2008 21:19:40 +0200 http://newsmusic.blog.com/3076755/ http://newsmusic.blog.com/3076755/ Ahead of the release of their new single 'My Sunken Treasure' on June 9, 2008 through You are Here, The Duke Spirit have announced European live & festival dates.

UK Festival dates:

Thursday 15 May Stag & Dagger, London
Friday 13 Jun Isle of Wight Isle of Wight Festival
Friday 27 Jun Pilton Q Stage @ Glastonbury
Friday 11 Jul Cheltenham 2000trees festival
Friday 22 Aug Carlisle Solfest
Saturday 6 Sep Isle of Wight Bestival

European dates:

Friday 23 May France Paris Point Ephemere
Saturday 24 May Netherlands Rotterdam Rotown
Sunday 25 May Netherlands Haarlem Patronaat
Tuesday 27 May Belgium Brussels Botanique
Wednesday 28 May Germany Cologne Gebäude 9
Thursday 29 May Germany Munich Atomic Café
Saturday 31 May Italy Milan Musicdrome
Sunday 1 Jun Italy Rome Big Bang
Monday 2 Jun Switzerland Zurich MASCOTTE CLUB
Wednesday 4 Jun Germany Hamburg Molotow
Thursday 5 Jun Germany Berlin Magnet Club


Niptoon Sat, 03 May 2008 21:18:15 +0200 http://newsmusic.blog.com/3037006/ http://newsmusic.blog.com/3037006/ Chris Cornell has cancelled his Download Festival appearance as well as the rest of his European tour.

The singer songwriter was scheduled to appear on the main stage on the Sunday night but has had to pull out citing recording commitments.

In a statement the singer said: "Due to an extended recording schedule, I will be able to perform in front of my European fans a few months later than expected. With that said, I plan on touring extensively through Europe and the rest of the world through 2008-2009."

Download organisers have yet to say whether or not they will replace the ex-Audioslave guitarist at the festival.


Niptoon Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:29:28 +0200 http://newsmusic.blog.com/3037002/ http://newsmusic.blog.com/3037002/ Zeitgeist', the last Smashing Pumpkins album, will be the last Smashing Pumpkins album.


Drummer Jimmy Chamberlain has announced that the band is no longer interested in the CD format anymore.

He says that although they will continue to make music, they will not record CDs.

In a statement at the Smashing Pumpkins website, Chamberlain has reassured fans that there will be more music. "The Smashing Pumpkins, will continue to write, record, release, and perform as long as we are able," he states.

"Some of you may have read bits of an interview that was done in confidence by yours truly in which I say that the Pumpkins probably won't record CD's anymore. What I meant by this is this: Although we may not use the "album" or "full length CD" as a format anymore, we will write and record music until we are dead".

Chamberlain's original comments were taken to mean that the band was finished. "We are not going away," he says. "I could go on about how I was stolen from, violated, lied to by some ignoble journalist, but what's the point?"


Niptoon Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:27:28 +0200