The new Biffy Clyro album is a double LP and will consist of two records, one titled ‘The Land At The End Of Our Toes’ and another titled ‘The Sand At The Core Of Our Bones’. It is due for release later this summer and is the follow-up to their 2009 album ‘Only Revolutions’.

Speaking about the album, drummer Ben Johnston said: “We don’t want to pigeon hole it as a ‘big rock album’, so we’re trying to make a diverse collection of songs.”

Biffy Clyro will debut tracks from ‘The Land At The End Of Our Toes’ and ‘The Sand At The Core Of Our Bones’ at a series of summer festivals, including Download and Rockness.

The Prodigy have revealed the working title for their new studio album. The record, which is the follow-up to their 2009 effort ‘Invaders Must Die’, has been given the working title ‘How To Steal A Jet Fighter’. Speaking about the new album, Liam Howlett promised that the band’s sixth studio LP would be “heavier and darker”.

Howlett said: “We’re really excited about it. The last record was kind of a party album, I guess. We were all happy to be back together again. But the best tunes of that album are the ones that have less of that. It’s definitely going to be heavier, darker.”

The Prodigy are expected to debut new songs during their headline slot at this summer’s Download Festival. They will top the bill at the event along with Metallica and Black Sabbath.

The Darkness have announced that their third studio album will be titled ‘Hot Cakes’ and will be released on 20th August.

The band reunited in 2011 after originally parting company in 2006 and performed a comeback slot at last year’s Download Festival. The album will be their first since 2005′s ‘One Way Ticket To Hell And Back’ and is set to feature a track titled ‘Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us’. It has been produced by singer and guitarist Justin and Dan Hawkins along with long-time collaborator Nick Brine. The album’s tracklisting is yet to be confirmed.

Speaking about the album, Justin Hawkins revealed that the record’s first single will be titled ‘Every Inch Of You’ and that half of the album will be “really old school AC/DC guitar rock”. He also said that the album will feature some “extreme metal”. He said:

“The first single is going to be ‘Every Inch Of You’. Half of the record is really old school AC/DC guitar rock and some of it’s a bit more luxurious and layered, a bit like the first album. But there is also some more extreme metal on it. It’s a classic The Darkness album really. We always did take that approach but on the last record we just carried on adding more and more stuff to everything. Nobody stopped us and we just got carried away I think.”

I’ll Be Your Mirror, London, 25-27 May : Slayer, Mogwai, The Afghan Whigs. http://www.atpfestival.com

Evolution Music Festival, Gateshead, 3-4 June : Dizzee Rascal, Deadmau5, Maximo Park, Noah and the Whale, Rizzle Kicks, Miles Kane. www.evolutionfestival.co.uk

Download, Donington, 8-10 June : The Prodigy, Metallica, Black Sabbath, Chase and Status, Biffy Clyro, Soundgarden, Tenacious D, Megadeth. www.downloadfestival.co.uk

Rockness, Dores nr Inverness, 8-10 June : Mumford & Sons, Ed Sheerean, Deadmau5, Noah and the Whale, Biffy Clyro, Friendly Fires. www.rockness.co.uk

No Direction Home, Welbeck/Nottinghamshire, 8-10 June : Richard Hawley, Andrew Bird, The Low Anthem, Dirty Three, Gruff Rhys, The Unthanks With The Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band, Slow Club, Martin Carthy, Austra, Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves Of Destiny, Cold Specks. www.nodirectionhomefestival.com

Wychwood, Cheltenham, 8-10 June : Bellowhead, James, The Damned. www.wychwoodfestival.com

Parklife, Manchester, 9-10 June : The Flaming Lips, Dizzee Rascal, Nero, Noah and the Whale, Justice, Azealia Banks, The Rapture. www.parklife.uk.com

Chazzstock, Lutterworth/Leicestershire, 9-10 June : The Vaccines, The Horrors, Tribes, I Dream In Colour, Goldheart Assembly, The Ghosts, Joywride, Lois & The Love. www.chazzstock.org

Lovebox, London, 15-17 June : Grace Jones, Hot Chip, Friendly Fires, Emeli Sande, Kelis, Bobby Womack, Lana Del Ray, Chic featuring Nile Rodgers. www.lovebox.net

The Big Session, Catton Hall/Derbyshire, 15-17 June : Show of Hands, Oysterband, Chumbawamba, DJ Peter Lawrence, Eddi Reader, Treacherous Orchestra. www.bigsessionfestival.com

Isle of Wight, Newport, 22-24 June : Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, Elbow, Noel Gallagher, The Vaccines, Example, Tinie Tempah, Jessie J. www.isleofwightfestival.com

Radio 1′s Hackney Weekend, London, 23-24 June : Jay-Z, Rihanna, Florence and the Machine, Ed Sheeran, Flo Rida, Jack White, Lana Del Ray, Rizzle Kicks, Professor Green, Leona Lewis. www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/events/hackneyweekend2012

Cornbury, Oxfordshire, 29-1 June-July : James Morrison, Elvis Costello, Jools Holland, Macy Gray, The Waterboys, Seasick Steve, Will Young, Pixie Lott, Aloe Blacc. www.cornburyfestival.com

Wireless, London, 30-1 June-July : Rihanna, Drake, Deadmau5, Maverick Sabre, Nicki Minaj, Example, Jessie J, Calvin Harris. www.wirelessfestival.co.uk

Hop Farm, Tonbridge/Kent, 30-1 June-July : Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Suede, Primal Scream, Damien Rice, Patti Smith, My Morning Jacket. www.hopfarmfestival.com

Folklore Festival, Jersey, 30-1 June-July : Van Morrison, Ray Davies, Joan Armatrading, Lee Scratch Perry. http://folklorejersey.org.uk/1/

Bloc Weekend, London, 6-7 July : Snoop Dogg, Orbital, Richie Hawtin, Flying Lotus. www.blocweekend.com

Lounge on The Farm, Canterbury, 6-8 July : Emeli Sande, The Wombats, Chic ft. Nile Rodgers, Mystery Jets, Goldie. www.loungeonthefarm.co.uk

T in the Park, Balado/Kinross, 6-8 July : Snow Patrol, The Stone Roses, Kasabian,  Florence and the Machine, New Order, Tinie Tempah, Noel Gallagher, David Guetta, Elbow, Nicki Minaj, Swedish House Mafia, Two Door Cinema Club, The Vaccines. www.tinthepark.com

Wakestock, Abersoch Bay, 6-8 July : Calvin Harris, Dizzee Rascal, Ed Sheeran, Katy B, Rizzle Kicks, Annie Mac. www.wakestock.co.uk

Latitude, Suffolk, 13-15 July : Bon Iver, Elbow, Paul Weller, Metronomy, Laura Marling, Bat For Lashes, Janelle Monae, Richard Hawley, The Horrors. www.latitudefestival.co.uk

Hard Rock Calling, London, 13-15 July : Soundgarden, Bruce Springsteen and The EStreet Band, Paul Simon, John Fogerty, Lady Antebellum. www.hardrockcalling.co.uk

Guilfest, Guildford, 13-15 July : Bryan Ferry, Nile Rodgers, Jimmy Cliff, Jools Holland, Olly Murs, Tim Minchin. http://www.guilfest.co.uk/index.php

The Secret Garden Party, Abbotts Ripton, 19-22 July : Orbital, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, KT Tunstall, Little Roy, Caravan Palace, Little Dragon, Alabama Shakes, Tim Minchin, Lamb. www.secretgardenparty.com

Rewind Scotland, Perth, 21-22 July : Average White Band, Ali Campbell’s UB40, Jimmy Somerville, Holly Johnson, Adam Ant, Lightning Seeds. www.rewindfestival.com/scotland

Camp Bestival, Lulworth Castle/Dorset, 26-29 July : Kool & the Gang, Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, Earth, Wind & Fire Experience feat Al McKay, Happy Mondays, Jimmy Cliff, Rizzle Kicks, Adam Ant. www.campbestival.net

Cambridge Folk Festival, Cambridge, 26-29 July : Clannad, Joan Armatrading, The Proclaimers, June Tabor, Roy Harper, Billy Bragg. www.cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk

Global Gathering, Long Marston/Stratford Upon Avon, 27-28 July : Skrillex. www.globalgathering.com

WOMAD, Charlton Park/Wiltshire, 27-29 July : Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, The Alaev Family, Ane Brun, Boubacar Traore, Spiro. www.womad.org

The Magic Loungeabout, Skipton, 27-29 July : Chic ft. Nile Rodgers, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Cashier No.9, Lucy Rose. www.themagicloungeabout.net

Kendal Calling, Lake District, 27-29 July : Dizzee Rascal, James, Maximo Park, Inspiral Carpets, Feeder, Shed Seven, Utah Saints. www.kendalcalling.co.uk

Standon Calling, Standon/Hertfordshire, 3-5 August : Beardyman, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Death in Vegas. www.standon-calling.com

Relentless Boardmasters, Newquay, 8-12 August : Ed Sheeran, Dizzee Rascal, The Ting Tings, Maverick Sabre, Maximo Park. www.boardmasters.co.uk

Bloodstock Open Air, Derbyshire, 9-12 August : Behemoth, Testament, Alice Cooper, Hatebreed, Sepultura, Paradise Lost. www.bloodstock.uk.com

Strawberry Fields, Cattows Farm/Leicestershire, 10-12 August : Mystery Jets, Kelis, Beardyman, Rizzle Kicks, The Rifles. www.strawberryfieldsfestival.co.uk

V Festival, Chelmsford/Stafford, 17-19 August : The Stone Roses, The Killers, Noel Gallagher, Snow Patrol, David Guetta, Ed Sheeran, Tinie Tempah, Nicki Minaj, Example, Tom Jones, Keane, Madness, James Morrison, Nero, Friendly Fires. www.vfestival.com

Beautiful Days, Escot Park/Devon, 17-19 August : Public Image Limited, Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, Levellers, Ian Anderson plays Thick as a Brick, Midlake, Richard Thompson, The Waterboys, New Model Army, Bellowhead, Inspiral Carpets, Alabama 3, Reel Big Fish, Dreadzone. www.beautifuldays.org

80′s Rewind, Henley, 17-19 August : The Bangles, Kool & The Gang, Grandmaster Flash, Rick Astley, Heather Small, Sinitta, Right said Fred. www.rewindfestival.com

Green Man Festival, Glanusk Park, Powys, Wales, 17-19 August : Van Morrison, Feist, The Walkmen, Jonathan Richman, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks. http://www.greenman.net/

Reading/Leeds Festival, Reading/Leeds, 24-26 Aug : The Cure, Kasabian, Foo Fighters, Paramore, Florence and the Machine, The Black Keys, You Me At Six, The Vaccines, Bombay Bicycle Club, Enter Shikari, All Time Low, The Gaslight Anthem. www.readingfestival.com www.leedsfestival.com

Creamfields, Halton/Cheshire, 24-26 August : deadmau5, Tiësto, David Guetta, Avicii, Skrillex, Calvin Harris, Example, Axwell, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, Paul van Dyk, Above & Beyond, Eric Prydz. www.creamfields.com

South West Four, London, 25-26 August : Chase and Status, Skrillex, Zane Lowe, Erick Morillo, Carl Cox. www.southwestfour.com

Bestival, Newport, 6-9 September : Stevie Wonder, New Order, Orbital, The xx, Sigur Ros, Justice, Two Door Cinema Club, Hot Chip, Friendly Fires, Death In Vegas, Drums of Death, Soulwax, Nero, Emeli Sande, De La Soul. www.bestival.net

Festival No.6, Portmeirion, 14-16 September : New Order, Primal Scream, Spiritualized. http://www.festivalnumber6.com/

If you watched Channel 4′s Dispatches (‘The Great Ticket Scandal’) on 23 Feb 2012, you will have seen how one of our competitors in the secondary ticketing market is misleading it’s customers by conspiring with concert promoters to artificially inflate ticket prices. The programme also highlighted the fact that the staff of this particular ticket exchange purchase thousands of concert tickets, which they then subsequently resell on their own exchange under the pretense that they have been listed by ordinary consumers.

In response to yesterday’s programme on Channel 4, we want to assure our own customers of the following:

1. We have never allowed, and will never allow concert promoters to use our service to sell their own tickets at prices which exceed their face-value.

2. We never purchase concert tickets and then re-list them for sale on our site.

3. None of our sellers have links to the promoters of the concerts for which they are selling tickets, the venues where the concerts are taking place or the artists themselves.

4. All of the tickets listed for sale at ticketola have been legitimately purchased by individuals who do not wish to attend the events for which they’ve purchased tickets.

In our opinion, the dishonest business practices employed by at least one major ticket exchange have no place in this market, and should be condemned and outlawed by both the live music and ticketing industries. The managers and agents who represent the artists need to establish a code of practice that all concert promoters adhere to, and which prevents promoters from colluding with ticket exchanges in regard to the artificial inflation of ticket prices. And the management of certain ticket exchanges need to urgently review their business processes so that their customers are no longer duped into purchasing tickets that are actually owned by, and under the control of concert promoters or the ticket exchanges themselves.

The concept of fans selling tickets to, and buying tickets from each other is a good thing for consumers. But the exploitation of this concept by unscrupulous concert promoters and ticket exchange operators is anti-consumer, and we should applaud Channel 4 for exposing it.