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Festival Diary – 2013
Cheltenham Jazz Festival – Cheltenham 1st-6th May, Madeleine Peyroux, Lianne La Havas, Dionne Warwick. Liverpool Sound City – Liverpool 2nd-4th May, Noah And The Whale, Bastille, Reverend & The Makers, Dexys, Enter Shikari. Live at Leeds – Leeds 3rd-6th May, … Continue reading
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Introducing…Palma Violets
If you like The Libertines, The Vaccines or The Strokes, then you’ll love these London based indie rockers. Bassist Chilli Jesson and guitarist Sam Fryer met by chance at the Reading Festival a couple of years ago, and Sam had … Continue reading
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Announcing our latest competition winners!
A big thank you to everyone who entered our latest facebook competition. Congratulations to the following people who will be receiving a ‘Now That’s What I Call Music! 81′ CD: Sue Warr; Norm Fellows; Abii Douthwaite; Noelle Burke; Ashlea Davies; … Continue reading
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Biffy Clyro, The Prodigy And The Darkness Announce New Studio Albums
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 … Continue reading
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Win Now That’s What I Call Music! 81
Hi folks, It’s competition time again! And this time we’re giving away the best compilation album of 2012. You can be one of 15 winners of ‘Now That’s What I Call Music! 81′ – a double-disc CD featuring 42 tracks … Continue reading
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Introducing…Ren Harvieu
Salford born Ren (short for Lauren) Harvieu was 12 years old when she made her live debut in a school talent contest. Years later, she was ‘discovered’ by her manager after uploading some demos to her myspace page. Even though … Continue reading
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Festival News 2012
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 : … Continue reading
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Introducing…To Kill A King
Our band of the month for February is the rather marvellous and hotly tipped To Kill A King. Similar in sounds to The National, Mystery Jets and Mumford & Sons, the London based band were formed back in 2009 by … Continue reading
Dispatches – Channel 4
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 … Continue reading
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Announcing our latest competition winners!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING!… Rachel Medhurst Jen Jinty Kenneth Nash Simon Knuckey Laura Banks Kate Evans Simon Keating Jo Haselmere Paul Adams Beth tranter Lisa King Kellyjo Walters Stephen Collins Sian Louise Roberts David Drysdale Winners should send an email … Continue reading
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