Belle & Sebastian will be releasing their new album on the 11th October and its already set to be a hit. Below is a webisode they recorded a few weeks ago in Glasgow. The track is ‘I Want The World To Stop’ and I think it is frankly a great track to release as a teaser to the album.
It is likely that Susan Boyle will perform for Pope Benedict XVI on his tour of Britain later this year. Negaotiations are still taking place, but it is likely going to happen in Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park on September 16.
Benedict’s four-day trip will be the first papal visit to Britain since Pope John Paul II in 1982.
Marina And The Diamonds Family Jewels Tour is alive and healthy with a solid performance last night (19th May) in London’s Bloomsbury Ballroom with a second this evening to start off a run of 20 dates all over the UK. The video is for all to enjoy below. With breaks in the height of summer for a number of festival appearances granted, the tour and other dates continue right up to November. Tickets where still available can be found here. (Search Tickets)
Dates include:
May:
20th – Bloomsbury Ballroom – London
22nd – The Leadmill – Sheffield
23rd – Manchester University – Manchester
25th – The Masque – Liverpool
27th – Tripod – Dublin
29th – QMU – Glasgow
30th – Liquid Rooms Edinbrugh
30th – Edinburgh Essembly Rooms – Edinburgh
31st – The Cockpit – Leeds
31st – Leeds Metropolitan University – Leeds
July:
25th – Mill Hill Field – Abbots Ripton
October:
20th – Norwich U.E.A – Norwich
21st – Floral Hall – Eastbourne
23rd – Birmingham Town Hall – Birmingham
24th – The Regal – Oxford
25th – Anson Rooms – Bristol
31st – Manchester Ritz – Manchester
November:
04th – Northumbria University – Newcastle
05th – Leeds University Union – Leeds
The Scottish rockers have released seven dates for fans to enjoy during the months of November and December climaxing at a soon to be sold out Wembley Arena show.
The Band will add these dates to what seems to be a nice full year for the guys. With other appearances including Reading And Leeds among others, as well as dates in Australia next month. The link above will direct you to the bands official site for tickets.
The UK winter dates include:
Aberdeen AECC (Nov. 25)
Glasgow SECC (Nov. 26)
Hull Arena (Nov. 29)
Nottingham Arena (Nov. 30)
Plymouth Pavilions (Dec. 1)
Manchester Central (Dec. 3)
London Wembley Arena (Dec. 4)
American South rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd have announced plans for their UK 2010 tour.
Be it a limited amount of dates, it will the first time the band have played in the UK since the release of their album ”Gold and Guns” earlier this year.
Tickets go on sale at the end of this week on, Friday the 13th, and are available from Ticketwise.com. Dates for the tour, all of which are in March, are below.
Wolfmother have announced that the UK will be the first place they’ll entertain in the new year.
January 13th sees the Aussies begin their 7 date mini-tour in Dublin at the Olympia where they move on to Glasgow (14th), Newcastle (15th) , Manchester (17th), Leeds (18th), Birmingham (19th) and climax in London (21th) . Tickets go on sale from October the 23rd via the gigwise gig guide.
The tour is the first big attempt to launch the new album in the UK, Just before the band head back home to support AC/DC on the Black Ice tour. Some dates for the tour are already sold out, gigs dates and locations are all available from the bands officail site.
