Several high-profile bands have cancelled shows due to take place in Israel, following their raid on the Gaza flotilla on Monday last week, the Associated Press reports. A bad time to be an Israeli indie music fan, then.»
Long forgotten Southsea five-piece The Strange Death of Liberal England return this month with a new digital-only single and tour as special guests of Editors...»
A veritable host of stars from the indieverse have been putting their efforts in recent days to raising money for Haiti and victims of the earthquake which shook the country some two weeks ago.»
Chart-topping Editors have just announced a full UK (OK, well nearly...everyone forgets Northern Ireland in these things) tour for March next year. »
The Falls Music & Arts Festival is a three day soirée from December 29, 2009 – 1 January 2010, which takes place in two gorgeous natural amphitheatres along the coastlines of Marion Bay, Tasmania and Lorne, Victoria; featuring around 60 performers, comedians, The Falls Arts Village, films, spectacular scenery and FREE CAMPING!»
It's that time of year again where the myriad of festivals across the country start regularly adding bands, artists and the odd comedian to their bills. This is exactly what Latitude have done.»
Just waiting to see if Mitch has more info on this as he sometimes work for AIM. Also not got time to finish this at the moment - SEAN Indie community to be TV profiled as part of Independents Day celebrations»
A handful of new acts have been confirmed for this year’s Glastonbury Festival»
The first names have been confirmed for this year’s Melt! Festival in Germany.»
Leon Jackson still refuses to budge from his nest of strange non-sequiturs and laughable key changes at number one with ‘When You Believe’. Still, at least it's not the Eastenders Christmas special.»
It’s gone eerily quiet in the singles chart this week; it is, we fear, the calm before the almighty shit-storm that is the rush for Christmas number one.»
There’s no stopping Editors, it seems. The terrace-filling blandateers have unveiled a new series of live dates for ’08, complete with an appearance at Alexandra Palace, London.»
Hello! Here’s some news about the latest chart-botherers for you, the chart-bothered.»
Bella Union’s great Danes, The Kissaway Trail, are to reschedule their proposed headline dates in October after taking up the offer of a support slot on Editors’ forthcoming tour of the UK...»
Who even presents the chart rundown these days? I don’t envy them their job. This week, the second highest new entry is P Diddy...»
...well I suppose you can't have bills like tonight's White Heat every day of the year. Editors tour!»
Some bands might try and put the 'art' into charts, disgusted as they are with all the commercial dross choking up its failing innards on a weekly basis. Here at DiS we like to put the 'ha' in charts, as in 'ha ha ha ha fucking ha'. Luckily for us they're usually quite funny anyway, so we don't have to tell any shit jokes...»
Brummie miserablists Editors had their Wednesday night show in Cologne, Germany, halted by police who claimed that the band were too loud...»
Festival-centric website FestivalNews.co.uk has reported the leaked line-up for this summer's Glastonbury Festival...»
The shows are expected to find the four-piece road-testing material from their forthcoming second album, due out later this year...»
While musing on why the hell FA Cup Quarter Final replays are being held on a Monday, we also stumbled across the line ups for this year’s 02 Wireless Festival...»
Well, you'd stop what you were doing for some pie and booze, wouldn't you. Especially if it wasn't just pie and booze, but pie and booze as recommended by that Ballykissangel barmaid. Phwooaaarrr...»
See me, I wouldn't be caught dead in Ibiza. It's too sunny, its beaches are full of stinkin' Brits abroad, and its clubs play that thump-thump-thump shite that the Vauxhall Nova brigade used to pump out of their crappy cars when I was in sixth form...»
DiS will be at the event, catching the action and documenting it in the form of a delicious podcast and article. That way, it will be like being there, but without actually leaving your house. Admittedly it will hardly be 'live' - three days later in fact - but y'know, you can just build a moat around your house, knock the VAT off your shopping and pretend you're in Jersey...»
Cheer up, Thom! Your only-just-released debut solo album, The Eraser, is among the twelve long-players shortlisted for the 2006 Mercury Music Prize, sponsored by Nationwide...»
This summer will again see a flood of indie bands leaking their merry way into Ibizian superclub Manumission for the Ibiza Rocks series...»
Organisers of the BBC's forthcoming One Big Weekend event, to be held in Dundee this weekend, are warning music fans that there are bogus backstage passes circulating on the internet...»
Editors were forced to cut their South By South West set short on the first day of the music conference, as singer Tom Smith lost the tool of his trade. That's his voice, by the way. Not his penis...»
Further acts have been added to the bill for this year's Oxegen Festival, held at Punchestown Racecourse on July 8th and 9th...»
Bookmakers have narrowed the race for Christmas number one down to two songs: Nizlopi's 'The JCB Song' and X-Factor winner Shayne Ward's 'That's My Goal'. The latter single isn't even released until tomorrow...»
Some tours. That's it. Simple. Not one comment about any act's quality. Or about re-releases. Nope. Nothing...»
Want to see The Editors, Black Wire, Nine Black Alps, the Paddingtons and The Thrills for free? Best get yerself over to Middlesbrough on Sunday 19th June…»
...it's like, almost sold out man, and we recommend it as our favourite live-music-in-a-field event of the year.<»
Since last week, DiS has had a rethink and we'll give the top 75 another go to see how it's moving along.»
Birmingham's literate rockers, Editors are playing a secret tour warm-up gig tonight at London's The Luminaire venue.»
Editors strike out on tour to support latest single...»
Hot tips for 2005 Editors have been revealed as the headliner for clubHEDONISTIC tonight at the Islington Bar Academy. The band release 'Bullets', their debut single for Kitchenware, on 24th January.»
One of DiS’ nods to 2005, The Editors, have announced a debut tour of the country.»
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