Adele, Duffy, Justice and more for Somerset House concert series
The line-up for the annual series of shows at London’s Somerset House has been announced»
The line-up for the annual series of shows at London’s Somerset House has been announced»
The Prodigy and Panic at the Disco have been added to the bill for Oxegen 2008.»
Even on a good day Timbaland’s unfeasibly smug just lately, and ‘Scream’ definitely represents a good day, up eight places to 20 this week. It’s a song about fucking, whichever way you slice it»
If absolutely pushed I’d have to suggest that that’s yesterday’s leftover shepherd’s pie slopping around in pop douche du jour David Jordan’s cranial cavity, such is the clod-hoofed inanity of his ‘Sun Goes Down’ single»
Radio 1 have pulled together a thick brigade of popular artists for a retrospective covers compilation.»
Muse, Snow Patrol, Kasabian and Keane have been announced as headline bands for this year’s Isle of Wight Festival...»
Last night - well, afternoon really - DiS tubed it all the way to Hammersmith for the launch do for 2007's Brit Awards. The two-hour recorded-for-telly show - which went out 'live' on ITV2 last night - was presented by Fearne Cotton and featured live performances from The Fratellis, James Morrison, Lemar and The Feeling. And some free wine. Which was bad. But we still had several glasses...»
'Bootlegs' of singles played live and then sold legally to the audience after the show are to count towards top 40 sales...»
The Fratellis (pictured), Manic Street Preachers, Biffy Clyro, The View and Boy Kill Boy are among the acts confirmed for Xfm's three-date Winter Wonderland season this year...»
Right now, there’s nobody else in the office. For all you know, I could be writing this week’s rundown of the movers, shakers, tinkers and tailors in the UK albums and singles charts in the nuddy. Or, at least, with my shoes off: they do rub so terribly...»
This year's nominees for the annual Q Awards, the award ceremony offspring of dad-rock bible Q magazine, have been announced. Whoa, there, Q - way to get radical on our arses...»
Seven days may have passed since last we, DiS, delved into the charts in any detail, but little has changed: Shakira remains top of the singles pile with ‘Hips Don’t Lie’, with Rihanna’s ‘Unfaithful’ at two and Christina Aguilera just below her with ‘Ain’t No Other Man’. We’re still digging that last one; t’other two can naff off...»
So Top Of The Pops is dead. Anyone watch the last one? I didn’t. Had better things to do. Like eat pasta and catch a train. I thought about recording it, specifically to find out what was atop the pile o’ short-play records we in the business call the ‘singles chart’, but then I remembered: the DiS round-up, this round-up, will set me straight! Not least of all ‘cause I’m the foo’ writing it...»