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Is there a festival Lightspeed Champion isn't playing? Him and more for Surfstock
Lightspeed Champion, The Gossip, Alphabeat, Black Lips and The Go! Team are among the acts performing at this year's Surfstock festival at St Agnes, Cornwall»
Get Loaded gets acts: Kate Nash, Supergrass, Maccabees, Ipso Facto
Seems like print had the jump on us this week, as London megazine Time Out carried the next batch of acts for this year’s Get Loaded before we even knew they existed. Deadlines save lives?»
Underworld, Fatboy Slim, Ian Brown, SMD: More names for this year's Creamfields
After confirming that Kasabian would be topping the bill at their event this year, the organisers of Creamfields 2008 have released another raft of acts for your consideration»
DiS exclusive: Jarvis and Ditto's 'Temptation' out today
Jarvis Cocker and Beth Ditto’s collaborative cover of ‘Temptation’, first performed live by the pair at 2007’s NME Awards, is released as a single today, Monday February 18»
OMG: Skins OST
Channel 4's outrageous teenage soap Skins is to see its soundtrack released on CD.»
Chart round-up: dad rules, OK?
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...»
The Gossip on show in September
Disco chancers The Gossip have announced a smorgasboard of shows to complement their summer festival appearances.»
Hove Festival 2007: final line-up confirmed
The DiS-associated Hove Festival – held in the picturesque surroundings of Tromoy, on the Norwegian coast, from June 26-30 – has confirmed its final, pretty dang good actually line-up...»
The Weekly DiScussion: 'selling out' to sell stuff on the telly...
It’s hardly a new concept – Band X allowing ‘Song Y’ to be used to soundtrack a television advertisement – but now, more than ever, it seems acts from the margins of popular taste are being exploited – or should that be given a boost? – by marketing men with their ears tuned to the sounds of the underground...»
Summercase: new additions, cheap tickets 'til May 20!
A number of new bands have been confirmed for this year's DiS-associated Summercase Festival, held in Barcelona and Madrid in July...»
Summercase in your face: first information on exciting Spanish festival
DiS is pleased to bring you news of a rather splendid two-day twin-site festival going down in Spain this summer. Summercase is to be held in Barcelona and Madrid on July 13-14, and DiS will be jetting out there to see what it's all about...»
Cocker and Ditto: Temptation cover forthcoming
Did you watch the NME Awards t'other night? I did. I saw Jarvis Cocker and The Gossip's Beth Ditto destroy Heaven 17's 'Temptation'. "Awful" was pretty much my verdict. Predictably enough someone disagreed...»
Chart round-up: if it were sausages instead of chips in the 'daddy or chips' thing...
Quick one this week, as I’ve sausages to get home to and Southampton are on the telly at 8...»
Chart round-up: Massive coat? Check. Massive hit? Check!
He’s gone! Rocked from the top of the singles chart by those merry Leeds men, Kaiser Chiefs. Ladies, gentlemen, breathe again: Mika’s infuriatingly rubbish version of a dozen good songs condensed into four minutes of intolerable shite, ‘Grace Kelly’, has slipped from number one. To number two. Which is so much more appropriate, really...»
Spread The Gossip, for nothing!
Popular Portland trio The Gossip are to perform for free in London on March 5...»
The Gossip donate track to non-hetero compilation
A compilation showcasing the talents of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender artists will be released in April...»
Scissor Sisters fans "soul-sucking," says Ditto
Voice of good band The Gossip has lamented the experience of supporting Scissor Sisters on their recent tour...»
Gossip or fact? Beth Ditto used to eat squirrels?!
Beth Ditto, the voice of US disco-punkers The Gossip, has drawn the ire of animal rights groups by claiming that she used to kill and eat squirrels...»
NME Cool List 2006: Are you in it?
Beth Ditto has been named numero uno in NME's Cool List 2006, in a top ten that - shock, horror - contains just as many women as it does men...»
Upcoming brilliant tours: The Gossip and Metric
Got something of a penchant for female-fronted rock possessing no little pop? Well, the end of this month and the beginning of next harbour a couple of real treats for you...»
No rumours, just Gossip, on tour
Fantabulous-o soul-punk dancers The Gossip return to the UK in July for a wee tour. They also play ATP's second weekend, starting May 19.»
ATuPdate: new bands, fresh excitement!
Not a week can pass right now without our DiS inboxing pinging to the sound of further ATP additions. Today, we've had word that Lightning Bolt have been added to the twin-weekend event. So, with that in mind, here's a summary of who's playing what day, so far... »
Whispers, moans? The Gossip play a pair of capital gigs
Struttin' punks The Gossip are to play a brace of shows in London to announce the arrival of their quite splendidly rocking new record, Standing in the Way of Control...»
There's some Gossip going around from tomorrow...
Genre-bending boy/girl trio The Gossip begin their extensive UK punk/R&B/blues/rock tour tomorrow in Brighton.
The three-piece, whose new LP Standing in the Way of Control (recorded with Guy Picciotto and Ryan Hadlock, who produced the likes of Stephen Malkmus and Blonde Redhead) is released on Kill Rock Stars on 6th February 2006, sport new drummer Hannah Blilie - on her first trip to the UK with the band.
»Spread The Gossip
The Gossip tour the UK. Punk/blues trio The Gossip return to the UK next month to take on the toilet venue circuit. Having just recently released their second album, 'Movement', the band will be taking their sounds to the following venues: August 17 - Bristol »
Ladyfest Hits Bristol
Ladyfest, the renowned feminist arts festival, announces its Bristol dates and line-ups... ...and there's some exciting additions to look forward to. Highlights include Donna Matthews of Elastica's new outfit Klang, NME favourite Holly Golightly and garage rockers The Gossip<»
Ladyfest Grrrlies Tour
Ladyfest, Strange Fruit and Kill Rock Stars present the imaginatively titled Ladyfest Tour.
The Ladyfest Tour is to take place after the Ladyfest Festival which is at Glasgow's 13th Note between the 12th-14th August. The Glaswegian event includes the likes of Electrelane, Bis, Bangs»
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