Red Top Ramble... pop goss from showbiz central
hello chaps, some gossip from the newspapers today as DiS searches for some hard facts to tell you about...»
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The Rasmus Return
Highly acclaimed, and deservedly so, Finnish rock titans The Rasmus return this summer.»
Joy Zipper return with recorded work and gigs
Joy Zipper, those marvels of modern slow mo indie, are to release a new single and album and do one of those tours in the coming month.»
Travis announce T in the Park warm up plus Poverty show
Travis, have announced warm up at Liverpool Carling Academy on Friday 8th July, prior to appearing as one of the headliners at this year’s T In The Park Festival.»
Beth Orton cancels Somerset House gigs - more tickets on sale for the rest
Doe-eyed songstress, Beth Orton, has been forced to cancel her July Somerset House gig following the overrunning of the recording of her new album.»
Warlocks go into Surgery for new LP
I remember waking up one day, stumbling downstairs on a Monday morning and opening my frontroom to find a pair of members of The Warlocks in my frontroom.»
Be Your Own PET release EP#2 as competition hots up
Music industry sensations, Be Your Own PET are to release their second EP, 'Fire Department', on Rough Trade records in June.»
P Diddy and the 250k p.a child
Rapper and mogul P Diddy is now slightly less bling after a court order telling him to pay $21,782 (£11,910) each month to support his 11-year-old son.»
Bloc Party pioneering new release
Bloc Party are to release a limited edition single in July to mark a flurry of festival activity.»
Six In The City: TAAS, YCNI:M, HIFH, full line up!
Last year's sextet of shows in association with rock sound and Riverman saw Funeral For A Friend, Mastodon and Curl Up And Die savage London's r'n'r underlings down at The Underworld, Camden. This year, the line up's even better...<»
New bands tent announced for Reading/Leeds
Drowned in Sound can tell you the line ups for this year's Carling (AKA New Bands) stage at the Reading/Leeds festivals.»
Boyband update: Lee Blue goes solo, Brian E17 in hospital...
Face it: you love boybands. We know, so here's a couple o' titbits of gossip-slash-news...»
iForward Russia! announce new single + dates + i LiKE TRAiNS single
iForward Russia!, Leeds-based agit pop wonders, are to release their second single in July via the nascent White Heat record label.»
Squire moots Roses resurrection
Recent comments by John Squire that The Stone Roses could reform in order to perform at this year's Glastonbury Festival instead of Kylie Minogue have set our hearts a' flutter...»
It's not art... it's a tour... Snow White on the road
Snow White, also known as that mad inspiring, crazy band from London Town, are about to set off on an initial jaunt round the country.»
Notes from the Overground: UK top 75 Analysed
So, the charts then;»
Darkness' bass man quits
A nation's 'tache fanciers weep as the Darkness have confirmed that their venerable bassist Frankie Poullain has left the band.»
Ladytron make a sweet return
Noir pop futurist, Ladytron, have announced details of their return, incorporating a single, album and live dates.»
Rockfeedback hits MTV...
rockfeedback tv is set for late-evening debuts on MTV2 Europe.»
Tom Vek goes iNstore for iTunes - win tickets
On May 31st, Tom Vek, he of the cheeky Talking Heads-esque lo-fi pop, is doing a full live session upstairs in the Apple store in front of an invited audience.»
It's A Hit? Rilo Kiley hope so, and tour too
Rilo Kiley have some news...»
Radio 1 combat strike threat with the Gallaghers
Radio 1 are planning to combat their potential strike disruptions with an Oasis day.»
Strike chaos! DiS offers to take over BBC
The BBC is preparing itself for major disruption to its music radio services this Monday as unions prepare for the first of four proposed 24-hour stoppages.»
BSP go Electrowerz crazy - win tickets
Hey kids of London persuasion... Bank Holiday Weekend (Friday, May 27th) sees another instalment in the Adventures In The Beetroot Fields nights.»
Summertime Zombie Apocalypse! Send More Paramedics tour...
Zombie-thrash crew Send More Paramedics hit the road in search of brains to chew on this August.»
Reasons to love Coldplay #1: Martin attacks EMI’s ‘Corporate Evil’
Following the widely reported fact that EMI blamed a profits and share slump recently on Coldplay failing to deliver a new LP on time, lead singer Chris ‘mental’ Martin has responded by saying "Shareholders are the great evil of this modern world.»
Buck in Black: Buck 65 returns
Avant-hop terrorist, Buck 65, is set to hit up a UK tour ahead of the July release of his new album 'Secret House Against The World'.»
Old Bastards duel it out in top 100 artists list
DiS’ favourite bedtime read, The Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, published by the boffins at Guinness World Records today release their annual list of the Top 100 Most Successful Acts of all Time today.»
Nine Black Alps cancel tour and instores
Nine Black Alps have been forced to cancel all their May commitments, after front man Sam Forrest was taken ill.»
Racine certainty: 80s diva plays Cambridge pub
Transvision Vamp star's new project to play The Man On The Moon in Cambridge.»