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MTV Brand Spanking New Tours / April and May 2008

The Ting Tings The Pigeon Detectives, Fratellis, Zutons and CSS have all been announced to be headlining their own three night UK and Ireland tours for MTV as part of their “Brand Spanking New” tours. Some of the best names and up and coming names in the music biz will be making their way around the country, playing venues smaller than they normally do. So be sure to get your tickets when they go on sale on Friday (7th March) at 9am.

The Pigeon Detectives / The Metros / The Rascals
Monday 28th April - Cambridge Junction
Tuesday 29th April - London Islington Academy
Wednesday 30th April - Liverpool Academy

The Fratellis / The Ting Tings / Alphabeat
Sunday 27th April - Cambridge Junction
Monday 28th April - London Islington Academy
Tuesday 29th April - Liverpool Carling Academy

The Zutons / One Night Only / The Script
Sunday 4th May - Cardiff University
Monday 5th May - Glasgow ABC
Tuesday 6th May - Dublin Academy

CSS / The Futureheads / MGMT
Monday 5th May - Cardiff University
Tuesday 6th May - Glasgow ABC
Wednesday 7th May - Dublin Academy

Published on March 4th, 2008 under Alphabeat, brand, concert, css, Detectives, Fratellis, Futureheads, Gig, live, Live UK Gigs, metros, mgmt, mtv, Music, New, night, one, One Night Only, Onenightonly, Only, Pigeon, pigeon detectives, PigeonDetectives, Rascals, script, show, shows, spanking, Ticket Alerts, Tickets, Ting, Ting Tings, Tings, tingtings, tour, UK, Zutons

iTunes Live Festival announced / Starts next week!

Source: theregoesthefear.com

Roisin Murphy iTunes have announced 10 days of gigs starting next Thursday as part of their iTunes Live series. All the gigs will be available to download from iTunes after the 10 day festival is over. Last year’s festival was a bit later in the year, but were a significant success - dare I say it, but this years gigs aren’t anywhere near as impressive - I mean, come on, Nizlopi headlining? Tony Christie? Really?

The gigs will take place from February 21 to March 2 at AIR Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London. The artists will play acousticcally for what is sure to be some very special evenings. Tickets cannot be bought, and are only available from the iTunes Live website as part of a ballot..

Thursday 21st February - Jose Gonzalez, Charlene Soraia, Julian Velard and Stephanie Dosen
Friday 22nd February - Nizlopi, Soweto Kinch
Saturday 23rd February - Alphabeat, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
Sunday 24th February - Billy Bragg, KT Tunstall, Foy Vance, Leo Abrahams
Monday 25th February - Daniel Merriweather, Estelle, Tawiah
Tuesday 26th February - Charlie Winston, Natalie Clein, Tom Baxter
Wednesday 27th February - Laura Marling, Mystery Jets
Thursday 28th February - Jason Mraz, Ron Sexsmith
Friday 29th February - TBC
Saturday 1st March - Roisin Murphy, Tony Christie
Sunday 2nd March - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Spiritualized

Photo of Roisin Murphy is taken from her myspace.

Published on February 12th, 2008 under Abrahams, Alphabeat, bad, Baxter, billy, Billy Bragg, BillyBragg, Bragg, cave, charlene, charlene soraia, charlenesoraia, Charlie, Charlie Winston, CharlieWinston, Christie, Clein, concert, Daniel, Daniel Merriweather, DanielMerriweather, Dosen, Estelle, Foy, Foy Vance, FoyVance, Gig, Gigs, González, jang, Jason, Jason Mraz, JasonMraz, jets, jing, Joe, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong, Joeleanandthejingjangjong, jong, Jose, Jose Gonzalez, josegonzalez, Julian, Julian Velard, JulianVelard, Kinch, KT, KT Tunstall, KTTunstall, Laura, Laura Marling, LauraMarling, lean, Leo, Leo Abrahams, LeoAbrahams, live, Marling, Merriweather, Mraz, Murphy, Music, Mystery, Mystery Jets, MysteryJets, Natalie, Natalie Clein, NatalieClein, nick, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, NickCave&TheBadSeeds, Nizlopi, Roisin, Roisin Murphy, RoisinMurphy, Ron, Ron Sexsmith, RonSexsmith, seeds, Sexsmith, show, shows, soraia, Soweto, Soweto Kinch, SowetoKinch, Spiritualized, Stephanie, Stephanie Dosen, StephanieDosen, Tawiah, Ticket Alerts, Tickets, Tom, Tom Baxter, TomBaxter, Tony, Tony Christie, TonyChristie, tour, Tunstall, UK, Vance, Velard, Winston

Live: Palladium + Alphabeat @ Oxford Carling Academy Zodiac 28th January 2008

Source: theregoesthefear.com

Palladium @ Oxford Academy Zodiac Sometimes when you go and see a band you have the mis/fortune of seeing a support act who are actually just as good as the band you’ve paid out to see – tonight at Oxford’s Carling Academy was just that, when Alphabeat eclipsed Palladium’s headlining set.

My first night back at the Carling Academy since its costly refurb, I was impressed at just how nice it had turned out – no more whiffs of the loo if you’re near the front of the stage. Still, the nicer surroundings didn’t help the first band up sound any better, The Anydays. Sounding like a reasonably competent Battle of the Bands winner, they were reasonably strong, however had a sensation of going through the motions, and frankly, not that memorable.

Next up were a band I’d been waiting to see for a considerable length of time, Alphabeat. The Danes who I profiled at the weekend didn’t disappoint, putting in a fine showing, even though the crowd was rather meagre. Performing as if their lives depended on it, what they lacked in words they more than made up for with their enthusiasm. Rattling through the majority of their self-titled debut album, they managed to get everyone humming along, even the drunk guy behind me conceeded at the end that “they’re pretty f***ing good”. Indeed they were Rory, indeed they were.

Finally came the big moment, Palladium. I’d previously seen them support the Thrills last summer, and had a series of brilliant songs, which still are brilliant. However, the rest of their album material does sound very much like filler to go between such pop-greats as “High 5?, “Happy Hour” and “White Woman”. Peter Pepper was distinctly untalkative, and the rest of the band seemed a bit hurt at the low attendance, but if we’re honest, it’s a Monday night in January - is it really going to be packed? Ending with a new song wasn’t their brightest idea, instead penultimate “Happy Hour” was my personal highlight, and one that almost got the whole crowd going. Well, some people take some warming up, others were so drunk they danced all the way through.

They’re certainly ones to watch, but after tonight Alphabeat are a better bet for me.

After the jump: More photos.

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Above: Alphabeat supporting Palladium @ Oxford Academy Zodiac

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