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Kasabian took home the prize for British Group, Jay-Z was named International Male Solo Artist, Dizzee Rascal was crowned British Male Solo Artist and Florence And The Machine won the award for British Album for 'Lungs'. The full list of winners from the Brit Awards 2010 is as follows: British Female Solo Artist - Lily Allen International Female Solo Artist - Lady Gaga British Breakthrough Act - JLS International Male Solo Artist - Jay-Z [...]

Liam Gallagher threw Oasis' BRIT Award into the crowd tonight as he collected the honour on behalf of the band at the ceremony in London. Appearing as an unexpected guest, Liam thanked the members of Oasis who worked on the record - except for his brother Noel. He then proceeded to walk to the front of the stage, where he threw the award into the crowd. Gallagher's reaction prompted host and comedian Peter Kay to brand him a "knob head". Liam also thanked Oasis' supporters, describing them as the "best fans in the world". The 14 x platinum [...]

The legendary recording studios in northwest London, where The Beatles recorded many of their songs and which were immortalised on the band's 1969 album 'Abbey Road', are being offered to bidders as the label's owners, venture capitalists Terra Firma, look to reduce the company's debts, reports the Financial Times . According to the paper the sale of the studios, located in St John's Wood, could raise tens of millions of pounds. As well as The Beatles, Oasis, Blur, Manic Street Preachers, Pink Floyd and Radiohead are among the bands who have recorded at [...]

The Holy See's Saturday newspaper published its picks for pop rock paradise, ranging from Michael Jackson's album "Thriller" to Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" and the Beatles' "Revolver." What L'Osservatore Romano calls a semiserious guide on the road to good music will take you to "Graceland" — Paul Simon's album made the cut. And it does get into the "Supernatural" by Carlos Santana. The newspaper calls them classics to pack for a desert island. The other picks are David Crosby's "If I Could Only Remember My Name;" "Rumours" by Fleetwood Mac, Donald Fagen's [...]

Featuring the New York group in Manhattan's Avatar Studios, the 9-minute film includes the band working on a new song called 'Taken For A Fool' with producer Joe Chiccarelli. Share this: Filed under: sound

Wie auch in den vergangenen Jahren gibts zu unserem Lieblingsfestival eine extra Seite auf unserem Blog mit allen relevanten Infos zu den Bands, Spielplan usw. HIER zu finden. Inzwischen stehen bereits gut 2/3 des in diesem Jahr relativ elektro-lastigem Programms fest, es darf aber wie immer noch mit ein paar ganz besonderen Schmankerln gerechnet werden. Besonders erwähnenswert ist auch die Bestätigung der Strokes, die vor dem Release ihres neuen Albums im September insgesamt nur 4 Shows spielen, davon 2 beim Southside und Hurricane Festival. [...]

Detais of Rage Against The Machine's promised free UK gig have been revealed. Taking place at London's Finsbury Park on June 6. The show comes after Tom Morello, Zack de la Rocha and co promised to play a free UK show if their song 'Killing In the Name' made the Christmas Number One slot ahead of The X Factor winner Joe McElderry's 'The Climb'. Registration for tickets is now open at TheRageFactor.co.uk and closes at midnight (GMT) on Sunday (February 14). Once registered, tickets will be released on a rolling lottery basis from [...]

MGMT will release their new album 'Congratulations' this April, the duo have announced. MGMT have put a countdown timer on their official website, Whoismgmt.com , which is due to end on April 13. The site also contains a webcam image of a beach. The tracklisting of 'Congratulations' is: 'It's Working' 'Song for Dan Treacy' 'Someone's Missing' 'Flash Delirium' 'I Found a Whistle' 'Siberian Breaks' 'Brian Eno' 'Lady Dada's Nightmare' 'Congratulations' Share this: [...]

Bookies have stopped taking bets on who'll take the Brit for Best Album Of 30 Years after a run of big money on Oasis. They look dead certs to win it for (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - their second album released in 1995. The band, who split last year, are up against Coldplay, Dido, Dire Straits, Duffy, Keane, Phil Collins, Sade, The Verve and Travis. However, the prospect of Oasis landing the gong has put organisers under pressure in case warring brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher both want to attend. They will have to be [...]

The Who performed live at the Super Bowl half-time show yesterday (February 7), performing a medley of five of their songs. Taking to the stage at Miami's Sun Life Stadium halfway through New Orleans Saints' win against the Indianapolis Colts, Roger Daltrey and co played a medley of 'Pinball Wizard', 'Baba O'Riley', 'Who Are You', 'See Me Feel Me' and 'Won't Get Fooled Again'. Share this: [...]

Liam Gallagher has told that his new project will play live this year. Speaking about his band with former Oasis bandmates Gem Archer and Andy Bell, Liam said: "We'll be on stage this year, mate. Without a doubt. We're half way through the record – the demos, that is. We're in the studio this April to see if this producer works out. If he does, we'll crack on with the album through June and July". Gallagher, however, remained tight-lipped about the producer. "Nah, I can't tell you. Just in case it doesn't work out" He also [...]

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Them Crooked Vultures bassist John Paul Jones has explained that the band plan to record their second album later this year. The bassist, along with Dave Grohl and Josh Homme, had previously revealed they planned to record a second album but now Jones has said we can expect it before 2010 ends. "We'll do a second album this year," he told Stuff.co.nz . "By the end of summer, something like that." He added, "We're all hard workers. In a way we need to do this for ourselves. Once we committed to it we worked [...]

The Strokes have begun recording their fourth album with producer Joe Chiccarelli in New York.According to their official website Thestrokes.com the band began working with the U2, Beck and Bjork collaborator at the start of this week (February 1). The band say they are recording at New York's Avatar Studios with Gus Oberg engineering the record. Share this: Filed under: yellow press

The Pre-Sale ticket allocations for both of Noel's TCT gigs sold out in three minutes. The remaining tickets for the gigs will go on general sale Friday 5th February at 9am from the below official ticket vendors: Teenage Cancer Trust ::: Royal Albert Hall Share this: Filed under: live

Album of the Year: Fearless — Taylor Swift Song of the Year: "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" — Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé) Best Solo Rock Performance: "Working on a Dream" — Bruce Springsteen Record of the Year: "Use Somebody" — Kings of Leon Best Country Album: Fearless — Taylor Swift Best Rock Album: 21st Century Breakdown — Green Day Best Hard Rock Performance: "War Machine" — AC/DC Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "Run [...]

Noel Gallagher is set to play his first post-Oasis gigs in March, for the Teenage Cancer Trust.The guitarist will join Arctic Monkeys, Them Crooked Vultures, a reformed Suede, The Who, Depeche Mode and JLS on the line-ups for the charity gigs. They will take place at the London Royal Albert Hall from February 17.Gallagher will play two gigs at the venue, on March 25 and 26.Tickets for all the shows go on sale at 9am (GMT) on Friday (February 5). See Teenagecancertrust.com for more information. The Teenage Cancer Trust gigs line-up at the London Royal Albert [...]

The singer says that his new group – featuring former Oasis bandmates Andy Bell and Gem Archer – had eight songs, and are aiming to head into the studio soon. "A lot of these songs I wrote before the band [Oasis] split up," Gallagher told XFM . "I mean, there's a few new ones on there that are coming out now." He added: "We're going in [the studio] in April with a producer, we're going to do three songs with him and if he doesn't balls it up and we don't balls it up then we'll go [...]

The band's personal storage locker was broken into and Michael Been's (Robert's dad and our sound man) had his vintage equipment stolen. Items were 1954 Fender Esquire (Yellow with Black Pick Guard), 1968 Ampeg Scrolltop Fretless Bass, 1964 Black Fender Precision Bass and a 1968 Gretsch Country Gentleman Single Cutaway. Please repost this and help spread the word - these items were extremely personal and the band, Michael, crew and management are devastated over this brazen act. Thank you. Share this: Posted in [...]