Calvin Harris, recorded live at Uber in Carlisle, is on the decks for the week's Essential Mix. Calvin Harris – I'm Not Alone [Columbia] [unknown] – Unknown [unknown] – Unknown [unknown] – Unknown Michael Woods – No Access [Ministry Of Sound] [unknown] – Unknown Diddy – Dirty Money – Coming Home (feat. Skylar Grey) (Dirty South Remix) [Interscope] Steve Angello – Knas [Size] Afrojack & Bobby Burns – Bungee [Wall Recordings] Wynter Gordon – Dirty Talk [Atlantic] [unknown] – Unknown [unknown] – Unknown [unknown] – Unknown Snoop Dogg – Sweat (David Guetta Remix) [EMI] Benny Benassi – Cinema [...]
Kate Nash has announced a tour of the UK starting on the 20th of March in Stoke and going through to the beginning of April, ending in Carlisle on the 7th of April. Tickets are available now. Sunday 20th March 2011 - Stoke-on-Trent Sugarmill Monday 21st March 2011 - Northampton Roadmender Tuesday 22nd March 2011 - Nottingham Rescue Rooms Thursday 24th March 2011 - Bournemouth Old Fire Station Friday 25th March 2011 - Portsmouth [...]
Dundee band the View have announced a massive tour for this winter at intimate venues across the UK. Tickets go on sale at 9 AM tomorrow (22 October) but a presale is already in progress at the band's official Web site. The band will play songs from their yet-to-be-titled third album, so this tour is the definitely the event to attend if you're a true View fan. Monday 15th November 2010 – Aberdeen Lemon Tree Tuesday 16th November 2010 – Bathgate Room At the [...]
Hounslow Britpop luminaries the Bluetones will be going on their 'Golden Soul Tour' starting the 18th of November. Support will be Married to the Sea . You can watch the video for 'Carry Me Home', from their latest album 'A New Athens', released back in May. Top tune. And top album! Thursday 18th November 2010 – Liverpool Academy 2 Friday 19th November 2010 - Stockton Ku Saturday 20th November 2010 - Guildford Boilerroom [...]

This is a quick mini-series about a few '70's "maverick" footballers. Starting with... I don't know what it was with footballers in the 19702s, drinking, gambling, punch ups, sleeping with someone else's birds... you never see that with the modern day players. Oh. One of these so-called rebels was like the next player I'm going to profile, somebody with exceptional talent but was called up by England only a handful of times. Those times though were the mid 702s when the [...]
Manic Street Preachers have announced minute details about their forthcoming album and an accompanying tour. The album will be called 'Postcards From A Young Man' and will be released in September, just prior to the start of an extensive tour of the UK. The jaunt begins 29th September in Glasgow and wraps up on the 1st of November in Cambridge. Wednesday 29th September 2010 - Glasgow, Academy Thursday 30th September 2010 - Aberdeen, Music Hall Saturday 2nd October 2010 - Edinburgh, Corn Exchange [...]
Liverpudlians Hot Club de Paris have announced an extensive UK tour for June. The tour begins in Newcastle on 02 June and ends 30 June in Norwich. Tickets for this tour are on sale now. The band plans to release a new EP entitled 'The Rise and Inevitable Fall of the High School Suicide Cluster Band' on 24 May. The EP will be available digitally and on limited hand-numbered 103 vinyl with artwork they've done themselves. Their last release, the 'With Days Like This as Cheap as Chewing Gum, Why [...]
Reverend and the Makers have announced a sizeable UK tour for March as they play some smaller places. Tickets are on sale now, priced between £10 and £13.50 each. Monday 1st March 2010 - Carlisle, Brickyard Tuesday 2nd March 2010 - Dundee, Dusa Thursday 4th March 2010 - Inverness, Ironworks Friday 5th March 2010 - Aberdeen, Warehouse Saturday 6th March 2010 - Dunfermline, Velocity Monday 8th March 2010 - Middlesbrough, Empire [...]
Still trying to prove that they're a "real band", The Automatic have announced a string of tour dates starting next week, playing some of the skankiest venues in the UK. Lucky them. Tuesday 10th November 2009 - Tunbridge Wells Forum Wednesday 11th November 2009 - Southend Chinnerys Thursday 12th November 2009 - Kingston Upon Thames McCluskys Friday 13th November 2009 - Rhondda Cwmparc Saturday 14th November 2009 - Wrexham Central Station [...]
Hollywood's biggest womanizers, Har Mar Superstar has announced a UK tour for late November and early December. Catch him at: Sunday 29th November 2009 - Oxford O2 Academy 3 Monday 30th November 2009 - London Relentless Garage Tuesday 1st December 2009 - Bristol Thekla Wednesday 2nd December 2009 - Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms Friday 4th December 2009 - Nottingham Bodega Saturday 5th December 2009 - Carlisle Brickyard Sunday 6th [...]
Northern Irish rockers Ash will be embarking on a 26-city, A-Z tour of the UK in mid-October. The tour begins in Aldershot exactly a week after the release of 'True Love 19802, the first of 26 alphabetically labelled singles only to be available as limited edition 73s and digital downloads. Catch them on the road at these venues: Monday 19th October 2009 - Aldershot, West End Centre Tuesday 20th October 2009 - Bradford, The Gasworks Wednesday 21st October 2009 - [...]

They Say: The seeds of Twin Atlantic were sown when front man Sam McTrusty and bassist Ross McNae met at school, united by a love of music. Guitarist and cellist Barry McKenna came on board after driving the fledgling band around Scotland to tiny pub gigs. The final piece of the puzzle came in the shape of drummer Craig Kneale, who had been in an earlier band with Ross. Since those early days, they have evolved into one of the UK's most exciting new rock bands, poppy melodies twisted with a [...]
Ash are re-inventing themselves as one of the most innovative indie bands out there. They've ditched the old format of doing albums, and are releasing their "A-Z Series", a collection of 26 limited edition 7" and digital download singles, released fortnightly over the coming year. To celebrate, they're playing an "A-Z tour", playing 26 lesser-known venues around the country from Aldershot to Zennor. The indie kids have been around for over 17 years, their "Intergalactic Sonic 73s" compilation being my introduction to proper good music, with "Girl from Mars" still one of my favourite tracks [...]
Paul Weller has announced another sizeable UK tour for the end of the year. The former Jam legend will be playing 14 UK shows. Tickets go on sale on Friday (10th July) at 9am. Catch him at: Wednesday 25th November 2009 - Derby Assembly Rooms Thursday 26th November 2009 - Norwich UEA Saturday 28th November 2009 - Preston Guildhall Sunday 29th November 2009 - Glasgow Barrowlands Monday 30th November 2009 - Dundee Caird Hall [...]

Twisted Wheel have announced a shiny new set of dates. The Northern lads who have been confirmed to support both Paul Weller and Oasis this summer seem to be rising at an Arctic Monkeys speed, so be sure to check them out. We first introduced them last December , and they really are pretty amazing. Tickets go on sale at 9am tomorrow, Wednesday 11th March. Wednesday 13th May 2009 - Sheffield Leadmill Thursday 14th May 2009 - Leeds Cockpit Friday 15th [...]

Remember Electric Six ? The stars of "Gay Bar", "High Voltage" and other such great hits? Well, turns out they're actually quite good, and have announced a UK tour for March in support of their new album, Flashy . Calling the tour "Hittin' The Walls and Workin' The Middle", support on all dates will come from Tragedy , a Bee Gees metal tribute band. Yes, you read that right. Sounds like a good night out to me! Tickets for all dates are on sale now. [...]

The Sunshine Underground have announced a massive tour for May this year around the UK. The Leeds based quartet are finishing off recording their new album, before heading out to play some new tunes. To get you in the mood for the tour, download the free track below. It doesn't appear on the new album, but it sounds mega - if this doesn't make the cut, imagine what the whole album will be like! MP3: The Sunshine Underground & FC Kahuna - From The City To The Sea [...]