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Keep your July 2012 schedule clear as the MADONNA is touring the UK !!! The yet to be announced tour will have the MADGE play London's Hyde Park on July 17th and for the first time ever the queen-she-popper will take her tour to Scotland, playing Edinburgh on July 21st. Stay tuned for the official announcement and more UK dates .. And. Now. Breathe.

Have you even *started* to think about gigs this autumn? Evidently Ed Sheeran has. 'The A Team' man has already announced a significant tour for October and November. Tickets are on sale now. Saturday 13th October 2012 - London HMV Hammersmith Apollo Tuesday 16th October 2012 – London HMV Hammersmith Apollo Saturday 20th October 2012 - Newport Newport Centre Sunday 21st October 2012 - Bournemouth Windsor Hall at BIC Monday 22nd October 2012 [...]

Welsh band Los Campesinos! have announced a UK tour for this March. Tickets are on general sale now. Tuesday 20th March 2012 - Exeter Phoenix Wednesday 21st March 2012 - Bristol Thekla Thursday 22nd March 2012 - London Electric Ballroom Friday 23rd March 2012 - Oxford Academy Saturday 24th March 2012 - Birmingham Rainbow Monday 26th March 2012 - Manchester Academy 3 Tuesday 27th March 2012 - [...]

We don't know too much about this yet, other than the fact that we like it A LOT. An Edinburgh-based five piece, PET make melodic indie-pop that hints at both Subpop -style fuzziness and brooding Scottish rock. Basically, everything we love in a band. Middle Child Syndrome was released back in November and the band have also revealed this rather delicious video to sit alongside it. What's more, if you share this video on your Facebook page, Twitter account etc, the band will hunt you down and send you the Mp3 for [...]

Allo Darlin' have announced a tour of the UK for next month. Tickets are on sale now. Their new single 'Capricornia' (stream it below) will be out on the 1st of February on Fortuna Pop, with a new album on its way soon. Monday 20th February 2012 - Glasgow Captain's Rest Tuesday 21st February 2012 - Edinburgh Sneaky Pete's Wednesday 22nd February 2012 - Newcastle Star and Shadow Cinema Thursday 23rd February 2012 - Manchester Deaf Institute [...]

• Allo Darlin' - Capricornia

In order to concentrate on counting the money from The Stone Roses' reunion, Mani has stepped down from Primal Scream after last night's Edinburgh New Year gig. The NME reports on that set: Bobby Gillespie and co played a career-spanning 12 song set, divided into two halves by the traditional new year bells and fireworks. A career-spanning set, eh? 'Movin' On Up' 'Slip Inside This House' 'Don't Fight It, Feel It' 'Damaged' 'Accelerator' 'Shoot Speed/Kill Light' 'Loaded' 'Come Together' 'Swastika Eyes' 'Country Girl' 'Jailbird' 'Rocks' I hope the NME has its tongue [...]

The Subways have announced a series of live dates for April and May next spring. They're also scheduled to make an appearance at Live at Leeds. Tickets are available now. Friday 27th April 2012 - Belfast Limelight Saturday 28th April 2012 - Dublin Academy 2 Sunday 29th April 2012 - Cardiff University Students Union Tuesday 1st May 2012 - Bournemouth Old Fire Station Wednesday 2nd May 2012 - Middlesbrough Empire Thursday 3rd May [...]

Tweet Listen to and download Young Fathers ' new free mixtape "Tape One" below. From what I've heard so far, which to be honest is not a whole lot, I'm not a fan of the Hip-Hop that I've heard coming from my home country of Scotland, with one exception. Young Fathers are a three-piece from Edinburgh that we posted about back in December of 2010 , and [...]

• Young Fathers - Rumbling
• Young Fathers - Sister

Twin Atlantic, By Julia Stryj By Julia Stryj December 9, 2011 Last week, Twin Atlantic took to the stage at Edinburgh's Picturehouse for a gig, supported by Dinosaur Pile-Up - our photographer, Julia Stryj, was there to bring us these stunning pictures. [...]

The Horrors have announced a tour in May of the UK and Ireland. These dates are in addition to previously announced dates in January and their support slot with Florence and the Machine on her arena dates in March (starred gigs). Tickets are on sale now. Monday 16th January 2012 - Edinburgh Liquid Room Tuesday 17th January 2012 - Liverpool Kazimier Thursday 19th January 2012 - Oxford O2 Academy Friday 20th January 2012 - Bristol Trinity Centre [...]

The Minutes have announced a series of live dates for the new year, in February in England and March in Scotland. Their debut album 'Marcata' will be out on the 30th of January on Model Citizen Records through PIAS. Thursday 23rd February 2012 - Brighton Prince Albert Friday 24th February 2012 - Bristol Thekla Top Deck Saturday 25th February 2012 - Nottingham Rock City Sunday 26th February 2012 - Manchester Sound Control Thursday 22nd March 2012 - [...]

The Maccabees have announced a UK tour for March. Tickets will be on sale starting 9 AM tomorrow (Friday 16 December). Monday 5th March 2012 - Edinburgh HMV Picture House Wednesday 7th March 2012 - Middlesbrough Town Hall Thursday 8th March 2012 - Nottingham Rock City Friday 9th March 2012 - Brighton Dome Saturday 10th March 2012 - Leeds O2 Academy Monday 12th March 2012 - Liverpool O2 Academy [...]

I'd been looking forward to hearing the B Side of this Soul Renegades since my first taste, a few weeks ago now. Is It You is the perfect compliment to the A side, Jazzaccamecca. A sleazy piano driven tune laden with scat vocals and that perfect square-sine bass patch. So far the record has been an emotional journey no doubt. House music for the heart from some of the finer producers in the northern hemisphere. These are the kind of tracks you would buy two twelve inches just so you can rewind. Which reminds me, does [...]

Dog is Dead have announced a significant tour of the UK and Ireland for February and March 2012. A presale starts tomorrow (14 December) at 9 AM but the general sale begins on Friday (16 December) at 9 AM. We have something cool and Dog is Dead-flavoured on TGTF tomorrow morning, so stay tuned for that! Saturday 18th February 2012 – Norwich Arts Centre Sunday 19th February 2012 – Oxford Academy 2 Monday 20th February 2012 - Birmingham Academy 3 Tuesday [...]

Charlie Simpson has announced a tour of the UK for March and April 2012. Tickets are available now. John reviewed Charlie's solo album 'Young Pilgrim' this past summer; you can read all about it here. Wednesday 21st March 2012 - Ipswich Corn Exchange Thursday 22nd March 2012 - London Koko Saturday 24th March 2012 - Birmingham Academy 2 Sunday 25th March 2012 - Liverpool Academy Tuesday 27th March 2012 - Sheffield Academy [...]

The Cribs have announced three gig dates for early next year. Tickets go on sale Tuesday (13 December) at 9 AM. This 'tour' seems awfully short to me, so we'll keep an eye out for more shows from the Wakefield band and will be sure to post them if/when we get wind of any others. Tuesday 28th February 2012 - London ULU Thursday 1st March 2012 - Edinburgh Liquid Rooms Saturday 3rd March 2012 - Leeds Metropolitan University

Sunderland's Field Music has planned out a tour of the UK in February 2012 to coincide with the release of their next album, 'Plumb', on the 13th of February. Tickets are available now. The Brewis brothers will be supported by Stealing Sheep on some of the dates. Monday 6th February 2012 - Edinburgh Picture House Friday 10th February 2012 - Newcastle Cluny Saturday 18th February 2012 - Glasgow Stereo * Sunday 19th February 2012 - Manchester Deaf [...]

Anyone Can Play Guitar By Kenny McMurtrie November 29, 2011 When was the last time Mark Gardener was asked to turn it down by an annoyed old biddy? Probably not for many a year yet that’s what happened here tonight. Mid-way through his short semi-acoustic set a sinister silver-haired figure was seen to scurry in through the street door of the bar and engage the bar staff in animated conversation and two songs later it was all over. Fair enough - Midnight wasn’t far off and [...]

Zappa Plays Zappa, by Julia Stryj By Julia Stryj November 19, 2011 Zappa Plays Zappa took to the stage at the HMV Picture House in Edinburgh last weekend - Kenny McMurtrie was there to review for us , and Julia Stryj took these fantastic images - take a look below. [...]

Zappa Plays Zappa, by Kenny McMurtrie By Kenny McMurtrie November 19, 2011 Finally. A gig worthy of the term 'muso', to the extent that you could have paid a three figure sum to get in early and witness the soundcheck (and probably have a bit of banter with Dweezil and the band). The maintenance of an ongoing musical legacy probably generates profits greater than that of some small nations, and t-shirts at £20 and proper shirts for £55 go a long way to keeping the family business in [...]