Today In Music……….

As we remember Buddy Holly’s Greatness, we also remember the other memorable things which has happened over the past years.

2008: UK Singer Adele went to No.1 on the UK Album Charts with her debut album ‘19′.

2006: former Dynasty Star Heather Locklear filed for a divorce from Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambara after 11 years of marriage.

2003: Exclusive documentry ‘Living With Michael jackson’ was shown on UK television. Reporter Martin Bashir spent eight months with the star, as the shows editor admitted that ‘The viewers will                   not believe  what they are seeing’.

2002: The Chemical Brothers scored their third No.1 Album with ‘Come With Us’.

1996: Queen Latifah was stopped by Police for speeding and for also having a concealed weapon and marijuana, the singer was given 2 years probation.

1993: radiohead appeared at The Whearsheaf, Stoke On Trent, tickets cost £3.50.

1979: Blondie had the first of five No.1 Singles with ‘Heart Of Glass’.

1973: Elton John started a three week reign at No.1 on the US Singles Chart with ‘Crocodile Tambourine’. The singers first of five US No.1 Singles.

The Kills Announce New US Tour

The kills have recently announced that they will be venturing out to perform a 23 date tour this April. Also the band are also preparing to release a new EP titled ‘Black Balloon’, the album will feature the title track from their recent album ‘Midnight Boom’ as well as a few acoustic numbers. ‘Black Balloon’, which is out April 14th in the US, will  be a follow up to the tour.  The Horrors and Magic Wands will support The Kills for most dates. The Kills will play:

• Indio, CA Coachella Arts and Music Festival (April 19)
  
• Tucson, AZ Club Congress (20) *#
  
• Boulder, CO Fox Theater (22) *#
  
• Lawrence, KS Bottleneck (23) *#
  
• Austin, TX Emo’s (24) *#
  
• Dallas, TX Granada (25) *#
  
• Atlanta, GA Lenny’s (27) *#
  
• Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle (28 ) *#
  
• Washington, DC 930 Club (30) *#
  
• Philadelphia, PA TLA (May 1) *#
  
• New York, NY Webster Hall (2) *#
  
• Brooklyn, NY Music Hall Of Williamsburg (4) *#
  
• Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club (5) *#
  
• Montreal, Canada La Tulipe (6) *#
  
• Toronto, Canada Phoenix (7) *#
  
• Detroit, MI Magic Stick (8 ) *#
  
• Chicago, IL Metro (9) *#
  
• Minneapolis, MN First Ave (11) *#
  
• Seattle, WA Neumo’s (15) *#
  
• Vancouver, Canada Commodore (16) *#
  
• Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom (17) *#
  
• San Francisco, CA The Fillmore (19) *#
  
• Pomona, CA Glass House (21) *#

* With the Horrors
# With Magic Wands

Lily’s album streaming free?

Lily Allen,  who has previously had a lot of praise for her Myspace page, has streamed her upcoming album ‘The Fear’ which is set to be release February 10th online on her Myspace. ‘The Fear‘ is Lily’s second album, her first being ‘Alright, Still’, The hoping success now lies in the hands of Lily Loving Myspace fans, as they get a sneak preview of the album whilst us, non-Myspacers have to wait for the new album till next Tuesday. Greg Kurstin co-wrote the album with Lily in London and Los Angeles.The album which is already at No.1 in the album charts is already a big step to archiving lily’s goal, to conquer the world with her high profile Music. To hear Lily’s album for free visit myspace.com/lilymusic.

White Lies To Support Snow Patrol??

UK Indie Sensation’s Snow Patrol have announced that nearly big indie sensations White Lies will be supporting them during their UK tour.  The tour will insist of 7 dates including London’s 02 Arena.Tickets are already on sale now, so hurry before they run out !!!!

The bands will play:

 

 

 

 

Glasgow SECC (February 24)
Dublin O2 (28 )
Dublin O2 (March 1)
Liverpool Echo Arena (6)
Manchester MEN (7)
Cardiff Arena (8 )
London O2 Arena (15)

Source XFM

XFM’s New Music Award Goes To……….

Today the judges of the XFM ‘New Music Award’ got together by to announce that this years New Music Award goes to ………

GLASVEGAS!!!!

Despite the every cold and snowy weather the judges still decided to go ahead to announce the winners by Email,Phone and Text. Glasvegases debut album ‘Glasvegas’ was voted No.1 out of:

• The Courteeners ‘St Jude’
• Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip ‘Angles’
• Foals ‘Antidotes’
• Glasvegas ‘Glasvegas’
• Laura Marling ‘Alas, I Cannot Swim’
• The Last Shadow Puppets ‘The Age Of The Understatement’
• Noah & The Whale ‘Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down’
• One Night Only ‘Started A Fire’
• The Ting Tings ‘We Started Nothing’
• You Me At Six ‘Take Off Your Colours’

 

So Glasvegas, we are proud to give you the XFM Radio’s New Music Award. Well Done Guys!!!!

Full Line-Up of Bonnaroo 2009:

Today, the full line-up of this years Bonnaroo Festival was announced leaving very excited fans hoping to get tickets for $50 to see their favourite acts perform live. The festival will take place in Manchester’s TN on the 11-14 January , with a very exciting line-up in deed; with acts like Bruce Springsteen, Beastie Boys and even MGMT on the bill. The full line-Up of this summer’s must see is :

 

• Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
  
• Phish (2 Shows)
  
• Beastie Boys
  
• Nine Inch Nails
  
• David Byrne
  
• Wilco
  
• Al Green
  
• Snoop Dogg
  
• Elvis Costello Solo
  
• Erykah Badu
  
• Paul Oakenfold
  
• Ben Harper 
  
• The Mars Volta
  
• TV on the Radio
  
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  
• Gov’t Mule
  
• Andrew Bird
  
• Band of Horses
  
• Merle Haggard
  
• MGMT
  
• Moe.
  
• The Decemberists
  
• Girl Talk
  
• Bon Iver
  
• Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate
  
• Rodrigo y Gabriela
  
• Galactic
  
• The Del McCoury Band
  
• of Montreal
  
• Allen Toussaint
  
• Coheed and Cambria
  
• Booker T & the DBTs
  
• David Grisman Quintet
  
• Lucinda Williams
  
• Animal Collective
  
• Gomez
  
• Neko Case
  
• Down
  
• Jenny Lewis
  
• Santogold
  
• Robert Earl Keen
  
• Citizen Cope
  
• Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
  
• The Ting Tings
  
• Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3
  
• Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
  
• Kaki King
  
• Grizzly Bear
  
• King Sunny Adé
  
• Okkervil River
  
• St. Vincent
  
• Zac Brown Band
  
• Raphael Saadiq
  
• Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
  
• Crystal Castles
  
• Tift Merritt
  
• Brett Dennen
  
• Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue
  
• Toubab Krewe
  
• People Under the Stairs
  
• Alejandro Escovedo
  
• Vieux Farka Touré
  
• Elvis Perkins In Dearland
  
• Cherryholmes
  
• Yeasayer
  
• Todd Snider
  
• Chairlift
  
• Portugal. The Man.
  
• The SteelDrivers
  
• Midnite
  
• The Knux
  
• The Low Anthem
  
• Delta Spirit
  
• A.A. Bondy
  
• The Lovell Sisters
  
• Alberta Cross

The 50th Anniversary of A legend……….

As we remember today for many reasons, we certainly will not forget that today was the day that legendary musician Buddy Holly was killed in a plane crash 50 years ago. Mr Holly was only 22 years old when he died, but we still remember the great impression he left on us many moons ago. As we remember his presence, we are not the only ones who miss him, even other great musicians like Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney were influenced by his hit Rock ‘N’ Roll music.

Bob Dylan

“When I was 16 or 17, I went to see Buddy Holly play and I was three feet away from him… and he LOOKED at me… Buddy Holly was a poet – way ahead of his time.”

Paul McCartney
“At least the first 40 songs we (The Beatles) wrote were Buddy Holly-influenced.”

Bruce Springsteen
“I play Buddy Holly every night before going onstage. It keeps me honest.”

John Lennon
“He made it OK to wear glasses. I was Buddy Holly.”

Mick Jagger
“You could learn from Buddy Holly how to write songs, the way he put them together. He was a beautiful writer.” 

Elton John
“I only needed specs for reading, but as a result of wearing them all the time to try to look like Buddy Holly, I became genuinely nearsighted.”

Keith Richards 
“By about 1958, it was either Elvis or Buddy Holly. It was split into two camps. The Elvis fans were the heavy leather boys and the Buddy Holly ones all somehow looked like him.”

Eric Clapton
“Of all the music heroes of the time, Buddy Holly was the most accessible, and he was the real thing… He was one of us.”

To mark the beloved Buddy Holly’s music, a new CD and DVD were released yesterday in honor of his greatness; The Very Best Of Buddy Holly And The Crickets + The Music Of Buddy Holly And The Crickets, The Definitive Story. 

 

 

 

Source NME:

Beastie Boys to remaster Paul’s Boutique Album?

It has been announcd that the Beastie Boys have released a remastered version of their classic 1989 ‘Paul’s Boutique’ Album. The album is available now to by as a Download at the official Beastie Boys website Beastieboys.com. the actual remastered album its self will be released  on CD and Vinyl (Big Shiny Disc) on February 10th, not only the CD but a Beastie Boys T-shirt and poster will also be available to purchase aswell. On the final Beastie note, the fans who buy the download of the album will also be able to receive some 3D Artwork as part of the download package.