KEYBOARDS AND BLEEPS RULE Here is an electronic mixed bag 'cus it's different to anythin' wot's bin 'ere before
THE BOSS : BACK CATALOGUE TO BE RE-ISSUED AND TOUR DATES CONFIRMED
Columbia records are to re-issue 17 albums from Bruce Springsteen's back catalogue on 19 May.The limited edition releases will all come packaged in deluxe double cardboard sleeves featuring the original vinyl artwork. The complete list is:
Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ
The Wild, The innocent & The E Street Shuffle
Born To Run
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Nebraska
Born In The USA
Tunnel Of Love
Human Touch
Lucky Town
In Concert/MTV Unplugged
Greatest Hits
The Ghost Of Tom Joad
18 Tracks
The Rising
The River
Live In New York City
Live 1975 - 1985
This release is just prior to The Boss's 7 stadium shows in The British Isles as follows:
The Big Chill takes place at Eastnor Castle Deer Park in The Malvern Hills in Herefordshire. This year it is on 1-3 August. The music and comedy line-up includes, amongst many others, Leonard Cohen, Alabama 3, Bill Bailey, Buzzcocks, Bomb the Bass, The Mighty Boosh, Orchestra Baobab, Rachel Unthank and the Winterset, Asian Dub Foundation Sound System (pictured above), Jilted John, Nitin Sawhney (downloadable track above), Cornelius, John Hegley, John Shuttleworth and Peat Bog Faeries (our exclusive review and interview still available here).
So you never got your tickets for Glastonbury, Download or V? Never mind we've been pushing the idea that, when it comes to festivals, small is beautiful for some time. And now we can tell you that The Ashburton Blues Festival is taking place from Friday 30 May to Sunday 1 June. Three days and nights of top international blues with Dr Feelgood, Ian Parker and The Wildcards headlining. The main stage will be in Ashburton Town Hall and there will be stuff going on in pubs and bars all over the town. You can find out more and get your tickets by clicking here. After all, there's nothing quite so uplifting as a good blues show.
Sunday 27 April 2008 will be the 30th Anniversary of the first major Rock Against Racism event. To celebrate there will be a Love Music Hate Racism Carnival in Victoria Park, London. Major names involved in the early days of this movement were Tom Robinson (listen here), The Specials and Billy Bragg. Tom and Jerry Dammers (ex-Specials who has agreed to deejay) will be appearing with many other acts. Confirmed so far are Babyshambles, RAR Allstars, Roll Deep, The Paddingtons, Natty, Patrick Wolf, Nihal, Ace’n’Vis, Hoodstars, Bashy, Snakeyman, Ny, Adelaide McKenzie, Metz & Trix, Don Letts, The Thirst, Bishi, Heartless Crew, Skream, Mistajam, The Tribunes, Benga and Rugrat.
Guest speakers will include Tony Benn (pictured above), Derek Simpson (Unite), Mark Serwotka (PCS), Weyman Bennett (LMHR) and Gemma Tumelty (NUS). And there will be a carnival procession and more. THIS EVENT IS FREE BUT DONATIONS ARE WELCOME.
Following the great success of their debut album 'Broken Boy Soldiers' (opening track included for your listening pleasure), The Raconteurs have now released 'Consolers Of The Lonely. Reviewers elsewhere find the general sound and feel of the album more hard rock than before.
Guns'n'Roses have plans to release an album entitled 'Chinese Democracy'. Obviously there is a question mark over when this will be because Dr Pepper have annnounced they will give everyone in America a free soda if it comes out this year. Is this a genuine mega-corp/rock association or just an early April Fool ploy?
Queen in their current line-up of Paul Rodgers, Brian May and Roger Taylor (pictured above) are to release a self-penned and produced album on 1 September. And they will be on tour starting in Moscow on 16 September and finishing in Vienna on 1 November - with six UK dats in mid-October (which are in our gig listings).
Bruce Springsteen - Fire
We will be adding a different video here every few days, mostly related to one our main stories or forums. This one's for all fans of The Boss especially female ones.
LOTS OF NEW STUFF FROM THE CURE 02/05/2008 It's All Happening On The 13th The Cure are releasing four brand new singles, one a month on the 13th of each month, starting on 13 May. The first one is called "The Only One" and a clip of it is available now on their official website - http://www.thecure.com. This is all part of the lead up to the release of a new studio album, their 13th, on 13 September. Seem to be lots of 13s going on here. Don't know if it's significant or coincidental. Anyway, here's an old glory of there's to keep you going.
GET LOADED IN THE PARK NEWS 15/04/2008 Iggy Will Be There For Sure This year's Get Loaded In The Park will be at Clapham Common on Sunday August 24 (August Bank Holiday weekend). Iggy Pop and The Stooges have been confirmed as headliners. And it is apparently likely to be his only UK show this year. But take it from us, this guy is a real trooper and if he says he's coming he'll be there and he'll be dynamite. This event has a capacity of 20,000. More acts will be announced later this week. Tickets are on sale now.
A LITTLE PRESENT FOR YOU ALL 02/04/2008 A Truly Great Song Well as far as we can detect not one member bothered to post an April Fool message in the forums. So here is the greatest song ever chosen on Desert Island Discs to listen to - well, it's gone now but it was "The Piano Has Been Drinking". And, in return, if you can enter Tom's official website let us know how you did it.
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