Next year's Coachella festival will have a fortnight head start it has been announced. It will now take place between April 17-19 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California. The line-up will be confirmed early in the new year.
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will celebrate its tenth year in 2009. It enjoys a reputation as one of America's premier music events which showcases the best in alternative rock, hip-hop and electronica. Rumours are running rife as to whom will be performing the traditional reunion show of the year. Previous years have seen Daft Punk, Portishead, Rage Against The Machine and Kraftwerk get back together (or tour again) for the kids.
A new website supposedly by Animal Collective has appeared on the internet. The mysterious site has fans of the band scratching their collective heads as they try to ascertain what the whole thing is actually about.
Q Magazine, the best selling music magazine in the U.K have held their annual awards this afternoon. Their highest accolade of 'Best Band in the World' went to Coldplay. On an unrelated note, Fox News have also declared Ronald Regan as the best president of all time.
Rothwell boys The Pigeon Detectives have the video of "Say It Like You Mean It" ready for the airwaves. The corresponding single will enter into all good record shops on October 20, 2008; and possibly HMV as well.
Everybody release a collective sigh of relief. The music scene hasn't been the same since Fred Durst withdrew his poignant, passionate band Limp Bizkit from the fray. Two-and-a-half years after their parting, now they are reactivated and re-energised.
It's time for the titan release of the Autumn. Oasis will likely reassert their global dominance with seventh album "Dig Out Your Soul" which was originally going to be called "Bag It Up" until Noel Gallagher's girlfriend pointed out that this was a song by Geri Halliwell of The Spice Girls. Not wanting to be attached to a loud-mouthed throwback to outdated music, Gallagher changed the title.
Pancreatitis can be a trouble maker, and not just in spelling competitions. It seems that guitarist Tad Kubler is in the midst of an epic struggle against the condition. One which left their U.K tour in the sewers previously. Happily, the dates have now been rescheduled for December.
Ben Folds has announced a partnership which will see iTunes releasing live recordings from his forthcoming U.S tour the very next morning.
As a special treat for fans, Snow Patrol will play headline shows in four capital cities in just two days. The band will play lunchtime show in one venue before swiftly moving on to the next.
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