Corgan heckles fan

So, The Smashing Pumpkins live shows at the United Palace in New York this week don’t seem to have gone very well. After the first show, fans were left disappointed when the band played a two and a half hour set made up almost entirely of new material and featuring a 40 minute, formless, atonal guitar drone. Read more

Led Zeppelin tour won’t be a Led Zeppelin tour

A member of Robert Plant’s management team has said that any tour featuring Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham plus a singer of their choice will not, repeat, will not be a Led Zeppelin tour. Read more

Borrell to blame for bad Razorlight reviews

Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell has said that many critics aren’t giving his band’s new album, ‘Slipway Fires’, a chance because they don’t like him as a person. Read more

Justice album filled with uncleared samples

French electro duo Justice have been accused of using a number of uncleared samples on their debut album by, er, Xavier De Rosnay from French electro duo Justice. Read more

Fleet Foxes win Uncut music award

Fleet Foxes have won the first Uncut Music Award. They overcame competition from the likes of Elbow, The Raconteurs and Radiohead to win the magazine’s inaugural gong, their debut album judged by a panel of industry experts to be the best of the last twelve months. Read more

NME Awards Tour 2009 announced

The NME Awards tour line-up and dates for 2009 have been announced. This year’s headliners are Glasvegas, who will be supported by Friendly Fires, White Lies, and Florence And The Machine. Read more

Kings Of Leon announce dates

Kings of Leon have announced two UK arena dates for 2009, the first on 15 Jun at the O2, the second on 22 Jun at the MEN Arena in Manchester. Tickets go on sale for the event this Friday at 9am. Read more

Stereophonics reunited with Cable

Stereophonics’ Kelly Jones has told Xfm that the band recently reunited with their former drummer Stuart Cable at a wedding, despite their famously acrimonious split back in 2003. Read more

Dan Le Sac VS SP rework single announced

Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip have got together with Plug One of De La Soul on a re-working of last year’s single ‘Thou Shalt Always Kill’. It will be released alongside remixes from Friction, Foama and Drop The Lime and will be out on 19 Jan. Read more

Antony and the Johnsons album news

A tracklisting has been revealed for new Antony And The Johnsons album, ‘The Crying Light’, out on 20 Jan. The no-doubt highly anticipated new LP is the follow up to the Mercury prize winning ‘I Am A Bird Now’, which was released back in 2005. Read more

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