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Radiohead open with 'Creep' at Reading Festival 2009

Thom Yorke and co wrap up this year's event with a surprise

Sun 30 Aug, 2009

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I turned up cynical (after being bored senseless at Glasto a few years back, when SFA on the Other Stage was obviously the much better proposition), and left awestruck. Creep was a masterstroke, but the mix of songs from their 7 albums was properly career-spanning. Sure, there was the disappointment of a few songs not getting played (I'd've liked No Surprises, Stop Whispering and Thinking About You, but you can't have everything, right?), but this was pretty much everything you could've hoped for from a festival headliner.

Tue 01 Sep, 2009

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Kings Of Leon slam Reading Festival crowd after headline show

Nathan Followill calls fans 'frozen'

Sat 29 Aug, 2009

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Ignoring the north v. south shite for a moment (If you all love the north so much, by the way, why were there so many Northerners at Reading...? Oh, wait, 'cos it's the original, and your festival's a franchise... ;) ), let's look at the evidence:Radiohead -- I've seen them put in dull, drab, static sets, but they kicked arse at Reading. Marmaduke Duke, directly up against KOL, rocked so loud and hard that my ears rang for hours later, and the crowd there was most definitely not 'frozen'.So, maybe KOL aren't a main stage headline band? The people who said that when they headlined Glasto last year must be pissing themselves laughing now.

Mon 31 Aug, 2009

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Placebo cancel North American tour

Singer Brian Molko recovers from Asian virus

Mon 17 Aug, 2009

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So I guess that means their Reading/Leeds appearances are in jeopardy, then? No mention of this on the main Reading website, mind...

Tue 18 Aug, 2009

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Bob Dylan songs removed from Spotify and We7

Dylan's label Sony has catalogue removed from streaming services

Mon 17 Aug, 2009

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Until the record label get their act together, people should take this as the encouragement they need to bittorrent all of Bob Dylan's material. Stick it to the man.

Tue 18 Aug, 2009

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Reading Festival bosses ask to increase event's capacity

Reading Borough Council due to vote on new plans today (Jul 24)

Fri 24 Jul, 2009

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Surely they'll just expand the site. And yeah, whilst Reading is a very compact festival within the arena (compared to, say, V Festival or Glastonbury), I've never found the compactness of the festival to be a problem, and have never got "stuck" in crowds. You just need to know how to handle a crowd. *shrugs*

Mon 27 Jul, 2009

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Merchandise from Michael Jackson's O2 Arena residency goes on sale

Belt buckles, socks, hats, wallets and t-shirts from aborted shows offered to fans

Thu 09 Jul, 2009

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I love the tasteful "Michael Jackson as a zombie" t-shirt. :)

Fri 10 Jul, 2009

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Lily Allen admits to searching for herself on Google

Singer also wants Kate Nash to star in film about her life

Sat 07 Feb, 2009

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A film about her life? Get a grip, girl. Come back with your life story when you've HAD a life.

Tue 10 Feb, 2009

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Music festival for endangered wildlife to launch

Red List LIVE bash to take place in June

Mon 09 Feb, 2009

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So, is it being organised by the same people who organised the farcical debacle that was ZOO8, at the same venue, last year?http://www.nme.com/news/festival/37921

Tue 10 Feb, 2009

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Blink-182 reform for new album and tour

The band choose the Grammys to make their comeback announcement

Mon 09 Feb, 2009

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So, Reading Festival headline slot, then?

Tue 10 Feb, 2009

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Blur to play Manchester gig – exclusive

Band confirm new 'first gig' of reformation shows

Tue 10 Feb, 2009

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"Why play the MEN in the middle of summer?" -- because they want to do a warm up gig a couple of days before their Glasto appearance (hint: the MEN gig is on the Friday, so they'll be headlinining the Sunday main stage at Glasto). And they probably didn't want to do a huuuuge open air gig, whereas an arena gig like the MEN is just right to get warmed up for a main stage headline.

Tue 10 Feb, 2009

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Future Of The Left announce live album and tour

'Last Night I Saved Her From Vampires' will be sold on the jaunt

Wed 24 Sep, 2008

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I'm confused - unless there's more than one Amersham Arms in London than the obvious one (New Cross), this means that they're playing at a Jazz Jam night... Hmmm. None of these dates are on the bands' own website yet, either. The "Astoria 2" gig is actually a Push! club night, so probably a shortened set. (Moan, moan, moan).Still, this is the best new band in British rock I'm talking about, I'm allowed to moan a little bit about the South East being short changed (where's the Reading/Oxford gig? :) ).

Tue 30 Sep, 2008

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AC/DC slam Apple iTunes

Angus Young reveals why his band boycott the store

Thu 25 Sep, 2008

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Ahhhh, the comedy of it all -- I downloaded "Back In Black" from a dodgy Russian MP3 site because I wanted it as the ringtone on my phone. I'm even tempted to go see them when they do their UK gigs sometime next year. But I shan't be buying any of their "physical" albums, because, as a number of artists have recently argued, albums are increasingly irrelevant in the 21st century. ("Discuss. 25 marks.")

Tue 30 Sep, 2008

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Razorlight announce UK tour

Johnny Borrell and co hit the road this November

Fri 26 Sep, 2008

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Thing about Razorlight is that they're one of the few bands I've ever known inspire people to SHIT into a plastic bottle at a festival. Bottles of piss, yes, everyone's done that. But shit? That takes a new level of hatred.

Tue 30 Sep, 2008

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50 Cent has a go at Jay-Z

Rapper claims his rival was unknown before he got hitched to Beyonce

Fri 26 Sep, 2008

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Thing I'll never forget about 50 Cent is the bottling he got at Reading Festival a few years back. Guy's been shot however many times and survived, but then Reading Festival bottle the fucker off stage. Hahahahahahaha. (Kudos to the guy who made his way down the front with a camping chair to try to throw that at 50 Cent, too. ;) ).

Tue 30 Sep, 2008

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Government to bring in iPod tax?

Taxes on CDs and computers to pay for TV programmes

Fri 26 Sep, 2008

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There's already a secret "tax" on blank CDs, in that CD manufacturers give a cut of the money from CD sales to the major record companies. I can't remember where I heard this conspiracy theory, but it was probably on the internet or something, so it must be true. :-D

Tue 30 Sep, 2008

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Guns N' Roses' 'Chinese Democracy' set for exclusive release this year?

Long-awaited album could be out before 2009

Sat 27 Sep, 2008

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"how the album will be released in the UK" -- Bit Torrent. Vote with your mouse clicks, don't pay Axl for having taken the piss all these years.

Tue 30 Sep, 2008

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Madonna fined £135,000 for overrunning Wembley show

Madge has to stump up for being 40 minutes late

Sat 27 Sep, 2008

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It's tragically not enough. She should pay in vocal chords.

Tue 30 Sep, 2008

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Keane and Chaka Khan set for BBC Electric Proms

Acts join the likes of Last Shadow Puppets and The Streets

Tue 16 Sep, 2008

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"further announcements about this year's Electric Proms." -- well, the BBC's site has Razorlight and Goldfrapp on the list as well now. Needless to say, I'm hardly excited. Where's Prodigy playing a stripped down acoustic show? What about Metallica playing at the Barfly?? :)

Wed 17 Sep, 2008

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Radiohead hit back at claims UK tour is too expensive

Nearly £50 a ticket will ensure 'quality' say band's management

Fri 28 Dec, 2007

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Muse put on two "quality shows" at Wembley Stadium last year. Â£37.50 a ticket got you the first proper rock shows at the new stadium, three support bands each day, Zane Lowe DJing, pyrotechnics, giant special effect satellite dishes around and on the stage, trapeze artists over the crowd, their trademark giant balloons, and a kick-arse set each night. I reckon a fiver is probably the standard inflationary increase from a gig of that price last year to this coming summer. So, Radiohead had better _really_ lay it on for the money.

Thu 03 Jan, 2008

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