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Biffy Clyro Announce UK And Ireland Headline Tour With Architects
Biffy Clyro have announced a UK and Ireland tour this November.Simon Neil and co will be joined by special guests Architects on the jaunt, which kicks off at Leeds' First Direct Arena on November 5,...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 20 June 2022
Biffy Clyro Pull Los Angeles Gig 'Due To Illness Within The Band'
Biffy Clyro were forced to cancel the last date of their North American tour "due to an illness within the band".The Scottish rock outfit - comprising Simon Neil and brothers James and Ben Johnston -...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 10 May 2022
Fourteen New Acts Added To Download Festival
A host of new acts have been added to the bill for this year's Download Festival.The rock festival is returning with a bang in 2022, with the likes of Skindred, YONAKA, Will Haven, Kid Brunswick,...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 24 February 2022
The Inside Scoop Behind Dave's Near-impossible Flamethrowing Guitar Solo At Brits
Dave had only been learning how to play guitar "four months" before his epic solo with a flamethrowing guitar at the BRITs.The guitar tech behind the pyro instrument, Richard ‘Churd’ Prat, has revealed the Grime...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 20 February 2022
Biffy Clyro Announces Fly-on-the-wall Album Doc
Biffy Clyro have teamed up with Amazon Music on the upcoming documentary, 'Biffy Clyro: Cultural Sons of Scotland'. Fans can expect "unprecedented access to the band" - who formed in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland -...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 16 February 2022
Reading And Leeds Festival Bosses Tease First Lineup Announcement
Reading & Leeds Festival organisers will make the first 2022 line-up announcements next month.The dual site event is set to return from August 26 to August 28 next summer, and bosses are poised to reveal...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 17 November 2021
Biffy Clyro's Existential Crisis
Biffy Clyro had an "existential crisis" in lockdown.Frontman Simon Neil has admitted he and his bandmates - twins Ben and James Johnston - had doubts about the "value of music" and felt like "three unemployed...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 08 October 2021
Biffy Clyro Announce Surprise New Project
Biffy Clyro have announced a surprise new project 'The Myth of the Happily Ever After'.The band will unveil their new music - titled 'The Myth of the Happily Ever After' - on October 22, which...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 03 September 2021
Reading And Leeds Festival Offering Covid Vaccines To Punters
Reading & Leeds Festival is offering COVID-19 vaccines at both sites this weekend.The annual dual site event - which takes place this year on August 27-29 and boasts headliners Liam Gallagher, Biffy Clyro, Catfish and...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 26 August 2021
Biffy Clyro Replace Queens Of The Stone Age As Reading And Leeds Headliners
Biffy Clyro have been announced as headliners for Reading & Leeds Festival.The 'Mountains' rockers - who performed at the dual site event for the first time in 2002 - have topped the bill twice in...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 28 July 2021
Biffy Clyro Urge UK Government To Make Touring Europe Easier
Biffy Clyro have called on the UK government to help make touring Europe easier.The rock band have joined a campaign designed to prevent "the collapse of the industry", with various artists and bands - including...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 23 June 2021
Return Of The Mosh: Download To Host 3-Day Festival Pilot In June
Download Festival has announced the return of moshing with a three-day festival pilot in June.Rock and heavy metal fans will return to the hallowed grounds of Donington Park in Leicestershire for the camping only event...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 26 May 2021
Biffy Clyro Finish Reflective New Album
Biffy Clyro have finished work on their next album.Simon Neil and co have revealed their follow-up to 2020's ‘A Celebration Of Endings’ was intended to be a sister record, but it has transformed into its...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 12 May 2021
Korn, Megadeth And More Set To Rock Download Festival 2022
Korn, Megadeth and Deftones have been added to the line-up for Download Festival 2022.The 2021 event was axed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but after it was confirmed that KISS, Iron Maiden and Biffy Clyro...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 29 April 2021
Biffy Clyro Working On Sister Record To A Celebration Of Endings
Biffy Clyro are working on a sister record to 2020's 'A Celebration of Endings'.The Scottish trio - comprising Simon Neil and twins Ben and James Johnston - took to Twitter to tease the companion LP...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 26 March 2021
Brit Awards Plan To Keep Gender-based Gongs
The BRIT Awards are set to keep gender-based gongs.The issue of gender-specific awards has been the subject of speculation, but with organisers of the event already struggling to comply with COVID-19 regulations ahead of the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 12 March 2021
Megadeth To Play Download 2021
Megadeth are among the latest bands confirmed to play Download Festival 2021.The legendary metal extravaganza will return next summer, between June 4 and June 6, after it was called off this summer due to the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 29 October 2020
Miley Cyrus Obsessed With The Eagles Since Her Grandmother's Death
Miley Cyrus has been listening to the Eagles ''on repeat'' since her grandmother died.The 27-year-old pop star lost her grandma, Loretta ''Mammie'' Finley, in August, a woman who she has praised as her ''inspiration and...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 01 September 2020
Biffy Clyro's 20th Anniversary Plans Axed Due To Covid-19
Biffy Clyro have been forced to shelve their plans to mark their 20th anniversary next year, due to the pandemic. The chart-topping Scottish trio - made up of Simon Neil and brothers James and Ben...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 25 August 2020
Gary Lightbody Spills On Writing With Taylor Swift And Ed Sheeran
Gary Lightbody says the key to writing with megastars such as Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran is letting them do their thing.The 43-year-old Snow Patrol frontman and songwriter has revealed that whenever he's in the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 20 August 2020
Biffy Clyro Have No Rules
Biffy Clyro have ''no rules''.The 'Many of Horror' hitmakers have experimented with metal, pop and dance on their new album, 'A Celebration Of Endings', and frontman Simon Neil admitted he finds it ''exciting'' to move...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 14 August 2020
Download Festival To Return In 2021
Download Festival is to return in 2021 with headliners KISS, Biffy Clyro, and System Of A Down.The musical festival organisers have confirmed the show will go ahead between June 4 and 6 next year, after...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 03 August 2020
Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil Wanted Eurovision Gig
Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil tried to enter the Eurovision Song Contest.The Scottish rocker watches the annual music extravaganza every year and once made a bid for his side project, Marmaduke Duke, to represent the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 03 August 2020
Biffy Clyro Postpone All Upcoming Tour Dates
Biffy Clyro have postponed all upcoming tour dates across the UK, Ireland, Europe and Australia.The 'Many of Horror' rockers were set to hit the road this summer to promote upcoming new album 'A Celebration of...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 28 July 2020
Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil Wants Voiceover Career
Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil wants to be a voiceover artist.The 'Wolves of Winter' hitmaker has revealed he has dreamed of getting to use his soothing Scottish accent to record audiobooks since before he became a...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 04 May 2020
Dua Lipa, Chris Martin And More Joining Forces For Charity Foo Fighters Cover
Dua Lipa, Chris Martin and Rita Ora are among a host of stars who are set to record a version of Foo Fighters' 'Times Like These' for charity.The 'Physical' hitmaker, Coldplay frontman and 'Lonely Together'...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 21 April 2020
Biffy Clyro Announce 'Mtv Unplugged' Album And Acoustic Tour
Biffy Clyro have announced details of a new ‘MTV Unplugged’ acoustic album, as well as an acoustic tour of the UK later this year.It’s been a rite of passage for rock giants such as R.E.M.,...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 13 April 2018
System Of A Down, Prophets Of Rage, Biffy Clyro: Who Rocked Download Festival 2017?
Another Download Festival has come and gone and this year was an absolute smash of an event with System of a Down, Biffy Clyro and Aerosmith headlining the main stage. Donington Park was definitely the...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 12 June 2017
Katy Perry And Biffy Clyro Among First Tranche Of Acts Confirmed For Glastonbury 2017
Glastonbury Festival has announced the first tranche of artists to be playing at Worthy Farm this year, confirming 83 acts in addition to the three main headliners of Ed Sheeran, Radiohead and Foo Fighters.Among the...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 30 March 2017
Ben Walton's Top Ten Albums Of 2016
Some great bands made awful albums and other surprising bands put out great work.Putting this list together was pretty hard work and near misses on the top ten go to CRX, Banks and Steelz, Suede...
By Ben Walton in Music / Festivals on 25 December 2016
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