Latest Modest Mouse News
Johnny Marr Hails Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock As 'Greatest Lyricist' He's Worked With
Johnny Marr has hailed Isaac Brock as "the greatest lyricist" he's ever worked with.The Smiths legend has heaped praise on the Modest Mouse frontman - whom he worked with in the band between 2006 and...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 14 October 2021
Johnny Marr On Chances Of Modest Mouse Return
Johnny Marr has described Modest Mouse has "the best time of my life".The Smiths legend has responded to the chances of him reuniting with the band - with whom he recorded 2007's 'We Were Dead...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 23 June 2021
Miley Cyrus And Foo Fighters To Headline Lollapalooza
Miley Cyrus, Foo Fighters and Post Malone will headline this year's Lollapalooza music festival.The trio are among more than 165 acts who will perform on eight stages at the spectacle, which will return from July...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 20 May 2021
Billie Eilish, Green Day And Tame Impala Headline Life Is Beautiful 2021
Billie Eilish, Green Day and Tame Impala are headlining Life Is Beautiful festival later this year.The trio of huge acts top the bill for the returning three day Las Vegas event, which is one of...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 11 March 2021
Modest Mouse Singer Isaac Brock Sued Over Traffic Accident
Isaac Brock, the lead singer of alternative rock band Modest Mouse, has been sued for nearly $1 million regarding a traffic accident last year in which he fell asleep at the wheel.Brock – whose band’s...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 30 November 2017
Johnny Marr Swaps Penning Lyrics For Penning A Book
Johnny Marr is taking a break from music to write his autobiography.The legendary guitarist - a former member of The Smiths, Modest Mouse and The Cribs - has been penning the tome on the road...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 11 July 2015
Forecastle Completes 2015 Line-up With The War On Drugs And Mariachi El Bronx
Forecastle Festival has finally completed its 2015 line-up and announced the full day-by-day schedule for the coming event, which is set to hit Louisville, Kentucky yet again in July. Plus, you'll very soon be able...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 08 April 2015
Krist Novoselic To Feature On Next Modest Mouse Album
The news comes just two weeks after frontman Isaac Brock told Rolling Stone magazine the bassist was brought in to work with his band on new album Strangers To Ourselves - but the...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 26 March 2015
Kendrick Lamar's Leaked Album Debuts At Number One In U.s.
The release, which rocketed to the top of the U.K. charts on Sunday (22Mar15), is also the star's first number one in the U.S. To Pimp a Butterfly was scheduled for release...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 26 March 2015
Kendrick Lamar Scores First Us Number 1 Album With 'To Pimp A Butterfly'
Hip hop sensation Kendrick Lamar has stormed to Number 1 in the US Billboard 200 Albums chart with his third album To Pimp A Butterfly. It clocked up over 363,000 equivalent sales (totalling physical, track...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 26 March 2015
My Morning Jacket Return To Louisville For Forecastle Festival 2015 Alongside Sam Smith
Locals My Morning Jacket lead the line-up for Forecastle Festival 2015, as the first selection of acts entice more and more towards a sun-soaked weekend in Louisville, Kentucky this July. The band will also be...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 23 March 2015
Nirvana Star Krist Novoselic Almost Joined Modest Mouse
Brock, who previously persuaded former The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr to join his group, admits he reached out to the Smells Like Teen Spirit hitmaker and offered him a gig, which Novoselic accepted,...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 13 March 2015
Modest Mouse And Wolf Alice To Hit London's Calling Festival 2015
Modest Mouse and Wolf Alice are the latest additions to the steadily growing line-up for Calling Festival 2015; a day festival that will see thousands flock to Clapham Common in London this summer to experience...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 10 March 2015
Modest Mouse Return After Eight Years With New Album 'Strangers To Ourselves'
Modest Mouse are set to make a very welcome return with their first album in eight years 'Strangers To Ourselves'. It's been a long time coming for this Washington quartet but fans can now breathe...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 22 January 2015
Kraftwerk To Headline Latitude
Kraftwerk will headline this year's Latitude festival.The German electro pioneers will take to the Obelisk Main Stage in Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk, on the second night of the event, July 20, bringing a 3D show...
By Bang Showbiz on 20 March 2013
Nme Awards Johnny Marr 'Godlike Genius' Title, 2013
Johnny Marr will be crowned Godlike Genius of the Year at this year’s NME Awards. Marr, whose distinctive guitar licks were combined with Morrissey’s song-writing skills to make The Smiths the legendary band that they...
By Hayley Avron in Music / Festivals on 11 February 2013
What, No Holograms? Stone Roses, Blur, Phoenix, Red Hot Chili Peppers Headline Coachella 2013
How do you top having a dead man headline your festival? Well, in all honestly, you’re not going to. Coachella’s talent bookers must have been scratching their heads in bewilderment when it came to topping...
By Hayley Avron on 25 January 2013
Johnny Marr: I Didn't Want To Be In 'Someone Else's Band'
Johnny Marr doesn't want to be a part of ''someone else's band'' anymore.The guitarist - a former member of The Smiths, Modest Mouse and The Cribs - is working on his debut solo album 'The...
By Bang Showbiz on 31 October 2012
Governor’S Ball 2012 Suffers Latest Stage Collapse
There have been reports of another stage incident in North America, as the Governor's Ball Festival on Randall Island apparently saw one of its two stages fall down. The firmest report seems to have come...
By Lew Irwin on 26 June 2012
Arctic Monkeys Are 'Heavy Metal In Disguise'
Metallica think Arctic Monkeys are a ''heavy metal band disguised as an indie band.''The 'Enter Sandman' group have signed the British rockers to appear at their Orion festival in the US, and while some think...
By Bang Showbiz on 06 June 2012
Metallica Want To Headline Glastonbury
Metallica want to headline Glastonbury. The 'Enter Sandman' heavy metal group would love to headline the British festival - one of the biggest in Europe - but have never been invited by organisers Michael and...
By Bang Showbiz on 23 April 2012
Cee Lo Green To Feature On Buddy Holly Tribute Lp
Cee Lo Green, Florence Welch and Patti Smith are among a group of musicians who are contributing to a Buddy Holly tribute album.The 'Peggy Sue' singer - who died in 1959 at the age of...
By Bang Showbiz on 03 May 2011
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