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Musicians Succeed In Reversing Prison Guitar String Ban
Musical campaigners have successfully reversed a ban that had prevented inmates of British prisons from being able to use steel strings on guitars.Billy Bragg had led the campaign to reverse the steel guitar string ban...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 30 July 2014
Placebo, Outkast, Bombay Bicycle Club Lead Record Store Day 2014: Race You There!
The vinyl list has been released for this year's Record Store Day, which will be celebrated by 240 independent music shops throughout the UK with over 600 exclusive releases available. More big-name acts than ever...
By Lauren James in Music / Festivals on 20 March 2014
Richard Hawley And Grandmaster Flash Among Camp Bestival 2013 Highlights [Photos]
Richard Hawley plays one of his many splendid guitars.Camp Bestival 2013 took over the weekend (August 2nd - 4th) at Lulworth Castle in Dorset last week, with some superb live headline and DJ sets each...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 05 August 2013
Alt-j's Mercury Music Prize Speech: We'll Nearly Pay Off One Student Loan
Doing little to dispel their image as white, middle class indie kids, Alt-J pointed out in their acceptance speech at the 2012 Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize that the £20,000 that they won could go towards...
By Hayley Avron in Music / Festivals on 02 November 2012
Mercury Music Prize: Field Music's Odds Plummet As Ceremony Looms
The winner of this year's Mercury Music Prize will be announced at a ceremony in London tonight, with British indie pop quartet Alt-J the bookies favourite at 6/4. However, an interesting market mover has sent...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 01 November 2012
Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize 2012: Our Predictions
As the Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize 2012 draws near, we have a look at the shortlist and the likelihood of each act actually walking away with the prize. There’s no such thing as a done...
By Hayley Avron in Music / Festivals on 01 November 2012
A Brief Run Down Of The Mercury Prize Favourites
The Mercury Prize is set to be awarded tomorrow (1st Nov. 2012), and true to form and tradition, many of the artists in the nomination lists are ones that you may never have heard, or...
By Lorna Greville in Music / Festivals on 31 October 2012
Is It A Sign? Spotify Users Vote Alt-j Favourites For Mercury Music Prize
This Thursday (November 1, 2012), the winner of the Mercury Music will be announced. As a precursor to the official event, Spotify have taken a look at the streaming figures for all of the nominees,...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 30 October 2012
Mercury Prize Nomination Preview: Who Will Get The Nod?
“The Barclaycard Mercury prize 2012 albums of the year will be revealed at 5.30pm on Wednesday (12 September, 2012) The announcement, made by presenter and broadcaster Lauren Laverne, will be hosted at The Hospital Club...
By Lew Irwin on 12 September 2012
Q Awards Nominations Revealed
Blur, The Stone Roses, Florence + the Machine and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds lead the nominations for this year's Q Awards.The four acts have each received nominations in two categories for this year's ceremony,...
By Bang Showbiz on 06 September 2012
Richard Hawley Plays Britain's Latitude Festival With Broken Leg
Rocker Richard Hawley took to the stage at Britain's Latitude music festival on Saturday (14Jul12) in a wheelchair after breaking his leg.The singer snapped his fibula bone after falling down a flight of stairs recently,...
By WENN on 15 July 2012
Latitude Festival To Go Ahead Says Organiser Despite Wet Weather Warnings
The main organiser of Suffolk's Latitude Festival has promised that there will be 'absolutely no cancellation' despite the wet weather warnings over Friday and Saturday.Though Thursday looks to remain dry all day, Friday sees heavy...
By Lew Irwin on 12 July 2012
Richard Hawley, Death In Vegas And Gruff Rhys Join Festival No. 6 Line-up
Richard Hawley, Death in Vegas and Gruff Rhys have been added to the line-up for Festival No. 6.They will join headliners New Order, Primal Scream and Spiritualized at the luxury, boutique festival, held in Portmeirion,...
By Bang Showbiz on 17 May 2012
Pulp To Tour?
Jarvis Cocker has suggested Pulp will tour again.The Britpop group - who reunited last year after splitting in 2002 - took to the stage as London's Royal Albert Hall on Saturday (31.03.12) as part of...
By Bang Showbiz on 02 April 2012
Richard Hawley Launches Whisky Tracks
Richard Hawley releases his first whisky inspired track today (21.10.10).The singer and songwriter was inspired to write a set of songs by a visit to the Glenfiddich distillery, Dufftown, in Scotland, earlier this year and...
By Bang Showbiz on 21 October 2010
Richard Hawley's Drinking Songs
Richard Hawley is planning to write a set of songs devoted to whisky. The guitarist and songwriter is to produce three tracks inspired by the art of making the traditional strong, alcoholic Scottish drink after...
By Bang Showbiz on 22 September 2010
Florence And The Machine Have Their Mojo
Florence and the Machine and Kasabian dominate the nominations in this year's MOJO Honours List.'Rabbit Heart' singer Florence Welch is up for four prizes, including Best Live Act and Best Album for her debut 'Lungs',...
By Bang Showbiz on 05 May 2010
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