NEWS ROUNDUP (03/09/09)
September 03, 2009,
Written by The 405
Today's roundup includes Brand New, The Xcerts and Har Mar Superstar.
*Remember! The news roundup gets updated throughout the day, so make sure you come back later for more news!
Brand New
Brand New (pictured above) announce their largest ever UK headline show. They will play London Wembley Arena on Saturday 23 January 2010.
Tickets for the show go on sale Friday 4 September 2009 at 9am and are available from the box office on 0844 815 0815, online @ gigandtours.com and via the 24hr CC hotline on 0871 2200 260.
The announcement follows Brand New’s incendiary performances on the Main Stage at the Leeds and Reading festivals last weekend. The band played a run of sold out UK shows in June, ending with an appearance at Glastonbury Festival.
Brand New will release their new album, Daisy, on 21 September on the band's own Procrastinate Music Traitors imprint, in partnership with DGC/Interscope. The album is heralded by lead track At The Bottom, which is available to download now; a full digital bundle will be available on 14 September.
http://www.myspace.com/brandnew
The Xcerts
The Xcerts have now been confirmed as support for part of the Funeral For A Friend tour.
This joins last week's news that the band will be main support on Idelwild's forthcoming tour and releasing new single 'Nightschool' on 5th October.
September
17th - Cavern, Exeter
18th - Inn On The Sqaure, Barnstaple
19th - Southsea Festival, Portsmouth
24th - The Tap House, Kidderminster with This City
25th - Unit, Southampton with This City
26th - Club Revolution, Peterborough with This City
27th - Fat Sam’s, Dundee with This City
28th - Tunnels, Aberdeen with This City
29th - Oran Mor, Glasgow with This City
30th - Fibbers, York with This City
October
2nd - Rock City, Nottingham with This City
3rd - Academy 3, Birmingham with This City
4th - Bivouac@Scy, Lincoln with This City
5th - Audio, Brighton with This City
6th - Barfly, London with This City
7th - Roadhouse, Manchester with This City
9th - Mad Ferret, Preston with This City
10th - Manchester University, Manchester supporting Idlewild
11th - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham supporting Idlewild
12th - Phoenix Centre, Exeter supporting Idlewild
13th - Arts Centre, Colchester supporting Idlewild
15th - Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea supporting Idlewild
16th - Electric Ballroom, London supporting Idlewild
18th - O2 Academy, Oxford supporting Idlewild
19th - Waterfront, Norwich supporting Idlewild
20th - Empire, Middlesbrough supporting Funeral For A Friend
21st - Fat Sams, Dundee supporting Funeral For A Friend
22nd - Moshulu, Aberdeen supporting Funeral For A Friend
27th - Rock City, Nottingham supporting Funeral For A Friend
28th - Junction, Cambridge supporting Funeral For A Friend
29th - UEA, Norwich supporting Funeral For A Friend
http://www.myspace.com/thexcerts
Har Mar Superstar
Har Mar Superstar is officially back.
The first single (taken from the forthcoming new album), entitled ‘Tall Boy’, is due for release on September 27th.
http://www.harmarsuperstar.com/
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Euan - 09/02/10
just to throw a less 'in your face, that ad makes my piss boil' examples... Where do people stand on Journey or anyone involved with the whole Glee-commerce phenomenon...? ...or what about Leonard Cohen...? Whilst he has not sold out in quite the same way, he did sell Hallelujah to Simon Cowell and Alexandra Burke for it to be brutally butchered... though granted he had been robbed by his accountant and was broke so there was some justification... Whilst I was young and idealistic about this, I'm now a lot more realistic. I think that times have changed in the digital age whereby much of music is being acquired for free (legitimately or otherwise). Given this providing soundtracks to ads, movies, eastenders, hollyoaks or whatever is now a realism and it's a way of your favourite artist making ends meet and getting enough exposure for their record company to keep them signed. Hell, even 405 faves Grizzly Bear featured on an ad in the middle of the Superbowl, Telekinesis are the sound of Ford, Conor Oberst in the shape of Bright Eyes is telling us all about Halifax, Death Cab have appeared in the OC, as have Rilo Kiley and Modest Mouse etc etc... the list goes on... Not the most structured arguement really... but the long and short of it is this... What Iggy did was the worst kind of sell out, as his appearance had nothing to do with his music but, let's face it, it's mainly just that the ad was so fucking irritating. [view article]
Oliver - 09/02/10
SUPER excited about that lineup! [view article]
emma - 09/02/10
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