News Roundup (12/10/09)
Good God, Monday does just insist on thrusting its ugly, wart-covered face back into our lives at the beginning of each week doesn't it? Well slap it away with some news on Frank Turner, a BBC Radio 3 Late Junction collaboration and the mighty Radiohead.
Frank Turner
(pictured above)
Frank Turner will be releasing his new single Poetry Of The Deed on the 16th of November; the second single from the album of the same name.
Dates for his popular 2009 UK tour are below as well as those for his newly announced 2010 one:
OCTOBER
13 Dublin , Academy 2
14 Belfast Stiff Kitten Club
15 Glasgow QMU
16 Manchester Academy 2 SOLD OUT
17 Newcastle Uni SOLD OUT
18 Nottingham Rock City
19 Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
20 Oxford Academy SOLD OUT
22 Leeds Met University SOLD OUT
23 Cambridge Junction SOLD OUT
24 Plymouth University
25 Exeter Lemon Grove
26 Bristol Anson Rooms SOLD OUT
27 Cardiff University
28 Winchester Guildhall SOLD OUT
29 London ShepherdÃs Bush Empire SOLD OUT
DECEMBER
19 Union Chapel, London SOLD OUT
MARCH 2010
16 Edinburgh Picture House
17 Manchester Academy
18 Leeds 02 Academy
19 Bristol 02 Academy
22 Norwich Waterfront
23 Portsmouth Pyramids
24 London Roundhouse
Frank Turner's Official Website
Tortoise and Colin Newman Collaboration
As part of BBC Radio 3's Late Junction collaboration programme, Tortoise and Colin Newman (From post-punk band Wire)have joined forces. To hear how the session went, tune in to Late Junction on BBC Radio 3, Thursday 15th October at 11.15pm. The programme is also available for seven days after the broadcast at www.bbc.co.uk/radio3.
Tortoise tour dates:
22nd, London Jazz Festival - Royal Festival Hall, London
11th - 13th December, 10 Years of All Tomorrow's Parties - Butlins, Minehead
BBC Radio 3 Website
Radiohead to keep making albums
Radiohead fans, such as myself, will be happy to hear that the band will continue to make albums (I am happy about it). Speaking to NME.com, guitarist Ed O'Brien contradicted Thom Yorke's hints that future material would not be released in the usual way. For more, check out the NME website and for the full article, buy the magazine itself.
NME Radiohead Article
As part of BBC Radio 3's Late Junction collaboration programme, Tortoise and Colin Newman (From post-punk band Wire)have joined forces. To hear how the session went, tune in to Late Junction on BBC Radio 3, Thursday 15th October at 11.15pm. The programme is also available for seven days after the broadcast at www.bbc.co.uk/radio3.
Tortoise tour dates:
22nd, London Jazz Festival - Royal Festival Hall, London
11th - 13th December, 10 Years of All Tomorrow's Parties - Butlins, Minehead
BBC Radio 3 Website
Radiohead to keep making albums
Radiohead fans, such as myself, will be happy to hear that the band will continue to make albums (I am happy about it). Speaking to NME.com, guitarist Ed O'Brien contradicted Thom Yorke's hints that future material would not be released in the usual way. For more, check out the NME website and for the full article, buy the magazine itself.
NME Radiohead Article
