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Tiesto Talks Tours and Reveals a Love For MGMT…

Posted by biftathekid On March - 17 - 2010

Having come first in DJMag’s Poll for ‘Best DJ’ 3 times, and also having never been out of the top ten in all the years he has been nominated, we jumped at the opportunity to interview the man himself.

He is currently embarking on a massive world tour, taking in some of the greatest venues and [...]

The Bluetones announce new UK tour details

Posted by biftathekid On March - 17 - 2010

The Bluetones have announced details of their new album and UK tour.
The group’s sixth album, ‘A New Athens’ was produced by Gordon Mills and will be released this summer.
Meanwhile, the band have also announced details of a UK tour, which begins with a show at Edinburgh’s Bongo on April 10 and finishes with a date [...]

Orbital On Reforming

Posted by biftathekid On March - 16 - 2010

Dance giants Orbital have spoken about their triumphant return, and their eagerly anticipated Glastonbury performance.
Inspired by the white heat of Acid House, Orbital became one of the most respected dance groups to emerge from Britain. Their live shows eschewed programmed beats in favour of something a little more improvised, giving them a visceral thrill which [...]

Frank Turner Headline Show At London O2 Academy Brixton

Posted by biftathekid On March - 15 - 2010

Having sold out London’s Roundhouse venue 2 months in advance, Frank Turner is overwhelmingly excited to announce that he will be headlining London’s Brixton’s 02 Academy later on this year.
The show will be his largest headline gig so far and an incredible achievement considering his humble beginnings of playing tiny venues, house parties, pubs, car [...]

Latitude Line-up Announced

Posted by biftathekid On March - 15 - 2010

Latitude Festival returns for an incredible 5th Edition on 15-18th July 2010 set in the beautiful countryside of Henham Park Estate on Suffolk’s Sunrise Coast.
Celebrating its fifth year, Latitude continues to lead the way as a bold and pioneering festival cherry-picking the very best from the worlds of music, theatre, comedy, literature, film, poetry, [...]

Its that time again people, the Miami Winter Music Conference is upon us. And boy are there some great parties shaping up…
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Here we have ‘man on fire’ Steve Angello heading up the Official Pool Partiesat The Eden Roc Renaissance, with Afrojack AN21, Christian Smith, Funkagenda, Kim Fai and Max Vangeli propping this awesome bill.
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Don’t worry [...]

Swedish House Mafia Host Huge Weekend of Dance at Brixton Academy

Posted by biftathekid On March - 11 - 2010

Deep House legends Swedish House Mafia return to Brixton academy with a whole host of amazing DJ’s in tow.
On May 28th and 29th The O2 Brixton Academy will play host to 2 nights of mind blowing dance music, the legendary venue has held some of the most memorable club nights of our generation and this [...]

The Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan has launched open auditions to find a new bassist and keyboard player to replace Ginger Pooley after she quit the band last week.
The auditions aren’t the first Corgan has held - last year they replaced drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, the same way.
“We were lucky enough to find drummer Mike Byrne [...]

Pink Floyd sue EMI over download royalties

Posted by biftathekid On March - 10 - 2010

Pink Floyd are suing their record label EMI, claiming that it has no right to sell their songs except as part of full albums. According to a 1999 contract, tunes like Money and Another Brick in the Wall cannot be “unbundled” from the albums on which they appear; EMI alleges this does not apply to [...]

Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos to write musical?

Posted by biftathekid On March - 9 - 2010

Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos has said he wants to write a musical.
The singer, who is on tour with his band in Australia at present, told radio station Triple J that he’s had an idea about a musical for some time now, though he hasn’t got round to writing it yet.
“I did have this amazing [...]