Radiohead have entered the UK album chart at number one this week (January 6) with 'In Rainbows, almost three months after they made it available to download for whatever price fans fancied.
A Babyshambles reunion with former member Patrick Walden was foiled when the guitarist quit the band's UK tour on the opening night in Manchester (November 22), it has emerged.
Since winning the Mercury Music Prize, Klaxons are now all over the tabloids and the gossip mags. So the news that Simon Taylor is planning to take his girlfriend, CSS' Lovefoxxx, down the aisle, will only add fuel to the fire.
The eighty bands entered into The Roxy League have been battling Nineteen weeks. Over ten thousand votes have been cast and we now have the winners, losers and all other places.
Oasis.
Oasis started off with a shaky start drawing with both the Arctic Monkeys and Blur 1-1.
Dirty Pretty Things frontman Carl Barat has revealed that in the first flat he ever shared with ex-Libertines bandmate Pete Doherty you could only get in through a broken back window!
Babyshambles have spoken for the first time about their new record deal. Pete Doherty's band recently signed up to record an EP with Parlophone imprint Regal after their contract with previous label Rough Trade expired.
Pete Doherty's sentencing for drugs charges has been deferred by a London court today (September 4). The Babyshambles frontman was appearing in Thames Magistrates court after pleading guilty to several drugs charges last month.
Bobby Gillespie is sporting a broken nose and two black eyes after he was beaten up in a hotel brawl. The Primal Scream singer, 42, said he was punched in the face for no reason as he sat in the bar after a gig in Madrid.
The Arctic Monkeys, The Cribs and Milburn all top thier respective leagues. Only Dirty Pretty things (who top Roxy 1) are not from yorkshire.In the games still being played (Vote ends 16th June)Monkeysare only a few percentage points ahead of old stalwarts Blur. Both bands have full points from two games, with Arctics narrowly ahead of Radiohead on Goal difference. Other big hitters in top half of the table include Oasis andStereophonics. Like Manchester United, and Arsenal the super bands are collecting thousands of votes leaving many of the young pretenders standing.
Gary Lightbody has been forced to cancel all of Snow Patrol's North American tour dates. After finding that his voice is still utterly wrecked (his unhealed polyps may need surgery apparently)
The Kooks have takenup the challenge lain down by Razorlight this week, hitting back live on stage. The band were playing final night of their UK tour at London's Astoria (May 18th) when lead singer Luke Pritchard took a pot shot at their famous peers.
"This one's for Johnny Borrell," the frontman jibed, before they started into their hit single 'Naïve'.
Franz Ferdinand andKaiser Chiefs will play back to back headline slots at this years Carling festivals this August, as well as Muse and the Arctic Monkeys playing back to back on the alternate day. New confirmations include Mystery jets, Guillemots, Millburn, Hope of the states and Iforward Russia and The Automatic. More are yet to confirm but its looking like a rip Roarer already. Read on and check out who else is playing when and where.