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Beautiful Days 2010 initial lineup announced!
The first acts for The Levellers’ excellent festival Beautiful Days have been announced! The festival will take place between August 20th – 22nd 2010 at Escot Park, Devon, England. Some of the notable bands playing this year include: James, Newton Faulkner, The Wailers, Levellers, Fairport Acoustic Convention, Billy Bragg, Slackers, Easy Star All-Stars, Citizen Fish, New Model Army, Aggrolites, The Alarm, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin and 3 Daft Monkeys. One of these years, I’d like to venture over to England for this festival, but who knows if I’ll ever make the plunge to do so. More bands and other news will be announced shortly. Read the press release below:
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Save BBC6 music and Asian Network stations
BBC6 and Asian Network stations are on the verge of getting taken off the air. It would be a huge blow to up & coming bands, and other non-mainstream bands if the 6 Music was axed. We all can’t just listen to the annoying pop music of BBC 1 Radio can we? I can’t even listen to BBC 6 sadly but I know we have a fair share of Brits on here so be sure to sign the petition that has been circulating around the net. Sign the petition here and spread the word!
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GBH’s “Perfume and Piss” will be released on April 6th via Hellcat Records
After years of speculation, groundbreaking English hardcore band GBH has announced plans to release their eleventh studio album, Perfume and Piss, via Hellcat Records on April 6. Fans can check out a new song, “Kids Get Down,” on the band’s MySpace page.
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Chris Murray heading to the UK
Chris Murray is heading overseas until the end of the February for some tour dates. The ska musician will be backed Jamie and Jon of The Skints, who also will be playing with Chris. The tour starts off in Norwich at the Arts Centre on the 22nd and the tour finishes off in Brighton at the Prince Albert on February 20th. hehehe Prince Albert.
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Eddie Izzard: Live from Wembley
Starring: Eddie Izzard
Directed By: Sarah Townsend
Studio: Vivendi Entertainment
Buy on Amazon.com
Eddie Izzard has been busy lately. Running daily marathons for charities, doing his stand-up, appearing in movies (Ocean’s 12/13, Valkyrie, Prince Caspian) and TV shows (FX’s The Riches). Live at Wembley is the latest stand-up DVD from the excellent British comedian. If you enjoyed his previous performances, you’ll like this one as well!
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The Levellers – “Live at Royal Albert Hall”
Record Label: OTF Recordings
Genre: Folk Punk
Band Link: levellers.co.uk
Buy on 7 Digital
Join the Levellers Fanclub
It’s no secret that the Levellers is my favorite band. While I can’t cross the pond to go see them perform all the time, the next best thing is either their live DVDs or CDs. In this case, Live at Royal Albert Hall is a brand new live album, recorded at the famous Royal Albert Hall in London. The album is available through the band’s fanclub, or you can purchase a download version at iTunes internationally (yes it’s available on US iTunes as well)!
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Morrissey leaves concert after getting drink tossed at him
Lots of Morrissey drama popping up as of late. The latest is that he was performing only his 2nd song in Liverpool, UK when some ass clown threw his glass bottle at Morrissey. Not sure what’s true or not, but some reports are saying the glass bottle hit his head. Morrissey said goodbye to the crowd and left. The audience got a full refund, just because of one drunken angry idiot throwing something. Why go to a show when you’re not going to like the singer, who’s freakin’ headlining? I don’t get people sometimes. But doesn’t excuse Morrissey for being a drama queen and leaving the rest of the crowd out to dry. Read the full account over at NME.
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Blackadder Remastered: The Ultimate Edition
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Miranda Richardson, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Patsy Byrne, Rik Mayall, Robbie Coltrane
Created By: Richard Curtis, Rowan Atkinson, Ben Elton
Studio: BBC Home Video
Buy on Amazon.com
The acclaimed and popular UK comedy series Blackadder has been re-released in an excellent Ultimate Edition DVD with all new remastered episodes! For someone who’s never seen more than 1 episode, I’ve become an instant fan after seeing all the episodes (finally)! If you don’t own any Blackadder on DVD yet, you better get this DVD set!
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Morrissey collapses at UK concert
Morrissey collapsed at a concert last night in Swindon, UK. He was performing the song “This Charming Man” when he fell to his knees with breathing difficulties. His band’s members took him off stage and an ambulance took him to the Hospital, where he’s in “stable” condition. The audience wasn’t really aware how bad his condition was because they were getting pissed and booing. Morrissey has canceled tours because of illness in recent months, so perhaps they just thought he was being over dramatic? Who knows but get well Moz!
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Fawlty Towers / Black Adder Remastered DVDs Contest (ended)
Starts: October 19th
Ends: October 31st
Number of Winners: 2
Contest Prizes: Fawlty Towers Remastered DVD, Black Adder Ultimate Edition Remastered DVD
Contest Links: Fawlty Towers DVD on Amazon.com, Black Adder DVD on Amazon.com
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