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Bobby Womack To Perform At Latitude Festival

14th May 2013

Bobby Womack has been added to the line-up of this year's Latitude festival.The 69-year-old soul singer is set so appear...

Will Alt J Add An Ivor Novello Award To Their Mercury Gong?

17th April 2013

Mercury Music Prize winners Alt-J could well be adding an Ivor Novello award to their collection of gongs, NME announced...

Pictures: The Black Keys European Tour Calls Into Lisbon With The Maccabees In Tow

28th November 2012

The Black Keys playing Lisbon last night (November 27)An old-school type of success story, The Black Keys' rise to prominence...

The Maccabees Misplace Mercury Prize Statuette

2nd November 2012

Rock band The Maccabees have appealed to fans for help after misplacing the statuette awarded to them on Thursday (01Nov12)...

Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize 2012: Our Predictions

1st November 2012

As the Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize 2012 draws near, we have a look at the shortlist and the likelihood of...

A Brief Run Down Of The Mercury Prize Favourites

31st October 2012

The Mercury Prize is set to be awarded tomorrow (1st Nov. 2012), and true to form and tradition, many of...

Is It A Sign? Spotify Users Vote Alt-j Favourites For Mercury Music Prize

30th October 2012

This Thursday (November 1, 2012), the winner of the Mercury Music will be announced. As a precursor to the official...

Plan B Wants To Change Lives With Barclaycard Mercury Prize

14th September 2012

Plan B hopes to change people's lives if he wins the 2012 Barclaycard Mercury Prize.The 28-year-old rapper - real name...

Plan B Up For Mercury Prize

12th September 2012

Plan B's 'Ill Manors' and Jessie Ware's 'Devotion' are among the albums nominated for the 2012 Barclaycard Mercury Prize.The two...

Nominees For The 2012 Mercury Music Prize Announced

12th September 2012

The Mercury Music Prize nominees have been announced, among a pretty predictable list (we predicted eight of the eventual 12...

Q Awards Nominations Revealed

6th September 2012

Blur, The Stone Roses, Florence + the Machine and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds lead the nominations for this year's...

Mel Gibson Shares Pension With Ex-wife

6th September 2012

Mel Gibson's ex-wife Robyn received a huge chunk of his pension in their divorce.While it was previously revealed that Mel...

Mel Gibson: Hollywood Won't Forgive Me

14th August 2012

Mel Gibson doesn't think Hollywood is ready to forgive him for a number of controversial incidents that have occurred in...

Liam Payne Wants To Settle With Girlfriend Danielle Peazer

2nd August 2012

One Direction's Liam Payne is keen to settle down and have children before he is 25.The pop star is current...

Bbc Introducing Stage Line-up Announced

23rd July 2012

Festival Republic have confirmed their line-up for the Bbc Introducing Stage at the LEEDS & Reading Festival this August.It's an...

The Maccabees Slept In Airport

12th July 2012

British rockers The Maccabees spent an uncomfortable night sleeping at an airport in Germany last weekend (07-08Jul12) after technical problems...

Friendly Fires Close Beach Break Live

18th June 2012

Friendly Fires brought Beach Break Live festival to a close yesterday evening (17.06.12). The 'Jump in the Pool' group concluded...

Festival Republic Confirm Exciting Leeds And Reading Line-up

12th June 2012

Festival Republic's 2012 LEEDS & Reading Festival confirm their mind-blowing line-up for Friday 24th, Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th August...

Mel Gibson Rant Footage Emerges Online

19th April 2012

Mel Gibson's rant to scriptwriter Joe Eszterhas has emerged online. The 56-year-old actor launched a foul-mouthed tirade at his home...

Tape Reveals Mel Gibson Rant At Joe Eszterhas

19th April 2012

Mel Gibson terrified scriptwriter Joe Eszterhas with a foul-mouthed rant at his home in December.Joe has released an audio file...

Mel Gibson Denies Anti-jewish Claims

13th April 2012

Mel Gibson has denied claims he refused to make movie 'The Maccabees' because he is anti-Semitic. Screenwriter Joe Eszter has...

Mel Gibson Said John Lennon Deserved To Be Shot?

12th April 2012

Joe Eszter has claimed Mel Gibson is ''glad'' John Lennon is dead.According to a letter by the screenwriter obtained by...

Mel Gibson Accused Of Hating Jews

12th April 2012

Mel Gibson has been accused of ''hating Jews'' by the writer of 'Basic Instinct'. Joe Eszter has launched a scathing...

Reading And Leeds Festival 2012: Foo Fighters To Perform In Their Only UK Appearance Of 2012

13th March 2012

LEEDS & Reading Festival have announced the first wave of acts at this year's festivals. Playling the opening day at...

Leeds Reading Festival Line Up 2012: The Cure, Kasabian, Foo Fighters

12th March 2012

The line-up for the Leeds and Reading Festival 2012 has been announced, with The Cure, Foo Fighters and Kasabian set...

Florence And The Machine To Join Stone Roses At T In The Park 2012

22nd February 2012

Following the announcement that The Stone Roses were set to headline T IN THE PARK Festival this year, the organisers...

Macabees Talk New Record

18th December 2008

THE MACCABEES have been discussing the follow-up to their debut album COLOUR IT IN.Guitarist Felix White said the south-London quintet...

Maccabees Talk New Album

3rd October 2008

THE MACCABEES have been discussing their new album, which they are currently in the process of recording.The south London outfit...