So, this is the 1000th post of the Musical Chairs. I’ve been writing on this thing for just over two years about anything that takes my interest and have enjoyed it immensely. I appreciate all the hits I get and all the good comments I get from visitors. But now, after providing you with 999 [...]

Posted on February 9th, 2010 by Max
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This year is the 40th anniversary of the world’s most well-known music festival, Glastonbury. Organisers are hoping to make this festival the best in its illustrious (and, on occasion, not so illustrious) history by putting a together a bill that would make jaws drop. Anything less than big names for the headlining slots won’t do [...]

Posted on January 15th, 2010 by Max
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Back in 2008, Nine Inch Nails embarked on a US tour that would last almost half a year. It was dubbed the Lights In The Sky tour and was quite possibly the most technologically ambitious concert experience of recent times, with several screens, lights, effects, and trickery. It was a two-and-a-half hour concert experience that [...]

Posted on January 5th, 2010 by Max
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At one point during Placebo’s show at the O2 Arena – their biggest headlining show in the UK to date – Brian Molko simply said ‘less bullshit, more music’. It seemed to be the theme of the evening he and his band stormed their way through a solid ninety-minute set. Many question whether or not [...]

Posted on December 10th, 2009 by Max
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The post-rock kings of Sheffield, 65daysofstatic, are set to return next year with their fourth album, which has just recently been finished and looks set to be with us in the first few months of 2010. The good news for us is that this means another batch of live dates as the songs they’ve road-tested [...]

Posted on December 9th, 2009 by Max
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