After all the buildup, the tickets for Reading & Leeds go onsale today. Unlike past years the lineup is still shrouded in mystery for the most part. The only thing we know so far for sure now is that the Arctic Monkeys will be headlining (Jo Whiley revealed all on her daytime radio show on [...]

Posted on March 30th, 2009 by Max
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We are only a week away until the internet crashes due to the numbers of music fans trying to score themselves tickets for Reading & Leeds. Many people, me included, will be trying to bag tickets to see a weekend of music that looks set to be headlined by Arctic Monkeys, Kings Of Leon and [...]

Posted on March 23rd, 2009 by Max
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So many festival lineup changes that it’s impossible to know where to start, but here goes: Isle Of Wight: Stereophonics and Razorlight will be co-headlining the festival (really, does this term even mean anything anymore?) on the Saturday. They join the likes of the Prodigy who headline the night before. The festival is sold out [...]

Posted on February 24th, 2009 by Max
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The rumour mill is a-go go in terms of which bands will headline the three day festival at the end of August. This edition of Five Songs looks at five bands hotly rumoured and lists five songs that would slay a 70,000 strong crowd. Basket Case by Green Day – The Californian trio are hotly [...]

Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by Max
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Kings Of Leon hardly ever take a break anymore. Last year’s Only By The Night, the album that finally made them big in both the UK and USA, was released a mere year and a half after Because Of The Times. Now they have plans to once again go straight back into the studio after [...]

Posted on February 20th, 2009 by Max
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