Zero 7 - Release Date
Zero 7, the UK trip-hop band release their fourth studio album, Yeah Ghost, in September this year. The album is a more electronic sound than their previous mellow production. Guest vocalists on the album include folk singer/songwriter Martha Tiltson, electro hip hop artist Rowdy Superstar and soul/jazz singer Eska Mtungwazi. The album release is accompanied by a UK national tour covering the following dates:
Mon 28-Sep-09 Bristol Colston Hall
Tue 29-Sep-09 Oxford Academy
Wed 30-Sep-09 Norwich UEA
Thu 01-Oct-09 Manchester Academy
Sat 03-Oct-09 Sheffield Plug
Sun 04-Oct-09 Glasgow ABC 1
Mon 05-Oct-09 Leeds Academy
Tue 06-Oct-09 Brighton – Dome
Fri 09-Oct-09 London Round House
Sun 11-Oct-09 Preston 53 Degrees
Mon 12-Oct-09 Edinburgh Queens Hall
Tue 13-Oct-09 Birmingham Town hall
Tickets are available on pre-order from the band website for a reduced fee. Yeah Ghost is released through Atlantic Records on 14th September.
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Reading Festival 2010 release dates
A limited amount of tickets are now available for the Reading Festival, 2010 which is to be held on the August Bank Holiday weekend from Friday 27th August to Sunday 29th August. Ticket prices are available from £175 for a weekend with camping or from £70 for a day. Prices are expected to rise for the official release in March 2010 (keep watching releasedates.org.uk for details). Alternatively you can wait until the tickets are officially released online in March 2010.
The Reading Festival held at Little John’s Farm in Richmond Avenue may be the oldest pop festival in the world but it’s still up there at the pinnacle of music events with a record-breaking sell-out occurring only an hour after tickets went on sale in 2006. Plans to increase capacity to 82,000 in 2010 means that more tickets will be available but you have to be quick off the mark to reserve your place at this legendary event where rock history is made before your eyes.
Originally begun as the National Jazz Festival, the line-up became progressively more rock and heavy metal orientated during the eighties and nineties. Nowadays the festival embraces all types of music ranging from indie, Goth, punk, dance, plus many genres in-between. Predominating over all is the mighty giant of rock.
Over a period of three days you can see over 150 acts with headliners making exclusive performances you’re not likely to see anywhere else in the UK with platforms and stages showcasing alternative rock, underground acts, dance, unsigned bands and even comedy and cabaret acts.
Who could forget the famous events of 1992 when front-man of the legendary rock band, Nirvana, Kurt Kobain appeared on stage in a wheelchair, mocking the prevalent speculation over his health and followed it up by playing a set unsurpassed in the history of live performances, or of the rise and rise of the Arctic Monkeys who made their debut in the packed Carling Tent – surprisingly enough everybody seemed to already know them – or when urban-rap performer 50 Cent had to retreat from stage after 20 minutes because of the barrage of bottles heading in his direction.
In 2009, the festival was more popular than ever with the return of the Arctic Monkeys, joined by massive headliners like Radiohead and Kings of Leon. Who knows what 2010 will bring?
With tickets typically selling out only an hour after their release, watch this space for details of the line-up and official ticket release in March, 2010.
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Wireless Festival 2010 Release Dates
The definitive festival for dance, urban, hip hop and R&B kicks off in July 2010 in London’s Hyde Park. Tickets will soon be available so we’ll get the details as soon as possible.
Wireless 2009 saw world class acts playing across four stages with some truly awesome performances from performers like Dizzee Rascal, Jack Penate, Alesha Dixon and Calvin Harris and Noisettes that sent the crowd into a veritable frenzy with more spine-tingling sets provided by the headliners Basement Jaxx and Kanye West.
But this year’s festival offered even more than music with food and drink at The Serpentine Bar and Dominos and a host of entertainments including a Victorian funfair speed dating, a treasure hunt with cool prizes, video games at the EA Hub. There was even a mock-up beach for those who wanted to soak up the rays.
Sonisphere Festival 2009
It’s not too late yet to get tickets for the Sonisphere Festival at Knebworth House, near Stevenage in Hertfordshire on August 1st and 2nd. With over 60,000 fans expected to attend this camping festival has taken off in a big way.
Knebworth has been the scene of many legendary musical events hosting bands since 1974 like the Rolling Stones, Queen, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.
This year’s event held at the beginning of August is no exception with some of the finest rock bands in the world taking the stage.
One main arena with a three alternating stages means that festival goers don’t have to miss any of the acts. The masters of thrash metal, Metallica are headlining with a mixture of nu-metal and rap-rock supplied by the innovative Linkin Park, fresh from recording their fourth studio album. Backed up by bands like Avenged Sevenfold, the ascendant Bullet for My Valentine and the massive Mastodon, the festival promises to be a historic occasion.
The festival at Knebworth is the culmination of a Sonisphere tour of Europe which included Germany, Spain, Holland, Sweden and Finland and represents the grand finale of this mega rock event. Cinema, bars and funfair on site add to the general mayhem. Next year Sonisphere is rumoured to be going global – watch this space for details.
Paramore Release Date
Grammy nominated US rock band, Paramore, release their third studio album, Brand New Eyes, this September. Fronted by Hayley Williams, their signature sound is rock infused pop-punk with a progressive style to their last two studio albums.
The album will be released as a standard CD edition as well as a limited edition deluxe package which will have a limited release of 15,000 copies and include the album on CD, a 40-page hardcover journal, Hayley Williams’ handwritten lyrics and notes on the album, a color vinyl 7” single with two acoustic songs and a DVD featuring an exclusive ‘making-of’ documentary.
Brand New Eyes is released on the 28th September.
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Jamie T Release Date
Jamie T – nicknamed the “one man Arctic Monkey” is a 23 year old singer songwriter from South London. Signed to Virgin Records in 2006 he went on to win the 2007 Shockwave NME Award for Best Solo Artist – beating none others than Jarvis Cocker and Tom Yorke.
His music has an high energy, upbeat indie-punk feel and his debut album, Panic Prevention was short-listed for a Mercury Prize in 2007.
His second studio album, Kings and Queens is released this Autumn. Sticks n Stones, the first single off the album reached number 15 in the singles chart and the second single, Chaka Demus EP is out on the 31st August, closely followed by the album release on 7th September.
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The Twang Release Date
Birmingham indie rock group, The Twang, release their second studio album, The Jewellery Quarter on 3rd August. A free download of the final track on the album, “Another Bus” has already been made available via the band’s website and they have announced the first single as being “Barney Rubble” to be released on 27th July.
Their first album, Love it When I Feel Like This reached number 3 in the album charts in 2007 and are pitched for this release to perform at a string of UK dates including V Festival and O2 Academy in August and September.
“The reason The Twang have risen so swiftly is, simply, because they write better, more exciting and fresher sounding songs than anyone else” – TIME OUT
Jewellery Quarter is released on 3rd August.
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The Gladiator Release Date
The Gladiator is the new full on action novel featuring Roman army officers Macro and Cato written by Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Scarrow.
While centurions Macro and Cato are returning to Rome from a harrowing campaign against the Parthians, their transport ship is almost capsized by a tidal wave. They barely make it to the port of Matala in Crete where they are stunned to find a devastated town. An earthquake has struck the island, destroying its cities and killing thousands. In the chaotic aftermath, large bands of the island’s slaves begin to revolt and local bandits, taking advantage of the slave rebellion, urge the Cretans to overthrow the Roman administration. With many of the island’s troops either killed or wounded during the earthquake, the governor of the province calls on Macro and Cato for help. Can they move swiftly enough to counter the rebellion before it sweeps the Romans from the island?
The Gladiator is released 20th August.
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Aliens vs Predator Release Date
Due for release in February 2010, Aliens vs Predator is released as a new video game, developed by the original team behind the 1999 release, Rebellion Developments.
- As the Marine, you’ll experience a claustrophobic and terrifying experience where light is your friend, but there’s never enough. However, the United States Marine Corps are humanity’s last line of defence, and as such they are armed to the teeth with the very latest in high explosive and automatic weaponry.
- As the Predator, you will stalk from the shadows and from above, passing athletically through the treetops to ambush your victims. Although equipped with an array of powerful, exotic weapons and tracking equipment, honour ultimately dictates that you must get in close and take your trophies face to face.
- As the most deadly species in the universe, the Alien offers you the chance to play as the very stuff of nightmares – the monster in the dark swarming forward with countless others, jaws like a steel trap and claws like blades.
- Play all sides off against each other in a series of unique 3-way online modes and go tooth-to-claw-to-pulse rifle in the reinvention of one of multiplayer gaming’s defining moments.
Alien vs Predator is released for PC, PS3 and XBox 360 on 26th February 2010.
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Acer Aspire 5720Z 1.46GHz Laptop
This is the ‘Acer Aspire 5720Z 1.46GHz Laptop’. Its outer casing is in the popular Acer Gemstone design.
The 5720z has an Intel Pentium dual-core processor T2310 running at 1.46GHz. The on-board RAM memory is 2 GB and there is a hard drive that has a capacity of 80 GB. The display screen is the 15.4 inch CrystalBrite which does provide excellent quality viewing. This laptop has Windows Vista Home Premium pre-installed as well as easy home networking options and WiFi capability. With sound from Dolby and stereo speakers users are bound to have a pleasant audio experience.
The ‘Acer Aspire 5720Z 1.46GHz Laptop’ is a very capable laptop that will handle today’s multimedia needs extremely well.
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