Ben Folds Reveals His Self-Doubts On Working With Nick Hornby

by Gig Junkie 3. September 2010 10:08
Ben Folds worried he wouldn’t be able to come up with music good enough for Nick Hornby’s lyrics.The pop jazz pianist has worked with Oscar nominated screen writer Nick on a new project called ‘Lonely Avenue’, in which Ben wrote music to the ‘About A Boy’ writer... [More]

Hurts Say Collaborating With Kylie Minogue Was The “Icing On The Cake”

by Gig Junkie 3. September 2010 10:05
Hurts say collaborating with Kylie Minogue was the “icing on the cake”.The synth pop duo asked the ‘All the Lovers’ hitmaker to lend her vocal talents to ‘Devotion’ – which features on their debut LP ‘Happiness’ – but admit they never exp... [More]

Born Ruffians Announce November Tour

by Gig Junkie 2. September 2010 15:54
Following the release of their acclaimed second album Say It earlier this year, Toronto’s Born Ruffians return to the UK for a run of headline shows culminating in a show at London’s Scala on Nov 24th. Their debut album Red, Yellow & Blue laid the foundations in 2008, with 3 sing... [More]

Plain White T's To Release New Single + Play London Show!

by Gig Junkie 2. September 2010 15:43
Twice Grammy Award-nominated Plain White T’s return with a new single, “Rhythm of Love,” taken from their forthcoming release, “Wonders of the Younger.”   The single will be released October 4th with the album due to follow in mid-October. Penned and sung b... [More]

INTERVIEW: WE//ARE//ANIMAL

by Shannon Andreucci 2. September 2010 15:29
WE//ARE//ANIMAL are to digitally self release 'Black Magic', the follow up to their Beggars released debut single '1268' on the 13th September. Hailing from North Wales, the five piece band will be touring the UK in September in support for the new single release. Their recently recorded debut al... [More]

Sir Tom Jones Announces Intimate London Show For Sept 15th

by Gig Junkie 2. September 2010 12:37
Following the success of his appearance at this year's Latitude festival earlier this summer and the phenomenal response to his 100,000 Gold selling album 'Praise & Blame',  Sir Tom Jones has announced details of a special London show on September 15th. The show,  at North Londo... [More]

Klaxons Announce November UK Tour

by Gig Junkie 2. September 2010 12:04
‘It would take a hard heart not to enjoy the ride’ **** Q‘‘Klaxons have somehow found themselves with a clean slate and an album that can be judged simply on whether it’s any cop. That they’ve succeeded so well is an enormous relief.’ 8/10 NME Hot on ... [More]

Brick Lane Music Festival Arrives This September

by Gig Junkie 2. September 2010 11:33
Its official… summer is over but don’t worry as there’s still plenty more fun to be had and the Brick Lane Music Festival is one of those things! Taking place on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th September when four of Brick Lane’s best music venues throw open their doors to s... [More]

Coldplay's Chris Martin Unveils New Song At Surprise Apple Conference Performance

by Gig Junkie 2. September 2010 11:23
Chris Martin debuted new song ‘Wedding Bells’ during a surprise performance yesterday (01.09.10). The Coldplay frontman made the appearance at the end of a press conference for technology company Apple’s new products in San Francisco, where he played the new track as well as ... [More]

The Script Settle For Bono's Daughter After Brangelina Snub Video Clip Offer

by Gig Junkie 2. September 2010 11:17
The Script settled for Bono’s daughter acting in their new video after Angelina Jolie turned it down. The Irish band joked that they only chose Eve Hewson to star in the video for forthcoming single ‘For The First Time’ after Hollywood A-listers turned them down. Singer Danny O... [More]

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