Garage-rock band The Strokes, riding high in the music charts on both sides of the Atlantic, are to headline the 2002 Reading and Leeds festivals, organizers announced on Tuesday. The New York band, last year promoted to the events’ main stages due to popular demand, is expected to attract more than 100,000 festival-goers over the August Bank Holiday weekend. “This year has seen them (the Strokes) become the most talked-about band in Britain,” events promoter The Mean Fiddler Group said. “They are playing no other UK dates this year… this is your only chance to see them.” Co-headlining with The… Read more »
If you were lucky enough to score a ticket to the Billie Eilish tour stop in London at the Electric Ballroom, your experience is now officially priceless. Billie Eilish invited the one and only boygenius on stage to help her sing “when the party’s over” from her 2019 debut, WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Following a headlining slot at Reading & Leeds Fest, Eilish announced this now-famous intimate one-off show for August 29. The TikTok account for Ticketmaster UK caught the whole performance featuring Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers. The “Not Strong Enough” band… Read more »
Hot Milk is launching themselves into the upper echelons of the British rock scene with the announcement of their debut full-length album A CALL TO THE VOID due August 25th courtesy of Music For Nations. After three extremely successful self-released EP‘s, the band is ready to showcase their loudest statement yet of who they are and what they stand for. Read more: Telltale Making Live Debut In UK With Headline Tour “We wrote songs with the intention of people going off, making you feel good, opening the pit up, letting go, crying, getting on your mate’s shoulders. It’s church for us.” … Read more »
When I get a chance to catch up with Pinkshift, a Baltimore-based band full of BIPOC people—including a singer the same color as me—I can’t help but gush for a few minutes.
[Top Left Clockwise: Photo via Marvel, Photo via Shutterstock, Photo via Reading Leeds Festival] Today we have Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, the return of the Reading & Leeds Festival, and a new Spider-Man movie. FDA Says Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Is Safe Johnson & Johnson’s single dose COVID-19 vaccine was reviewed by the FDA and found to be safe and effective. In a large clinical trial it was found to prevent hospitalizations and deaths and has an 85% effectiveness even in severe cases. This will be the third vaccine to be authorized for use in the US and the… Read more »
There’s something inherently off-putting about clowns—the creepy over-exaggerated smiles, the unnatural make-up—but they’re generally supposed to be a sign of fun and happiness. Which is why indie band Circa Waves decided clowns would be the perfect symbol for their upcoming release Sad Happy. “A clown was always an image we thought represented [the album] quite well,” says vocalist/guitarist Kieran Shudall. “Sad Happy is two stark emotions stuck together—I find clowns ultimately terrify people or make them really happy.” When I catch up with Shudall he’s sitting in his Liverpool home with a fresh cup of tea. “It’s very British of… Read more »
The first ever TRNSMT Festival in Glasgow was a thrilling, rain-soaked experience.
In celebration of all the great music the UK has given us, we’ve put together some of our staff’s favorite up-and-coming UK artists in this week’s Tuesday Ten.
Sum 41 are anxious for sum vacation. The group originally planned on releasing “Over My Head, (Better Off Dead)” as the third single from Does This Look Infected?, but are now questioning whether they want to continue promoting the album. “We’re kind of like, dead right now, so we’re thinking we just might stop,” singer Deryck Whibley said. “We could put out another single and keep going, but we’ve been touring nonstop for a long time and we really want a break, so I think we might want to take six months off.” And there are other reasons Sum 41… Read more »
Should Sum 41 decide to record a cover while working on their second full-length, John Cougar Mellencamp’s “Hurts So Good” might be a fitting selection. In addition to tracking the follow-up to last year’s All Killer No Filler, the Canadian quartet are creating an EP by their alter ego, Pain for Pleasure. They hope to have both releases out in late November. Fans may remember Pain for Pleasure as the group who looked frighteningly similar to Sum 41, only dressed like metalheads, performing their namesake song as a coda to the “Fat Lip” video. But this time out, the pop-punks’… Read more »
