INNERPARTYSYSTEM have remixed Ladyhawke’s current single ‘Paris Is Burning’ and the band is even making it available to download for free through their MySpace and website. Of the remix, they have the following to say - "We started doing remixes as a way to keep busy and break up writing our own stuff. By chance we saw Lady Hawke at camden crawl, ‘Paris Is Burning’ really stuck in our head, and we thought we'd have a go trying something different with it."

IPS is currently in the middle of a busy stint of live appearances in Europe including a storming set at Projekt Revolution with Jay-Z, Linkin Park and The Bravery on the weekend just gone and a forthcoming slot at the Wireless Festival.

INNERPARTYSYSTEM is four guys who were reared in the bleak small towns that surround Reading, Pennsylvania. The weathered houses, rusted factories and sprawling farms make this the landscape of true America. These environments are stark and mechanical, and they are pregnant with dark and anxious hope – sentiments that Patrick Nissley, INNERPARTYSYSTEM’s main songwriter, carries in his writing. INNERPARTYSYSTEM have a distinctive vision, as their songs incorporate throbbing electronic beats that nod towards Autechre, Chemical Brothers and Squarepusher but they are equally a rock band whom, like Nine Inch Nails, Pendulum and Prodigy, aren’t afraid to mix styles and mess with the formula.

Their first visit to the UK in April for the Camden Crawl immediately caught the attention of music heads and clued-up media leaders in the capitol with the likes of Zane Lowe, Daniel P Carter, XFM, Scuzz and Kerrang! all lending their support. The Pennsylvanian quartet are also confirmed to play the following dates including a set at the Wireless Festival, where they will appear on the Tuborg Stage.

June
30th Cardiff Barfly
July
1st Glasgow Barfly
3rd London The Scala
4th London Club NME Koko
5th London Wireless Festival

The band's utterly infectious debut UK single 'Don't Stop' is released on 30th June through Fallout Records to be followed by an album in September.

SEPTEMBER UK TOUR AND ALBUM

“...passionate and emotional rock tunes…added depth and appeal brought on by intelligent literary references to classic writers in the lyrics” Kerrang

“New York has always been at the cutting edge of explosive musical talent… now there’s a new gang on the sidewalk…” Total Guitar

“Luscious alternative rock...” Big Cheese

“one of the more intelligent young bands around, expect big things from the Envy crew”

Metal Hammer

Envy on the Coast are returning to the UK in September for a full UK tour with Underoath after a successful stint in May performing at Give it a Name and supporting Finch. The band will also be releasing their debut full-length album ‘Lucy Gray’ on 15th September through Verse One/Photo Finish records.

September tour supporting Underoath

• Saturday 6 Academy 3 Manchester 0161832111
• Sunday 7 Garage Glasglow 08444999990
• Monday 8 Academy 2 Birmingham 08444772000
• Wednesday 10 University Solus Cardiff 02920781458
• Thursday 11 Waterfront Norwich 01603508050
• Friday 12 Astoria 2 London 08712310821
• Saturday 13 Cockpit Leeds 01132455570
• Sunday 14 Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth 02392863911

Tickets are £11 in advance except London £12.50. Doors 7pm.

www.ticketmaster.co.uk

www.myspace.com/envyonthecoast

Europes biggest Surf/Skate and music festival the Rip Curl Boardmasters hits Newquay for another year between 4th and 10th August 2008.

Here you can watch the Worlds best surfers, amazing skateboarding and BMX, amazing live music to suit any tastes, a huge bar on the beach and loads of attractive people- what more can you want!?

Fistral Beach, Newquay and Watergate Bay are the venues to make anyones Summer great. The 5 Star World Qualifier is the sports highlight of the week with the Worlds best surfers competing for over $100,000. The Vans Summer Sessions is the skate equivalent with a total prize purse of $20,000. Moving into the town you can check out the Vans Newquay Park Pro, where the best street skaters in the country will battle it out at Wooden Waves Skatepark.

The Beach Sessions, are live from the Fosters Bar at the iconic Fistral Beach. The intimate venue will bring you live music from some of the world's best up-and-coming bands, artists and DJ's. This year it’s 5 nights of live music from the likes of Kids in Glass Houses, Seth Lakeman, British Sea Power, Rodney P & The Nextmen and Shapeshifter.

Unleashed Festival is based out of the beautiful Watergate Bay & are proud to announce Groove Armada, The Zutons, The Pigeon Detectives, The Futureheads & Glasvegas all playing the main stages and Relentless will also be delivering a huge second stage to the music site with bands including Gallows, Johnny Truant, The Mystery Jets and The Holloways to name but a few.

Full lineups are below:

THE BEACH SESSIONS

Monday 4th:

• Kids In Glass Houses
• The Dear Superstars
• Elliot Minor (afternoon show)

Tuesday 5th:

• British Sea Power
• More TBC

Wednesday 6th:

• Nextmen
• Rodney P
• Inner City Dwellers
• Part Time Heroes
• Zarus

Thursday 7th:

• (Rip Curl Girls night)
• Seth Lakeman
• Ruarri Joseph
• Beau Young
• Nick Harper

Sunday 10th:

• Shapeshifter
• The Anonmalies
• Back Beat Sound System

UNLEASHED WATERGATE BAY

Friday August 8th 2008

Mainstage

• Groove Armada
• The Zutons (Special Guests)
• Audio Bullys
• Morcheeba
• Natty
• The Black Seeds
• Yoav
• Beau Young
• Jersey Budd
• Sonny J DJ's (in between)

Relentless No Half Measures Stage

• Mystery Jets
• The Holloways
• Haunts
• Sam Isaac
• Jeremy Walmsley

Saturday August 9th 2008

Mainstage

• The Pigeon Detectives
• The Futureheads
• Reverend & The Makers
• Glas Vegas
• The Young Knives
• The Rifles
• Cage The Elephant
• The Displacements
• Red Light Company
• Sam Isaac
• Astro Firs

Relentless No Half Measures Stage

• Gallows
• Ghost of A Thousand
• Johnny Truant
• In Case Of Fire
• Slaves to Gravity
• Hexes
• Fighting with wire
• Skirtbox
• Lioness (local opener)

Weekend Ticket £54.99

All Week ticket £99.99

www.ripcurlboardmasters.com

Ticketweb 08448472252

Anyone who tries to pass her without Papa's approval suddenly wakes up in a bed of mouldy kippers with their legs coming out of their ears......Papa La Bas is two gumbo-stinkin bitches, who make spells out of digital transducers and gravy, resulting in a temporal music which can exist in at least eighteen dimensions at any one time.....The two headed Dr Beast, as Papa is also known, slinks from pillar to post at night in a dance of pure feral libidinousness, contaminated only by streetlights and the shadows of passing cars. You will occasionally see him/her frolicking on Colwick hill, a silhouette, whirling around hard enough to lose his/her/its hat.

Siobhan has had a busy and prolific career as a writer and musician. Currently completing a PhD in philosophy (of music and technology), she has produced music in many projects and collaborations from an extremely young age (Recoil: Mute; Travelite: Interscope). She also writes poetry and fiction, and is a keen keeper of diaries. She has eleven dream diaries. Siobhan works solo and with other artists, but her work for Papa la bas with Dwyz is unique, in that he provides the entire template of sound for her to write her strange, delimited and deconstructed songs to. The two came together to produce in 2006, and have nearly completed their first album, a sublime realm of electronic sound, beats, minimalism and cultural reference.

Dwyz works with many acts, producing, deejaying, and if they are really lucky, spitting lyrics too. In-house producer at Dealmaker Records at the time, dwyz and Siobhan were introduced by the label owner, Ste, to collaborate on a track for his forthcoming compilation LP ‘Departure Lounge’. The seeds were sown, as was a uniquely interesting sound. A duo in the studio, Papa La Bas is supported by a 7piece live act that delivers the maturity of the studio sound to transfixed audiences. Dwyz has further ties with BasilicaMusic through the forthcoming Tusken Coalition EP that he is also producing. Dwyz only has 4 toes!

www.myspace.com/papalabasuk / www.basilicamusic.com

Looking back, Pearl has performed around the world, in Asia, the Middle East, South Africa, Europe,Canada and of course at home all over the U.S.A. She’s sung for everyone from Prince Charles, to President Clinton, and audiences of thousands in historic venues from London’s Royal Albert Hall, to New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. This spring, 2008, marked Pearl’s first time playing live and electric in the UK when she was asked to bring her show on the road as direct support for Velvet Revolver. Pearl says she has Slash himself to thank for that. “That experience was a dream come true for me. We put ourselves out there when we asked Slash to listen to the new album. He did, and in turn, he became a champion of ours. He’s the reason why we were out supporting Velvet Revolver. Slash was predomenently instrumental in us getting a record deal when we did, and why we did. I thanked him that after our last gig in Brighton, England, and he actually smiled and kicked the carpet, like , ‘awe shucks’”. “It’s truly amazing, the boys that I pasted on my bedroom walls when I was a girl, have materialized and become part of my team. You couldn’t ask for a more massive vote of confidence.” A road and stage veteran, Pearl says she’s still learning her way around each performance. “Every show is an adventure. I just let the music take me wherever feels right. I’ve fallen down, I’ve even peed my pants. I don’t care. As long as I can connect with the audience, have them feel me, and get my point across, then I’ve done what I came to do. I’ll break myself open to get there. This is my time now, and I have a lot to tell. I have a hell of a lot to give.”

IZZIE VOODOO

Put one girl oozing theatre in a studio with guitars, heavy fuzzy basses, computers, keyboards effects, a tonne of software, production equipment and a mic or two and what do you get? You get izzie Voodoo.

Dark electronica pop is what they're tagging it with some industrial stuff thrown in for good measure and so many twists turns and catchy pop hooks you start to get light headed. Actually, it's award winning stuff that you can't turn off - she writes it, records it, programs it, sings and performs it, and her mixing and production work is second to none.

Live gigs are dry ice laden, kick-ass, electro-pop affairs, delivered by the slender studio girl who exudes martial arts confidence and full contact Kick Boxing prowess, standing unwavering at the front, handing out free black lollipops in her teasing theatrical garb, and smiling wryly at her audience before devouring them alive.

They stand in awe at what has been described as a female Marc Bolan whispering from under the bed'- flanked in the lights by her new line up with Lawrence Mahmood, (affectionately known as 'Lol'); a gym stature T.A. man with a cool, menacing stare and throbbing fretless bass, and Zell, a pretty, dainty, quietly spoken Goth girl triggering synths and delivering perfect chorus to izzie’s vocal.

By the age of 13, izzie had spent 10 years reaching teaching levels in various forms of dance, had clocked up serious amounts of stage performance experience and learned to read music proficiently. After some time she had her own art/props/band merchandise business under her belt while gaining backstage, lighting, live sound and sound mixing engineering training and teaching herself bass guitar and electric guitar. Soon her love of music took over and she gave up art to teach herself extensive computer skills, deciding to concentrate on song writing and perfecting her music production.

In 2007, izzie Voodoo was named finalist in Song Of The Year for her song ‘Sound’, picked by some of the biggest names in music including Grammy Award winners and the track will now be released on 7th July 2008 as her first single on BasilicaMusic (BASMUS011) and is a great taster for her debut album “ The Push” (BASMUS005) which is released on July 21st 2008.

The single is download only and will be available from all major download sites globally.

LES GARS

What do you get when you fall in love? A haircut and a gun. Girls, booze, cigarettes, lust and desire, minimum wage, rock'n'roll days. This is the story of Les Gars. A brash trio, hailing from Toronto, Canada, which formed in February 2008. They write about what they know best. They will be playing a month-long residency at London’s Metro venue in July as well as anywhere else that will have them. EP “La Physique” available at shows and for download - produced by Brian Karscig from Louis XIV.

July

• Thursday 3rd – Dirty Boots club night Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes London
• Wednesday 9th – Metro London
• Wednesday 16th – Metro London
• Wednesday 23rd – Metro London
• Wednesday 30th – Metro London

August

• Monday 18th – Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh *
• Tuesday 19th – King Tut’s Glasgow *
• Wednesday 20th – Roadhouse Manchester*
• Monday 25th – Academy 2 Birmingham*
• Tuesday 26th – Hoxton Bar & Kitchen London*

September

• Friday 26th Proud Gallery London/Year Zero clubnight

*with Louis XIV

Tickets are priced £8.50 in advance bar London Hoxton Bar & Kitchen date £10. Metro residency shows are £5 in advance. Door time 7 p.m.

Check out the band at www.myspace.com/lesgars

THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE

Just Like Kicking Jesus (mini-album)
12 Tonar /‘a’ Records

This mini album of 5 songs (4 never released before) runs over 27 minutes and was recorded in Reykjavik . The first track of this release features the vocals of Icelandic artist & film maker Unnur Andrea Einarsdottir.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre has been somewhat of a musical commune for many respected musicians over the years, a band from the 1990’s that has spurned other great bands ever since. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Warlocks, The Silver Rockets, The Black Angels, The Ravenettes, The Dilettantes (to name a few) are all part of this musical family tree. Indeed, this is a band that has witnessed many incarnations since its inception in San Francisco in 1995.

Two dozen band members later and numerous “ups and downs” (some have been famously sensationalized in the media), the one thing that has always remained consistent for this psychedelic collective is front man Mr. Anton Alfred Newcombe. A man and artist many are eager to dismiss as obnoxious and unworthy of the attention he receives. Others however, deem him simply as vulnerable in this world he roams and hugely misunderstood whilst doing so.

The band play the following dates:

• June 2008
• 28th Portsmouth - Pyramids
• 29th UK - Glastonbury Festival
• 30th Stoke - Sugarmill
• July 2008
• 01st Manchester - Academy 2
• 02nd Northampton - Roadmenders
• 09th Birmingham - Academy 2
• 10th Nottingham - Rescue Rooms
• 11th Leeds - Cockpit
• 12th Dublin - Oxegen
• 13th Kinross - T in the Park
• 15th Barrow-in-Furness - The Canteen
• 16th London - Forum
  

Their debut album Flashes of Light was released on the band's own Liquid Len label in 2004, it's 2005 follow-up Apophenia saw the band genre-hopping with each track from dance to punk taking in a lot of other styles in between. Word spread on the underground and live music scene, culminating in the band signing to Line Out Records in 2006. A year later their song Your Obedient Servants came in at no.19 in journalist Mick Mercer's list of Top 30 Singles Of All Time in Record Collector, describing them as “...by far, the most inventive UK band to have got their hands caught in the Industrial threshing machine.” Empty Eyes / …But I'll Be Waiting is the first single to be taken from the band's ground-breaking new album Acedia which sees the band focusing on guitar-based music and is out now via Line Out Records/Code7 Distribution.

‘…oddly brilliant, like a goth metal Underworld’

Metal Hammer

‘An astonishing piece of music’

CoolNoise

The band's history has already seen them commissioned by Sony to supply two pieces of music to accompany downloadable clips for the Sony PSP. A tendency to swing wildly from one style to another whilst always being in control keeps History Of Guns fans on their feet. Confrontational, angry and bleak lyrically, the band also manage to be contrastingly touching and melodic without a hint of the pantomime that often comes with bands who consider themselves to be ‘dark’. The Acedia album is filled to the brim with a reasoned and intelligent nihilistic hatred that is both moving and darkly fascinating. A cruel, relentless work of experience, of feeling and of humanity.

“Working with History of Guns is terrifying and exhilarating. They leave no space for ego and refuse to compromise musically. Never scared to try something new, never afraid to risk scaring off the audience, which as yet they have failed to do. Truly captivating aural abuse.”

Bob Barker - Line Out Records.

www.historyofguns.com

With an impressive string of six releases behind them, nearly two million records sold worldwide and sharing stages with the likes of Blink 182, the Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age, the Örebro based quartet of vocalist/bassist Nikola Sarcevic, guitarists Erik Ohlsson and Mathias Färm and drummer Fredrik Larzon show with this album that they are on top of their game.

Machine 15, produced by Lou Giordano (Taking Back Sunday, Plain White T’s), has received rave reviews in the UK press; Kerrang called it an album full of “irresistible harmonies, crystal clear guitar and see-your-face-in-it production”, Rock Sound described it as “Chock-full of anthems, a record of great diversity”, while NME stated that ”Millencolin manage to rise above many pretenders”.

Machine 15 is out now on Burning Heart / Epitaph Records

Millencolin UK tourdates:

DATE CITY VENUE

23-Sep Birmingham Academy

24-Sep Bristol Academy

25-Sep London LA 2

26-Sep Portsmouth Wedgewood rooms

27-Sep Nottingham Rock City

28-Sep Manchester Academy 3

29-Sep Glasgow Garage

For more information visit:

http://www.millencolin.com/

http://www.myspace.com/millencolin

http://www.burningheart.com/

The Songwriters Hall of Fame held their annual induction ceremony last Thursday night in a star-studded event full of once-in-a-lifetime performances.

John Rzeznick of the Goo Goo Dolls received the Hal David Starlight Award for songwriters making a significant impact on the recording industry. The award was given by Paul Shaffer and Reznick went on to perform the Dolls' hit Slide. Rzeznik joins the prestigious company of Rob Thomas, Alicia Keys, John Mayer and John Legend as past recipients of the award.

Commenting on the award to Rzeznik, Hal David said, "John Rzeznik is well-deserving of the Starlight Award, not only shining as an outstanding, talented songwriter, but one with a unique vision. We are pleased to honour him with this prestigious award."

As songwriter for one of rock’s best-selling and most beloved bands, John Rzeznik has penned a series of chart-topping songs, beginning in 1995 with the No. 1 hits "Name," "Iris," and "Slide," followed by "Black Balloon," "Broadway," "Here is Gone," "Big Machine," "Sympathy," "Better Days," "Stay With You" and "Let Love In" -- setting a record for the most Top 10 hits in Hot AC Radio history in the U.S with 14 consecutive tracks. "Iris" spent nearly a year on Billboard’s airplay charts and 18 weeks at 1. "Slide" went to No. 1 in six different radio formats.

Goo Goo Dolls have recorded a brand new single which will be released on July 7th 2008 via iTunes. “Real” was recorded with producer Greg Wattenberg in the band’s new studio in Buffalo and is their first new song since the album “Let Love In” in 2006.

The band return to the UK in July for another headline tour as well as making an appearance at the O2 Wireless Festival in London’s Hyde Park.

JULY 2008

Sunday 6 London Hyde Park Wireless Festival (0844 847 2502)

Check out the band on www.myspace.com/googoodolls or www.googoodolls.com

Join the TMF On The Road before tu dive into the best metal festival in Sothern Italy... TOTAL METAL FESTIVAL!

***UK GOTH ROCK LEGENDS SET TO PLAY 2 SEPERATELY THEMED SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE CONCERTS JULY 12 & 13***

Seminal goth rock legends Fields Of The Nephilim follow their triumphant comeback, rammed-to-the-rafters sold-out London Astoria show in May 2007, with two back-to-back gigs at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire on July 12th and 13th.

Fields Of The Nephilim will play two separately themed concerts, with the night of Saturday, July 12th themed ‘Ad mortem’, while July 13th is billed as ‘Ad Vitam’. Rather than focusing, as it might seem, on the band’s early, and then late catalogue of music, the two shows present two different musical journeys about mood and setting rather than a chronological list of songs. Both nights will be filmed for a double CD / DVD release later in the year.

‘Expect something special on both nights’ promises Frontman Carl McCoy, continuing ‘These will be the only shows we will perform in the UK this year & should prove to be the highlight of the “Ceremonies” concerts of 2008. We have refrained from doing live shows just for the hell of it. All the ceremonies events have been placed & performed at significant times to celebrate & coincide with specific birth and death anniversaries relevant to the Nephilim.’

Originally formed in Hertfordshire in 1983, Fields Of The Nephilim swiftly became one of the biggest cult rock bands in the UK, producing a series of widely acclaimed and revered albums that remain among the most powerful and goth records ever made, not to mention a significant influence on numerous major figures in today’s metal scene, including HIM’s Ville Valo and Nevermore’s Warrel Dane.

Fields Of The Nephilim’s debut album ‘Dawnrazor’, crashed straight into the UK Independent charts at number one in May 1987, and the band’s second album, ‘The Nephilim’, not only topped the Indie chart in September 1988, but also charted at #14 in the national album charts. ‘Elizium’, Fields Of The Nephilim’s 3rd studio album, released in September 1990, peaked at number 22 in the national UK album chart.

Fields Of The Nephilim then imploded in 1991, and apart from an ill-fated reunion with the original line-up in 1998, went into hiatus until 2005, when Carl McCoy emerged with a brand new incarnation of the band and a brand new studio album, ‘Mourning Sun’.

On May 24th 2007 Fields Of The Nephilim played their first live show since 1991 at London’s Astoria, marking a new dawn for the band, who have already headlined a number of European festivals in 2008 and are currently working on new material, as they look towards their next album.

Tickets for Shepherds Bush Empire, priced £21 (plus booking fee) are available from ticketweb.co.uk or 0844 477 2000 / 0870 534 4444.

www.fields-of-the-nephilim.com

AVENGED SEVENFOLD

www.avengedsevenfold.com | www.myspace.com/avengedsevenfold

The limited edition single ‘Dear God’ released on July 14th

“It rocks” – Classic Rock

“Some of the most intelligent, heart-in-mouth metal around… A great album” – NME

“Their anthem-filled fourth album’s brazen swagger may prove irresistible” – Q

Last Man Down hit the road in July and you can catch them live on the following dates :

2nd – M Club, Crewe / 18th – Ruby Lounge, Manchester / 25th – Winnington Rec, Northwich / 27th – The Hollybush, Birmingham / 30th – M Club, Crewe

"Killing Time" is release on Karate Kid Records.

www.myspace.com/lastmandownofficial

THE BLACKOUT

Sleep All Day. Party All Night Tour

The Blackout have just announced their next headline tour for October 2008. Support will come from America’s, From First To Last.

This will be the Welsh boys biggest headline tour to date and will follow a series of high profile shows with Linkin Park in Europe and festival appearances including headlining the Rocksound stage at Guilfest on July 6th and T In The Park 12th July.

The Blackout will also be releasing an exclusive brand new track (title TBC) on 18th August via Itunes.

Full tour dates below:

October

Wednesday 1st – Brighton Concorde 2 – 01273 673 311

Thursday 2nd – Exeter Lemon Grove – 001392 263 518

Friday 3rd – Birmingham Irish Rooms – 0121 633 3964

Saturday 4th – Manchester Academy 2 – 0161 832 1111

Sunday 5th – Glasgow QMU – 0844 4999 990

Tuesday 7th Dublin Academy (18+ unless accompanied by an adult)

Wednesday 8th – Newcastle University – 0191 263 5000

Thursday 9th – Sheffield Leadmill – 0870 010 4555

Friday 10th – London Astoria – 0871 231 0821

Sunday 12th – Bristol Bierkeller – 0117 926 8514

24 Hour CC Hotline: 0871 2200 260

or buy online: www.gigsandtours.com

All shows are all ages except for Dublin (18+)

All regional shows are £11 in advance except London which are £13.

www.myspace.com/theblackout

INNERPARTYSYSTEM ANNOUNCE APPEARANCE AT PROJEKT REVOLUTION!
‘DON’T STOP’ SINGLE RELEASED JUNE 30th
(Island/Fallout Records)

www.myspace.com/innerpartysystem | www.innerpartysystem.com

Alongside their appearance at Projekt Revolution, the Pennsylvanian quartet are also confirmed to play the following dates including a set at the Wireless Festival, where they will appear on the Tuborg Stage.

June
23rd Wolverhampton Little Civic
24th Southhampton Joiners
26th Liverpool Barfly
27th Swansea Club NME Sin City
29TH Milton Keynes The Bowl (Projekt Revolution with Linkin Park)
30th Cardiff Barfly
July
1st Glasgow Barfly
3rd London The Scala
4th London Club NME Koko
5th London Wireless Festival

The band's utterly infectious debut UK single 'Don't Stop' will be released on 30th June through Fallout Records to be followed by an album in September.

JOHNNY TRUANT

HEADLINE TOUR ANNOUCED

“…underrated Brighton quintet Johnny Truant could finally find their bullish, brawny metalcore in vogue” Q magazine

“Technically outstanding and sonically devastating, theirs is a set of undeniable metal authority” Kerrang!

“…another brutal metallic assault even more twisted, bitter and distorted…”

Rocksound

"The brightest lights shining on the UK metal scene right now"
Metal Hammer

Johnny Truant just played one of their most intense and brutal shows to date at the Download festival, Donnington this weekend. Aside from ripping the earholes of everyone who watched their performance, Alan Johnny Truant thrashed all the guitar heroes contenders on Fearne & Reggies Radio 1 show. He managed to play ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ on expert without a single fault causing them to think he was possessed by some superior force. Sounds about right.

Come and see this demonic behaviour on their headline tour where they visit every town, city and village over the next few months.

HEADLINE UK TOUR

Sun 29th June - RIO'S - LEEDS - UK (GHOSTFEST)
Tues 1st July – THE DOLL HOUSE – ABERTILLERY

Wed 2nd July- IFOR BACH- CARDIFF
Thurs 3rd July – THE CROFT - BRISTOL
Fri 4th July– MR C'S - POOLE
Sat 5th July– THE ORANGE BOX - YEOVIL
Mon 7th July– THE CAVERN - EXETER
Tues 8th July– THE WHITE RABBIT - PLYMOUTH
Thurs 10th July– THE CLIPPER BAR - CAMBOURNE

Fri 11th July - THE SQUARE- HARLOW
Sat 12th July– THE STUDENT UNION - LUTON
Sun 13th July– THE JOINERS - SOUTHAMPTON
Mon 14th July– THE FACE BAR - READING

Wed 16th July– THE PITZ – MILTON KEYNES
Thurs 17th July– QUEEN CHARLOTTE - NORWICH
Fri 18th July– THE BARFLY- CAMBRIDGE

Sat 19th July - ROCK CITY- NOTTINGHAM
Sun 20th July– THE SUGARMILL - STOKE
Mon 21st July– VICTORIA INN - DERBY
Tues 22nd July– CENTRAL STATION - WREXHAM

Thurs 24th July– THE CORPORATION- SHEFFIELD
Fri 25th July– THE PARK - PETERBROUGH
Sat 26th July– BRICKYARD - CARLISLE

Sun 27th July– KINGS TUTS- GLASGOW
Wed 30th July– ACADEMY - OXFORD

Thurs 31st July– WATER RATS- LONDON

Mon 4 August Plaguefest - Barfly - Birmingham
Thurs 7th August- ENGINE ROOMS- BRIGHTON
Fri 8th August– WESTEND CENTRE – ALDERSHOT

Sat 9th August- Rip Curl Boardmasters ‘Unleashed’, Watergate Bay, Nr Newquay

Support comes from Throats 1-12th July and Blackhole 12th- 31st July

JOHNNY TRUANT’S album ‘NO TEARS FOR THE CREATURES’ is out now via UNITED BY FATE RECORDS.

"The Crüe is back..... and they're grimier than ever" (USA -- ROLLING STONE, MAY 2008)

Be warned! Just when you thought it was safe to come out of the house, the world’s most notorious hard rock band is back, and the story isn't a pretty one, but this time it has a happy ending. No band has consumed as many drugs and downed as much booze without dying as L.A's Mötley Crüe. The Crüe return with “Saints Of Los Angeles”, their first new album with all four original members (Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars, Tommy Lee and Vince Neil) in over a decade and the ninth studio album of their career. Loosely, based on the band’s autobiographical events with very personal lyrics, the revealing album offers tremendous insight into the lives of the rebellious leaders of the "L.A. Sleaze Rock" movement. The band that defines the L.A. rock scene delivers the soundtrack to that experience inspired by their New York Times best-seller and the must read book, “The Dirt.”

The new Mötley Records album will be released exclusively by Eleven Seven Music and is described by chief songwriter Sixx as, "a tale of dirty needles, damaged minds, music industry battles and a whole lotta sex based on our stories from The Dirt." The band's 2001 autobiography is currently being developed as a major motion picture. The band’s first lead single and video “Saints Of Los Angeles” is already top 5 at Rock stations in the USA and Canada. The single was initially released by Rock Band, the video game series selling 5 x as many digital downloads vs. iTunes in this new platform. Watch this space for a UK release.

Coinciding with the release of Saints Of Los Angeles, Mötley Crüe announced their first annual Crüe Fest 2008, headlining their own version of the Next Great American Rock Festival. The inaugural tour also features Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Sixx:A.M. and trapt. The forty-city tour kicks off July 1 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Watch this space for news on Motley Crue heading to the UK later this year.

Check out the band’s website www.motley.com

MISSIONMETALLICA.COM ENABLES FANS TO EXPERIENCE THE BAND’S UPCOMING ALBUM BEFORE IT’S DONE VIA EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ALL SUMMER LONG!

June 2008 — In what promises to be an exciting and innovative interactive experience for fans of Metallica, the band has announced it will launch a brand-new website, Mission Metallica (www.missionmetallica.com), which offers users a unique, ground-breaking look-in on the making of Metallica’s upcoming ninth studio album, which the band began recording last year with producer Rick Rubin.

Rather than wait until the album’s fall release date, fans will be able to access a special-edition version of the album before it comes out by joining missionmetallica.com. Set to launch on June 3rd in the UK, the website will feature a treasure trove of exclusive content, including the low-down from the band members themselves about their progress in the studio via fly-on-the-wall video footage, audio of riffs and excerpts of new songs, exclusive new and never-before-seen archival photos from the studio, plus the chance to win tickets and meet-and-greet passes to Metallica’s live concert events this summer. All of this content is absolutely free.

And if that free content isn’t enough, fans can also join Mission: Metallica Platinum, which gains users access, high-quality digital album downloads delivered at midnight on release date, the physical album CD, plus complete downloads of classic live shows, exceedingly more fly-on-the-wall studio footage, loads of additional photos, and ringtones of riffs from the new album. In addition, Platinum members will be able to enter exclusive contests with the chance to win airfare, hotel, concert tickets, and meet-and-greet passes to Metallica’s headlining performances at this year’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Ozzfest, and the U.K.’s Reading Festival, as well as a special album listening party at the band’s Northern California headquarters.

Access to missionmetallica.com will begin on May 27th in the US, followed by other territories. The album + web content packages will be made available in the following six configurations:

· MISSION: METALLICA. Includes fly-on-the-wall footage, riffs and excerpts, new and archival photos, unique live tracks, audio and video blog postings, plus the chance to win concert tickets and backstage passes. Cost: FREE.

· HIGH-QUALITY DIGITAL ALBUM DOWNLOAD. Package includes a digital version of the album at 320 KBIT/S, which is a better sound quality than what is available through most digital retailers. Users can pre-order the album download, delivered at midnight on street date.

· PHYSICAL CD. Package includes the physical CD, plus shipping.

· LIMITED EDITION: FIVE VINYL LP BOXED SET. Limited-edition package includes a boxed set of five LP’s, each pressed on 180-gram, 45 rpm vinyl, with five individual sleeves.

· HIGH-QUALITY DIGITAL ALBUM DOWNLOAD + MISSION: METALLICA PLATINUM. Package includes high-quality, 320 KBIT/S digital version of the album, delivered at midnight on street date, plus Platinum Mission: Metallica Experience.

· PHYSICAL CD + MISSION: METALLICA PLATINUM. Package includes the physical CD, plus shipping, plus Platinum Mission: Metallica Experience.

· LIMITED EDITION: FIVE VINYL LP BOXED SET + PHYSICAL CD + MISSION: METALLICA PLATINUM. Limited-edition package includes a boxed set of five LP’s, each pressed on 180-gram, 45 rpm vinyl, with five individual sleeves, the physical CD, the Platinum Mission: Metallica Experience.

· LIMITED EDITION: FIVE VINYL LP BOXED SET + MISSION: METALLICA PLATINUM. Limited-edition package includes a boxed set of five LP’s, each pressed on 180-gram, 45 rpm vinyl, with five individual sleeves, the Platinum Mission: Metallica Experience

The album, whose title will be announced on missionmetallica.com, will be released by Vertigo Records this autumn. It is Metallica’s first studio album since 2003’s multi-platinum St. Anger, which hit No. 1 in 30 countries and has sold nearly six million copies worldwide.

Formed in Los Angeles in 1981 by drummer Lars Ulrich and rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, Metallica has become one of the most influential and commercially successful rock bands in history, having sold nearly 100 million albums worldwide and playing to millions of fans the world over. They have garnered numerous awards and accolades, including seven Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, and three MTV Video Music Awards.

In addition, their 1991 album, Metallica has been awarded the prestigious "Diamond Award" from the Recording Industry Association of America, given to those albums with U.S. sales of 10 million or more.

www.metallica.com

The full line-up of acts performing at GuilFest 2008, which takes place at Stoke Park on 4/5/6 July 2008 is almost complete. An unbelievably eclectic mix of some of the best performers from around the world will grace the seven stages of live music, whilst comedy, theatre, rock discos, barn dances, Open Mic sessions, the Fabulous KidZone and loads else bring even more variety to this national award winning event. (UK family festival of the year 2006 – UK Festival Awards)

The line-up for the Main Stage sponsored by Commercial Radio will feature headliners Levellers on Friday, Blondie on Saturday, and The Australian Pink Floyd Show on Sunday. Specials Guests are Carbon/Silicon, on Friday, Kula Shaker on Saturday and From The Jam on Sunday. The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Dodgy, Cerys Matthews, The Damned and a host of other fantastic acts will also grace the main stage this year. Latest Additions to this stage include rising star singer Wallis Bird, Yorkshire indie rockres Little Man Tate, power-metal rockers, Never The Bride and Germany’s finest home grown rock band, The Boss Hoss!

For the first time ever we welcome Italian superstar Zucchero to the main stage at Stoke Park. A legend throughout the continent who has sold over 25 milllion albums (and the only artist ever to have had 3 number 1s in 3 different languages) Zucchero’s list of work colleagues reads like a who’s who of international music stardom with Sting, Bono, Paul Young, Eric Clapton, Luciano Pavarotti and Miles Davis all having made recordings with him.

The 'Almighty Rock Choir is back for the 2nd year at GuilFest- offering an awesome and dynamic show with 300 singers on the Main Stage both on the Saturday and Sunday - hundreds more than last year! With up-beat pop, gospel and motown songs, Rock Choir has firmly established itself in the South East as a unique singing sensation allowing anyone at any standard to become part of the choir. Rock Choirs are based in Farnham, Guildford and Godalming and, from September '08, in Chobham, Weybridge and Esher. With a huge fan base and a run of sell-out shows, Rock Choir consists of children, teenagers and adults from Surrey and Hampshire who are trained weekly leading to a variety of shows and events.

Ents24 have returned this year to sponsor the second stage – which this year features possibly it’s strongest line-up ever with Freak Power, Bowling for soup, and British Sea Power headlining over the three days, supported by System 7, The Aliens, and Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong. Also playing on the stage will be Royworld, The Egg, Richie Havens, Dreadzone, Seth Lakeman and Simon Friend to name but a few!

As special guests on Sunday afternoon, GuilFest is delighted to have Les McKeown’s Legendary Bay City Rollers performing on the Ents24 stage. So dust off your tartan scarves and shang-a-lang with us!

The immensely popular RockSound Cave this year features the incredible 65DaysofStatic, Fightstar, and The Blackout leading an absolutely stellar line-up of rock bands including Senser, Devil Sold His Soul and Ghost of a Thousand amongst many others.

The Funky End stage features some of the top DJs in the world. Goa Trance being delivered by psychedelic legend Hallucinogen; Breaks covered by Krafty Kuts, with the best in house music performed on 6 decks by X - Press 2. All supported by a fantastic range of DJs – Including Japan’s DJ Kana playing us upfront trance and Far Too Loud giving us their unique flavour of breaks.

Elsewhere on the site we have the return of the eFestivals Comedy Tent, featuring Howard Marks, Robin Ince, Wayne Deakin, Danny Buckler and various other comedians from the UK circuit; The Man in the Moon Theatre Tent also returns this year with more performances by loads of different theatre companies than ever before; The Acoustic lounge is back – featuring Open Mic sessions – so come along and bring you instruments – anyone can play!

The UnisonZone returns once again, providing a packed programme of activities including a talk from famous politician Tony Benn, guest performances from Dodgy, Sonic Boom Six, Kizmit, Wellalive, and the unsigned heroes live sessions. There will be much more else going on here – Check the tent out for details!

Later on, when the main stages begin to close, we have plenty more entertainment planned for all the night-owls out there! Head to the Rock Disco for some classic Rock dancing shenanigans; grab your partner and come on down for a bit of “YeeHaa” and “Dosey-Do” at Farmer Giles Barn Dance; go to the Funky End for some late night blips and beeps; or just wander in to the acoustic lounge for our late night singalongs!

As if that wasn’t enough! Our KidZone returns again this year, featuring more fun and games than ever before, with circus performances, face painting, fun rides, a kids procession and all kinds of activities to keep the little ones entertained. The EA games area is also back this year with the latest in video game technology for you to enjoy. We even have our very own David Beckham Soccer Academy – offering free coaching sessions from professional coaches to children between the ages of 5 and 15, quiz activities and even a football free-styler performing skills and tricks around the site.

All this combined with The Surrey Advertiser and Andertons Liveclub stages, featuring the best in unsigned talent from the local areas and beyond, one of the most laid back and friendly vibes at any festival, impromptu street performances, food and drink from around the world, great stalls, cocktail bars, The Pimms Bus and our MASSIVE 150’ bar. We even have Guildford Lido for outdoor swimming and showers, and Guildford Spectrum leisure centre for indoor swimming and various other activities right next door!

NEW FOR 2008 – Campsite opens @ 10am Thursday morning, main site opens 10am Friday Morning. Make sure you’re in the campsite on Thursday night for our bar and disco featuring performances from Local Bands!

So for fun in the sun this July, get down to GuilFest.

Tickets are still available – Buy now to avoid disappointment at:-

http://www.guilfest.co.uk or call 08714240050

FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND

Funeral For A Friend release 'Waterfront Dance Club / Beneath The Burning Tree' double A-side single on July 14th 2008 via Join Us Records

Three gold selling albums. Nine Top 20 singles. Half a decade of global touring taking in Singapore, Thailand, Australasia, Japan, America and every corner of Europe. Twenty plus magazine front covers. FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND are truly a phenomenon.

And in 2008 they are embarking on the greatest part of their adventure yet. They have formed their very own record label, the bullishly titled Join Us Records. Funded by Ingenious Music and built on Integral's (a division of PIAS) formidable infrastructure, this is a move that has energised and excited the Welsh quintet in equal measure.

"We were fortunate to be on a major label for the past five years," says bassist Gareth Davies, "Now we are in a great position to take the time investment that they have already put into us, and walk away, and start afresh, with a clean slate and with the fanbase already in place. This is a great stepping stone for us."

'Waterfront Dance Club' and 'Beneath The Burning Tree' will be Funeral For A Friend's fans first chance to hear the newly invigorated band's current sound. Drawing fire from the muscular intensity of their earlier material and melding it seamlessly to the melodic intelligence of latter albums 'Hours' and 'Tales Don't Tell Themselves', this new material shows the band to be as incisively relevant as ever. WDC will be available as a free download from July 14 and both tracks will grace a limited edition 7" from
the same date.

Now with their own hands at the tiller, FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND look destined to add another scintillating chapter to their incredible story.

Catch the guys at one of their following UK dates:

Jun 28 - Woodstock, WAKESTOCK FESTIVAL
Jun 30 - Manchester, Academy 3
Jul 1 - Glasgow, King Tuts
Jul 2 - London, Kings College
Jul 4 - Newport, TJ's
Jul 5 - Abersoch, WAKESTOCK FESTIVAL
Jul 6 - Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, ZOO THOUSAND & EIGHT FESTIVAL


** 3 Gold Selling Albums in the UK... new album entered UK Charts at #3 **
** 9 Smash Hit Singles **
** 20 Front Covers **
** Winner of BT Digital Artist Of The Year 2007

In 2003, guitarist Daniel Sproul, his bassist brother Jacob and drummer friend Nathan Barnes began practicing in the basement of the house on Rose Hill Drive in Boulder, CO, that the Sproul brothers grew up in. The house had been taken over by the boys and their friends, the band was loud, and it was not long before the neighbours took up a petition to kick them out of the neighbourhood.

The band headed out on the road, where they quickly built an underground fan base with thrilling live shows, lyrics that connect and a completely earnest approach. This organic and grass roots process has let the fans and then the music business come to them. It's very important to the band that it happened in that order - music first, business later.

Choosing to sign with Megaforce Records, the band went back into the studio in January 2006 to record their self-titled debut album -- written by all three band members, produced by Rose Hill Drive and Nick DiDia and recorded at Southern Tracks in Atlanta, Georgia. The album was released in August 2006.

After generating great reviews and building an even bigger fan base around the world, 2007 proved to be a major step forward for Rose Hill Drive. They were honoured to play with some of their biggest idols. The boys did a string of dates opening for The Who in 2007 and they were even joined on stage in Chicago by none other than Pete Townshend, who jammed on The Who classic “Young Man Blues” and Rose Hill Drive's very own “Raise Your Hands.” Then, Rolling Stone named them "One of the Top 10 Artists to Watch" in 2007.

After months of relentless touring, hard work and travel around the Universe, Rose Hill Drive returned home to Boulder, CO to write and record their second album, Moon is the new Earth. The new album represents the intense “live” feeling of their show and showcases some the band’s finest songwriting. 12 songs run the gamut of emotions from the head-spinning “Sneak Out” to the muscle-bound “Trans Am” to the tongue-in-cheek “Do You Wanna Get High?” It’s an album that is shaped by an organic nature and is a clear record of their maturity, life experiences and musical explorations. Moon is the new Earth unveils the sound that is Rose Hill Drive.

“Recorded in our hometown in our favourite studio with our favourite people, this music bears our most authentic signature of anything we have created so far. To have made an album like this with my brother and my best friend has been a dream come true,” says Jake.