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WILL HAVEN TREAT FANS TO NEW E-CARD !!!
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Sacramento metal-heroes Will Haven release their new album 'Hierophant' on June 18th through Bieler Bros. Records.

To give fans a taster of their new material they have released a new e-card....Check it out !!!

http://bielerbros.com/media/will_haven/ecard/WillHaven-Ecard-UK.html


Heralded by band guitarist Jeff Irwin as "By far the best stuff we have ever done," and featuring production by Shaun Lopez(Far/ Revolution Smile) and Deftones' vocalist Chino Moreno, 'Hierophant' will be Will Haven's first release since 2001's critically acclaimed 'Carpe Diem'.

Following the release of 'Carpe Diem', Will Haven seemed primed for the big time as the band headlined venues throughout the United States and Europe, adorned metal magazine covers and were tagged 'Saviours Of Rock Music' by UK music-press powerhouse 'Kerrang!'.

Then, without warning the band announced they would be going on indefinite hiatus. That hiatus would last until 2006 when amidst much speculation Will Haven returned with a co-headline tour of the UK with Crowbar and a subsequent record deal with fast rising indie label Bieler Bros. Records.

With a re-engergized and creative outlook the band went back into the studio with longtime friends and collaborators, Deftones frontman Chino Moreno and producer Shaun Lopez (Deftones, Far) to create the highly anticipated album HEIROPHANT.

Those who have heard the new material are predicting this recording will change heavy music as we know it.  A big reason for this groundbreaking sound is the addition of frontman Jeff Jaworski, of the respected punk band, Red Tape, who joined the band to replace original vocalist, Grady Avenell.  Avenell left the group amicably to focus on family and Jaworski was the natural choice to replace him, as "he has been in the 'family' for so long," according to Irwin.

The band have just completed a successful European tour, are about to hit the US with The Deftones and will also be appearing at major international festivals in the summer.

With a new album, new energy, and a label squarely behind them, the band is ready to give fans of music something they have never experienced before......open your ears, your mind and hold on to your seats!!!

'Hierophant' album is released on June 18 through Bieler Bros. Records.

http://www.myspace.com/willhaven43

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CHARGER - SPILLING THEIR GUTS AROUND THE UK - THIS WEEKEND !!
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Back with a vengeance to celebrate the release of their long awaited second full-length album 'Spill Your Guts' - Charger hit the road this weekend across the UK!

'Spill Your Guts' sees the Stoke monsters return to their original and spiritual home - Undergroove Records - and will be released on Monday May 28. It was released digitally on i-tunes this week!

Already gaining amazing press  (4/5 Kerrang!, 9/10 Rock Sound) 'Spill Your Guts' is the first album to feature new vocalist Ives.

The tour also sees the band welcome new axeman Danny Unett (formally of The Last Drop - Rise Above Records) - who replaces Jim Palmer who quit the band for a "quieter life".

Support on all shows comes from Strain with fellow Undergroove Records crew The Mirimar Disaster joining the fun in London.

Catch the quintet at the following venues:

MAY
Redhill Harlequin w/ Strain 26
London Tufnell Park Dome w/ Strain & The Mirimar Disaster 27
Southampton Joiners w/Strain 28
Newquay Barracuda Bar w/ Strain 29
Manchester The Attic w/ Strain 30
Stoke-On-Trent - The Glebe 31

JUNE
Nottingham Junktion 7 w/ Strain 1
Leeds Rios w/ Strain 2
Glasgow Barfly w/ Strain 3

www.myspace.com/charger
www.undergroove.co.uk

The Ripps

New Single ‘Holiday’

Released June 11th on Catskills Records

www.myspace.com/theripps

"Two sons of refugees from General Pinochet's Chile plus a fox-like lady, they hail from Coventry, drive a van called Shelia and play a heady brew of Supergrass-ish ska-popjammed through a glam-rock filter" NME 17th March 2007

‘Guaranteed to lift the sides of your mouth into a firm grin’ Rocksound

‘’Raucous, rakish & addictive’ The Sun

Coventry upstarts The Ripps release a brand new single ‘Holiday’ through Catskills on 11th June. An unabashed pop anthem, ‘Holiday’ is a sorry, tongue in cheek tale of alcoholic misadventure taken from their uproarious debut album ‘Long Live The Ripps’. Here’s singer Patch on the tune: “It’s our escapist anthem. It’s our hangover song, an anecdotal tale of debauchery. Going out on a school night with the knowledge that you’ve got work the next day and that moment of realisation halfway through the evening when its too late to turn back!”

The Ripps sound is fast, furious and - hello! - FUN; punk power pop effusive as early Supergrass, but with an outsider edge that makes them a welcome antidote to their immediate contemporaries heavy handed lad rock.

The trio originally got together in their mid teens in the autumn of 2003, through a shared love of late ‘70’s legends such as The Clash, Buzzcocks, Rezillos, Jonathan Richman. Pixies & Blur feature too, as well more subtle influences like The B-52's & The Shangri-la's - and of course the city of Coventry itself - the lyrics and astonishing energy of The Ripps is fuelled, in part, by their own love/hate relationship with their hometown.

Que Vivan Los Ripps!

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RICKIE LEE JONES Adds More UK Dates

“This was Jones as high priestess and art-rocker”   “Having transported the audience, in Van Morrison’s phrase, into the mystic, Jones returned to earth to perform a spellbinding reading of Coolsville” – Mick Brown, Daily Telegraph
“The American Star trumped all previous incarnations” “Her performance reached a cathartic pitch rarely seen on stage”  - David Sinclair,The Times

Following amazing reviews for her sold out Jazz Cafe shows in April, Rickie Lee Jones adds 3 more UK dates to her European tour.  The shows will be in July – 18th in Birmingham, 19th London and she will perform at the Latitude Festival in Suffolk on 14th July.  Full details below.

The set will feature a mixture of old and new material, including some of the older songs played solo on the piano, followed by most of the new album performed with the band.  The musicians are - musical director Peter Atanasoff on guitar and vox - who was also one of the two other writers on Sermon, alongside Lee Cantelon, with Rickie; long time band member Joey Maramba - bass and vox and Pete McNeil on drums.

Full Details are:-

Date                Town              Venue                                     Box Office                 Price               Doors

14th July         Suffolk            Latitude Festival                                                        £45 (one day)
18th July         Birmingham   Glee Club                               0870 241 5093         £23                 7.30pm
19th July         London           Queen Elizabeth Hall            0871 663 2500         £25                 7.30pm
                                   
Birmingham www.glee.co.uk 0870 241 5093 and London www.southbankcentre.co.uk - Credit card: 0870 264 3333 online www.seetickets.com.    For more info on Latitude Festival (12th-15th June) go to http://www.latitudefestival.co.uk/

Rickie Lee Jones recently finished the first European leg of her tour and she is currently preparing for more US dates in support of her current album The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard.  The UK press have said about the album – “her best work in three decades” Uncut (March 07) -  “her most accessible album in a long time” – Sunday Times Culture Section (Feb 07); “that voice…..it’s utterly revelatory, bringing out the angel in Miss Jones” (The Word March 07); “here are 13 reasons to fall in love with Rickie again” (The Sun Feb 07).

23rd May 2007

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STRAIN RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM & SUPPORT CHARGER ON TOUR THIS MONTH !!!
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"This band could seriously challenge to be true rulers. It is that good". 8 /10 Metal Hammer
"Sounding like the bastard lovechild of Sabbath and Pantera..." 7/10 Rock Sound

STRAIN release their self titled debut album on May 28 via Total Impact Records.

Coming on like a groove fuelled bulldozer, Bolton metallers STRAIN are all about the METAL !

Think Down... think Black Label Society... think Pantera... think Machine Head, and you'll be in the right frame of mind for this band's brutal riff-fest.

Having already toured with the likes of Raging Speedhorn, Orange Goblin, Head-on and Mendeed (to name but a few), the band recorded their debut album with respected producer Mark Daghorn (Cradle of Filth, Marillion and Robin Trower) in late 2006.

Released on Total Impact Records on May 28 the self titled opus is a real statement of intent. All whipcrack guitars, immense rhythms and vitriol soaked vocals, it showcases a band on the ascendancy.

It is time for people to sit up and recognise STRAIN as the old school, straight up, balls out metal band they are !

In support of the release of their album the band head out on the road this month for a string of dates, including a number of shows supporting Charger.

Catch them at one of the following shows:

May 25 Bolton, Alma Inn ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY
May 26th Redhill, Harlequin w/Charger
May 27th London, Tuffnell Park Dome w/Charger
May 28th Southampton, Joiners w/Charger
May 29th Newquay, Barcuda Club w/Charger
May 30th Manchester, The Attic w/Charger
May 31st Wakefield, The Snooty Fox
June 1st Nottingham, Junction 7 w/Charger
June 2nd Leeds, Rios w/Charger
June 3rd Glasgow, Barfly w/Charger
June 14th Northampton, Sawyers
June 17th Wigan, Haigh Hall Festival
June 28th Nottingham Junction 7
July 1st Bolton, Live Music & Drinking Festival
July 5th Manchester Grand Central
July 29th London, Dome The Rockoff Festival London

www.myspace.com/strainmetal

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ELLIOT MINOR CONFIRMED FOR DOWNLOAD & ANNOUNCE MORE UK DATES !!!
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"This band are about as exciting as new bands come. 2007 is gonna be a massive year for these boys from York" Kerrang TV
"It's sugar sweet but packs a meaty punch" Metal Hammer
"...sounds akin to Something Corporate on steroids" Rock Sound

Flush with the success of their debut single 'Parallel Worlds' (charted at number 31!), corrupted ex-York Minster choristers ELLIOT MINOR have just confirmed they'll be playing The Dimebag Darrell Stage at the Download Festival (Saturday) and have added more UK shows to their tour, some of which have already sold out!!

Currently finishing the mixing of their debut album (due for release this summer) the guys have already lined up their next single, for release on July 23. Entitled 'Jessica' it is about, and dedicated to, Ms Jessica Alba!!

Debut single 'Parallel Worlds' received a fantastic response entering the charts at 31 and staying in the Top 100 for 4 weeks (ahead of both Muse and Nine Inch Nails who also had singles out the same week).

Still in the Top 150, it's sold over 10,000 copies (CD, 7" Picture Disc, 7" in a sleeve and downloads) to date. Not bad for a debut release!

It's accompanying video, after 3 months, is still in the Top 10 videos of Kerrang, The Box and MTV2!!

Catch these rockers live show at one of the following dates:

Sat May 19  Leeds, The Cockpit
Thr May 24 High Wycombe Student Union
Sat May 26 Liverpool Carling Academy
Fri June 1 Bristol Carling Academy
Sat June 2 Leicester, The Charlotte
Sun June 3  Middlesbroug h Free Festival
Thr June 14 Glasgow, The Cathouse
Thr June 21 Brighton, Pressure Point
Fri June 22 London Islington Carling Academy
Sat June 23 Birmingham Carling Academy
Thr June 28 Derby, The Venue
Fri June 29 Manchester Academy
Sat June 30 Newcastle Carling Academy
Thr July 5 Cardiff Barfly
Fri July 6 Reading, Fez Club
Sat July 7 Southampton Joiners
Thr July 12 Stockton-on- Tees, The Arc
Fri July 13 Nottingham Rock City
Sat July 14 Peterborough Metropolis Lounge
Fri July 20 York Fibbers
Sat July 21 Stoke Sugarmill
Thr July 26 Norwich Arts Centre
Fri July 27 Wolverhampton Civic Bar
Sat July 28 Sheffield Leadmill Steel Stage

Keep an eye on www.myspace.com/elliotminor for new webisodes and updates!

BOWLING FOR SOUP COME OUT!

New single “I’m Gay” released June 11th

Band:

Jaret Reddick - Vocals, Guitar       Chris Burney - Guitar, Vocals      Erik Chandler - Bass, Vocals     Gary Wiseman - Drums

Bowling For Soup release the second track from their latest album “The Great Burrito Extortion Case” on June 11th. “I’m Gay” is released through A&G Records and is available on vinyl and CD.

“The gayest record to come out for quite some time” - Kerrang

With radio and TV awash with “Emo” bands singing of teen angst and po-faced rock stars trying to save the world, it’s time to put some straightforward FUN back into music…and who better to do that than four larger than life men from Dallas who are second to none when it comes to super-catchy, upbeat pop-punk that you can’t resist singing along to.

The accompanying video is the first time the Texans’ infamous live show has been captured on film. Recorded at the Hammersmith Palais gig on the band’s sold out Get Happy Tour in February, the clip perfectly documents the all-out party that is a Bowling For Soup live performance. The band’s loyal fans are an integral part of the show and many of audience members that night will be able to spot themselves in the video.

Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff announced for GuilFest.

GuilFest is delighted to announce that the legendary Jamaican reggae musician Jimmy Cliff will be joining their fantastic line up on the BBC Radio2 main stage on Sat 14th July.  Best known for his hits ‘Wonderful World and Beautiful People’ as well as his definitive versions of ‘Wild World’ and ‘I Can See Clearly Now’, this seminal performer recently collaborated with a roll call of admiring peers, including Annie Lennox and Sting, for his ‘Fantastic Plastic People’ album.  This is a great result for GuilFest who have also confirmed another Jamaican reggae legend Toots and The Maytals to perform on the Sunday.

Supergrass, The Ordinary Boys, Rodrigo Y Gabriela and The Hold Steady are confirmed for the main stage on the Friday.  In addition to Squeeze and Morcheeba, Saturday’s line-up on the main stage will feature Captain, Crazy P and the spectacular Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra.  New for the main stage line-up on the Sunday are The Dub Pistols, (featuring Terry Hall of The Specials fame), closing the main stage on the Sunday night will be The Magic Numbers and the nutty boys of ska Madness.

The Ents24 stage will feature performances by The Saw Doctors, Fairport Convention legend Richard Thompson and the one and only Uriah Heep.  This year the Ents24 stage has confirmed more critically acclaimed singer songwriters than ever before, with Ross Copperman, Damien Dempsey and The Levellers’ Simon Friend all set to play. More artists are sure to be added to this exciting and growing line up.

The massively popular RockSound stage is heaving with cutting-edge alternative rockers, such as My Vitriol, Reuben, Your Code Name Is: Milo, Zico Chain, Pull Tiger Tail and Orange Goblin all confirmed, with more acts due to be announced shortly.

The eFestivals Cosmic Comedy Tent will return with a fantastic line-up of side-splitting comics; watch this space for news….

So from Reggae to Rock to Rachmaninov, the UK’s Best Family Festival is looking more exciting and eclectic than ever.

Tickets are still available but are selling fast.

For tickets and information please visit www.guilfest.co.uk or call our ticket hotline on 08714 240050.

***JIMMY CLIFF, THE DUB PISTOLS, THE HOLD STEADY,  GHOSTS, SANDI THOM, DAMIEN DEMPSEY, NEWTON FAULKNER & MORE ADDED TO GUILFEST BILL JULY 13/14/15 2007 ***

GuilFest is delighted to announce that the legendary Jamaican reggae musician Jimmy Cliff will be joining their fantastic line up on the BBC Radio2 main stage on Sat 14th July.  Best known for his hits ‘Wonderful World and Beautiful People’ as well as his definitive versions of ‘Wild World’ and ‘I Can See Clearly Now’, this seminal performer recently collaborated with a roll call of admiring peers, including Annie Lennox and Sting, for his ‘Fantastic Plastic People’ album.  This is a great result for GuilFest who have also confirmed another Jamaican reggae legend Toots and The Maytals to perform on the Sunday.

Supergrass, The Ordinary Boys, Rodrigo Y Gabriela and The Hold Steady are confirmed for the main stage on the Friday.  In addition to Squeeze and Morcheeba, Saturday’s line-up on the main stage will feature Captain, Crazy P and the spectacular Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra.  New for the main stage line-up on the Sunday are The Dub Pistols, (featuring Terry Hall of The Specials fame); closing the main stage on the Sunday night will be The Magic Numbers and the nutty boys of ska Madness.

The Ents24 stage will feature performances by The Saw Doctors, Fairport Convention legend Richard Thompson and the one and only Uriah Heep.  This year the Ents24 stage has confirmed more critically acclaimed singer songwriters than ever before, with Ross Copperman, Damien Dempsey and The Levellers’ Simon Friend all set to play. More artists are soon to be added to this exciting and growing line up.

The massively popular RockSound stage is heaving with cutting-edge alternative rockers, such as My Vitriol, Reuben, Your Code Name Is: Milo, Zico Chain, Pull Tiger Tail and Orange Goblin all confirmed, with more acts due to be announced shortly.

So from Reggae to Rock to Rachmaninov, the UK’s Best Family Festival is looking more exciting and eclectic than ever.

The eFestivals Cosmic Comedy Tent will return with a fantastic line-up of the side-splitting comics.

Tickets are selling fast but are still available from www.guilfest.co.uk or via ticket hotline 08714 240050.

‘Jonny Sniper’

7” picture disc / CD single / download

released date ; Monday 18th June

Following the top 5 placing of their so-so debut album ‘Take To The Skies’, Enter Shikari take time off from sleeping with models and buying sports cars to fleece the fans with yet another single.

‘Jonny Sniper’ - by far the most radio-friendly and lightweight track on the album - is their cynical attempt to crossover to mainstream acceptance and open the door to what the band call ‘tabloidland’ where they won’t have to mix with any of their old friends anymore and can instead spend their evenings in a roped off area of clubs where people who can be ‘of use’ to them go.

There’s a good chance that the single will be backed by a couple of new tracks cobbled together between ‘massages’, but we don’t know what they are yet because, to quote the band…. “It doesn’t matter does it? Our stock’s so high right now that we can knock out any old piffle and they’ll lap it up. We’ll write it in the studio. Or we’ll get the engineer to do it”.

It will no doubt come accompanied with a video bedecked in lasers or whatever this week’s flashing nonsense is beloved by the cutting edge video directors of today.

It would probably have been prudent to do a ‘not ironic, honest’ re-imagining of a mainstream pop R’n’B track as a b-side too - just to try and convince the media that they’re anything other than a bunch of nice middle-class white boys who only listen to music made by other middle-class white boys – but what with the tennis lessons and drinks at the cricket club there just aren’t the hours in the day.

As is now customary to keep up the pretence of being ‘the hardest working live band in Britain’, Enter Shikari will be packing the backing tapes into their limo and miming their way around the summer festivals of the UK (except for Glastonbury. They’ve heard its been muddy in the past and, quite frankly, the shoes they wear these days are a little too expensive for that sort of carry on

Further reading on the subject of Enter Shikari can be found at

www.entershikari.com or www.myspace.com/entershikari

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STARDOM ROAD: New Album from MARC ALMOND

Cat number: SEQCD011 / 5016 0739 011 25  

Marc Almond’s new album “Stardom Road” will be released on 4th June 2007 and is the first album under his new deal with Sanctuary Records.

The album is a musical journey of cover songs that have influenced Marc through his life and his significant growth as an artist.  The album also contains one new song, Redeem Me (Beauty Will Redeem The World), which Almond wrote specifically for Stardom Road.  This collection features many of the genres that Marc has been associated with over the years, including Torch Song; the 1950's crooners; the grand orchestral sounds of the1960's; the 'over the top' pop glam of the 70's and the electro-style of the 80's that made him famous as part of Soft Cell.

Stardom Road gives the listener a personal glimpse into Marc Almond’s inspirations, aspirations and conclusions.  It is a tremendously important album, being his first since his near-fatal motorcycle crash in 2004.  The crash proved life changing, as such ordeals often are. Recording this album has formed an important part of the recovery process and represents the turning point as Marc Almond the artist, returns to form.

Track listing:

1.  I Have Lived
2.  I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten (featuring Sarah Cracknell)
3.  Bedsitter Images
4.  The London Boys
5.  Strangers In The Night
6.  The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men (featuring Antony Hegarty)
7.  Stardom Road
8.  Kitsch
9.  Backstage (I’m Lonely)
10. Dream Lover
11. Happy Heart
12. Redeem Me (Beauty Will Redeem The World) 
13. The Curtain Falls


The album has been compiled with the help of Tris Penna, who produced many of the tracks with the acclaimed producer Marius de Vries and arranger Mike Smith.  It features guest spots from Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons; Jools Holland, with whom Marc has often toured; and Sarah Cracknell from St Etienne. 

Marc is thrilled to be a part of Sanctuary, joining the many cutting-edge artists who already make up the label’s diverse roster.