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New album and UK tour by DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow, one of the most talented musicians that combined electronica, dance, funk, chill out in a great mixture is back with a new album, the first after 2002. That was the reason for his first tour in UK since 2002. The new album is called “The Outsider” and will hit the stores on September 18 2006.

DJ Shadow announced his 11 dates-tour:
Newcastle Academy (November 28)
Glasgow Academy (29)
Leeds University (30)
Sheffield Octagon (December 2)
Birmingham Academy (4)
Bournemouth IC Solent Hall (7)
Norwich UEA (8)
Manchester Academy (9)
Nottingham Rock City (12)
Bristol Academy (13)
London Brixton Academy (15)

The tickets for his shows will go on sale today (august 5).What DJ Shadow thinks of his album? He posted on his official site: “The album is very diverse, and reflects the fact that I don’t fit comfortably in any one genre. My critics see that as a problem, but I don’t…it’s simply the way things are”. And he added: “I’ve never really fit into any one clique. That’s why the album is called ‘The Outsider’. In some ways it’s a risky record. It’s going to turn some people off. And I think I’ll lose some fans.”

Good luck DJ Shadow

The fabulous Bloc Party, the band that created one of the most significant album of 2005 (Silent Alarm) are almost ready for their second album. The first info for the project have already leaked. The band has completed 13 songs for the new album and we can’t wait for the release which will come in the early 2007.

According to the Bloc Party fan site the band has reveiled the titles of the 13 songs:

‘A Prayer To The Lord’
‘England’ (formerly ‘Blue Moon’)
‘Hunting For Witches’
‘It Started In An Afternoon’
‘Kreuzberg’
‘On’ (formerly ‘Wet’)
‘Seroxat’
‘Song For Clay (Disappear Here)’
‘Sunday’
‘Uniform’
‘Waiting For The 7:18′
‘We Were Lovers’ (formerly ‘Cells Shaped Like Stars’)
‘Where Is Home?’ (formerly ‘Perfect Teens’)

A spokeperson of Bloc Party confirmed this info. Some of the tracks will not be included to the album!

We have to wait till the first months of 2007.. till then just listen again the first Bloc Party masterpiece!

Madonna, the pop Queen, started her European leg of her tour Confessions in Cardiff, yesterday (30 July). 60000 fans of her music enjoyed her show. Madonna had a two hour show and she choose material from her last album, Confessions on a Dance Floor but also some previous hits like “Like a Virgin” and “Erotica”.
She also played her last great hit, Hung up and also “Ray of Light” and “I love New York”.
Here is the playlist of the show:

‘Future Lovers’/'I Feel Love’
‘Get Together’
‘Like A Virgin’
‘Jump’
‘Live To Tell’
‘Forbidden Love’
‘Issac’
‘Sorry’
‘Like It Or Not’
‘I Love New York’
‘Ray Of Light’
‘Let It Will Be’
‘Drowned World’/'Substitute For Love’
‘Paradise (Not For Me)’
‘Music Inferno’
‘Erotica’
‘La Isla Bonita’
‘Lucky Star’
‘Hung Up’

One of the most talented bands, Arcade Fire announced that they themselves are going to produce their new album. After the huge success of Funeral, Arcade Fire get in a unsual studio for recording. The new album is not titled yet, and their new studio is a church in Montreal (birth city of the band) which is transformed to a studio.

The mastermind of the group Win Butler announced in the band’s official site:
“After trying to decide if we should work with any producers we kind of realized that we already know how we want things to sound so we should just run after that sound as far as we can and not rely on someone else to guide the good ship Arcade Fire…at least for now.”

He added: “We have been producing the record ourselves and working (with) two great engineers Scott Colburn..and Marcus Dravs…they have been been kind of trading off in two or three week shifts. We finished all the string section stuff with Sarah (Neufeld) and Owen (Pallett - aka Final Fantasy) which was as inspiring as ever..It was an intense three days of recording all day now Owen is off to Europe on tour with Final Fantasy.”

One of the most anticipated music movies, titled “Control”  begun filming this week by music video director/photographer Anton Corbijn! The life of Ian Curtis will come to big screen! The vocalist/frontman of Joy Division, died in 1980 when he was only 23 years old! He left the band just before their first american tour.

Corbijn will try to describe especially the last year of Ian Curtis life. The movie will be filmed in the places where Curtis lived and it will be released in 2007.

Pink Floyd and the whole music community feel sad for the loss of Syd Barrett. David Gilmour and Roger Waters paid tribute to the madcap genious. According to NME.com David said:

“We are very sad to say that Roger Keith Barrett - Syd - has passed away” He added: “Do find time today to play some of Syd’s songs and to remember him as the madcap genius who made us all smile with his wonderfully eccentric songs about bikes, gnomes and scarecrows. His career was painfully short, yet he touched more people than he could ever know.”

Besides Roger Waters said:”It’s very sad. Syd was a lovely guy and a unique talent. He leaves behind a body of work that is both very touching and very deep and which will shine on forever.” David Bowie and Graham Coxon also paid a tribute to the important guitarist, composer, singer and founder of Pink Floyd
Bye bye Syd

Syd Barrett died on 7 July! Yesterday his brother Allan spread the terrible new! Syd had major diabetes problems and his death was caused due to an abnormality because of the diabetes. Other sources say that it was a cancer that caused his death.. Allan says that he died in peace!

Syd Barrett was one of the founders of Pink Floyd. His last song for Floyd was the “Jugband Blues”, from the album A saucerfull of secrets!

I feel strange. He is the first Floyd that died! Hope that the other will have a reunion to honor him!

R.I.P. Syd Barrett !

Muse will support their new album “Black Hole and Revelations” with a massive tour which will start on November. Besides the amazing band will have some summer appearances in great festivals. They wil have shows in Carling Weekend Reading and Leeds festivals this summer, playing Reading on August 26 and Leeds on August 27. as headliners.

The tour dates for november are:

Manchester Evening News Arena (November 10)
Cardiff International Arena (12)
Birmingham NEC (14)
Nottingham Arena (17)
Sheffield Arena (18)
Newcastle Metro Radio Arena (19)
London Wembley Arena (21-22)

Axl Rose has new troubles with law! The Guns n’ Roses singer had a violent incident during his staying in a hotel in Stockholm (Berns Hotel). It seems that he was intoxicated!

During the early hours of June 27 he caused damage to the hotel and also bit the security guard! Guns n’ Roses were in Stockholm for a live show and will play to Oslo tonight (28 June)

The third album of Portishead seems to be getting closer and closer. The founder of the band, Geoff Barrow revealed some info for the album. He said in his Myspace that: “We’ve had our meeting with the label it was really positive….which makes the whole thing so much easier to deal with nice people…The tracks are in a right mess but sounding like a album for the first time in years they (are) a bit weird though. Its great its nice to think us old gits have a few tunes in us without sounding like coffee table Zero 7 - Moby - chill out shit!

We hope that the third album will be as good as the last one.. we can’t wait for it. Good luck Portishead

Since their last album, singer Beth Gibbons released a solo album, ‘Out Of Season’, in 2002 with collaborator Rustin’ Man.