Cure ticketsSeems it's nearly time for our annual pilgrimage, The Cure are playing the O2, it's an NME brats show, except it's called the Shockwaves big gig now. Seems they're playing Brixton the night before but it's at the awards ceremony. I've been before, la... How the music biz can live forever, get even richer, and be loved | The RegisterReading this, "Why will the current Apple/Napster model fail?". I don't know why it'll fail, I've not got to the end yet. Thankyou theregister.co.uk... Hmm, that reminds haven't checked out memepool.com or popdex.com since I moved to a new computer a... Lord of the Rings - The MusicalDoh, there will be no London opening for a forthcoming musical of JRR Tolkein's (that's who wrote it, did you know that?) Lord Of The Rings, reports The Guardian and many others... This will be the most expensive musical ever made, and there's not a ... Could well be the guitarist who directed the music thenWas that in the coffee shop bit of Chambers?The day the music died (hahahahaha)<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4692166.stm">Pete Doherty is sentenced today</a>, what's it going to be?The Wireless Music Player: Do-it-yourself remotely managed music playerLoving this <a href="http://devices.natetrue.com/musicap/">DIY wifi music player</a>, one day I'll be ready for my first real hardware hack.RE: Could well be the guitarist who directed the music thenHi Guys,thanks for coming to the gig..hope the jazz didn't put you off! Re. your query..(Just to clarify, certainly not snarky)In terms of the jazz thing- not so much a new direction. I've actually been singing jazz for coming on ten years (ooh, just... Annie and Isobeldancing to Huey Lewis and the News! They looked quite well actually.What is the best music format?MJ Hibbett has a new EP to promote - A Church Hall Of Sound (revisited), a truncated reworking of his acclaimed album of the same name. But the album didn't have "revisited" in the title. He made the smart decision of giving me, and so indrectly YOU,... Hold it, now hit it...Send in a CD, and one lucky winner could be the Fortune City hold music, to be heard by literally SEVERAL telephone callers.Please send stuff to:Andi's Hold Music DrawFortune City1D Woodstock GroveLondon W12 8LENothing with any swearing in it like...... Who's going to see Reni's new band then?Alan "Reni" Wren, formerly of The Stone Roses (you knew that, right?) is touring next month with his new band "The Rub", according to NME:http://www.nme.com/NME/External/News/News_Story/0,1004,18306,00.htmlWill it be good, or crap?Either way, I got m... Tonight at the BarflyOxford Popsters The Bigger The God play tonight at the Barfly, Chalk Farm Road, that London, with Haven and Biffy Clyro...See barflyclub.coml for more details...... Friday Afternoon EducationJust got this by email from Andrew Nicols:The name Dido also originates from Virgil's Aeneid, in which the Epic hero Aeneas thinks he loses all but 7 of his ships to a storm created by the Godess Juno who is Aeneas' Grandmother. Anyway, they land in ... Good Morning, Grate TVHas anyone been watching Smallville? Isn't it ACE? I watched the first two episodes yesterday, thanks to a repeat on Channel Four... It's WAAAAY influenced by Buffy, and also the X-Files but it's top stuff... It's not nearly as "Muppet Babies" as it ... ULTIMATE gig, do not missI've just been turned on to the delights of The Kennedy Soundtrack - they're a bit nu metal, a bit rap, a bit all sorts of things, but they rock... Now who rocks hardest in the whole world? Yes, THE DARKNESS, and ROGER ME RAGGED if they're not doing ... Tolken Folkie MY ARSE!I KNOW there are lists of Mercury Nominees going around saying "Coldplay, Richard Ashcroft, blah blah, token folkie no-one's heard of"... That "token folkie" is Kathryn Williams, who has been a PopEx commodity for a while, and who I'm going to see at... Robert Smith is Quite CrossValued punter, let me share the secrets of my inbox with you:> what can you tell me about the "Livid" festival? > Are The Cure really playing?*sigh* yes they areLivid is one of Brisbanes two big rock festivals,the other one being the Big Day Out. It... Hey, I went to a proper gigI went to see The Music on Friday night at Brixton Academy - they're good aren't they? Total rocking wig out, big long instrumental outros and that, it was like Maiden or something.Also, Nylon Pylon supported, much recommended... lots of noise, but a... Rod Stewart: The MusicalI want to earn some commission thought you'd like to know about two new theatre shows in the West End, they sound GREAT!!!JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERAJerry Springer the Opera is currently the hottest ticket in London.Following unprecedented rave reviews ... Darkness playing ReadingAnd you all scoffed when I started going on about this band... Right, the mighty Darkness follow hot on the heals of signing a hundred billion pound record deal with satan himself (or something, details are still sketchy) with a slot at Reading and L... Intimate PerformancesThere are literally only hours left to go for you to have a chance of getting into the Music Passport "Back to the Bars" gigs...The Cure, The Darkness, David Gray, Pet Shop Boys, Gary Numan, Craig David, Super Furry Animals, Travis, Divine Comedy, As... Morrissey MeltdownMorrissey is curating this years Meltdown at the Royal Festival Hall... it's on from the 11th to the 27th of June, and there will be full details at rfh.org.uk/meltdown/. For now there's just a lovely picture of Morrissey, with a ruddy great shooter.... Bad weather on a good daySevere gale warnings across the country today, the wastelands of the north get it worse, but it's pretty windy here, was very noisy at home. But hey, not only is it the best day of all today, but it's also profit share day. To the pie shop!... Still Cure tickets leftLess than a week to go until our gig of the year The Cure at Wembley on Thursday. Got an automated call from Ticketmaster telling me the stage times; 65daysofstatic are on at 7pm, and the Cure at 8pm, so that gives them plenty of time to play the thr... Hot Leg tonightHot Leg tonight at Proud Galleries, Camden, That London. Bit concerned about it really, got to leg it out of work at a pretty busy time for us, lots on at the moment. Leaving a little early anyway, train to London, hurriedly catch up with friends tha... Hot Leg Review - first Hot Leg Review EVER?Was as we expected, maybe hotter, certainly smellier than I would have liked. We spent the evening secretly wishing they would play some songs that we knew - not necessarily Darkness songs, but maybe some cheeky covers, tipping their hat to their ref... NME Big Gig 2009 / The Cure support actsLine up according to various sources (including last.fm) is The Cure, Justice, Foals, and Crystal Castles so far. The supports don't seem up to the standard of last year at the moment.UPDATE:Crystal Castles and White Lies will be joining headliners T... ho ho ho very festive weekenderStarted our weekend at the Christmas of Sorts night at the Whole World Cafe, it was GREAT, though the lady running the cafe was as unwelcoming as ever, perhaps it's her style... The band playing (more of a collective really) were great, I was expecti... 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