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News: Pop Punk Pile Up Festival (Selby) reveals 2018 line up incl. Room 94
2018 welcomes a brand new festival, POP PUNK PILE UP FESTIVAL that will take place at The Venue in Selby from the 27th – 29th April 2018. Riff Media has been running successful events all over the country for a decade and 2018 sees them branching out into the festival circuit. 2017 was a huge …
News: Thrash Legends Kreator to reissue classic 90’s era albums this February
Thrash legends KREATOR are pleased to share that four of their classic ‘90’s era albums will be reissued via BMG on 23 February 2018. Formed in Essen, Germany in 1984, KREATOR are arguably the most influential and successful European thrash metal band ever, racking up multi-million album sales over the years. KREATOR fused Metallica’s thrash …
New: Charlie Barnes announces UK tour dates
Sometime Bastille touring sideman Charlie Barnes has announced a full-band UK tour ahead of the release of his sophomore album ‘Oceanography’ ‘Oceanography’, his second album for Superball Music is the follow up to 2015’s post-pop monster ‘More Stately Mansions’, finds Barnes in a different place in his life. The past two years have seen huge …
See: Robyn Hitchcock releases new video for ‘Autumn Sunglasses’ plus UK tour dates
Prior to a UK tour comprising of two shows with a full live band, LA Squires, followed by an extensive string of solo acoustic shows around the country, Robyn Hitchcock releases a video for the song ‘Autumn Sunglasses’. Taken from last year’s self-titled album,and recorded in Nashville, it’s a slice of strings-driven dreamy psychedelia. The Ex-Soft Boy, …
Tour News: Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds Announce Australian Tour
One of the best live gigs I’ve seen over the past few years was Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds at the Spiegeltent in Sydney back in 2014. While aware of Kid Congo Power’s incredible C.V., I was not too familiar with Power’s new band and knew not what to expect. What I witnessed …
News: Release of early Duran Duran ‘Girls on Film’ demo EP
Cleopatra Records take us back to the beginnings of Duran Duran with the release of the ‘Girls on Film’ demo EP, which features rare recordings but no Simon Le Bon. The ‘Girls on Film 1979 Demo’ EP (available now via Cleopatra Records) features rare, previously unreleased debut recordings – including the original version of ‘Girls …
News: Myles Kennedy announces solo UK headline dates
Myles Kennedy has announced his first ever headline UK dates as a solo artist to coincide with the release of his first solo album in March. Presales will begin at 9am on Wednesday 16th January with O2, and 9am on Thursday 17th January at 9am with Livenation, before general sale begins at 9am on Friday …
News: Tiny Moving Parts announce European tour dates
Minnesota’s Tiny Moving Parts have announced details of a European tour, that sees them return to the UK in April, following the release of their new album, ‘Swell’, on January 26th on Big Scary Monsters. Vocalist/guitarist Dylan Mattheisen has played in Tiny Moving Parts with his cousins, brothers Matthew Chevalier and Billy Chevalier since junior …
News: Sigrid wins BBC sound of 2018
The BBC have been pioneering new music for many years (just like we like we do here at Backseat Mafia towers). Their annual poll artists and bands we can expect to see more of over the next twelve months has always created quite a buzz amongst the music industry and listeners alike. Previous winners have …
News: Charlotte Gainsbourg announces European/Japanese tour dates
With the sound of her current single ‘Songbird in a cage’, co-written by Sir Paul McCartney, rattling around your radios, Charlotte Gainsbourg had revealed a run of European and Japanese tour dates, including a show at London’s Village Underground on March 29th. It’ll be her first appearance on the capital since her acclaimed performance at …