April 28, 2013 · Leave a Comment
International acts confirmed for this year’s Splendour include The National, James Blake, Mumford and Sons, Empire Of The Sun, TV On The Radio and Babyshambles. Splendour 2013 will take place from Friday, July 26 – Sunday, July 28 at the festival’s new site in North Byron Parklands, Yelgun. The event has been working for seven … [Read the full story]
December 7, 2012 · 1 Comment
Primal Scream brought the first day of Hong Kong’s Clockenflap festival to a close last week, with a greatest hits set at the Kowloon Waterfront Park. The show marked the band’s first appearance in Asia with new permanent bassist Simone Butler, who was officially anounced as Mani’s replacement in October. After Bobby Gillespie greeted the … [Read the full story]
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December 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment
In August 1969, the massive, three-day Woodstock Music & Art Fair had proved that hundreds of thousands of young people could gather peacefully even in a seemingly chaotic environment rich with sex, drugs and rock and roll. Four months later, it would become clear that Woodstock owed its success not to the inherent peacefulness of … [Read the full story]
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October 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Bavarian Crown Prince Louis, later King Louis I of Bavaria, marries Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. The Bavarian royalty invited the citizens of Munich to attend the festivities, held on the fields in front of the city gates. These famous public fields were named Theresienwiese—”Therese’s fields”—in honor of the crown princess; although locals have since abbreviated … [Read the full story]
September 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment
AC/DC singer Bon Scott, who died aged 33 in 1980, is to have a monument honouring him erected in his hometown of Kirriemuir. Scott was born in nearby Forfar in Scotland in 1946, before his family moved to Australia when he was six, and a Kirriemuir community group want to honour their local hero by … [Read the full story]
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June 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Megadeth were forced to end their set at Croatian festival MetalFest earlier this week after singer Dave Mustaine was pelted with rocks. The thrash veterans, who were performing on the event’s Main Stage on Tuesday (June 5), left the stage after Mustaine was struck repeatedly with rocks, including one that him in the head. The … [Read the full story]
April 15, 2012 · 1 Comment
Vanessa Hudgens sent temperatures soaring at the Coachella festival yesterday…by showing off her stocking tops. The Sucker Punch star went for the hippy look, with a super-short dress, beads, a big floppy hat and flat boots. But she added a sexy twist with the black lacy pull-ups, leaving a tantalising glimpse of thigh. And she gave the … [Read the full story]
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February 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment
On February 14 around the year 278 A.D., Valentine, a holy priest in Rome in the days of Emperor Claudius II, was executed. Under the rule of Claudius the Cruel, Rome was involved in many unpopular and bloody campaigns. The emperor had to maintain a strong army, but was having a difficult time getting soldiers … [Read the full story]
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November 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Trivium bassist Paolo Gregoletto has spoken about his band’s reaction when they heard Lou Reed and Metallica’s collaboration album ‘Lulu’, saying that he reckons you “must be on drugs” if you think you understand the record. The album, which is based around German playwright Frank Wedekind and his play in 1913 about the life of an abused dancer, … [Read the full story]
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November 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Former Manchester United midfielder and ex-England captain David Beckham played a key role in making The Stone Roses reunion happen, according to tabloid reports. Apparently, the footballer is a huge fan of The Stone Roses and apparently repeatedly attempted to persuade bassist Mani and frontman Ian Brown to make a reunion happen. An anonymous source said, … [Read the full story]
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