The Maccabees reveal new album track

The Maccabees have revealed a second track from their forthcoming album'Given To The Wild', due for release January 9th 2012. The video was posted for fans on Christmas Day - check it out here 

 

Pre order the new album 'Given To The Wild' from iTunes

 

Win Duke Spirit guestlist to Wembley

The Duke Spirit were in Milan last week and recorded a session for Milano Acoustics – in a bar with a pregnant mannequins amongst other things.... Check out 'Surrender' from that session, and Like or Comment on the Facebook post to win guestlist for The Duke Spirit supporting White Lies at Wembley Arena this Saturday night.

http://www.facebook.com/thedukespirit?sk=app_124455574238209#!/thedukespirit

The Cure: Check Out Some Photos from The Cure Playing the Royal Albert Hall

 

THE CURE LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL PHOTOS!

The Cure played a truly stunning live show at the Royal Albert Hall in November. This was the only UK date announced on their Reflections Tour, and a final chance to see them play the first three albums live in their entirety. If you missed out check out some of the great photos that were taken here and here.

 

THE CURE CLASSIC ALBUM SELECTION 1979-1984

We are proud to announce the release of The Cure Classic Album Selection 1979-1984 which is out TODAY! This 5CD box set includes mini-LPs housed in an attractive slipcase and provides the perfect album anthology of The Cure's career spanning the classic period 1979-1984; and includes:

1. THREE IMAGINARY BOYS

2. SEVENTEEN SECONDS

3. FAITH

4. PORNOGRAPHY

5. THE TOP

Maccabees - Watch the Given To The Wild Short Film

GIVEN TO THE WILD SHORT FILM + PELICAN RADIO 1 RECORD OF THE WEEK Hi Everyone, The above piece is a collaboration between Charlie & Joe and ourselves, watch it now on Drowned In Sound. Many thanks to Charlie & Joe for their work in putting together this short film. All music is re-arranged and re-mixed excerpts taken from our forthcoming album, Given To The Wild. In other news, Pelican has been chosen as record of the week on Fearne Cotton's Radio 1 Show, Geoff Lloyd's Absolute Show and also on Danny Wallace's XFM Breakfast Show. We have also added another date to the January tour. Will be playing the Leadmill, Sheffield on the 21st Jan. There are still limited tickets for the January shows, visit the tickets section on our website for more information. ------------- The Maccabees new album Given To The Wild is released on January 9th. Pre-order here: mssociety.co.uk stopwar.org.uk themaccabees.co.uk myspace.com/themaccabees youtube.com/themaccabees facebook.com/themaccabees twitter.com/themaccabees themaccabees.tumblr.com

White Lies - European tour kicks off + new clothing range in store now

EUROPEAN HEADLINE TOUR KICKS OFF

White Lies' grand European headline tour kicked off at the weekend with shows in Belgium and Germany.

The tour is the band's biggest to date and takes them to Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Netherlands, Denmark and the UK. The tour culminates in a headline date at Wembley Arena, before they close the year with a New Year's Eve show in Aberdeen.

A select number of last minute tickets remain for the tour. Check out the list below to buy them now.

29 Nov - FZW, Dortmund, Germany [BUY TICKETS]
30 Nov - Les Docks, Lausanne, Switzerland [BUY TICKETS]

2 Dec - Teatro Geox, Padua, Italy [BUY TICKETS]
3 Dec - Orion, Rome, Italy [BUY TICKETS]
4 Dec - Alcatraz, Milan, Italy [BUY TICKETS]
6 Dec - 013, Tilburg, Netherlands [BUY TICKETS]
8 Dec - Schlachthof, Bremen, Germany [BUY TICKETS]
9 Dec - NY Theatre, Horsens, Denmark [BUY TICKETS]
11 Dec - De Oosterpoort, Groningen, Netherlands [BUY TICKETS]
12 Dec - Civic, Wolverhampton, UK [BUY TICKETS]
13 Dec - 02 Apollo, Manchester, UK [BUY TICKETS]
15 Dec - Academy, Glasgow, UK [BUY TICKETS]
17 Dec - Wembley Arena, London, UK [BUY TICKETS]

31 Dec - Granite Rocks, Aberdeen, UK [BUY TICKETS]

The band are blogging from the road - keep up with their tweets via the White Lies Facebook page.

BRAND NEW CLOTHING RANGE IN THE STORE

To mark the occasion of the European Arena tour there's a brand new clothing range in the official store.

Visit whitelies.firebrandstore.com now to check out the all-new logo hoodie, men and women's tour t-shirt and a whole new range of t-shirt designs.



Plus, don't miss the White Lies bobble hat - a must for these frozen winter months.

THANKS TO THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS, THE FANS AND Q MAGAZINE

The band wish to thank Thirty Seconds To Mars for a great support tour, and the fans who came along to make the gigs so memorable.

Big thanks also goes out to Q magazine who have named 'Ritual' in their Top 50 Albums of 2011. Check out the full list at qthemusic.com

The Naked and Famous: Watch 'No Way' Video

Fallen Empires - £3.99 Amazon album of the week

Snow Patrol’s latest studio album Fallen Empires is out this week, and Amazon must love it as much as we do as they have chosen it as their mp3 album of the week – you have untilSunday to buy it at the awesome price of £3.99. 

Plus check out The Guardian today for an interview with Gary 

The band joined a world-class line-up last night at the MEN Arena in Manchester to raise money for the BBC Children in Need Appeal 2011. If you missed it you can watch it now via the BBC iPlayer at bbc.co.uk/iplayer

And if you still want more, Gary, Nathan and John McDaid recently headed to RAK Studios in London to record acoustic versions of several new tracks from the  album – check out 'This Isn't Everything You Are' as well as 'Lifening' now at uk.msn.com, and 'New York', 'The Garden Rules' and 'Called Out In The Dark' at Guardian.co.uk.

Have a good weekend all...

Fiction x