XFM Winter Wonderland – Kaiser Chiefs and The Maccabees

The Kaiser Chiefs have been announced to headline XFM Winter Wonderland on Dec 14th 2011, with The Maccabees also announced today on the same bill at O2 Academy Brixton.
Tickets went onsale this morning - links all on XFM's website here

See you down the front
Fiction

Watch elbow Live From Manchester Cathedral TONIGHT

elbow are playing a super special hometown gig at Manchester Cathedral for BBC Radio 2.

If you aren’t one of the lucky ones who got tickets, you can watch on the big screen at Exchange Square in Manchester, via the snazzy red button on tele (point remote towards your digital tv and hit said red button at 9pm tonight and voila, elbow in your living room), or go to www.elbow.co.uk where it will be streamed LIVE. Plus obviously, live on Radio 2.

If that wasn’t enough, the encore will be broadcast live on BBC 6Music from 10pm on Gideon Coe's evening show.

Hooray.

2:54 on the Rebel Playlist...

Fictions newest family members 2:54 have a new single ‘Scarlet’ up for Steve Lamacqs Rebel Playlist!!!
You can vote here only if you like it!

And buy it here  if you heart it!

The Maccabees announce new record

Hooray for Tuesdays. This morning The Maccabees announced their third album, titled ‘Given To The Wild’, will be released 9th January 2012. Check out a video of the band working on the album on their site www.themaccabees.co.uk

Tracklisting:

'Child'

'Pelican'

'Feel To Follow'

'Ayla'

'Glimmer'

'Forever I've Known'

'Heave'

'Go'

'Unknow'

'Went Away'

'Slowly One'

'Grew Up At Midnight'

The band are touring pre-release in November, info on tickets here - http://bit.ly/ojmtja

More news to follow soon...

Fiction

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KAISER CHIEFS win at Digital Music Awards last night

Kaisers won the Best Artist Promotion Award for the launch of ‘The Future Is Medieval’ at the Digital Music Awards last night. The band collected their award  at the Roundhouse in Camden - and promptly spotted a spelling mistake 

  

Check out the full list of winners on Radio 1 Newsbeat
  

If you made it to one of the incredible KC Kirkstall Abbey shows (we’re still arguing over which night was best) then check out Peanuts photos and tag yourselves on Facebook to win a KC tshirt

Right, back to nursing our hangovers….

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White Lies - 'The Power & The Glory' out today

'THE POWER & THE GLORY' - OUT TODAY

White Lies new digital single - 'The Power & The Glory' touches down today (Monday September 26th).

Click here to download your copy from iTunes now.



'The Power & The Glory' digital single includes a brand new mix of the title track
and comes backed by two remixes from Wax Stag and Bibio.

Watch the video for the song here. It was filmed when the band headlined the Sziget Festival
in Budapest this summer - and it's included when you download the single from iTunes.

WHITE LIES WINTER TOUR

Don't miss White Lies on tour this winter - buy your tickets below:

2 Nov - Duo, Tokyo, Japan [BUY TICKETS]

4 Nov - Personal Fest, Buenos Aires, Argentina [BUY TICKETS]

5 Nov - Planeta Terra Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil [SOLD OUT]

25 Nov - Lotto Arena, Antwerp, Belgium [BUY TICKETS]

26 Nov - Longhorn, Stuttgart, Germany [BUY TICKETS]

28 Nov - Alter Schlachthof, Dresden, Germany [BUY TICKETS]

29 Nov - FZW, Dortmund, Germany [BUY TICKETS]

30 Nov - Les Docks, Lausanne, Switzerland [BUY TICKETS]

6 Dec - Klokgebouw, Eindhoven, NL [BUY TICKETS]

8 Dec - Aladin, Bremen, Germany [BUY TICKETS]

9 Dec - NY Theatre, Horsens, DK [BUY TICKETS]

11 Dec - De Oosterpoort, Groningen, NL [BUY TICKETS]

12 Dec - Civic, Wolverhampton [BUY TICKETS]

13 Dec - 02 Apollo, Manchester [BUY TICKETS]

15 Dec - Academy, Glasgow [BUY TICKETS]

17 Dec - Wembley Arena, London [BUY TICKETS]

The Maccabees tickets onsale tomorrow

Dear Everyone,

Firstly, huge thanks to anyone who has come out to see us at our first handful of live shows for a while, a very good feeling to be back playing. Was great to be back at Bestival and especially nice to see Mick Jones still in such good form with B.A.D and PJ Harvey the evening before. On that note we are happy to announce our first UK tour in over a year. The shows, listed below, will be an opportunity for us to play the new songs that we have aired at the last few gigs as well as a few others and a pick of songs off the first two records. Although not yet totally confirmed, we should also be taking out two of our favourite new bands as support.

Our third album is very near completion and expect to hear news on it's arrival in the near future. Until then, we're really looking forward to these shows...

SHOW DATES

Fri 21 Oct Gloucester Guildhall
Sun 23 Oct Coventry Kasbah
Mon 24 Oct Oxford Town Hall
Tues 25 Oct Liverpool Masque
Weds 26 Oct Glasgow Arches
Thurs 27 Oct Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
Sat 29 Oct Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Sun 30 Oct Leeds Cockpit
Mon 31 Oct Manchester Sound Control
Tues 01 Nov London Village Underground
Weds 02 Nov Bristol Trinity

Tickets will go on sale this Saturday 24th September. We have decided to keep booking fees on tickets low by making them available through local records shops wherever possible.

Visit www.themaccabees.co.uk for full ticket outlet information and availability.

You can read the NME review from our Portsmouth show here and the picture below is from a NME photo shoot before the Exeter show. Our third album is very near completion and expect to hear news on its arrival in the near future.

Love,
The Maccabees