Wednesday, 30 November 2011

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

Friday, 18 November 2011

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. 




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

2:54 Scarlet EP out now

The debut release from one of Fiction latest signings 2:54 is out this week – limited edition blue vinyl has sold out already but you can still get a regular 10” from Rough Trade  or a digital download

Check out the official video here

Thursday, 17 November 2011

elbow and Snow Patrol – Children In Need tonight

Two of fiction’s finest are on the telebox tonight, supporting Children In Need LIVE from 8pm BBC1 / BBC Radio 1. To give £5 to CiN text Donate to 70705 – more info at bbc.co.uk/pudsey

Snow Patrol’s brand new album ‘Fallen Empires’ is out this week – to listen to clips from the album and check out the band Live At RAK studios head over to their website

 


Elbow recently broke records with their Radio 2 Manchester Cathedral gig – MOST EVER VIEWED ON RED BUTTON –and good news is the full show is now up on their website, so you can all relive the show online http://www.elbow.co.uk/ and if you are in the UK you can watch the Special still on iPlayer, complete with Manchester tour from Guy and Pete.. 



New video just in – No Way from The Naked And Famous

Yet another awesome video from TNAF’s longtime collaborations Special Problems, the ace new video for current single ‘No Way’ is premiering with The Fly right now – check it out here 

The Duke Spirit's new single 'Don't Wait' out Nov 21st

The Duke Spirit's new single 'Don't Wait' is out on November 21st on download and limited edition green vinyl.