Next month, the Teenage Cancer Trust’s now-traditional week at the Royal Albert Hall celebrates its 10th anniversary in style: Noel Gallagher plays his first post- Oasis shows; Suede have re-formed, while The Who, The Specials, Arctic Monkeys , Them Crooked Vultures, Jimmy Carr and JLS tick different but intriguing boxes.
BY day, they’re serious, besuited lawyers.
Vacancy. One Mancunian guitar band with a cocky, feather-cut singer called Liam. If the Courteeners didn’t exist, the music industry would have had to invent them.
The striking new British band is about to invade the States. For its namesake, it’s a sort of homecoming.
With a catalog that’s now a decade deep, creating a set list isn’t easy for Canadian folk-rock act/twin sisters Tegan and Sara [ tickets ] . “Oh my god, I’ve been sitting here all morning,” Sara Quin said via telephone while preparing a set list for a special New York show earlier in the month. “We’re doing a stripped-down show in New York and it was a spontaneous decision. We have a day off and …
A Saudi prince has appeared in a London court charged with murdering a compatriot found strangled.
A Saudi prince appeared in court Friday charged with murdering a compatriot, said to be an aide, who was found strangled in a top London hotel this week.
Glam pop artist Lady Gaga dominated the 30th BRITs on Tuesday, winning a trio of awards at the pop music industry’s flagship ceremony, the first international act to do so for five years
What a difference two years make. When The Courteeners released their debut album St Jude in April 2008, they did so amid a flurry of articles about frontman Liam Fray being gobby, outspoken and fond of spitting out insults about other bands. Related Stories Colin Firth wins top critics’ award for movie role Dramatic finish to Belfast’s Killing Bono movie Singing without Stephen Gately: Boyzone …
You have to doubt that this attempt to prove themselves more mature will get The Courteeners the respect they think they deserve.
