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Placebo announce seventh studio album and December UK tour dates

Tue, May 21 2013 5:50pm - Source: NME

Placebo have confirmed details of their new studio album 'Loud Like Love'.

Virgin Records to celebrate 40th anniversary this year

Tue, May 21 2013 4:50pm - Source: NME

Virgin Records will celebrate its 40th anniversary this year with a series of special events, an exhibition, documentary film and the release of a compilation CD.

Independent Label Market returns to London for summer 2013

Tue, May 21 2013 3:59pm - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

The bi-annual Independent Label Market is set to return to London's Spitalfields Market this July for this summer's edition of their music celebratory event.

Lana Del Rey brings Hollywood stageshow to London

Tue, May 21 2013 1:49pm - Source: NME

Lana Del Rey brought a glitzy stageshow to London last night (May 20) as part of her tour of the UK.

Von D

Tue, May 21 2013 2:42am - Source: Stoney Roads

Next Thursday the 30th May, DeadWeight! will be bringing their next mid-week instalment of international, underground bass music to Geisha Bar in Perth.

Heterotic & Gravenhurst & More In London

Mon, May 20 2013 4:19pm - Source: The Quietus

UK electronic music label Planet Mu have had a strong 2013 thus far, spearheaded by excellent records from Heterotic and Chicago footwork innovator RP Boo.

Kate Simko gets "Lost in London" on her new EP

Mon, May 20 2013 11:21am - Source: Beatportal

Since releasing her highly anticipated debut album, Lights Out , in 2011, Londoner-by-way-of-Chicago Kate Simko has persistently worked to establish her position on the forefront of dance music.

CMU Planner – w/c 20 May 2013

Mon, May 20 2013 10:19am - Source: CMU - Complete Music Update

Right, so that's The Great Escape done for another year then.

LIBERTY OF LONDON X NIKEID

Mon, May 20 2013 7:14am - Source: Mixmag

Floral prints made famous by the storied British fashion house Liberty of London have come to Nikeʼs customisation service, NIKEiD, with the introductionof their Capel and Pepper fabrics.

Average house price hits £250,000... 9 times pay

Mon, May 20 2013 2:18am - Source: The Sun - London - UK

Sellers are now asking £249,841, up £20,852 on this time last year.

Seven million foreigners and five million Brits in London by 2031

Mon, May 20 2013 2:17am - Source: The Sun - London - UK

FOREIGNERS living in London are set to outnumber Brits within 20 years, new research signalled yesterday.

McFly To Celebrate 10th Anniversary With London Royal Albert Hall Concerts &Tickets

Sun, May 19 2013 12:28pm - Source: Stereoboard

Multi-million selling, chart-toppers McFly have announce two 10th Anniversary celebratory shows for London's Royal Albert Hall this autumn.

London 6-64 Wigan: Match report

Sun, May 19 2013 12:11am - Source: The Sun - London - UK

Wigan coach Shaun Wane hailed hat-trick scoring full-back Tomkins after he led the Warriors to a 12-try demolition of the Broncos.

Kanye West projects video for new song ‘New Slaves’ on buildings around the world

Sat, May 18 2013 7:16am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

Kanye West has premiered a song from his upcoming new record on the side of a building in New York. Kanye projected the video to 'New Slaves' onto a building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn last night, before tweeting his intent for more to follow this weekend: Some of the locations include London, Chicago, Paris, Toronto and Sydney.

100 years of air travel

Fri, May 17 2013 11:28pm - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

More people are flying today than ever and traveling by air has become a routine activity.

Party Earth: Exploring London on a Budget

Fri, May 17 2013 9:44pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Music

London is a beautiful and unique city that has a lot of different attractions to offer.

Dizzee Rascal, Miles Kane, Public Image Ltd to support The Stone Roses at London gigs

Fri, May 17 2013 6:41pm - Source: NME

The Stone Roses have announced the full list of support acts for their two London gigs this June, with Dizzee Rascal , Miles Kane and Public Image Ltd. added to the bill, according to information leaked online.

Gary Wilson To Play London

Fri, May 17 2013 4:42pm - Source: The Quietus

BleeD have announced that they are to play host to cult New York artist Gary Wilson.

Win A Pair Of Tickets To See Kodaline At Hard Rock Cafe Manchester (Competition)

Fri, May 17 2013 3:23pm - Source: Stereoboard

Stereoboard have teamed up with Hard Rock Cafe and Absolute Radio to give away one pair of tickets to see THE buzz band of the moment, Kodaline, who will perform an exclusive live set at Hard Rock Cafe Manchester on Thursday 30th May for Absolute Radio presents The Road to Hard Rock Calling.

Paramore add second Wembley show after first sells out

Fri, May 17 2013 12:40pm - Source: NME

Paramore have announced details of a second show at London's Wembley Arena after the first date sold out this morning (May 17).

One Direction tour announcement generates more tweets than Margaret Thatcher's death

Fri, May 17 2013 12:40pm - Source: NME

One Direction 's announcement of a world tour yesterday (May 16) saw over one million tweets generated on the subject in little over an hour.

Theme Park Announce New Summer All-Dayer London Show

Fri, May 17 2013 12:22pm - Source: Stereoboard

Following a triumphant headline tour of the UK and Europe , which included a sell out show at London's Heaven, Theme Park announce they will headline a one-off summer all-dayer alongside Gabriel Bruce, MT, Legoland and Transgressive DJs with more special guests to be announced, taking place on Saturday 3rd August at Village Underground.

Little Boots adds headline show

Fri, May 17 2013 11:30am - Source: CMU - Complete Music Update

Popstar-it's-okay-to-like Little Boots, real name Victoria Christina Hesketh, is playing a real, live, and most essentially, non-silent show in London.

One in three rough sleepers in London from East Europe

Fri, May 17 2013 2:09am - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

One in three were Eastern Europeans, with the largest proportion from Romania.

Thom Yorke and Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja Score British Tax Documentary

Thu, May 16 2013 8:10pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Thom Yorke and Massive Attack 's Robert Del Naja have collaborated on the score for a new documentary, The UK Gold , The Telegraph reports.

Thom Yorke scores film about British tax evasion

Thu, May 16 2013 7:52pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

The dream duo of Thom Yorke and Dominic West, a.k.a. Jimmy McNulty from The Wire , have joined forces for a new feature-length documentary.

Songkick make fan-created gig service Detour available in London

Thu, May 16 2013 6:38pm - Source: NME

Songkick have opened up Detour – their fan-created gig service which allows users to get bands to play gigs in venues of their choice – to the whole of London today (May 16).

Beck announces London 'Song Reader' show featuring all-star cast

Thu, May 16 2013 6:31pm - Source: The Four Oh Five

On July 4th, Beck will be joined by Jarvis Cocker, Franz Ferdinand, Beth Orton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Joan Wasser (aka Joan As Police Woman), Villagers' Conor J O'Brien, the Staves, Guillemots, Michael Kiwanuka, James Yorkston, the Pictish Trail, and more to perform all 20 songs from his Song Reader project.

Daniel Johnston exhibition opening in London

Thu, May 16 2013 6:09pm - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

DANIEL JOHNSTON: here , an exhibition and book launch honouring the cult musician, is set to open in London on Thursday 30 May. The event will showcase a photographic study by New York-based portrait photographer Jung Kim , exhibiting a collection of shots taken of the legendary alt-rock songwriter since 2008.

Alt-J to premiere new mobile footage app at London gig tonight (May 16)

Thu, May 16 2013 5:38pm - Source: NME

Alt-J will premiere a new mobile app called Soundhalo at their Brixton Academy gig in London tonight (May 16).

Happy Mondays Announce Rescheduled London Show

Thu, May 16 2013 3:38pm - Source: Stereoboard

This November legendary 'Madchester' band Happy Mondays return to London for a performance at The Forum, celebrating the 25th Anniversary of their first LP, and they bring very some special guests along for the ride.

Franz Ferdinand Return With Fourth Album

Thu, May 16 2013 2:36pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

Franz Ferdinand have confirmed plans to release their fourth album 'Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action' through Domino this summer.

Paul McCartney appears onstage at Bafta screening of new Wings DVD in London (May 15)

Thu, May 16 2013 1:37pm - Source: NME

Paul McCartney took the stage at Bafta in London last night (May 15) to introduce his new DVD of a live performance from Wings in 1976, Rockshow.

ClashMusic DJ Mix Podcast - The Herbaliser

Thu, May 16 2013 1:36pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

Hip hop and funk giants The Herbaliser serve up an epic, career-spanning selection of beats and rhymes for the latest Clash DJ podcast.

Big Wave Riders, Black Twig, The New Tigers: Club Soliti: London With Big Wave Riders, The New Tigers, Black Twig @ The Old Blue Last (Pics)

Thu, May 16 2013 10:37am - Source: Prefix Magazine

For Finnish indie bands, playing outside of their country is not a regular occasion, unlike American performers who seem to pop up in all corners of the world.

After 10 more fan-created gigs, Detour is opening up

Thu, May 16 2013 8:13am - Source: Songkick

When we launched Detour London in November, we really didn't know what would happen.

MIX OF THE WEEK: CITIZEN

Wed, May 15 2013 4:20pm - Source: Mixmag

Citizen, London-based producer who's a cut above the rest when it comes to that warm, feel-good, old-skool house sound.

Phosphorescent announces London show for November

Wed, May 15 2013 3:26pm - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

With Phosphorescent playing London's Village Underground tonight and The Great Escape in Brighton tomorrow, the folk musician thought it a perfect time to announce that he'll be heading back to British shores this winter.

Meet the Dancing Misanthrope, London's biggest club fan

Wed, May 15 2013 2:12pm - Source: Beatportal

As the intro to this video says, there's always one guy at every club night who actually proves committed to the claim that he's all about the music.

Wide Open Spaces: Standish/Carlyon Interviewed

Wed, May 15 2013 12:02pm - Source: The Quietus

Conrad Standish wears a leather cap as a wardrobe staple, has a moustache, a bold personality and a droll sense of humour.

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