WHATS BEEN GOING DOWN IN LONDON TOWN, EUROPE & THE REST OF THE UK
By: Lis Booth
Through the month of November i found some great news to share with you all that you may have missed...
The Queen joined Facebook!
Prince William Proposes to Kate Middleton with His Mother 'Princess Diana's Engagement Ring, The couple are set to Marry in The Spring or Summer of 2011
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hollows was Released this week.. I haven't seen it yet but i do hear it is very dark and quite gloomy, Alot of people don't seem to like the fact that the ending wasnt happening.. was unclear and bad that and you have to wait till next year for the rest of the film.. what do you think?
Liam Gallagher has formed with Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock, to create a new band ' Beady Eye ' They have made their first full track available for free. Bring The Light is available now to download from http://www.beadyeyemusic.com, it will also be released as a 7" single, which was recorded in London in the summer of 2009.
Coldplay will play two Christmas concerts to raise money for homeless charity Crisis.The 'Hidden Gigs' will take place in Liverpool on 19 December and Newcastle on 20 December. Each venue, which won't be announced until the day before the concerts, has a 1,000 capacity. General sale tickets will cost £50
The British Legion's '2 Minute Silence' is climbing up the iTunes charts, beating some of the usual! '2 Minute Silence' features some of the UK's best known faces in the video. including David Cameron, Bob Hoskins, The Saturdays and Jimmy Carr. The charity release aims to reach the number one spot for Remembrance Sunday, november 11, causing radio stations to broadcast two minutes of silence.
THE STREETS have announced details of a Last Ever UK Tour, which is due to take place in the new year with the New and Last Ever Album. The band will play 13 dates on the Computers And Blues Tour, starting at the Picture House in Edinburgh on February 18.
George Michael Reschedules 'Faith' Re-Release It's due out in January...
DAMON ALBARN RECORDS WORLDS 'FIRST ALBUM ON AN IPAD'- He wants to release a new Gorillaz record before Christmas... I didn't hear anymore on this so keep your ears peeled if your a fan.
The Wanted Announce Massive UK Tour The Band will hit the road in 2011...They re A new ish to the scene boy band from the uk. & are hitting the music scene here with a storm. i dont like the sounds of them personally as theyre a bit pop ish but hey you may wanna know!!
AMY WINEHOUSE NEW SONG LEAK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jYQrTYTfkA&feature=player_embedded (this may not be longer available) It turns out she has also been Entertaining Xfactor wannabe pop star Katie in her Local Pub The Hawley Arms.
Keith Richards Announces Plans For Rolling Stones Tour and New Album for 2011
Queen will re-release all of their 15 studio albums next year... The band have signed agreement with Universal Music Group to release the albums ending their 40-year partnership with EMI.The re-releases will be remastered and repackaged, as well as additional content featured.
MANIC STREET PREACHERS POSTPONE LONDON GIGS DUE TO ILLNESS-James Dean Bradfield apologises to fans
DAMON ALBARN FORMS NEW BAND WITH FLEA AND TONY ALLEN he confirms He's also planning to release another Gorillaz album in 2011
SURVIVING SLITS MEMBERS TO RELEASE TRIBUTE ALBUM TO ARI UP
MASSIVE ATTACK TO RELEASE MUSIC 'SPONTANEOUSLY' IN 2011-"We got quite a bit of EPs out next year We're tired of the cycle of album, tour. It's more fun putting things out randomly, sort of spontaneously.
The Charlatans' drummer Jon Brookes has played with the band for the first time since being treated for a brain tumour in September. The drummer collapsed onstage in Philadelphia, On Saturday (October 23), he played during the encore
Mick Jagger lends his support to 'Save The 100 Club' campaign alongside many other Musicians. - & The Rolling Stones Deny New Album And 2011 Tour
THE FOO FIGHTERS set to Play Many UK dates in 2011 Milton keynes Bowl, The 02 London and more... I cant wait for this.. this is very exciting!!
REM's new album to feature Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Patti Smith and Peaches 'Collapse Into Now' will be released in early 2011
Green Day/MTV released A new live film, 'MTV World Stage' from 21st Century Breakdown, which aired November 15.in cinemas across the UK & Europe = Yes I attended this and it was amazing to see Green Day on the Big Screen! He even did his famous 'Full Moon' for us Green day fans!! I will say though MTV had badly cut this and that was very disappointing,. but yet lovely to see the guys AGAIN after the end of their tour process from the 21st century breakdown era. I hope they have a well deserved earned break and I'm looking forward to their new Live DVD/CD which is due to come in the new year.
Iron Maiden announce world tour plans - tHE Legendary rockers to hit 13 countries in 2011...
New Riot have announced they re about to head out on a Big Cheese sponsored UK tour for December. They re currently on tour with Less Than Jake & have posted their video for 'Riot.Sleep.Repeat' find this at http://tinyurl.com/395vvxe A New Riot insider says 'New Riot will be doing all kinds of sexy rebellion to the Water Rats venue on December 16th' - 'Police are pre-warning locals about naked munchkins, drunk mothers and lost children'!! check their facebook for tour dates, http://www.facebook.com/NewRiotUK
PULP To Reform: Pulp will play several gigs next summer as their original group of Nick Banks, Jarvis Cocker, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey, Russell Senior and Mark Webber.The shows include a headline at the Wireless festival in London next July, Primavera Sound in Barcelona on May 27. The gigs will be the bands first lot of gigs they have played together since August 1996.
Vivienne Westwood is set to 'style' next year’s BRIT Awards statue, Vivienne will give the prizes a makeover when they’re handed out at the O2 Arena in London on February 15 “Vivienne stands for all the things we want to inspire in tomorrow’s generation of artists,” says BRIT Awards chairman David Joseph.
Lady Gaga dominated this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs), taking home three awards, Eight waxworks of Lady Gaga are also set to be unveiled at different locations around the world.
Sadly Lily Allen was back in hospital, where she is being treated for septicaemia. The singer, who very recently suffered a miscarriage at the beginning of november at around sixth months into her pregnancy, is said to be responding well to treatment. Lily Allen said she was still “very sick” but thanked her fans for their messages of support.
Pearl Jam are to Release Live Album 'Live On Ten Legs' It's due out next January.. i cant wait for this!!/
JAMIROQUAI has released his new album ‘Rock Dust Light Star’ & also previewed songs at an intimate gig in North London on November 4 The concert, which was broadcast live on BBC Radio 2,You can listen to the performance at BBC.co.UK/Radio2.
Faithless new album 'The Dance Never Ends' is now released
Manic Street Preachers are set to play a homecoming gig in Wales in Dec
The Who, Debbie Harry, The Verve’s Richard Ashcroft and Jeff Beck, will perform at a charity gig for Cancer Research, at the Hammersmith Apollo in London on January 13.
Duran Duran have revealed details of their new album, which has been produced by Mark Ronso- The nine-track album, entitled 'All You Need Is Now', will be released exclusively on the iTunes music store on December 21.An expanded 12-track album will be released in February 2011,
THE DESCENDANTS have news on their website : We're pleased to announce that the Descendants will be playing three shows in Australia this December, as well as Groezrock Festival in Belgium next April. The Australia shows will be the first time that the band has ever played "down under."
The Happy Mondays Shaun Ryder is currently braving it in The Jungle, eating 'crocodile penis' and other disgusting things in the Bush Tucker Trials competing for "I'm a Celebrity get me out of here" good on him!
Take That's new album has been confirmed as the fastest-selling this century.-'Progress', which is the band's first album in 16 years featuring Robbie Williams, sold 235,000 copies in its first day... I'm not a Take That fan but good luck to Robbie & The Guys,
The Beatles' entire back catalogue is now available to download from iTunes.
The Kinks Ray Davies has called on Simon Cowell to save London's fabled 100 Club as payback for all he's taken out of the music industry...
ANGELS & AIRWAVES TO TOUR UK IN FEBRUARY
A great little band i recently found called Fushi Mox Are releasing a new Blog world soon with some wicked live footage! more on this as I get it!..
MOTORHEAD have been playing gigs in the UK with songs from their new album 'Motorizer' .. gig wise reports.. Singer Lemmy Kilmister wowed fans, bringing some old style rock to some of the new younger fans!
FOR GENERAL EUROPEAN MUSIC NEWS FROM MTV GO TO:
FRANCE : http://www.mtv.fr/
GERMANY: http://www.mtv.de/
SWEDEN : http://www.mtv.se/
NORWAY : http://www.mtv.no/
DENMARK: http://www.mtv.dk/
OTHER NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE....
Our very own Amazing 'GINGER COYOTE' & THE WHITE TRASH DEBUTANTES JOINED - PRIMA DONNA, & THE MYSTIC KNIGHTS OF THE COBRA LAST WEEK TO ROCK SAN FRANCISCO!! - I wish I could have been there..
EMI Loses Citigroup Lawsuit - It may lose control of record label - investment bank Citigroup did not trick private equity company Terra Firma into paying an inflated price for EMI, a US jury has ruled.The company bought the record label for £4.2bn in 2007, with loans over $2bn from Citi. Terra Firma’s Guy Hands had argued that he was mislead into believing other companies were interested in acquiring EMI.He also claimed to 'Spinner' that the company was only worth three-quarters of what he paid for it.
FAT WRECK CHORDS have announced that they will release their first compilation in their popular 'Fat Music' compilation series since 2002's 'Fat Music Volume VI: Uncontrollable Fatulence'. The new comp., titled 'Fat Music Volume 7: Harder, Fatter + Louder!' will be out on November 23rd and will feature new and previously released music from the label.

The track listing will be as follows:
Old Man Markley - "For Better, For Worse"
The Flatliners - "The Calming Collection"
Swingin Utters - "Brand New Lungs"
Mad Caddies - "Why Must I Wait"
Banner Pilot - "Greenwood"
Pour Habit - "Heads of State"
Dead To Me - "X"
Teenage Bottlerocket - "Skate or Die"
Cobra Skulls - "Hot Sand"
Tony Sly - "Via Munich"
None More Black - "Sinatra After Dark"
Chixdiggit! - "Miso Ramen"
Against Me! - "Holy Shit"
NOFX - "Fermented and Flailing"
Smoke Or Fire - "Integrity"
Strung Out - "The Fever and the Sound"
Lawrence Arms - "Demons"
American Steel - "Tear the Place Apart"
Good Riddance - "Lame Duck Arsenal"
No Use For A Name - "Dream Police"
The Real McKenzies - "Scots Wha' Ha'e (Live)"
Dillinger Four - "A Jingle for the Product"

OTHER NEW UPCOMING FATWRECK CHORDS RELEASES
NOFX/ The Spits Split 7" - November 23, 2010
Screeching Weasel/ Television City Dream - CD, Colored Vinyl, November 09, 2010

Swingin' Utters/Taking the Long Way - November 23, 2010
Smoke Or Fire/The Speakeasy - CD, Colored Vinyl, Vinyl - November 09, 2010
DC JAM RECORDS have announced they have just signed The Generators to a new record deal with a release date in early 2011, for the Bands Eighth Release Check out the website for other artists and album samplers www.dcjamrecords.com
THE WHITE STRIPES TO RECONVENE FOR NEW ALBUM? - Jack White says he's thinking about getting back in the studio with Meg
Metallica to begin work on a new album in 2011
NIRVANA STARS REUNITE ON NEW FOO FIGHTERS ALBUM-Dave Grohl enlists Krist Novoselic for 'heaviest' Foo Fighters album yet
New Michael Jackson Album Out December 14
Aretha Franklin has axed all gigs for the next six months under the orders of her doctors.The singer age 68, was admitted to hospital in Detroit last month for undisclosed reasons, but has since been released to rest at home.
Aerosmith To Record 'Old-School' New Album The Band will hit the studio in 2011...
PARAMORE's Hayley Williams spoke out about a naked photo of her that appeared online earlier this year.The topless image, was obtained when somebody hacked into her mobile phone and posted it on Twitter. she has revealed that she is “not sorry for who I am”."That wasn't for anyone to see," she told The Guardian. "That was my business."
Guns N’ Roses are set to start recording a new album,
ACIDIC - Manager message:It's been confirmed- ACIDIC is going to Kosovo, in the Balkans, and Germany, over New Year's! They'll be entertaining the troops, for Armed Forces Entertainment. From December 28th to January 4th!!!! ACIDIC "It is the greatest honor to play for our troops, we're going to have a blast," please check their facebook for other tour dates around the u.s. http://www.facebook.com/ACIDICband & go over to the main page and read my new interview i just did with them, which also includes their December Tour dates
The Deftones, from the East Bay California have been rocking the the UK after having not toured the UK since 2006, The eagerly anticipated return from the Sacramento five piece will hit the road unfortunately with the absence of Chi Cheng-Their bassist whom was left in a coma as a result of a car accident in 2008 of which he is still recovering. The band have played shows without him, but it can never be easy as this is their first tour without him,
Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits have had some dates come up check em out:
?12/02/10-Oakland, CA @ Sugar Mountain
12/03/10-San Francisco, CA - The Future
12/04/10-Anaheim, CA @ The Doll Hut
12/05/10-Hollywood, CA @ The Lexington Theater
catch them on facebook for all the news: http://www.facebook.com/bobbyjoeebola
Blink 182 have announced that their new album will be released in April/May of next year.The new album will be the band's first release since 2003's self entitled album, bassist/vocalist Mark Hoppus has said that a number of songs are 'very near complete'.The singer revealed details of their new album on his blog: ''We've been busy with new songs and ideas. Some tracks are very near complete. In rough terms, I'd say we're working with the better part of ten or so songs at this point.''
THE KILLERS SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED ARTWORK ON SPECIAL LIMITED RELEASE.. 150 limited edition pieces of Paul Normansell's Killer's collection start from £495 - £2995. More details online at http://www.thekillersart.com
I have been listening to the All New 'My Chemical Romance' album and I like it Alot I must say.. I recommend it if your into that type of music,it is a very strong CD they have worked very hard on, it'll definitely be a number one in the album Charts.
I am definitely looking forward to the new releases to come from Fat Wreckords please read details on them above..
I also hear that great little young band from the East Bay 'Emilys Army are recording new songs for a New Album!!... so news on that will come as soon as i have some..
Do you have any News to share??
Let me know what New Music you have been listening to, WHAT DO YOU RATE OR HATE... PLEASE TELL ME...
Email Me with any news, or stuff you would like to share at: lisbooth@punkglobe.com
you can also find my details on the main page ...
I Hope you all Have a Fantastic Christmas.. Be Safe - Be Merry - And See you all in The New Years Punk Globe!.. x