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Offset 2009

5551 days ago

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Squeezing the last blood from the Summer festival stone is Londonâ€™s Offset, a two day event with one of the best alternative line-ups of the whole season. Forcing the Shoreditch glitterati up against hardcore bands such as Rolo Tomassi and mor... more info

This Is A Shakedown! - Circles

5554 days ago

Unreality Music — I got an email from a reader yesterday recommending I check out the excellent This Is A Shakedown and their video for Circles. When I listen to this, I get a distinct Bloc Party vibe, which is not a criticism! According to our source, Circles is the... more info

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[New] Editors â€“ Papillon

5559 days ago

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Have Editors been hanging out with Bloc Party? Who gave them the synths?? A new song has surfaced called “Papillon”, and it is very different from anything the Editors have ever done. It is very “new wave” and definitely a big departure from ... more info

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Bloc Party To Take Time Out

5562 days ago

XFM.co.uk — The band will "re-group" after this tour... more info

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Promoter Cool Over Oasis Split

5562 days ago

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The French promoter faced with paying a refund to each of the 30,000-plus music fans who turned up in Paris to see Oasis says he has no plans to take legal action against the band.Salomon Hazot of Nous Productions, who has run the cityâ€™s Rock ... more info

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Bloc Party React To Oasis Split

5563 days ago

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Bloc Party have revealed they had to tell fans that Oasis wouldn't be coming on after them in Paris last Friday. The band split just before they were due to play at the Rock en Seine concert. Bloc Party front man Kele and drummer Matt said they didn'... more info

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Bloc Party react to Oasis split

5563 days ago

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — Bloc Party singer Kele has revealed that it was left up to him to tell the crowd at a concert in Paris last Friday that Oasis had cancelled their appearance after they split up before the gig. more info

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Reading and Leeds 2009: how was it for you?

5563 days ago

Guardian Music — From Karen O's costume changes to Kings of Leon's blue-collar belters, share with us your festival highlightsReading and Leeds 2009 proved to be a weekend of immense highs and lows, and that was just the GCSE results. There were surprise slots from T... more info

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