NME — Bellowhead and John Grant also playing Oxford bash more info

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Guardian Music — Folk rockers to take to main stage before Bono on Friday night, while Primal Scream to headline Other stageLast year they played an early evening set in the relatively modest John Peel tent, the venue's perimeters pushed to the limit by thousands of ... more info

DrownedInSound — When meeting Gruff Rhys it’s hard not to break out in a face-achingly large smile – this is, of course, a man responsible for some of the warmest melodies this side of the 21st century under a multitude of guises: Super Furry Animals, Neon Neon a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Gruff Rhys' new solo album, Hotel Shampoo, is getting a U.S. release on May 3 via Wichita Recordings.  Two weeks after that, Gruff launches a full-blown North American tour that begins and ends in NYC. It kicks... more info

Guardian Music — Good production values on online sessions can make all the differenceAccording to circulation figures released last week, free music monthly the Fly is now the UK's biggest music magazine, with more than 100,000 readers. If the magazine isn't availab... more info

ContactMusic — Welsh rocker GRUFF RHYS is glad his pal RHYS IFANS quit the SUPER FURRY ANIMALS to pursue an acting career - because the band would have flopped with the NOTTING HILL star as frontman.Ifans was lead vocalist of the cult British group before they foun... more info

Guardian Music — The Furries frontman on singing in two languages, perfecting the cover version and how he was inspired by a Harold Pinter playOn singing in two languages: "The space between two languages is an interesting place, and one of the exciting things about ... more info

ContactMusic — Rhys Ifans could have been in Wales' answer to Guns N' Roses had he stuck at his music career.The Welsh star - who was an original member of Super Furry Animals before leaving to concentrate on acting - would have been a "better frontman" for the gro... more info

Altsounds — Gruff Rhys has announced a full North American tour in support of his latest solo album, Hotel Shampoo. The enigmatic lead singer and songwriter for celebrated Welsh outfit Super Furry Animals, solo artist, one half of trans-Atlantic electronic duo ... more info