As a taster from their upcoming third album 270 Stories which is released in October, Belleruche have this week released the single Clockwatching, available on 7″ vinyl and via digital download.
Belleruche released their first album in 2007, Turntable Soul Music earned the band their first taste of acceptance through the music media along with a burgeoning fanbase.
Peculiarly the band have found a massive following in France where they have regularly played to audiences of thousands and they recently opened for De La Soul on their tour.
In March this year while working on the new album Belleruche released the Liberty EP featuring new material alongside some top remixes and beguiling acoustic versions. The EP sold out its original vinyl production and had to be re-pressed within two weeks.
270 Stories finds Belleruche throwing some more new and exciting sonic surprises into the mix, with tougher edged beats, live strings and contemporary influences alongside more rigorous attention to song arrangements.
The trio are currently developing a new live show to encompass all of these elements and will be ready for headline tours of the UK, Europe and North America later this year.
In the meantime take a listen to the new single Clockwatching, it reminds me of Moloko a little, see what you think.
Following the massive success of his album B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray, B.o.B has been confirmed as support on the upcoming Paramore arena tour, which kicks off in Nottingham at the Trent FM Arena on November 8th.
The support slot should at least ensure a rendition of the recent number one single Airplanes, which features the brilliant Hayley Willamson vocals and will be a massive live tune.
The Adventures of Bobby Ray is about as packed with hit singles as any album I have heard this year, already spawning two number one’s in the UK with the excellent and very diverse tracks Nothin’ On You and Airplanes.
The third single to be lifted from the album will be Magic, featuring Rivers Cuomo of Weezer and it will be released on October 25th.
The Paramore/B.o.B UK dates are as follows;
Mon 8 NOTTINGHAM Trent FM Arena NEW DATE
Wed 10 LIVERPOOL Echo Arena
Thu 11 SHEFFIELD Arena
Sat 13 LONDON O2 Arena SOLD OUT
Mon 15 LONDON O2 Arena
Tue 16 BIRMINGHAM LG Arena
Thu 18 NEWCASTLE Metro Radio Arena
Fri 19 MANCHESTER MEN Arena NEW DATE
Just ahead of their appearance at the Reading/Leeds Festival this coming weekend, 3OH!3 have released their latest video to accompany the next single Double Vision.
Double Vision is released on September 27th and is taken from their current top 20 album Streets of Gold. The single is the fourth to be taken from the album following the incredible chart success of My First Kiss (feat Ke$ha), Starstrukk (feat Katy Perry) and Don’t Trust Me.
Party animals will be looking forward to the duo performing at Reading/Leeds, they have previously whipped up a storm at both T in The Park and Oxegen Festival’s earlier this year.
3OH!3 – Double Vision
3OH!3 will be touring the UK in September, full dates below;
SEPTEMBER
Sat 25 BRISTOL Anson Rooms
Sun 26 BIRMINGHAM Academy 2
Mon 27 GLASGOW Garage
Tues 28 MANCHESTER Academy 3
Wed 29 LONDON Koko
Former Beautiful South and Housemartins frontman Paul Heaton releases his fifteenth studio album in September 2010, Acid Country will be preceded by the single The Ladders Bottom Rung and followed by a tour of the UK.
Paul Heaton will also be supporting Madness as their special guest on The Madness Tour which is scheduled for November and December this year.
Acid Country is the follow up to Heaton’s widely acclaimed 2008 album The Cross Eyed Rambler, and finds the songwriter in sparkling form yet again with classic melodies tinged with a country edge and maintaining the acerbic and intricate lyrics that have served so well over the decades.
Back in May this year Heaton previewed some of the tracks from Acid Country amongst a set that included classics from his previous incarnations on his Pedals and Beer Pumps Tour.
The tour took Heaton to sixteen pub venues starting at the Rovers Return on Coronation Street and a quick date at Emmerdale’s Woolpack Inn.
Heaton travelled to the venues by bicycle and covered over 1,000 miles in the process, playing some of the best shows of his life. the tour highlighted the plight of local pubs as well as promoting cycling as an environmentally viable method of touring!
The single The Ladders Bottom Rung is released on September 6th, the album Acid Country is released on September 13th.
Paul Heaton Acid Country UK Tour Dates:
20 September LIVERPOOL, O2 Academy
21 September GLASGOW, King Tuts
22 September NEWCASTLE, O2 Academy
24 September MANCHESTER, O2 Academy
25 September BRISTOL, Thekla
26 September BIRMINGHAM, Glee Club
28 September LONDON, Borderline
29 September LONDON, Borderline
30 September SHEFFIELD, Leadmill
Tickets are £16.50 except London (£17.50)
www.gigsandtours.com & www.ticketmaster.co.uk / 24 hr cc hotline 0871 2200 260/0844 826 2826
On tour with Madness:
26 November BLACKPOOL, Empress Ballroom
27 November GLASGOW, O2 Academy
28 November NEWCASTLE, O2 Academy
30 November MANCHESTER, Apollo
1 December SHEFFIELD, O2
3 December HALL, Arena
4 December LEICESTER, DM Hall
5 December LEEDS, O2 Academy
7 December NOTTINGHAM, Rock City
8 December BOURNEMOUTH, Intl Centre
10 December READING, Rivermead
11 December BIRMINGHAM, O2 Academy
13 December CARDIFF, Arena
14 December PLYMOUTH, Pavilions
15 December BRIGHTON, Centre
17 December LONDON, Earls Court
www.gigsandtours.com / www.ticketmaster.co.uk /
24 hr cc hotline: 0844 811 0051 & 0844 826 2826
Only a few days away until the official release of the beautiful debut EP from Rumer, Slow will be available on Monday August 23rd, featuring two extra, as yet un-named tracks.
Taken from the album Seasons of My Soul which is scheduled for release later this year, Slow has really captured the imagination of music lovers across the country.
Selling out the Bloomsbury Theatre within hours of tickets being announced, Rumer will perform at the London venue on September 14th.
Already drawing comparisons to Karen Carpenter, will Rumer satisfy the critics with her new material? We will have to wait and see, but to get fans through the weekend here is a Paul Simon song recorded by Rumer called Long, Long Day.
Long, Long Day is free to download by visiting the Rumer website.
