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| Megadeth kick off Download Festival 2007 Metal veterans Megadeth pulled in a huge crowd at Download Festival 2007 as they blasted through their back catalogue on the Main Stage. The US four-piece played old favourites 'Symphony of Destruction' and 'Peace Sells But Who's Buying' alongside new track 'Gears Of War' during a mid-afternoon set at Donington Park. They later closed their performance with a medley which saw the band perform a few bars of Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid'. Over in the DimeBag Darrell Stage, Norwegian rockers Turbonegro showcased new song 'Do You Do You Dig Destruction' during their 30 minute set. As the band launched into the track a sweat drenched half naked Hans Erik Husby, told the crowd: "This tends to happen a lot in the UK and Norway. A 14-year-old girl comes home late very drunk with a fetus in her stomach." Earlier, LA five-piece Buckcherry peformed a short set which saw singer Josh Todd scream "Come on you fucking cunts", to the crowd as the band hit the stage. The quintet also played a series of songs including 'Everything' from their recent album '15'. I Was A Cub Scout then played a afternoon set, with singer Todd Marriott joking as they took the stage: "This is for whoever's on the mainstage and louder than we are." The band's set included forthcoming single 'Our Smallest Adventures', while Marriott admitted that he had been to the festival before. "When I was 13 I came and watched Korn and they're playing this weekend!" he declared The singer added that he'd just seen Paramore's singer Hayley Williams. Marriott said: "Everyone was ganging her... She's a very pretty girl," before launching into 'I Hate Nightclubs'. Hotly tipped Britrockers Zico Chain also played, performing their desert rock to a large audience. "Get ready to lose your fucking mind!" singer Chris Glithero said before launching into 'Rohyphnol'. Glithero then told the band it was a very special performance of the track 'Anaemia'. "We're making a video for this right now - so we want to see you go mental!" Glithereo explained. NME.COM will be bringing you coverage live from both of this weekend's festivals - Isle Of Wight and Download - so for news, blogs and photography straight from both sites go to NME.COM/festivals now. Meanwhile make sure you check out next week's NME - on UK newstands from June 13 - for exclusive coverage of all the weekend's action. |
Ryan Adams adds dates to US jaunt Ryan Adams has added several dates to his North American summer jaunt after selling out many of his previously scheduled shows. The singer-songwriter is supporting his new album, 'Easy Tiger', which came out in the US on June 25 and debuted at Number Seven on SoundScan's Top 200. This is Adams' highest first-week sales and chart position to date. Adams has added shows in several California cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Santa Cruz as well as shows in Seattle, Portland and Vancouver. The remaining tour dates are: Charlottesville, VA Paramount Theatre (July 10) Louisville, KY Brown Theater (11) Germantown TN Germantown Performing Arts Center (12) Austin, TX Paramount Theatre (14) Los Angeles, CA Wilshire Theater (19) Santa Cruz, CA Catalyst (21) San Francisco, CA Herbst Theater (23) Berkeley, CA Berkeley Community Theater (24) Portland, OR Aladdin Theater (26) Seattle, WA Moore Theater (27) Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theater (28) Boise, ID Big Easy (30) Salt Lake City, UT Red Butte Garden (31) Boulder, CO Fox Theater (August 2) Morrison, CO Red Rocks (3) Turin, NY moe.down (September 1) |
McCartney Says New CD Is Retrospective Paul McCartney says his upcoming album, "Memory Almost Full," looks back to the past. "In places it's a very personal record and a lot of it is retrospective, drawing from memory, like memories from being a kid, from Liverpool and from summers gone," the 64-year-old ex-Beatle said Monday in a statement. "The album is evocative, emotional, rocking, but I can't really sum it up in one sentence," he said. "Memory Almost Full," McCartney's 21st solo album, will be released June 5 in the United States. It is his first for Hear Music, Starbucks' new music label. A medley of five songs on the 13-track disc is "purposely retrospective," said the legendary singer-songwriter. "I thought this might be because I'm at this point in my life, but then I think about the times I was writing with John (Lennon) and a lot of that was also looking back." Film director Michel Gondry has directed a music video ? starring Natalie Portman ? for the opening track "Dance Tonight," but McCartney said he's "not going to give the plot away." McCartney last released the acclaimed "Chaos And Creation In the Backyard," in 2005. |
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