Hot Hot Heat provide electric end to Carling Weekend : Leeds Festival
Hot Hot Heat proved an electric end to the Carling Weekend : Leeds Festival tonight (August 26).
The Canadian band debuted material from their forthcoming album 'Happiness Ltd' namely forthcoming single 'Let Me In'.
The track showcased a bigger sound for the band with a Killers influence permeating the tune.
Wearing a white sports jacket and sporting his trademark jerry curl hair do singer Steve Bays lead the band though a number of fan favourite including 'Dirty Mouth' and 'Talk To Me, Dance With Me'.
Biggest cheer of the evening came for 'Bandages' which singer Steve Bays introduced by saying: "You guys might know this track."
Headlining the Carling Tent the band closed their set with 'Elevator' album track 'Goodnight Goodnight' which Bays dedicated to the Leeds audience.
They played:
'Island Of The Honest Man'
'Dirty Mouth'
'Get In Or Get Out'
'Middle Of Nowhere'
'My Best Fiend'
'Naked In The City Again'
'Let Me In'
'Bandages'
'Harmonicas And Tambourines'
'Elevator'
'Talk To Me Dance With Me' |
Regina Spektor announces UK shows
Regina Spektor has announced a host of new UK gigs, due to take place in September.
Following on from the success of 2006 album 'Begin To Hope', the brief tour will start at the Connect Festival in Scotland and will concludea date at the newly-refurbished Royal Festival Hall in London.
The dates are as follows:
Scotland Connect Festival (September 2)
Liverpool Academy (4)
Birmingham Academy (5)
London Royal Festival Hall (7)
To check ticket availability and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now. |
Smashing Pumpkins seek Siamese twins from album cover
The Smashing Pumpkins are attempting to track down the Siamese twins who adorned the cover of their 1993 landmark album, 'Siamese Dream'.
The band posted the following announcement on their website:
"NEED HELP! Looking for girls from Siamese Dream album cover. There's no one better to ask than the super fans themselves! We are trying to locate the girls that adorn the cover of Siamese Dream. As you all know, they were quite young when the photo was taken. They are not conjoined anymore, as far as we know.
"Any one with info on this, please spread the word and send me a private message to PumpkinsMediaMilitia."
In other news, The Smashing Pumpkins played the first of 11 sold-out shows at the San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium last night (July 15). |