The Thrills reschedule UK tour dates
The Thrills have rescheduled dates on their forthcoming UK tour.
Due to "unforseen personal circumstances", the band have had a slight re-jig.
They will now play:
Norwich Waterfront (October 11)
Nottingham Trent Uni (12)
Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall (13)
Liverpool Carling Academy (14)
Glasgow Oran Mor (16)
Manchester Club Academy (18)
Leeds Cockpit (21)
London KOKO (22)
Northampton Soundhaus (24) |
Liars reveal new album details
Liars have announced the details of their forthcoming album.
'Liars' -- the follow-up to 2006's 'Drums Not Dead' -- will hit Stateside on August 28, and in the UK on August 20.
Frontman Angus Andrew said that the new album is a real turning point for the band.
"I'd never felt like a songwriter 'til this album," said Andrew. "If you told me last year Liars would release a record like this, I would have laughed. If you said I'd be playing guitar solos, I'd have called you a liar. We never know what we're making 'til it's made... this time I'm a bit shocked."
The tracklisting is:
'Plaster Casts Of Everything'
'Houseclouds'
'Leather Prowler'
'Sailing To Byzantium'
'What Would They Know'
'Cycle Time'
'Freak Out'
'Pure Unevil'
'Clear Island'
'The Dumb In The Rain'
'Protection' |
Macy Gray covers Rod Stewart at Hollywood Bowl
Macy Gray covered Rod Stewart, Bob Marley and Deee-Lite during her performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles last night (August 26).
Running through several tracks from her latest album 'Big', she thrilled an 11,000-strong audience at the KCRW World Festival with an elaborate stage production and wardrobe changes that ranged from a disco-era white-and-red pantsuit to a sharp red suit replete with a ringmaster-style top hat.
Natalie Cole made a surprise appearance during Gray's first song, 'Finally Made Me Happy', but a rumoured duet with Justin Timberlake (who appears on Gray's latest album) never materialised.
"Ladies and gentemen, boys and girls, pimps and hos -- all you sexy people look especially beautiful when you shake your ass," she said.
In addition to playing old favourites, Gray paid tribute to Stewart by singing bits of 'Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?' as well as Bob Marley with 'No Woman No Cry' and Deee-Lite with 'Groove Is In The Heart'.
Gray wrapped up her performance with her hit single 'I Try', which prompted a massive audience sing-along.
Earlier in the evening, Brazilian Girls delivered a strong set led by seductive, multilingual frontwoman Sabina Sciubba who strutted down the Bowl's catwalk in a revealing catsuit.
But it was Zap Mama's set that garnered the most audience participation, with the crowd members clapping and singing along to their Afro-pop, Latin-tinged rhythms. |