The Hold Steady announce Summer tour
The Hold Steady have announced details of a new Summer tour which begins on July 2 at London's Shepherds Bush Empire.
The band are set to release a new single 'Chips Ahoy!' on the same day.
They play:
London Shepherds Bush Empire (July 2)
Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms (4)
Manchester Academy 2 (5)
Leeds Cockpit (10)
Liverpool Academy 2 (11) |
Keith Richards memoir sparks bidding war
Keith Richards' forthcoming autobiography has caused a bidding war among several publishing companies.
Publishers have already offered The Rolling Stones guitarist an advance of $7.3 million (3.5 million pounds) according to industry insiders.
As of today (July 26), the bidding has been narrowed down to two publishing houses, reports the New York Post. The companies are HarperCollins, a unit of News Corp., and Little Brown, a division of Hachette Filipacchi.
The memoirs are expected to include details of Richards' two famous arrests and his romantic relationships with models. |
HMV buys Fopp
HMV have bought up the Fopp brand and taken six of it's most profitable stores off the hands of administrator's Ernst & Young.
Fopp was forced to close down earlier this month with the loss of 700 jobs. It had massive credit problems which stemmed from it buying up the Music Zone chain.
HMV's spokesman Gennaro Castaldo said: "Those stores actually were profitable and the Fopp brand - there's a lot of customer interest in it, it was very appealing, and I think it was working strongly across the country, but some stores were purchased and maybe didn't fit in with the original plans."
"Where those members of staff are available we'll certainly be looking to rehire them which hopefully will mean up to 70 jobs are saved."
The six stores should open as soon as possible in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London's Covent Garden, Cambridge, Manchester and Nottingham, reports BBC 6 Music |