2006-10-06UTC08:42:43RoundupInterview yesterday was good, but it's a small company and I'm still after more money than they can afford. It wis great to work on interesting projects, but I'm still holding out for a higher wage too right now, we have a mortgage and want a new hou... 2005-06-24UTC12:10:16Glastonbury Festival hit by rain"A few unlucky ones just arriving at the site this morning - some unprepared for the rain in flip-flops and shorts - faced the prospect of pitching their tents in the storm"... now what sort of fool would do that? I must put those old pictures online... 2004-06-28UTC02:01:11Jo Whileysaw her out by the pyramid stage, can't remember who she was watching, she was with two kids, are they hers?2004-01-22UTC01:49:26You Knows ItNice one, just found out I might get guestlist action for the Darkness gig with Goldie Lookin' Chain supporting...The rescheduled Darkness dates are Saturday 7 February for Portsmouth Pyramids and Sunday 8 February for Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall, can... 2004-01-22UTC12:07:35All Welsh, All SafeTracksuited rappers Goldie Lookin' Chain have put together an all-Welsh line-up for their upcoming hometown gig at Newport's NCLA. The GLC crew, who also play gigs with The Streets and The Darkness during February, have asked Barry rockers My Red Cel... 2003-10-21UTC02:59:36A good dayMan it's cold today,not the best day to be queued up outside Hammersmith Apollo for a couple of hours, but at least we have our wristbands for the show now... Saw Fruitbat from Carter USM in front of us in the queue and also Marie and Emmy-Kate from ... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/412/A+good+day">Rated 3.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2003-10-20UTC12:10:04Darkness cancellationsThe Darkness have been forced to cancel their gigs in Folkestone (this evening, Monday 20 October) and Portsmouth (tomorrow, Tuesday 21 October).The shows, at the Leas Cliff Hall and Portsmouth Pyramids, have been cancelled due to lead singer Justin ... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/413/Darkness+cancellations"><img alt="Darkness cancellations" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/413/Darkness+cancellations">Rated 4.86/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2003-07-02UTC01:41:50Darkness TourNICE ONE, got my invite to the Darkness album launch party on Monday, after much prompting... also selling tickets to all their dates now through popex:The Darkness @ Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire (Sat 4 Oct) [info&nbsp;/&nbsp;details]The Da... 2003-07-02UTC01:10:57It's the vinyl countdownYou've obviously not forgotten that The Darkness album Permission To Land is out on Monday. Popex' very own copy is apparently winging it's way to the office RIGHT NOW, so another sort of review of it tomorrow... Anyway, the album is also out on VIN... 2003-06-30UTC11:17:14And back to workmoved deskcleared 1200 odd mails, mostly spamCaught up with popex admin, adding bands, processing charts etcFixed up popex error pages, new server handles errors differently, and we need to serve ads on error pages...Tweaked popex gig mail, seems to ... 2003-06-20UTC05:26:35Darkness support Rolling StonesThe mighty mighty Darkness (have I mentioned them before) are doing a full ginormous tour in October including:Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland (Thursday 2 October)Keele University (Saturday 4 October)Solus, Cardiff (Sunday 5 October)Carling Academy, Br... 2003-06-11UTC12:28:28Glastonbury warm up partyFor one night only, Virtual Festivals are proud to present the ultimateGlastonbury Warm-up party! With a bunch of superb bands and DJ's (includingat least 2 Pyramid Stage acts and 1 previous Glastonbury headliner!), plus afew hundred kindred spirits,... 2003-05-30UTC11:13:54GlastonburyGlastonbury lineups are out now and it looks like The Darkness are going to be opening the festival, playing the Pyramid Stage at 10.15am, blee... The Other Stage is here (ee it were the NME stage in my day) and I like the idea they're having a Mec... 2002-11-22UTC10:11:39NME Awards TourThe NME Awards Tour hits the road in January, this time round it features The Datsuns (am I the only one who still likes them?), The Polyphonic Spree, Interpol and The Thrills... The tour takes in the following datesGlasgow Barrowlands (Jan 26th)Nort... 2002-04-10UTC11:03:43Iceland RockLeaves are doing a lot of stuff right now, just got a new single from them - "Race" - it's out on the 6th of May... they're going touring crazy too, playing the Essential Festival in Bristol and supporting The Coral, Doves and Electric Soft Parade o... 2002-02-25UTC04:04:47Win 'A 'and Rival Schools TicketsGot two pairs of tickets to each of the following dates on the "A" tour to give away:Portsmouth Pyramid Centre (27 Feb, Weds)Bristol University (2 March, Saturday)Northampton Roadmender (8 March, Friday)To be in with a chance of winning, just E-mail ... 2001-11-14UTC11:14:15NME Tour DatesAs previously reported, it's Andrew WK, The Coral, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and the LostProphets... full dates (with links for you to earn popEx money when you buy tickets) are here!Nme Awards Tour 2002 @ Astoria, London, London (Sun 10 Feb 2002)N... 2001-05-11UTC04:10:35Radiohead iBlip is here...Radiohead have done another "iBlip", to promote their forthcoming album Amnesiac... You can listen to 3 tracks of the album, plus see the whole of their "Pyramid Song" single...You can listen to all this on the Channelfly website - click here...What'... 2001-03-12UTC06:02:19Everclear tour datesEverclear are touring- not until the end of May, but it's nice to have a bit of notice innit... catch them here:25th May - Dublin SFX26th May - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall27th May - Manchester University28th May - Glasgow Barrowland30th May - Nottingh... 2000-10-03UTC12:55:36A $6 investment can earn you thousands!!!!!!!!!!!!Don't post chain letters here, unless they are as good as this one:This chain letter was started in hopes of bringing relief to other tired and discouraged men. Unlike most chain letters, this one does not cost anything. Just send a copy of this lett... 2000-09-25UTC03:35:24How about a Coldplay competition?Right, I was sent a press release today, advertising the forthcoming tour, and the new single (as exclusively revealed here to be "Trouble"), but I thought the tour was off because one of them has Glandular Fever... so the competition question is "I... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/7469/How+about+a+Coldplay+competition%3F">Rated 3.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-11-22UTC06:31:28Portsmouth PyramidsSo who was it actually played the Pyramids this night? I know I was at the Mike Flowers Pops one, I remember holding the door open to a radio reporter so they could report from the gig using the payphone in the lobby, as their satellite phone wasn't ... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/v/89/Portsmouth+Pyramids">Rated 3.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>