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iTunes to support podcasts / blogcasts

Not sure entirely what this means, as podcasts are just MP3s, so it supports them anyway. Guessing, from this comment:"With the next version of iTunes, due within 60 days, there will now be an easy way for everyone to find and subscribe to"that it'll...

Mysterious young entrepreneur secures local support

Hmm got emailed this today and thought "I recognise that chap", he used to work at our place. Read the whole press release though, have you any idea what the business is? The accompanying pictures show our Dan stood next to a painted lady (literally,...

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Unsold Tickets

Shockingly tonight's gig supporting 6x7 HASN'T sold out! There are still tickets left for the show at the LA2.

Please don't go there and buy them all up before 7.15, I've not got mine yet.

'Cocks support Hawkwind

The new lineup of the Fighting Cocks (different girls and Daphne and Celeste's cheerleaders) are to play the biggest gig of their "career", supporting Hawkwind at Brixton Academy."Hawkestra" will feature everyone who has ever been in Hawkwind, and wh...

For Those About To Rock

AC/DC tribute band AB/CD are supporting Queens of the Stone Age at tonight's sold out show at the London Astoria... It's gonna ROCK with fists of burning lava, that's how much it's gonna rock...Backyard Babies (last seen propping up a Snakebite City ...

Differ'nt Strokes

The Strokes, are five New Yorkers, and they've just sent a CD with a track called Barely Legal (on an EP called The Modern Age, out now on Rough Trade), that's got to be worth a news story, if only for getting this page in the "Billie Piper Naked" se...

King Adora Tour

King Adora (ably supported by Mo-Ho-Bish-O-Pi) will be leaving a trail of devastation and supermarket own-brand hair products across the following dates:April25 Norwich, Arts Centre26 Oxford, Zodiac27 Sheffield, Leadmill28 Liverpool, Stanley ...

Time to Get Ugly

PopEx faves The Bigger The God play live in London tonight (Thursday) to support their new album "... And The Ugly"... They'll be slinking their way to the Bull and Gate, and are supported by Interseed, Hester Thrale and Angel Delay... Seeya there.

Have an ice time

Bellatrix are playing at The Wag Club in Wardour Street, Old London Town tonight, supported by Starlover, tickets are six quid on the door, and more info is probably available from info@bellatrix.co.uk - tell them to send me free stuff, then I will p...

Afghan Peace Concerts featuring Gorillaz and more...

Get your tickets for these benefit concerts for Afghanistan featuring Gorillaz (Live) & DJ Sets from Massive Attack, Daft Punk, Portishead, ADF, UNKLE, Howie B, Richard Fearless & the Desperate Sound system here! Get tickets for the London show, 17.5...

Stamp Out

Rachel Stamp are doing a large (28 date) UK tour through September and October, with popExers Grand Theft Auto supporting...25th Sheffield The Park 26th Manchester University 27th Wrexham Yales Cafe Bar 28th Exeter Cavern TBC ...

Britney's support from down under

Continuing the recent Australian theme, we have a story about Sister 2 Sister supporting BRITNEY SPEARS on tour next month... 10th, 11th and 12th of October they're at Wembley Arena, and Friday 13th (ooh!) and Saturday the 14th they're all at Manch...

Taking the Hiss

Ten Benson have a new album released this week, and to promote it in a retrospective stylee they're ALREADY ON TOUR! The album is called "Hiss" and is described as "highlighting the many faces" of The Benson... Monday they're at Leicester Princess Ch...

Cheeky Girls On Tour?

I just heard (though from the popbitch board, so could be lies that The Cheeky Girls are to be the support on the Popstars The Rivals tour... tickets are very expensive, but hey, they are cheeky and they are girls, and there might be some bum touchin...

Everyone listening to The Darkness on XFM now?

It's ACE! ROCK!Also, The Darkness are playing Cambridge Boat Race on the 13th of Feb, get tickets here. This is right before their tour with Def Leppard starts. *cough*...

Secret Work for the Government

I am away doing secret work for the government again this week and someone just wheeled K9 into the office. Not the real one though (he is real) but a life sized model someone made. Cool. Anyway, just taking a five minute breather to tell you about t...

Def Leppard Dates

Already got my tickets for Brixton Academy (get yours here), am tempted to go to Portsmouth too... It's just a coincidence that the Darkness are supporting, I'm not stalking them...Someone's just posted some "warm up" dates on popbitch, reckon they'r...

Tonight, tonight, tonight

Obviously I am biased, but tonight at Barfly Camden sounds like a good one... The Electric Six headline, after literally several hot write ups in the music and "style" press... Everyone in the world's been trying to blag their way in, mostly based on...

Hey, I went to a proper gig

I went to see The Music on Friday night at Brixton Academy - they're good aren't they? Total rocking wig out, big long instrumental outros and that, it was like Maiden or something.Also, Nylon Pylon supported, much recommended... lots of noise, but a...

Moco support Electric Six

Wigan�s finest purveyors of "stupid cool", Moco are back with a new single Miss Manta Ray to be released May 12th on Poolside Records. Of course this sounds like a press release, it is a press release, copy and paste, copy and paste, that's what I do...

Darkness support Rolling Stones

The 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...

GLC + SFA OK!

Goldie Lookin' Chain support Super Furry Animals! Again! Possibly only the London date, but I'll let you know when I find out more...Also, WORD on the STREET is that the two bands will be recording a track together too!SFA dates are as follows, there...

Support Tacheback

Not sure I'm manly enough to grow a moustache for charity, but I'm offsetting my hirsuitness by sponsoring a chum at work, who is taking part:Jodie invited you to join the Facebook group "Please Support Tacheback 2007".Jodie says, "I have to grow a ...

Did Sheep on Drugs support Gary Numan in Folkestone in 1996

I've heard this mentioned before, it's making sense now, from this blog:they made all previous supports seem like geniuses in comparison (and I include Sheep on Drugs at Folkestone Pavilion in 1996)So something happened that night to get them kicked ...

creative support ofr Poppy Appeal

PRESS RELEASE17TH OCTOBER 2008NO EMBARGOART GALLERY SUPPORTS POPPY APPEAL IN SPECIAL WAYThe Fofu Art Gallery on Rendezvous Street in Folkestone is supporting this years Royal British Legion (RBL) Poppy Appeal in a very special way by dedicating an en...

NME Big Gig 2009 / The Cure support acts

Line up according to various sources (including last.fm) is The Cure, Justice, Foals, and Crystal Castles so far. The supports don't seem up to the standard of last year at the moment.UPDATE:Crystal Castles and White Lies will be joining headliners T...

Elton John support acts

Elton John has announced his support acts for those new years shows at the O2, they are Will Young, X Factor Winner Alexandra Burke, The Overtures and Sealife, plus Heart DJ. Never mind though, you should still buy tickets if you have not already.Elt...

Foals no longer supporting The Cure at the O2

The last.fm event page has only Crystal Castles and White Lies playing now, not sure where the definitive list of acts is...Standing ticket here, for �53.90. Prices are rising, I'd get in quick if you want to go!Not sure what all these Kaiser Chiefs ...

Ozzy possibly has a DJ supporting him tonight

This from last.fm:Can't find anything about a support band anywhere, but apparently DJ Alexander Milas from Metal Hammer was the support for the Birmingham gig, and is also the support for the Oxford gig.... ...

Who are you supporting today?

Harry seems to have the wrong colours on today... Oh yeah it's not a hangover, I actually am sick, have not eaten anything since that last hangover blog post :-(...

Uriah Heep

With support from Nazareth

Hawkwind

this page about Hawkwind support acts:

The Hippy Slags supported at Folkestone in 1988(ish), with another band maybe the Ozrics?

Suede

Definitely played here, supporting Kingmaker, it's in Love and Poison.

Guns n' Roses

Izzy Stradlin's last ever show. Support Nine Inch Nails and Skid Row - Sebastian Bach swore too much and got them barred for life.

James

+ Thousand Yard Stare, James were the support, Thousand Yard Stare were the headliners. I think Suede support Thousand Yard Stare in Portsmouth......

Goldie Lookin' Chain

CANCELLED!!! Do you remember howling them off the stage when they supported The Darkness last January? Well, they're BACK! You knows it. Update: oh no they're not, it's cancelled...

WASP

Not sure what day, the ticket is very faded... Zed Yago supported, this site says REM played there only two days before, I did pick the gigs to go to......

The Darkness

Big proper gig, with label mate support from Sweatmaster and Sludgefeast.

The Libertines

XFM Xmas party, watched support act The Darkness then went mad on free cocktails, don't remember the headliners.

Def Leppard

support from The Darkness and Ricky Warwick.

The Tears

Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler, weren't they in a band together before? One of the NME gigs, support included The Magic Numbers I think but we stayed in the pub and missed them all....

Brian Wilson

Yes of the Beach Boys, one to tick off the list. He was a bit unsteady on his feet but he had great support in recreating the perfect sound.

AC/DC

Special gig, we had to queue all day for tickets. Support from Hundred Reasons.

The Vines

supported by The Libertines. Two gigs in one night, think I saw either The Darkness or Neds Atomic Dustbin this day too...

Dr John

Got in free because of the support, think it was Ben and Jason. Not much copy anyway.

The Cooper Temple Clause

Actually support to Sizer Barker (who?) with DNA Doll

Scarfo

Must have been someone more interesting supporting...

The Dandy Warhols

I think my favourites the 60ft Dolls supported, and then promptly split up :-(

Supergrass

MTV Five Night Stand... wish I could find more details of these online, I know the support acts were good too.

Phoenix

80s style rock, they did a Cheap Trick cover. Supported by Turin Brakes apparently, I went with Neil and Camilla....

Scarfo

Must have been someone more exciting supporting, was it maybe Hooverdam?

The Boo Radleys

Was it Sigur Ros supporting at this one? Just around the time I moved to London, was this really my first gig of that era?

Placebo

I went in late on a whim, missed the support, who might have been Deus.

Manic Street Preachers

with support from Super Furry Animals and Stereophonics, who I don't remember at all...

Lilys

They did a Levi ad I think, we went for the support Hooverdam. Not sure why I've put this as Highbury Garage I think the gig was in Hoxton, but can find no reference online...

Drugstore

Club Maker night. Thom Yorke performed with Drugstore, and Michael Stipe was in the crowd. Support from The Bigger The God and Groupie and double gin for a pound.

The Divine Comedy

I left after the support The Frank And Walters to go to a local gig, I was "getting in" with people and trying to be a face on the scene to help with my fanzine...

Radiohead

I won tickets from Radio One I think, Sparklehorse support, Mark Linkous played the gig in a wheelchair, unless my brane is playing tricks.

The Kinks

Ray Davies was his own support act, busking Kinks numbers solo...

The Primitives

Was the Town & Country still then, Pale Saints supported again, and Fatima Mansions too I think.