Academy Events are pleased to announce that Queens of the Stone Age will play a very special festival warm up show at O2 Academy Bournemouth on Tuesday 28th June. Ahead of their slot at the mighty Rock Werchter festival in Belgium, Josh Homme and co will play the band’s greatest hits in the intimate setting of the South Coast venue.
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It’s not every day you see a band which has eleven members, but tonight saw Bellowhead headline the O2 Academy to record and film their new DVD entitled ‘Hedonism’ after their latest album. Bellowhead are one of few folk acts who have managed to build themselves up to a reputation worthy of the most popular contemporary bands at the moment and this was made clear after they broke into five figure record sales on their latest album with ease, despite their genre being very difficult to market.
Tonight is Bank Holiday Monday and the final night of five nights of BH One’s fifth birthday celebrations, the gigs have all so far been well attended and organiser Tony Foster is giving money raised to well deserved local charities Julia’s House and Poole Hospital.
Derby four piece band The James Warner Prophecies have been in touch with the Rock Regeneration office to tell us all that we should all be listening to their new single ‘You Are The Sun’, which was released on the 16th April.
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Desert Rose is a five piece band who comprise of members from Weymouth and Bournemouth, who describe themselves as ‘hard, sleazy, classic rock’. The band’s EP title, ‘Last Orders’ adds to the feeling of their self described sleazy edge to their music.
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The Royal Wedding coverage on the TV has finally finished and getting out of the house after an afternoon if front on the box is in order. This week website and promoter BH-One are celebrating their 5th birthday and to mark the fact, they have arranged 5 gigs to run over the bank holiday weekend featuring a host of local bands with all the proceeds going to the Julia’s House and Poole Hospital charities.
Over the past week or so I have been listening to “Three Dead at Sundown” the second album by the band by Gecko, on Skullfire Records, and I have to say I found it very refreshing to listen to some good old hard rock, with a blues influence. Don’t get me wrong, they are not dated in anyway!
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Big Country have announced two dates either side of their forthcoming appearance at The Isle of Wight Festival on Friday 10th June.
Currently in the middle of a hugely successful tour of the UK with Mike Peters from The Alarm on lead vocals, Big Country will continue their welcome return to the fold with a pre-festival warm-up date at The Brook in Southampton on Thursday 9th of June, and will then celebrate with a post-festival date at The Phoenix in Exeter on Saturday 11th June, where the band will work in some new material.
Tickets for both dates are £20 and go on sale at 9.00am from Friday 15th April.
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The Alarm – new album, and single, plus 30th Anniversary Tour
On June 6th 2011 it will be 30-years since Welsh rockers The Alarm performed their debut concert in their hometown of Rhyl. 17 Top 50 UK singles and 5 million album sales later, The Alarm will mark the occasion with the release of their new studio album, “The Sound And The Fury”.
The album’s release will be preceded by a 20-date 30th Anniversary Tour of the UK throughout May including a date at the Brook on the Tuesday 10th, which itself is preceded by a new single, ‘Unbreak The Promise’, on May 2nd .
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