Blink 182 add O2 Academy Brixton to UK tour

2 intimate UK shows added to the biggest UK pop punk tour of all time

Blink-182 have announced that they will play 2 intimate club shows at the end of their UK/European tour.  The dates will be at Manchester O2 Apollo on Tuesday 24^th July and London O2 Academy Brixton on Wednesday 25^th July.  Tickets are priced at £32.50 in Manchester and £35 in London and go on general sale at 9.30am on Friday 25 May.

Drummer Travis Barker has said “We’ve super excited to be doing a couple of smaller club shows at the end of our European run.  It’s been a while since we’ve done shows in the UK like this and we think it will be awesome for our fans and for us too.  I’m leaving next week to come over to Europe and can’t wait to see all of our fans at the shows!”

Blink 182 were formed in San Diego in 1992 by Mark Hoppus and Tom De Longe and later joined by drummer Travis Barker. The bands breakthrough album, Enema Of The State, was released in 1999 and went on to sell in excess of 15 million copies worldwide.  Their next two albums, Take Off Your Pants And Jacket (2001) and  blink 182 (2003) cemented their position as a pop punk supergroup.  Additionally the band have won a number of MTV Awards throughout their career.

The full list of UK/Irish dates are as follows:

Tuesday 12 June, 2012 - Dublin, 02 0818 719300 www.ticketmaster.ie

Wednesday 13 June 2012 - Belfast Odyssey Arena - 028 9073 9074/084427774455 www.ticketmaster.ie

Wednesday 20 June 2012 - Glasgow SECC - 0844 4999 990 / gigsinscotland.com

Tuesday 24 July – Manchester O2 Apollo – 0844 477 2000 / gigsandtours.com

Wednesday 25 July – London O2 Academy Brixton - 0844 477 2000 / gigsandtours.com

RESCHEDULED DATES – June/July 2012

UK Dates

Thursday 07 June 2012 - Birmingham NIA - 0844 338 8000 - Tickets still valid from Friday 01 July 2011

Friday 08 June 2012 - London The O2 - Tickets still valid from Monday 18 July 2011

Saturday 09 June 2012 - London The O2 - Tickets still valid from Tuesday 19 July 2011

Friday 15 June 2012 - Manchester MEN Arena - 0844 847 2000 - Tickets still valid from Friday 8 July 2011

Saturday 16 June 2012 - Birmingham LG Arena - 0844 338 8000 - Tickets still valid from Friday 15 July 2011

Sunday 17 June 2012 - Sheffield Motorpoint Arena - 0114 256 5656 - Tickets still valid from Thursday 7 July 2011

Tuesday 19 June 2012 - Newcastle Metro Radio Arena - 0844 493 6666 - Tickets still valid from Tuesday 12 July 2011

Tuesday 10 July 2012 - Cardiff Motorpoint Arena - 029 2022 4488 - Tickets still valid from Saturday 16 July 2011

Wednesday 11 July 2012 - Nottingham Capital FM Arena - 0844 412 4624 - Tickets still valid from Wednesday 13 July 2011

Thursday 12 July 2012 - Liverpool Echo Arena - 0844 8000 400 - Tickets still valid from Monday 04 July 2011

Original tickets will be valid for the rescheduled dates.  For further information or queries regarding the rescheduled dates please contact the ticket agent where you purchased your tickets.

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Incubus UK Show for 2012 Announced

Monday 9^th July – London O₂ Academy Brixton

Following their sell out UK tour last November as part of the IF NOT NOW, WHEN? WORLD TOUR, Incubus have confirmed a one off headline show at London’s O₂ Academy Brixton on Monday 9^th July.

Having sold over 13 million albums worldwide, Incubus' extraordinary career has spanned over a decade, and includes six studio albums, which have spawned a total of thirteen Top 10 Rock hits with four singles debuting at #1 upon their release. The multi-platinum quintet’s last studio album Light Grenades debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top 200 (highest charting album debut of band’s career) and has sold over 800k copies to-date in the US.

Hailing from Calabasas, California, Brandon Boyd, Mike Einziger and Jose Pasillas formed Incubus in 1991 while they were in high school with Chris Kilmore joining in 1998 and Ben Kenney joining in 2003. The band’s break came in 1999 with the singles, “Pardon Me,” “Stellar” and “Drive,” from their second full-length, triple-platinum selling disc Make Yourself. The group’s third album, Morning View, released in 2001, debuted at #2 on the album chart and included the radio hits “Wish You Were Here,” “Nice to Know You” and “Warning.” In 2004 Incubus released A Crow Left of the Murder which achieved platinum status on the strength of the #1 hit “Megalomanic.”

To see Incubus live:

Monday 9^th July    London O₂ Academy Brixton 0844 477 2000

Tickets are £29.50

Tickets go onsale Friday 13^th April at 9am and are available at www.gigsandtours.com / 0844 811 0051

Watch the video for their track 'Thieves' here

Incubus’ album IT NOT NOW, WHEN? is out now on Columbia records.

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Noel Gallagher to receive NME godlike genius award 2012

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The NME Awards 2012 is proud to announce that Noel Gallagher, the man who defined the sound of a generation, is the winner of its prestigious NME Godlike Genius Award.

Noel has confirmed he will pick up the award at the iconic NME Awards 2012, which take place at London’s O₂ Academy Brixton on Wednesday 29 February. 

Noel Gallagher says: “I would like to thank NME for bestowing upon me such a great accolade. I have dreamt of this moment since I was 43 years old. I accept that I am now a genius, just like God.”

It’s been an incredible 12 months for Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, topping the album charts, scoring a hit with “AKA What a Life” and selling out arenas across the country. Defining the sound of the past year is no mean feat, defining the sound of an entire generation is truly extraordinary. As the mastermind behind Oasis, Noel spearheaded the resurgence of 90’s guitar bands with the life-changing, era defining album Definitely Maybe. Oasis sound-tracked what it was like to grow up in Britain in the ‘90s and beyond, with Noel responsible for anthems including ‘Live Forever’, ‘Supersonic’, ‘Wonderwall’, ‘Don’t look back in Anger’, ‘Cigarettes And Alcohol’ and ‘Little by Little’. These aren’t mere greatest hits – they’re national anthems, as ingrained in Britain’s musical psyche as anything The Beatles, The Stones or The Pistols ever produced.

NME editor Krissi Murison says: “For the best part of two decades, the voice of one man has dominated the pages of NME more than any other. That man is Noel Gallagher. Opinionated, intelligent, passionate and always hilarious – Noel walks and talks it better than any other musician out there, and it's just one of the reasons why the British public loves him so dearly. The other reason, of course, is the anthems. No individual has written as many sing–out–loud classics as Noel. His songwriting has defined a generation, and for that reason I’m incredibly happy to declare Noel NME’s Godlike Genius. That he keeps pushing boundaries as a solo artist proves that there’s a long way to go in the story of one of the most talented musicians Britain has ever produced.”

The NME Godlike Genius Award is an accolade that is only handed out to the true greats of the music world. The culmination of the evening, it recognises the best of the best. Previous winners include The Clash, Paul Weller, The Cure, Manic Street Preachers, New Order & Joy Division and, last year, Dave Grohl.

The NME Awards season gets underway with the NME Awards Tour. Headlined by Two Door Cinema Club with Metronomy, Tribes and Azealia Banks also on the bill it kicks off at O₂ Academy Glasgow on February 8.

The NME Awards Shows also take place throughout February.  Justice will play a five date UK tour whilst Marina And The Diamonds, The Cribs, The Black Keys, The Drums, Kurt Vile, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Pure Love, Alabama Shakes, tUnE-yArDs, Charlie XCX, Band of Skulls, Oh Land, Little Dragon, Cloud Control, The Big Pink, The Jezabels, S.C.U.M, Zulu Winter and Slow Club are set to play NME Awards Shows in iconic venues throughout London.  

For full tour dates and more details keep checking www.nme.com 

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Chickenfoot invade the UK in January 2012

Following the release of their acclaimed second album ‘Chickenfoot III’, the hottest rock’n’roll band in the world, Chickenfoot featuring Sammy Hagar (vocals), Joe Satriani (guitar) Michael Anthony (bass) and Kenny Aronoff (drums), will perform two rare concerts in the UK in January 2012 - Manchester Academy (Jan 12) and London o2 Brixton Academy (Jan 14).

The Manchester Academy concert on January 12th is now sold out. Tickets are still available for Chickenfoot’s London o2 Brixton Academy concert on Saturday January 14^th, and can be ordered from www.livenation.co.uk/artist/chickenfoot-tickets.

Original Chickenfoot drummer Chad Smith has temporarily handed his sticks over to the legendary Kenny Aronoff, who will join the band for the upcoming UK and European concerts in January. Chickenfoot will perform songs from their gold-selling, eponymous debut album, alongside tracks from ‘III’, for the very first time in Europe. The European tour also includes concerts at Paris Olympia (Jan 16), Tilburg O13 (Jan 17) and Dusseldorf Mitsubishi Electric Hall (Jan 19).

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Morrissey - London Shows Announced

Following his sold out UK tour and performance at the Hop Farm Festival Morrissey is to perform two additional shows in London. These extra dates will see Morrissey visit O₂ Academy Brixton and London Palladium in August; dates as follows:

Sun 07-Aug-2011 - London O₂ Academy Brixton

Mon 08-Aug-2011 - London Palladium

Tickets are on sale - Friday 08 July at 9am

Tickets are available at www.gigsandtours.com 0844 811 0051

Morrissey continues his run of July dates this week at:

Tue 05 July - Stoke Victoria Hall (with support from ALL THE YOUNG)

Thu 07 July - Leeds O₂ Academy (with support from THE HEARTBREAKS)

Fri 08 July - Middlesbrough Town Hall (with support from KRISTEEN YOUNG)

 

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Pulp announce Gig at O2 Brixton Academy, London

Pulp have announced details of a show at London’s O₂ Academy Brixton on Wednesday 31st August 2011.

Tickets for the show go on sale at 9am on Friday July 8th 2011.

Limited to 4 tickets per person, they will be priced at £27.50 and are available via www.seetickets.com and www.ticketweb.co.uk or the CC line, 0870 060 3775

The band appear at the Reading & Leeds Festivals on August 27th and 28th and have just headlined Wireless in Hyde Park.

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