The Courtesans announce new Christmas track and tour dates

The Courtesans announce new Christmas track and tour dates

Doom-pop rockers The Courtesans have announced a new Christmas release as well as a growing string of live shows (dates below). 

The Courtesans have been busy plotting their next release (spring 2014) and returning to film its supporting clip. In the meantime, the fiery quartet will be playing the following dates 

The Courtesans live (more dates coming soon):

2014

December 6 - Ruby Lounge, Manchester

December 24th The Boulevard, Wigan

2015 

February 14 - The Macbeth, London

February 27 - The Box, Crewe

February 28 - The Railway, Bolton

If you haven't already - be sure to check out these remixes - one is a witchhousey mix and the other, more industrial.

The Courtesans - 'Dirty Killer' (Sidewalks and Skeletons remix): https://soundcloud.com/thecourtesans/dirty-killer-the-courtesans (witchhouse)

The Courtesans - 'Dirty Killer' (Bad Atom remix): https://soundcloud.com/neverenoughpress/the-courtesans-dirty-killer (industrial electro)

www.thecourtesans.co.uk

Ariana Grande Releases Holiday Single Santa Tell Me

Ariana Grande Releases Holiday Single Santa Tell Me

ARIANA GRANDE delivers her brand new original holiday single, “Santa Tell Me”. The track is now available on all digital partners. Get it here! Listen to the audio right now. "Santa Tell Me" also stands out as the only new music on the compilation Target Presents iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Hits 2014 — in all Target stores now.

Sunday, ARIANA lit up the stage at the 2014 American Music Awards in Los Angeles. First, she delivered a sizzling medley of hits including “Problem”, “Break Free”, and “Love Me Harder” with The Weeknd. Watch the stunning performance here. Then, ARIANA’s “Bang Bang” co-conspirators Nicki Minaj and Jessie J joined her for a stunning rendition of the ubiquitous platinum-certified smash. This is just one of many high-profile performances this month.

Following her performance on the CBS broadcast of A Very Grammy Christmas December 5, she ignites the runway performing at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show December 9 on CBS. Then, she appears on Michael Bublé’s Christmas in New York special on NBC December 17. You can also see her on the Disney Christmas Parade airing Christmas Day.

The industry continues to celebrate her talents as well. Billboard will be honored her with the “Rising Star Award” at its “Women in Music” 2014 event, while she garnered MTV EMA awards in the categories of “Best Female Artist” and “Best Song” for “Problem” featuring Iggy Azalea. She even achieved the “Newcomer Award” at the BAMBI awards ceremony. Right now, she currently graces the December cover of InStyle.

Her latest single “Love Me Harder” [with The Weeknd] from the #1 smash My Everything [Republic Records] climbed to the Top 10 on Billboard’s Hot 100, making her the first artist of 2014 to score five Top 10 singles on the chart this year. 

This December Arian will join the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball tour as one of this year’s headliners. It begins December 5 in Los Angeles, CA at the Staples Center and concludes December 21at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, FL.

2014 has been the year of ARIANA. My Everything became her second album to debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 in less than twelve months, quickly approaching gold status and becoming the year’s biggest album in the process. It yielded four hit singles including the triple-platinum “Problem”, “Break Free” featuring Zedd, “Best Mistake” featuring Big Sean, and “Love Me Harder”. Right now, she’s gearing up for her first North American arena headline tour, The Honeymoon Tour, in 2015. It’s bound to be one of next year’s biggest events.

Molly Beanland covers infamous East 17 record Stay Another Day

Whilst moonlighting as Mrs Santa, the gorgeous Molly Beanland has also found time to record a glorious cover for Christmas of the infamous East 17 record ‘Stay Another Day,  which hit the no.1 spot back in 1994.

Molly chose the song because ‘the video for Stay Another Day is a Christmas gem. I really liked the idea of making my own version, me in a white parka and massive shades with a drawn on soul patch earnestly gesturing whilst spinning around on a lazy suzan, you'll just have to imagine that though sadly.’

You can listen to her stunningly seductive version here : http://bit.ly/1e52jM3

Molly is set to release her debut single ‘Night Dreams’ on the 20th January 2014 which will be available as a free download from her Facebook page until Christmas Eve. You can check it out here: http://bit.ly/1bADSyQ



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON MOLLY PLEASE VISIT
http://mollybeanland.com
https://soundcloud.com/mollybeanland
https://www.facebook.com/mollybeanlandmusic
https://twitter.com/mollybeanland

Boston releases Christmas digital single God Rest Ye Metal Gentlemen

Multi-platinum band BOSTON is celebrating the holiday season with the release of a rocking twist on a Christmas classic titled “God Rest Ye Metal Gentlemen.” This festive song, produced by BOSTON mastermind Tom Scholz, is available today on iTunes at http://smarturl.it/BostonGodRestYe and features Kimberley Dahme on bass and lead vocal, Gary Pihl and Scholz on vocals and guitars, along with Tom Hambridge on drums.

For a limited time, BOSTON fans can also listen to a stream of the track on Soundcloud by clicking http://bit.ly/1fjnerL.  Scholz said about the song, "This was my chance to BOSTON-ize one of my favorite Christmas carols.  I had so much fun with this one, I think I'll have to try a few more."

BOSTON is currently conquering the US airwaves as "Heaven On Earth," the lead single from the newly released Life Love and Hope, climbs the Classic Rock charts. Written and produced by Scholz, “Heaven On Earth” features David Victor on vocals with special guest Louis St. August.

More than a decade in the making, the highly anticipated new album Life, Love & Hope was released on December 3 in the U.S. and Canada and is available now for purchase at Amazon and iTunes. The collection of brand new tracks, recorded at Scholz’s very own Hideaway Studio II, was produced, arranged, and engineered by Scholz and is BOSTON’s first release since 2002’s Corporate America. In addition to Delp and Victor, current BOSTON singer Tommy DeCarlo, Kimberley Dahme and Scholz himself, contribute vocals on the new album. Diverse yet cohesive, the long-awaited album has something for everyone and will fulfill the expectations of existing fans, while exposing a new generation to one of rock and roll’s great acts.  Albums purchased at Best Buy will contain a bonus track titled “Te Quiero Mia.”

BOSTON burst onto the music scene with their eponymous best-selling debut album in 1976, and never looked back.  With over 17 million copies sold, BOSTON generated hits such as "More Than a Feeling," "Peace of Mind," and "Smokin'," rock staples that are still in heavy rotation today.  Their second effort, Don't Look Back was another chart-topper that confirmed their place in rock history, followed by Third Stage, which hit #1 on the charts, with the top single of 1986, "Amanda."  With over 31 million albums sold to date, BOSTON's music has stood the test of time, as evidenced by live BOSTON audiences that spans generations.

Sean Taylor releases Christmas single You’ll Never Walk Alone

London based singer-songwriter Sean Taylor is releasing his bluesy version of the Liverpool Football club anthem ‘ You’ll Never Walk Alone’ as a Christmas single with all profits from sales to go to the Hillsborough Justice Campaign.

Sean was prompted to release the new single following positive reactions to his recent live performance of the song on LFC TV.

Sean said: “I performed a version of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ on the clubs channel before my performance at the Liverpool Irish Festival back in October.  The response was so overwhelming that I decided to release the song, with the addition of a B Side of Silent Night recorded in Austin, Texas.”

He added: “All profits from the single will go to the Hillsborough Justice Campaign (HJC), which includes those bereaved by and survivors of the Hillsborough Disaster as well as supporters of the continued fight for justice. I am a lifelong Liverpool FC fan and my family are Liverpool-Irish – but everyone should support the HJC.”

The single is available now on iTunes and CD's of the single are available in exchange for a donation @HJC_Official Shop. 178 Walton Breck Road, Liverpool.

Video of performance here:

Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SSYgmtb5cU

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/youll-never-walk-alone-single/id745540068 

Twitter: @SeanTaylorsongs 

www.seantaylorsongs.com

Bellowhead announce November UK tour and Christmas single

To crown a hugely successful 12 months following the release of their award-winning fourth album, Broadside, Bellowhead will be embarking on a major tour of the UK throughout November. The 17-date run, already selling-out fast, provides audiences up and down the land with the opportunity to catch a band voted ‘Best Live Group’ at the BBC Folk Awards an unparalleled five times, and described by the Independent as “surely the best live act in the country”.

And to coincide with the tour, Bellowhead will be releasing a proper old-fashioned sort of Christmas single, ‘Christmas Bells / Jingle Bells’, but with the customary Bellowhead twist.

Renowned for the intense drama and theatricality of their live performances, since their formation in 2004 Bellowhead have occupied a unique place in Britain’s musical landscape: a blistering 11-piece band fusing English folk, funk, rock, world, jazz, music hall and classical music which has also succeeded in placing themselves at the cutting edge of the contemporary music scene.

Released in October 2012, Broadside was the best-selling independent folk album of 2012, reaching the Top 20 and being voted Best Album at the 2013 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. The second Bellowhead album to be produced by the legendary John Leckie (Stone Roses/Radiohead/Muse), Broadside is poised to achieve silver status, emulating the success of its predecessor, 2010’s Hedonism, which topped fRoots Critics’ Poll for Best Album of 2010 and won Bellowhead Best Group in Songlines 2011 Music Awards.

While their recorded exploits continue to go from strength-to-strength, on stage Bellowhead remain dedicated to producing special occasions full of drama and spectacle. Artists-in-Residence at the Southbank Centre and veterans of the BBC Proms, Radio 2’s 2Day and Live in Hyde Park, they have become justly famed for curating a host of unforgettable live events.

Following a hectic and highly enjoyable summer of horticulturally-themed festival performances (including Sheffield Botanical Gardens, Shrewsbury Flower Show & Kew Gardens) as well as Cambridge Folk Festival and Wickerman amongst others, the 2013 autumn tour marks the beginning of another busy and exciting period for the band.

At the end of December they will continue their custom of seeing in the New Year in riotous style, this time the end of year revelry will be held at Colston Hall in Bristol, with the promise of live performance, as well as a host of sundry delights and surprises for the lucky partygoers.

The excitement continues into 2014 with the publication of a beautiful Bellowhead songbook by the prestigious Faber Music publishing house, and the band will also be celebrating their 10th anniversary with two very special concerts at Manchester Bridgewater Hall and London’s favourite village hall, The Royal Albert.

A fitting finale to a remarkable decade for an unbeatable band.


November 2013
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Thu    7    Nov    BURY ST EDMUNDS    The Apex am – SOLD OUT
Thu    7    Nov    BURY ST EDMUNDS    The Apex pm – SOLD OUT
Fri    8    Nov    WARRINGTON    Parr Hall – SOLD OUT
Sat    9    Nov    CHELTENHAM    Town Hall – SOLD OUT
Sun    10    Nov    BLACKBURN                King George's Hall
Mon    11    Nov    AYLESBURY           Waterside Theatre
Tue    12    Nov    BIRMINGHAM               Symphony Hall – LAST FEW TICKETS
Wed    13    Nov    GUILDFORD              G Live
Thu    14    Nov    BEDFORD        Corn Exchange – LAST FEW TICKETS
Fri    15    Nov    WREXHAM        William Aston Hall
Sat    16    Nov    PORTSMOUTH          Guildhall
Sun    17    Nov    EXETER                       Great Hall
Mon    18    Nov    TRURO                          Hall for Cornwall
Tue    19    Nov    FROME                     Cheese and Grain – SOLD OUT
Wed    20    Nov    LEICESTER                 Montfort Hall
Thu    21    Nov    ABERYSTWYTH        Arts Centre
Fri    22    Nov    CHESTERFIELD          Winding Wheel – SOLD OUT
Sat    23    Nov    FOLKESTONE              Leas Cliff Hall

December 2013

Tue    31    Dec    BRISTOL        Colston Hall

January 2014

Fri    24    Jan    DUBLIN         The Button Factory

She's Got Claws releases Christmas single anthem Can We Hope For Christmas?

Following on from her debut album in 2012, She's Got Claws is back with the Christmas single anthem to challenge the latest X Factor winner for the top spot! The song 'Can We Hope For Christmas?' has all the traditional ingredients of a festive tune combined with a twist of electronica.  The single depicts hardship and the pressures that come with making the season a success during these times of recession.

She's Got Claws is a songwriter who also engineers and produces her songs within her own studio called Mau Studios.  Since her debut album in 2012, she has received fantastic feedback and recognition from fellow electronic artists such as Andy McCluskey from OMD who has over 30 years of experience in the industry.

25th November is the date etched into many people's minds as She's Got Claws will officially challenge the bland tradition of the X Factor release every Christmas.  Yes Simon Cowell has more money than most, however, She's Got Claws is counting on the public to see through his disposable festive money making scheme.

He was challenged and lost to Rage Against The Machine Facebook Group in 2009.  So it has happened before, let's make it happen again, this time with an actual Christmas song!

Website:  www.shesgotclaws.co.uk/christmas / EPK:  www.reverbnation.com/rpk/shesgotclaws