The new Coldplay album, Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends is not due for release until 17th June.
But Coldplay have announced exciting news for those of you who just can’t wait that long.
Coldplay are streaming the entire album on the official Coldplay MySpace site from 6PM (UK time) tonight.
With more than 415,000 [...]

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David Bowie has announced the release of a bootleg recording of the Ziggy Stardust tour from 1972 in Santa Monica USA.
The album will be called simply David Bowie Live at Santa Monica ‘72 and will be released on June 30th.
One of many ‘personas’ introduced by Bowie over the years, Ziggy remains a firm favourite with most [...]

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The Kooks long awaited album Konk is set for release on April 14th. Meanwhile the first single from the album Always Where I Need To Be, is released on 31st March.
Its more of the same from The Kooks, with the familiar sound that they introduced on Inside In/Inside Out, that seems so long ago now. Luke [...]

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Though widely overlooked at the time, Big Star and Alex Chilton have since been given cult superstar status and are often cited as major influences by the likes of Flaming Lips, Teenage Fanclub and Starsailor.
Big Star was originally formed in 1971 in Memphis, Tennessee, by Chris Bell (guitarist/vocalist), bass player Andy Hummel, drummer Jody Stephens. [...]

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To celebrate the release of his 21st album release, Not So Much To Love As To Be Loved, Jonathan Richman will play Shepherds Bush Empire on Friday 9th May.

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