Bjork has pulled out of this weekends Wild In The Country festival, where she was due to headline on July 5th.

The Icelandic singer who is reaching the end of an eighteen month long world tour has issued the following statement:

“Bjork is extremely disappointed that this show will now no longer go ahead, Organisers have been unable to secure any staging, sound and lighting for this festival, making it impossible for the headline artists to perform.”

Organisers of the weekend event at Knebsworth Park are flabbergasted by the comments and have responded to the singer by saying, “Contrary to what has been suggested, we have diligently provided all production requirements for all of the other acts appearing on this years line up.”

The festival appearance was scheduled as Bjork’s only live date in the UK this year.

Grandmaster Flash will be appearing as one of the special guests when The Glimmers host the second of five one-off special Hidden Depths events. Last week Mark Jones of Wall Of Sound Records hosted a successful first evening.

The Glimmers come from Belgium and play in Manchester on 10th July at Joshua Brookes. They are two well respected DJ’s and music artists who are renowned for their own style of remixing. They have also released several remix CD’s & recently released their own album - The Glimmers Are Gee Gee Fazzi.

If you would like a FREE copy of the album just send your full name, contact number & postal address. The first lucky 5 emails to be received will win a copy. Send your entries to freecompetition@buzzinmedia.co.uk with Buzzin Music Glimmers Competition in the subject line.

If you are unfamiliar with their music, visit The Glimmers MySpace page.

The Last Shadow Puppets played a surprise gig at the Park Stage at Glastonbury on Saturday night. Their debut live performance was a fairly well kept secret, though rumours began circulating when Miles Kane & Alex Turner were seen together at the festival on Saturday morning.

The Raconteurs and White Stripes main man, Jack White, joined them on stage as they played a well received acoustic set. Songs were taken from the album The Age Of The Understatement, as well as a cover version of Billy Fury’s Wondrous Place.

The Last Shadow Puppets will be performing live shows in August, followed by their first European and American shows in October/November. The band, Alex Turner and Miles Kane, and live musicians James Ford (drums), John Ashton (keyboards) and Stephen Fretwell (bass) will be augmented by a full 16 piece orchestra at each show.

The Portsmouth and Oxford shows will precede the band’s festival appearances at this year’s Reading and Leeds festivals. The band will then return to mainland Europe (following August’s Paris show) and Britain in October for a series of headlining dates. The band then travel to America for shows in New York’s Grand Ballroom and Los Angeles’ elaborate Mayan Theatre.

The tour will round up at London’s Hammersmith Apollo on Sunday the 26th of October. Full dates as follows:

August 19th – Portsmouth, Guildhall
August 20th – Oxford, New Theatre
August 22nd – Leeds Festival
August 24th – Reading Festival
August 26th – Paris, Olympia
October 15th – Stockholm - Circus
October 16th – Copenhagen – Vega Main Hall
October 17th – Berlin – Tempodrome
October 19th – Brussels – Cirque Royale
October 20th – Amsterdam – Paradiso
October 22nd – Glasgow – Academy
October 23rd – Sheffield – City Hall
October 26th – London – Hammersmith Apollo
October 30th - Grand Ballroom, New York
November 3rd - Mayan Theatre, Los Angeles

Tickets for all UK headlining shows will be available from usual outlets on Saturday the 5th of July from 9.30am.

Mark Jones / Wall Of Sound Records
Hidden Depths event sponsored by San Miguel at the Soho Revue Bar on Thursday 26th June

For those Soho Revue Bar virgins, the main bar is an intimate room with small stage, with a small dance floor, 3 or 4 rows of seating and the bar area at the back. The room is lavishly decorated with huge chandeliers.

The intimate crowd consisted of a mix of music fans and general partygoers of all ages. The overall feel for the night was one of entertainment, humour and partying in an intimate club.

The Master of Ceremonies for the evening was Mark Jones, truly on form in a pimp daddy style leopard print two-piece. The bands that played from the Wall Of Sound label were excellent.  At times coming offstage to sing in the crowd to give the whole night a special feel of intimacy, which is often lost in bigger venues.

The Shortwave set was a real highlight.  As was Mpho Skeef who’s London sound set the tone.  The lead singer had a distinct husky quality reminiscent of Macy Gray and Corrinne Bailey Rae.

A Human provided the perfect energetic performance to get the party in full swing.  One group that proved very popular was the Infadels. All the acts went together seamlessly and each brought their own individuality; all of which now appear on my iPod playlist.

It was good to see each of the bands staying to watch and support each other’s performances and having a good drink and a dance.  Walking around the venue you had a chance to have a quick chat with all the bands, which again helped create a good vibe.

Marc Almond’s performance was the biggest act of the night, and he didn’t fail to get the crowd going. Like a kid in a sweet shop he was in his element on stage, loving every moment.  This was that time of the night when everyone hit the dance floor.

Marc sang some new material, and after some persuading (chanting from the now tipsy crowd), revisited some old favourites including the big one, Tainted Love.  Everyone was taken back in time and bounced around the room in alcoholic excitement.

Following Marc Almond was a perfect time to introduce Chicago’s DJ Pierre - the legend of House who took control for the post-midnight slot; the Revue bar by this stage was definitely a full-blown club night, making full use of the busy, compact dance floor immediately in front of the stage.

The night was a great success, and the crowd were very enthusiastic, particularly after a few complimentary San Miguels’. There was another bar upstairs, which was far more chilled out. But the action was definitely down in the the main bar all night. An excellent night was had by all.  Now we are massively looking forward to the second of the five /hidden /depth events as the Glimmers play Manchester on 10th July at Joshua Brookes (next to the old Paradise Factory).

3,000 portaloo toilets on 400-acres of farm is awaiting approximately 134,000 people on their way to the Glastonbury Festival this week.

Essentials for one of the festival highlights of the year include wellington boots and a good supply of toilet rolls.

The complete line up for every stage and tent can be viewed, and tickets still be purchased on the Glastonbury Festivals website.

Headline acts for the main Pyramid Stage will be Kings Of Leon, Jay-Z and The Verve with main support being offered by the likes of The Fratelis, Editors and Gossip on Friday; Amy Winehouse, The Raconteurs and Crowded House on Saturday; and Leonard Chen, Goldfrapp and Neil Diamond on the Sunday.

Though Amy Winehouse is still pretty ill she has apparently promised to make it to the festival and will be chauffeured via helicopter into the festival before her appearance on Saturday night immediately before Jay-Z.

As usual, The Other Stage offers a strong line up too, and will no doubt mean choices will have to be made as to which artist and which stage to visit.  The Other Stage headlining acts are Panic At The Disco, Massive Attack and Groove Armada, with great support including The Enemy and We Are Scientists (Friday), Hot Chip, Elbow, Duffy, The Wombats and Black Kids (Saturday); and The Zutons, Pigeon Detectives, Mark Ronson & Scouting For Girls (Sunday).

There are far too many other stages and tents, let alone acts to list but here are a few I would like to see:

John Peel Stage: Band Of Horses, British Sea Power, Spiritualized, The Kills

Acoustic Stage: Seasick Steve

The Park: CSS, MGMT, Caribou, Edwyn Collins

Who are you looking forward to seeing, either live or on the television?