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Watch Radiohead’s epic Glastonbury set in full

Posted on 24th June 201724th June 2017 by Amy Anderson

The mighty Radiohead headlined the first night of this year’s Glastonbury festival last night – and you watch the band’s triumphant set in full here. Bathed in white light on the festival’s main Pyramid stage, the Oxford band kicked off with the haunting, piano-led Daydreaming, from last year’s A Moon Shaped Pool album. Two hours and 25 songs later, Thom Yorke and co closed with Karma Police. During their epic set, the band also pulled out…

Isla Fisher to appear at Edinburgh Book Festival

Posted on 23rd June 201723rd June 2017 by Amy Anderson

Hollywood actress Isla Fisher is the latest star to confirm her attendance at The Edinburgh International Book Festival. The Australian actress will host an event at the Baillie Gifford Main Theatre in Charlotte Square Gardens on Saturday 19 August to celebrate the launch of her latest children’s novel, Marge and the Great Train Rescue. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear Fisher read from the book, which is the latest in her fun series which…

Shirley Manson picks her favourite Garbage song and gives advice to young bands

Posted on 22nd June 2017 by Gary Flockhart

Grunge queen Shirley Manson has offered some advice for aspiring bands: “Be the biggest and baddest version of yourself”. The Garbage frontwoman was chatting to Digital Journal ahead of the release of This Is The Noise That Keeps Me Awake – an autobiographical coffee table book due out July 4 via Akashic Books – and was also asked to select her favorite song from her own back catalogue. Edinburgh-born Shirley said she has a special…

Gig preview: Paramore, Usher Hall

Posted on 22nd June 201722nd June 2017 by Amy Anderson

Paramore will perform in Edinburgh tonight, following the tenth anniversary of their breakthrough album, Riot! The gig comes just days after the Nashville rockers performed one of their biggest headline shows to date at London’s Royal Albert Hall, during which they played songs from Riot! and their latest album, After Laughter. Frontwoman Hayley Williams recently sat down for an in-depth interview for popular web series Behind the Brand, during which she discussed the band’s turbulent…

Watch heartbreaking video for Grenfell Tower charity single

Posted on 22nd June 201722nd June 2017 by Gary Flockhart

The star-studded video for Simon Cowell’s Grenfell Tower charity single has now been released – and you can watch it here. The A-list collaboration – a cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s classic Bridge Over Troubled Water billed to ‘Artists for Grenfell’ – was released yesterday morning and has already shot to the No.1 spot on the UK iTunes chart. The video features footage of stars including Robbie Williams, Stormzy, Bastille’s Dan Smith, The Who‘s Roger…

Foo Fighters announce ‘biggest sounding’ album yet

Posted on 20th June 201720th June 2017 by Amy Anderson

Foo Fighters have announced that they’ve spent the past six months secretly recording their ninth studio album. The rock band have been working with pop music producer Greg Kurstin (Adele, Pink) on the album, which frontman Dave Grohl has already described as being “the biggest sounding Foo Fighters record ever.” In an open letter, Grohl said: “Remember that ‘break’ we were taking? Well…we lied. We just spent the last six months secretly making a gigantic…

The Libertines announce Scottish shows

Posted on 20th June 2017 by Gary Flockhart

Indie darlings The Libertines have added three Scottish shows to their upcoming tour – but sadly, no dates in Edinburgh. The London band recently announced details of a 2017 tour of UK seaside towns, and have now added three Scottish dates preceding the tour. The new dates will see them play Dunfermline, Inverness and Kilmarnock in September. Tickets for these latter shows go on sale tomorrow (June 21). Pete Doherty, Carl Barat and co will…

TRNSMT Festival ‘after party’ shows announced

Posted on 19th June 2017 by Amy Anderson

The organisers of TRNSMT Festival have announced that a series of official festival after-parties will be held in Glasgow next month. King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut and the o2 ABC will play host to a number of live gigs and DJ sets to further shine the spotlight on some of the hottest up-and-coming acts in the country over the course of the festival weekend. The events will offer fans the chance to party late into…

Listen to unreleased Prince track, Father’s Song

Posted on 17th June 201717th June 2017 by Gary Flockhart

Father’s Song, a previously unreleased Prince track from the ‘Purple Rain’ sessions, has been shared ahead of the arrival of the deluxe reissue of the late singer’s 1984 album – and you can listen to it here. Purple Rain will be reissued in both Deluxe and Deluxe Expanded Edition on June 23, and will be available in various formats – including double and triple CD, 180g vinyl and a live DVD. One of the CDs…

Queens Of The Stone Age announce UK tour – listen to new single

Posted on 15th June 2017 by Gary Flockhart

Queens Of The Stone Age have unveiled new singe The Way You Used To Do – as well as details of a UK tour that brings them to Edinburgh. The California rock band, who are gearing up to release long-awaited new album Villains, will visit the Usher Hall on November 23 on a tour that also takes in dates in Manchester, London and Dublin. Speaking about the new album, frontman Josh Homme said: “The most important aspect of…

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