To top off a stellar year that has seen them invade the charts with summer anthem “Sweet Disposition” and embark on a sell-out UK tour, The Temper Trap join forces with XFM to celebrate Christmas in a very special way.

XFM’s Winter Wonderland at London’s Brixton Academy on Wednesday December 16, 2009 will be a fitting end to a great year and another guaranteed sell-out.

Joining The Temper Trap onstage at this year’s XFM Winter Wonderland:

Razorlight, The Big Pink, Bombay Bicycle Club, Local Natives, Goldhawlks & Cassidy

Tickets go on sale at 8am on November 6th, for more information visit:

XFM Winter Wonderland Official Website

Buy Music:

The Temper Trap on amazon.co.uk

The Temper Trap on amazon.com

For the latest music and information, go to:

The Temper Trap Official Website

“Water & A Flame” duet with Adele released November 2nd

October 2009 UK tour dates

Daniel Merriweather along with Razorlight and Kelly Rowland are inspiring 5,000 music fans to give four hours of their time to their local community in return for a money-can’t buy ticket to see the above mentioned names at Royal Albert Hall, September 25, 2009 as part of the Orange RockCorps gigs.

Daniel Merriweather, the biggest selling debut male artist of the year embarks on his maiden headline UK tour in October 2009, concluding with two shows at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, October 10th and 11th.

Daniel’s forthcoming single “Water & A Flame” out November 2nd is a sublime duet with Adele and the follow-up to his smash hit “Red”, which has sold over 300,000 copies.

“Water & A Flame” is the third single to be taken from ‘Love & War’, which has sales approaching 200,000.

Buy Music:

Daniel Merriweather on amazon.co.uk

Daniel Merriweather on amazon.com

Daniel Merriweather 2009 tour dates:

(Dates and information subject to change.)

September 2009

Fri 25th LONDON, Royal Albert Hall Orange Rockcorps Gig

October 2009

Fri 2nd BRISTOL, O2 Academy
Sun 4th OXFORD, O2 Academy
Tue 6th BIRMINGHAM, O2 Academy
Wed 7th GLASGOW, ABC
Fri 9th MANCHESTER, Academy
Sat 10th LONDON, O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
Sun 11th LONDON, O2 Shepherds Bush Empire

RockCorps Official Website

Daniel Merriweather MySpace
Daniel Merriweather Official Website

New Zealand singer-songwriter Ladyhawke will play on the same bill as The Kooks at the Eden Sessions on July 18, 2009.

Watch Ladyhawke – “Paris is Burning” video:

Ladyhawke on amazon.com

Ladyhawke on amazon.co.uk

Ladyhawke, whose real name is Phillipa Brown, is famous for her single “Paris is Burning”, taken from her self-titled debut album released at the end of last year. She was nominated alongside Pete Doherty and Jay-Z in the Best Solo Artist category of this year’s NME Awards.

Peter Hampel, Eden’s Creative Director, said: “Ladyhawke continues the Sessions tradition of great support acts. Elbow, Editors and Hard-Fi have all opened Sessions before and Ladyhawke is set to make big waves this year. Alongside The Kooks, this will be a stunning evening of live music.”

Also confirmed for the Eden Sessions 2009 are Kasabian, who play on July 4, Razorlight, who play on July 9, and Oasis who play on July 14. Tickets are still available for all gigs except Oasis. Further announcements will be made shortly.

Tickets to all Eden Sessions are priced at £35 each plus a booking fee per ticket. To book, contact the Eden box office on 01726 811972 or visit www.edensessions.com.

- Eden Project Limited is owned by the Eden Trust, which is a fully registered UK Charity (No. 1093070).
- Eden is home to the two biggest greenhouses in the world – the Rainforest Biome and Mediterranean Biome.
- Around 1.2 million visitors come to Eden per year and it has generated £800 million for the local economy.
- So far capital funding of £135 million to develop Eden has been raised from a combination of £58 million from the Millennium Commission Lottery Fund, £50 million in regional grants from the South West Regional Development Agency and Objective One European Regional Development Fund, and £27 million in the form of loans, lease finance and Eden’s own revenue generation.

Eden Project Official Website

Eden Sessions

Ladyhawke Official Website
MySpace

TCT at The Royal Albert Hall DVD has been released. Packed with performances that capture the spirit of this unique event, including one-off collaborations between Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller and Razorlight and The Who’s Roger Daltrey, the TCT DVD is available from the Teenage Cancer Trust website (www.teenagecancertrust.org) at a special preview price. The DVD will be available on general release from all good retailers from 14 April, 2008.

All profits from the sale of the DVD will go to Teenage Cancer Trust, helping them to continue to build specialist teenage cancer units within the NHS for young people with cancer.

DVD Purchase Link

Watch video clips from TCT at The Royal Albert Hall (2006/2007):

WMV format:

Kasabian
Noel Gallagher
Paul Weller
The Who

RAM format:

Kasabian
Noel Gallagher
Paul Weller
The Who

TCT at The Royal Albert Hall DVD (2006/2007) tracklist:

The Who – The Seeker
Noel Gallagher – Don’t Look Back In Anger
Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller – The Butterfly Collector
Kaiser Chiefs – Take My Temperature
The Coral – Dreaming Of You
The Cure – The Kiss
Razorlight and Roger Daltrey – Summertime Blues
The View – Face For The Radio
Bloc Party – Like Eating Glass
The Bees – Got To Let Go
Gruff Rhys – Gwn Miwn
Judas Priest – Hell Bent For Leather
Kasabian – L.S.F.
The Who – Baba O’Riley
The Who – Tea and Theatre

Tickets to the April 2008 gigs at the Royal Albert Hall are now on sale and are proving to be as in-demand as ever with Muse, Paul Weller and Duffy selling out within hours.

However, there is limited availability for The Fratellis and an evening of comedy with Noel Fielding and more exciting acts.

The TCT gigs were the brainchild of The Who’s Roger Daltrey CBE, patron of Teenage Cancer Trust, who has, over the last eight years, persuaded the best of British talent available across rock, pop and comedy to give up their time to raise money for this unique charity.

Each day in the UK, 6 teenagers will be diagnosed with cancer – that is over 2,000 diagnoses per year. TCT funds specialist teenage units in NHS hospitals, providing an environment where teenagers can get on with being teenagers, a positive environment expected to improve survival rates and ensure a better future for patients and their families.

TCT at the Royal Albert Hall, London – April 2008 shows:

Information could change! Go to the Teenage Cancer Trust Official Website for the latest news and information.

April 8 2008 Tuesday Madness with The Holloways
April 9, 2008 Wednesday Noel Fielding plus guests
April 10, 2008 Thursday A Special acoustic performance by Paul Weller and Steve Cradock with special guest Duffy – Sold Out
April 11, 2008 Friday The Fratellis plus guests
April 12, 2008 Saturday Muse plus guests – Sold Out
April 13, 2008 Sunday TCT Sessions with Joan Armatrading, David Gray, Newton Faulkner, Amy Macdonald

For more information, go to

Teenage Cancer Trust Official Website

With the first two albums selling over 350k copies between them, UMTV have put together another brilliant album of the best songs of the year – ‘Essential Songs 2008′, set for release in the UK on 3rd December 2007.

Now that the end of the year is in sight, it’s time to sit back and reminisce about the good times of 2007 and get ready to see in the New Year. What better way to do this than by listening to the biggest essential songs of the year?

The track list reads like a who’s who of pop royalty. From the shiny new, to the classic greats. Starting with the come back kings Take That and their massive new hit “Rule The World” (from the hit movie Stardust), moving onto the collaboration between modern day diva Amy Winehouse and superstar producer Mark Ronson with the track “Valerie”. With new blood from the Coronation Street heartthrob Richard Fleeshman, and classics from legends Oasis, The Cranberries and Paul Weller, CD 1 really does have something for everyone.

The second CD opens with the exclusive of pop prince Mika’s new track “Happy Ending” and carries on with an eclectic mix of songs from artists old and new, with girl power being added by Feist and her catchy “1234″ and Mutya Buena with “Real Girl”.

If that isn’t enough to entice you, ‘Essential Songs – 2008′ also includes tracks from some of the finest artists in the world including The Killers, Nelly Furtado, Embrace and Pop royalty Elton John.

Track List – Provisional:

CD1

Take That – Rule The World
Amy Winehouse – Valerie
Kate Nash – Foundations
Maroon 5 – Makes Me Wonder
Nelly Furtado – Say It Right
James Morrison – The Pieces Don’t Fit Any More
Richard Fleeshman – Coming Down
New Radicals – You Get What You Give
Hoobastank – The Reason
Razorlight – Somewhere Else
The Feeling – Sewn
Train – Drops Of Jupiter
Paul Weller – Changingman
Lighthouse Family – High
Cast – Walk Away
Cardigans – Erase/Rewind
Jamie Scott & The Town – When Will I See Your Face Again
Ocean Colour Scene – The Day We Caught The Train
Stereophonics – Dakota
Oasis – Stand By Me

CD2

Mika – Happy Ending
Keane – Somewhere Only We Know
Timbaland – Apologize
Paolo Nutini – New Shoes
Amy McDonald – Mr Rock & Roll
Mutya Buena – Real Girl
The Twang – Either Way
Travis – Sing
Feeder – Just The Way I’m Feeling
The Killers – Somebody Told Me
Embrace – Ashes
Gabrielle Feat. Paul Weller – Why
Nick Drake – Northern Sky
Cure – Just Heaven
Ian Brown – FEAR
Cranberries – Dreams
Dodgy – Good Enough
James – Sit Down
Aztec Camera – Somewhere In My Heart
Shed 7 – Chasing Rainbows
Elton John – Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me

Essential Songs 2008 on amazon.co.uk

The Foo Fighters founder and frontman Dave Grohl is looking good and his passion and stage presence during their set at Live Earth was infectious. Passion wouldn’t be a word that I would use for some of the other acts that took to the stage before the Foo Fighters.

Technical difficulties were an issue. Bands were having problems with their sound on stage all day. Razorlight’s Johnny Borrell couldn’t hear anything through the monitors and when the Red Hot Chili Peppers played I thought we might get through a set without the sound drama. They sounded great and Flea was on fire, but after playing a couple songs, the Chili Peppers stopped to have what appeared to be a ‘band meeting’ on stage – at Live Earth in front of millions of people. At one point I could hear Anthony Kiedis say something about not being able to hear. I think after that they only had one more song to go.

Now I, as a singer, can understand sound problems on stage. I love to have a good mix in the monitors with some reverb coming back at me. But you know what? If I was playing only three songs with my band at Wembley Stadium – in front of millions (some say 2 billion) of people I think even I could handle not being able to hear and just play on like everything is okay. Especially since most acts only played two or three songs. As a viewer, I don’t want the distraction of stage problems and complaining while trying to enjoy a band and their music, well then again…these things do tend to make good ‘car crash TV’.

I’m sure the bands didn’t want to upstage their set by complaining about the sound and even though bands should know better, the first thing the stage manager or event director should have told them before they went out on stage, was “don’t mention the sound”.

The reason I’m even bringing this up is because knowing that there were sound problems all day at the new Wembley Stadium, it was brilliant to see Dave Grohl just get on with things, with the passion and the attitude that all rock fans love to see – and he played like his life depended on it. The band sounded great, they were having fun and if Dave Grohl had any problems hearing there were no signs or nasty expressions coming from him. Drummer Taylor Hawkins also put on an incredible performance. Excellent set by the Foo Fighters.

Watch Foo Fighters – “Best Of You” video from Live Earth:

Tour dates could be added or changed! Go to the Foo Fighters Official Website for the latest tour dates and information.

August 18 V Festival, Hylands Park Chelmsford, UK
August 19 V Festival Weston Park Staffordshire, UK
August 21 T On The Fringe: Meadowbank Sports Centre (Meadowbank Stadium) Edinburgh, Scotland
August 22 Marlay Park Dublin, Ireland

Foo Fighters Official Website
Foo Fighters on Myspace

By: Jenny May – Band Weblogs

Release dates and information could change. Go to bands’ and artists’ official websites for the latest news, release dates and information.

(UK Singles Releases – August 2007)

July 2nd

Alibi vs Rockefeller – Sexual Healing
Avril Lavigne – When You’re Gone
Badly Drawn Boy – Promises (7″ + 12″)
Battle – The Longest Time (7″) [Limited]
Beirut – Elephant Gun (7″)
Ben Taylor – You Must’ve Fallen
Beverley Knight – After You
Big Strides – She Drinks Whisky
Bobby – Anonymous
Captain Black – Come On Up To Our House
Charlie Alex March – In The End
Concretes – Oh Boy
Dee Anderson – Black Skin Soldier
Don Diablo – Blow
DT8 Project – Hold Me Til The End
Edgar Jones & The Joneses – The Way It Is [Limited]
Fall Out Boy – The Take Over, The Breaks Over
Frankie Valli & The 4 Seasons – Beggin’ (Pilooski Re-edit)
Fujiya & Miyagi – Uh
Go! Team – Grip Like Vice
Grand High Priest – Mixdown (EP)
Hold Steady – Chips Ahoy (7″)
Indelicates – Julia We Dont Live In The 60s
Interpol – The Heinrich Maneuver
Jackknife Lee – Making Me Money
Jamie Pearce – 1994
Jay-C vs Rock Steady Crew – Hey You
Mesh 29 – Over The Barricade
Middleman – Blah Blah Blah
Natasha Bedingfield – Soulmate
New Young Pony Club – Ice Cream
Passenger – Do What You Like
Polytechnic – Won’t You Come Around (7″)
Ruarri Joseph – Tales of Grime & Grit (7″) [Limited]
Rushmore – River Of Gold
Scrim – My Revolution / Old School
Shapeshifters – Pusher
Smashing Pumpkins – Tarantula
Talib Kweli – Listen
Tall Pony – I’m Your Boyfriend Now
Tonight Is Goodbye – The Birds and The Bees (EP)
TV On The Radio – Province (7″)
The Twilight Sad – And She Would Darken The Memory Of Youth (7″)
Wiley – My Mistakes (7″ + 12″)

July 9th

Alexis Blue – You Won’t Get Much Sleep (7″) [Limited]
Angus and Julia Stone – Private Lawns (7″)
Arctic Monkeys – Fluorescent Adolescent
Bat For Lashes – What’s A Girl To Do
Bishops – The Only Place I Can Look Is Down (7″) [Limited]
Bloc Party – Hunting For Witches
Brett Anderson – Back To You (EP)
Bright Eyes – Hot Knives / If The Brakeman Turns My Way (7″)
Brinkman – Change It
Broken Dolls – Stronger
Cold War Kids – Hang Me Up To Dry
Dead Disco – You’re Out (7″)
Diesel Park West – Personal Lives
Dykeenies – Clean Up Your Eyes
Hamfatter – Sziget (We Get Wrecked)
Hans Zimmer – Jack’s Suite (Remixes)
Hours – Ali In The Jungle
Josh Pyke – Private Education
Kings Of Leon – Fans
Luke Toms – Another Day
Make Model – The LSB [Limited]
Mr V – Put Your Drink Down
My Chemical Romance – Teenagers
Nerina Pallot – Peg
Ne-Yo – Do You
Nuala – El Sol
Ocean Colour Scene – I Just Got Over You
Peven Everett – Sexy Make Up (12″)
Prince – Guitar
Quentin Harris feat Cordell McClary – U Don’t Know
Razorlight – Hold On
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – Jump Down
RJD2 – Have Mercy (12″)
Roisin Murphy – Overpowered
Sarah Nixey – The Black Hit Of Space
Stonebridge – SOS
Super Mal feat Luciana – Bigger Than Big
Timbaland feat Keri Hilson & D.O.E. – The Way I Are
Tokyo Police Club – Your English Is Good (7″)
Travis – Selfish Jean
You Say Party We Say Die! – Monster (7″) [Limited]

July 16th

Actress Hands – Come The Summer Days
Ali Love – Secret Sunday Lover
Amy McDonald – Mr Rock and Roll
Ava Leigh – La La La
Biffy Clyro – Folding Stars
Bobby Kray – Silly Games
Chicane – Come Tomorrow
Chromeo – Tenderoni
Elliot Minor – Jessica
Elvis Perkins – While You Were Sleeping (7″) [Limited]
Fergie – Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal)
Fran Rodgers – I Fell To You Under Winter Sun (7″)
Funeral For A Friend – Walk Away
Garbage – Tell Me Where It Hurts
Good Books – Passchendale
Jarvis – Fat Children (7″ + 12″)
Joan As Police Woman – Real Life [Limited]
Korn – Evolution
Lethal Bizzle – Bizzle Bizzle / Babylon’s Burning The Ghetto (7″ + 12″)
Lightspeed Champion – Galaxy Of The Lost (7″)
Loney Dear – Saturday Waits
Madina Lake – Here I Stand (7″)
Mark Ronson – Oh My God
Martin Solveig – Rejection
Michelle Weeks – A Purpose
Mika – Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)
Mood II Swing feat Tara J – Passing Time
Mya feat Lil Wayne – Lock U Down
Nine Black Alps – Burn Faster
Rakes – The World Was A Mess But His Hair Was Perfect (7″)
Savannah Knight – Sexification
Shirley Bassey – Get The Party Started
Silversun Pickups – Well Thought Out Twinkles
Simian Mobile Disco – I Believe
Slaves To Gravity – Big Red
Soulsavers – Kingdoms Of Rain (7″) [Limited]
Sportsday Megaphone – Less And Less (7″)
Sunfreakz – Counting Down The Days
Thrills – Nothing Changes Around Here
Under The Influence Of Giants – In The Clouds
Victorian English Gentlemens Club – La Mer / Stupid As Wood (7″) [Limited]

July 23rd

Ade Fenton Vs Gary Numan – The Leather Sea
Alterkicks – The Cannibal Hiking Disaster (7″) [Limited]
Arcade Fire – No Cars Go (7″)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Berlin
Brian Houston – The Days Of Pearly Spencer
Checks – Take Me There
Dragonette – Take It Like A Man
Electric Soft Parade – Misunderstanding (7″)
Feist – 1234
Groove Armada feat Mutya Buena – Song 4 Mutya
Gym Class Heroes – Clothes Off
Jack Savoretti – Dr Frankenstein
Jakobinarina – This Is An Advertisement
Kissy Sell Out – Her (DJ Touche Remix)
Lumidee & Pitbull – Crazy
Magic Numbers – Undecided (EP)
Manic Street Preachers – Autumnsong
Maria Lawson – Lovers’ Kiss
Marie Miller – No Ordinary Girl
Martijn Ten Velden – I Wish You Would
Newton Faulkner – Dream Catch Me
Paul McCartney – Dance Tonight (7″)
Plastic Toys – Let Me Feel The Love
Ripchord – My Precious Valentine
Ross Copperman – Found You
Shiny Toy Guns – Don’t Cry Out
The Silent League – Aeroplanes
Turbo Fruits – Volcano/Murder (7″) [Limited]
The Wayne Foundation – Friday Night Nation (EP)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Is Is (EP)

July 30th

Amerie – Gotta Work
Aqualung – Pressure Suit
Beyonce – Green Light
The Coral – Who’s Gonna Find Me
Cribs – Moving Pictures
Daughtry – It’s Not Over
Euros Childs – Horse Riding (7″)
Kate Walsh – Don’t Break My Heart
Maps – You Don’t Know Her Name
Mr Hudson and The Library – Picture Of You
Nelly Furtado – In God’s Hands
Operator Please – Just A Song About Ping Pong
Paul Weller and Graham Coxon – This Old Town (7″) [Limited]
Pepe Deluxe – Go For Blue
Taxi Doll – Waiting
Yves Larock – Rise Up

If you have any queries please contact manickangaroo at havenforum.co.uk

-Band Weblogs

The ultimate UK summer compilation CDs have been released this month, capturing the sounds that have been buzzing around UK radio stations over the last few weeks: NME Presents The Essential Bands – Festival Edition.

The NME Essential Bands – Festival Edition compilation includes two discs with bands that will be all over the UK festival circuit this summer. NME has chosen some of the hottest bands today for the compilation discs, which feature songs by Muse, Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight, Snow Patrol, The Killers, Klaxons, Kasabian, Gossip, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, CSS and more.

“2007 is going to be a bumper year for festivals. There are more events than ever before, meaning every music fan will have the chance to catch some of their favourite bands in the great outdoors. I’m predicting one of the greatest summers on record, and this CD is the ultimate soundtrack to it.” – NME editor, Conor McNicholas

Disc One:

Kaiser Chiefs – Everything Is Average Nowadays
The Killers – Bones
Gossip – Standing In The Way Of Control
Razorlight – Before I Fall To Pieces
Kasabian – Shoot The Runner
Muse – Starlight
The Twang – Wide Awake
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Weapon Of Choice
Fall Out Boy – Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
Jet – Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
The Rumble Strips – Alarm Clock
The Automatic - Raoul
The Rapture – Pieces Of The People We Love
CSS – Off The Hook
Noisettes - Scratch Your Name
1990s – See You At The Lights
The Maccabees – Precious Times
Pull Tiger Tail – Let’s Lightning
Cold War Kids – Hang Me Up To Dry
Jarvis Running The World

Disc Two:

The View – Same Jeans
Klaxons – Gravity’s Rainbow
Maximo Park – Our Velocity
Bloc Party – The Prayer
Low vs Diamond – Heart Attack
The Hours – Back When You Were Good
Keane – A Bad Dream
Thirteen Senses - All The Love In Your Hands
Patrick Wolf – The Magic Position
Little Man Tate – This Must Be Love
Gruff Rhys – Candylion
Bright Eyes – Four Winds
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. – War Of The Worlds
Alterkicks – Good Luck
Long Blondes – Giddy Stratospheres
The Wombats – Backfire At The Disco
The Rakes – We Danced Together
Enter Shikari – Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour…
!!! – Must Be The Moon
The Cribs – Men’s Needs

For a taste of the new NME Presents The Essential Bands – Festival Edition compilation CDs, listen to samplers:

Kaiser Chiefs – Everything Is Average Nowadays

Kasabian – Shoot The Runner

Razorlight – Before I Fall To Pieces

The Gossip – Standing In The Way Of Control

The Killers – Bones

Buy NME Presents The Essential Bands – Festival Edition on Amazon.com

Buy NME Presents The Essential Bands – Festival Edition on Amazon.co.uk

By: Jenny May

I wonder what Duran Duran’s set list will look like. Maybe some oldies but goodies from the “Save A Prayer” and “Rio” era? And is Andy Taylor really out of the band? Actually, to answer my last question, all I had to do was look at the Duran Duran Live Earth promo photo to see that he’s not there. Everyone else is though: Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes (who recently designed the first ever video guitar – “Pixelator” for Fender), John Taylor and Roger Taylor.

Watch “Save A Prayer” video by Duran Duran

Duran Duran Official Website
Duran Duran on Myspace
Live Earth Official Website

By: Jenny May

Madonna Sticky & Sweet Tour Dates 2008 + ticket information

If you want to go to the London concert at the new Wembley Stadium, it’s now time to start preparing to register. Live Earth organizers are buckling down on ticket misuse and because of the expected demand for tickets, it seems that they’re following Glastonbury’s lead and have incorporated a registration process for concert goers who want to buy tickets to Live Earth.

From the Live Earth Save Our Selves website:

“Free Registration for tickets opens at midday on FRIDAY, 13 APRIL 2007 and Live Earth ticket applicants are asked to register their details at: www.livenation.co.uk/liveearth

Registration opens from midday on Friday 13th April until Monday 16th April at midday. If your application is successful you will be notified how to buy your tickets on Wednesday, 18 April.

ALL TICKETS FOR LONDON WILL BE PRICED AT ?55 EACH”

Other bands and artists scheduled to perform at Wembley Stadium in London include: Beastie Boys, Black Eyed Peas, Bloc Party, Corinne Bailey Rae, Damien Rice, David Gray, Duran Duran, Foo Fighters, Genesis, James Blunt, John Legend, Keane, Madonna, Paolo Nutini, Razorlight, Snow Patrol, Terra Naomi, Spinal Tap, Kasabian, Metallica, The Pussycat Dolls and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Live Earth concert venues and locations will also be staged in Shanghai, China, Antarctica, Johannesburg, South Africa, Sydney, Australia, Giants Stadium, USA, Tokyo, Japan, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Hamburg, Germany and Washington, D.C..

If you didn’t know already, Al Gore is the co-chair for Live Earth and is also involved in organizing the events. There has been some controversy and skepticism about Al Gore and his green ambitions in the media and around the internet. It’s probably not too difficult to find mixed opinions by simply doing a search in Google.

I’ve also noted in a previous entry the irony of Al Gore and his current relationship with bands and music and that of his wife Tipper Gore and their involvement with the censorship of music via Tipper Gore’s PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center) vehicle in the 80’s.

I would be curious to know if Madonna remembers that her song, “Dress You Up” was on the PMRC’s “Filthy Fifteen” list. The Filthy Fifteen was a list of fifteen songs that the PMRC found most objectionable. Maybe Madonna sees Live Earth as more important than what went on with the PMRC.

Time must have healed some old wounds or maybe the bands and musicians have simply forgotten or don’t care about the PMRC and the Gores’ affiliation with it. Or it’s possible that the bands feel that spreading the word about climate change and global warming is more important and are willing to brush aside any hard feelings.

I think that it is important to raise awareness of climate change and to listen to the scientists who have been studying global warming. There are also many green and environmental blogs out there in the blogosphere currently discussing green issues like TreeHugger, Hugg.com and the celebrity green gossip blog Ecorazzi.

For more information about Live Earth, go to LiveEarth.org

Watch the concerts and videos online:

The Live Earth concerts will be streamed online live on 7/7/07 at LiveEarth.MSN.com.

The concerts will also be broadcast on the BBC in the UK and on more than 120 networks around the world.

According to the BBC, UK Live Earth TV Schedule and start times: Jonathan Ross will present for BBC 2 starting at 1:00pm BST. The start time for the London Wembley concerts is 1:30pm BST. Graham Norton and Edith Bowman will also be hosting the Live Earth festivities on BBC 2 along with David Shukman, Roger Harrabin and Kate Silverton. Coverage will continue on BBC 1 with concert highlights from around the world.

By: Jenny May

So it’s not just me getting their songs stuck in my head, why don’t YOU watch and listen to their single ‘In The Morning’:

Anyway, Razorlight has done it again with their song ‘In the Morning’ and that song rocks! Razorlight is one of my favorite bands – two summers in a row of hot tunes which is pretty good now a days considering the conveyor belt of bands that get thrown at us from the mainstream. Everynow and then though, they don’t disappoint and this is clearly one example.

How can you watch the singer of Razorlight, Johnny Borell and not think of Bob Geldof? If you’re a fan of The Boomtown Rats and you’re not familiar with Razorlight I think now would be a good time to check them out. Great tunes for the summer, hanging out with friends, spending time out in the sun. Crank it up!

Try to catch them on tour if you can. Here are some upcoming shows around the UK and Europe:

19/08/06 Staffordshire, UK V Festival, Weston Park
20/08/06 Chelmsford, UK V Festival, Hylands Park
20/10/06 Aberdeen, UK Press & Journal Arena
21/10/06 Hull, UK Arena
22/10/06 Sheffield, UK Hallam FM Arena
24/10/06 Nottingham, UK Arena
25/10/06 Swindon, UK Oasis Leisure Centre
26/10/06 Plymouth, UK Pavilions
28/10/06 Cardiff, UK International Arena
31/10/06 Brighton, UK Centre
01/11/06 London, UK Wembley Arena
23/11/06 Evreux, France Le Rock Dans Tous Ses États

Razorlight Website

Razorlight Myspace

By: Jenny May