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

There are quite a few bands included in the V Festival lineup that have been making the rounds during the 2007 UK festival circuit like The Killers, Kasabian, Snow Patrol, The Fratellis, Babyshambles and The Kooks. Even with all of their appearances, though, the festivals keep selling out. It's good to see that live music is still selling tickets during these days of low CD sales.

Iggy and The Stooges are even going to be there - which should be one to watch after what happened at Glastonbury. I wonder if people will be invited on the stage for some chaos at the V Festival?

As always, it's great to see Guillemots included on the lineup. They're scheduled to play on the Channel 4 stage and The Coral - one of my new "bands to watch" is also playing on that stage but on opposite days. Foo Fighters I'm sure will put on a great show. Jet would be a cool band to see and Primal Scream and Happy Mondays fans will be treated as well.

Interesting to see Sinead O'Connor sandwiched in between Dizzee Rascal and Beverley Knight.

Following is the UK V Festival 2007 lineup:

Lineup and bands could change! Go to the Official V Festival Website for the latest news and information.

V Stage

Saturday Weston Park
Sunday Hylands Park

The Killers
Kasabian
James
The Fratellis
KT Tunstall
James Morrison
The Goo Goo Dolls
Rodrigo Y Gabriela

Saturday Hylands Park
Sunday Weston Park

Foo Fighters
Snow Patrol
Pink
Kanye West
Paolo Nutini
Editors
The Proclaimers
Just Jack

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Channel 4 Stage

Saturday Weston Park
Sunday Hylands Park

The Kooks
Manic Street Preachers
Lily Allen
Mika
Guillemots
The Cribs
Mark Ronson
Captain
The Hours

Saturday Hylands Park
Sunday Weston Park

Basement Jaxx
Amy Winehouse
The Coral
Babyshambles
Jet
The Fray
Juliette and The Licks
The Thrills

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JJB / Puma Arena

Saturday Weston Park
Sunday Hylands Park

Damien Rice
Corinne Bailey Rae
Iggy and the Stooges
Lemar
Willy Mason
Rilo Kiley
McFLY
Sophie Ellis Bextor
Mutya Buena
Seth Lakeman

Saturday Hylands Park
Sunday Weston Park

Primal Scream
Happy Mondays
Jarvis Cocker
Ocean Colour Scene
Dizzee Rascal
Sinead O'Connor
Beverley Knight
Glenn Tilbrook and the Fluffers
Jesse Malin
Chungking

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Virgin Mobile Union

Saturday Weston Park
Sunday Hylands Park

Graham Coxon
The Bravery
Stephen Fretwell
Bedouine Soundclash
Air Traffic
The Rumble Strips
Remi Nicole
Cherry Ghost
Tiny Dancers
UnkleJam
Passenger
Dodgems

Saturday Hylands Park
Sunday Weston Park

Bright Eyes
Boy Kill Boy
Plan B
The Holloways
Mr. Hudson and The Library
Mumm-Ra
Switches
The Wombats
Ghosts
Hoosiers
Pop Levi
Rebbeca

For more information go to the UK V Festival Official Website

By: Jenny May - Band Weblogs

Ray Lamontagne's latest single "Jolene" off of his debut album Trouble is set for release in the UK on May 7, 2007. (The single is not a cover of Dolly Parton's song "Jolene" by the way.)

Last year I watched Ray Lamontagne perform his single, "Trouble" live at the Top of the Pops studios in London. The other performances that day were by Muse, Guillemots, Ne-Yo, Busta Rhymes and The Fratellis. It was quite an eclectic mix of artists and it's certainly not every day that you get the chance to see them all together in the same place performing for an intimate studio audience.

Before the bands were due to go on, I remember seeing Ray walking around the Top of the Pops studio and also outside in the BBC courtyard area. There were a couple times that I wanted to go up to him to say hi and that I too am a New Englander who once lived in New Hampshire and spent summers in his home state of Maine. But a rumor was going around that he was shy and didn't like "being approached". I'm not sure if it's true or not, but because of it I didn't approach him. Oh well. Maybe another time.

Watch the video of Ray Lamontagne performing "Trouble" on Top of the Pops.

Watch a video of Ray Lamontagne performing his single "Jolene"

08/18 Folks Festival Lyons, CO
10/16 St. Davids Cardiff, UK
10/17 Manchester Apollo Manchester, UK
10/18 St Georges Bradford, UK
10/19 Opera House Blackpool, UK
10/22 Olympia Dublin, IE
10/23 Olympia Dublin, IE
10/26 Dome Brighton, UK
10/27 Colston Hall Bristol, UK
10/28 Pavillions Plymouth, UK
10/29 Guildhall Southampton, UK
10/31 Music Hall Aberdeen, UK
11/01 Card Hall Dundee, UK
11/02 Playhouse Edinburgh, UK
11/04 Civic Hall Wolverhampton, UK
11/05 Royal Albert Hall London, UK
11/06 Royal Albert Hall London, UK

Ray Lamontagne Official Website
Ray Lamontagne on Myspace
14th Floor Records

By: Jenny May

The video for "See You At The Lights" was recently made Video of the Week on PlayLouder. It's a cute animated video that features band members Jackie McKeown, Michael McGaughrin and Jamie McMorrow, but I actually like the song better than the video, which is refreshing. There are a lot of bands out there who's videos are better than their songs which can be a bit of a hindrance - especially when the song comes on the radio without the video...

1990s are from Glasgow, Scotland and they are in great company. I'm not sure what exactly is going on in the water up there in Glasgow, but there have been some excellent bands that I've really been enjoying from the area like Franz Ferdinand (Members from Franz Ferdinand and 1990s were in the now disbanded Glasgow based band The Yummy Fur from the 90's), The Fratellis, The Dykeenies, The Hussys, Dieselbone (now defunct?) and Latonic. It's Glasgowmania!

Noting on their Myspace page as playing music "like a blonde gets out of a car", 1990s are signed to Rough Trade Records in London. Their debut album, Cookies is set for release in May 2007.

Watch 1990s video for See You At The Lights

*Dates could change and/or be added! For the latest tour dates and information, go to 1990s Official Website.

April 13 Forum, London
April 27 Barfly, Birmingham
April 28 Strathclyde University, Glasgow
May 09 HMV, Oxford Street Mojo Awards
May 12 Nation, Liverpool
May 24 Transilvania, Milan
May 25 Covo, Bologna
May 26 Barfly, Ancona
May 27 Zoobar, Rome
June 09 Rock Ness, Loch Ness
August 10 Belladrum Festival, Beauly
September 01 Connect Festival, Inverary Castle

1990s Official Website
1990s on Myspace

By: Jenny May