Muse to play Royal Albert Hall

At least that is what Matt Bellamy, the guitarist, pianist, vocalist and outright weirdo of the three-piece is saying. He's already blabbered it out to Virgin Radio and to BBC 6 Music and it looks like they will definitely be confirmed for it on Thursday. It will be a fairly unusual gig for Muse standards. It looks like it will be all-seating and the capacity of just over 5,000 is relatively small for a Muse gig.

I would absolutely love to go to this but I'm not keeping my hopes up just yet. Just because I know for a fact that the ticket rush will be crazy.

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White Stripes to play London show?

Apparently so, according to Gigwise. They have spoken to 'sources' that are telling them that a band on the XL label, most likely The White Stripes, will play the Old Blue Last in Shoreditch (a very small venue) on March 3rd. If this is true, it will end up being an almost-similar affair to the surprise Radiohead show at 93 Feet East last month.

If anything develops, you'll find out here.

UPDATE: NME have said that it's not happening, though XL have said that one of its artists will be performing there on that date.

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The Music return

The Music, a band who I refered to in my album preview post last month, are playing four intimate shows in the near future. And that is all I know for the time being. The dates will go up tomorrow morning on the band's official website at 9am along with links to buy tickets (which will be priced at £10 plus booking fees). This will be the first time that audiences can expect to hear new material from the third album, and I'm tempted to go, but I think I'm gonna hold out until tomorrow morning.

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My Morning Jacket album and shows

My Morning Jacket have finally announced the name of their new album. The follow up to the 2005 album 'Z' will be titled 'Evil Urges' and will get a US release date of June 10th. The UK will probably get it around the same time.

The band are also playing five dates in America over the next few months - so far at least - although three of them are festival shows. Hopefully they'll come over here soon, since I wouldn't mind seeing them live.

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Morrissey halts show due to illness

This has broken in the last couple of hours. It looks as if Morrissey has thrown the rest of his Roundhouse residency into doubt. Read the full story at NME.com.

Morrissey official website

Foo Fighters at Wembley? No thanks.

So today, Radio 1 announced that the Foo Fighters will be playing Wembley Stadium next June (the 6th to be exact). You would think that, as a Nirvana, Foos and Grohl fan, I would jump at the chance to get tickets.

Well I'm not.

It is absolutely nothing to do with the band themselves. I'm pretty sure that they will put on a brilliant show at Wembley. Since their brilliant Live Earth performance, I'm sure many will have wanted them to go back for a full-on Foos gig there. It is looking like next year's biggest stadium show in the UK.

And that is the problem. It is a big show. The last time I saw Foo Fighters, it was at Hyde Park in June 2006. Whilst it was a great day and I had a nice time, the setlist was very average and I know a lot of people complained about the sound. And to add that, we all had to endure Motorhead. If I want to see the Foos again, I'll want to see them at a far smaller venue (and unbelievable, an arena gig counts!)

The other potential problems is going to be a re-occurnace of the niggles I encountered when seeing Muse this year. Only a week before the gig, they'll announce a golden circle and piss off lots of punters. Whilst I can understand why there is a need for it (safety), I still hate the idea. So standing isn't going to be that much fun if you are not in the circle.

After the first gig sells out, another one will be added and then if the gig is really successful then the DVD of the gig will feature the second day, pissing off the fans who thought that their own date would be special.

So the reason I'm not going next year, although if persuaded I might try and look on Scarlet Mist every now and then, is not because of the Foos. I'm just fed up of massive summer gigs.

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