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Dublin crowd make Reading look like a welcoming party as Axl and co push the wrong buttons once again.

Crowd footage from bonoman66

Taking Kanye's 'Boardroom promotion' method to a new level by unveiling lovely new song 'Wedding Bells' at an Apple convention.

Cool idea. Fans take control and release official bootleg film endorsed by the band. See the trailer below.

'We Used To Wait' uses pop up windows and Google maps to stunning effect. You have to try this. Link below.

http://thewildernessdowntown.com/

Band leak 'We Are The Dead' complete with live footage from Warriors Dance as a thank you to patient fans while album number two gets finished.

Karaoke dreams await in the far east.

Big tune, 'Follow Us' almost eclipsed by trend setting head wear.

Nick Frost and Riz MC lend a hand in this funny tour short.

BBC Forecast looks hopeful, but consistent rainfall throughout the week will make for a muddy Festival.

Reading.

Wednesday to Friday
Conditions will settle down on Wednesday with drier, brighter spells and lighter winds. Further rain will spread across the region on Thursday and showers on Friday.

LEEDS

Wednesday to Friday
Conditions will settle down on Wednesday with drier, brighter spells and lighter winds. Further rain will spread across the region on Thursday and showers on Friday.

The return to rave continues on 'Perfect Stranger'. A new banger featuring Katy B

According to a recent interview with Spinner, recordings are under way and the new Blink 182 album is on track for early next year.

DUMPWEED

Spinner.
You’ve got a new album in the pipeline—is that going to be going back to the roots or keeping to the more mature sound of recent times?

Mark Hoppus.
I think it’ll probably be the next step beyond the last Blink-182 record. I think we’ll always have a strong sense of melody and catchiness to our songs—but we also want to try new things, but still keep Blink-182 as it’s always been.

S.
Do you know when it’s going to come out?

MH.
Well as soon as we get back from this tour we are continuing recording. Our goal is to turn it into the label by the end of the year, but we’ll see how the recording goes. It could be sooner, or it could be a little later—but the most important thing to us is to write a record that we absolutely believe in.

SOURCE: www.spinner.com

Heres that famous Cee Lo Green sense of humour once again. Expect to see it on some Jude Apatow Movie soundtrack soon. (Explicit)

'Power' gets the predictable Jay Z remix treatment. It is predictably incredible!

Rostam from Vampire Weekend kindly gives us all a new collaboration with Ra Ra Riot a week ahead of release. And it's really great.

Absolutely love this. 'If You Wanna' is the debut recording for this super exciting new band. Like The Beach Boys recording for Flying Nun. An instant classic pop song.

‘If You Wanna’

New album produced by Alan Moulder. Finished and ready for release January, 2011.

‘Death’ (Chase and Status Remix)

Slightly longer version of this previously leaked track 'Turn Me On' confirms...well, nothing actually. Heatrock tho.

Big Up Quest Love for this.

The Weekends Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco gets a solid review from RS as the band wing their way to V Festival.

PHOTO: CHRIS TUITE

Last night’s headliners, Kings of Leon, worked up a different kind of passion with their torrid southern rock and polished soul hooks. The band’s set spanned their whole catalog, with a stirring take on the Pixies’ “Where Is My Mind?” as a bonus. A seething, shimmering new track, “Pick-Up Truck,” fell right in with their large-scale recent songs. For all the affection the crowd showed for material from the first two albums, including the muscular “Mary,” the biggest cheers greeted the hits, 2008’s “Sex On Fire” and “Use Somebody.” Those anxious, searing songs led into a set-capping explosion of fireworks.

Source: Rolling Stone.com

New solo song surfaces online from last nights show.

Brand new single, 'Ungrateful. Frankie serves up some heartbreak and sweet melody. One of the finest combos in life.

FIND OUT MORE: http://frankieandtheheartstrings.com/

*UPDATE* AN OFFICIAL READING AND LEEDS SOURCE HAS CONFIRMED THAT AXL'S TWITTER ACCOUNT HAS BEEN HACKED AND THAT THEIR APPEARANCE AT READING AND LEEDS THIS YEAR WILL GO AHEAD AS PLANNED.

Reports in Rocksound suggest we may be looking at a new headliner.

It was tonight suggested that Guns N’ Roses have cancelled all of their upcoming appearances.

This obviously includes a string of UK shows, including an arena tour planned after their headlining set at Reading and Leeds.

A Tweet from Axl Rose’s official Twitter account read: “All upcoming Guns N’ Roses dates are officially cancelled. Please contact your place of purchase for any refunds.”

Like, seriously? Could anyone perhaps have predicted this? Does that leave Queens Of The Stone Age as headliners for Reading and Leeds?

Affected dates are below:

AUGUST
27 READING FESTIVAL
29 LEEDS Festival

OCTOBER
13 - LONDON The O2 Arena
17 - BIRMINGHAM LG Arena
18 - MANCHESTER MEN Arena

As mixing continues on the forthcoming Biffy live album, the band turn to 'Old Father Time' for advice.

Once again, Em props up the US Record Industry.

Projections for this weeks US chart point to a return to the top spot for Eminem who is quickly becoming the largest selling artist of the year.
Overall though, sales show a continuing decline.

Eminem (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 130-140k
Arcade Fire (Merge) 40-50k
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (Walt Disney) 40-45k (NEW)
Black Label Society (E1) 40-45k (NEW)
Mike Posner (J/RMG) 30-35k (NEW)
Justin Bieber (Island/IDJ) 30-35k
Blake Shelton (Warner Bros. Nashville) 30-35k (NEW)
Kidz Bop Kids (Razor & Tie) 28-32k
Rick Ross (Def Jam/IDJ) 28-32k
Avenged Sevenfold (Warner Bros.) 25-28k
Lady Antebellum (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 22-25k
Drake (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown) 22-25k
Lady Gaga, The Fame (Interscope) 20-22k
Zac Brown Band (Atlantic) 18-20k
Now 34 (Capitol/EMI) 18-20k

Source: Hits Daily Double

This song is called "Gold". It's the first thing we've heard of this NYC band and could be the start of something very special. Check it out.

The US Indie revolution steams on. Just look at the reaction from the kids in the crowd. Its like American bandstand all over again.

Big up Stereogum for the heads up.

Looks like Hudson's been raiding Clark Griswold's Paris Wardrobe.

'The Day You Walked'. Hints of The Mission and the darker side of Queens pepper this standout from the Danish bands eponymous debut.

International Hip Hop flavour from India's Queen Of Rap and D12. Check out 'Desi Dance'.

"If you fall on the concrete, that's your ass fault". Kanye Leaks a new song feat. Beyonce. Proper word play and an effortless turn from Queen B. (Explicit language)

Eminem graciously steps aside to let our Canadian conscience take their place up front.

Story courtesy of Pitchfork:

They did it, folks—more people bought Arcade Fire’s third album, The Suburbs, than any other album in the United States last week. The news comes courtesy of their label, Merge, and label mates Spoon, who Tweeted, “Let the record reflect that Merge Records is the NUMBER ONE LABEL IN THE USA! Here’s to Arcade Fire and Merge: #1—156k copies sold.” This comes after news of the group triumphing over the UK album charts this week as well, according to Billboard.

This is the band’s first chart-topping album in the U.S. Their last LP, Neon Bible, debuted at number two. Independent rock music is pretty popular now, apparently!

Posted by Ryan Dombal on August 11, 2010 at 9:15 a.m.

www.pitchforkmedia.com

This video for 'Cold War' shows just why the world is bracing itself for JMonae. Raw emotion. Massive talent.

America's greatest independent record label, Sub Pop releases another American indie anthem. This new tune features on the forthcoming No Age album, 'Everything In Between'. Out September 28.

Pitchfork break one of this year greatest news stories. Weezer's new album takes its name Hurley to its natural conclusion.

‘Memories’