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The song has re-entered the charts after the death of Baroness Thatcher and the decision has been taken not to play it in full this weekend on the BBC Official Singles Chart Show.
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The people at Bestival HQ have just announced that the current UK Singles Chart Number one holder Duke Dumont is coming onboard HMS Bestival! On Sunday night he bagged the coveted top spot of the chart with his latest single ‘Need U (100%)’ featuring the wonderful A*M*E. The track is an immediate floor-filler so make […]
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19 years after his tragic death Kurt Cobain was certainly true to his word. His music is still cemented at the forefront of the rock movement’s mind. Kurt Cobain is truly the embodiment of 90s grunge. I challenge you to find anyone who has never heard ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’. Whilst its true that Kurt […]
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The people at Bestival have announced more exciting acts to the already stunning line up featuring Elton John and Snoop Dogg. Highlights of the announcement come in the form of London based singer-songwriter James Blake and the brilliant post-punk girl group Savages. The announcement also includes the likes of UK jazz giant Courtney Pine who […]
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It seems to be the week for bands calling it a day. First Girls Aloud now My Chemical Romance have decided to announce that they are breaking up. After 12 years of being together and with 4 studio albums under their belt the New Jersey 4 piece have released a statement declaring their decision. Frontman Gerard […]
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Mercury Music Prize nominees Everything Everything have been added to the line up of Brighton’s The Great Escape Festival. This year’s festival will take place over 30 venues in the city from the 16th-18th May, with over 350 bands and artists set to perform. It is now internationally recognised as the leading new music festival […]
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Following a short-lived reunion to celebrate their ten year anniversary, Girls Aloud have finally called it a day.
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Justin Timberlake has released the music video for his latest single ‘Mirrors’ from his new album The 20/20 Experience. JT has never completely sung about his personal life but ‘Mirrors’ could be his most personal and emotional song to date. The music video tells the story of his grandparents from courtship through to old age and […]
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Latitude release details of the 2013 line up featuring Bloc Party, Foals, Alt-J and Kraftwerk.
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An act of vandalism in one of Southampton’s most loved venues is another problem for the Joiners, following its very public recent financial difficulties. The incident happened yesterday evening (14th March), and venue owner Pat told The Edge: “We had five acts on last night. We had a lot of young girls in, and one […]
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The Veronica Mars movie project on Kickstarter made history yesterday as $2 million was made in less than ten hours, through fan donations desperate to see this movie be made. Yesterday the creator of Veronica Mars, Rob Thomas, and Kristen Bell, the actor who played the titular character Veronica, announced that Warner Brothers has agreed […]
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As part of what has become an annual tradition, Surge Radio will be broadcasting continuously throughout Thursday 14th and Friday 15th in aid of Comic Relief.
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Reading Festival have made some exciting announcements this evening. To begin they’ve told the world that Green Day are the third headline act, joining Eminem and Biffy Clyro on the bill. Alongside this they have named some acts that are confirmed for the Main Stage and the NME Stage: Joining Green Day on the Main […]
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At the 2013 BAFTA Video Game Awards, hosted by comedian Dara O’Briain, the critically acclaimed indie PSN game Journey swept the board with a total of five BAFTAs, including Game Design, Original Score and Artistic Achievement. It was long hinted at that Journey would maintain its winning streak after a successful performance at the D.I.C.E awards […]