UK Music Round-Up

News
The Prodigy will join Black Sabbath and Metallica as headliners of next year's Download Festival. Tickets for the three-day event are on sale here.

Hear Gallows new single, "Mondo Chaos" and a short interview with new vocalist Wade MacNeil here. See the cover and Australian pre-orders of the band's forthcoming EP, Death Is Birth, here.

Young Guns have released the album art for their forthcoming second album, Bones. The record will be released on the 5th of February.

Rob Lynch has released a video for "My Friends And I". See it here.

Adelaide are looking for a new singer.

Head here to see Los Campesinos!' video for "Hello Sadness".

Hawk Eyes' new video for "Crack Another One" is streaming on the Rock Sound website.

The Xcerts are playing a free show tomorrow night at The Old Blue Last in London. More details can be found here.

Click here to see Lights Out Dresden's video for "Bad Apple".

Enter Shikari have released a "SSSNAKEPIT" remix bundle on iTunes.

Hear a teaser for Summerlin's forthcoming debut album here.

See I, Said The Spy's video for "Lost In The City" here.

Head here to see Canterbury perform an acoustic version of "More Than Know".

65daysofstatic's new album, Silent Running, is out now.

Autumn In Disguise's debut mini album, What Makes Life Better, is out now.

Listen to the new single from The Maccabees titled "Pelican" here.

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Tours
Young Guns (SUPPORT: Polar)
February
2nd High Wycombe Bucks University
3rd Leeds Well
4th Liverpool Masque
6th Glasgow King Tut's
7th Sheffield Corporation 2
8th Manchester Deaf Institute
9th Nottingham Rescue Rooms
11th Brighton Haunt
12th Kingston Fighting Cocks (Matinee & evening show)
13th Pontypridd Muni Arts Centre
14th Saltash Livewire
15th Bath Moles
17th Dublin Academy 2 (Matinee show)
18th Belfast Speakeasy (Matinee show)

Rob Lynch SUPPORT: (Jimmy Holland & Years)
November
20th Manchester Zoo

Friendly Fires
December
15th Manchester O2 Apollo
16th Southampton Guildhall
18th Newcastle O2 Academy
19th Nottingham Rock City
20th Glasgow Barrowland

Twin Atlantic (SUPPORT: Dinosaur Pile-Up & Arcane Roots)
November
28th Cardiff CF10
29th London Islington Academy
30th Brighton Haunt
December
2nd Birmingham Academy 2
3rd Nottingham Rescue Rooms
4th Manchester Club Academy
6th Wrexham Central Station
7th Leeds Cockpit
9th Edinburgh Picturehouse
10th Glasgow Academy
11th Aberdeen Forum
12th Dundee Fat Sam's

The Blackout (SUPPORT: Attack! Attack! (UK), Revoker & Save Your Breath)
December
30th Cardiff University Great Hall

The Xcerts (SUPPORT: Flood Of Red)
January
17th Brighton Haunt
19th Bath Moles Club
20th Preston 53 Degrees
21st Aberdeen Cafe Drummonds
22nd Glasgow King Tut's Wah Wah Hut

Summer Camp
March
13th Bristol Louisiana
14th Birmingham Rainbow
15th Norwich Arts Centre
16th Manchester Night & Day
17th Glasgow Captain's Rest
19th Sheffield Harley
20th Cambridge Portland Arms
21st London Scala

Mallory Knox / Verses (Co-headline) (SUPPORT: Stars Of The Search Party)
January
6th Rayleigh Mill
7th Southampton Joiners
8th Crawley Laserhub
9th Bristol Croft
10th Birmingham O2 Academy 3
11th Newcastle O2 Academy 2
12th Glasgow ABC 2
13th Liverpool O2 Academy 2
14th Milton Keynes Crauford Arms
16th London O2 Academy 2

Kids In Glass Houses
December
20th Clwb Ifor Bach

Dopamine (SUPPORT: Gavin Butler (The Blackout) & Tom Jenkins (Straight Lines))
December
19th Glasgow 13th Note
20th Leeds Cockpit 3
21st London Islington Academy 2
22nd Cardiff Buffalo Bar

The Cape Race (SUPPORT: Edward Turner & Ghost Saddles)
December
10th Manchester Moho Live

Hyro Da Hero (SUPPORT: Marmozets)
February
7th Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
8th Manchester Club Academy
9th Glasgow King Tut's
10th Sheffield Corporation
11th Leeds Cockpit
12th Stoke Sugarmill
13th Birmingham Vudu
14th Milton Keynes Crauford Arms
15th Nottingham Rescue Rooms
16th Norwich Waterfront
17th Tunbridge Wells Forum
18th London Borderline
19th Bristol Thekla

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December
15th Kingston Peel
16th Leeds Well
17th Nottingham Rescue Rooms
18th Brighton Haunt

The Presidents of The United States Of America
March
8th Bristol O2 Academy
9th Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
10th Manchester HMV Ritz
11th Glasgow O2 ABC
16th London HMV Forum

Black Veil Brides (SUPPORT: D.R.U.G.S.)
March
24th Wolverhampton Civic Hal
25th Belfast Mandela Hall
26th Dublin Academy
27th Glasgow Barrowlands
28th Edinburgh HMV Picturehouse
29th Leeds O2 Academy
30th London Brixton O2 Academy
April
1st Bristol O2 Academy

NME Awards Shows
Justice
February
9th Bristol O2 Academy
10th London Brixton O2 Academy
11th Birmingham O2 Academy
12th Glasgow O2 Academy
13th Manchester Academy

Charli Xcx
February
8th London Lexington

Slow Club
February
9th London Heaven

Pure Love
February
14th London Shepherd's Bush Hall

Band Of Skulls
February
15th London XOYO

tUnE-yArDs
February
15th London O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
February
16th London Heaven

Cloud Control
February
17th London Camden Electric Ballroom

The Big Pink
February
20th London Garage

Kurt Vile
February
21st London Koko

Alabama Shakes
February
22nd London Boston Arms

Little Dragon
February
24th London HMV Forum

Marina And The Diamonds
February
26th London O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire

The Drums
February
27th London Roundhouse

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Contributors: Andy Biddulph

Download gets worse year on year, three old washed up headliners that will obviously draw in crowds but are no where near their former glory.

Originally Posted by Chrisj182

Download gets worse year on year, three old washed up headliners that will obviously draw in crowds but are no where near their former glory.

Whilst I agree to an extent, The Prodigy still bring it hard and are a superb live group.

Originally Posted by Chrisj182

Download gets worse year on year, three old washed up headliners that will obviously draw in crowds but are no where near their former glory.

With Metallica playing the 'Black Album' in full? Sounds awesome to me, but as you say it will surely draw in the crowds. I just don't think they are all 'washed-up'.

Originally Posted by Chrisj182

Download gets worse year on year, three old washed up headliners that will obviously draw in crowds but are no where near their former glory.

Who do you think should headline instead? Think Black Sabbath should be up there because they've just reformed, not so much the other two.

And seeing as they were mentioned - did anyone catch Metallica and Lou Reed on Jools Holland last week? Just awful.

Originally Posted by Andy Biddulph

Who do you think should headline instead? Think Black Sabbath should be up there because they've just reformed, not so much the other two.

And seeing as they were mentioned - did anyone catch Metallica and Lou Reed on Jools Holland last week? Just awful.

I can see the whole Black Sabbath appeal, but I watched Jools Holland it was absolutely dreadful. I honestly can't suggest a headliner, but for the past few years it's been mainly classic rock bands; Maiden, Kiss, Judas Priest, AC/DC etc, it's predictable who will play.

Originally Posted by Chrisj182

I can see the whole Black Sabbath appeal, but I watched Jools Holland it was absolutely dreadful. I honestly can't suggest a headliner, but for the past few years it's been mainly classic rock bands; Maiden, Kiss, Judas Priest, AC/DC etc, it's predictable who will play.

I get your point, Mastodon are the only band that sprung to mind. I suppose The Prodigy are a bit of a "gamble" but they've been around so many times before...

Like the new Gallows single a lot.

It might be the right time for me to get back into 65daysofstatic. I remember loving "Betraying Chino" a long time ago (and yes, that track is still awesome).

Originally Posted by AdamChildress

Like the new Gallows single a lot.

couldn't disagree more. i thought they were going to be writing stuff similar to 'orchestra...' (i think one of them said).

The song is boring and predictable.

Originally Posted by dom_182

couldn't disagree more. i thought they were going to be writing stuff similar to 'orchestra...' (i think one of them said).

The song is boring and predictable.

I'm biased, I love Wade's voice & I'm excited for the album as well.

To each their own.

Originally Posted by AdamChildress

I'm biased, I love Wade's voice & I'm excited for the album as well.

To each their own.

yeah I suppose.

Every time I've seen Alexisonfire live, I've always loved Wade's vocals too. But this just wasn't for me.

Originally Posted by dom_182

yeah I suppose.

Every time I've seen Alexisonfire live, I've always loved Wade's vocals too. But this just wasn't for me.

I understand, it is a big change most definitely. I have high hopes for the album only because of how good Wade is as a vocalist & how talented the rest of the members of Gallows are. Hope the album is good for both of our sakes.