Graham Live EP

March 30th, 2005 by Pete

As a companion to the recently released “Live At The Zodiac” DVD, there is an exclusive EP to download from 7digital.com.

The tracks are 99p each or £1.99 for all three and are stereo mixes of tracks which are available on the DVD. It is only available by download.

By the way, the track listed as “That’s All I Wanna Do” is actually “All I Wanna Do Is Listen To Yz”.

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Graham Coxon Goes Wireless

March 29th, 2005 by Pete

Xfm can exclusively announce the names of more of the acts who’ve been confirmed to play the Wireless Festival taking place in Hyde Park, London this June, including Supergrass, The Bravery and Graham Coxon.

The four day event will take place in two parts Friday June 24 / Saturday June 25 and Wednesday June 29 / Thursday June 30, and take place in Hyde Park in London – the first time a festival themed event will have taken place there.

As previously announced New Order will kick off the event on the first Friday (June 24) followed by Basement Jaxx who headline the Saturday night party (June 25). Keane and Kasabian will then top the bill on the main stage on Wednesday June 29 and Thursday 30 June respectively.

Now Xfm can reveal that a host of new acts have been added to the bill. On Friday 24 June, The Bravery and Graham Coxon will now be appearing with New Order on the main stage, and The Dears have been added to the Xfm Stage.

On Saturday 25 June, Roots Manuva and LCD Soundsystem will be playing with headliners Basement Jaxx on the Main Stage, while Mylo will be appearing on the Xfm Stage.

Alongside Keane on the main stage on Wednesday June 29 will be Supergrass and Rufus Wainwright, and Secret Machines will be appearing on the Xfm Stage.

Finally Thursday June 30 finds Kasabian as top of the bill with Radio Soulwax presenting 2ManyDJ’s and Soulwax on the Xfm Stage.

More bands and more stages are will be announced over the coming weeks.

Tickets are on sale now priced at a very reasonable £35 a day (plus booking fee), and are available from the Credit Card Hotline on 0871 230 5468 (VIP packages: 0870 145 1210 / Accommodation packages: 0870 842 2205).

Gates for the event will open at 2pm, except on June 25 when they open at 12pm and 30,000 punters are expected to attend each day of the event.

All tickets can be purchased through O2 Active on O2 handsets and O2 customers can also benefit from purchasing tickets from March 8 2005 four days before they go on sale to the general public by texting the word FESTIVAL to an O2 shortcode 81145.

For more information and to buy tickets go to www.wirelessfestival.co.uk .

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Get The New Gorillaz Single Now

March 22nd, 2005 by Pete

Just noticed that “Feel Good Inc.” is available for download from the iTunes Store.

Not sure if it’s on Napster and others yet but I’m sure it will be soon.

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Coxon Gets ‘Loved-Up’ For Next Album

March 22nd, 2005 by Pete

After a year of successes, awards and finally breaking into the mainstream as a solo artist proper, ex-Blur man Graham Coxon has been talking about getting ‘loved-up’ for the follow-up to ‘Happiness In Magazines’.

Speaking to Xfm recently, he explained that he’s already recording the hugely anticipated follow-up to ‘Happiness…’ saying, “I’m recording it at the moment. My head’s in the clouds and it’s sounding great. It sounds like me really, but organised.”

Coxon has also told Billboard that he already has eight tracks done for the new record ranging from faster tracks (such as hit single ‘Freakin’ Out’) to slower, sentimental songs with “bipolar, erratic” lyrics.

“The emotion is a lot edgier. It’s about the dreaded L-O-V-E from all sides; from the lustier sort of viewpoints to jealous viewpoints and to downright sentimentality.

Working once again with uber-producer Stephen Street (who Graham has previously cited as the man that finally brought him out his shell creatively), Coxon explained,

“It was so nice last time and smooth and he’s quick and focussed,” he told Xfm. “I’m more of an expressive kind of person, whereas he’s into making a good sounding thing. Between us I think we get it right.”

“Creative control is the ultimate for a self-obsessed lunatic,” he told Billboard. “I try not to be control freakish about it, but with my own stuff I started to be that way, because I was so used to being in a group. But after awhile, you sort of cry out for other people’s opinions and advice, which is why I got a producer in the first place.”

Coxon also unveiled two new tracks ‘Gimme Some Love’ and ‘I Can’t Think Of Your Skin’ at the Astralwerks’ label showcase at last week’s South By South West festival

However, following his North American dates, Coxon wants nothing more than to kick back for the summer in the green fields of the UK and get down to some hardcore D.I.Y.

“I’d like to do some festivals, but mainly rest,” he says. “Take some time off, do some artwork for the next album. And decorate the bathroom.”

Xfm

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Gorillaz On The Radio

March 21st, 2005 by Pete

Gorillaz’s new single “Feel Good Inc.” was played for the first time on Radio 1’s Jo Whiley show today (21 March 2005). You can listen to the show again by going to the Radio 1 web site.

“Feel Good Inc.” is the first single from the forthcoming album “Demon Days” and is released in May.

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