Details here (from NME) – UK only tho, unfortunately.

Mac’s still got a gob on him too:

As previously reported, Ian McCulloch revealed last year that he wanted to perform the group’s early albums live, saying it would be “a masterclass for anyone who’s ever been in a band that isn’t quite as good as the band I’m in.”

NME’s 50 best albums of 2009

NME’s 50 best tracks of 2009

And if you can’t be bothered with looking at those, the number one’s are Horrors – Primary Colours & Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero. Not bad choices all up

Los Campesinos! have announced details of their forthcoming album. The release, entitled Romance Is Boring is due out 1st Feburary 2010. It was recorded with producer John Goodmanson (Sleater-Kinney, Wu-Tang Clan) and features guest appearances from Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu) and Zac Pennington (Parenthetical Girls).

The track listing is as follows:
In Medias Res
There Are Listed Buildings
Romance Is Boring
We’ve Got Your Back (Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown #2)
Plan A
200 – 102
Straight In At 101
Who Fell Asleep In
I Warned You: Do Not Make An Enemy Of Me
Heart Swells/100-1
I Just Sighed. I Just Sighed, Just So You Know
A Heat Rash In The Shape Of The Show Me State; or, Letters From Me To Charlotte
The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future
This Is A Flag. There Is No Wind
Coda: A Burn Scar In The Shape Of The Sooner State

Los Campesinos website

Can’t wait for this one!

Video here

Former Smiths singer Morrissey has been taken to hospital after collapsing on stage with breathing difficulties.

Eyewitnesses said the 50-year-old fell to the floor during a performance of his former band’s song This Charming Man at Oasis Leisure Centre in Swindon.

Two of his current band’s members took him off stage and an ambulance took him to Great Western Hospital, where his condition was described as “stable”.

Jarvis Cocker has said that Pulp are “coming back” – and that they are interested in playing Glastonbury 2010.

The singer told The People that the Sheffield band, who have been inactive since the release of 2001 album ‘We Love Life’, have already talked about the possibility of playing the Worthy Farm event together.

“Glastonbury means an awful lot to me, I would love to play there again,” he said. “We’ve talked about it, there we go, there’ll be a band reunion.”

And Buzzcocks finally make it to Wellington – playing Bodega on Friday November 13. More details as they come to hand.

See you there!

B

From the NME:

Former New Order members Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris and Phil Cunningham have formed a new band without ex-bassist Peter Hook.

The collective, Bad Lieutenant, features Blur’s Alex James on bass duties, Sumner told BBC Newsbeat that they have already completed recording an album, set for release in October.

“I’m very proud of it, it’s a very good album,” Sumner said. “It’s pretty guitary too because we’ve got three guitarists in the band.”

I’d like to think this would be great, but I ain’t holding my breath. Surprise me folks!

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