Ozzy Gets Sympathy Vote In Race For Xmas Number 1
Bookmakers William Hill have made Ozzy Osbourne's duet with daughter Kelly, 'Changes', fourth-favourite for the Christmas number one, following the singer's recent quad bike incident.»
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Gary Jules at London Notting Hill Arts Club, Sat 06 Dec
Usually, the prospect of spending even a few fleeting minutes in the company of a singer-songwriter riding the crest of a one-hit-wonder wave would be something out of the baddest of bad dreams. Yet here I am, and there Gary Jules is.»
Outkast Unstuck By A 90-Year-Old
Outkast and their label La Face could be faced with an embarrassing lawsuit in the States after civil-rights icon Rosa Parks was granted permission by the country's Supreme Court to proceed with legal action against them.»
Desaparecidos Man's Solo Album Due January
The debut solo album from Desaparecidos guitarist Denver Dalley will be released next month through Jade Tree.»
DiS Goes Tabloid - Did They Or Didn't They?
Or more importantly, do you really care?»
Doctor Foxed By Chart Axing
Neil (née Doctor) Fox is leaving the commercial radio chart show, the Woolworths sponsored Hit 40 UK.»
One-Off Ween Show Next Week
Oddball rock duo Ween play a special one-off show on December 15th at London's Kentish Town Forum.»
Pop Goes To Pot: Busted Beaten To Record Of The Year By Barry Manilow
ITV viewers should be ashamed of themselves. This year's Record Of The Year, as voted for by viewers of the channel, was won by a Barry Manilow song instead of those cheeky pop-punkers Busted.»
Pop Goss': Mel C Pans Posh; Posh Probably Not Bothered
Those rumours of a Spice Girl reunion seem somewhat innaccurate following Mel C's slamming of Posh's new material as "atrocious and weak".»
Wu Tang Ready For Reunion Album... Almost
A new album from the Wu Tang Clan could be on the cards, as rapper Ghostface Killah has stated that talks between group members have officially begun.»
Outkast and Pharrell Dominate Grammy Nominations
2003 looks to have been a good year for hip hop and R&B, if the newly-announced Grammy nominations are anything to go by.»
Gorky's and Yo La Tengo Announce Joint Tour
The heavenly Yo La Tengo will tour the UK alongside Gorky's Zygotic Mynci in the Spring.»
War is Three-Times Over Already...
"So this is Christmas, and what have you done?" Released three different versions of your Christmas single actually.»
Drive-Thru Drive Through The UK
The Drive-Thru Records tour bus will be tearing up the UK in January, carrying with it Home Grown, The Early November, Allister and Hidden In Plain View.»
Bizkit Go Limp Over Asia
Disappointing news for any Asian readers: following the US government's warning about a "terror threat" from South East Asia, nu-metal jokers Limp Bizkit have cancelled all of their tour dates in the region.»
Coca Cola Chart Sponsorship Confirmed
It's official: The BBC WILL be plugging Coca Cola on air when the soft drinks company begins their sponsorship of the UK Chart Company.»
Mondo Generator Play the UK
Nick Oliveri's Mondo Generator tour the UK later this month.»
Motley Crue - Greatest Video Hits
They came, they saw, they slept around. Hmm, perhaps that should’ve gone in a different order. Ah f**k it, it matters not; the point is that Motley Crue were rock and roll from the early eighties to the early nineties, a period of war, famine, AIDS, and in the case of four lanky-haired LA misfits, copious amounts of lip liner and leather.»
Brixton's (Second) Top Of The World!
Brixton Academy has been voted the second-best music venue in the entire world by US industry magazine Pollstar.»
Coldplay Had Planned Cash Collaboration
Coldplay were hoping to collaborate with the late Johnny Cash, says singer Chris Martin.»
New TOTP a Success, Despite DiS's Disgust
So we may have hated the new look Top Of The Pops, but some 6.1 million people disagreed with us. Sort of.»
Cheeky Cheapskates Mugged For Buttons
Yes, it's wrong to celebrate the misfortune of others, but when said misfortune befalls those pesky vampire twins The Cheeky Girls, how can you fail to crack a smile?»
The Murder Of...: Get Murdered Throughout December
Worcester's all-dancing, all-singing, erm, all-exploding art-core troupe The Murder Of Rosa Luxemburg head out on tour next month. You'd be battier than a chip butty to miss them.»
A Big Scary Christmas Party
Oxford-based record label Big Scary Monsters is throwing a Christmas party on the 23rd December at London's Kentish Town Verge.»
An Open Invitation To Abuse Part Chimp
The most powerful thing to come out of London since John Prescot's right hook, Part Chimp, play this Sunday (30th November) at The Buffalo Bar, and are giving YOU the chance to be immortalised in recording history.»
Brave Captain Release Exclusive Online EP
Brave Captain release a new EP this Friday via their website...»
Glast-off! Fest is all go for 2004
Glastonbury 2004 was given the go ahead last night at an uneventful meeting of the Mendip District Council.»
Holly Golightly's Christmas Collection
Holly Golightly (a.k.a. her that was on the last White Stripe album) will release a very limited edition Christmas 7", 'Little Stars', on 15th December.»
Crue To Reform For Tour?
The original Motley Crue line up may reform for a tour next year, their first since 1999.»
Funeral For A Friend Headline NME Awards Tour
DiS favourites Funeral For A Friend will headline the annual NME Awards tour in January next year. Appearing alongside the Welsh wunderkids will be The Rapture, The Von Bondies and Domino signings Franz Ferdinand.»