The Futureheads News

Band set for London club show tomorrow The Futureheads are set to play their final gig of 2009 tomorrow and will use the show to preview a host of new songs.

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After being dropped by their record label in 2006, The Futureheads largely disappeared from the public consciousness, despite demonstrating more invention and talent than many of their contemporaries.

"Struck Dumb" - the Futureheads The 21st century has not been lacking in New Wave revival bands, with their metallic guitars, punchy rhythms, and clipped British-sounding vocals .

A POPULAR sports club has been saved from the axe after winning a A 35,000 grant.

Sunderland's most notable art-rockers, The Futureheads , will bring their stop-start rhythms, layered vocals and uneven guitars to The Lexington on 14 December.

Good news for fans of The Futureheads and free MP3 downloads. The band says that until December 2, their new song "Struck Dumb" is available for free on the band's official site .

There is nothing The Kabeedies like more than a good rumpus - which is probably why they called their debut album it.

It's been a lot of fun to put together and I hope you' been enjoying it. The whole Music Zone has gotten in on the act as well as we began our countdown of the Top 100 songs of the decade earlier this week, and be sure to keep checking in as we get closer to number one.

The bands will perform at Preston city centre's Lava Ignite nightclub on Friday, November 20.

The Maccabees , Bombay Bicycle Club , The Big Pink and The Drums are set to head out on the Shockwaves NME Awards Tour 2010 , NME.COM can announce.

Despite its failings, Dubai Sound City attracted large numbers of people eager to see the festival succeed - as well as return next year with an even bigger line-up, writes Oliver Good 'It's been a mammoth task and things do fall through,' said David Pichilingi, the co-founder of Dubai Sound City, 'but we've rewritten the rule book by doing a ...

The American hip-hop act De La Soul have pulled out of the inaugural Dubai Sound City festival only a day before they were due to play.

Dubai // Rock music lovers revelled in the first day of Dubai Sound City yesterday and geared up for an entire weekend of live performances featuring more than 70 bands.

In many ways, the story of The Futureheads is the story of how music in the 21st century works: band gains local fan base via riotous live gigs and word of mouth; band gets signed to a major label; band is unable to live up to the label's expectations due to the decline in record sales; band's biggest hit ends up being a cover .

IT'S Hallowe'en on Saturday. Most of you will either be preparing to shower minors with sweets in deference to their empty threats as they trick-or-treat their teeth away; desperately trying to squirm out of the icy clutches of fear long enough to batten down the hatches in a bid to stave off fiendish spirits; or trying hard not to laugh as you ...

Radiohead guitarist Ed Oa Brien denied frontman Thom Yorkea s prior claim that the band is finished with new albums.

Buzzcocks , The Futureheads , British Sea Power and Radio 4 are among the bands who have been stopped from playing the Beijing Modern Sky Festival bill, as all foreign acts have been dropped from the event's line-up. The festival is still set to go ahead on October 4-7 at Chaoyang Park in the Chinese capital, with Chinese acts set to play.

Inspiring indie outfit Elmor, described by the Daily Mirror as "the most promising band to hit the UK in a long time", release their blistering new single, The Wedding Song, on Monday, October 3 to coincide with their current UK tour which visits Bath this week.

A FESTIVAL with a difference is being held in the North East this weekend, and it could become an annual event if it's a success.