Sunderland hosts live music programme to complement Stadium of Light gigs - Sunderland Echo
27 May 2012, 10:47 am
WEARSIDE will be alive with the sound of music this summer. A packed programme of events has been organised in Sunderland to complement the line-up of big stadium concerts next month. Sunderland Live will include bands, folk music, orchestras and big ...

Bid to bring back stadium gigs to Hampshire (From Daily Echo) - This is Southampton
25 May 2012, 8:19 am
MAJOR live music events look set to return to the home of Hampshire cricket for the first time in three years. Bosses at the Ageas Bowl – formerly the Rose Bowl – want to host four-concerts in two years at the 35,000-capacity stadium in West End.

Brian McCollum's big gigs: Drake, Gogol Bordello, Jack White - Detroit Free Press
24 May 2012, 2:11 pm
Jack White comes bounding back home on the heels of "Blunderbuss," his inaugural solo album and first-ever chart-topping debut. Set lists so far on this tour -- which finds White backed by a six-piece, all-female band -- have included material ...

Jerry Sloan interested in Orlando Magic, Charlotte Bobcats coaching gigs - Sporting News
22 May 2012, 3:39 pm
Jerry Sloan, who is third on the NBA’s all-time list with 1,221 regular-season wins, has his eye on at least two open coaching positions—the Orlando Magic’s and Charlotte Bobcats’—Fox Sports Florida reports. The Magic fired coach Stan ...

Plan B encourages music fans to wear earplugs at gigs - Digital Spy
22 May 2012, 9:05 am
Plan B has encouraged fans to wear earplugs to live music events. The singer has urged music lovers to use the plugs to help protect themselves from tinnitus, which he suffers from himself. "I've been in clubs, in the DJ booth, and just felt my ears going ...

This week's top music gigs not to be missed - Florence and the Machine, Prince and Diesel - couriermail.com.au
22 May 2012, 8:58 am
THERE'S plenty of live music on offer this week with concerts by Florence and the Machine, Prince, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Diesel, and Clairy Browne & the Bangin' Rackettes. Londoner Florence Welch is soaring on the back of latest album Ceremonials, and ...

Brian McCollum's big gigs: LMFAO, B.B. King - Detroit Free Press
17 May 2012, 2:09 am
Touring the U.S. for the first time since 2007, this 21-piece symphonic-rock outfit brings a set of shimmering, multicolored sunshine pop. The You + Me Tour accompanies a singles-release series that kicked off with last summer's "Bullseye" and ...

Black Sabbath Drummer Bill Ward Pulls Out of Reunion gigs - Hollywood Reporter
16 May 2012, 1:16 pm
Bill Ward will not be joining Black Sabbath for this year's performances, the drummer confirmed in a letter to fans on his website. The lengthy, emotional note explained that Ward had been asked to participate "minimally" at the band's Download Festival ...

Black Sabbath's Bill Ward officially pulls out of reunion gigs - CNN
16 May 2012, 9:41 am
(Rolling Stone)-- Bad news for Black Sabbath fans: Bill Ward will not be playing drums at any of the group's three gigs scheduled this year. In a long message posted on his website, Ward explained that he was simply not able to come to terms ...

The Great Escape: highlights of the Guardian's New Band of the Day gigs - The Guardian
13 May 2012, 12:44 pm
For three nights at the Great Escape festival in Brighton - the biggest showcase of new bands in Europe - the Guardian hosted a New Band of the Day stage, curated by the author of our daily column, Paul Lester One of the best things about the ...