Tag: Brit Awards

Invisible Touch is the thirteenth studio album by the band Genesis, released in 1986. It reached No.1 in the UK where it remained in the charts for 96 weeks, making it by far the most commercially successful album of their career, being certified 6x platinum in the US and 4x platinum in the UK. It eventually sold over 15 million copies worldwide. It received generally favourable reviews from critics and produced five US Top 5 singles, including the title track which reached the No.1 spot on the US chart, the only song by Genesis to do so.

Alt-J have announced a new album called Relaxer, which is out June 9 via Canvasback Music. Relaxer is the follow-up to the band’s 2014 album, This Is All Yours. The announcement is accompanied by a new track called “3WW.” Check it out here. Their third album follows a string of successes surrounding their previous releases. Their debut album An Awesome Wave won the Mercury Music Prize in 2012. They were also nominated for three Brit Awards (British Breakthrough Act, British Album of the Year and British Group of the Year). This Is All Yours received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Alternative Music Album at the 57th Grammy Awards. During their 2015 tour, the band sold out Madison Square Garden.

Longitude Festival returns to Dublin’s Marlay Park this summer. The festival is set to take place over the weekend of Friday July 14th to Sunday July 16th. A tweet was posted to the festivals twitter page last week confirming that some of the acts would be announced today. However it seems Mumford and Sons have jumped the Gun and announced themselves.

Biffy drummer Ben Johnston had a chat with NME ahead of Wednesday night’s BRIT awards and reflected on their recent charity gig. Johnston said that ‘it’s a good time to go back and revisit old material’.

Welsh rock band, Manic Street Preachers are currently working on a follow up to 2014’s Futurology - which was a massive success, selling about 20,000 copies in its first week and reaching No. 2 on the UK album chart.

The late David Bowie was honoured at last night’s 2017 BRIT Awards at London's O2 Arena. His was posthumously awarded the prestigious Mastercard British Album Of The Year and the British Male Solo Artist statuettes.

The VO5 NME awards took place last night in London’s O2 Brixton Academy. Pop group Bastille opened the awards show with hit...

Kasabian are set to release their sixth studio album this year. The Leicester crew recently shared a photo on their social media...

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by English rock band the Beatles. Released in June 1967, the album included songs such as "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", and "A Day in the Life". Continuing the artistic maturation seen on the band's album Revolver (1966), Sgt. Pepper further departed from the conventional pop rock idiom of the time and incorporated balladry, psychedelic, music hall, and symphonic influences.

Welsh rockers Catfish and the Bottlemen have recently announced a new Irish date. They will play the Olympia Theatre next month...