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The Glastonbury line up has finally been confirmed, and what stress its going to cause. There are just too many unmissable bands playin on Saturday.

Echo and The Bunnymen, De La Soul, Mogwai, Polyphonic Spree, Supergrass, Flaming Lips, and Asian Dub Foundation have all confirmed to be playing the Pyramid Stage alongside those previously confirmed.

Har Mar Superstar, Electric Six, Primal Scream, 22-20s, Interpol, The Libertines, Love, SFA, The Rain Band, Simple Kid, My Morning Jacket, The Raveonettes, The Rapture, Grandaddy and The Doves will be appearing on the Other Stage.

The Streets headline the Dance Tent on Sunday night, with appearances from Erol Akan, Mint Royale and 2 Many DJs (Soulwax) throughout the weekend.

The New Bands Tent boasts another brilliant line up, with the likes of The Futureheads, Mew, I Am Kloot, Brendan Benson, Yo La Tengo, Junior Senior, The Zutons, The Basement, The Stands, Radio 4, The Warlocks, Kings of Leon, John Cale, Hope of The States and The Delgados all confirmed.

Congratulations to Stellastarr* who have just signed a major label deal with RCA, home to Ben Kweller, The Strokes, Kings of Leon and Longwave, who they will be touring with in the states in July.

Stellastarr* will be back in the UK in August for the Reading and Leeds festivals. The band hope to do some headline shows to coincide with these dates. More details as soon as we have them.

Not sure if this is common knowledge and we've just missed it completely, but imagine our surprise when we spot a poster announcing Wayne Kraymer of MC5 is playing a solo gig at The Venue in Edinburgh on Sunday night. On further investigation, it seems it is just us who've missed this. Full tour details here.

Typically we can't make it, if anyone else goes let us know how it went.

As you can tell, we're back from the 'star' studded affair (Elbow, Athlete, ESP, Starsailor, I Am Kloot, The Hokum Clones The Reindeer Section and The Bandits were out in force) that was the Alfie tour. They absolutley brilliant, if your lucky we'll try and do a review, but when you love a band this much its hard to get beyond 'oh it was amazing!'.

Photos from Brighton and Manchester in the gallery now, and a few shots of The Stands. I'm afraid there will only be a couple of dodgy photos from ULU as, again, I didn't reliase I'd forgotten my camera batteries until I was in London. So disposible camera it was.

Exciting news for those of you in or in travelling distance to Sheffield, Mr. David Viner is playing two free shows next week. Thats right! Two free shows! Lucky things. Wish trains were free too or we'd be there.

Mr. Viner plays The Interval Bar @ Sheffield Uni on Wednesday June 11th at 9pm and The Fox & Duck on Glossop Road at 9pm the following night (June 12th). Both sets are free and non-students are welcome. Get down there & let us know how it was, photos and reviews appreciated! Click for more details.

The line up for this years T on the Fringe festival, whcih takes place in Edinburgh throughout August, has been announced.

Highlights include Gorkys Zygotic Mynci (August 4th), Elbow (17th), Hot Hot Heat (21st), Grandaddy (23rd) and Interpol (24th) all playing at the Liquid Room, and The Polyphonic Spree (24th) playing at The Corn Exchange.

We heard a rumour Tim Burgess will be playing a solo show too, though no details have been announced as of yet.

Just hours after their second UK single, 'Gay Bar', smashed into the chart at number five, Electric 6 have revealed that 3 of the 5 founder members have left the band.

Rock'n'Roll Indian, Surge Joebot and Disco have all left. E6 continue with vocalist Dick Valentine and drummer M playing with Tait Nucleus and 3 new members.

'Fire', the debut album, is still released on 30th June.

The Detroit Cobras have also, yet again, modified their line up. Bassist Matt O'Brien has left in order to focus on new band, Detroit City Council. The current line up is Rachel Nagy (vocals), Maribel Restrepo (guitar), Kenny Tudrick (drums) and newcomers Chris Fachini (guitar) and Joey Mazola (bass). For more details see www.detroit-cobras.com.

'Pull A U' is the next single to be taken from 'Keep On Your Mean Side'. The vinyl only release comes on July 28th, shortly after The Kill's brief headline tour of the UK which kicks off at the Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms (June 12th) and heads on to Birmingham Academy (13th), Sheffield Leadmill (14th), Aberdeen Lemon Tree (16th), King Tuts (17th) and finishes up at Manchester University (18th).

The Kills will be appearing at this years Glastonbury festival, playing the New Bands Tent on Friday evening, and playing the Radio 1 stage at Reading and Leeds in August.

Charlie Wood, a british photography student, has made a DVD featuring footage of the Soledad Brothers on their latest UK tour.

The 45 minute black and white DVD includes performances by Pearlene, Mr. David Viner and Soledad Brothers alongside interviews, back stage footage and a brand new song from their forthcoming Peel Session (airing date still to be confirmed). The DVD costs �15 plus P&P and orders should be directed to Charlie at [email protected]. Click for more details.

Ian Brown is set to headline the Eden Festival on Saturday August 9th. The Eden Festival is being run by a number of charities in order to raise funds for their respective causes and use it as a way of creating public awareness. Ian Brown is joined by The Bees and Har Mar Superstar on the 9th, with Ray Davies headlining the second day above Electric Soft Parade, The Bluetones and Pink Grease amoungst others. Click here for more details.

Ian Brown is currently recording his 4th solo album which is set for release in October. He will perform 2 songs with UNKLE at Fabric on July 4th, he will be doing shows with UNKLE in Japan.

Following on from the success of the marvellous 'What I Saw EP', the Kings of Leon are playing a second date in London whilst in Europe for various festivals including Glastonbury and T in the Park.

They will now be playing Mean Fiddler on July 11th, as well as the Electric Ballroom on the 10th.

The album, 'Youth and Young Manhood', is released on July 21st.

Kain will be playing with KIP at Stereo on Monday 23rd of June.
The Hit! Club is going from strength to strength, with support slots from great locals acts such as The X1, and now nationally renowned artists such as David Viner (July 4th). Next up are The Fusion Experience this Friday (20th).

Keep track of all Kain going ons at www.kainrock.cjb.net.

Please not the change of date of the EWO Mr. David Viner show! The venue double booked us and we've been forced to move the show to Sunday July 6th as a result. David will be in Glasgow to play two shows, the first being a low key show with at The Hit! Club (at The Vale, Dundas Street - opp. Queen Street Station) with Kain on Friday July 4th, and the second at Stereo (Kelvinhaugh Street) on Sunday the 6th. Support to be confirmed. Tickets for the Stereo show can be bough in advance for just �4, from Tickets Scotland and Monorail.

Click for more information on both Glasgow shows. Get 'Mr. David Viner' now from Piccadilly Records.

As if we didn't love them enough already The Kills went and blew our minds tonight (click for photos). EWO is in love all over again. A simply awesome set gave us a new found desire to go to Leeds, and now with the announcement of the Carling Stage line up, as expected, the amount of bands we're excited about seeing has practically doubled! Soledad Brothers, The Black Keys, Brendan Benson, Whirlwind Heat, The Sights, Har Mar, The Go and The Agenda have all been confirmed. Fingers crossed for The Dirtbombs everyone!

Kain will be supporting The Libertines (long time fans of Kain) at this Sundays show at the Barrowlands, alongside Glasgow's Franz Ferdinand (hear a demo of 'Darts Of Pleasure' here) who have just been signed to Domino. Thanks to Laura for the good news.

UPDATE - Kain did not support The Libertines last night, they were pulled at the last minute. Kain will be playing Stereo tonight (Monday 23rd June), and continuing their weekly slot at the Hit! Club on Friday 27th of June with Pulse and July 4th alongside David Viner.

David Viner is supporting former member of Thee Headcoates and White Stripes collaborator, Holly Golightly on Friday June 27th at the Dirty Water Club, Harpers Bar at the Boston Arms in Tufnell Park, London.

For those of you in Glasgow, remember David Viner will be playing at the Hit! Club on July 4th and headlining at Stereo on July 6th. Album out now.

The first EWO was a resounding success! Mr David Viner gave us a whiskey fueled show to remember complete with a superb version of 'Birdsnest' played with the wonderful Kain.

Huge thanks go out once more to Kain, David Stone and of course David Viner for everything.

Photos and a report on both of David's Glasgow shows to follow shortly, along with all everything we've missed in the past week or two of madness. Glastonbury, interviews and reviews.

BRMC have just announced that they will be playing three low key shows this summer to preview tracks from the eagerly anticipated new album, 'Take Them On, On Your Own'.

They'll be playing the (not so intimate) London Forum on July 31st, Leeds Met Uni on August 1st and Edinburgh Liquid Room on August 2nd. Tickets are �17.50 (inc. booking fee) avalible exclusively from NME Ticket Shop until Thursday when they go on general sale.

Time for a news catch up... sorry for the delay!

The Stands have confirmed the support for their tour to be The (wonderful) Hokum Clones. The tour starts at Manchester Night and Day on July 31st, comes to King Tuts, Glasgow on August 14th, and finishes at the Stockton Georgian Theatre on the 15th. For details of all the dates go to www.the-stands.com

With the release of 'Voice of Treason' just around the corner, August 4th, new Soledad Brothers dates have started to leak out, including a date at Cardiff Barfly on 21st of August, before their Reading and Leeds appearances. They're also playing the 100 Club in London on September 2nd, and Nice'n'Sleazys in Glasgow on the 5th. No mention of support so far, but we've got our fingers crossed for David Viner. Pearlene, who played with the Soledad Brothers on their last UK tour are hoping to make it back to the UK towards the end of the year. More details as we get them.

Its Mercury Awards time again, and in our humble opinion, the nominations are poorer than ever.

The Thrills 'So Much For The City', Radiohead 'All Hail To The Theif', Coldplay 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head', The Darkness 'Permission To Land', Athlete 'Vehicles and Animals', Dizzee Rascal 'Boy In Da Corner', Terri Walker 'Untitled', Floetry 'Floetic', Soweto Kinch 'Conversations with the Unseen', Martina Topley Bird - 'Quixotic', Eliza Carthy 'Angelica' and Lemon Jelly 'Lost Horizons'. Not sure about everyone else but there are more than a few 'Who???'s coming from me.

For those of you in Glasgow tonight (EWO can't make it annoyingly), Kain are playing Nice'n'Sleazys alongside Blueprint and Shrinking Violet. Doors are 8.30pm.

If you can't make it either Kain will be appearing, as always, at the Hit! Club this Friday, with support coming from The Lynch Mob. Kain play their first headline show at King Tuts on August 16th with Owsley Sunshine.

More exciting news. The Sights have announced they will be playing Nice'n'Sleazys on August 31st. They also play the Dirty Water Club on August 22nd, Manchester Roadhouse on Spetember 2nd and Bristol Louisianna on the 5th.

Plus Spiritualized are taking the Soledad Brothers on tour as support for their UK tour. Dates inlcude Edinburgh Liquid Rooms, September 11th, click for more dates. Superb! See you in Edinburgh.