About to head out on their own headline tour THE XCERTS have just received the rather amazing news that they will be supporting the one and only Guns N’ Roses on their forthcoming UK arena shows! Speaking of the dates lead singer Murray Macleod says, “It will be an honour to play with a band of Guns N’ Roses stature and we are looking forward to taking ‘Scatterbrain’ to the big stage”. In addition The Xcerts have added a show at Fitzhurbert, Brighton on 10^th May as part of The Great Escape’s The Alternative Escape. Dates are as follows:

GUNS N’ ROSES TOUR

MAY

Fri 25 – Glasgow SECC

Sat 26 – Birmingham LG Arena

JUNE

Fri 1 – London O2 Arena

THE XCERTS second album ‘Scatterbrain’ has already taken the band on an incredible journey. In the albums short lifespan the band have been on several headline tours with a fan base that grows at every show, performed in Europe for the first time where their album is also released, been played by most major national radio stations (Radio 1, Kerrang! radio…) and TV channels (Kerrang TV, Scuzz…) and toured with many of their favourite bands (Manchester Orchestra, Biffy Clyro, Taking Back Sunday, Brand New…). Not only that, but the band flew out to New York to record it with their favourite producer Mike Sapone!

The dates of The Xcerts own headline tour are as follows:

HEADLINE TOUR

MAY               

Fri 4 – Tunbridge Wells Forum

Sun 6 – Southampton Joiners

Mon 7 – Exeter Cavern

Tue 8 – Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach

Thu 10 – Fitzhurbert, Brighton **Great Escape – 10pm**

Fri 11 – Sheffield Bowery

Sat 12 – Stoke Sugarmill

Sun 13 – Birmingham Academy 3

Tue 15 – Newcastle Academy 2

Wed 16 – Glasgow Garage

Thu 17 – Aberdeen Lemon Tree

Fri 18 – Thurso Newmarket Bar

Sat 19 – Dumfries The Venue

Mon 21 – York Stereo

Tue 22 – Leeds Cockpit Room 3 / 2 On Hold

Wed 23 – Manchester Sound Control

Thu 24 – Cheltenham Frog & Fiddle

Sat 27 – Bristol The Croft **rescheduled**

Sun 28 – Nottingham Rock City **rescheduled**

JULY

Fri 13 – 2000 Trees Festival

HAWK EYES are from Leeds, Englandshire. They consist of Paul Astick (vocals / guitar), Rob Stephens (guitar), Ryan Clark (bass) and Steve Wilson (drums)

One of those previous so-called ‘forms’ was Chickenhawk, whose gruesomely complex ‘Modern Bodies’ album of 2010 cheerily brutalised a not-so-innocent generation of grumpy grunged-up kids as they toured the known universe with Alexisonfire, We Are The Ocean and The Computers. Unfortunately all this cheery brutalisation came at a cost – a good doctor told singer Paul that his traumatic vocal stylings were doing unspeakable damage to his throat. He had to calm it down or get the heck off the back of the rock bus. So he calmed down. Relatively speaking.

The end of 2011 saw the renamed and reconstructed HAWK EYES foursome setting out their stall for future ever-so-slightly-mellower chaos with a nomination for Best Hard Rock Act at the Artrocker awards, touring fun with Turbowolf, The James Cleaver Quartet and Ginger Wildheart (though not all at the same time, you understand) and the release of the five-track ‘Mindhammers’ EP on Brew Records, a manically precise fusion of ferocious melodies and vivacious riffs which spewed forth comparisons with Foo Fighters, QOTSA, Alice In Chains and the epically heavy monstersound of Faith No More.

All extremely true, and all very indicative of a band growing up and rolling with the melodic punches. And the ‘Mindhammers’ template was refined and rewired on ‘Ideas’, HAWK EYES’ debut album which is sleek and modern and hardcore and suitably post-post-everything, but also cosmic and mischievous and never averse to (ab)using a classic riff here or there. The UK music press heaped praise on the album with Kerrang, Artrocker and Big Cheese Magazine all awarding ‘Ideas’ 5/5.

This led to the band being asked to join the one and only Andrew WK on his recent UK tour while Kerrang continued to show their support by nominating Hawk Eyes for best new band at the upcoming Kerrang Awards.

Forthcoming Live Dates:

Friday 11/5/12 Brighton, Concorde GREAT ESCAPE FESTIVAL

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Having wowed critics with the release of their new album ‘Freaks Like Us’ which has received high praise across the board,STRAIGHT LINES are now preparing to take the album out on the road through September and October.

Speaking of ‘Freaks Like Us’ Kerrang! magazine said it possessed “choruses of a size that require a forklift to lift them” (4K’s)while Rock Sound said “…Straight Lines should be the biggest band on the planet right now” (8/10).

In addition, the singles taken from the record have been going down a storm at radio and television. ‘Half Gone’ secured ‘Single of the Week’ on Kerrang! Radio and was Huw Stephens ‘Next Hype’ on Zane Lowes BBC Radio 1 show and new single‘Commitments’ was made Kerrang! TV’s ‘Video of the Week’ on the week of the album’s release. You can watch the video for‘Commitments’ here: http://www.youtube.com/xtramilerecordings

The band has toured with the likes of Funeral for a Friend, The Subways, Kids In Glass Houses, The Get Up Kids and Presidents of the USA. Their headline ‘Freaks Like Us’ shows are listed below. In addition the band will be playing a special Xtra Mile Recordingsnight at Volks, Brighton as part of The Great Escape on 11^th May.

September

Fri 21 Leicester Soundhouse

Sat 22 Hull Fruit Space

Sun 23 Carlisle The Brickyard

Mon 24 Glasgow King Tuts

Tue 25 Newcastle O2 Academy2

Thu 27 Manchester Sound Control

Fri 28 Leeds Cockpit 3

Sat 29 Nottingham Red Room

Sun 30 Derby The Vic

October

Mon 01 Birmingham The Rainbow

Tue 02 Norwich Waterfront Studio

Thu 04 Kingston New Slang

Fri 05 Brighton The Hydrant

Sat 06 Southampton Joiners

Sun 07 Exeter Cavern

Wed 10 Bristol Thekla

Thu 11 Oxford Jericho

Fri 12 Milton Keynes

Crauford Arms

Sat 13 Reading Face Bar

Mon 15 London Barfly

Tue 16 Cardiff CF10

Tickets Available Online: kililive.com | artistticket.com | alt-tickets.co.uk

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The band will be onstage at 5.30pm – for more information regarding the gig visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/343136902415066/

Lawson are Andy Brown (vox/guitar), Joel Peat (lead guitar), Adam Pitts (drums), and Ryan Fletcher (bass).  Respectively from Liverpool, Mansfield, Brighton and Chesterfield, Lawson formed in 2009 and spent over two years gigging and writing songs before signing to Polydor/Global Talent in autumn last year.  They have just finished recording their debut album in London and Los Angeles with John Shanks, the Grammy Award winning producer of Take That’s albums ‘Beautiful World’ and ‘The Circus’.

The band will be hitting the road again later this month in support of their debut single ‘When She Was Mine’, released 27th May on Polydor. The tour includes Lawson’s biggest headline show to date at London Kings College on 30th May.

May 2012

Mon 14th            Glasgow ABC2
Tues 15th            Leeds Cockpit
Wed 16th            Nottingham Stealth
Fri 18th             Sheffield Leadmill
Sat 19th            Manchester Deaf Institute
Wed 30th            London Kings College
Thurs 31st             Birmingham Temple Institute

Watch the video for their debut single ‘When She Was Mine’ here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmQRAXJoHg0&ob=av2e

As the countdown to the release of their new single ‘Jennifer’ on May 28th continues, Little Comets announce their biggest shows to date in an extensive October and November UK tour.

Full tour dates are below, tickets will be available as an exclusive fan pre sale on Wednesday 2^rd May. General sale Tuesday 8^th May.

October 2012

Tues           16th Manchester, The Manchester Ritz

Wed           17th Hull,  The Welly

Thurs         18th Edinburgh, The Electric Circus

Fri              19th Glasgow, King Tuts

Sat              20th Newcastle, O2 Academy

Mon            22nd Leeds, The Cockpit

Tues            23rd Birmingham, O2 Academy 2

Wed            24th Norwich, Open

Thurs          25th Sheffield, O2 Academy 2

Fri               26th Bristol, Fleece

Sun             28th Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms

Mon           29th Brighton, Concorde

Tues           30th Oxford, O2 Academy 2

Wed            31st Nottingham, Rescue Rooms

November 2012

Thurs          1st London, Koko