March 5th, 2012 by admin
Release Date: March 5th, 2012
Label: Coursegood Records
Website: www.stranglers.net
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It seems as if The Stranglers have been around forever, and I suppose they have. Since 1974, they’ve been a band who’ve resonated in and around the punk movement and in their hey-day, punk went hand-in-hand with controversy. Punk was punk back then; now, it’s just a stretched shadow of what it used to be. Onstage strippers, walk-outs and brawls were a common occurrence with a young The Stranglers. Not to mention bassist J.J. Burnel punching the punk writer Jon Savage because he gave their album ‘No More Heroes’ a shitty review. Burnel must be a real hard-man, because he also held another music writer hostage backstage, threatening to throw him into the baying crowd.
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February 27th, 2012 by admin
V Festival have announced a bunch of their confirmed acts for this year’s line-up, including headlining sets from The Stone Roses and The Killers. All currently confirmed acts for the festival weekend so far are as follows:
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Tags: Ben Howard, Dappy, David Guetta, DJ Fresh, Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sande, Example, Frank Turner, Friendly Fires, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, James Morrison, Keane, Labrinth, Lissie, Madness, Maverick Sabre, Miles Kane, Nero, Nicki Minaj, Noah And The Whale, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Olly Murs, Pixie Lott, Professor Green, Reverend And The Makers, Rizzle Kicks, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Shed Seven, Snow Patrol, The Enemy, The Human League, The Killers, The Proclaimers, The Rifles, The Stone Roses, The Stranglers, The Ting Tings, Tinie Tempah, Tom Jones, V Festival
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