It's been a really successful year for Plan-B, with his album "The Defamation of Strickland Banks" reaching No. 1 and selling over half a million copies. Ben Drew (aka Plan-B) is going down a treat at festivals this Summer, and with his Autumn shows just about sold out, he's announced new dates for 2011, including 2nd March Manchester Apollo, 3rd March Wolverhampton Civic Hall, 4th March Blackpool Empress Ballroom, 5th March Doncaster Dome, 7th March Swindon Oasis, 8th March Plymouth Pavilions, 9th March Brighton Centre & 10th March London O2 Academy. For tickets call 0844 888 4408 or check www.alivetickets.co.uk

Sigur Ros's Jonsi is releasing his new solo album "Go" and single "Animal Arithmetic", and is embarking on a UK tour in September to promote them. Dates include Bristol Colston Hall (1st), Glasgow O2 Acdemy (5th), Manchester Academy (6th), Leeds O2 Academy (8th), Birmingham O2 Academy (9th), Bournemouth O2 Academy (13th), Brighton Dome (14th), & HMV London Hammersmith Apollo (26th). For tickets call 0844 888 4408 or check www.alivetickets.co.uk

Europe's largest open air theatre, the newly re-opened "Scarborough Open Air Theatre", is to stage "Doves Summer Music Festival" from 1pm on August 7th, with Doves headlining and Newton Faulkner, The Futureheads and many others also on the bill. Doves have also recently released a compilation album
called "The Places Between: The Best Of Doves" available on Heavenly Records. For tickets call 0844 888 4408 or check www.alivetickets.co.uk

Rounding off the festival season from Sep 3rd - 5th at Myrtle Park, Bingley Music Live features James, The Levellers, The Enemy (pictured), Seasick Steve and many more quality acts for a very reasonable £30 + booking fee. We have 2 pairs of tickets to give away...
plus win tickets for Ian Hunter & Easy Star All-Stars
and win Herbie Hancock & Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants albums