Bristol’s finest post-punk polemics IDLES have announced that they will be embarking on the massive 25 date ‘Brutalism UK Tour’ in March/April 2017. Politically charged, refreshingly confrontational and infectiously volatile, IDLES are a band like no other. Bringing the unsettling reality of the world we live in into their frantic assault on the senses, they are a band that can only be truly understood by witnessing in a live environment.

The October release of single ‘Well Done’ has seen the band rise to no.1 on Spotify’s Viral Charts & paired with intensive radio support from Huw Stephens, Annie Mac, Steve Lamacq and regular Radio 6 play has brought them to the forefront of ones to watch.

Their much anticipated debut album Brutalism out 10th March.

Tour

06-Mar-17 – Cambridge – Portland Arms
08-Mar-17 – Bristol – The Fleece
09-Mar-17 – Colchester – Arts Centre
10-Mar-17 – London – Moth Club
12-Mar-17 – Southampton – The Notes Café
14-Mar-17 – Birmingham – The Hare And Hounds
15-Mar-17 – Guildford – Boileroom
16-Mar-17 – Brighton – The Prince Albert
17-Mar-17 – Tunbridge Wells – Forum
18-Mar-17 – Bedford – Esquires
20-Mar-17 – Oxford – The Bullingdon
21-Mar-17 – Sheffield – The Plug
22-Mar-17 – Newcastle Upon Tyne – Think Tank
23-Mar-17 – Aberdeen – Tunnels
24-Mar-17 – Dundee – Buskers
25-Mar-17 – Edinburgh – Sneaky Pete’s
27-Mar-17 – York – The Crescent
28-Mar-17 – Hull – The Adelphi
29-Mar-17 – Nottingham – The Bodega
30-Mar-17 – Liverpool – O2 Academy 2
31-Mar-17 – Wakefield – Unity Hall
03-Apr-17 – Stoke-On-Trent – The Sugarmill
04-Apr-17 – Preston – Guildhall
05-Apr-17 – Club – Clwb Ifor Bach

If you can’t wait until March/April IDLES are currently finishing off a current UK tour including 10-Dec-16 – Manchester – Night & Day

Tickets are available from Idlesband.com.

The festival’s organisers are asking people to help support the free gigs at the 2017 festival by adopting a gig for £50.

Kirklees Council previously provided £10,000 each year to help fund the festival but has confirmed it is no long able to provide large-scale financial support for the charity due to budget cuts.

Over 80 free events took place at the 25th Marsden Jazz Festival in October including the Saturday street parade which featured three of the UK’s leading street bands, performances on homemade musical instruments by local children and a moving scrap metal sculpture.

The Adopt a Gig scheme was held for the first time at the 2016 festival, raising over £1,500 to support free gigs and events. Everyone who adopts a gig will receive an e-certificate and have their name printed in the 2017 festival programme.

The initiative is being expanded for next year’s festival to give local businesses the chance to adopt their own stage from just £500. The offer includes a stage banner as well as two free headliner tickets or a pass to see all of the festival’s New Stream artists.

Festival Producer Barney Stevenson said:

“We were delighted with the response we got to the Adopt a Gig scheme at our 25th festival and we hope even more people will sign up to adopt a gig in 2017.

“It’s really important to us that the majority of the gigs at the festival are free so that as many people as possible are able to experience live jazz music. But we need the support of businesses and festival goers to keep the gigs free.

“We think having your own gig at next year’s festival will make a really unusual Christmas gift, and there’s even an e-certificate you can print off and wrap up if you want to.

“We’re also asking local businesses to consider adopting one of our outdoor or headliner stages, which feature youth and community bands as well as internationally-acclaimed artists.”

Jazz legend Digby Fairweather appeared at Marsden’s first jazz festival in 1992 and returned to Marsden for the 25th festival earlier this year, appearing alongside BBC Radio 2’s Paul Jones.

The 2016 festival also included over 140 hours of live music at 25 venues over three days as well as the street parade and an artisan market in Marsden’s Victorian park.

More details on how to adopt a gig at the 2017 festival are available at www.marsdenjazzfestival.com/adopt-a-gig. Local businesses interested in adopting a stage at the festival and other sponsorship opportunities should email office@marsdenjazzfestival.com.

Notes to Editors

The attached photo shows the Saturday street parade at the 25th Marsden Jazz Festival earlier this year. Image credit: Elizabeth Baker
The folder below contain a wider selection of photos from the 2016 Marsden Jazz Festival. Image credits: Elizabeth Baker

London quartet The Boxer Rebellion reveal their brand new, anthemic single ‘Let’s Disappear’, taken from their highly anticipated fifth album Ocean By Ocean, which is out now.

‘Let’s Disappear’ can be “interpreted in different ways, both sad and optimistic, but it’s main message is one of hope’” according to frontman Nathan Nicholson, and the single comes backed with a darker, alternative version of the track, one that feels altogether more anxious and worried – “the other side of the coin of that same dream of escape”, as well as a Spanish language version.

Now in their fifteenth year as a band, ‘Ocean by Ocean’ is quite simply The Boxer Rebellion’s most complete record to date. Followed up by new EP ‘Waves & Waves’, featuring alternative versions of key album tracks, the band will be taking the record on the road for some very special US & UK dates in late 2016. Tickets for all dates are on sale now with all upcoming dates below.

Ocean By Ocean, was released 29th April 2016 through Absentee Recordings / Kobalt

‘Let’s Disappear’ Tracklisting

Let’s Disappear (Radio Edit_
Let’s Disappear (Alt Version)
Escapermos (Let’s Disappear – Spanish Version)

Waves & Waves Tracklisting

Big Ideas (Alt Version)
Keep Me Close (Alt Version)
Pull Yourself Together (Alt Version)
The Fog I Was Lost In (Alt Version)

Tour

01-Dec UK Manchester, Manchester Gorilla
02-Dec UK Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
06-Dec UK Brighton, The Haunt
07-Dec UK London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Tickets for all shows HERE

Fast-rising Australian rabble-rousers THE AMITY AFFLICTION are delighted to announce the details of their return to the UK this December.

Following their incendiary sets at both the Slam Dunk and Download Festivals, the platinum-certified band have lined up six dates, bringing with them special guests NORTHLANE, STRAY FROM THE PATH, and WAGE WAR.

Shows:
Sun 4th Dec – BRISTOL – O2 Academy
Mon 5th Dec – MANCHESTER – O2 Ritz
Tue 6th Dec – LONDON – Roundhouse
Thu 8th Dec – GLASGOW – O2 ABC
Fri 9th Dec – BIRMINGHAM – O2 Institute
Sat 10th Dec – NORWICH – Waterfront

The Amity Affliction’s co-vocalist Joel Birch comments, “After spending so many years coming to the UK, we are super-excited to embark on a tour of this size. We have to thank our fans for making this happen, as whenever we come to the UK we’re met with sold-out shows every time! And on a personal note, we are all incredibly stoked about playing the Roundhouse in London. It’s a venue that every band dreams of headlining, and we’re no different. It’s a beautiful space and we look forward to stepping onto the stage of one of our favourite venues in the world.”

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Tickets are on-sale now priced at £15 Regionally and £16.50 for London (subject to per-ticket charge plus order processing fee) and are available from www.livenation.co.uk