Pete Doherty, Spin 's February cover subject and the drug-addled frontman of raucous rockers Babyshambles, will begin co-writing up to 20 songs next week with former Libertines bandmate Carl Barat for inclusion in a forthcoming musical play, NME.com reports via Brit tabloid The Mirror . Reportedly commissioned by London's Donmar Warehouse theatre, the musical work, and accompanying play
BABYSHAMBLES frontman PETE DOHERTY is to play his most high profile solo show to date later this year (08). The rocker will perform at English music festival Glastonbury in
The Arctic Monkeys, above, were nominated for seven awards and won three at the annual NME Awards in London, including best band, best video (?Teddy Picker?) and best track (?Fluorescent Adolescent,?), the BBC reported. The awards, named for the music magazine NME (for New Musical Express), are determined by readers, who voted Pete Doherty of Babyshambles ?Hero of the Year,? and President Bush
Former LIBERTINES bandmates PETE DOHERTY and CARL BARAT are reuniting to pen a musical. The British rockers split in 2004 after Doherty failed to kick his drug habit - with
The Arctic Monkeys and Manic Street Preachers were lauded at the Shockwaves NME Awards in London but it was Pete Doherty who emerged as the unlikely hero.
Thirty years after it politicised a generation of activists, Rock Against Racism is being restaged at its original venue of Victoria Park, in east London, in what will be the biggest anti-racism concert ever held in Britain.
Yeasayer creep up on you. In the current climate of "Wham, bam, buy this band!" publicity, it's all too rare to be won over by an artist's music, rather than their PR-heated story. But back in 2005, Montreal indie heroes Arcade Fire did it, and Yeasayer are next. The Brooklyn-based band released their debut album All Hour Cymbals back in October to largely favourable reviews, but the chances
LONDON (Reuters) - Sheffield rockers the Arctic Monkeys dominated the NME music awards on Thursday by scooping the best British band, best track and best video prizes.
The Arctic Monkeys have won three prizes, including best British band, at this year's NME Awards in London. The band's single "Fluorescent Adolescent" won best track and the band was awarded best video for "Teddy Picker." Best album went to Klaxons for "Myths of the Near Future," while Kate Nash beat Amy Winehouse as the weekly music magazine's best solo artist. Muse was presented
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