Howie Payne, former front man of The Stands, will unveil his latest solo work as he begins a short UK tour by appearing in Leeds as part of a show put on by Ellen Smith of FFS favourites Ellen & The Escapades. Payne, who released his Ethan Johns-produced solo debut Bright Light Ballads in...
Joe Innes & The Cavalcade launched their new single ‘Fables‘ with a big bash in Farringdon, inviting FFS favourites Dave Gerard, the Worry Dolls and comedian Malcolm Head along for the party. And of course, given that our editor Lynn is part of Joe’s Cavalcade, FFS was there en masse to enjoy the show....
Our favourite chap Johnny Flynn has announces a string of rare solo dates across the UK. Taking a break from being a big-shot stage actor, Johnny will be hitting London, Manchester, Glasgow and Bristol on a mini-tour. Tickets go on sale this Friday 17th May. Johnny Flynn Tour Summer 2013 Thursday 18th July –...
The Magnetic North are re-releasing their debut album with an accompanying film, ‘Hunting For Remoteness’. Orkney: Symphony of the Magnetic North, a collaboration between Erland Cooper from Erland & The Carnival, Hannah Peel and Simon Tong (The Verve, Gorillaz), was first released last year to wide acclaim and will now be given a new lease of...
The Summer Series at Somerset House is back for 2013 with an altogether more FFS-friendly line-up. Eleven open-air concerts will be held during July in the building’s stunning courtyard, a use which beats their winter ice rink hands down, in our opinion. Among the acts will be Icelandic folk-pop rousers Of Monsters and Men;...
Organisers of Hop Farm in Paddock Wood, near Tunbridge Wells have announced the cancellation of this year’s festival. In an email to bands and agents, Hop Farm boss Vince Power said: “After reviewing the ticket sales on Hop Farm and the predicted final figures the festival would suffer unsustainable losses so therefore, as from today,...
For Civil Wars fans, there’s good news and bad news. Six months after the band called an unceremonious halt to their European tour to take a break amid “internal discord“, Joy Williams and John Paul White have announced a self-titled second album is on its way this summer. No release date has yet been...
THE MAC ARE BACK! FFS are super excited about the return of Fleetwood Mac. Up til recently we thought our only interaction with the band would be singing along to Sara at the top of our lungs and defending them to any haters (or ‘idiots’, as we call them). But no! Now we get...
Are you asking? Then Nancy Elizabeth is dancing. The Wigan singer has unveiled an alternative version of the track ‘Simon Says Dance’, one of the stand-outs from her new album Dancing, released later this month. Lyrically it’s a playful track, which begins: “We may think we’ve not met before but we’ve danced out our...
The Magic Numbers are heading out on their first ever acoustic tour later this year as they prepare for the release of their fourth album. The four-piece are avoiding many of the usual live music hot spots and are instead hitting smaller towns, playing a selection of theatres, churches and alternative venues. The band...
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