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David Bronson has released a video for the song watch the Sun (October Reprise), from his album ”Story”

David says:

”The idea was that the graphic, other-worldly look would lend itself to a song about wanting something you don’t have – and the fantasy aspect of concerning oneself with an internal vision that you could almost try to ’will’ into existence. There’s also the connection to the line-drawn, 2-D style imagery of the album artwork, which partially stemmed from the desire to have that kind of narrative otherworldliness that accompanies the comic & graphic novel mediums, both of which I’m a huge fan of.

Coincidentally Saro Varjabedian (the video’s director) and I had both been thinking it would be cool to try and do something with an ’animation’ look to it, so when we initially sat ...

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RIVAL SONS have confirmed a number of European festival appearances for this summer, including the UK’s prestigious Download festival.

The band kicked off a European headlining tour last week, and will return to Europe again in June for Finland’s Kivenlahti Rock festival, Norway’s Bergenfest and Norwegian Wood festivals, and the UK’s Download festival at the legendary Donington Park.

RIVAL SONS guitarist SCOTT HOLIDAY comments:

”We disappointed a lot of Scandinavian fans when we announced our current tour, totally devoid of any Norway or Finnish dates. Heck, we were actually disappointed ourselves to not be including these placed...

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RIVAL SONS are returning to Europe this week for a headlining tour in support of their latest album, HEAD DOWN, and have revealed their hand-picked support bands for the trek.

The tour kicks off on Friday, March 22nd in Bonn, Germany, and wraps up on April 16th in Cambridge, UK. Supporting RIVAL SONS are THE BALCONIES, THE GRAVELTONES, ULYSSES and THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT.

RIVAL SONS guitarist SCOTT HOLIDAY comments:

”Europe: We had a terrific band out with us on our last tour through Canada – so terrific we had to ask ’em to come out to Europe with us. Toronto locals, The Balconies. A stellar three-piece, fronted by a fired-up, foxy guitar-playing gal (in one Miss Jacquie). These guys (and gal) write great songs, are great players, and definitely bring their ’A’ game live...

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Russian punks Biting Elbows reveal the highly anticipated video for their new single Bad Motherfucker. The follow-up single to 2012’s wildly successful The Stampede (which racked up over 2 million views on YouTube). Shot for the most part in a huge factory in Moscow, and partly in The Alps, Bad Motherfucker is the next installment in the band’s series of hyper-violent music videos, picking up where The Stampede left off. The video took a full 9 days to shoot, using a team of five stuntmen and a team of 40 friends.

Ilya Naishuller (Biting Elbows’ frontman / video director) appears as a bad guy in the opening scene and is shot by an AK-47 thirty seconds later...

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Orange up the World and win 3 tickets to Roskilde Festival 2013 for your camp
We need to put up our Roskilde posters abroad, and we need your help! But wouldn’t it be too easy just to put up posters? We thought so and decided to make a contest out of it.

Which camp can put up 100 posters in the most creative and innovative way?

It could be anything from posing as one huge human poster to doing a projection on a wall. The only limit is your imagination – and the law, of course!

How to enter

Write up a description of how you and your camp will put up the posters here no later than 8 April 2013. Be creative and innovative. At 12 April we choose the camps with the most fun or alternative ideas for the poster setup, and they will receive 100 posters from us and orange up the World.

How is the...

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Ladies and Gentleman! A marvelous and brand new venue is enriching the colorful
programs of Sziget Festival this year. The Cirque du Sziget will host breath-taking “newcircus” productions and also some impressive shows of young Hungarian acrobats, put together exclusively for the event. Because Sziget is so much more than just a music festival!

Among the rich programs of Sziget Festival, this year a brand new and very spectacular venue is
born. Fruzsina Szép, Program Director of Sziget, said: “The audience of Sziget could enjoy many
circus productions in the previous years. Because of the huge success we decided to dedicate an
own location for this popular art form. We would like to have everything that is circus every day at
one location.”

The idea was born last year, at the 20th...

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Det är med största möjliga ära vi har fått chansen att presentera en mäktig bokning av en legendarisk artist till Bråvalla Festival.

Han står bakom genredefinierande band som Ebba Grön och Imperiet, några av vår tids mest välskrivna och insiktsfulla musiktexter samt en solokarriär som ständigt legat i framkant med sina mörka, bombastiska arrangemang.

Thåström kommer till Bråvalla Festival i sommar för sin enda spelning på svensk mark i år!

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French metal goliaths, GOJIRA have just confirmed that they will appear at this years Hellfest in Clisson, France.
They will take to the Mainstage 1 on Sunday, the final day of the festival (23rd June) to bring their pummeling brand of heavy metal to the masses.

Following the release of their fifth studio album ‘L’Enfant Sauvage’ in 2012, GOJIRA show they still have what it takes after 16 years in the game and are one of the tightest live acts around.

With 160 acts playing across 6 stages over 3 days, Hellfest promises to be a highlight in mainland Europe’s metal calendar. We invite you to join us and discover all the details of Hellfest 2013 on the website www.hellfest.fr

Weekend and day tickets are now available at www.hellfest.fr

Argon events are also offering Camping, Travel, ...

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Following a 13-year absence and a highly successful return to the UK in November last year, VANS WARPED TOUR will return this winter for two days, delivering a double dose of what the sold out 2012 event hosted, plus more!

Set to take place on the 16th and 17th November, VANS WARPED TOUR revisits the prestigious ALEXANDRA PALACE venue that last year saw 10,000 fans flock to see the hottest acts on the scene, recreating the true VANS WARPED spirit with dozens of bands, stalls and skate displays.

A limited number of two-day early bird tickets will be available from 10am Wednesday 13th March at a discounted price of just £70 (+ booking fee) from www.vanswarpedtouruk.com

The VANS WARPED TOUR is well established as America’s longest-running touring festival, breaking up-and-coming talent as we...

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THE TREATMENT ANNOUNCE THEIR BIGGEST UK HEADLINE SHOW TO DATE AT ROCK CITY, NOTTINGHAM, ON MARCH 31ST 2013

UK rockers, The Treatment, will headline Nottingham’s multi award-winning indie venue, Rock City, on March 31st 2013; this will be the Cambridge band’s biggest headline show yet, with support from a whole host of hard rockin’ acts, the likes of Trucker Diablo, Afterlife, Black Wolf, Massive Wagons, Sinners Highway & Wraith!

Meanwhile, The Treatment will join Status Quo on a full UK tour that sees the most celebrated Quo line-up back together again!

Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster & John Coghlan, the original line-up of the mighty Quo, have invited The Treatment to play as sole Special Guests on a nine-date tour of major UK venues, starting at the Manchester Apollo ...