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From Tuesday 04 February 2003

Dashboard Confessional – MTV Unplugged

So what is ’emo’ anyway? It’s that tiresome old debate as to what tugs at the heartstrings and what doesn’t I guess. Either way, mention the ‘e’ word and 9 out of 10 backpack sporting sensitive types will say the words ‘Dashboard’ and ‘Confessional’ right back at

Good Charlotte – The Young And The Hopeless

Good Charlotte – you either love ’em or you hate ’em. Not since Blink 182 first appeared has a ‘punk’ band caused such a difference of opinion. Whether you think it’s harmless, enjoyable pop with a spikey edge or the worst thing to

Do The Dog News

Do The Dog Records have a few albums scheduled for the next couple of months. Heres what we can expect: A re-release of the debut album “Bounce” by Brighton’s 2 tone ska/pop masters Too Many Crooks. The debut mini album by Leeds based ska/reggae/dub troupe

Reel Big Fish – Leeds University

“Snow is falling, all around me, children playing, having fun” – pardon the Christmas singsong, but you’d be forgiven for thinking that Leeds had turned into deep mid-Winter with snow blizzards, viciously cold winds and icicles seemingly dripping off my nose. The things we do to get to a

Monday 03 February 2003

The best news all day!

Straight from those chaps in My Awesome Compilation: “We have been selected along with 31 other bands to feature on XFM UNSIGNED which runs from Feb 3 to Mar 27. My Awesome Compilation will appear on XFM (interview and song played from CD) on

RBF will NOT split

Just to confirm, Reel Big Fish ARE not splitting up. After a US site started to tell everyone porkies, loads of you went out to the current RBF UK tour and asked band members themselves, then emailed me your findings – the result is clear,

That wasn’t the route they were supposed to take!

No sooner had they finished mixing their new album than Route 215 ended up spinning their van through 180 degrees in the bad weather last night. Travelling back along the M11 the boys spun right out of control and ended up facing oncoming traffic… needless to

TSL to come back in the summer.

The Starting Line should return to the UK for a headlining tour in the summer, according to frontman Kenny Vasoli. The band also hope to return to the UK to play a festival, although it was not stated which one. But after last years punk-friendly

Get your tickets here

Reading Festival tickets are now on sale, bizarrely enough. Despite only Metallica and Bowling For Soup being 100% confirmed, you can get your tickets in advance for Reading only by clicking here: www.firstcalltickets.com/mf

Go Reggie!

Submitted to us: “You can listen to Reggie and the Full Effect‘s new album in streaming audio on their website at www.reggieandthefulleffect.com