Coldplay, Download, Kid Rock, Wildhearts, and this week’s hype band.

NEWS.
Hey all! This weekend has been Download festival up at Donnington Park - I didn’t go, but it sounds like rather an eventful.. event. It’s rumoured to be a heaven for rock/metal fans - towering Marshall amps, nights of eardrum-battering noise, and a world-class lineup of bands.

For starters, Kid Rock was forced to cancel his set as he was rushed to hospital to be treated for dehydration literally minutes before he was due to hit the stage. Shame. Rock legends The Wildhearts also got themselves into a spot of bother after frontman Ginger complained about the lack of bottles being flung towards the stage, which resulted in more bottles being thrown - but when some idiot threw a knife, the band were pulled offstage to keep everyone healthy and safe.
Unlikely headline choice Lostprophets closed the weekend, with a set of radio-friendly pop-rock which apparently went down rather well. The Welshmen announced that after almost four years, they are considering a new album. Nice.

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CHART.
Whoever said Coldplay have lost their touch. Their latest album “Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends” has sold 302,000 copies since Thursday, going straight to the top of the UK charts in just 4 days and making it one of the fastest selling records in history.

HYPE.
And here begins a future tradition. The HYPE BAND - a weekly band to watch. We’ll be giving you a brief background and a link to the band’s myspace so you can check them out, hopefully like them, and check them out on tour.

This week’s band is a Brighton based band called ThisCity. After meeting at a tattoo convention back in ‘06, they spent their first 18 months up until this time last year on the pub/bar circuit playing their unique brand of hardcore meets indie-pop. Then Fierce Panda records picked them up for a single release, bringing exposure to a national audience and positive reviews from the likes of NME, Rocksound, and a quote to sum it all up from a small publication called The Guardian; who simply said “This City Can’t Fail.” After receiving extensive play on Radio 1, the boys are now on tour with the likes of Biffy Clyro and Rival Schools, and sharing festival stages with Sigur Ros, Patrick Wolfe, and The Mars Volta. Things are looking awesome - check out www.myspace.com/thiscitymusic to hear and see the band do what they do best.

That’s all ’til tomorrow.
Have a good one.

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