South London 5-piece The Maccabees ended 2007 on a wave of praise for their “consistently excellent, willfully eccentric debut” (The Observer). “Colour It In” was hailed by NME as “The best alt.pop record of 2007. No contest” and crowned Album of The Year by Artrocker magazine.

Now the celebrated gang of musical romantics are back. They have finished work on their new album and, as a taster, are giving away a track hot from the studio. “No Kind Words” is available to download from www.themaccabees.co.uk. The download is being given away as a present for patient fans eagerly anticipating the follow-up to their debut.

The celebrated five-piece play their first live dates of 2009 with two club shows in London in February and an Xfm Presents at the Barfly on 5th March prior to their headline tour. They will play London’s Electric Ballroom, their first London headline since the triumphant sold-out Roundhouse show at the end of the “Colour It In” tour in 2007. Read more

Gary Go is confirmed to support Take That on their record breaking UK tour playing to over a million people including the venue at the end of road that he grew up – Wembley Stadium.

It has to be the most enviable support slot a new artist or band could ever dream of…  To play live in front of over a million people in the space of a month, at venues like Wembley Stadium and Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium. This is about to become a reality for 24-year-old Wembley raised singer-songwriter Gary Go who has been confirmed to do just that when he joins Take That on their entire record breaking UK summer stadium tour.

It’s even crazier for Gary Go seeing that he grew up in Wembley on the road that leads to the Stadium and spent many a day with the window open hearing the huge roars from various concerts or football matches. Now he’ll be watched and heard by 72,000 people a night for four nights at the very same place. Read more

We are excited to let you know the details of the late 2008 tour of MusicRiot fave Flamboyant Bella.

The group, who have featured on two MusicRiot Presents.. podcasts, kick off their tour on hometurf of Hitchin before moving around the country.

Nov 2008
22	20:00	Homecoming at Remix 14+	Hitchin
26	19:30	Academy 2 14+	Liverpool
27	19:30	King Tuts 14+	Glasgow
28	19:30	Dexters	Dundee
29	19:30	Cabaret Voltaire 14+	Edinburgh
30	19:30	Academy 2 14+	Newcastle
Dec 2008
2	19:30	Fibbers	York
3	19:30	Bar Academy 14+	Birmingham
4	19:30	Club Academy 14+	Manchester
5	19:30	Sugarmill 14+	Stoke
6	19:30	Rescue Rooms 14+	Nottingham
8	19:30	Arts Centre 14+	Norwich
9	19:30	Arts Centre 14+	Colchester
10	19:30	Junction 14+	Cambridge
11	19:30	Joiners 14+	Southampton
13	19:30	Academy 14+	Oxford
14	19:30	Thekla 14+	Bristol

Flamboyant Bella, faves of MusicRiot and featured on two MusicRiot Presents podcasts, have announced dates for summer 2008. We highly recommend getting out to see them live.

Dates below, check out their MySpace page for more details.

22 Jul 2008 – Southend
24 Jul 2008 – Southsea
26 Jul 2008 – Southampton
28 Jul 2008 – Bristol
29 Jul 2008 – Exeter
31 Jul 2008 – Cardiff
2 Aug 2008 – Kendal
3 Aug 2008 – Liverpool
4 Aug 2008 – Bournemouth
14 Aug 2008 – Skegness
15 Aug 2008 – Cleethorpes