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Blur to headline Live Latino 2013 in Mexico

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Blur have been confirmed as one of the headline acts at next year’s Vive Latino festival in Mexico.

Next year’s event – to be held in March – also boasts a headline appearance from Morrissey, as well as appearances by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Silversun Pickups, Underworld, Ska-P and Los Fabulosos Cadillacs.

A full line up can be found here.

Also in the news this week, Blur have also been confirmed as a headline act at the Norwegian Øya Festival, which will take place at Oslo’s Middelalderparken from August 6th-10th.

Appearing with Blur at the Scandinavian event are Angel Haze and Of Mice & Men. More acts will be announced in the near future.

Blur’s Hyde Park gig from the summer of 2012 was released as a double CD, DVD and lavish box set on December 3rd.

Pet Shop boys: first UK tour dates for 2013

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Pet Shop Boys have announced their first live appearances for next year.

The world’s most successful duo, who released their eleventh studio album ‘Elysium’ in September 2012 will appear at London’s 02 Arena on 18th June and Manchester Arena two nights later on the 20th.

More dates – including North American shows – are to be announced shortly.

The Specials: confirmed 2013 UK tour dates

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As part of their ongoing reunion shows – including all the band’s original members bar Jerry Dammers – The Specials ended 2011 with a run of very well received gigs which yieded a live album ‘More or Less…’

The band has confirmed they will tour again in 2013. The following May dates are now filled in the band’s calendar:

5/10 Glasgow Barrowland
5/13 Newcastle O2 Academy
5/15 Manchester O2 Apollo
5/18 Liverpool Olympia
5/19 Leicester De Montford Hall
5/21 Birmingham O2 Academy
5/23 Newport Centre
5/25 Margate Winter Gardens
5/26 Portsmouth Guildhall
5/28 London O2 Academy Brixton

Stream of new Gallows single

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Gallows are currently streaming their new single ‘Cross of Lorraine’, which you can hear below. The track comes from the band’s self titled release, their first full-length since bringing ex-Alexisonfire man Wade MacNeil on board as vocalist.

‘Gallows’ (the album) was released in September 2012. Initial copies contained a bonus DVD featuring a video clip of ‘Last June’ and a documentary about the making of the record.

You can also read a review of Gallows’ 2011 EP ‘Death Is Birth’ here.

Jeff Scott Soto returning to the UK in 2013

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It has been confirmed that AOR/melodic rock legend Jeff Scott Soto will return to the UK in the first quarter of 2013.

Promoting his 2012 Frontiers Records release ‘Damage Control’, the dates form part of a European tour, most details of which can be seen below. A few venues are still to be finalised.

04.04.13 UK Belfast The Limelight [TBC]
05.04.13 UK Birmingham The Asylum
06.04.13 UK London Camden Underworld
07.04.13 UK Rotherham Hard Rock Hell AOR Festival
11.04.13 NL Kerkrade Rock Temple
12.04.13 BE Vosselaar Biebob
13.04.13 DE Hamburg Headbangers Ballroom (TBA)
16.04.13 DE Essen Turock
17.04.13 FR Cergy Vaureal (Paris) Le Forum
19.04.13 DE Lichtenfels Paunchy Cats
20.04.13 HU Budapest Club 202
22.04.13 SRB TBC [TBC]
24.04.13 BG Sofia TBC
25.04.13 GR Thessaloniki 8ball
26.04.13 GR Athens Kyttaro Live
29.04.13 IT Milan Blue Rose Saloon
02.05.13 ES Barcelona Sala Razzmatazz 3
03.05.13 ES Valladolid Sala Porta Caeli
04.05.13 ES Santiago de Compastella Sala Capitol
05.05.13 ES Madrid Sala Caracol