Rejoice - Pulp have reformed to play festival dates this summer, including London's Wireless on July 3. This means many of us will get the chance to don chunky specs and do the scissor-fingers-over-one-eye dance to the likes of 'Lipgloss', 'Babies' and (their finest hour in my opinion) 'Pink Glove'. Now, a sourpuss might point out that we all had the chance to do that back in 2002, and not many of us did. That's why they split up. But the wheel of nostalgia has turned, and eight years on Pulp are now festival headliner material once more.

 

On a dismal Monday, that's something to look forward to (though Pulp fans outside London might be forgiven for not joining in the hoopla). Wisely, Jarvis Cocker has avoided playing any Pulp songs on his recent solo tours, thus ensuring demand for this comeback remains high. And there's no ...

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Radiohead’s Phil Selway last night announced an upcoming performance to help raise money for Haiti’s disaster relief efforts. All proceeds from the band’s show, which will take place this Sunday, Jan. 24, at the Music Box Theatre at the Fonda in Los Angeles, will go to Oxfam’s Haiti relief fund.

“We’re in the middle of recording at the moment, so you’ll be catching us on the fly,” Selway wrote on the band’s blog, “but if you’re up for it, then we are too.”

Tickets are available by auction through tomorrow (Sat., Jan. 23) morning via Ticketmaster.

 

Thom Yorke could be set to play this year's Coachella Festival with his unnamed supergroup.

The singer is already confirmed to play the Californian event in April with the likes of Gorillaz, Jay-Z and Muse, but with Yorke billed by organisers as 'Thom Yorke????', it is now rumoured that he could be playing with his all-star backing band at the event.

He played last year's Latitude Festival in the UK solo.

Now, EW.com are reporting that Yorke's representatives have said he intends to perform with the backing band he assembled in Los Angeles last year.

The group, which features Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, REM collaborator Joey Waronker, Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Mauro Refosco, and long-term producer Nigel Godrich, played three shows in October.

Meanwhile, Yorke has hinted that his unnamed band are going to "do something hopefully in April", hinting at the possibility of a new ...

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The Killers will take an extended hiatus after the band completes its current run of shows in Australia next month.

The rockers are exhausted after releasing three albums and touring extensively across the globe since hitting the spotlight in 2004 - and now they're looking forward to some time off once they finish their planned festivals slots Down Under.

Guitarist Dave Keuning says, "I'm not sure if people are aware of it but this is probably our last shows for a while. Unless some surprise thing comes up but most likely these are our last shows for a while. We're having a break.

"We haven't had a break in quite a while. It's just been touring and making records and on and on and on. It's been like six years just kind of connected together. There hasn't been much time where we haven't ...

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The Specials are to release a new DVD this March, they have announced.

The ska legends, who reunited in 2009 (minus founder member Jerry Dammers) release the '30th Anniversary Tour' DVD on March 1. Recorded at the band's Wolverhampton Civic Hall show on November 10 last year, the release also features backstage footage of the band along with rehearsal footage and interviews with fans.

The tracklisting for 'The Specials – 30th Anniversary Tour' DVD is:

'Do The Dog'
'(Dawning Of A) New Era'
'Gangsters'
'It's Up To You'
'Monkey Man'
'Rat Race'
'Hey, Little Rich Girl'
'Blank Expression'
'Doesn't Make It Alright'
'Stupid Marriage'
'Concrete Jungle'
'Friday Night Saturday Morning'
'Stereotype'
'Man At C&A'
'A Message To You Rudy'
'Do Nothing'
'Little Bitch'
'Nite Klub'
'Too Much Too Young'
'Longshot'/'Liquidator'/'Moonstomp'
'Enjoy Yourself'
'Ghost Town'
'Guns Of Navarone'
'You're Wondering Now'

Camera Obscura:

01-18 Auckland, New Zealand - Monte Cristo Room
01-19 Wellington, New Zealand - San Francisco Bathhouse
01-21 Sydney, Australia - Beck's Festival Bar (Sydney Festival)
01-22 Brisbane, Australia - The Zoo
01-23 Melbourne, Australia - Corner Hotel
01-25 Perth, Australia - The Amplifier
01-28 Tokyo, Japan - Fever *
01-29 Tokyo, Japan - Fever ^
02-27 Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal - Antonio Lamoso Teatro
03-20 Bandung, Indonesia - The ...

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Suede's line-up for their forthcoming one-off London gig at the Royal Albert Hall will not include guitarist Bernard Butler, it has been confirmed.

The reuniting band's line-up, their spokesperson told NME.COM, will include frontman Brett Anderson, bassist Mat Osman, drummer Simon Gilbert, guitarist Richard Oakes and keyboard player Neil Codling. That line-up worked together on two Suede albums - 1996's 'Coming Up' and 1999's 'Head Music'.

Codling left in 2000, and the remaining members made one more album together - 2002's 'A New Morning'.

The gig will be part of a forthcoming gig series for the Teenage Cancer Trust charity, with a date still to be finalised for the show.

Suede split in 2003, with Anderson and Butler subsequently reuniting to form new band The Tears. Butler has since carved a successful career as a producer, working on albums for acts including Duffy and Kate Nash.

Out of sheer boredom, The Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza has recorded a cover of Nirvana's hit song "Smells Like Teen Spirit." The cover will not be featured on their upcoming album, Danza III: A Series of Unfortunate Events.

The song can be streamed and downloaded here: http://www.metalsucks.net/2010/01/15/exclusive-download-the-kurt-cobain-tapdance-extravaganza/

Muse have released the video for their new single 'Resistance' from the album of the same name.

http://www.museresistance.com/2010/01/watch-resistance-video-now/

Eel's upcoming album End Times is now streaming in its entirety on the band's official myspace.

End Times is set to release on January 19th.

www.myspace.com/EELS