Foals launch Club NME in San Francisco

Foals launched Club NME in San Francisco last night (May 22) at the Popscene venue with a raucous live set.

The band were met with a rapturous reception from the crowd, who began dancing manically to 'Cassius' in particular.

Foals played extended jam versions of songs such as 'The French Open' and other tracks from their debut album, 'Antidotes'.

Frontman Yannis Philippakis warmed to the crowd, praising them for their spirited response to the show. "Their applause has nothing on you guys," he said, comparing the audience to a typical New York crowd.

Club NME returns to the venue on June 19 with a set from These New Puritans.

Foals played:

'The French Open'
'Cassius'
'Olympic Airways'
'Balloons'
'Heavy Water'
'Two Steps, Twice'
'Hummer'
'Red Socks Pugie'
'Electric Bloom'
'Mathletics'




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Sep 27, 2008 at Civic Centre, Aylesbury -
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David Cook Announced American Idol 2008 (Video)

David Cook has taken out this years 'American Idol' after beating 17-year-old David Archuleta by almost 12 million votes.With judge Simon Cowell declaring that Archuleta was the "knock-out" performer on Tuesday nights show, the audience cast over 97 million votes to award Cook with the title."I'm absolutely at a loss for words right now," Cook said following Ryan Seacrest's announcement of the winner.  "This is amazing - thank you!"Watch Cook's winning moment below.  Photo courtesy of Fox. 

Dawson's Creek star eyes crime film

Dawson's Creek star eyes crime film

'Dawson's Creek' star topology James I New wave Der Beek is in negotiations to join the ramble of a newly offence drama called 'The Fifth Mafia'.
The Hollywood Newsman says the motion-picture show tells the story of the law-abiding son ('24' principal Eric Balfour) of a Mafioso wHO seeks revenge after his father's murder.
New wave Der Beek is in negotiations to diddle an Federal Bureau of Investigation Agent whose life is ruined by the man's bay for revenge.
Production is due to begin at the end of this calendar month.

Lovedrug

   
Artist: Lovedrug

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 Pretend You're Alive

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Canton, OH-based rock band Lovedrug, lED by singer/guitarist Michael Shepard, has shared the stage with artists as divers as the Killers, Robert Plant, Switchfoot, Sam Phillips, Creeper Lagoon, Eisley, and Matchbook Romance. Since forming in June 2002, the band has seen various lineup changes, which included Matthew Putman (Ester Drang, Unwed Sailor) on drums. Quickly later forming, Lovedrug recorded a five-song EP, followed by the Rocknroll EP in summertime 2003. After interest from various labels, the stripe settled with The Militia Group, which issued Pretend You're Alive in 2004. The record album sold well and the group supported it over the following twelvemonth on tours with the Juliana Theory and Copeland. Upstreamed to Columbia Records, subsequent hullabaloo among key label figures caused Lovedrug to in the end get itself released from its squeeze and indorse to Militia. The band's soph album, Everything Starts Where It Ends, appeared in early 2007 and it cracked into the Billboard Top 200.





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Tim Vincent leaves Dancing on Ice

Tim Vincent leaves Dancing on Ice

Former 'Blue Peter' presenter Tim Vincent has been voted off the skating show 'Dancing on Ice'.
Vincent was placed in the bottom deuce alongside Olympic javelin medalist Steve Backley as a resultant role of the populace balloting death night.
Chase the skate-off the judgment panel opted to save Backley.
Speaking after his eviction from the picture, Vincent said: "It's been fantastic. Every week has been fantastic, simply I've launch my degree this week, everyone has been brilliant."

Spears evaluated following dispute

Spears evaluated following dispute

Britney Spears has been taken to infirmary for a clinical valuation chase a dispute at her home all over the custody of her children.
Los Angeles Law Department spokesman Officer Jason Henry Lee said law arrived at Spears' brow home in Studio apartment Metropolis at 8pm PST finis dark (0400 GMT Friday).
He said law had tried "to resolve the contravention peacefully and de jure", according to the court order government Spears' iI sons with Kevin Federline.
People magazine's site reports that later on nearly three hours, police force determined that the royal court order stated that the children were supposed to be with Federline and a transfer was arranged.
Henry Lee afterwards said: "Spell officers were on the scene, they observed Ms Spears below the influence of an unknown quantity substance. She is now being taken in for an valuation, to a greater extent than in all probability to a hospital. Thither were no reported injuries to anyone involved including the children."
Twenty-six-year-old Spears lost primary election hands of her deuce sons in Oct.

Eurovision contest 'rigged'

Eurovision contest 'rigged'

British vocaliser Drop-off Richard was robbed of triumph in the 1968 Eurovision Sung Contest after Spanish people potentate Francisco El Caudillo fixed the vote, according to a documentary.Richard was the bookmakers' favourite to advance with his song Praise, however Spanish contestant Massiel pipped him to the title by just single point with La La La - Spain's number one of iI victories in the competition's 52-year history."It was a prepare," the documentary's producer Montse Fernandez Capital of Vanuatu quoted Spanish television system presenter Jose Calophyllum longifolium Inigo as expression. "Massiel south Korean won Eurovision with bought votes."Spanish people TV executives travelled Europe promising to purchase second-rate programmes and concerts billing strange acts of the Apostles in return for Eurovision votes, Inigo told the docudrama.Triumph was seen as vital to General Franco's fascist government in boosting Spain's image overseas, Fernandez Capital of Vanuatu said.Eurovision ended ballot by subject juries to avoid such scams said Bjorn Erichsen, film director of organisers Eurovision TV, though he had only heard of plots to switch votes, not buy them. "El Caudillo was genuinely so keen for Espana to succeed it. We're not talk just about North Atlantic Treaty Organization here or the EU, or political influence, we're talking about a pop song competition," Erichsen said laughing, in front adding: "I can't eject the hypothesis it might be true."




Spain only drafted Massiel in at the shoemaker's last moment subsequently Juan Manuel Serrat, world Health Organization was meant to sing at the British capital result, refused to perform La La La in Spanish sort of than his indigen Catalan - a regional nomenclature repressed during the one-man rule."If you await game at the propaganda newsreel, you earn with whole the parties that were organised and the way Massiel was turned into a subject hero ... it was excessive for a call festival."It all served to glorify the government," Fernandez said.Massiel was not able to be reached for comment.Although Congratulations went on to get a big attain in several European countries, Richard never won the Eurovision deed - his second submission Exponent to Whole Our Friends in 1973 finished third.Asked if Eurovision would enquire, Erichsen was emphatic: "No! Just to make Drop-off Richard a little happier and the Spanish victor a bit more unhappy?"Spanish channel La Sexta had been due to broadcast the docudrama on Sun night, just it was cancelled to show Real number Spanish capital celebrating winning Spain's Primera Liga football form of address.- REUTERS





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