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Biffy Clyro have been chosen by the Red Hot Chili Peppers to be the main support at their Hampden Park gig on 23 August 2007.

Along with the Chilis, Ayrshire band Biffy have also been invited to support the Rolling Stones in Barcelona on 21 June and Rome on 6 July.

On 23 June, Biffy will support Muse at Paris' Parc des Princes stadium, straight after their slot at Glastonbury! If that wasn't enough, they will also support The Who at Dublin's Marlay Park on 29 June.

After a summer of festivals and support slots, Biffy will headline their own tour in November 2007. The tour will include two awesome hometown shows at Glasgow Barrowland on 7 and 8 November!

Glasgow’s aspiring singers have the chance to record a favourite track for free when the ‘Coca-Cola’ + iTunes mobile recording studio rolls into town this weekend (22nd/23rd June).

A state-of-the art recording studio, fully contained within the back of the ‘Coca-Cola’ + iTunes ten wheel articulated lorry, will be available for ten minute recording sessions. Groups and solo artists can record from a selection of classic or modern pop songs using the on-board recording equipment and karaoke style monitors to keep them on track. The recordings are then burnt to CD while the “talent” enjoy a complimentary soft drink.

As well as the recording studio 'Coca-Cola' and iTunes will be giving away an iPod nano in a free to enter competition. The mobile recording studio will also showcase Apple’s latest MacBook hardware and Apple TV.

The mobile recording studio will be at Tesco Silverburn on Friday 22nd June from 12pm and M&D's Scotland's Theme Park on Saturday 23rd June from 12pm.

Your Sound have announced the final set of bands who will play the Your Sound Bandstage at this summer's Connect festival, to take place from Friday 31st August to Sunday 2nd September on the grounds of Inveraray Castle, Inveraray, Argyll.

The Saturday stage will be headlined by the Your Sound success story We Are The Physics, whilst Sunday will see The Twilight Sad headline. The list of bands who qualified to play goes as follows:

We Are The Physics
Stopstarts
Yellow Bentines
Early Songs
The Ads
Rick "Redbeard" Anthony
Baillie and the Fault
Frightened Rabbit
Hi 5 Alive
The Low Miffs

The Twilight Sad
Le Reno Amps
North Atlantic Oscillation
Invisibles
Jack Butler
Sixpeopleaway
The Apple Scruffs
The Scarlet
Kazoo Funk Orchestra
El Padre


www.connectmusicfestival.com
www.myspace.com/connectmusicfestival

Festival goers' love for music is being scrutinised this summer after a new report suggests that they are more interested in the social aspect of paryting at outdoor events such as Glastonbury and T in the Park. The survey found that each festival goer can spend up to £500 on each event.

Interestingly, under half (49%) of the 3,000 people surveyed were unable to remember all the bands they saw, whilst about a fifth (18%) admit they take in less than five hours of music over a festival weekend!
Along with this, a third of people are said to be suffering from the often fatal 'Kate Moss effect', feeling compelled to buy new outfits, tents and wellies for each festival.


Just remember your waterproofs and try not to pose too much and hopefully lickmag.com readers will do us proud and fly the flag for true music lovers!!

Follwing the release of their second album, Neon Bible, Arcade Fire have announced they will play Glasgow's SECC later this year. They will play on Friday 26th October 2007 and tickets go on sale on Fri 15th June @ 9am from ticketweb.


Tickets are £23 each (bargain)

The Smashing Pumpkins have announced they will play a Glasgow gig this year, with tickets going on sale today at 9am.

The reformed legends will play Glasgow's Carling Academy on August 22nd this year, and tickets are available from the usual outlets!!

Ayrshire trio Biffy Clyro have officially made the transition from small fry to national heroes after years of hard work, proven by lastnight's news that their new album Puzzle has reached number two in the UK chart.

You can catch Biffy Clyro at Glastonbury and T in the Park this year!

Mon' the Biffy!

Glasgow band Popup have been selected by a panel of New York University students as the UK unsigned band that they most want to see perform at the Britbus Tour final in New York 15 -19 June 2007. As winners the band will fly to New York and play at The Knitting Factory, Hoboken Parks and The Hard Rock Cafe NYC, and receive prizes that include a Premier Percussion drum kit, a Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar and an Ashdown bass amp!!

Other exciting news for Popup is that Adi their drummer has just been selected as the first female drummer to be endorsed by Premier Percussion in their 85 year history! Similarly, Michael has received endorsement from Ashdown for his bass amp. The band have been added to the sync roster of Danny Benair at The Natural Energy Lab Los Angeles who are responsible for placing artists like Bloc Party, 1990s, Tom Waits etc in advertisements, film and TV shows like Greys Anatomy and The O.C.

Popup were recently hailed as NME's band of the week and will be doing the usual festivals so be sure to check them out, as they are a lickmag favourite!





For more info on Popup visit www.myspace.com/popuptheband

Franz Ferdinand pleased an adoring Glasgow crowd lastnight by unleashing five new songs at a gig at the Grand Ole Oprey country and western club.

Lead singer and hearthrob Alex Kapranos donned a black spotted neckerchief whilst intriducing new tracks such as 'Turn It On', 'Anyone In Love', 'New Thrill', 'An English Goodbye', and 'Favourite Lie'. The Glasgow favourites also performed favourites such as 'Take Me Out'. In between performances the band also brought a girl up on stage to help out with some drumming!

The new material marked a synth driven change of direction for the band who have been away for eight months.

Franz Ferdinand are set to appear at the Bonnaroo Festival in Tennessee later this month, alongside greats such as The Flaming Lips and The White Stripes.

Check out http://www.pclpresents.com/ to purchase a one of the few tickets released for this Franz Ferdinand's upcoming gig at the Glasgow Grand Old Opry on Mon 4th Jun.