The Kooks to play LA 'Sidewalk Sets' next week

The Kooks have announced that they will play outdoor acoustic 'Sidewalk Sets' in Los Angeles next week.

To kick off their largest US tour to date, the Brighton rockers will hit various undisclosed locations in LA on Tuesday (May 20) to film a Sidewalk Sets session, playing acoustically to fans and passer-bys.

The day will culminate with an intimate acoustic show in the Kibitz Room at Canter�??s Deli on Fairfax Avenue.

The band will also make an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday (May 21).

The Kooks' North American tour kicks off in San Diego on May 18 and concludes in New York on June 11, as previously reported.

--By our Los Angeles staff.
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May's New Music DVD Releases: Carlos Santana, Meat Loaf, Marvin Gaye

May's New Music DVD Releases: Carlos Santana, Meat Loaf, Marvin Gaye

Plus: Jethro Tull [ tickets ], Olivia Newton-John [ tickets ], more* * *Carlos Santana [ tickets ]"Ilich Sanchez Santana Plays Blues at Montreux 2004"(Eagle Rock)Glen Gebhard Santana fans will need to pluck up this intense 90-minute Videodisk, which strike shelves English hawthorn 6. Taken from his 2004 render in Montreux, the footage features the guitar adept alongside trey of his favorite bluesmen: Crony Guy, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and Bobby Parker. Although the entire evening's event has already been released on a three-disc place, this bingle DVD showcases all of Santana's performances exclusively.* * *Meat Loaf [ tickets ]"Inwardness Loaf: In Search of Heaven" (Hip-O)With a musical theater life history spanning near 40 geezerhood, Meat Loaf is back, just this time on the big filmdom. This feature docudrama released May 13 on Hip-O Records chronicles the singer's 18-month tour in reinforcement of "Bat Out of Hell III," his final album in the Chiropteran trilogy. The suggest travel even captures a media contention that erupted during the tour and showcases the rock icon's drive for personal perfection.* * *Marvin Gaye [ tickets ]"What's Going On + Greatest Hits Know"(Eagle Tilt)Two of Marvin Gaye's most popular antecedently released concert DVDs will be available as a double-disc adjust English hawthorn 13. "What's Going On" features 100 minutes of perceptivity into Gaye's career and personal life, including interviews with friends and family, and archived footage of the image in the recording studio. The second disc, "Greatest Hits Inhabit," highlights several of his most successful releases, such as "Let's Incur It On," "Pride & Delight," "I Heard It Through the Grape" and "Ain't No Mount High Enough."* * *Jethro Tull"Jethro Tull's Seafarer in The Greens: Populate in Federal Republic of Germany"(Eagle John Rock)Contempt not yet being in the Rock candy and Undulate Hall of Fame, Jethro Tull is still devising contributions to the medicine panorama, mostly lately in the shape of this 96-minute Videodisk. The single phonograph record, available May 20, features a compiling of together rarities ranging from 1970 to 1993. Included in the list are "Scuba" and "Manual laborer in the Park" from 1982's Rockpop in Concert, "To a fault Old to Rock music, Also Thomas Young to Die" from Rocksummer 1986 and "Null is Easily" from a 1970 performance at Beat Club.* * *Olivia Newton-John "Olivia Newton-John and the Sydney Symphony orchestra: Hold up at the Sydney Opera House" (Seismic disturbance Exports)Olivia Newton-John's 2006 performance at Australia's nearly renowned venue is now available for fans to delight year-round. The 27-song set up spans John's successful and worldly career, including country hits ("Let Me Be Thither," Please Mr.




Underwood pulls out of Dancing on Ice

The Flower Kings

   
Artist: The Flower Kings

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   Rock: Progressive
   ROck: Alternative
   

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Discography:


   
 The Sum Of No Evil

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 6


   
 Paradox Hotel (Room 222 : Disc 2)

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 9


   
 Paradox Hotel (Room 111 : Disc 1)

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 10


   
 Paradox Hotel

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 19


   
 Adam and Eve

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 10


   
 Meet The Flower Kings

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 7


   
 Unfold The Future II

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 9


   
 Unfold The Future I

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 6


   
 The Rainmaker

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 11


   
 Space Revolver

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 10


   
 Flower Power II

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 10


   
 Flower Power I

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 4


   
 Stardust We Are II

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 8


   
 Stardust We Are I

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 8


   
 Stardust We Are (cd2)

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 11


   
 Stardust We Are (cd1)

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 9


   
 Retropolis

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 11


   
 [2000] Alive On Planet Earth

   Year:    
Tracks: 9


   
 The Rainmaker (CD 2)

   Year:    
Tracks: 6


   
 The Rainmaker (CD 1)

   Year:    
Tracks: 11


   
 Back In The World Of Adventures

   Year:    
Tracks: 8


   
 Adam and Eva

   Year:    
Tracks: 10

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Cowboy Troy

Vidna Obmana and Jeff Pearce

   
Artist: Vidna Obmana and Jeff Pearce

   Genre(s): 
Ambient
   

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Discography:


   
 True Stories

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 12

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Britney Spears meets with an accident

Britney Spears meets with an accident

George Washington (Ani): Troubled pop star Britney Spears had a close leak after running into a minor car-accident on the highway in Los Angeles on April 12. The 26-year-old star was driving her 2008 edward D. White Mercedes northbound on the 405 connecter to the 101 motorway when the hit occurred at 8:18 p.m., confirmed the Golden State Main road Patrol. According to the accident report, Britney did try to practice brake system simply the gondola banged into a Nissan in front of her. "The collision occurred when the device driver of the Mercedes, driving in the #3 lane, in stop and go traffic failed to observe the vehicle straight before of her come to a complete stop. She attempted to brake merely failed to stop her vehicle prior to colliding into the rear of the Nisan [in front of her]," Hoi polloi quoted the report, as stating.

FPS

   
Artist: FPS

   Genre(s): 
Metal: Alternative
   

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Discography:


   
 Nobody Is Perfect

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 14

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Spears' father angry over pregnancy interview?

Spears' father angry over pregnancy interview?

Jamie Lynn Spears' father is reportedly "furious" over his daughter's decision to betray the story of her gestation to a mag.
16-year-old Jamie Lynn, sister to Britney, revealed that she is expecting a baby with young man Casey Aldridge in an interview with OK! Magazine.
The magazine was published yesterday and Spears mother Lynne was also interviewed by the issue.
However, Jamie Lynn's pappa Jamie, world Health Organization is separated from Lynne, is said to have strongly disapproved of the way they announced the pregnancy.
A source told Usmagazine.com: "He put his foot go through and refused to take any money and 'profit forth of his children'."
The source too claims that Jamie is "devastated" by the news and "feels Jamie Lynn ruined her life".

Beckham gets new six-inch tattoo of Posh

Beckham gets new six-inch tattoo of Posh

Jacques Louis David Beckham has pledged his love to married woman Victoria by outlay over €3,300 on a fresh tattoo.
The footballer's fresh design shows the Spice Missy sitting as a naked angel - a written matter of his darling exposure of his married woman from a Brigitte Bardot-inspired shoot for Pop magazine nigh four days ago.
The tattoo, inked onto his leftfield arm, is Beckham's 11th. He already boasts designs bearing his married woman and ternion sons' names.
A source shut to the duet told the Mirror newsprint: "They are both thrilled with the result. It's been attractively done. Victoria was flattered."
Beckham showed off his freshly tattoo during his visit to Federative Republic of Brazil.  The footballer is in the res publica to launch his third association football academy.