Tesco, the United Kingdom’s largest mass merchant, is ramping up its music operations by rolling out CD sales to its petrol stations. U.K. dance band Faithless is to be the first and, for the time being, sole beneficiary of the month-long trial promotion with 420 U.K. Tesco petrol forecourts set to stock the veteran electronic act’s latest studio album. Bet they didn’t know that before they signed the deal.
Which of the 12 nominees will take home the Mercury prize? And what passes for a decent starter in the world of music these days? Follow the Guardian’s live blog for all this and more.
Crispin Porter + Bogusky (a US ad agency) has debuted its latest idea in edibles, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese for the Grill. The agency pitched the dad-targeted idea to Kraft and it’s now being sold in test markets, in time to hit the BBQs firing up for this week’s Labor Day festivities. Only in the US.
The weekend’s expletive-laden sets show Guns N’ Roses’ frontman still has his appetite for destruction. For the past two decades, the only remaining founding member of Guns N’ Roses has carved a niche as one of rock’s trickiest characters, prone to onstage strops, tardy appearances, bust-ups with band mates and four-lettered outbursts.
A porcelain lavatory which John Lennon told a builder to use as a “plant pot” has fetched £9,500 – nearly 10 times its guide price – at an auction today.
The quietness of the City has inspired SURROUND ME, Susan Philipsz’s first commission in London, a constellation of sound installations in different spaces across the City. Philipsz’s voice resonates through the empty streets around the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange, across Modernist high-walks and medieval alleyways and along the banks of the River Thames.
U2 have been fined for practicing too loud in Spain. The ‘Get On Your Boots’ rockers reportedly breached noise levels, during rehearsals for their present 360 Degree world tour, angering locals and incurring a fine of 18,000 Euros. Ahhhhh…..
Music lovers can now be immortalised. A UK company called And Vinyly is offering people the chance to press their ashes in a vinyl recording of their own voice, their favourite tunes or their last will and testament.
NME offers their version of the best new bands of 2010. Agree or not agree you will definitely get some good ideas for your Spotify searches.
Here a great new gadget for all those iPhone holders out there – the Photojojo magnetic lens. Its cute, convenient and cheap!