june 7- an interview with Alex about fat les and their new song can be read at http://www.music365.co.uk/autocontent/feature_36234.htm
june 6-
THIS IS A SHOW!
Blur will play a set of unheard songs at Scott Walker's Meltdown next month, Damon Albarn has revealed.
The band, who only agreed to appear at the festival because it is being curated by legendary crooner Scott Walker, play the Royal Festival Hall on July 2.
Speaking in the new issue of UK music magazine Melody Maker, Albarn said Blur had been working on an entire set of new material for the performance.
He said: 'We'll be playing all new songs at Meltdown. It's not just stuff I've written – it's songs the band have done together.'
Meltdown begins on June 16, and features performances by Pulp's Jarvis Cocker and Steve MacKey, Smog, Elliot Smith, Asian Dub Foundation and Jim O'Rourke. Blur and Radiohead also appear, but both shows are sold-out.
-dotmusic.com
june 6-
'GOLDEN' GRAHAM IS FESTIVAL-BOUND
GRAHAM COXON will make his live festival debut appearances at this year's CARLING WEEKEND FESTIVALS in READING and LEEDS, nme.com can reveal.
Coxon, along with The Deftones, have been added to the line-up. Coxon will play in-between Black Box Recorder and Badly Drawn Boy (Reading August 26, Leeds 27) on the Radio 1 Evening Session Stage, while The Deftones have been confirmed to play the main stage on the same day, after Idlewild and before Elastica.
Coxon's band will feature Blur bandmate Dave Rowntree on drums, Idlewild's Rod Jones on guitar and Toby McFarland from 13/13 on bass.
The tour coincides with the release of Coxon's second solo album 'The Golden D', which is released on June 12 through Transcopic. Coxon performed all the vocals, played all the instruments and produced the album.
The Deftones, who release their new album 'White Pony' on June 19 through Maverick/Warners, have also announced a one off London show at the Brixton Academy on June 6. Tickets are priced £12.50.
-nme.com
june6-
YOUR CHANCE TO SCORE WITH ALEX JAMES!
FAT LES have constructed an interactive football game on their website in which KEITH ALLEN and ALEX JAMES compete, attempting to score as many goals past each other as possible.
In the game, you play Alex James. Beginning in the grounds of your own front yard, you have 45 seconds to head more goals past Allen than he does you to progress out of your street, through the park and on finally to the Euro 2000 Final.
On winning all three rounds, fans get chance to enter a competition to win tickets for the last ever football match at Wembley.
The new Fat Les single, 'Jerusalem', which is the official FA song for this year's European Football Championships is released on Monday (June 5). The song, which is an adaptation of the William Blake poem, has been branded by the band's Alex James as "one of the most expensive records ever made", costing more to make than the whole of his other band Blur's debut album.
visit http://www.fatles2000.com to play the game!
-nme.com
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