"Fury's ""Wondrous Place"" and David Bowie's ""In the Heat of the Morning"" (a song previously mentioned by Turner as a favourite) as b-sides. The duo have said they took inspiration from Scott Walker and early Bowie. As well as this, there are also influences of the Beatles and late 60s/ early 70s progressive rock. The second single, ""Standing Next to Me"", was released on 7 July 2008. The album produced a third single, ""My Mistakes Were Made for You."" The album was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Music Prize but lost out to Elbow's ""The Seldom Seen Kid"". Although Kane"
"Festival on 28 June 2008, joined on stage by violinists and cellists. They performed in the Obelisk Arena at the Latitude Festival on 19 July 2008, and in August played at the Electric Picnic festival. On 9 September, they performed at the National Movie Awards broadcast on ITV, and appeared on BBC2's ""Later Live"" show hosted by Jools Holland on 23 September. On 17 January 2009, Elbow gave an exclusive performance of their album ""The Seldom Seen Kid"" for BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music together with the BBC Concert Orchestra and London-based chamber choir Chantage at Abbey Road"
"show at Alexandra Palace in London to 8,000 fans. After finishing the ""Emergency"" tour at the end of 2008, the band took a break. They had been demoing songs over the course of the year in between festival slots, the last of which was headlining the Underage Festival in London. They were also working on a new album. In October 2009, the band recorded and released a cover of ""Tainted Love"" (made famous by the Leeds band Soft Cell), with all proceeds going to charity to help neglected children in Leeds. The Pigeon Detectives toured as special guests with the"
"Absent Kid Absent Kid are a British indie rock band. Brothers Martin and Richard Williams and bassist Mark Butters grew up in the small coastal town of West Mersea. The name Absent Kid was inspired by a character in the cartoon South Park. They debuted in front of a paying audience, performing at a Colchester venue, ""Twist"". The band developed as performers during a series of live performances, and gained a degree of prominence after opening for the now disbanded group Ikara Colt. This led to the band's first significant radio play, on XFM London. In 2004, Absent Kid won"
"(2018), as well as one live album, ""At the Apollo"" (2008). Their debut album is the fastest-selling debut album by a band in UK chart history, and in 2013, ""Rolling Stone"" ranked it the 30th-greatest debut album. The band has won seven Brit Awards – winning both Best British Group and Best British Album three times, and have been nominated for three Grammy Awards. They also won the Mercury Prize in 2006 for their debut album, in addition to receiving nominations in 2007, 2013 and 2018. The band have headlined at the Glastonbury Festival twice, in 2007 and again in"
"recording of ""The Seldom Seen Kid"" with the BBC Concert Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios, which was subsequently released as a special edition CD and DVD set titled ""The Seldom Seen Kid Live at Abbey Road"" in March 2009. He appeared with Elbow on 19 March 2011 while the band were in Sheffield to perform ""The Fix"" during their UK tour. Hawley's song ""Baby, You're My Light"" was included on the CD soundtrack for the 2008 film ""Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist"". Hawley himself made an appearance in the 2007 film ""Flick"". In October 2009, Hawley was joined on stage"
"Apollo and London's Shepherd's Bush Empire. A first taste of Arena shows came with their December 2008 support slot on the Stereophonics' Decade in the Sun Tour. This saw them appear at huge venues such as the Manchester Arena, London's O2 Arena and Glasgow's Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre. December 2008 saw the band crowned inaugural winners of the Guardian's First British Album Award beating off strong competition from Glasvegas, Duffy, Adele and Noah and the Whale. The award was voted for by members of the public and the Guardian journalists. ""St. Jude"" clinched a mammoth 53% of the public"
"music industry. The remaining members of Queen form the Mercury Phoenix Trust and the following year, a tribute concert is staged in Wembley Stadium. A sell-out crowd in attendance witness the three surviving members reuniting to play along with performances by the likes of David Bowie, Elton John, Guns N' Roses, Def Leppard, Metallica, Annie Lennox, and George Michael. Queen's ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" goes to number one for the second time in the U.K., which is one of the few times a single has gone to number one in the same version more than once (another example is Chubby Checkers' ""The"
"a dozen festivals including Latitude Festival 2007, Leeds Festival 2007 (Topman Unsigned8 Stage Headline Act), Secret Garden Party 2007 (Main Stage), Beat-Herder 2007, Kendal Calling 2009 (Main Stage), Moor Music Festival 2007 and 2009, Reading Festival 2009 (Festival Republic Stage), Leeds Festival 2009 (on both the Festival Republic Stage and the BBC Introducing Stage), Chapel Allerton Arts Festival, Leeds, UK in 2012 and South by Southwest, Texas, USA in 2010. They toured the Netherlands in May 2010. Middleman (band) Middleman are a 4-piece alternative rap rock band based in Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. They formed in 2006. They released"
"The album was also included in the book ""1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die"". The Seldom Seen Kid Live at Abbey Road was recorded live with the BBC Concert Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios on 17 January 2009. A special limited edition CD/DVD set was released by Fiction Records on 30 March 2009, featured inside a small box with individual card sleeves for each disc, as well as five postcards featuring photos of each band member, and a special booklet with photos commemorating the recording. The Seldom Seen Kid The Seldom Seen Kid is the fourth studio album"
"made available through their MySpace page, was promoted by BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe. Playing numerous live dates and supporting bands such as Foals and Hot Chip,The Invisible's exploratory, expansive pop music continued to gather attention over the following months. The band's third single, ""London Girl"", received widespread and attention and praise upon release in December 2008. The Invisible released their eponymous debut album on 9 March 2009. Produced by Matthew Herbert, ""The Invisible"" was nominated for the Mercury Prize and selected as critics choice for iTunes album or the year. Their singles have been remixed by a number"
"Music Prize in 2008, an achievement which Guy Garvey declared to be ""the best thing that's ever happened to us."" The band were previously nominated for the award in 2001 with their debut album ""Asleep in the Back"". Commercially the album was well received, opening at number five on the UK album charts, but faded away quickly. However, after the Mercury nomination the album saw a revival to gain gold status, with its second single ""One Day Like This"" re-entering the top 40 singles listing after the award win. The album had a steady chart run afterwards (including a re-entry"
"and distancing themselves from the more unusual dissonant style that was present in their previous three albums. ""Puzzle"" peaked at number 2 on the official UK album charts on 16 June 2007. The album went Gold in the UK, selling over 100,000 units, and later in 2012 went Platinum in the UK, having sold over 300,000 copies. The band released ""Only Revolutions"" in 2009 which reached No. 3 in the UK chart and went gold within days of its release in 2009, going platinum later in 2010 (achieving double-platinum status in August 2011) and receiving a Mercury Music Prize nomination."
"feature heavily). Over two thousand people attended the sold-out show. They also played at the Carling Academy, Oxford, in what was The Zodiac, on 8 August 2008. Truck Festival on 26 July 2009, on a bill that included old Oxford friends Supergrass, amongst others. Nick and Mark Cope are the sons of actor Kenneth Cope and brothers of actress Martha Cope. Nick Burton is the son of the industrial historian Anthony Burton. The Candyskins The Candyskins are a rock band formed in 1989 in Oxfordshire, England. Though early members of the 'Oxford Scene', they enjoyed limited commercial success compared to"
"in the top ten), enabling it to benefit from the busy Christmas market, and eventually reach over 300,000 sales, making it eligible for platinum status. It has since sold 860,000 . In July 2011, ""The Seldom Seen Kid"" climbed from No. 103 back to No. 59 in the album's 159th charting week, making it having charted for more than 3 years there. The band also won Best British Group at the 2009 Brit Awards and picked up two awards at the 2009 Ivor Novello Awards. ""One Day Like This"" won Best Song and ""Grounds for Divorce"" was Best Contemporary Song."
"and was subsequently awarded Folk Album of the Year by ""Mojo"" magazine. Their follow-up album, ""The Bairns"", released on 20 August 2007, was nominated for the Best Album award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2008 and was runner-up for the 2008 Mercury Prize. The album debuted in the UK Top 200 Albums Chart at number 178 in the week after the Mercury Prize award ceremony. Reviewing ""The Bairns"" for BBC Music, Mel Ledgard described it as ""an album with a cinematic quality, huge in dramatic atmosphere"". In a four-starred review, Robin Denselow of ""The Guardian"" nominated it as"
"alternative rock bands of the time. They had outgrown this tag by the time of the commercial success of their third LP. In 2008, ""Q"" magazine described the band as ""The biggest cult band in the UK"". In 2012, the band's 10th anniversary year, they were honoured with the ""Spirit of Independence"" award at the annual Q Awards. Several months later, they received the ""Outstanding Contribution to Music"" award at the annual NME Awards. As of 2017, their last 4 albums have charted in the UK Top 10. The Cribs were formed in late 2001 as a recording project for"
"album ""The People in Your Neighbourhood"" and a live vinyl LP ""The Good Egg"". Led Bib Led Bib is a modern jazz group from London, England. Its fourth album, ""Sensible Shoes"", was shortlisted for the 2009 Mercury Prize. Mark Holub, the band's drummer and leader, formed the group in 2003 while studying at Middlesex University. Their debut album, ""Arboretum"", won the Peter Whittingham Jazz Award in 2005. Their second album, ""Sizewell Tea"", followed in 2007. A limited-edition live album was released in 2008. The band's fourth album, ""Sensible Shoes"", was nominated for the 2009 Mercury Prize. Its fifth album, ""Bring"
"appearances include a storming debut performance at 'Glasgowbury' 2011, 'Indiependance' and 'Sunflowerfest' 2012. Most recently they have played live shows supporting Wintersleep, Clock Opera, Spector, Sea Of Bees, Dog Is Dead, General Fiasco and Cashier No.9. Elspeth (band) Elspeth are an Irish 5-piece alternative rock band formed by brothers Gerard and Leo Sands. Their sound combines offbeat, atmospheric, stilted rhythms that climb and fall over steely guitar thrills and gradual bass lines. Elspeth have garnered support from radio stations across the UK and Ireland including Tom Robinson and Gideon Coe on BBC 6Music, Phantom FM, Cool FM and BBC Radio"
"at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on June 13 where ""Exotic Creatures of the Deep"" was premièred. May and June 2008 saw the 21-night Sparks Spectacular in London, where they played each of their albums in chronological order during the first twenty nights at the Carling Islington Academy, and premièred their new album on the twenty-first concert on June 13, 2008 at Shepherds Bush Empire. Each night, they performed an album in its entirety followed by a rare track — many of the songs have never been performed live before. The band asked their fans to visit their website and vote"
"clinching the ""Best British Band"" and ""Best British Album"" at the 2008 BRIT Awards. For the second year in a row, the band was nominated for the annual Mercury Prize, although it failed to match its feat of 2006 after the award went to Klaxons' ""Myths of the Near Future"". On 29 April 2007, the day ""Favourite Worst Nightmare"" charted at No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart, all 12 tracks from the album charted in the Top 200 of the UK Singles Chart. On 27 April 2007 it had a total of 18 tracks in the Top 200. ""Fluorescent"
"Ireland's equivalent to the Mercury Music Prize. The judging panel was made up of 12 representatives from the Irish music industry. The prize consisted of a trophy as well as a cheque for €10,000. The Divine Comedy's victory was unexpected as the album had received some lukewarm reviews and there was strong competition from the likes of The Immediate, Duke Special and Snow Patrol. A special edition version of the album, officially available only on the first day of release, came with second DVD and an additional cardboard sleeve. The album is unique in the Divine Comedy catalogue - and"
"Music Awards Brit Awards D&AD Awards ECHO Awards Ivor Novello Awards MTV Australia Awards MTV Europe Music Awards MTV Video Music Awards Japan MVPA Awards Mercury Prize Meteor Music Awards NME Awards (USA) NME Awards Nickelodeon's UK Kids Choice Awards Popjustice £20 Music Prize Q Awards Silver Clef Awards TMF Awards UK Music Video Awards Current members Former members Kaiser Chiefs Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who formed in 2000 as Parva, releasing one studio album, ""22"", in 2003, before renaming and establishing themselves in their current name that same year. Since their formation the"
"Stone Cowboy, along with members of other defunct Oxford bands The Candyskins and Ride. The band reunited for a one-off concert in Oxford to support tsunami victims on 19 February 2005. In May 2007, Unbelievable Truth, as a three piece ensemble, played an acoustic set at the closing night of the Oxford venue, The Zodiac, before a summer refit. In 2007, former frontman Yorke completed his first solo effort with the help of ex-bandmates Powell and Moulster. The album ""Simple"" was released on 14 July 2008. Unbelievable Truth Unbelievable Truth were a British rock band, led by Andy Yorke, with"
"the band supported headlining acts The Script and The Hoosiers, and in 2009 were invited to support Girls Aloud on the aforementioned tour. The band released ""Sun & Water"" in May and toured the UK in June. Their debut album, Caught in the Headlights, was released in October 2008. Absent Elk Absent Elk are a British pop rock band who formed in 2008. They have released two singles to date, and released their first album in October 2009. Their cover version of Girls Aloud's ""The Loving Kind"" posted on YouTube became a small phenomenon, and led to them being invited"
"Kill It Kid Kill It Kid are an English alternative rock band fronted by Chris Turpin (guitars & vocals). Members also include Stephanie Ward (Keys & vocals), Marc Jones (drums) and Dom Kozubik (bass guitar). The band was widely recognised as one of the best new acts of 2009, with magazines such as ""NME"" and ""Clash"" rating their debut album 8/10 and 9/10 respectively; the album was nominated for XFM's New Music Award 2010. Kill it Kid released their first two albums with London indie label, One Little Indian Records, whose roster includes Björk, Paul McCartney and Skunk Anansie. They"
"2008, a song which reached No. 20 in the United Kingdom charts. The debut album, ""St. Jude"", was released on 7 April 2008 by Polydor Records. It was launched at Manchester's Market Street HMV store. The album reached No 4 in the UK Albums Chart, and has since gone on to achieve gold status. The album was preceded by the release of single ""Not Nineteen Forever"" on 31 March 2008, entering at No. 19 and becoming their highest charting single to date. A fifth single, ""No You Didn't, No You Don't"" was released on 23 June 2008. The band played"
"and released their debut album ""You Are The Family Machine"" in March 2008 on Alcopop Records. Medal (band) Medal were an English alternative rock band from Oxford. The band grew out of earlier band The Daisies, who had been active since the early 1990s and released the album ""Kowloon House"" in the US on Capitol Records and the single ""If I Was Barry White"" in 1996 on Regal Recordings in the UK. They also toured the US in 1995 supporting fellow Oxford band Supergrass. The Daisies line-up of Jamie Hyatt (vocals, guitar), Mark Willis (guitar), Daniel Kemp (bass), and Simon"
"a raucous comeback gig and in front of an audience of 3,000 full at The Roundhouse in London on 6 September 2008. The gig consisted of ""Germfree Adolescents"" in its entirety, with the exception of ""Plastic Bag"". A DVD and CD of the Roundhouse performance was released in November 2009 on the Year Zero Label by Future Noise Music. Symond Lawes, working as Concrete Jungle Productions, together with Poly Styrene, produced the live show at Camden Roundhouse in 2008. Poly Styrene died of spinal and breast cancer on 25 April 2011 in East Sussex, England at the age of 53."
"Suede (band) Suede are an English alternative rock band formed in London in 1989. The band is composed of singer Brett Anderson, guitarist Richard Oakes, bass player Mat Osman, drummer Simon Gilbert and keyboardist/rhythm guitarist Neil Codling. In 1992, Suede were dubbed by ""Melody Maker"" as ""The Best New Band in Britain"", and attracted much attention from the British music press. The following year their debut album ""Suede"" went to the top of the UK Albums Chart, becoming the fastest-selling debut album in almost ten years. It won the Mercury Music Prize and helped foster Britpop as a musical genre."
"last few concerts at the Astoria. They also played a gig with Dodgy on 17 May 2009, at a secret London venue, to benefit the homelessness charity Crisis, as part of the charity's 'Hidden Gigs' campaign against hidden homelessness. In December 2008, the band embarked on a five-date tour, taking in Lincoln, Manchester, Sheffield and Birmingham. The tour saw them playing their debut album, ""Expecting to Fly"", in full. Some further dates were subsequently announced for February and March 2009. On 31 May 2010, the band released a new album entitled ""A New Athens"". Despite moderate praise the album failed"
"and Fluorescent Adolescent were both UK Top Hits. ""Favourite Worst Nightmare""s first day sales of 85,000 outsold the rest of the Top 20 combined, while all twelve tracks from the album entered the top 200 of the UK Singles Chart in their own right. By September 2013 the album has sold 821,128 copies in UK. In the USA, the album debuted at number seven, selling around 44,000 copies in its first week. The album has since gone double platinum in the UK and the album was nominated for the 2007 Mercury Prize. At the 2008 BRIT Awards it won Best"
"'Sideways Saloon' imprint—also the moniker of their Manchester-based, monthly club night. Two hand-crafted, cloth-packaged EP's helped to create a local buzz in the run up to the album's release, while acclaim came from further afield when the band won the Glastonbury Festival 2008 New Talent award. Festival organiser Michael Eavis personally chose the band as winners and said of the band – """"they take me back to my roots... marvellous music to saviour and enjoy"""". The band toured extensively for 2 years following their debuts release with notable appearances at Glastonbury Festival, End of the Road, NXNE (Toronto) and Tbilisi"