The NME Awards Tour 2016 with Austin, Texas is gearing up to hit the road with a line-up headlined by Bloc Party. Joining the bill are Drenge, Rat Boy and Bugzy Malone who will tour the UK to take in 11 cities, kicking off on 29 January at Cardiff Great Hall and coming to a […]
– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – The NME awards tour has seen some huge names over the years. From Coldpay to Arctic Monkeys, they’ve had them all. It’s a tour that guarantees a great headliner and some brilliant up and coming bands. However this year, I feel that the NME have divulged into the punk direction […]
Palma Violets, Fat White Family, The Amazing Snakeheads and Slaves have been announced as the line-up for this year’s NME Awards Tour. It is the 20th anniversary of the tour, which has helped to launch the careers of the likes of Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand and The Killers. Headliners Palma Violets are playing the tour for the […]
London based two-piece Slaves have been previewed their new single, The Hunter. The single will be released through Virgin EMI on January 12. After forming in Kent, Slaves then moved to London and have since performed at Reading and Leeds Festival in 2013 and SXSW last year. The track was previously made Zane Lowe’s Hottest Record […]
– ACADEMY 1, MANCHESTER – The NME Awards Tour is one of the most prestigious events in the music calendar. Renowned for launching the careers of some of the most influential bands in the past century; fromFlorence+ The Machine to Coldplay, many highly anticipate what is yet to come from the headliners Django Django and […]