Monday 29 November 2010

The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys and Primal Scream for Benicassim

The first confirmed acts for next year's Festival Internacional de Benicassim not only confirms act of Arctic Monkeys but The Strokes and Primal Scream are also included.

Organizers confirms that Arctic Monkey and The Stoke will be returning to the festival after the release of their fourth album and Primal Scream will be performing special set covering all their hits.

This would going to be a 17th year in 2011 of the Spanish Festival,Situated in Benicassim, near Valencia, the event offers a variety of music acts, as well as extra-musical entertainment, including performance art, theatre and short films.

Thursday 18 November 2010

Arctic Monkeys bass

In an online auction for a guitar strummed in front of thousands on sell-out tours around the world.STEEL City musicians have the chance to get their hands on an iconic piece of kit and give a charity campaign a boost by bidding.

Arctic Monkey who is very renowned music band help raising fund and have have given their backing to a £1 million Star-backed campaign

In the charity which helps a new in-patient facility for cystic fibrosis sufferers at the Northern General Hospital.Arctic Monkeys had donated their guitar to sell in support of the appeal.

Saturday 6 November 2010

Arctic Monkeys drummer for new band


Arctic Monkeys' Matt Helders is working under a new name, thanks to P Diddy. The American rapper says he "didn't want to fuck up [Matt's] image" when they played together recently, and so bestowed upon him a new alias, Rufus Black. Black – not Helders – is a member of Diddy's new band, Dirty Money.

"I didn't wanna fuck up the great thing [Matt's] got going on," Diddy explained to Contact Music. "[He] is down with my Dirty Money crew, [but] whenever he's playing with us, he's Rufus Black." Helders first appeared with Dirty Money in June on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross. Led by Diddy, the group has little in common with Arctic Monkeys: there are no wiry guitars, Sheffield accents or, er, chart-topping singles. Instead, Helders has to follow the beat of a different drum (sorry!), accompanying straight-up contemporary hip-hop.

"It is so strange that me and him are friends," Diddy said. "Arctic Monkeys are so cool, you know? And people look at me as cool maybe as a person, but I don't know if musically they look at me as the underground cool rock'n'roll thing." That's right, Diddy – they don't. "[So] I didn't wanna even call [Matt] by his real name."

While Diddy has yet to record with Helders, he is keen to have the English drummer in the studio. "As a drummer he's definitely one of the most soulful I've ever worked with," Diddy explained. "His pocket reminds me of a James Brown pocket. So funky and soulful. When he plays I actually get goosebumps."