Just a quick one for all you Baby Shambles fans out there, ever on the look out for Pete and his musical movements.

After the recent cancellation of the Wiltshire based festival Moonfest left many Baby Shambles fans wondering when they would next see their beloved Pete Doherty up on stage, it appears you have to wonder no more.

John Green, the man behind the Moonfest, has booked the Baby Shambles for one night only at the Brixton Academy to give all those disappointed devotees another chance to witness the emotional rock ‘n’ roll show that is the Baby Shambles.

The gig will take place within the next six weeks but unfortunately will only be welcoming those who had tickets to the cancelled Moonfest.

The date is yet to be set so so keep an eye on the Tickets Alerts section to find out exactly when the gig will be taking place.

It’s only the 5th day of the month but I bet you music lovers, with your ears close to the ground, were already wondering where exactly the Gallegher brothers monthly druel was coming from?

Well its here!  In the form of a ‘Top 10 Greatest Bands’ list!  This month its brother Noel who has kindly listed for us, his opinion of the top 10 greatest bands of all time.

I hate to put a downer on things but hasn’t this list already been written…One Million times?

The list was found on the official Oasis blog, where Noel states, “This means the Top 10 bands of all time. No solo artists allowed. No female artists allowed. No collectives allowed (Public Enemy etc.).

I think we could have all guessed the first one:

1: The Beatles
2: The Rolling Stones
3: The Who
4: Sex Pistols
5: The Kinks
6: The La’s
7: Pink Floyd
8: The Bee Gees
9: The Specials
10: (Peter Green’s) Fleetwood Mac

Well there you have it, another version of the Top 10 greatest bands and I know what your thinking!  No Led Zeppelin!

You can read more exciting Oasis news here on there official Site!

In the race to release your next single in the most original way possible, once you’ve tried them all, what’s next!  Of course! Bypass the CD, ignore the net and avoid the USB stick at all costs…Release your next single on a computer game!!

Yes you heard me right!  The Pumpkins have smashed all music conformity and made a deal to release their next single, G.L.O.W, on the impending, ‘Guitar Hero: World Tour’!

The downloadable song pack will also include ‘1979’ and ‘The Everlasting Gaze’.If that isn’t enough for you Pumpkin fans, players will also be able to play the game as front man Billy Corgan, in an attempt to conquer the music world!

Now, song release originality just doesn’t come much better than that does it?You can catch Corgan in this online video as he does what he does best at the making of ‘Guitar Hero: World Tour’!

The dowloadable gamepack will be released in the UK on November 14th for the Playstation 3, Xbox 360.

Taking a quick break from the usual live music news, something some of you may be interested in if you want a quiet night in over the next couple of nights. Current TV, a crowdsourced TV channel has a new season entitled “Tribes” beginning on Thursday 17th July until Sunday 20th July explores what and who make up tribes in today’s urban environments.

The press release goes on to talk more about the season:

Gone are the days of heredity or tribes of kinship - welcome to the colourful and buzzing world where people choose to bond over everything from shoes, to graffiti, who they like to date, how they like to dance or where they hang out. Spanning four nights, Tribe Season uncovers the coolest and most contemporary underground trends from around the globe while also investigating the issues that currently dominate our news agenda, from knife and gun crime to suicide pacts.

The four 90 minute programmes all look quite interesting, with the previews of the French dance craze being one of my personal favourites, so if you’re in over the next four nights why not catch it? You might enjoy it!

Catch Current TV on Sky Channel 193 or Virgin Channel 155.

Now, we all know that I go on and on and on about one of my favourite bands, Delays. They’ve already announced a new tour starting this Thursday in Wolverhampton, and now they’ve announced the release dates for their lead single and album release. “Everything’s The Rush” will be released on Monday 28th April around the UK, with lead single “Hooray” being out a week before on Monday 21st April. The album will be their first for Fiction records, and will hopefully be their breakthrough effort. There’s a preview of Hooray on their myspace page now, and their blog entry announcing their album dates is here.

Meanwhile, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. has a new album, “Searching For The Hows And Whys” out on 10th March. I knew that 21 year old Sam Duckworth had a new album out in the early half of this year, but not this soon, so this makes me very happy. The tracks are sounding good - get a free download of Find The Time here. The video is here for those of you that are a bit more visually inclined.

Finally, there’s been a lot of hype about R.E.M.’s return around the blogoshphere this week, with Accelerate being announced as arriving on 31st March here in the UK. First single “Supernatural Superserious” sounds pretty good - a return to their rocky roots, and a definite positive step forward from their rather weak “Around The Sun”.

Expect to hear a lot more about each of these three albums over the  coming weeks here on There Goes The Fear.

Photo of R.E.M. is taken from their official website. 

As Delays get closer and closer to the release of their new EP, Love Made Visible (out November 12th), more and more news leaks out about them…

Sunday saw them play a quick acoustic set at Southampton’s Joiners’ Oxjam festival (click for photos and review), which sounds like it was amazing (as could be expected). See videos of three new songs here, here, and here.

I’ve mentioned it time and time again, but Delays are one of my favourite bands these days, and as news slowly leaks about their forthcoming EP and Album, I get more and more excited about it.

Today’s new announcement (well, find by a forum member) sees shots of their new video being posted on flickr - it looks like it was a messy affair!

This is in addition to the first play of “Love Made Visible: The Torchteam remix” on XFM the other week - a link to a radio rip is here.

In case you haven’t the time to listen, the track is AMAZING. It’s like the first play of Valentine - simply amazing!

More video screenshots after the jump.

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Radiohead, always ones to go against the grain of the music business, have announced a new album. And it’s out in just 10 days online, and about 2 months in the shops.

“In Rainbows” has 10 tracks, and is available online from 10th October, and in a discbox from 3rd December.

The band are also trialling the innovative idea that people choose how much they’re willing to pay for the album - you can have the digital download for free if you want. But you don’t get all of the extras that the full CD version gets. And it’s also not very fair.

Very good marketing lads. Great idea. I’ve ordered my copy - make sure you get yours too!

Tracklisting:

1. 15 Step
2. Bodysnatchers
3. Nude
4. Weird Fishes / Arpeggi
5. All I need
6. Faust Arp
7. Recknoner
8. House of Cards
9. Jigsaw Falling into Place
10. Videotape

Some of you may remember that last Wednesday I went to see Envy Corps at Water Rats in London, however they had to cancel the show suddenly.

Well, news has since emerged as to why they had to cancel so abruptly: guitarist Brandon had suffered a stroke. Only 30, he is expected to make a full recovery.

Our thoughts are with him and his family… so unexpected.

Photo is taken from Stephen Mcleod’s flickr stream under the Creative Commons License.

Brace yourselves. You’re going to be hearing a lot about this band from me over the coming weeks and months. Delays, my favourite band, have announced details of a new album and EP that have been a year in the making.

“Everythings The Rush” is the new album which looks set to be released early 2008 and as a taster for the album a five track EP “Love Made Visible” will be released on October 22nd. The tracklisting looks promising - even the track names sound like they’ll be anthems already.

1. Love Made Visible
2. You See Colours
3. We Together Make A City
4. Love Made Visible (Torch Team remix)
5. Slow Burn.

There’s also an exclusive interview over at The Mag, which is full of suprises - as one person on the Delays forum mentioned, it’s all about “Elton John, Nudity & Watersports…” Trust me, its better than the mental images you’ve got in your head right now!