You say that you'd rather be really poor than scratching, saving, scrimping all the pennies

[venta]

There's a very sad article this morning: the recession is really hitting the music industry badly. Bands are having to drastically scale back their names in order to keep down touring costs

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[ar_gemlad]

Slightly Agitated Street Preachers are re-releasing Everything Must Go in a last-ditch attempt to raise funds.

10 Cent has taken to rapping for sandwiches.

[ar_gemlad]

I hear that the recent They Might Be Dwarves concert was great.

[mr_tom]

The Utah Samaritans aren't as good as they were, and the Rolling Pebbles are getting mossy.

The Fairly-attractive-in-the-right-light Things don't look so good nowadays.

Ozric Calamari are smaller but more crunchy and Nine Centimetre Nails have gone metric.

The Regional will be touring only parts of the nation. KC and the Overcast band will be providing the weather. Apparently Jefferson Hang-glider will be dropping in.

Warm Chip have cooled-off, and Groove Dinghy have no mates.

[missfairchild]

I understand that The Regional will be supported by Black Rebel Tricycle Club on those dates.

And apparently Sputnik 220 are so poor that they've been forced to produce the new record by Andrew Turkey Twizzlers.

[metame]

The Manics' latest show was a man shaking a "THE END IS NIGH" sign.

"Everything has gone" and "You tolerated this" remained crowd favourites, but I was more keen on older classic "La tristesse ne dure pas", and their ever poignant cover of "Suicide was painful".

[lanfykins]

Well, Six Inch Screws haven't been particularly lively recently anyway. I do rather feel for Hedgehog Bush, though.