The Warehouse Project 2012: Opening Weekend Line-Up

This morning saw the guys over at The Warehouse Project unveil the line-up for the opening weekend for this year's season. The opening weekend will take place on Friday 28th Sept - Saturday 29th Sept, and features two widely contrasting events. The Friday sees Rinse bring their show to the table, for their 18th birthday party, with headline acts Katy B, Skream, Diplo & BBK, alongside other acts such as P Money, Lianne La Havas, Zinc & many more. Whereas the Saturday will be a much more chilled out affair, with Nicolas Jaar, Maceo Plex, Julio Bashmore, Four Tet, Maya Jane & Heidi (B2B) and lots more to take to the stage. WHP never fail, and with the new venue, the possibilities are endless. Full line-up will be here July 25th, but for now hit the jump and see the line-up for the opening weekend. BIG! Get tickets HERE.

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Jack Beats reveal tracklist for 'Careless'

On September 10th, production duo Jack Beats are set to release 'Careless', which will be the first in a series of mini-albums. 'Careless' will feature the Leonard Cohen-sampling single 'End Of Love', alongside collaborations with Diplo & Example, Dillon Francis and MNEK. As Niall & Ben explain "we've been working on our album for a long time, and we've written a lot of diverse tracks which we feel work better split up over 2 mini-albums. It feels a more contemporary and exciting approach to releasing Dance music than the traditional album format". Having been a huge Jack Beats fan for years now and with the names they have collaborated with on this, I'm sure 'Careless' is going to be a pretty special release. After the jump you can see the full tracklist, along with the dates for their forthcoming tour.

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The Warehouse Project 2012 Update

The Warehouse Project is currently gearing up for its seventh season in Manchester, and today sees the event organisers announce that there will be a slightly different format to previous years. Although they will still be launching at the end of September and closing on New Year's Day, there will be much fewer events than before - some big, some small, some that start during the day - one thing is guaranteed though, each will be different from the last, and all will be amazing.

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Bobby Womack to embark on World Tour

After recently being given the all clear from prostate and colon cancer, Bobby Womack has announced that he plans on doing a world tour in the near future to promoted his first album in 18 years 'Bravest Man In The Universe'. During an interview with BBC Radio 4's Front Row programme he revaled that he has had pneumonia twice and suffered collapsed lungs, but was "feeling better, even though there is still a long way to go". He continued; "They keep telling me one step at a time, one day at a time - but I am planning on going around the world and letting these people know what soul singing really was about". I saw Bobby play last year after he had been cleared of cancer for the first time, and he wasn't in a good way, so hopefully this time around he'll make sure he's fully recovered before embarking on a world tour. 'Bravest Man In The Univers' is out now, get your copy HERE.

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Bickley's Brain Bonanza‏ (July 13th, 2012)

A bit different to my usual posts, but this is close to my heart. Last year at Bestival my friend Jodi Bickley was biten by a tic - 3 weeks later she suffered a brain infection, which led to her having her stroke - it took her 5 months to learn to walk and write again, but her head continues to get worse. She is currently on 19 (yes, 19) tablets a day, but it's not enough, so her friends have gone ahead to contact one of the top neurologists in the country so that Jodi can be seen privately. However, to do this we need to raise some money, and to get the ball rolling, there will be a fundraiser taking place next month in Birmingham.

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Frank Ocean reveals tracklist & cover art for 'Channel Orange'

After dropping off the 9 minute long lead single earlier this month, R&B crooner Frank Ocean today revealed the cover art and tracklisting for his highly anticipated debut album 'Channel Orange', which is set to drop July 17th. Cannot wait for this, and cannot wait to hear the André 3000-featuring 'Pink Matter'.

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Lianne La Havas announces full UK tour

Along with the news that her highly anticipated debut album 'Is Your Love Big Enough?' is set for release on July 9th, the wonderful Lianne La Havas has now announced an extensive tour of the UK, which will take place throughout October. The young singer/songwriter has gained a wide array of fans over the past 12 months, so you can expect 13 date tour to sell out fast - check the dates after the jump and get your tickets through a special pre-sale offer HERE.

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Ed Sheeran scores highest ever charting debut album by a UK male artist in the official US Chart

After rocketing straight to No.1 on the iTunes chart when his album dropped last weekend in America, it has now been announced that '+' has gone in at #5 on the official chart, which is the highest ever debut entry in US Chart for a UK male solo artist. The records just keep flooding in. For those Americans who haven't got the album, pick up your copy HERE.

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Calvin Harris & Example claim highest new entry in this week's Cool Cuts Chart with 'We'll Be Coming Back'

Following on from the world premiere's of the original and two massive remixes (KillSonik & Jacob Plant) over the past couple of weeks, Calvin Harris & Example have shot straight in at #3 on this week's Cool Cuts Chart with 'We'll Be Coming Back', which is the highest new entry. The Progressive House anthem slots in behind Florence & The Machine's 'Spectrum' & 'Finale' by Madeon - 'Spectrum' is currently sitting at #1 on the UK’s leading tastemaker dance chart, which is compiled from reactions by tastemaker DJs and the Cool Cuts panel, now in it's 24th year. Check out the full chart after the jump, which features other new entries from Paul van Dyk, Hervé, Chucki, Avicii & more.

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Mikill Pane - The Campane Tour

After just finishing a very successful Rizzle Kicks tour as the main support act, Mikill Pane has this week announced his first ever (mini) UK tour, which will see the wordsmith play 3 shows, in London, Manchester & Birmingham. The tour will kick off on September 26th @ XOYO, London and tickets go on sale HERE this Friday (July 15th). If you fancy seeing him at a festival, then you can catch him at Wireless in London on July 7th or Wakestock on July 8th. Check out the dates after the jump.

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