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Mark Ronson vs Duran Duran at Smirnoff Experience

Duran Duran and Mark Ronson Make Unique Musical History, at Smirnoff Experience Paris Event July 3rd 2008 – Last night, La Cigale in Paris hosted the third global Smirnoff Experience event, showcasing a dream collaboration between Mark Ronson and Duran Duran, continuing the tradition of unique original performances. The event unveiled live performances of Ronson's reworkings of his favourite Duran Duran classics along with songs from their new album. Highlights included View to A Kill, Rio, Red Carpet Massacre, Planet Earth and Girls on Film, performed by the band together with Ronson. Earlier in the evening, Simon Le Bon provided guest vocals with Daniel Merriweather on Stop Me during Mark Ronson and the Version Players' set. The 1200-capacity invitation-only event attracted a star-studded crowd including, Eva Mendes, Philippe Starck, John Galliano, Ellen Von Unwerth, Santogold, Kenna, Tim Burgess, Yasmin Le Bon and Daisy Lowe. During the 90-minute performance the crowd enjoyed specially created versions of classic Duran Duran tracks. The collaboration came about when Smirnoff invited Ronson to bring his unique perspective to the Duran Duran catalogue, forming the centrepiece of this latest Smirnoff Experience event.

R.E.M. European Tour Kicks Off

After a quick eleven-day hiatus following their blistering tour of North America, R.E.M. will return to action in Amsterdam on July 2nd.  The band will play 46 dates from early July to October in a total of 22 countries. The following dates have been added to the tour with support coming from Brooklyn's We Are Scientists. Stay tuned early next week for ticket details:

September 11th: Saku Tallinn Arena, Tallinn, Estonia
September 12th: Arena, Riga, Latvia
September 14th: Siemens Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania
September 26th: Palamalaguti Arena, Bologna, Italy
September 27th: Palaolimpico, Torino, Italy
September 30th: Plaza de Toros de Murcia, Murcia, Spain

If you haven't stopped by the Setlists page, be sure to have a look at the songs the band has been playing during their current tour.   Great stuff and who knows what the Summer holds? For all of your tour needs, please stay tuned to both the Tour Site and the Live page at remhq.com.

Zoot Woman Live Concert Now On Sly-Fi

What a week! Only a couple of days after we posted the breathtaking full length live show from José González on Sly-Fi, we're happy to be featuring an another amazing concert broadcast. This is  Hobnox exclusive set of five songs of the Zoot Woman live concert filmed at Berlin's Postbahnhof.

Jose Gonzales LIVE in Berlin @ Sly-Fi full, one hour concert!!

What are you doing in a hot summer night? Melting in your flat? Doing nothing? Let us invite you to a Jose Gonzales concert! Yes for real, right here and right now in your fave APC. The Hobnox Team just beeped us about this awesome release and we can't be thankful enuff for them! You guys rock!
Get yourselves some cold drinks, call your mates and turn up the volume.

Lads and Gents, pls welcome Jose Gonzales!!!
Lean back, change into 'Full screen' mode and enjoy.

WEBSTER HALL & GBH PRESENT...

You simply can't miss this one, if you are in the NYC are tomorrow!
Be there or...

Zoot Woman Summer Dates & Festivals

The band behind one of our fave songs in 2007 just announced it's summer dates. Here are the places where you can catch them live. To celebrate this in style we got the We Won't Break video. It's still amazing isn't it.

SIREN Music Festival

The Village Voice, the nation’s largest alternative weekly newspaper, is excited to announce the addition of ISLANDS and RA RA RIOT to the line-up for the 8th Annual Village Voice SIREN MUSIC FESTIVAL™ at Coney Island on Saturday, July 19, 2008 from 12:00 noon – 9pm. ISLANDS and RA RA RIOT join scheduled performers STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS, BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE, THE HELIO SEQUENCE, BEACH HOUSE, TIMES NEW VIKING, JAGUAR LOVE, THE DODOS, ANNUALS, FILM SCHOOL, PARTS & LABOR, DRAGONS OF ZYNTH, THESE ARE POWERS and DJs spinning throughout the day.

Sound Went Out at the Iron Maiden Show in NYC, the band played soccer on stage to entertain the crowd

What happens when an error hits in a heavy metal concert? Like the sound goes out. The band and the crowd breaks everything into small pieces and start a fight with the guards? Not in an Iron Maiden concert. They play football (soccer) on stage to entertain the crowd. Look  what happened in NYC 2 das ago. We have two videos.

the ORB + Flying White Dots LIVE in May 2nd

Yes it's true, the Orb and Flying White Dots in one night. The dream gig will happen in Brighton the Concorde, Friday May 2nd. Be there if you can!!!
Here is a little taster after the jump.

Leningrad Cowboys & Red Russian Army Choir LIVE

You never forget the first time when you see/saw the Leningrad Cowboys [wiki] live. Their concerts were the most fun events where the Soviet Red Russian Army showed up ;) If you dunno what the heck it we are talking about, just watch the videos after the jump, and you will never forget it ;)

The Pitch of the Stitch

This will be the cutest exhibition ever! Incredibly detailed electronics plushies :) Noted sewist Blythe Church will be showing off these intricate plush boom boxes, complete with huggable batteries, at Argyle Fine Art in Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 11th through 27th, along with other plush electronics of her own creation. via Boing Boing

Duffy: Mercy LIVE @ Culture Show

The No.1 singer performs Mercy and talks about her quick rise to fame.

Mash-Up Your Bootz Party @ Berlin this Saturday

make sure to be there if you are in the area!!

Mash-Up Your Bootz Party
website
party sampler [.rar file]

This Saturday FABRIC with Ricardo Villalobos

This Saturday Ricardo Villalobos will be back to room one of fabric. They will also have a live performance by Akiko Kiyama in her fabric debut.The club will be open till 9am too. Here’s the full lineup for the night and a video to sample the vibe. Be there!!! Ricardo Villalobos mixed the amazing Fabric 36 get it for warmup;)

2008 WMC Gig Guide

Everyone who has something to do with electronic/dance/club music  will be in Miami next week at the Winter Music Conference. The even is huge and many things will happen simultaneously. The xlr8r has a gig guide to help you to find the best gigs.

Lou Reed & Moby: Walk on the Wild Side LIVE @ the SXSW/ FADER Fort

everybody knows these two
everybody knows the song too

Monday Kick Motörhead: Ace of Spades / Barbie Version

Monday Kick.
A happy, positive craziness which helps to start an another week.

This week we have one of the best Ace of Spades video ever. This time the Motörhead's classic performed live by the Incredible Singing Dolls. How sweet is it ;)

wansmaak woensdag Aranjuez Guitar Quartet: Simpsons theme

This video bellow is the best example, that not everything is art, what looks like art. Even it the idea is kool, and even if the guys looks seriously artistic, and even if you play it without sound they look like the Gypsy Kings its still ... dunno The perfect outro for the wansmaak woensdag. This was fun, we hope you had guilty pleasures. Maybe we will do it again. Send us bad tasted, weird music stuffz. If every Wednesday would be wansmaak woensdag, the world would be a happier place. Lets try this ;)

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