Blossoms added to star-studded NOS Alive line-upJanuary 21, 2017 - 15:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Blossoms have announced they have been added to the bill at this year’s NOS Alive line-up, NME reports. The band posted their addition to the Portuguese festival on Facebook, where they will perform on Thursday, July 6. The Stockport five-piece join the likes of Foo Fighters, The xx and The Weeknd in heading up the NOS Alive bill for its 2017 event. Other acts on the bill include Depeche Mode, Wild Beasts, Phoenix, The Kills, Warpaint, and Alt-J. NOS Alive will run from July 6-8. For tickets and more information about the festival, visit here. Last year’s edition of the Portuguese festival saw performances from Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Pixies, Chemical Brothers, Biffy Clyro, Wolf Alice and many more. Blossoms are also headlining the VO5 NME Awards Tour 2017. The Stockport band will play their biggest shows to date on the tour in March, including a London show at the iconic Roundhouse. Hotly-tipped newcomers Cabbage will provide main support on the dates, which kick off in Keele on March 16. Indie-pop prodigy Rory Wynne will open for both bands at the gigs. After the opening night, the annual tour will then stop off at Liverpool, Brighton, Lincoln, Exeter, London, Bristol, Cardiff, Norwich, Birmingham, Leeds and Newcastle. It will conclude in Glasgow on April 1. Tickets for the gigs are on sale now and some dates are already sold out. Remaining tickets are available from here. The group are already working on their second record and frontman Tom Ogden has said he has penned a track that he thinks needs a female vocalist. “I already have little song ideas where I think it would sound good as a call and response with a female singer,” he added. “But I’m sure Taylor Swift is not up for it. Maybe you could put in a word for us.” Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |