[News] RockNess Festival Announced. Biffy Clyro, Deadmau5, Mumford & Sons to Headline

Scotland's RockNess festival has announced their initial line-up and it's an interesting mix. They've managed to get Scotland's very own Biffy Clyro to headline along with Deadmau5 and folk heroes Mumford & Sons. As well as the headliners a few others have been announced. Azealia Banks, Ed Sheeran, Justice, Metronomy and TEED also make up some of the bill. See above for everyone announced so far. 

The festival will take place in Loch Ness in the highlands on the weekend of June 8th -June 10th. Tickets are on sale now.

[Watch] Biffy Clyro Debut New Track Live @ Milton Keynes Bowl

As we mentioned earlier in the Foo Fighters write up of the Milton Keynes Saturday Show, Biffy Clyro put on a show to be remembered for a long time to come. One hours worth of onslaught came from the Scots but as Simon Neil put it, we also got a nice little "surprise". The band played a brand new, previously unheard track to the 70,000 onlookers, no name was given for it just that it was a surprise. Live it sounded a lot heavier than the videos do it justice, but for you guys who can't wait for some better quality new material from them check out the fan shot video up at the top. As we've mentioned before Biffy have a lot of material ready for a new album it's just a case of getting them recorded. Expect news later in the year on the new album.

Biffy Clyro will headline Saturday Night this coming weekend at Sonisphere. It promises to be a goodie so get yourself to Knebworth would be my advice.

[Watch] Biffy Clyro - Live at Glastonbury 2011

Biffy Clyro have risen through the ranks of festivals for the past 7+ years and this year they played a set at Glastonbury on Friday evening playing a few older tracks but mostly tracks from their latest two albums Only Revolutions and Puzzle. You can check out the majority of their set right here on SKoA. Up at the top you can watch "God and Satan" with more tracks after the jump including, "57", "Shock Shock" and "Living Is A Problem Because Everyone Dies". 

Biffy will continue their domination of the live circuit next weekend when supporting Foo Fighters at both of their huge Milton Keynes Bowl shows. It's gonna be good!

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[News] Biffy Clyro Have '20 Songs' Ready For New Album

In March we got news that Biffy Clyro were to start work on their follow up to the great album, Only Revolutions. At the weekend whilst picking up the  at the Kerrang! awards the boys had a chat with the BBC and Simon Neil said that the band:

 "know what kind of album we're going to make. We know how it's going to play out, the structure of it. It's just a case of getting it done. We're champing at the bit." said Niel, going on to add "Bands have to keep moving forward. Any band that sits for a few years not writing songs is in trouble."

Let's get excited for a great band creating the album they want after a summer of huge shows. The band have just finished up touring the states with Foo Fighters and Motorhead and are set to play with Foo's again in just a few weekends time at Milton Keynes Bowl. Along with performances at Sonisphere and Glastonbury. To say I'm excited to be seeing two out of three of these shows would be an understatement. If you've not got a copy of Only Revolutions yet for some crazy reason, head on over here to cop it.

[Watch] Biffy Clyro - "Golden Rule" Live at Wembley Clip

Biffy Clyro have been teasing us like something rotten these past few months with teases of live clips from their headline set at Wembley Arena last December. The teases are obviously purposeful and leading up the the release of their Revolutions // Live At Wembley - which will be 90 minutes of ear peircingly good live music spannign hits from their vast back catalogue. Including a personal favourite "Glitter and Trauma". Until the release on June 27th though this clip will have to suffice. It's the largest we've had so far from the band and sees the climax of "Golden Rule" being performed while the band run around wild and toppless (obviously) at Wembley.

The iTunes release of the DVD will also feature the full audio from the Wembley show, audio tracks from their T in The Park set and a digital booklet. Roll on June 27th! Thanks to Gigwise for the awesome video. Let's hope more longer clips become available for us to indulge in asap.

[News] Glastonbury 2011 Line-up Revealed

It's almost Festival season which is my favourite time of year. Who doesn't love a weekend in some fields somewhere in some country with a bunch of friends maybe a few drinks and the key ingredient, good music. Glastonbury has always been a landmark in the calendar for any festival goer and this year the rumours had been rife for months about the headliners and confirmation came months ago. Yesterday however the announcement of a crazy number of bands playing across the weekend at Worthy Farm were released. You can see them all in the poster above. Being Glastonbury their will be god knows how many more still left to be announced but to whet the appetite just a little the likes of QOTSA,  The Chemical Brothers, Lykke Li, Biffy Clyro, Crystal Castles, Gruff Rhys, U2, Coldplay, Beyonce, Tame Impala, Yuck, The Vaccines and Warpaint just to name a handful.

To get a grasp on the days the bands are playing and a better feel of how the weekend will unfold, head on over to the official Glastonbury site. The size of this festival is unfathomable and the bands that have graced its iconic Pyramid stage will go down in. If you ever get a chance to go to this festival in your lifetime. It needs to be done.

[Watch] Biffy Clyro - "Many of Horror" (Live at Wembley Video)

We originally got a video for this song last year but with all the promo Biffy Clyro are currently doing over in the States for their tour with Cage The Elephant, and not to mention with the Foo Fighters, both in the UK and US, the band/label have offered up a new look at the track from the perspective of a live performance at Wembley Arena (not a live track recording mind).

If you are yet to witness the greatness of Biffy Clyro live you should try to catch them sooner rather than later! They put their bodies on the line every night and are a gripping watch. Last time I saw them I had one of the most memorable nights of my life and that's saying something! Check it out over here.

[Watch] Biffy Clyro - "Many of Horror" x "Who's Got A Match?" Live on Carson Daly

This makes me extremely happy, Biffy Clyro last night made their American TV debut and not only that they played two tracks to the people watching the show. They played "Many Of Horror" from their beautiful album Only Revolutions and then they followed it up with "Who's Got A Match?" from their equally great album Puzzle. Seriously chances are if you're on the other side of the ocean aka America you may not be familier with these Scottish rockers. They deliver live day in day out and put on a ferocious live show. They'll also be supporting Foo Fighters accross their upcoming tour in the coming months, so if you like what you hear and see, grab your chance to see them live now! They have the power and sound to fill the arenas just like Foo's, trust me. Big happy hat tip to Audio Perv for making my day with these videos.

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