The events will take place April 9th thru 12th.

Each will be held at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Confirmed acts include:

MUSE
PAUL WELLER
STEVE CRADOCK
THE FRATELLIS
DUFFY
NOEL FIELDING

Further info can be found here.

MP3: Muse – Time Is Running Out

NME reports: *The Gossip’s Beth Ditto, The Enemy, Paul Weller and Bloc Party have joined together to release a charity single. The track, which is being recorded by Kate Nash’s producer Paul Ephworth is in aid of homeless charity Crisis. The song is being recorded in the style of the party game ‘Consequneces’. In the same way the game involved writing a story without seeing the sentence before each part of the song – drums, bass, guitars and vocals – are being done one day at a time. Epworth told NME: “Basically the drummers are recording on Monday then the bassists come in on Tuesday and so on. Then finally Beth records her vocals on top at the end.”

The track will also feature New Young Pony Club, Graham Coxon, Supergrass and The Smiths’ Andy Rourke. Epworth has worked with Supergrass’s Danny Goffey and Gaz Coombes to ensure the blind sessions don’t hit a brock wall. Goffey said: “It’s quite a musical challenge, you know – can it be done? No real lyrics have been written yet either. It’s a bit all over the shop to be honest!”*

MP3: Bloc Party – Positive Tension (Live @ Coachella) (via BP.net)

Via Uncut: *Paul Weller and Graham Coxon are to release their first collaborations in July.

“This Old Town”, “Each New Morning” and “Black River” will be available as a download from July 2. A seven-inch single version is due on July 30, but you’ll have to move fast, since there’ll be only 5,000 copies to go round. Rumours continue to grow that Coxon will imminently be rejoining Blur. But while Damon Albarn concentrates on his Chinese Opera, Monkey, Coxon appears to have slipped over to the camp of their old enemies. Not only is Weller a close ally of Oasis, but drums are played on “This Old Town” by Zak Starkey, last seen backing up the Gallaghers.

Coxon, though, is an old mod. “As a long time admirer of Paul I never dared imagine getting a chance to work with him,” he says. “I was bricking it when we first met… but he is an absolute gent and a shockingly great singer and musician. It’s been a total pleasure.” Weller is equally lavish in his praise. “I’ve always been a big fan of Graham’s,” he says, “and love his work, so it was exciting for me to work on something new with him.” “This Old Town” is written by the pair of them, while “Each New Morning” is a Coxon song and “Black River” is one of Weller’s own. All tracks were produced by the duo and engineered by Charles Rees.*

MP3: Graham Coxon – Freakin’ Out (live) (via All Over Me)