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On sale now Neil Diamond & Diana Ross

NEIL DIAMOND has added a new date at Wembley arena on Friday 27th June. Tickets are on sale now from Ticketmaster and Lastminute.com Music Tickets.

DIANA ROSS will perfom at the Echo Arena Liverpool on Saturday 12 July as part of the POPS 08. Tickets are on sale now from Ticketmaster and Lastminute.com Music Tickets.

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On sale Friday - R.E.M, Roger Waters, James Blunt, Westilfe, Mick Hucknall and much more

R.E.M.
If you missed the pre-sale this week, the general public sale for the stadium dates in Manchester, Cardiff, Southampton and Twickenham will take place on Friday 29 February at 9am at Ticketmaster and Lastminute.com Music Tickets.

ROGER WATERS
The co-founder of Pink Floyd will perform “The Dark Side Of The Moon” in its entirety for the last time in the Uk at these shows at the O2 Arena London (18 May) and the Echo Arena Liverpool (15 May).
Tickets on sale Friday at 9am from Ticketmaster and Stargreen (London date).

MICK HUCKNALL (Simply Red) - New Solo Album & Summer Tour
For the very first time Mick is stepping out from Simply Red, and has announced a new European Summer tour to support his eagerly anticipated debut solo studio LP ‘Tribute To Bobby’, released May 19th. The UK dates are as followed:
29 June Bristol, UK - Colston Hall / 30 June Wolverhampton, UK - Civic Hall
1 July Liverpool, UK - Summer Pops / 3 July Manchester, UK - Apollo
4 July Newcastle, UK - City Hall / 5 July Oxford, UK - New Theatre
7 July Leicester, UK - De Montfort Hall / 8 July Ipswich, UK - Regent
9 July London, UK - Indigo 02 Arena
Tickets on sale on Friday 29 February at 9am at Ticketmaster and Lastminute.com Music Tickets.

JAMES BLUNT
James Blunt
will perfom 5 gigs in October 2008 in Cardiff (3), Sheffield (4), Birmingham (7), Newcatle (13) and at the O2 Arena in London (14).
Ticket on sale Friday at Ticketmaster, Lastminute.com Music Tickets and Stargreen (London date).

WESTLIFE
The boys band continues to add new dates… Just announced a new date at Sheffield Arena (25 May) and one at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast (27 May).
The Sheffield date goes on sale Friday at Ticketmaster and Lastminute.com Music Tickets.
The Befast date on Saturday 9am at Ticketmaster.

BOYZONE
3 new dates have just been announced: 05 Jul - Romsey Broadlands (5 July), Bath The Recreation Ground (6 July) and York Castle Howard (12 july).
Tickets on sale on Friday 29 February at 9am at Ticketmaster and Lastminute.com Music Tickets.

POP IN THE PARK - GIRLS ALOUD - MCFLY
Pop in the Park will take place on Saturday 2 August (McFly) and on Sunday 3 August (Girls Aloud).
Tickets go on sale on Friday 22 February at 9am from Ticketmaster and Lastminute.com Music Tickets.

DEF LEPPARD & WHITESNAKE
The Rock bands have added 2 more dates to their joint tour in Cardiff (14 July) and Nottingham (17 July).
Tickets on sale on Friday 29 February at 9am at Ticketmaster and Lastminute.com Music Tickets.

CRAIG DAVID
Craig David will be playing a string of UK dates in June this year. The dates are:
13 June - Birmingham Alexandra Theatre / 14 June - Southampton Guildhall
16 June - Salford Lowry / 17 June - London Shepherds Bush Empire
Wednesday 18 June - Cambridge Corn Exchange
Tickets on sale on Friday 29 February at 9am at Ticketmaster.

For all these gigs, check also ticket agencies and box office to see where tickets might also be available.

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More presales - The Police & James Blunt

THE POLICE - LAST EVER UK PERFORMANCE
The Police, following their hugely successful world tour, are to headline the Hard Rock Calling festival in Hyde Park on Sunday 29th June.
This will be the last chance for UK fans to see the reunion tour. The tour will end in North America in August. The Police will be playing at Hard Rock Calling with special guests KT Tunstall and Starsailor, with more acts to be announced.

Tickets are on sale now - THE POLICE TICKETS

JAMES BLUNT
James Blunt has just announced his next UK tour for 2008. The dates are as followed:
03-Oct-08 - Cardiff International Arena
04-Oct-08 - Sheffield Arena
07-Oct-08 - Birmingham National Indoor Arena
13-Oct-08 - Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
14-Oct-08 - London The O2

Tickets go on sale Friday. A presale will be starting on Thursday 28 February from 9am - The link will be posted here on Face Value Ticket, so stay tuned… JAMES BLUNT PRESALE

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Festival News - Download, Oxegen, Isle of Wight

DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL
Jimmy Eat World, Chris Cornell, Korn frontman Jonathon Davis and 36 Crazy Fists have been added to the line-up of Download 2008. As previously reported, other acts include Kiss, lostprophets and The Offspring, plus a special appearance from Judas Priest! The festival takes place between 13-15 June.
Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster and Lastminute.com Music Tickets.

OXEGEN - R.E.M.
Not content with selling out the Royal Albert Hall in a matter of minutes, R.E.M. will headline the Oxegen Festival. They will also appear at T In The Park, and have announced some UK stadium shows as well, which go on sale this Friday (see R.E.M. presale).
Tickets are currently on sale at Ticketmaster.

GLASTONBURY
Register for Glastonbury 2008! And 2009! and 2010!
There’s just 17 days left to register for Glastonbury tickets. Headliners for 2008 are Kings Of Leon, Jay-Z and The Verve. And, if you register now, it counts for 3 years! Click the link for details. Glastonbury.

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R.E.M. and Roger Waters presales

R.E.M.
On The eve of releasing their eagerly anticipated new studio LP ‘Accelerate’, R.E.M have announced four outdoor summer stadium shows for August. Here are the dates and venues:
24 August - MANCHESTER Lancashire Country Cricket Club
25 August - CARDIFF Millennium Stadium
27 August - SOUTHAMPTON Rosebowl
30 August - TWICKENHAM Stadium

A presale will take place on Wednesday 27 February at 9am - R.E.M presale

ROGER WATERS
Roger Waters co-founder and principal songwriter of the archetypal progressive rock band Pink Floyd, will perform “The Dark Side Of The Moon,” in its entirety for the last time in the Uk at these shows, as he did to standing ovations throughout the world.
15 May - LIVERPOOL ECHO ARENA
18 May - LONDON THE O2 ARENA

The presale will also starts at 9am on Wednesday 27 February - Roger Waters presale

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Concert for Teenage Cancer Trust

Noel Fielding plus guests on Wednesday 9 April, Paul Weller & Steve Cradock plus special guest Duffy on Thursday 10 April, The Fratellis plus guests on Friday 11 April and Muse plus guests on Saturday 12 April will headline the 8th annual Teenage Cancer Trust gigs at the Royal Albert Hall. It’s a great event for a great cause !

Tickets go on sale on Friday 22 February at 10am from Ticketmaster and Royal Albert Hall.

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On sale Friday - Girls Aloud, McFly, Wireless festival, The Charlatans and more…

WIRELESS FESTIVAL
Counting Crows, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals and Powderfinger will perfom on Sunday 6 July 2008 at Hyde Park London.
*) A presale is currently on - WIRELESS FESTIVAL PRESALE
*) Tickets go on sale on Friday 22 February at 9am from Ticketmaster and Lastminute.com Music Tickets.

POP IN THE PARK - GIRLS ALOUD - MCFLY
Pop in the Park will take place on Saturday 2 August (McFly) and on Sunday 3 August (Girls Aloud).
*) Tickets go on sale on Friday 22 February at 9am from Ticketmaster and Lastminute.com Music Tickets.

THE CHARLATANS
The Charlatans will be touring in May 2008 with 12 dates accross the UK.
*) Tickets go on sale on Friday 22 February at 9am from Ticketmaster.

THE ZUTONS
The Zutons have announced a forest tour in June 2008 with 7 gigs.
*) Tickets go on sale on Friday 22 February at 9am from Ticketmaster and Lastminute.com Music Tickets.

DOLLY PARTON
Due to phenomenal deman, Dolly Parton has added a second Belfast date on Wednesday 25 June 2008.
*) Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday at 9am from Ticketmaster.

YOUSSOU N’DOUR
Youssou N’dour will perfom at the Indigo2 (O2 Arena) in London on Tuesday 1 April 2008.
*) Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday at 9am from Ticketmaster.

For all these gigs, check also ticket agencies and box office to see where tickets might also be available.

And don’t forget, avoid the touts, buy your concert tickets at face value !

T in the Park, Paul Weller and Pete Doherty on sale this Saturday

T IN THE PARK
T In The Park 2008 (11-13 July) is back. So far R.E.M., Rage Against The Machine, The Verve and Kings of Leon have been announced.

Tickets go on sale Saturday 16 February 9am from Ticketmaster and Lastminute.com Music Tickets.

PAUL WELLER
Paul Weller has announced a new tour with 12 dates accross the UK. The dates are as followed:
05 May - Halifax Victoria Theatre
06 May - Stoke Victoria Hall
08 May - Blackpool Empress Ballroom
09 May - Middlesbrough Town Hall
11 May - Doncaster Dome
12 May - Derby Assembly Rooms
14 May - Motherwell Concert Hall
15 May - Dundee Caird Hall
17 May - Bournemouth Opera House
18 May - Bristol Colston Hall
19 May - Leicester De Montfort Hall
21 May - London Hammersmith Apollo

Tickets go on sale Saturday 16 February 9am from Ticketmaster and Lastminute.com Music Tickets.

PETE DOHERTY
Peter Doherty will be playing a special gig at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 26 April.

Tickets go on sale Saturday 16 February 9am from Ticketmaster.

For all these gigs, check also ticket agencies and box office to see where tickets might also be available.

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George Benson presale

The mighty George Benson will be touring the UK in 2008. Not to be missed.

PRESALE
-) Bournemouth, London & Birmingham dates - GEORGE BENSON PRESALE
-) Edinburgh - GEORGE BENSON PRESALE

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UK festivals - the latest news

O2 WIRELESS FESTIVAL
Norman Cook, A.K.A. Fatboy Slim, will take to the Main Stage on the Saturday night of London’s O2 Wireless Festival 2008 (July 5). Also announced: Underworld and Bootsy Collins.

Tickets go on sale on Monday 18 February, however a presale is currently on… O2 WIRELESS PRESALE

DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL
More names have been added to this year Downlaod Festival: Incubus, Alter Bridge, Children Of Bodom, Disturbed, In Flames and Coheed & Cambria are set to play the festival in June.

Tickets are on sale now from Ticketmaster and Lastminute.com Music Tickets.

GLASTONBURY
Registration for tickets for this year’s Glastonbury Festival is now open - but don’t panic: the deadline has been extended to March 14. Headliners for 2008 are Kings Of Leon, Jay-Z and The Verve. Click the following link for details on how to apply - Glastonbury tickets.

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