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Gig of the year so far ? . . .

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Scott Johnson was sadly killed when staging collapsed at a Radiohead Gig in Toronto.

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Cribs in Bloom video stream…

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Legendary US punk band The QUEERS come to Doncaster!

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Grinderman are set to release ‘Grinderman 2 RMX’ on March 26th through Mute Records.

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Charity gig at The Hallcross to celebrate the life of Guy Hunter.

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Calling all singers, musicians and generally odd people of DBR…

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Over there on the forum we have many a pointless conversation but now and again there are moments worth sharing…

TRYALS

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Sit back and enjoy the ride… and wear a helmet.

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Thankfully though it appears that both venues will be back before Christmas.

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You want orchestral guitars? You want feedback drenched lyrics of loss and loneliness, all buried in a beautiful mess of feedback? Well good, because that’s what you’re going to get.

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October Listings for Vintage Rockbar Doncaster

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A few weeks back, the briefing event was held in Leeds with UKT&I, SXSW, MIDEM and Great Escape reps was rammed with 200 delegates. Rest assured we are hard at it trying to ensure there is enough support and funding in place for 2012.

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REM Break up – comments from the band members

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Two of the UK’s music industry development agencies, Generator, from the north east and, Higher Rhythm, from Yorkshire, are joining forces to bring the UK’s only industry accredited music business course to the Yorkshire Region

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3rd, 4th September 2011 saw Doncaster Live festival return for another two days of free live entertainment

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3rd, 4th September 2011 saw Doncaster Live festival return for another two days of free live entertainment

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Expected dates: Nov 1 : Bath Komedia, Nov 2 : Cambridge Junction, Nov 3 : Hatfield Forum…

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Girl Spit return with new song on offer . . .

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Arctic Monkeys make a glorious return to Sheffield. Jamie Bubb caught up with the action centre stage.

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Moon Room Club returns for June…

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New music night at the Salutation Doncaster…

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In fear of Oline – reviewed by Richard Cook

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Toad Brewery looking for bands for their town centre bar

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Justin Townes Earle in conversation and in session…

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Justion Townes Earle brings his show to the UK…

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A corner of Barnsley Counter Culture.

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The first in a series of short films has premiered on PJ Harvey’s official web-site…

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93MMFTS are in a giving kind of mood…

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J*R return, new sounds from Slow Pines and the amazing Girl Spit…

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Full line up here.

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Doncaster Live latest line-up announced !

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Destroy Before Reading Summer Party! We’re gonna party like it’s 1999 with Bunny!! Also featuring are the brand new band from Rob Tinsley – Cheap Spirits!! Sure fire hit !!

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Doncaster events for Summer 2010!

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Paloma Faith Live review from Sheffield O2.

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Tramlines lineup announced…

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Stuart Cable, the original drummer with the Stereophonics has been found dead today at his home in Wales.

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Dinosaur jr review by Rob Che… Live in Leeds…

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Live review… ICe, Sea, Dead people by Ruth Offord…

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Get PLUGGED-IN! Plugged In Yorkshire is go . . .

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Glastonbury 2010 news – Billy Bragg and Pixies confirm? PLUS! Free Pixies live ep.

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See the early lineup details…

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Music Yorkshire go global with Yorkshire music for 2010… Check here to see which Yorkshire bands are heading over to the festival.

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Hammer No More The Fingers | Inhaler Records bring the boys over to the UK for some tour fun with label mates Above Them.

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The latest, and considerably overdue, offering from Damon Albarn’s comic creations ‘Gorillaz’ – Listen HERE!

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Firewall of Sound trailer update…

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So here we go with the THE BEST OF THE BEST OF 2009 (in the world… EVER!)… We’ve been discussing this on the forum since December began but we’d love your opinions too. The DbR Awards will take place in the New Year with the best Doncaster band having a full feature and a mystery [...]

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On Saturday evening, The Cribs played The Dome in Doncaster promoting their, ironically titled, Ignore the Ignorant album. Support bands for the tour were chosen by the band and on Saturday night featured Los Campesinos and 70s punk icons The Slits. Support bands with touring bands are often just label-mate-contractually-obliged pairings rather than considered partnerships; [...]

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Andy Cook is known to many around the South Yorkshire area as a stalwart gig-goer and champion of independent music. However, he also takes the odd photo… Over the last year or so these ‘odd photos’ have been evolving into something else altogether… From the early days of the odd flacid pic of Doncaster bands [...]

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Flood benefit show 2009

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Stickers and CDs arrive !

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Battle of the bands kicks off !

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Gig details . . .

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Those enthusiastic bright bods at Higher Rhythm in Doncaster have yet another plan to assist bands in making a living from playing music. If you are in a band and serious about making a living from music then they have a program that should interest you. For many years Higher Rhythm have been at the [...]

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SINE FM is GO ! launch info from destroy_robot !

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The Newway to get your music heard on commercial radio ! DO IT!

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Untimely death of Pete WIlliams.

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Following on from the DIY or Die post, it seems ironic that today saw the sad news that the most stubbornly independent rock an label our generation make this announcement: “It is with great sadness that we are reporting some major changes here at Touch and Go Records. Many of you may not be aware, [...]

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Sad news from LA. Lux Interior dies. Post features video footage of the man in action.

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Doncaster’s Circuit records under review.

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Doncaster’s Sine FM under review.

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Yorkshire’s Inhaler Records.

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Doncaster’s Higher Rhythm, recording studio, teaching facility and home of Sine FM.

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Arguably Doncaster most exciting studio of recent year sadly shuts its doors.

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Read about the Jukebox here…

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Here at Destroy before Reading are very excited to be building a library of live sessions of local (and not so local) bands. Often in association with Higher Rhythm Studios, the sessions are a unique snapshot of bands in session, playing live.

Click the images to view the posts about the videos and see the footage from the day.