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We are pleased to be able to bring you some video footage of Mr Fogg's Fogg Shop, which opened in London before Christmas.

Mr Fogg has announced two live appearances in October.

First up, on October 9th the electronica maestro will perform at a Grapevine Magazine (http://www.grapevine.is) night at Grand Rokk in Reykjavik, Iceland, following recording sessions for a collaboration with Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds earlier in the week.

This will be followed by an appearance at Truck Festival's OX4 event in Oxford the following day, headlined by The Big Pink.  Tickets for this event, which takes place in 10 venues on Oxford's Cowley Road, are available from http://www.wegottickets.com/f/1077  

The details:

09/10/2009 -  Gogoyoko/Grapevine present an Iceland Airwaves edition of  Grapevine Grand Rock featuring Jeff Who?, Morðingjarnir, Feldberg & Mr. Fogg @ Grand Rokk venue

10/10/2009 - Truck / YMD! present OX4, featuring The Big Pink, DALEK and more.  Tickets £15 from http://www.wegottickets.com/f/1077   10am-3am

Patrick Wolf has announced very special guests Marc Almond and Alec Empire will join him on stage at London Palladium on November 15^th where he will perform the songs from his latest album, The Bachelor, and songs from his catalogue as they were originally intended to be heard with a live string section, and gospel choir. 

With great excitement, Patrick released the following comments on the announcement: 

"It is a total honour that I am able to duet with the legendary singer-songwriter, Marc Almond. To me, he is one of the most genius brave and passionate renaissance artists of the last three decades, a total inspiration. He has explored music from Russian folk to Gypsy to being a complete original electronic pop star in his work with Soft Cell.  I met Marc totally randomly last summer whilst finishing off "The Bachelor", he was moving into the house next door to mine and we bumped into each other on the street, me coming home with my groceries and him moving his furniture in. We hit it off immediately and he has since been a big support and encouragement to me over the last year. With Marc's amazing new album "Orpheus in Exile" just released and me closing "The Bachelor" album tour in the U.K at the Palladium, it seems perfect for our paths to cross now on-stage. We will be doing two songs together.. but time will tell what they may be. Hopefully one from each of our own songbooks. 

The other fantastic guest will be Alec Empire, flying in from Berlin, we are still preparing our collaboration on the night but it will definitely be a live continuation of the work we have done together over the last two years, representing our co-writes and production on "The Bachelor" and perhaps one of the forthcoming songs from my next album "The Conqueror" . To me, Alec is one of the seminal revolutionary beat makers and noise makers around and as always it blows my mind to think we are working together now, when I think back to sneaking in with a fake ID to the London Astoria to see Atari Teenage Riot play, aged 14." 

In what is sure to be an exceptional evening, The Palladium date will act as the perfect celebration for Patrick and the fans that have helped support the campaign. 

Tickets can be purchased from: 

www.livenation.co.uk 0844 576 5483 
www.seetickets.co.uk 0844 412 4657

 

www.patrickwolf.com

www.myspace.com/patrickwolfofficial

Bandstocks received a great review and placement in NME's future 50!

"There can be no more bemoaning your favourite band getting stiffed for cash by their label because Bandstocks.com allows you to chip in yourself. It's basically like a massive whip-round; anyone who signs up to the scheme funds their album by selling £10 shares to punters in exchange for a slice of future returns and lots of other fringe benefits. There'll be no speedboats bought off the back of sales from Patrick Wolf's side-stepping latest LP 'The Bachelor' but it's a case-in-point that the listener is getting more powerful than ever!"

Please visit the link below to visit their official website for more information: http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&p=6901&more=1&c=1

Check out the the video to Patrick Wolf's current single, "Hard Times". The single appears on The Bachelor - available from the Bandstocks shop HERE - but if your hunger for tunes from Patrick remains unsated then pick up a free remix of the track from Alex Empire over at RCRD LBL.

Having performed the closing night of his UK tour at the Electric Ballroom this evening, Patrick embarks on a US tour on Friday, kicking off in Seattle on June 5.

With Patrick Wolf's Bloody Chamber Music/Bandstocks released masterpiece released today (June 1), the music press has been scrambling to celebrate The Bachelor as a true modern pop triumph.

Coinciding with the news that Patrick successfully reached the £100K funding total that had been set, the record has been pronounced a resounding success the week after Observer journalist Miranda Sawyer proclaimed Wolf as "unlike any singer-songwriter around. More radical, more talented, more confounding, more ridiculous". Here are some further quotes from the popular press regarding the record:

"A whispered breath away from sheer perfection" Clash 9/10

"You honestly won't hear a better album this year..." Dazed And Confused

"14 shape shifting tracks coalescing into one epic psychodrama... the ballads swoop and soar like vintage Kate Bush... complex and beautiful" Q ****

"A heady, richly satisfying experience" Financial Times 5/5

"The most convincing Kate Bush album of the year turns out to be by a man... It's a ravishing production, and feels like a fresh start for a brilliant career" Uncut ****

"Sometimes movingly raw, elsewhere overly melodramatic. Wolf's ambition is impressive" Sunday Express 5*

"Original, imaginative" Time Out *****

"Richly textured electro-pop teems with flamboyance" The Observer Music Monthly ****

"An album that rushes over you like a waterfall, demanding awe" NME 7/10

"A brilliant victory for art over commerce" Attitude

"52 minutes of dark, emotionally guileless perfection" CMU

"...Patrick Wolf is unlike any singer-songwriter around. More radical, more talented, more confounding, more ridiculous." The Observer, Miranda Sawyer

6Music were also good enough to acknowledge Bandstocks and Patrick's album earlier today. For more click HERE.

As the first part of what is intended to be a two-part canon from Patrick, sign up to Bandstocks newsletter to keep abreast of all future news from The Lupine One.

Only a week after we revealed your opportunity to win the chance to receive a music lesson from the lupine pop maestro, now is your chance to catch Patrick Wolf backstage at one of his forthcoming UK dates.

Patrick will be giving a pre-set performance to small number of fans as he continues to tour the UK, with winners then able to meet up with the 24-year-old star after a few numbers.

To enter all you need to do is have a ticket for one of the upcoming gigs and to email pwsoundchecks@googlemail.com with the gig of your choice in the subject line to be in with a chance of winning.

Winners will be contacted the day before the shows, so be sure to leave contact details.

So, three dates in already, having performed at the Great Escape on Saturday, here are the forthcoming UK dates for Patrick and perhaps your chance to catch him give one of these intimate performances:

May
19 Oxford O2 Academy
20 Leeds Cockpit
22 Liverpool Alma De Cuba (Sound of City Fest)
23 Bristol Thekla (Dot To Dot Festival)
24 Nottingham Rescue Rooms (Dot To Dot Festival)
25 Birmingham O2 Academy
27 Norwich Waterfront
28 Sheffield Leadmill
29 Glasgow Classic Grand
31 Manchester Ritz

June
1 London Electric Ballroom

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You can still invest in The Bachelor by clicking HERE. The option now applies to overseas investors thanks to TWIN.

After the release of Wonderlands last week and stunning crowds up and down the country on his current UK tour, some more exciting news for you from the world of Jersey Budd.

Having wowed from a similar slot at the Royal Albert Hall a few months back, Budd has been announced as the main support act for Kasabian's forthcoming three-night sold out stint at Leicester venue Monfort Hall.

Further support comes from the Hours and will take place over May 29, 30 and 31.

This will be Jersey's first performance back in his hometown of Leicester since his triumphant sell out performance there last week.

You can still catch Budd on his current Wonderlands UK tour at the following dates, performing in Guildford this evening:

18 Guildford Boiler Rooms
19 London Hoxton Bar & Grill
20 Bath Moles
21 Cardiff Barfly

Tickets are available to book from here.

And remember you can still buy your copy of Wonderlands from the Bandstocks shop.