Jun 22

Primavera Sound Festival 2012 at Barcelona, Spain

A stunning set of images of the latest edition of the international music festival Primavera Sound held in Barcelona is now available at our site www.lebrecht.co.uk.

This exciting event took place during the first weekend of June and our photographers managed to capture the likes of Franz Ferdinand, The Drums, Veronica Falls, Baxter Dury, Beirut, Kings Of Convenience, Yann Tiersen, Justice, The Rapture, The XX, Marianne Faithfull, the legendary The Cure, and Brit Awards winner Laura Marling among many others.


Festival field at Primavera Sound 2012.
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Robert Smith of The Cure.
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Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy of Franz Ferdinand.
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Baxter Dury.
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Sep 26

Pinks Floyd’s famous flying pig floats over London’s Battersea Power Station

Pink Floyd’s famous inflatable flying pig has floated over Battersea Power Station in London, almost 35 years after the original cover shoot for the band’s album, Animals. The stunt was organised to celebrate the band’s back catalogue being reissued.

Pink Floyd guitarist, David Gilmour, wearing a pig T-shirt in 1976

For more images of Pink Floyd, search online at www.lebrecht.co.uk.

Jul 25

Early pictures of Amy Winehouse, British singer-songwriter, 14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011

Lebrecht Music & Arts has a selection of images of Amy Winehouse, who died at a tragically young age over the weekend. As well as our performance shots, a Lebrecht photographer also captured early portraits of the singer in October 2003, around the time she released her debut album, ‘Frank’. To see a full selection, please visit www.lebrecht.co.uk.

Feb 29

Rock and Indie Music News from Lebrecht – February 2008

We are proud to announce at Lebrecht Music & Arts that we now represent a London based collection of live music pictures called Dosfotos. With this new representation we can offer a wider selection of high quality rock, indie, pop and dance music pictures, as well as pictures of DJs, clubs and festivals.

Hot Chip at the Wild in the Country festival, Hertfordshire, 2007. (Dosfotos)Andy C DJing at The End, London, 2007. (Dosfotos)Scissor Sisters performing at the XII Festival Internacional de Benicassim, Spain, July 2006.

Gigs this month:

NME Big Gig with Block Party, Kaiser Chiefs, The Cribs, Manic Street Preachers and Klaxons at the O2 Arena, London, 28 February 2008.

Kele Okereke from Bloc Party (Dosfotos)

Gigs coming up next month: 

Goldfrapp play at Union Chapel, London, 4 March 2008.

Goldfrapp (Tony Bartolo)

Nov 16

November Rock & Indie News

To view the complete newsletter please go here.

Gigs December 2007/January 2008:

Icelandic music group MúmThe ViewPaul Mullen

  • Amy Winehouse begins her sell out UK tour.
  • The Magic Numbers play a one-off show at The Royal Festival Hall, 5 December 2007.
  • Experimental Icelandic music group Múm will be playing gigs in December.
  • Scottish indie band The View’s UK headline tour begins 2 December 2007.
  • British Sea Power are due to play venues around the UK in January 2008.

Other music news:

  • Paul Mullen, former member of the band YourCodeNameIs:Milo, has now joined The Automatic.
Oct 01

October Rock & Indie Music News

(click here to see the Newsletter in our website)
BBC Electric Proms 2007-
Jamie Cullum will be performing with Soil & Pimp Sessions, 25th October at the Roundhouse.

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Also performing at the Roundhouse on 26th October are the Kaiser Chiefs, who will be collaborating with music producer David Arnold.
 

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Siouxsie Sioux will perform at the Electric Ballroom, 24th October.

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Led Zeppelin -
The band begin their UK tour on the 3rd November in Manchester and will be performing at the London 02 Arena on the 17th & 18th November.
 

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The Foo Fighters -
The band has announced a single reunion concert at the London 02 Arena on 26th November. Singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page & bassist John Paul Jones will reunite on stage to pay tribute to the late Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlantic Records.

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(For more pictures, or to order high res, go to www.lebrecht.co.uk).