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Last Updated: 19th Jun

Juliet Turner Signs Deal (19th Jun)

Juliet Turner hassigned a deal with East West records which will see thelabel distributing her Burn The Black Suit albumthroughout the UK mainland from September. The label willalso be funding the recording of a follow-up later thisyear. Juliet recently played to a very receptive audience onthe Irish Post stage at the London Fleadh and will beappearing at the Guildford Festival on August 4th.
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Delirious - Audio Lessonover? (19th Jun)

It appears that promotional copies of the new Delirious album have begunto circulate. The CDs, marked "NOT FINAL VERSION" are titledAudio Lessonover? and feature thirteen tracks (plus ahidden extra), including recent single "Waiting For TheSummer". Our source said that the band "are unlikely to winnew fans with the album - not because it's no good, butbecause it's no radical departure from anything they've donebefore - a kind of 'Mezzamorphis/Glo' hybrid." The band haveyet to confirm details of the album launch.
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Delirious? Confirmation (21st Jun)

Furious Records have confirmed that the new Delirious album will becalled Audio Lessonover and tell us that it will bereleased on August 4th.
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Iona Cancel US Show (23rd Jun)

Iona have had to pull out ofthe stateside Cornerstone festival as a result of JoanneHogg's pregnancy. The band will still be playing atGreenbelt and will then begin work on a new album. They areconsidering the possibility of a US tour in 2003 but haverecently been dropped by their US distributors Forefront.
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Grassrootz Confirmation (23rd Jun)

The Grassrootz Festival has had to move venue once again asa result of the recent Foot and Mouth epidemic but willdefinitely be going ahead on Saturday July 21st and MabledonFarm in Tonbridge. The festival organisers will be appearingon the digital TV "God Channel" on Wednesday night to talkabout the event.
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Steve Lawson Returns to California (23rd Jun)

Steve Lawson isheading to California this weekend for the start of an 18day tour. He'll be recording much of the tour with a view topossibly using some of the material on his next album.Steve's also going to be playing a showcase show in Londonwith Andrew Bucktonnext month and has some more shows in France later in thesummer.
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Land Hit Number 1 (29th Jun)

Land have achieved theirthird consecutive number one in the US Import Chart with"Taking Jericho" from their Point Me To The Skiesalbum. The band have been on the chart, which is compiled byWITR-FM from Rochester, New York, more or less continuouslyfor the past two years.
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Ripcord's New Album (29th Jun)

Ripcord's second albumIcons Be Bygones is now available via mail order, atgigs and through Virgin Megastores in Oxford. The band saythat this new release is "vastly superior to its predecessorin terms of quality and production".
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