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News Bites: 16th February 2010

Let's hope more happens than yesterday, viewers.

Sometimes news is news, but isn't news. This, and other such nonsensical editorial discussions has brought us to News Bites - the daily article where we direct you to the stories we can't (or can't be bothered) to scrape together enough words from to form an article.

This page will be updated throughout the day with anything 'happening', so keep coming back. Please? We'll beg if we have to.

15:09 Packaging watch! This is the new box set of Duke Special's new albums. Don't ask, he needs three apparently, greedy bugger. They're very pretty, though.



14:21 She & Him are playing Koko on Friday 7th May, apparently. You can buy tickets here

13:40 Gold Panda news! Someone start 'the blogs'!

12:03 News roundup!

Voting Opens For The Camden Crawl’s Emerging Talent Awards
Grandaddy, Earlimart Members Combine To Form New Group
Kings Of Leon Take On Hyde Park For Biggest Ever UK Headline Show
Sasquatch! 2010 Reveals Pretty Amazing Line Up
Bright Eyes Previews New Tracks From EP Re-Release
Peter (Not Bjorn Or John) To Prep New Solo Record
Beach House Plot Special Record Store Day EP
Rage Against The Machine Sign Up For Download 2010

09:57 Kings Of Leon are playing a big gig in Hyde Park. Tickets are nearly £50. 'Blimey'.

08:33 Phew, blimey! Plenty of news queued up to bring you through the day. Here's the first couple:

Put Your Boots On: Little Boots North American Tour Dates
Morrissey Wants You! Contributes Track To Latino Census Compilation

07:42 From Pitchfork...

"Claire Evans, one half of YACHT, also writes a science blog called Universe. And on March 21, she and astrophysicist/The Five Ages of the Universe author Fred C. Adams will speak at New York's Rubin Museum of Art as part of a lecture series called Brain Wave. Together, they'll address "Is There Life Out There? A fundamental question about the universe," which sounds pretty ambitious."

Blimey. Maybe she'll use an episode of V as evidence. We would.

07:26 Florence singer reveals she'd 'like to work with Thom Yorke'. I'd like to play in a midfield with Zidane, Ronaldo and Giggs. Not going to happen, is it? [NME]