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Die Die Die are touring to support their debut album this month, but their label's site says "apologies to Gisbourne but the show got cancelled as the venue thought the band’s name was inappropriate for a gig with the recent stabbings in the area(!)"


The Mercury Prize has just been announced - the Kaiser Chiefs were hotly tipped , but the award went to Antony and the Johnsons.
"Led by New York-based singer Antony Hegarty, they beat acts including Coldplay, favourites Kaiser Chiefs and hip-hop artist MIA. The £20,000 award is for the best album of the year by a British or Irish act. "I think they must have made a mistake," Chichester-born Hegarty said. "I am completely overwhelmed. I think that's insane."
There was some minor controversy when he was nominated, as he hasn't lived in the UK for 22 years. Hang on, hear that? It's the sound of a backlash blowing in, right about now.


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FFD Chart Watch - last week they were at #13, this week #18. Shihad have a new video doing the rounds, but still no sign of their album returning to the top 40.

ADDED: Ah, the sad stuff you see floating round the internets....
"The leading cause of personal bankruptcy in the United States is unpaid medical bills. Half of the uninsured owe money to hospitals, and a third are being pursued by collection agencies...." more here from Malcolm "Tipping Point" Gladwell's article on the failure of healthcare in Amercia in this week's New Yorker magazine (via Boingboing)