The Killers Live at V Festival 2009

Last weekend saw one of the biggest music events of the year, V Festival 2009 held over two days in two English cities, Staffordshire and Chelmsford. The Killers headlined the Chelmsford stage on Saturday night in front of an enormous crowd of over 70 000. The band chose to close their set with two of their biggest hits from their debut album Hot Fuss. First on this video is Mr Brightside, the popularity and legacy of this success is evident in how the crowd drowns out Brandon Flowers' vocals throughout the song. They ended the night with their era-defining indie anthem All These Things I've Done with a wonderful sing-a-long towards the end. This video backs The Killer's reputation as one of the best live band's going around at the moment.

Thom Yorke - Present Tense

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke last week played his first (and possibly last) solo show of 2009 at the Latitude Festival in the UK. His set included a mix of songs from his solo album The Eraser as well as Radiohead songs such as There There. Mid way through his set which opened the day at the festival, Thom debuted a song called The Present Tense. It has sparked rumours of a new album from Thom but his fellow bandmates remain adamant that all their energies are being put towards LP8 for Radiohead.

Muse - The Uprising

BBC Radio 1 host Zane Lowe this morning played 35 seconds of the first single from Muse's forthcoming 5th album The Resistance. The Uprising will be played in full on 3 August but for now enjoy the teaser. Note: Lowe mentions something about Matt Bellamy rapping in the middle of the song according to some fans this is no joke, the rest of us are hoping otherwise. The reaction to the first taste from the album, United States of Eurasia has been largely negative another backlash will most certainly have some impact on the success of the album. The Resistance is due out September 14.