BRMC are featured on the cover of the May issue of Audience Magazine. Audience is the world’s leading B2B publication dedicated to the international contemporary live music industry; providing news, features and tour information to companies and individuals in more than 80 countries worldwide.
For more information on the magazine, or how to purchase, visit Audience’s web site.

FINALLY GREAT NEWS FOR ME !!!

We’re excited to announce we’ll be heading to Ireland in December.
We will be playing The Academy in Dublin on Dec. 13th and Mandela in Belfast on Dec. 14th.

Tickets go on sale May 28th through Ticketmaster.

We are pleased to announce we will be playing Pyramid in Portsmouth on December 2nd.
Tickets are on sale now through See Tickets and Ticketmaster.

We are pleased to announce a full headline tour of New Zealand and Australia to accompany our appearance at Splendour in the Grass.

• Jul 23, 2010 – Auckland (NZ) – Powerstation
• Jul 24, 2010 – Wellington (NZ) – San Fran
• Jul 25, 2010 – Christchurch (NZ) – Al’s Bar
• Jul 27, 2010 – Adelaide (AU) – Fowlers
• Jul 28, 2010 – Melbourne (AU) – Billboard
• Jul 30, 2010 – Byron Bay (AU) – Splendour In The Grass (SOLD OUT)
• Aug 1, 2010 – Sydney (AU) – Metro
• Aug 3, 2010 – Perth (AU) – Metro Freemantle

Tickets go on sale Thursday, May 13th. Details to follow.

We have added two new items to our store.
We are now offering an iPhone case and candle, both in the popular Sugar Skull design.
They are $24.99 each, and available through our online store.

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Academy, Leeds

Dave Simpson

As musical trends come and go, the continued survival of BRMC is a curveball. The San Franciscan band haven't had a hit for years and hardly generate media interest, yet are playing larger venues than ever and continue to attract younger fans. Delivering a two-hour set for just over £15 in these cash-hungry times seems almost revolutionary socialism, and a sense that BRMC are outsiders is crucial to their appeal to audiences who share the band's love of everything black. If you want to don a leather jacket, turn the collar up and sneer at the world, this is your music.

Their show hasn't changed much since they emerged at the start of the decade: everything is still black, bathed in dry ice or dazzled by strobes. Their detractors claim their music similarly changes less than the colour of their underpants, and while it's hard to review them without using the words "Jesus and Mary Chain", their sound has developed to make everything from bruised acoustic blues to T Rex's joyous glam-stomp sound black and brooding.

Some of the "rebellion" implied by their name is almost comically minor: Robert Been's schoolboy flouting of the smoking ban while the bouffant-haired Peter Hayes glares malevolently at, er, the lighting technician. And yet, it's hard to deny the insurrectionist buzz of their best tunes. Whether they have enough of them to fill such a long set is debatable. Still, Spread Your Love gets everybody singing and Weapon of Choice sounds glorious. "Let's go fucking mental", chants Hayes before a riotous-sounding Whatever Happened to My Rock'n'Roll, and on cue mayhem erupts in front of the stage.

At Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton (0870 320 7000), tonight.