Plus Dr Pepper keep their promise of free drinks!

The family members announce a one-off show to raise money for Amnesty

Read the extended transcript of Mason Ruffner's interview here

Read the extended transcript of Mason Ruffner's interview here

Johnny Marr, Amadou & Mariam, Magic Numbers also set to play on festival first night

Judging by the arrival on yesterday’s blog of a bunch of fans asking me to leak “Merriweather Post Pavilion”, there’s a fair bit of anticipation for this new Animal Collective album that I got hold of on Monday. Unfortunately, folks, I’m not going to leak this, or any other album, because: a) I like to play nice; b) I’d get sacked if I did leak it (the CD is watermarked with my name, so it’d be traceable if I uploaded it); and c) I’m much too technically incompetent to do that, in any case. Hope that’s clear.

First four albums remastered with new short films

Rare track is available now

As yesterday, I’m pretty preoccupied with the new Animal Collective record that has turned up. It’s called “Merriweather Post Pavilion”, I think it might be my first favourite record of 2009, and if I can get my thoughts in some sort of order I’ll blog about it tomorrow.

Ferry company Red Funnel offers tickets before the rush