Former The Darkness singer Justin Hawkins tells Neil Sean of Sky News he hopes to make a comeback next year at the Brit Awards. "I'm planning a solo career but I may rejoin the band again at some stage," he said. "We all need some space right now."

Love the Red Hot Chilli Peppers? Then you'll love this tribute band if you're in the Exmouth area tomorrow night.

The Funky Munks will be playing at The Phoenix on Saturday 4 November...that's tomorrow. I'm assuming they'll be on stage roughly around 7/8pmish! I've seen them in action before, and they definitely make the room Red Hot!

Joanovarc
11 November
The Grove
2 Morden Road
Wimbledon
London SW 19 3BH
www.myspace.com/joanovarc

Morph
18 November
The Fiddlers Elbow
Kentish Town
London
www.myspace.com/morphrock

Thunder (support Even Nine)
22 November
The Forum
Kentish Town
London
www.myspace.com/evenninemusic

Interlock
23 November
Bull & Gate
Kentish Town
London
www.myspace.com/interlock

Recently I was offered the opportunity to review a band called "One EskimO" at a local venue in Kansas City called Crossroads.

I'm going to be totally honest for a minute here. I had no idea who this band was. I sent my littlest sister-in-law a message on Facebook to see if she knew of them and I got the response back, "Oooh I LOVE them" so I immediately agreed to do the review.

Here's the band on the stage at the Crossroads. They are an indie rock group from London (except for Pete Rinaldi, the guitarist, he's originally from Australia) and according to Pete, he's known Kristian Leontiou (the lead singer) for about nine years and the band has been together for about four years. They have a bluesy, acoustic blend and sound fantastic.

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