Glasvegas, Hot Chip, Los Campesinos and Sons & Daughters are only a few of the artists set for Scottland’s Tennent’s Mutual, a series of shows chosen by the music community. The event will take place September 20 to November 12 and will see artists including Times New Viking, Teenage Fanclub, Frightened Rabbit, LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy and a slew of unsigned Scottish bands play various venues.

Tennent’s Mutual series allows fans to choose who plays the event, how the money is invested and much more. Basically the fans become the event organizers. All ticket income generated from The Tennent’s Mutual 2008 shows will be used for next year’s series of shows. For more information or to purchase tickets head over to tennentsmutual.com.

Vampire Weekend is the latest addition to the forthcoming Iceland Airwaves festival. Also added to the five-day festival, which takes place October 15-19 in Reykjavik, are Lykke Li and El Perro Del Mar. The new addition join previously announced acts including Simian Mobile Disco, Young Knives, CSS, Crystal Castles and These New Puritans.

For more information go to Icelandairwaves.com.

For those of you who still don’t know what to do for New Year’s Eve how about the Rhythm And Vines Festival in New Zealand? Franz Ferdinand, The Kooks and Santogold Carl Cox are just a few of the acts lined-up for the four day bash taking place December 29 - January 1st. Others acts set to perform at the event include Cool Kids Club, Digitalism and Mystery Jets. Tickets for the festival, which takes place at Waiohika Estate in Gisborne, are now available for purchase. Go to Rhythmandvines.co.nz for more information.

Justice is set to headline this year’s HARD Haunted House on Halloween night (October 31). Also set to headline the mega bash, which will be held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, is Soulwax. The party will also see performances by Crystal Castles, Simian Mobile Disco, Boys Noize, Crookers, and Deadmau5. LA’s very own DJ AM, Jason Bentley and Destructo are also set to take part in the party. Tickets for the all night bash can be purchased through the festival’s official website.

The Black Keys, Cold War Kids and Broken Social Scene are all set for this weekend’s Sunset Junction Festival. The annual two-day festival which takes place in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles kicks off this Saturday (August 23). Aside from the bands the event features games, art exhibits and carnival rides. For more information visit Sunsetjunction.org.

The National, Clap Your Hands And Say Yeah, Minus The Bear and The Annuals are set for this year’s Fun Fun Fun Festival in Austin. The two-day festival, which takes place November 8th and 9th at Waterloo Park in downtown Austin, will also see performances by Deerhoof, Bad Brains, Dead Milkmen and Dan Deacon. The event is set to include four stages as well as carnival attractions and comedy acts. To get more information or for tickets head over to Funfunfest.com.

Following a police ban on Babyshambles headlining performance at this year’s Moonfest, the three-day fest has been canceled. The festival was set to take place August 29-31 in Wiltshire but has been canceled after Wiltshire police, fearing Babyshambles performance could incite a riot, forced event organizers to strike them from the bill. BBC News is reporting that due to their banned performance event organizers made the decision to cancel the event. John Green, one of the events organizers, placed the blame squarely on police saying their decision was “due to the ramifications presented to us by the actions of the police.”

Using footage found on YouTube of a stage invasion and near riot from a previous solo gig by frontman Pete Doherty, the police took their case to North Wiltshire magistrates court arguing Babyshambles‘ performance could incite violence and asking the court to ban them, they agreed.

If you were one of the Bloc Party fans who got to chat with the band last night (August 18) on blocparty.com, then you know the bands major announcement. Bloc Party revealed during the webchat that their new album ‘Intimacy‘ will be available this Thursday (August 21) as a digital release. The surprise announcement means that fans will get to buy the digital album in only three days time. The album will also be available as a CD set for release October 27 and will feature additional songs. Fans who head over the band’s website, blocparty.com, and pre-order the CD will receive the digital album on August 21. ‘Intimacy‘ was produced by Paul Epworth and Jacknife Lee and was recorder in Kent and London. Bloc Party are set for an appearance at Reading and Leeds 2008 (August 23 and 24) and will headline the HydroConnect festival on August 30. 

In the midst of an Asian and Australian tour Death Cab For Cutie have managed to line up a handful of U.S. dates. Touring in support of ‘Narrow Stairs‘, which was released earlier this year, frontman Ben Gibbard and co. are set to kick off the tour on October 3 in Boston and will continue through to Wallingford, CT, Atlantic City, NJ, Columbus, OH and a couple more. Prior to their U.S. tour the band will play a slot at this year’s Bumbershoot festival in Seattle on September 1st.

The Kooks are giving their fans a tour of New York City. The band has announce that a day prior their appearance at Summerstage in Central Park on September 10th they will be inviting fans to come along with them on a tour of New York. The sight-seeing tour on an open-bus will take The Kooks and their fans around the Big Apple before dropping them off at the Apple Store in Soho where the band are set for a free acoustic performance.

If you wanna be one of the lucky fans to join the boys on the bus enter via The Kooks website.