The experimental, ethereal sounds of Apse are coming to a stage near you. The band is currently riding their wave of critical success from last year’s LP Climb Up, which landed #25 on Under the Radar magazine’s top 50 albums of 2009.

Apse is confirmed to play the Showroom at Piano’s NYC on Feb. 27th along with psychedelic folk rockers Damon Moon & the Whispering Drifters and tribal punk duo Dangeroo.

Based on the lineup, the night promises to be mystical, haunting, progressive, and if nothing else, entirely, unabashedly authentic.

Apse also is scheduled to play the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona on May 27, and All Tomorrow’s Parties New York on Sept. 4.

View the full lineup and buy tickets for Primavera Sound at primaverasound.com.

View the full lineup and buy tickets for ATP NY, visit atpfestival.com.

Guest Post By Lara Desmond.

Well it looks like The Strokes are back in full-force for 2010.

After being recently confirmed as headliners for next years’ Isle Of Wight Festival the band have now been confirmed to headline the RockNess festival in Scotland next summer.

The band are set to play the three-night festival which takes place from June 12-14 in Scotland at Clune Farm, Dores.

Joining Julian Casablancas and co will be the Friendly Fires who have also been confirmed to play the bash.

Tickets for the forthcoming festival go on sale Monday, December 7 at 9am (GMT).

For more information go to RockNess.co.uk.

Well Morrissey fans attending the singers Saturday (November 7) performance in Liverpool went home upset after the singer abruptly ended his concert in the middle of his second song.

NME reports that a fan threw a bottle at Morrissey’s head while he was in the middle of his second song, ‘Black Cloud‘.

The Smiths‘ frontman told the crowd “good bye” and walked off stage immediately after the incident.

Fans waited for around 15 minutes before a member of the singers crew came out and told the audience Morrissey had been struck in the head with a bottle and would not continue his show and that they would receive full refunds.

You can watch the whole thing unfold in the video below.

Elvis Costello has announced plans to play two fee shows to celebrate the release of his new album, ‘The Secret, The Profane, and the Sugarcane‘.

Costello is set to play a free gig at indie record store Amoeba Music in San Francisco on June 22 at Noon with a second free show taking place at Amoeba Music in Los Angeles later that night at 8pm.

The singer will also be signing copies of his new album at both shows.

Fans who are able to attend will also receive a commemorative silkscreened poster.

Those unable to attend the free shows can stream the Los Angles performance online at Amoeba.com.

Motley Crue are set to perform from the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on August 1st for what they call a “live global concert”. The live concert will broadcast around the world for free via DeepRockDrive.com. The broadcast will start at 9:30pm PST. and if you want to catch it you must register on the site first because places are limited. The band will be supporting their recently released album, ‘Saints Of Los Angeles‘.

Cut Copy have announced dates for a forthcoming North American tour with labelmates the Presets. The joint headlining tour kicks off on September 13 in Morrison, CO. and will include stops in Chicago, New York, Washington, San Francisco and Seattle before wrapping up in Vancouver, British Columbia on October 9.

Pete And The Pirates have announced a special homecoming show set for this Sunday (July 27). The free gig will be held at the Oakford Social Club, Reading, and will be an acoustic performance. Doors open at 4pm. The band is currently in the midst of a European tour.

CSS have announced dates for a forthcoming UK tour. Lovefoxx and co. are set to kick off their tour on October 5th in support of their sophomore album ‘Donkey‘ which was released July 21 (July 22 in the US). The Brazilian band are set to play dates in Sheffield, London and Manchester among others.

Bjork has been forced to cancel another show as she continues to battle a throat ailment. The singer canceled a performance in Sheffield, England recently for the same reason and it seems her condition hasn’t improved. A statement on Bjork’s website posted July 8 reads: “Sadly, due to medical issues with her voice, has to cancel the show in Helsinki. Ticket holders should return tickets to point of purchase to get a ticket refund. Bjork thanks her fans for their understanding and support.”