The worst effects of global warming can be avoided if one billion people reduce their carbon emissions by just one tonne a year, for the next 10 years, according to Global Cool, which launches today at the British Museum.

This solution presented by Global Cool is based on scientific research that the climatic tipping point – beyond which the climate becomes irreversibly unstable – can be put back if we reduce the global CO² emissions by one billion tonnes a year - from the 26.5 billion tonnes (rising at 0.5 tonnes per year) currently emitted on an annual basis. By pushing back this tipping point, the campaign will buy time to develop cleaner, renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, water, hydrogen, bio-mass and geo-thermal power.

With the support of famous names from the world of entertainment, such as KT Tunstall and Josh Hartnett, who attended the conference today, Global Cool will empower a community of individuals to deliver the solution to the problem of global warming through positive collective action. Platinum-selling recording artists are booked to take part in a season of ‘cool’ web casts on global-cool.com. An exclusive Scissor Sisters concert can be viewed online now, and the series will continue with Maroon 5, Kasabian, Kaiser Chiefs and The Fratellis later in the year. Global Cool will also be present at and supported by the V Festival in England, Oxygen in Ireland and T in the Park in Scotland, as well as a further year of support from Fuji Rocks in Japan and other International festivals to be announced.

Meanwhile, the website carries advice on how to be ‘cool’ by reducing energy consumption through doing simple things such as sharing a shower or walking to work. People will also be encouraged to offset any surplus energy they use by purchasing a ‘Tonne of Cool’ via the Global Cool web site.

More info: global-cool.com

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· New single ‘Giddy Stratospheres’ released 5th February on Rough Trade
· Headline tour throughout the UK in February
· Live Dates supporting Kaiser Chiefs announced

The Long Blondes’ long awaited breakthrough debut ‘Someone To Drive You Home’ has been greeted with a rapturous reception by both the critics (see quotes below) and their expectant fan base.

2007 sees the release of firm favourite ‘Giddy Stratospheres’ on the 5th February, (featuring exclusive B-sides produced by Erol Alkan). To promote the release The Long Blondes will be embarking on another tour of the UK throughout February, culminating in a no doubt triumphant performance at the Astoria as part of NME’s BRATS shows on the 20th February.

So that’s them; Sardonic style icon and protagonist-in-chief Kate Jackson, guitarist and songwriter Dorian Cox, bassist Reenie Hollis, keyboardist Emma Chaplin and drummer Screech. The next chapter of Sheffield’s idiosyncratic musical heritage: The suburban disco fantasies of the Human League, the opulent ridiculousness of ABC, the seedy glamour of Pulp Truly a Carry On cast’s worth of characters all with loves, hates and passions just like yours. It’s a Blonde, Blonde, Blonde, Blonde world. Now just lie back and enjoy it.

Upcoming Live Dates:

FEBRUARY

09 London Popstarz @ Scala
10 Brighton Old Market
12 Leeds Met Uni
13 Hull The Welly
14 Edinburgh Liquid Room
16 Preston 53 Degrees
17 Middlesborough Empire
18 Manchester Academy 2
19 Birmingham Irish Centre
20 London NME show @ Astoria
21 Manchester Manchester Apollo *
23 Wolverhampton Civic*
24 Nottingham Rock City
26 Newcastle Newcastle Academy*
27 Norwich Waterfront
28 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms

MARCH
3 London Shepherds Bush Empire*
6 Glasgow Academy*
9 Cardiff Cardiff University*

* - supporting KAISER CHIEFS

www.thelongblondes.co.uk | www.myspace.com/thelongblondes

PRESS QUOTES ON ‘SOMEONE TO DRIVE YOU HOME’

“Fantasy pop performed to perfection” 9/10 - NME

“The coolest band in Britain” 4.5/5 - THE SUN

“A superb pop album 5/5″ DAILY MAIL

“An unexpected delight” 4/5 THE GUARDIAN

“Sheffield quintet impress with a rough diamond of an album” 4/5 - MOJO

“A magnificent debut album” ARENA

“Witty, stylish songs of love and hate” THE OBSERVER

“Urgent, passionate, determinedly defiant” UNCUT

“An extremely accomplished debut delivered with cocksure aplomb”
4.5/5 Album Of The Month THE FLY

4/5 - OBSERVER MUSIC MONTHLY

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Kaiser Chiefs have announced that they will release a new single, ‘Ruby’, on 19 February via CD and limited edition 7″. The track will be available digitally from 12 February. It will be the first single release from the band’s as yet untitled new album.

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A tracklisting has been confirmed for that previously reported charity album aimed at raising breast cancer awareness. Profits from the long player will also benefit the cause, with ninety percent of monies raised going to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The album, limited to 10,000 copies, is available from http://www.urbanoutfitters.com.

The tracklisting is as follows:

Feist - Inside and Out (The Audience Honey remix)
Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill
The Rapture - Get Myself Into It (Prince Language Disco mix)
Cat Power - Hurt (live on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic)
Wolfmother - Dimension (live at Big Day Out)
Franz Ferdinand - Eleanor Put Your Boots On (single version)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cheated Hearts (Peaches remix)
Kaiser Chiefs - Sink That Ship
The Walkmen - Another One Goes By (live)
Chris Walla - Radio
Junior Boys - So Sleep
Snowden - Anti Anti (Jordan Stutter Remix)
Favourite Sons - Things That We Do To Each Other (live on Indie 103.1’s Dead Air)
Dustin O’Halloran - Opus 23

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The Sunshine Underground - Craig (22), Stuart (22), Daley (24) and Matthew (22) - are four likely lads from Shrewsbury who came together, Megazord-like, in Leeds (the Northern city famed for cheeky chappies Peter Sutcliffe and The Kaiser Chiefs). Together, they form the rhythm colossus known as The Sunshine Underground.

Like a fever you actually want to catch, the Sunshines’ following has spread as the band have sold out London and Leeds on their first headline tour. This follows successful support slots for LCD Soundsystem and countless sweaty local rave-ups, which earned the group the Live Band of the Year trophy at the Leeds Music Awards.

Their debut single, ‘Put You In Your Place,’ was released on City Rockers on July 18th after winning Zane Lowe’s Fresh Meat competition and since then the boys have toured up and down, leaving a trail of danced-out fans basking in their anthemic afterglow. Their second release, ‘Commercial Breakdown,’ earned even more kudos from the likes of Lowe and the NME, and the momentum shows no signs of slowing. In addition to their hectic live schedule, the boys are in and out of the studio recording with Dan Kahuna (FC Kahuna) as well as Steve Dubb (Chemical Brothers) and Seggs (The Ruts), who have also been in with Bloc Party and Roots Manuva. The boys are looking to finish the album in March for an early autumn release before departing for more live dates, including the spring/summer European festival circuit. Live favourites Borders, Panic Attack, and My Army have already gone under the knife, as well as a few nameless newies.

Bringing a danceable sensibility to the regionally-accented angular guitar antics so popular at the moment, The Sunshine Underground are the tip for 2006.

The Sunshine Underground are:

Craig Wellington (vox / guitar)
Stuart Jones (guitar)
Daley Smith (bass)
Matthew Gwilt (drums)

www.thesunshineunderground.co.uk / www.myspace.com/thesunshineunderground

Those tour dates are…
October 4th - Whelans, Dublin
October 5th - Barfly, Glasgow
October 6th - Barfly, Liverpool
October 7th - Fibbers, York
October 9th - Barfly, Cardiff
October 10th - Barfly, Birmingham
October 11th - Camden (London) Barfly

October 20th - The Peel, Kingston (Surrey)
October 21st - Stealth, Nottingham
October 25th - Counting House, Pontefract
October 26th - Fabric, London
October 27th - Manhattan Bar, Bristol
October 28th - Silhouette, Hull
October 30th - Club Academy, Manchester

November 1st - Metropolitan University, Leeds
November 2nd - Carling Academy 2, Newcastle
November 3rd - The Plug, Sheffield
November 4th - Workhouse Festival, Powys
November 8th - Cavern Club, Exeter
November 9th - Aura, Taunton
November 10th - Brunel Rooms, Swindon
November 11th - Zodiac, Oxford
November 13th - Joiners Arms, Southampton
November 14th - Charlotte, Leicester
November 15th - Carling Academy 2, Liverpool
November 16th - The Sugarmill, Stoke
November 18th - Westport Bar, Dundee
November 19th - Moshulu, Aberdeen
November 21st - Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
November 22nd - King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
November 23rd - 53 Degrees, Preston
November 24th - Lucorum, Barnsley
November 28th - Kings College, London

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Chief Kaiser Ricky Wilson was hit by a car whilst walking through his hometown of Leeds at the weekend. The incident itself sounds relatively serious, but the singer is apparently not badly hurt, suffering only from a broken toe and some bruising, according to a statement on the band’s website.

The statement explained that Wilson was legitimately making his way across a pedestrian crossing when the vehicle approached, and he was forced to jump to try and avoid it. He hit the windscreen, however, and “flipped over the top” of the car.

A spokeswoman for West Yorkshire Police confirmed that the hit and run incident occurred at around 10pm on Sunday in the Hyde Park area of Leeds and that Wilson was taken to Leeds Infirmary but released a short time later. “There’s not a lot of detail other than he was hit by a small car - that’s the only description anybody’s been able to give,” she added.

The band’s statement went on to say: “He would like all of you to know he’s OK. He’s the luckiest man alive, because he is still alive. It sounds daft, but a ‘Ricky trademark jump’ has probably saved his life. The jump meant he was flipped over the top of the car, hitting the windscreen, rather than getting trapped under it. He was crossing on a green pedestrian light.”

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Kaiser Chiefs have been announced as headliners for the first day of the Vital 2006 festival, which takes place in Belfast’s Botanic Gardens this summer. As previously reported, Snow Patrol have already been confirmed as headliners on 23 August, whilst Kaiser Chiefs will top the bill on 22 August.

Get Kaiser Chiefs tickets now from Ticketmaster.co.uk

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Delays, The Cribs and Maximo Park have all been added to the line-up for Scotland’s completely sold out T In The Park festival. They join previously confirmed acts including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Belle & Sebastian, Kaiser Chiefs and Franz Ferdinand. As previously reported, the event takes place at Balado near Kinross from 8 - 9 July.

Get tickets from ticketmaster.co.uk

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