Alabama Shakes are set to debut at Number One this weekend with their album Boys And Girls.
The Georgia band, who released their debut album on Monday (April 9), are currently outselling Adele's 21 by 300 copies, according to the Official Charts Company.
Alabama Shakes made their UK live debut last night (February 22) at an NME Awards Show, where they were watched by Hollywood A-lister Russell Crowe.
The first of three nights at north London's intimate Boston Arms saw the Athens, Alabama four-piece play a mixture of songs from their forthcoming first album 'Boys And Girls', newer songs and a thunderous encore of Led Zeppelin's 'How Many More Times'.
John Cooper Clarke has said he thinks Alex Turner is a "fantastic lyricist".
The poet's work, "I Wanna Be Yours", is put to music on the new Arctic Monkeys album AM, which will be released on September 9.
The Clash's Mick Jones and his Justice Band have been confirmed to headline this summer's Strummer Of Love Festival.
The festival, which takes place over the weekend of August 17 – 19, will be held at a secret location in Somerset and will mark the 10th anniversary of the death of The Clash frontman Joe Strummer.
