Levellers auction: Good works for charity

Mike E emails and asks if I can mention The Levellers' charity auction. "Or maybe embed the video?"

Go on, then:


The money goes to the No Surrender Charitable Trust.

Levellers online

In not very long at all, The Levellers will be webcasting their Amsterdam Paradiso gig live. Like more or less now.

Levellers headline Glastonbury

That should keep Noel Gallagher happy at least. Although they're only headlining the Leftfield, erm, field. And it's on the Thursday - before the official start of the festival. But, still, all those people who moaned on about Jay-Z will doubtless turn up to watch, won't they?

Everyone drifts to the right as they get older

Even so, it's still a bit of a surprise to see The Sun and the Levellers coming together to push the new best of album. The Sun is streaming the album in full.

Of levels and revels

Next year, it's going to be twenty years since The Levellers first lurched towards a stage - twenty years of contradictions and commitment. To mark the occasion, there's going to be a massive tour; before that, a slew of reissues. First up, What a Beautiful Day is getting a download-only return on iTunes on 28th June; on the 2nd July, all the albums from their Warners-era (contradictions, see) get a shake down. Levelling The Land is being completely spiffed up - which, in Leveller's terms would mean a new army surplus jacket and a second-hand pair of boots - with a second disc featuring the band's 1992 Glastonbury appearance. (This was back when Glastonbury was still that sort of festival, of course.)

They've still not quite embraced the free market with the gusto exhibited by Chumbawamba, but this is probably about as commercial as they're going to get...