Muse, The Killers, My Chemical Romance and Jet are the first bands to join the bill for next year's Big Day Out in Australia and New Zealand...

Muse, The Killers, My Chemical Romance and Jet are the first bands to join the bill for next year's Big Day Out in Australia and New Zealand.

The 15th run of the festival goes on sale on October 13, with other confirmed acts including Peaches, Tool, The Sleepy Jackson and The Violent Femmes. Dates for the festival are as follows:

Auckland MT Smart Stadium (January 19)
Gold Coast Parklands (21)
Sydney Showgrounds (25)
Melbourne Princes Park South (28)
Adelaide Royal Showground (February 2)
Perth Claremont Showground (4)

The BBC's Electric Proms gigs have spread from the Roundhouse to the Barfly just up the road with promotional support from the BBC's sharper music channels. Radio 1 will be transmitting live from the venue on Thursday October 26 with performances from Melbourne rockers Jet and Scots indie darlings The View.

The absolutely wonderful Young Knives and nu-rave hotshots The Klaxons will play Barfly on Wednesday 25, while at the folkier end of things, troubadour Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly plays with the hotly-tipped Scott Matthews on Friday 25.

Larrikin Love and The Pigeon Detectives play Saturday 27 as part of the 6Music event.

All tickets go on sale on Tuesday and cost £5. Check the official site for more details.

Wales will be getting a new festival in 2007 in an attempt to bring T In The Park's popularity down south.

Wales will be getting a new festival in 2007 in an attempt to bring T In The Park's popularity down south.

Joining the line-up of this year's Welsh festivals including ARUMDO, Great Escape, Green Man and Metro Weekender, Fflam will be held at Singleton Park in Swansea from July 13 - July 15. It's expected to be around 30,000 capacity each day, and will programme the big three of indie, rock and dance music.

Fflam's promoter John Curd said, "Our aim is that Fflam will become to Wales what T in the Park is to Scotland."

While no acts have been announced yet, tickets go on sale on December 11. Weekend passes will cost £115 and day tickets will cost £40.

The UK's biggest ever music festival is under way after Teenage Fanclub played the first of 1,000 country-wide events at the Glasgow Barrowlands last night.

Fanclub singer Norman Blake said of the event, "We originally got together in my granny's bedroom in Bellshill. You too could form a DIY band, play some gigs, make some noise and fight poverty at the same time. You never know what it might achieve."

Over 12,000 people including Scissor Sisters and Kasabian have got involved with the project, which aims to raise £500,000 for Oxfam during October. To find out what's happening near you, visit Oxfam.org.uk/oxjam or call 0870 850 6246.