NEWS DIGEST: Friday, February 1

10:02 AM GMT 01/02/2008

Seasick Steve will play his biggest show to date in the opulent surroundings of London's Royal Albert Hall on October 1. The blues-brawler will tour Australia in the Spring before returining to the UK to record his follow-up to 2006's Dog House Music .

On February 4, David Lammy will be hosting a Q&A session about the music industry at the House of Commons. A diverse range of 14 to 30 year olds keen to get ahead in the business will be putting questions to a panel made of Guy Holmes (Gut Records), Dave Laub (Darling Artists), Peter Robinson (Popjustice), Fergal Sharkey (The Undertones, Chairman of the BMI) , Mervyn Lyn (SonyBMG), Sandi Thom and Sway. The Q&A takes place between 7 and 9pm. For more, head to www.makeyourmarkinmusic.org.

Hard Days Night Hotel, a new four star boutique hotel in Liverpool, opened its doors for the first time earlier today. The new hotel is set in the heart of the Beatles Quarter, just a stones throw away from the site of the Cavern Club. There are 110 rooms, including luxury and deluxe rooms and two stunning penthouses - the specially designed Lennon & McCartney suites. The Lennon includes a white grand piano. The contents of the McCartney suite haven't been specified, but assuming they continue mining iconography from 1971, then it's quite possible Macca's room will contain a full bushy beard and a large Scottish farm.

Eric Clapton will play a huge open-air show at Harewood House, Yorkshire on June 29. Robert Randolph & The Family Band will provide support. Tickets go on sale on Monday (February 4).

And finally...Happy Birthday Mike Campbell, long-serving guitar slinger with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. And here they are on Top Of The Pops in the summer of '77 with Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll.

Posted by Ross_Bennett at 10:02 AM GMT 01/02/2008

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