The Coral cancel tonight's Dublin show

There's bad news for fans of The Coral with illness forcing the Scallydelic popsters to cancel their Dublin Olympia appearance tonight. A rescheduled February date will be announced soon, so hang on to those tickets.

Meanwhile, hotpress.com has copped an earful of their new Nightfreak And The Sons Of Becker album which is due on January 23 and could just be their finest yet.

Tracks include 'Precious Eyes', 'Venom Cable', 'I Forgot My Name', 'Song Of The Corn', 'Sorrow Or The Song', 'Auntie's Operation', 'Why Does The Sun Come Up?', 'Grey Harpoon', 'Keep Me Company', 'Migraine' and 'Lovers Paradise'.