Kicking off 2023 with Part I – When Everything Was Lost, London’s Palace close out the year with the release of Part II – Nightmares & Ice Cream, the final part in the collection of EPs. Out now on Fiction records you can listen to Part II – Nightmares & Ice Cream HERE.

Opening with stunning laid back tones of ‘Rabid Dog’, the three track EP also features the beautifully bewitching single ‘Make You Proud’ and the EP’s hazy title track ‘Nightmares & Ice Cream’. Produced by Adam Jaffrey (Loyle Carner, Tom Misch, Yussef Dayes) at Unwound Studios, PartII – Nightmares & Ice Cream sees the band with a sharp new focus. Beautifully hypnotic, mesmerising and full of raw emotion, the EP is the band at their very best. 

“‘Nightmares & Ice Cream’ is another snapshot of life and moments of the past year,” lead singer Leo Wyndham said of the EP. “It’s Part II of the journey, and one that’s felt very significant. It’s a hazy chapter of intense reflection to past events, but also a sort of purgatory where we stumble forward, stunned, trying to find some kind of grip on reality.”

Childhood friends Palace released their acclaimed debut EP Lost In The Night in 2014, followed by the Chase The Light EP the year after. Now with three albums under their belt, So Long Forever, Life After and 2022’s Shoals and a mass of adoring fans across the world, the band look set to close 2023 on a high. 

Part II – Nightmares & Ice Cream Tracklisting:

1. Rabid Dog
2. Make You Proud
3. Nightmares & Ice Cream

Palace are Leo Wyndham, Matt Hodges and Rupert Turner.

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Following the release of their raucous single ‘Stuck In A Car With You’ earlier this year, Twin Atlantic return with their new single ‘Asleep’. The track is the second taste of new music this year, with the band currently in the studio working on a new album, which is set for release in 2024 on the band’s own label Staple Diet.

Produced by lead singer Sam McTrusty and bassist Ross McNae and mixed by Romesh Dodangoda at Long Wave Recording Studio, ‘Asleep’ is the band back to their anthemic best. Equal parts frantic and euphoric, ‘Asleep’ is an infectious guitar driven banger, which sonically sees the band look to the future while dipping into a sense of nostalgia. Listen to ‘Asleep’ HERE.

“Asleep was so fun to write and record. We really managed to recapture the joy we’ve felt about being in our weird band our whole adult lives again,” Sam McTrusty said of the single. “We feel like it’s the perfect mix of joy, melancholy, serious subject matters, but with a throwaway attitude. Hopefully it gives people who listen the same injection of excitement it gave us. Can’t wait to play this one live.”

Just back from a sold-out run of intimate shows across the UK, Twin Atlantic will play a very special homecoming show at Glasgow’s O2 Academy in May 2024.

Ticket pre-sale opens from 10.00am, Wednesday Dec 13th HERE. General sale at 10.00am, Friday 15th Dec HERE.

May 2024

Thu 23rd                     Glasgow, O2 Academy

Twin Atlantic are Sam McTrusty, Ross McNae, Barry McKenna & Joe Lazarus.

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Jake Bugg today announces his Your Town Tour for 2024, which will see him play 15 headline dates across the UK at some of the country’s smaller towns and venues,  bringing live music back to the heart of communities. 

“I can’t wait to get out and play tons of tunes to people in their hometowns”, Jake says,  kicking off in Warrington on March 5th, 2024. He will perform two sets per night, acoustic  and electric, rattling through his biggest hits, as well as tracks from his latest album, the  Top 3-charting Saturday Night, Sunday Morning. 

With local venues constantly under threat of closure, and grassroots music scenes  dwindling, the Your Town Tour is Jake’s bid to bring a high profile live show back to  some of the country’s towns that have seen drop offs in big touring artists visiting in  recent years. 

Over the last few years, the 29-year-old, who has 5 albums and numerous hit singles to  his name, has grown into himself and gone from strength to strength. He stepped out of  his comfort zone and is in the form of his life. His new music was embraced across the  media. Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’s two stellar singles ‘All I Need’ & ‘Lost’, both  produced by Steve Mac, were inescapable hits, booming across the airwaves,  playlisted on Radio 1, Radio 2 & Radio X, and Jake turned in a stellar performance of  ‘All I Need’ on Graham Norton on BBC1. 

Tickets on sale Fri 8th Dec at 10.00am and full dates are as follows: 

MARCH 2024 

Tue 5th WARRINGTON, Parr Hall 

Wed 6th PETERBOROUGH, The Cresset 

Fri 8th NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, Keele University Student Union Sat 9th HOLMFIRTH, Picturedrome 

Sun 10th GRIMSBY, Auditorium 

Tue 12th YORK, Barbican 

APRIL 

Sat 27th WORTHING, Assembly Hall 

Sun 28th COVENTRY, Warwick Arts Centre 

Mon 29th OXFORD, O2 Academy Oxford

MAY 

Wed 1st GUILDFORD, G Live 

Thu 2nd FROME, Cheese & Grain 

Fri 3rd TORQUAY, The Foundry 

JUNE 

Wed 19th CORK, Cyprus Avenue 

Thu 20th GALWAY, Black Box 

Sat 22nd LIMERICK, Dolans 

“An uplifting return.” – Clash  

“This album proves him to be a working-class songwriter of talent” – The Times 4* 

“Saturday Night, Sunday Morning has turned me around…If you’ve written Bugg off before,  this could bring you into the fold” – The i 4* 

“The former poster boy for Keep Music Real reveals a gift for pop” – Daily Star 4* “At the grand old age of 27, Jake has pulled another rabbit out of the hat” – Daily Mirror jakebugg.com | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter

Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve have announced a 15 date tour of the UK & Ireland for September 2024, playing selections from a songbook that is fifty years long and twice as deep. 

The tour kicks off in Glasgow on September 5, includes the London Palladium on September 21st, and finishes with a four – night run in Dublin at Vicar Street. They also play Wolverhampton for the first time in 30 years!

Tickets go on-sale Friday, December 10th at 10:00am from ElvisCostello.com.  

ELVIS COSTELLO & STEVE NIEVE Play the following shows:

September 2024

Thu 5 Glasgow, Theatre Royal Glasgow

Sat 7 Gateshead, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music

Sun 8 Manchester, Opera House Manchester

Wed 11 Liverpool, Liverpool Olympia

Sat 14 Cardiff, New Theatre, Cardiff

Sun 15 Oxford, New Theatre Oxford

Tue 17 Bristol, Bristol Beacon

Wed 18 Poole, Lighthouse 

Sat 21 London, The London Palladium

Tue 24 Ipswich, Regent Theatre

Wed 25 Wolverhampton, The Civic at The Halls Wolverhampton

Fri 27 Dublin, Vicar Street

Sat 28 Dublin, Vicar Street

Mon 30 Dublin, Vicar Street

October

Tue 1 Dublin, Vicar Street

Following the acclaim for their 2023 appearance at the National Concert Hall, Costello and Nieve return to Dublin to close the tour with a four-night stand at Vicar St, during which they will present something approaching 100 songs in four different programmes.

 “Costello is one of the world’s greatest songwriters, up there with McCartney. You forget how many timeless songs he actually has until he plays them. It is immediately obvious of the enduring power of them too.” 

Irish Independent, Dublin, Ireland – September 7th, 2023

The collaboration of Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve has spanned over 45 years, with appearances together on 25 record albums – from “Watching The Detectives” to “The Boy Named If” – and on countless stages. Yet twenty years have elapsed since Costello and Nieve made their last full-length appearance in the U.K. at the Cafe de Paris, London in 2004.

Since early 2023 – when Costello undertook a ten-night engagement at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City – the songwriter has taken a deeper, more curious look at his repertoire. 

Costello said, “I want to uncover, rediscover, dismantle and re-assemble songs, “Before your very eyes”, as stage magicians used to announce before their next trick.” 

That NYC stand promised “100 Songs In 10 Nights”, a figure which was surpassed by Night Four. More than 230 different songs had been performed by Night Ten with Steve Nieve sharing the stage for over half of those performances.

From late August to early October 2023 the “Costello & Nieve” presentation visited twenty-two European cities; from Madrid to Oslo, from Brussels to Budapest, arriving at new connections with well-known titles after having received some of the most sustained applause for songs that had rarely, if ever, featured in concert and garnering rave press notices along the way.

“Costello’s unique singing is of astonishing quality, the voice is always powerful, as is the piano.”

Luzerner Zeitung, Lucerne, Switzerland – October 3rd, 2023. 

Costello’s songs have recently featured in the Rupert Goold-directed Almeida Theatre production of “Cold War”, adapted for the stage by Conor McPherson from Pawel Pawlikowski’s 2018 OSCAR-nominated motion picture. 

“I Do (Zula’s Song)” was written in response upon first viewing “Cold War”, before the idea of an adaptation was even proposed. 

The stage version of “Cold War” features new arrangements and interpretations of titles from Costello’s catalogue alongside songs specially written for this adaptation. 

The Almeida production of “Cold War” has been in preview since November 30th, 2023, and runs until January 27th, 2024.

Sir Rod Stewart and Jools Holland with his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra present the exquisite

Swing Fever – a 13-track sparkling salute to the timeless songs of the big band years, reignited by two true giants of their craft – out February 23rd, 2024 on Warner Music.

For the first time, Britain’s new partners in swing have united on record to share their peerless dexterity on a tribute to such truly great songs as ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’, ‘Frankie And Johnny’, ‘Sentimental Journey’ and ‘Lullaby Of Broadway’. The results, recorded at Jools’ own studio in Greenwich.

Swing Fever is the realisation of conversations between Rod and Jools that began in the pandemic years, and of Rod’s dream of making an album of the songs that were, in many ways, the rock ‘n’ roll of their day.  Sitting down together, Jools recounts: “I was just packing up to go away for Christmas, and you rang me. We hadn’t really spoken at any length before. I thought ‘I love Rod, how exciting,’ and you said ‘I want to do a record.’ I’d been a fan of Rod forever but we realised with the old music that we liked a lot of the same things.”

“I’d already started making a swing album, but it didn’t turn out how I wanted it,” explains Rod. “It was more Frank Sinatra than it was Louis Prima, let’s say. So I cancelled that, and then I realised the guy I should go to is Jools. Also, our fanatical model railway enthusiasm bonded us together. So we started recording.”

The first track to be released is a superb working of show tunes ‘Almost Like Being In Love’ – written by Frederick Loewe, and made famous by Frank Sinatra & Nat King Cole. Listen HERE.

“I didn’t really know that song, but it’s one of my favourites now” comments Jools. “I looked up the different versions of it, and there are loads. What we try and do is get to the essence of it. If there are lots of complicated chords, we get rid of those and just play the simple ones. There’s a John Lee Hooker record where he’s teaching the blues, and he says ‘Listen children, throw all those fancy chords away. Just play the one chord, make that sound good, then you can think about playing another one.’ We also spoke about trying to make it a bit Django Reinhardt-esque, and we got a guy from Liverpool called Gary Potter, who’s like the top Django guy. He’s really great, he’s got the spirit of Django.”

Over roughly a dozen collective sessions, the intimacy of the recording space combined with the enduring brilliance of the songbook to create a sound that’s infectious and irresistible – and it sounds live because that’s what it was.

“I’ve got to give credit to Jools’ orchestra, and especially the drums [Gilson Lavis] and bass [Dave Swift],” says Rod. “Gilson is the nearest thing I’ve heard to Charlie Watts, in being able to do a backbeat properly. Great band, and this man Jools with the old piano. Steaming! And his brother Chris on the Hammond. The orchestra rehearsed them a couple of times when I wasn’t there, then they went in and did three a day, which is quite remarkable. Jools’ studio is so small. It’s ok if it’s a three-piece band, but we had 18 pieces in there at one time. It just unites everybody.”

Rod Stewart is one of the best-selling artists, with over 250 million albums sold worldwide. His signature voice, style and songwriting have transcended all genres of popular music, from rock, folk, soul, R&B, and even the Great American Songbook; making him one of the few stars to enjoy chart-topping albums throughout every decade of his career. He’s earned countless of the industry’s highest awards, among them, two inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the ASCAP Founders Award for songwriting, New York Times bestselling author, Grammy™ Living Legend, and in 2016 he officially became “Sir Rod Stewart” after being knighted at Buckingham Palace for his services to music and charity.

Some of his major hits include “Gasoline Alley,” “Every Picture Tells a Story,” “Mandolin Wind,” “You Wear It Well,” “The Killing of Georgie,” “Tonight’s the Night,” “You’re In My Heart (The Final Acclaim),” “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?,” “Young Turks,” “Forever Young,” “Hot Legs,” “Infatuation,” the unforgettable “Maggie May,” and many more.

Jools sums up the spontaneous charm of Swing Fever; “The effect that this music has on me, and whenever I put it on where people are, they feel this thing, they want to move. Music is an expression of a lot of different things, and joy is an important part of what it does. You can feel the joy in this music, and it’s unashamed joy as well.” 

Swing Fever is available on Black Vinyl, Colour Vinyl, CD & Digital – pre-order HERE.

Swing Fever Tracklisting

1. Lullaby Of Broadway  
2. Oh Marie  
3. Sentimental Journey
4. Pennies From Heaven
5. Night Train
6. Love Is The Sweetest Thing
7. Them There Eyes
8. Good Rockin’ Tonight
9. Ain’t Misbehavin’
10. Frankie And Johnny 
11. Walkin’ My Baby Back Home
12. Almost Like Being In Love
13. Tennessee Waltz

Kasabian, one of the UK’s best and biggest bands, are set to play a massive headline show at Victoria Park in their Leicester hometown on Saturday July 6th. Without doubt, it will be one of the highlights of next year.

It’s been ten years since Kasabian last played Victoria Park and this forthcoming show will be even better with an explosive set list that takes in their remarkable career.

Kasabian released their #1 album ‘The Alchemist’s Euphoria’ last summer. A new album, ‘Happenings’, will be released next summer.

A fan pre-sale goes on sale from 9.30am on Thursday 7th December, and on general sale from 9.30am on Friday 8th December HERE. Fans pre-ordering the album via Kasabian’s website HERE will receive early access to UK tour tickets. 

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Kasabian said:

“We are truly honoured to be playing Victoria Park in our beloved hometown, with all our people for summer solstice two. We cannot wait to get out there and play the biggest party of the summer with you all. See you in the mosh pit.”

Kasabian are: Serge Pizzorno, bassist Chris Edwards, drummer Ian Matthews and guitarist Tim Carter.

Following the announcement of the 20th Anniversary celebrations of their acclaimed debut album ‘Hopes and Fears’, Keane have unveiled a very special, unreleased single ‘Love Actually’ to coincide with the re-release of the classic British film. Listen to ‘Love Actually’ HERE.

Originally written for 2003 Christmas romantic comedy Love Actually, the band have finally recorded a version 20 years after its inception. Produced by the band and led by Tom Chaplin’s undeniable vocal, the beautifully poignant single comes alongside a stunning lyric video cutting some of the film’s memorable scenes. 

“In 2002 we were an unsigned band; and our friend and manager Adam was working for the producer of Love Actually,” Tim Rice-Oxley said. “While they were making the film, Adam suggested we should quickly write a song and he’d see if he could get it into Richard Curtis’ hands…and maybe we could sneak onto the soundtrack and get our big break! Needless to say it didn’t turn out that way, but Richard always very graciously said he loved the song and wished he’d put it in the film. We all loved the song too, but having called it ‘Love Actually’, it was very hard to do anything with it! In fact, for 20 years whenever I’ve played a new demo to my mum, her response has usually been “Hmm…when are you going to record ‘Love Actually’?” Well, the film Love Actually is 20 years old now, which at last gives us a perfect reason to record our song properly.”

“Everyone makes mistakes – even if they’re understandable ones. When I first listened to ‘Love Actually’ by this totally unknown combo called Keane, I thought it was beautiful. I tried really hard to put it in the film – but in the end it was a little melancholy and, dare I say, a bit DEEP for the film I’d made,” the film’s writer and director Richard Curtis said. “Of course, I realised what a dreadful mistake that had been when 6 months later ‘Hopes & Fears’ was Number 1 in the charts. It is SO wonderful that the song is now being released for everyone to hear. I’ve listened to it a lot over the years and love it even more now than I did then. And this time, myself and my son Spike have made a little edit of the whole film to go with the song. I think I actually prefer that 3 minute version of “Love Actually” to the long, chaotic film that’s been doing the rounds now for 20 years.”

Alongside the single STUDIOCANAL and UNIVERSAL PICTURES are celebrating the 20th anniversary of Working Title’s beloved holiday classic with a dazzling new 4K restoration of the film. This will be released theatrically in select global markets and on home entertainment.

Keane release a special remastered version of ‘Hopes and Fears’, undoubtedly one of the best debut albums ever, on May 10th 2024 exactly 20 years after its initial release. On the same day, the band play London’s 02 Arena as part of a world tour that kicks off April 1st in Mexico City before reaching Europe and the UK. Their US tour in September includes prestigious dates at LA’s Greek Theatre, Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium and New York City’s Radio City Music Hall.

‘Hopes and Fears’ was a landmark album for Keane and has set all kinds of records in the process. It’s one of the best selling albums in UK chart history having sold over 2.5 million in the UK in its first year, and a million in the USA propelled by their absolutely classic song ‘Somewhere Only We Know’. ‘Hopes and Fears’ is 9x platinum in the UK, a remarkable achievement. The album has sold over 10 million copies worldwide.

Keane play the following UK & Irish dates: Support comes from The Lathums across the UK and The Sherlocks in Dublin and mainland Europe. Tickets on general sale September 15th HERE.

May

Fri 3rd LEEDS, First Direct Arena
Sat 4th BIRMINGHAM, Utilita Arena

Sun 5th MANCHESTER, Co-Op Live

Tue 7th BOURNEMOUTH, BIC Sold-Out

Wed 8th CARDIFF, Utilita Arena Sold-Out

Fri 10th LONDON, The O2 Sold-Out

Sat 11th LONDON, The O2 New Date Added

Mon 13th DUBLIN 3Arena

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The Corrs today release their stunning cover of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Songbird’ (listen here) – taken from Best Of The Corrs – newly reissued in expanded form for the first time on vinyl – out tomorrow, December 1st in a stunning limited edition 2LP gold vinyl format and expanded 2 CD collection.

The track arrives on the first anniversary of the passing of Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie. As well as Songbird, the band have also recorded beautiful new versions of the classic songs ‘Little Lies’(out now) and Everywhere – produced and recorded by Guy Chambers. A two-track 7” single of Little Lies/Songbird was released on very limited D2C on October 27th.

Originally released in 2001, Best Of The Corrs is a 21-track double platinum hits collection covering The Corrs’ hugely successful first three studio albums Forgiven Not Forgotten, Talk On Corners and In Blue, including hits such as Breathless, Runaway, What Can I Do, Radio, Dreams and more.
 

The Corrs are a family affair, Andrea (lead vocals, piano), Sharon (violin, piano, vocals), Caroline (drums, piano, vocals) and Jim (guitar, piano, vocals) who have sold over 40 million albums worldwide since their 1995 debut album Forgiven Not Forgotten crashed into the charts and stole our hearts. An enchanting mix of traditional Celtic music with a pop rock twist, The Corrs have written some of the biggest songs of the last three decades.

They have enjoyed a career that has also seen Platinum records, BRIT Awards, Grammy and Ivor Novello nominations, the honour of being the only band to be asked to perform at Nelson Mandela’s 85th birthday, and more recently, the Queen’s Jubilee in 2002.
 

Their last album, 2017’s Jupiter Calling, was The Corrs’ seventh and most distinguished album – recorded with legendary producer T. Bone Burnett at London’s RAK Studios.

In 2022, Talk On Corners, The Corrs’ record-breaking second album turned 25! The UK charts it’s the fourth biggest record of the 1990s, and in 2016 was still listed as the 28th biggest selling album of all time. Its success – returning to Number 1 six times – brought their 1995 debut Forgiven, Not Forgotten up to Number 2, making them the rare band to achieve that feat. It was influential too, with Ed Sheeran citing the band’s 90s success as the inspiration behind his hit single Galway Girl.

The Corrs have just come off the road, after a rapturous 12-date tour of southeast Asia, Australia & New Zealand, that kicked off October 18th in Jakarta.

‘Best Of The Corrs’ Tracklist

1. Would You Be Happier?
2. So Young (K Klass Remix)
3. Runaway
4. Breathless
5. Radio (Mtv Unplugged Version)
6. What Can I Do (Tin Tin Out Remix)
7. The Right Time
8.  I Never Loved You Anyway
9. Irresistible
10. Forgiven, Not Forgotten
11. Lough Erin Shore (MTV Unplugged Version)
12. Only When I Sleep
13. Love To Love You
14. All The Love In The World (Pop Remix)
15. Everybody Hurts (MTV Unplugged Live Version)
16. Give Me A Reason
17. Dreams
18. Make You Mine
19. Little Lies
20. Everywhere
21. Songbird

CD 1

1. Would You Be Happier?
2. So Young (K Klass Remix)
3. Runaway
4. Breathless
5. Radio (MTV Unplugged Version)
6. What Can I Do (Tin Tin Out Remix)
7. The Right Time
8. I Never Loved You Anyway
9. Irresistible
10. Forgiven, Not Forgotten

CD 2

1. Lough Erin Shore (MTV Unplugged Version)
2. Only When I Sleep
3. Love To Love You
4. All The Love In The World (Pop Remix)
5. Everybody Hurts (MTV Unplugged Live Version)
6. Give Me A Reason
7. Dreams
8. Make You Mine
9. Little Lies
10. Everywhere
11. Songbird

 
LP

Side A

1. Would You Be Happier?
2. So Young (K Klass Remix)
3. Runaway
4. Breathless
5. Radio (MTV Unplugged Version)

Side B

1. What Can I Do (Tin Tin Out Remix)
2. The Right Time
3. I Never Loved You Anyway
4. Irresistible
5. Forgiven, Not Forgotten

Side C

1. Lough Erin Shore (MTV Unplugged Version)
2. Only When I Sleep
3. Love To Love You
4. All The Love In The World (Pop Remix)
5. Everybody Hurts (MTV Unplugged Live Version)

Side D

1. Give Me A Reason
2. Dreams
3. Make You Mine
4. Little Lies
5. Everywhere
6. Songbird

Following a celebrated run of sold-out dates across the UK earlier this year, Alfie Boe has announced he will head back out on a UK tour in summer 2024. Alfie released his stunning new Top 10 charting album Open Arms – The Symphonic Songbook in October. 

Kicking off at the Regent in Ipswich on May 30th, Alfie will play 13 shows across the UK, culminating with a very special show at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London on Monday June 17th. General tickets go on-sale Friday December 1st at 10 am HERE.

Alfie plays the following 2024 UK tour dates:

May

Thu 30th Ipswich, Regent

June

Sat 1st Stoke-On-Trent, Regent Theatre

Sun 2nd Salford, Lowry Lyric Theatre

Tue 4th Perth, Concert Hall

Wed 5th Gateshead, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music Sage 1

Fri 6th Aylesbury, Waterside Theatre

Sat 8th Eastbourne, Congress Theatre

Mon 10th Guildford, G Live

Tue 11th Portsmouth, Guildhall

Thu 13th Cardiff, New Theatre

Fri 14th Bristol, Beacon

Sun 16th Birmingham, Symphony Hall

Mon 17th London, Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Alfie’s homage to rock, Open Arms – The Symphonic Songbook sees the tenor rework versions of rock’s finest tracks such as Bon Jovi’s ‘Livin’ On A Prayer’, Metallica’s ‘Nothing Else Matters’, Bryan Adams’ ‘Summer of ‘69, & many more, into simply spectacular symphonic masterpieces.

A decorated career that’s lasted 30 years, Alfie is one of the best-loved vocalists of his generation and a hugely successful, multi-platinum selling artist. He has triumphed on theatre stages and in concert halls around the world and has two recent UK #1 albums under his belt for albums ‘Together’ and ‘Together Again’, made with his great friend Michael Ball. The duo also won two Classic BRIT Awards earlier this year for ‘Best Album’ and ‘Group of the Year’.

His exceptional voice has made him Britain’s most popular and biggest-selling tenor. The Tony Award winner has conquered the world’s greatest opera stages and arenas and led the cast of Les Misérables. He stole the show at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace, and performed at the Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations at Windsor Castle. 

Alfie is an artist who has effortlessly broken boundaries via his love of music – and with this brand new record, he continues to do so. 

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After a week of teasing, Scotland’s all-conquering 4-piece are back. The Snuts present Millennials: a sharp, snarling 10-track run of firecrackers, out February 23rd, 2024 on the band’s newly set up label Happy Artist Records – via The Orchard – as they make a break away from their previous label home.

Fans were given an exclusive listen to new track ‘NPC’ via the band’s Discord channel last week, and today sees the release of disco-pop masterclass ‘Deep Diving’. “’Deep Diving’ is a raw exploration of our mortality, the ticking clock of our lives and the consequences of being caught in the maze of one’s own mind,” lead singer Jack Cochrane said of the track  – listen HERE.

The band sprung from the traps in May with the album’s opening track ‘Gloria’, which was soon followed by sun drenched anthem ‘Dreams’, as well as an extensive global touring schedule. Playing headline runs in Europe, America, Japan, Australia, the band also headlined their biggest ever Scottish shows at Glasgow’s SWG3 (twice), and a main stage slot at Reading & Leeds Festival.

From start to finish, top to bottom, Millennials has been made entirely to The Snuts’ script. The result: a tight, taut, fat-free masterclass in songwriting and production, with 10 tracks clocking in just shy of half-an-hour. Also look out for ‘Millionaires’, an epic anthem with stadium scale, as well as ‘Circles’, the last track on the album and a fittingly epic closer to everything the band wanted to achieve with Millennials.

Frontman Jack Cochrane took the studio lead in collaboration with the band’s live MD Scott Anderson. Tracks were written on the run as The Snuts toured the world in support of their previous Top 3 album Burn The Empire, recorded on the fly in tour buses, dressing rooms, hotel rooms and a 300-quid-a-week studio in the Scottish Highlands.

“Leading into this new record, the original idea was: are there any songs we’ve forgotten to write?” says Cochrane. “Are there any ideas and feelings we can dip back into from when we weren’t living in this music world? That’s where we, as millennials, came up with the concept. Tapping into the emotions that we maybe hadn’t processed into music. Those big boiling points in your life. The first time you’re falling in love. First time your heart is broken. Those pivotal moments. On the last record there was a bit more nuance. With this one, we wanted to see how it would feel if we went more direct on the songs and to connect as easily as possible. I don’t think we’re living in an age now where people want to spend time taking something apart. We want people to feel it the first time they hear it.”

Another busy touring schedule is on the horizon too. With a full UK and worldwide headline tour to be announced soon, the band will take to the States for a full US tour in March, before topping the bill at Liverpool’s Sound City Festival in May. There will also be two very special album launch shows at the Glasgow Barrowlands on February 27th and 28th. Full list of dates HERE.

The Snuts have a chart-topping and top 3 albums under their belts, songs that attack subjects affecting the youth of today, and an arsenal of adoring fans up and down the country. As these four lads from Whitburn, West Lothian vowed four years ago, The Snuts wanted to be risky. And with Millennials, the millennial men of The Snuts have followed through on that promise.

On their third album they’ve followed up, changed up and – fully, wholeheartedly, joyfully – revved up.

UK LIVE DATES

February

Tue 27th           Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom

Wed 28th         Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom

May

Sat 4th             Liverpool, Soundcity Festival

July

Fri 12th             Glasgow, TRNSMT Festival

Millennials Tracklisting

1. Gloria
2. Millionaires
3. Yoyo
4. NPC
5. Butterside Down
6. Novastar
7. Dreams
8. Wunderkid
9. Deep Diving
10. Circles

The Snuts are Jack Cochrane, Callum ‘29’ Wilson, Joe McGillveray
and Jordan ‘Joko’ Mackay.

Following a celebrated run of sold-out dates across the UK earlier this year, Alfie Boe has announced he will head back out on a UK tour in summer 2024. Alfie released his stunning new Top 10 charting album Open Arms – The Symphonic Songbook in October.

Kicking off at the Regent in Ipswich on May 30th, Alfie will play 13 shows across the UK, culminating with a very special show at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London on Monday June 17th. General tickets go on-sale Friday December 1st at 10 am HERE.

Alfie plays the following 2024 UK tour dates:

May

Thu 30th         Ipswich, Regent

June

Sat 1st             Stoke-On-Trent, Regent Theatre

Sun 2nd          Salford, Lowry Lyric Theatre

Tue 4th           Perth, Concert Hall

Wed 5th         Gateshead, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music Sage 1

Fri 6th              Aylesbury, Waterside Theatre

Sat 8th            Eastbourne, Congress Theatre

Mon 10th       Guildford, G Live

Tue 11th         Portsmouth, Guildhall

Thu 13th         Cardiff, New Theatre

Fri 14th            Bristol, Beacon

Sun 16th         Birmingham, Symphony Hall

Mon 17th       London, Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Alfie’s homage to rock, Open Arms – The Symphonic Songbook sees the tenor rework versions of rock’s finest tracks such as Bon Jovi’s ‘Livin’ On A Prayer’, Metallica’s ‘Nothing Else Matters’, Bryan Adams’ ‘Summer of ‘69, & many more, into simply spectacular symphonic masterpieces.

A decorated career that’s lasted 30 years, Alfie is one of the best-loved vocalists of his generation and a hugely successful, multi-platinum selling artist. He has triumphed on theatre stages and in concert halls around the world and has two recent UK #1 albums under his belt for albums ‘Together’ and ‘Together Again’, made with his great friend Michael Ball. The duo also won two Classic BRIT Awards earlier this year for ‘Best Album’ and ‘Group of the Year’.

His exceptional voice has made him Britain’s most popular and biggest-selling tenor. The Tony Award winner has conquered the world’s greatest opera stages and arenas and led the cast of Les Misérables. He stole the show at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace, and performed at the Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations at Windsor Castle.

Alfie is an artist who has effortlessly broken boundaries via his love of music – and with this brand new record, he continues to do so.

Last week, The Hives wrapped their SOLD OUT North American tour and are currently on tour in LATAM, breaking ground as the first Western band to perform in Venezuela in over 10 years. Today, the group announces The Hives Franchise, a call to fan cover bands around the world to throw their own Hives shows. Fans can sign up for more information here.

The band says,

“THE HIVES FRANCHISE NEEDS YOU

We have arrived at a point where The Hives can no longer keep up with public demand for concerts.

This is where you come in.

Help us create a world where

The Hives are playing in every city, all the time. Let’s make business together and rock’n’roll.

Sign up now and register your interest.

Many rewards wait in store.

We have spoken”

WATCH THE BAND PERFORM “EXPLOSIVE” (NYT) TRACK “BOGUS OPERANDI” ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! HERE 

​​In the twenty-five years since The Hives exploded around the world, they have sold out stadiums and shared stages with everyone from AC/DC to The Rolling Stones. SPIN calls The Hives “the best live band on the planet” and Howlin’ Pelle “the greatest frontman in rock,” and the BBC dubbed the band “a force of nature.” Rolling Stone named Veni Vidi Vicious one of the Top 100 Albums of the decade and “Hate To Say I Told You So” earned a spot on Pitchfork’s Top 500 Songs of the 2000’s. They have sold millions of albums world-wide with multiple RIAA Gold-certifications. In the time since Lex Hives, the band has released 2019’s double A-side “I’m Alive”/“Good Samaritan” as well as a live album via Third Man Records, and embarked on a series of global tours. The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons marks a true renaissance.

The Hives 2023 Tour Dates:

November

Sun 25 Lima, Peru, Indie Rock Fest, Arena1

Tue 27 Santiago, Columbia,  Teatro Caupolicán

Wed 29 Buenos Aires, Argentina,  Teatro Vorterix SOLD OUT

Thu 30 Buenos Aires, Argentina, Teatro Vorterix

December

Sat 2 São Paulo, Brazil, Primavera Sound

Tue 5 Quito, Ecuador,  Soundgarden

Thu 7 Caracas, Venezuela, Concha Acústica de Bello Monte

The Hives 2024 Tour Dates:

March 

Wed 27th Leeds, Leeds Academy SOLD OUT

Thu 28th Newcastle, City Hall

Fri 29th Nottingham, Rock City SOLD OUT

Sat 30th Wolverhampton, The Halls

April 

Mon 1st Glasgow, Barrowland SOLD OUT

Tue 2nd Bristol, Academy SOLD OUT

Wed 3rd Brighton, Brighton Dome SOLD OUT

Fri 5th Cardiff, Great Hall SOLD OUT

Sat 6th Manchester, Academy SOLD OUT

Mon 8th Dublin, Olympia SOLD OUT

Wed 10th Norwich, UEA SOLD OUT

Sat 13th London, Eventim Apollo

June

Wed 19 Arnhem, Netherlands,  GelreDome#

July

Fri 19 New York, Ny, Citi Field*

Sun 21 Boston, Ma, Fenway Park* SOLD OUT

Tue 23 Hershey, PA, Hersheypark Stadium* SOLD OUT

August

Wed 7 San Diego, CA, Petco Park*

Fri 9 Los Angeles, CA, BMO Stadium*

*supporting Foo Fighters

#supporting Green Day

The Hives on the web:

Website: https://www.thehives.com

YouTube: www.YouTube.com/TheHivesTv

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehives/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hives/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHives

Spotify: http://bit.ly/HivesSpotify

Apple: http://bit.ly/HivesAppleMusic

Tidal: http://bit.ly/HivesTidal