Once tipped for the future, Zak Abel is now on the cusp of something special as he announces his eagerly anticipated new album Love Over Fear – out August 25th on BMG.

Zak has already had a spellbinding 2023, playing the King’s Coronation along with releasing a string of impeccable singles. Possessing one of the most impressive British male singing voices of his generation, his music emanates an instinctively soulful, funky feel, with an ability to fast-track an insatiable chorus.

Zak explains; “This new album is an expression of where I’ve been at over the last couple of years. Trying to follow optimistic, loving, positive perspectives over the ones which come from a place of fear. It’s been a slightly terrifying process of looking inwards and finding the topics that are uncomfortable to explore but evoke an emotional reaction in me. Hopefully they do the same for other people.”

The album’s latest offering, ‘Woman’, co-written with the illustrious Jamie Hartmann (Lewis Capaldi, Celeste, Rag ‘n’ Bone Man), pairs classic dance beats with unforgettable lyrics – listen HERE. “Woman is a tribute to a woman I love. She’s been an anchor that’s kept me grounded and a mirror to show me when I’m on the wrong path. Life is a lot richer with her by my side.”

Zak will take on a big UK & EU headline tour that kicks off in Aberdeen at the end of October, and will also see a date in the capital on November 24th at Brixton Electric – tickets here.

London born Zak rose to fame after providing a host of guest appearances. Freedom with Kygo (202 million streams), Beautiful Escape with Tom Misch (92 million), Ten More Days with Avicii (30 million), Bad with Don Diablo (93 million) and The Power with Duke Dumont (54 million).

After finding a love for singing aged 14, Zak started playing piano and recording himself. He was also so gifted at Table Tennis, that for a period in his mid-teens he lived in France, alone, training full-time, on the cusp of making the Team GB Olympic squad. Also having Olympic-grade melodic skills, though, meant he kept going back to music.

Many more songs followed, eventually landing him a deal with Atlantic while he was still in his teens. He could still hear what made a hit, but the brutal truth was: he was losing his hearing in his right ear.

Aged 21, before he’d had a chance to release his debut album, he was diagnosed with Otosclerosis – the overgrowth and brittleness of the stapes bone, which befell both Beethoven and Frankie Valli. That means it can’t vibrate, which means you can’t hear… anything in that ear. 


He decided to go for an operation to replace the bone with an artificial implant – a high risk bet for anyone, far less a musician. The outcome was great. “About 95 per cent of my hearing on my right ear came back, in terms of volume. But music isn’t just about volume. The actual retraining of pitch, that took a while.”

Fresh and ready to conquer, enter album two: a set of flawless songs that channel his life, loves and influences like John Legend, Sam Smith and Paulo Nutini.

Zak Abel is a reborn star for 2023, and hearing is believing.

HEADLINE TOUR DATES
October
Sun 29th Aberdeen, Lemon Tree
Mon 30th Glasgow, Oran Mor
Tue 31st Dublin, Opium – Ireland

November
Fri 24th London, Brixton Electric
Sun 26th Brighton, Chalk

Tue 28th Bristol, Trinity

Wed 29th Birmingham, O2 Institute 2
Thu 30th Leeds, Brudenell

December

Sat 2nd Manchester, Gorilla

Zak Abel – Love Over Fear Tracklisting

1. Love Over Fear
2. Woman
3. What Love Is
4. Kindness Of Strangers
5. Dance With You (The Comeback)
6. How Do We Stay In Love?
7. Winging It
8. Cry
9. Let Me Sing
10. Midnight Gospel
11. Still Have Love For You
12. Deserve To Be Loved (ft. Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Harry Baker)

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“She is much more than a gifted organist, choral conductor and social media sensation…
she’s a star on a mission” – The Sunday Times

“She had rightly become “the world’s most visible organist” – New York Times

“Imaginative, open-minded and a brilliant musician, the organist and conductor Anna Lapwood is the dream ambassador for classical music.” – Gramophone

Marking an exciting new chapter in her career, organ sensation Anna Lapwood, stands on the cusp of something special as she announces her eagerly anticipated new album Luna – out September 29th on Sony Classical.

The album follows a flurry of exciting activity this year. She picked up the prestigious RPS Gamechanger Award at The Royal Philharmonic Society Awards, celebrated the release of her stunning 5 track EP Midnight Sessions At The Royal Albert Hall, and is about to perform a solo recital as part of this year’s BBC Proms season.
An album that represents a rounded reflection of her highly impressive career to date, Luna is a fifteen-track collection of traditional classical repertoire alongside contemporary composers and new film music transcriptions. The album predominantly features Anna as an organist, but the other side of her life is showcased too, conducting the Pembroke College Chapel Choir for two of the tracks.
Anna explains: “One of the highlights of my year is the time I spend teaching music in Zambia. I love it for the people, the music & the laughter, but I also always look forward to the first time I see the Zambian night sky again. You look up and it’s just completely full of stars. Bright stars, dull stars; some twinkling, some static; some glowing orbs and others dots smaller than pinpricks. With this album, I’m imagining we’re standing there, gazing at the sky, overwhelmed by the magnitude of what we can see. I’m imagining that as we stare upwards, our minds can almost take us there, travelling through the night sky and exploring individual stars with their unique personalities and characteristics.”

Originally written by Max Richter, the album’s new offering ‘On the Nature of Daylight’, is a thought-provoking re-imagining that gives the piece an other-worldly dimension. Listen here.

“This was a piece I’ve been wanting to try on the organ for such a long time,” comments Anna. “When I started running through ideas with our producer, Jonathan Allen, he suggested adding a choir, and the moment we tried it the piece seemed to take on new life. It feels very special to be releasing this as the first single from the album as it brings together the two sides of who I am as a musician: playing the organ but also working with the amazing choirs at Pembroke.”

The 27-year-old from a small Oxfordshire village has been making waves with her exciting approach to organ playing, awakening the senses of young and old alike, opening the gateways to classical music and shining a light on an often under-appreciated instrument.

In 2022, only 8% of organ recitals in the UK were given by women. To try and encourage more women to try the organ, Anna initiated the #playlikeagirl social media hashtag, not to divide but to unite and remind women to own themselves, be themselves and find themselves through music.

Anna has spent 7 years as Director of Music at Cambridge University’s Pembroke College, running the choirs and teaching academic music. After work and as night falls, her role as Associate Artist of the Royal Albert Hall sees her granted special access to the majestic instrument while most of us are fast asleep. This has led to some spectacular spontaneous collaborations, the most famous being with electronic musician Bonobo – one late-night practice session was interrupted by a request shouted up from the stage, which turned out to come from a couple of members of Bonobo’s band. 18 hours later, she was helping them close their show to an unsuspecting audience of 5,000.

Anna continues to relive the magic of that event through her videos to her 550,000+ TikTok followers – a tool she is using with exciting results having now passed 1 million social media followers across all platforms. The power of social media gives the ability to demystify the outdated baggage the organ once carried along with it, throwing open the doors to new music, new possibilities, and new audiences.

Luna Tracklisting
Flying (from “Peter Pan”)
Composer: James Newton Howard
Grain Moon
Composer: Olivia Belli
Nocturne Op. 9, No.2
Composer: Frédéric Chopin
Dreamland
Composer: Kristina Arakelyan
Dawn (from “Pride and Prejudice”)
Composer: Dario Marianelli
Stay (from “Interstellar”)
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Ave Maria
Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach & Charles Gounod
Mad Rush
Composer: Philip Glass
In Paradisum
Composer: Ghislaine Reece-Trapp
Stars
Composers: Ēriks Ešenvalds & Sara Teasdale
Star Fantasy
Composer: Kristina Arakelyan
On the Nature of daylight
Composer: Max Richter
An Elf on a Moonbeam
Composer: Florence Beatrice Price
Experience
Composer: Ludovico Einaudi
Clair de Lune
Composer: Claude Debussy

Making good on Dave Grohl’s promise from the stage at Glastonbury – a performance described by The Guardian as “a set that shows Foo Fighters have recaptured their very essence” – Foo Fighters are giving their UK fans ample time to get into physical and emotional shape for seven marathon evenings of rock n roll communion confirmed for next year. Dubbed the Everything or Nothing at All UK Tour, these seven monumental stadium dates will take place in Manchester, Glasgow, London, Cardiff and Birmingham over the course of 13 June through 27 June 2024. 

Tickets for the newly announced Everything or Nothing at All UK Tour shows will be on sale to the general public from Friday, 30 June at 9am BST. For information on pre-sales, go HERE.

The 2024 dates will mark Foo Fighters’ most extensive UK trek since the 2 June release of their unanimously acclaimed 11th album, But Here We Are, which smashed into the UK charts at #1 — the sixth Foo Fighters album to do so — while generating some of the most positive critical notes of the band’s career, including:

“A fresh sense of purpose and momentum” – The Guardian

“Their best album in years… it could hardly be better.” – The Independent

“Make no mistake, Foo Fighters have delivered a masterpiece” – KERRANG!

“Foo Fighters’ most succinct and intense album” – The Telegraph

“But Here We Are is ambitious, poignant, and vivid in equal measure…
ranks as one of the best Foo Fighters albums in their history” – Clash Music

Support on Foo Fighters’ Everything or Nothing at All UK Tour will come from Wet Leg, Courtney Barnett, Chroma, Himalayas, Honeyblood, Hot Milk, and Shame. See below for a complete list of dates and corresponding support acts.

FOO FIGHTERS

EVERYTHING OR NOTHING AT ALL UK TOUR

13 June 2024 Manchester Emirates Old Trafford Stadium *^

15 June 2023 Manchester Emirates Old Trafford Stadium **+

17 June 2024 Glasgow Hampden Stadium **@

20 June 2024 London London Stadium *#

22 June 2024 London London Stadium **%

25 June 2024 Cardiff Principality Stadium *&

27 June 2024 Birmingham Villa Park Stadium **%

* Wet Leg provides main support

** Courtney Barnett provides main support

^ Loose Articles opens

@ Honeyblood opens

# Shame opens

% Hot Milk opens 

& Himalayas opens

+ Chroma opens

Oscar® and Grammy®-winning singer/songwriter and Yellowstone star Ryan Bingham has announced today’s premiere of “Where My Wild Things Are,” a hauntingly beautiful and evocative new track written and recorded by Bingham in the desolate Montana wilderness, and the first release from his highly anticipated forthcoming EP, Watch Out For The Wolf.  

“Where My Wild Things Are” is available now at all DSPs and streaming services here. Watch the accompanying lyric video here. 

Watch Out For The Wolf will arrive on August 11th via Bingham’s own label The Bingham Recording Company and partner Thirty Tigers. His first project in four years, the seven-song EP marks the acclaimed artist’s most raw and intimate work to date, serving as the follow-up to his critically acclaimed sixth studio release American Love Song. 

Fans can pre-order or pre-save Watch Out For The Wolf ahead of its debut here.

Ryan comments; “This collection of songs is a snapshot of a moment; a photograph capturing a time spent in the mountains of the Montana wilderness. While making this album, I went through a definite personal evolution or spiritual transformation that I can’t really explain. I know about free will, but this thing was completely out of my control. I just felt like a conduit most of the time. Creating this album in solitude was other worldly, spiritual, and sometimes just downright fucking terrifying. I recorded this album in a cabin in Montana with the equipment listed below. As my friend Terry Allen says ‘sometimes ya gotta go north, to get south.’

Guided by his signature poetic lyricism and soulful delivery, Watch Out For The Wolf is the first project produced, performed, and mixed entirely by Bingham – carving a distinctive space in the singer-songwriter’s ever-evolving catalog. Written and recorded by Bingham in the wilderness of Montana, the haunting and evocative collection of songs seamlessly intertwine to capture a moment suspended in time, filtered through the stillness and echoes of the desolate surroundings in which they were created.

Bingham is currently gearing up for a series of festival appearances including Montana’s Under The Big Sky on July 14th, Born and Raised Festival on September 15th, and Bourbon & Beyond on September 17th. He is also set to return to the set of Yellowstone to conclude the remainder of Season 5. 

For more information, please visit binghammusic.com  

WATCH OUT FOR THE WOLF (EP) TRACKLIST

1. Where My Wild Things Are
2. Automated
3. Shivers
4. Instrumental
5. River of Love
6. The Devil Stole My Style
7. This Life

ABOUT RYAN BINGHAM

Ryan Bingham is a Grammy®, Oscar®, Golden Globe®, Critic’s Choice® and Americana Artist of the Year award-winning artist and star of acclaimed TV series Yellowstone. In an industry often swayed by trends and marketability, Bingham stands as a beacon of genuine expression, his music a testament to the power of staying true to one’s roots. Known for his raw and emotive music, evocative storytelling, and trademark weather-beaten vocals – Bingham has risen over the years to become one of the most distinctive and authentic voices of his generation. His music defies classification with folk, blues, country and rock ‘n roll all part of the recipe. Born in New Mexico and raised across Texas, his songwriting draws on real-life experiences, infusing an unmatched level of authenticity to the stories he tells and the characters he portrays. It’s an authenticity born of a life lived, not a persona created – and one that resonates in every note, every word, every silence between. With his latest project, “Watch Out For The Wolf,” Bingham continues to evolve, crafting his most intimate work to date in the solitude of the Montana wilderness.

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Today, due to overwhelming fan-demand since first teasing the song in September of last year, Hozier has shared “Unknown / Nth” from his forthcoming album Unreal Unearth.

Featuring dreamy blues guitar thread over a sparse, icy soundscape, the track explores heartbreak at the hands of someone you trusted and the cycle of repeating the same mistakes. Touching on the project’s playful exploration of the structure of Dante’s Inferno, “Unknown / Nth” reflects on the sin of the ninth circle of hell: treachery. Listen HERE and watch the accompanying lyric video HERE.

In speaking about the track, Hozier says: “The title comes from the expression of an unknown but large number, i.e. ‘Nth.’ The song reflects on having your heartbroken by someone you trusted. You think you learned, and it happens again. It also recalls ‘Ninth’ or the 9th circle of treachery. The song throws away the old premise of angelhood. None of us are angels. We are all going to break someone else’s heart or hurt another person. Musically, there was a minimalist approach. In that cold empty place, something else happened.”

Unreal Unearth, due August 18, marks Hozier’s third studio album. The 16-track LP is available for pre-order HERE and features “Unknown / Nth,” “Francesca,” “All Things End,” and “Eat Your Young”. The album will be offered digitally as well as in various physical configurations including standard black LP, raw ochre D2C exclusive LP, burnt clay Amazon exclusive LP, light umber indie retail exclusive LP, CD, and cassette. See the exclusive vinyl pack shots below.

Fresh off the heels of his sold-out run of intimate pop-up shows in the U.S. last month, Hozier is currently on tour in Europe with a secret set at Glastonbury tonight at 7:30pm on the Woodsies stage. He will then bring his massive international ‘Unreal Unearth Tour’ to the UK this summer, including a show at London’s Alexandra Palace Park on Friday July 21st. He’ll then return in the winter for a run of spectacular arena shows which will see him play London’s OVO Arena Wembley on December 15th.

See full routing below and visit https://hozier.com/ for more information.

June

Sun 25th Glasgow, Queens Park Arena SOLD-OUT

Tue 27th KIllarney, Gleneagle INEC Arena SOLD OUT

Fri 30th Dublin, Malahide Castle SOLD OUT

July
Sun 2nd Halifax, Piece Hall SOLD-OUT

Mon 3rd Newcastle, 02 City Hall SOLD-OUT

Wed 5th Manchester, Castlefield Bowl SOLD-OUT

Thu 6th Cardiff, Cardiff Castle SOLD-OUT

Sat 8th Bournemouth, 02 Academy SOLD-OUT

Sun 9th Birmingham, 02 Academy SOLD-OUT
Fri 21st London, Alexandra Palace Park SOLD-OUT

Sun 23rd Berkshire, Englefield Estate

Tue 25th Manchester, Albert Hall SOLD OUT

Wed 26th Belfast, Limelight SOLD OUT

December

Sun 10th Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena

Mon 11th Glasgow, OVO Hydro

Wed 13th Birmingham, Resorts World Arena

Fri 15th London, OVO Arena Wembley

Sun 17th Belfast, SSE Arena

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“A collection of 12 high-energy punk-ish songs reminiscent of their best work” – Rolling Stone

With the final show of their blistering run of stadium dates with Arctic Monkeys later this week, The Hives have announced a UK and Ireland tour in spring 2024. The band will also release their highly anticipated new album The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons August 11th via FUGA. 

Kicking off at Leeds Academy on March 27th, The Hives take their famously frenzied show to 12 cities across the UK and Ireland, culminating with a date at London’s Eventim Apollo on April 13th. Artist pre-sale goes live June 28th and general tickets will be available Friday June 30th HERE. 

March 2024

Wed 27th Leeds, Leeds Academy

Thu 28th Newcastle, City Hall

Fri 29th Nottingham, Rock City

Sat 30th Wolverhampton, The Halls

April 2024

Mon 1st Glasgow, Barrowland

Tue 2nd Bristol, Academy

Wed 3rd Brighton, Brighton Dome

Fri 5th Cardiff, Great Hall

Sat 6th Manchester, Academy

Mon 8th Dublin, Olympia

Wed 10th Norwich, UEA

Sat 13th London, Eventim Apollo

As the album’s macabre title hints, the band’s extended absence from the studio has been no hiatus but rather a horror story. The Hives now admit they have not seen nor spoken to their founder, mentor and songwriter, the perpetual limelight-shunning Randy Fitzsimmons, since the release of 2012’s Lex Hives. Following the recent discovery of a hidden away obituary and cryptic poem in the local paper of the Northern Vastmanland town where The Hives are from, the band members were led to Fitzsimmons’ tombstone. Upon digging the freshly interred ground, the band found not a body but instead several tapes, suits, and a piece of paper bearing the words “The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons” typed up as if a title. Whether a hoax or Fitzsimmons’ opening gambit, remains to be seen. The uncovered tapes included the demos that would become the twelve new songs on The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons.

​​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 are Chris Dangerous, Vigilante Carlstroem, Nicholaus Arson, Howlin’ Pelle, and The Johan And Only.

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“Indie pals with the bold ambition of future festival headliners” – NME
“Irresistible indie pop peppered with brilliantly surreal lyrics and infectious hooks” – Rolling Stone UK

“Fleetwood Mac meets Haim… Huge emotional bangers coming this summer” – Fabulous Magazine

One of The Independent’s 10 New Music Acts To Watch in 2023

Daily Star’s Talent To Watch in 2023

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2023 just keeps getting bigger and better for rising duo Dolores Forever. After kicking off a run of summer festival dates, the band today announce their superb new single ‘I Love You But You’re Making Me Sad’, out now on Sweat Entertainment – listen HERE.
 

Produced by Askjell Solstrand (Sigrid, Aurora), ‘I Love You But You’re Making Me Sad’ sees the band take a more melancholic approach, embracing their descriptor of ‘indie ABBA’. The results speak for themselves, with a summer sad banger that’s set to confirm the duo as one of the most exciting acts around.

The band explain; “This song is about being lonely beside the one you love. Those maddening irritations that appear when a relationship has run its course. If you’ve ever been heartbroken about not being more heartbroken I Love You But You’re Making Me Sad is for you.”

Following the success of previous singles ‘Good Time All The Time’,  ‘When I Say So’ & ‘Conversations With Strangers’, Dolores Forever have been tipped across media and radio alike and are living up to their tags as one of the most exciting new acts to make an impact this year.

Formed by close friends and songwriters Hannah Wilson (from Yorkshire) and Julia Fabrin (from Copenhagen), Dolores Forever met at a house party in London, connecting over their love of Mitski, Sharon Van Etten, Stevie Nicks and the Spice Girls.

Having already wowed at Glastonbury and Reading & Leeds Festivals last summer and with acclaim across the board from the likes of BBC Introducing, Radio 1, NME, The i, i-D Magazine, The Independent, The Line Of Best Fit, Dummy, Mahogany and more for their breakthrough debut EP ‘Baby Teeth’ and infectious single ‘Rothko’, the duo look set for a huge career.

The band kicked off a summer of festival and support dates last month with impeccable sets at The Great Escape, Live At Leeds and Manchester’s Neighbourhood Weekend. The coming months will see further slots at Latitude, Boardmasters, Barn On The Farm, huge outdoor support dates with Bastille and more!

Already looking to the future with even more magical singles to come, Dolores Forever are building unstoppable momentum. Watch this space.

UK DATES
Jun 30th Barn On The Farm, Gloucestershire

July 19th Warwick Castle (supporting Bastille)

July 21st Latitude Festival, Suffolk

Jul 22nd Leopalooza, Cornwall

Jul 23rd Ludlow Castle (supporting Bastille)

Aug 11th Boardmasters, Newquay

Aug 10th-14th 110 Above Presents: OTHR Festival, Leicestershire
Aug 25th Big Feastival, Kingham

Sept 27th Oslo, London (headline show)

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Ahead of the release of his highly-anticipated new album One Man Band, Miles Kane has dropped new single ‘The Wonder.’ The track is the third to be taken from the album, which comes out August 4th on Modern Sky Records. Listen to ‘The Wonder’ HERE & Watch a stunning live version HERE.

Emotionally charged and relentlessly infectious, ‘The Wonder’ is Miles on his best form, writing guitar driven hits built for festival stages. “‘The Wonder’ is about those moments in time when the mind wanders over a past relationship, and you feel the presence of that person again,” Miles said of the track. “The waves come and go as you sit alone and think about what has been.”

Miles also recently went on a mission to Italy in the hope of meeting his hero Roberto Baggio. He documented the journey to finally meet the man himself and show Baggio the song dedicated to him from the album with a beautiful short film. Watch HERE & Listen to ‘Baggio’ HERE.

“I was eight years old when I first saw Baggio on TV,  it was during the 1994 World Cup,” Miles said of Baggio. “I was taken back by his presence, his look and his talent. It was the first time I’d seen a man look so different and unique. Seeing Baggio led me to be obsessed with that Italian football team for many years. They made me want to grow my hair and I think that was the start of me getting obsessed with clothes, fashion and all things Italian. It was the start of me wanting to grow into who I am today.”

Miles returns to his guitar hero best on One Man Band as he focuses on big hooks and even bigger anthems. Sharp, infectious, urgent and packed to the brim with singalong moments, it’s Miles on the top of his game. A deeply personal record, Miles returned to Liverpool to work on the album, finding himself reflecting on his journey. 

“Making the album back in Liverpool with my family really helped to bring this out of me,” Miles said of the writing process. “We left no stone unturned. Sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards, and this album helped me rediscover why I picked up a guitar in the first place. This album is like a brand new, yet somehow familiar leather jacket. A comforting melting pot of all the music that has inspired and continues to inspire me every day.”

Recorded at the brand new Kempston Street Studios, Miles teamed up with longtime collaborator James Skelly of The Coral for production duties. Taking shape after Miles wrote the album’s infectious title-track and the hazy ‘Ransom’, he hooked up with Blossoms’ Tom Ogden and Keiran Shudall of Circa Waves, as well as Andy Burrow and regular writing partner Jamie Biles to put the tracks together.

One Man Band is a career defining album, sonically brilliant, heartfelt and filled with music he was destined to make since the very beginning of an action packed career. 

Miles plays the following sold-out UK out store dates this August. Tickets available HERE

August

Sun 6th Stoke, Sugarmill SOLD-OUT

Mon 7th Sheffield, Leadmill SOLD-OUT

Wed 9th Norwich, Waterfront SOLD-OUT

Thurs 10th Kingston, Prysm SOLD-OUT

Fri 11th Liverpool, Hangar34 SOLD-OUT

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‘Lucifer on the Sofa is hands down one of the best rock albums released in the last few years; deeply inspired by the place it was written and recorded in, and full of honest and relatable introspection.’ – Loud & Quiet 9/10

“An album of breath-taking intensity…an instant classic” – UNCUT

“Lucifer On The Sofa puts nary a foot wrong, its rich songwriting enlivened by thrilling flourishes…Elvis Costello on the streets, ZZ Top between the sheets” – MOJO 4*

‘It’s an album fuelled by southern heat, with plenty of grit to boot.’ […] ‘Tension operates on a knife’s edge throughout the record. Its rootsy blues grit has you thinking of gun holsters and twitching fingers; the bass gives an eyelid’s tremor as it narrows towards its target.’ […] ‘By a band’s 10th album, you’d assume there’d have been at least a few misfires. Not from Spoon.’ – Independent 5*

Out digitally today, Memory Dust features three brand new Spoon recordings – the original songs “Sugar Babies” and “Silver Girl,” plus a cover of Bo Diddley’s “She’s Fine, She’s Mine.” Listen HERE. 

Tomorrow, the band will kick off a run of dates that include slots supporting The Black Keys in the UK, France, and Germany. In August, they’ll be back on the road in the US touring alongside Weezer on the west coast. And in December, Spoon will visit Australia and New Zealand as guests of The War on Drugs. Find a complete rundown below.

Spoon play the following UK dates. Further details HERE.

June

Tues 20th London, Islington Assembly Hall SOLD-OUT

Weds 21st London, The O2*

Thur 22nd Manchester, AO Arena*

Sat 24th Glasgow, OVO Hydro*

The songs on Memory Dust aren’t b-sides. The recordings began during sessions for Spoon’s Grammy-nominated album, Lucifer on the Sofa, but were left unfinished. Following the record’s release and at the tail end of a year-plus of intense touring, the band came back to the sketches with renewed energy and fresh perspective. The completed tracks retain a touch of Lucifer’s character – rock ’n roll music, played in real-time – but stretch out hypnotically. 

Lucifer on the Sofa is Spoon’s 10th album and its purest rock and roll record to date. Texas-made, it is the first set of songs that the quintet has put to tape in its hometown of Austin in more than a decade. The album has since swept 2022 year-end lists and returned the band to No. 1 on Billboard’s AAA chart for the first time in five years.

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Ahead of a string of huge UK festival headline dates this summer, Kasabian today release their joyously poppy new single ’Algorithms’ – listen here. Arriving as a standalone, fresh new offering, the track follows the band’s 2022 chart topping, acclaimed album The Alchemist’s Euphoria, out now on Columbia Records. 

‘Algorithms’, a fresh new sound steeped in Kasabian’s trademark anthemic glory, addresses the pitfalls of the recent emergence of artificial intelligence in today’s society. “They’ll never feel love like us”, denounces Serge as he contemplates a future void of empathy. The record is co- produced with Mark Ralph (Years & Years, Hot Chip and Bad Boy Chiller Crew).

Serge further explains; ‘Algorithms’ is a song that explores the idea that robots can’t experience emotion and being in the moment, whereas humans can, and that is the beauty that separates us…for now.”

In a fitting collaboration, Kasabian partnered up with digital designers Uncanny, for the mesmerising lyric video – watch here. Uncanny is the studio practice of Elliott Elder and George Muncey, with designer Ewan Leslie brought on-board specifically for this project.

“The track distinguishes the difference between human and machine thought/emotion, so we employed a design process that makes a point of both physical and digital techniques wherever possible. Typesetting the artwork, preparing the video on screen, and then physically scanning the artwork and re-filming the animation with hand drawn markings overlaid.” they explain.

Facial animations were created by feeding a neural network imagery of Kasabian themselves, asking it to dream up beings that exist latently between the band. The final file was then re-filmed on a bespoke display, not illuminated by RGB pixels but instead magnets, physically moving coloured particles around the screen.”

Known for their blistering live shows, Kasabian head out on a run of UK festival headline dates this summer, including an Eden Sessions show, Sounds Of The City, Y Not Festival and Glasgow’s TRNSMT Festival.

AI may be taking over, but as ‘Algorithms’ so eloquently describes, it will never beat the human heart.

Kasabian UK Dates
JULY

Sat 1st Cornwall, Eden Sessions

Fri 7th Leeds, Sounds Of The City

Sat 8th Glasgow, TRNSMT Festival

Fri 28th Derbyshire, Y Not Festival

AUGUST

Sat 26th Portsmouth, Victorious Festival

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

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Dexys today release their superb new track ‘Coming Home’ – the next installment, and lead single, from their eagerly anticipated new album The Feminine Divine – out July 28th on 100% Records.

Capping off the first half of the new record, ‘Coming Home’ is yet another song written in the early ‘90s with Big Jim Paterson, and is a triumphant declaration of frontman Kevin Rowland’s return to his true self.

“Coming Home is about rising up out of a slump. In the album narrative, the protagonist has passed through some very dark times but he is now enjoying positivity and peace. He’s embracing a new-found connectedness: to the universe, to other people, and to his true self.” Listen to ‘Coming Home’ HERE.

The track follows the album’s glorious first two singles, ‘I’m Going To Get Free’ & title track ‘The Feminine Divine’.

The Feminine Divine is Dexys’ fifth album of original material produced once again by Pete Schwier, along with acclaimed session musician and producer Toby Chapman. After taking some time out to refocus his energy, Kevin Rowland came back to music with a fresh perspective and new-found positivity. A personal, if not strictly autobiographical, record portraying a man whose views have evolved over time. Not just on women, but the whole concept of masculinity he had been raised with: an education and an un-learning that is traced across the arc of The Feminine Divine with dizzying effect.

The record’s first act is full of music hall-esque swagger, much of it written with original Dexys’ trombonist Big Jim Paterson. The second half of the musical narrative is like nothing Dexys have done before. A saucy, synth-heavy cabaret, written in collaboration with Sean Read and Mike Timothy. It’s steamy, fizzing and sultry, at times heavy and at other times raunchy and funky. Quite a heady mix.

With over a billion worldwide streams, three top 10 albums in the UK, two number 1 singles, a Brit Award and a multi-platinum selling album with their sophomore release Too-Rye-Ay (as Dexys Midnight Runners), Dexys are as vital and exciting today as ever. The Feminine Divine marks a new chapter in a book that just keeps getting better and better.

Dexys recently announced a full UK and European tour for September / October. They’ve now added a special run of in-stores signings and performances where Kevin Rowland and Mike Timothy will perform tracks from the new album plus some old favourites. Full dates below and tickets on-sale HERE

July:
Sat 29th London, Sister Ray(Signing)

Sun 30th Brighton, Resident (Signing)

Mon 31st Manchester, Piccadilly (Signing)

August
Wed 2nd London, Rough Trade East (Performance)

Thu 3rd Kingston, Pryzm (Performance for Banquet Records)

September:
Tue 5th York, Barbican
Thu 7th Liverpool, Philharmonic
Fri 8th Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
Sun 10th Newcastle, O2 City Hall
Mon 11th Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall
Wed 13th Cardiff, St David’s Hall
Thu 14th Ipswich, Regent Theatre
Sat 16th Wolverhampton, The Halls
Sun 17th Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
Tue 19th Brighton, Dome
Wed 20th London, Palladium
Fri 22nd Bath, Forum
Mon 25th Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre

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Ahead of the release of her stunning new album, acclaimed, pioneering artist Lucinda Williams has announced a run of very special UK and EU dates in 2024. Lucinda’s new album Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart comes out June 30th via Highway 20 Records/Thirty Tigers.

The shows, which will see Lucinda stop off at UK spots in London, Birmingham and Holmfirth, will see a setlist of classics, as well as songs from her triumphant new record Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart.

Lucinda’s highly-anticipated new album Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart was produced by Williams, Tom Overby and Ray Kennedy, who also engineered. The album includes guest backing vocals by Jeremy Ivey, Jesse Malin, Buddy Miller, Angel Olsen, Margo Price, Patti Scialfa, Bruce Springsteen and Tommy Stinson. 

In April, Williams released her long-awaited memoir Don’t Tell Anybody The Secrets I Told You (Crown, a division of Penguin Random House LLC) to wide critical acclaim. The memoir debuted at #5 on the New York Times Bestsellers and was featured on the cover of the New York Times Sunday Styles. Williams was featured at Vanity Fair, NPR All Things Considered, The Associated Press, Esquire, The Nation and much more including a recent sit down on Late Night with Seth Meyers. Williams will be the subject of an upcoming feature segment on CBS Sunday Morning.

Full tour details below. Tickets go on-sale Friday June 17th HERE.

February 2024

Tue 27th Ireland, Dublin, 3Olympia Theater

Thu 29th UK, London, Indigo at The O2

March 2024

Fri 1st UK, Birmingham, Birmingham Town Hall

Sat 2nd UK, Holmfirth, Picturedrome

Mon 4th Netherlands, Amsterdam, Paradiso

Tue 5th Germany, Hamburg, Markthalle

Wed 6th Germany, Berlin, Huxleys

Fri 8th Germany, Cologne, Carlswerk Victoria

Sat 9th France, Paris, La Cigale

Mon 11th Germany, Munich, WERK7 Theater

Tue 12th Austria, Vienna, Theater Akzent

Thu 14th Switzerland, Bern, Bierhübeli

Fri 15th Italy, Chiari, Palasport San Bernardino