On December 15th, 1988, Keith Richards and his incomparable band, The X-Pensive Winos, played the Hollywood Palladium. It was the penultimate show in a 12 city US tour and a night both band and audience will never forget. Now this legendary concert is available for the first time as a limited edition box set.

Across all formats – Boxset, CD, 2LP vinyl & digital – Keith Richards leads his absolutely smokin’ band through one classic after another including his landmark solo tracks ‘Take It So Hard’, ‘Make No Mistake’, to Stones classics ‘Happy’ and ‘Connection’. Exclusive to the Boxset and Digital formats are 3 previously unreleased tracks ‘Little T&A’, ‘You Don’t Move Me’ and the Lennon-McCartney penned hit ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’.

Listen to ‘Little T&A’ HERE

“The real stuff,” is how Keith Richards describes The X-Pensive Winos. “I wish to thank all the guys in this crazy beautiful band. Something to love. I know I do.”

Keith had assembled the core of this band throughout 1987 and ’88 during the ‘Talk Is Cheap’ sessions. For this first ever live solo Keith Richards tour, the stellar line-up was a who’s who of the finest musicians on the planet: guitarist Waddy Wachtel (Everly Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, Linda Ronstandt, Stevie Nicks), drummer Steve Jordan (long time Keith collaborator), bassist Charley Drayton,  keyboard player Ivan Neville (Rolling Stones collaborator), singer Sarah Dash, and on saxophone, the inimitable, late great, long time Rolling Stones sideman Bobby Keys.

Live At The Hollywood Palladium comes as a special deluxe box set, presented in a matching folio, wrapped in a black cotton replica of the tour shirt sold that night, complete with a satin VIP pass on top, also including an impeccable all-new essay ‘The Loosest Tight Band You’ve Ever Heard’ by renowned rock writer David Fricke. It comes as a reissue after the original album was released due to popularity of the bootlegs.

Pre-Order Live At The Hollywood Palladium here: https://keithrichardsBMG.lnk.to/PalladiumPR

‘Live at the Hollywood Palladium’ Tracklisting

1. Take It So Hard
2. How I Wish
3. I Could Have Stood You Up
4. Too Rude
5. Make No Mistakes
6. Time Is On My Side
7. Big Enough
8. Whip It Up
9. Locked Away
10. Struggle
11. Happy
12. Connection
13. Rockawhile
14. I Wanna Be Your Man (Box Set and Digital Only)
15. Little T&A (Box Set and Digital Only)
16. You Don’t Move Me (Box Set and Digital Only)

Super Deluxe Box Set: 

• The remastered album on 2 180g LPs 
• 10” vinyl of 3 unreleased bonus tracks (I Wanna Be Your Man, Little T&A, You Don’t Move Me) *Exclusive to this box set only*
• Remastered CD of original album 
• DVD of original concert film *Exclusive to this box set only*

• 40 page, hardback book with David Fricke essay featuring a new interview with Keith, plus extensive rare and unseen photos from Keith’s archives

Reproductions of archival materials from the tour including: 

• Tour press release 
• Keith’s handwritten setlist 
• Hand-drawn band dressing room sign 
• Tour itinerary 
• Press photos 
• Ticket stub 
• VIP & backstage passes 
• Keith’s custom Hollywood Palladium plectrum 
• Promotional wine label & bag given away at the show . . . and more!

Other formats available include:

• • 1CD remastered album
  • 2LP 180g remastered album
  • 2LP 180g Limited Edition Red remastered album 
• Digital

https://www.keithrichards.com/

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) have today announced a limited edition 12” coloured vinyl release of the band’s legendary anti-war hit single ‘Enola Gay’, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its original release, and 75 years since the World War II atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the Enola Gay aircraft. 

The release features two brand new mixes of the track by Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys. One extended mix uses the original master multi-track, that sounds like the 12″ version that never was, but should have been released in 1980. The second is a slowed down, chilled out rework that is far removed from the original, but remains undeniably glorious. 

The digital version is available to purchase today, and pre-orders for the 12” coloured vinyl are available now HERE. The band have also unveiled a special new and enhanced HD version of the original ‘Enola Gay’ video – watch here.

The single has also received a sublime hypnotic remix from Hot Chip’s Al Doyle, out today. Of the remix, Al comments; “Getting your hands on the raw material of ‘Enola Gay’ feels like stealing into hallowed halls. It’s already a perfect song, so this is just a tribute and an homage, made all the more meaningful with the occurrence this year of the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombs on Japan. OMD forever.”

Listen to Hot Chip’s remix of Enola Gay HERE

Recorded at Ridge Farm Studios in Dorking, and released on September 26th, 1980, ‘Enola Gay’ was the only single from the band’s second studio album  ‘Organisation’.

Lyrically detailing the atomic bombing on Hiroshima during World War II by the B29 Superfortress aircraft, the song scored a UK Top 10 on the singles charts and went on to become an international success, selling more than 5 million copies worldwide and ingraining itself as a synth pop classic and arguably OMD’s signature track.

The band will also perform a special live streamed show from London’s Indigo at The O2 on October 24th – set to raise money and awareness for their crew, whose livelihoods have been so affected in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic.

D2C Coloured 12″ Single Track Listing

Side A

1. Enola Gay (Extended Mix)

Side B

1. Enola Gay (Slow Mix)

www.omd.uk.com 

Hard to believe it’s been twenty years since the release of ‘The Voice’, the landmark debut album from Russell Watson and the bestselling classical album of this century. Now the boy is a man celebrating twenty years at the top with a career that has inspired so many and created an entire genre of classical music in the process.

’20’, is an anniversary disc which captures key moments in his career with 13 newly recorded songs sung in his unmistakable trademark tenor.

Russell has overcome many things in his life maintaining a dignity few could rival when struck by not one but two brain tumours and bouncing back in better voice than before, so he wasn’t going to let lockdown stand in the way of his stunning new album. Travel restrictions meant that long-time producer Ian Tilley had to stay in his native New Zealand so he assembled a socially distanced orchestra in Christchurch while Russell hunkered down in Wilmslow, taking instructions and overseeing proceedings via Skype.

“Normally I’d always be at orchestra sessions, but in fact this didn’t feel much different,” Russell admits. “I was in a booth wearing headphones. I could have been 10 feet rather than 10,000 miles away.”

The track listing is a veritable feast of reimagining’s of his greatest hits. “There are certain songs that needed to be there because they define my career, with regards to recording but particularly live,” Russell says. “Volare is a staple. I’ve sung it at every concert for at least 25 years. And obviously Nessun Dorma, which launched my career.”

And what a career. Warmly referred to as the People’s Tenor, Russell’s journey took him from a Salford estate to the world’s most prestigious concert halls, and to becoming the best-selling male classical artist of all time.

“You don’t come from a Salford factory floor to conquering the classical world without being a driven lunatic”.

‘20’ Track listing

1. Nabucco: Va, Pensiero
2. Il Gladiatore (Based on Themes from the Motion Picture “Gladiator”
3. Turnadot: Nessun Dorma
4. Parla Più Piano 
5. ‘O Sole Mio
6. Volare
7. You Are So Beautiful
8. Caruso
9. Amore E Musica
10. Where My Heart Will Take Me (Theme from “Enterprise”)
11. Tosca: E Lucevan Le Stelle
12. Someone To Remember Me
13. I’ll Be Home For Christmas

Russell’s 20th Anniversary tour will now take place in 2021. 

Rescheduled dates below:

January

Sun 10th AYLESBURY, Waterside Theatre

February

Thu 4th HARROGATE, Royal Hall

Sun 7th CREWE, Lyceum

Tue 9th HIGH WYCOMBE, Swan Theatre

Thu 11th NOTTINGHAM, Royal Concert Hall

Sun 14th WOKING, New Victoria Theatre

Tue 16th CHELTENHAM, Town Hall

Thu 18th SHREWSBURY, Severn Theatre

Sat 20th BIRMINGHAM, Symphony Hall

Sun 21st SOUTHEND, Cliffs Pavilion

Thu 25th BASINGSTOKE, Anvil

Sun 28th YORK, Barbican

March

Tue 2nd LEICESTER, De Montfort Hall

Sat 6th CARDIFF, St. David’s Hall

Sun 7th MILTON KEYNES, Milton Keynes Theatre

Tue 9th LEEDS, Town Hall

Sun 14th MANCHESTER, Bridgewater Hall

Sat 20th HULL, Bonus Arena

Tue 30th BUXTON, Opera House (ON SALE SOON)

June

Sat 19th WOLVERHAMPTON, Grand Theatre (ON SALE SOON)

London / New York – September 16, 2020 – Callaway Arts & Entertainment and Apple Corps Ltd. are pleased to announce plans for the global publication onAugust 31, 2021 of THE BEATLES: GET BACK, the first official standalone book to be released by The Beatles since international bestseller The Beatles Anthology. Beautifully designed and produced, the 240-page hardcover tells the story of The Beatles’ creation of their 1970 album, Let It Be, in their own words. Presenting transcribed conversations drawn from over 120 recorded hours of the band’s studio sessions with hundreds of previously unpublished images, including photos by Ethan A. Russell and Linda McCartney, THE BEATLES: GET BACK also includes a foreword written by Peter Jackson and an introduction by Hanif Kureishi. The book’s texts are edited by John Harris from original conversations between John, Paul, George and Ringo spanning three weeks of recording, culminating in The Beatles’ historic final rooftop concert.THE BEATLES: GET BACK will be a special and essential companion to director Peter Jackson’s “THE BEATLES: GET BACK” feature documentary film, set for theatrical release on August 27, 2021.

To watch the THE BEATLES: GET BACK book trailer and find out more, visit: http://thebeatles.com

You can also watch the trailer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZM__OJUFzIQ

Pre-order THE BEATLES: GET BACK by The Beatles: https://lnk.to/thebeatlesgetbackbook

This intimate, riveting book invites us to travel back in time to January 1969, the beginning of The Beatles’ last year as a band. The BEATLES (‘The White Album’) is still at number one in the charts, but the ever-prolific foursome regroup in London for a new project, initially titled Get Back. Over 21 days, first at Twickenham Film Studios and then at their own brand-new Apple Studios, with cameras and tape recorders documenting every day’s work, the band rehearse a huge number of songs, new and old, in preparation for what proves to be their final concert, which famously takes place on the rooftop of their own Apple Corps office building, bringing central London to a halt.

Legend now has it that these sessions were a grim time for a band falling apart, but, as acclaimed novelist Hanif Kureishi writes in his introduction to THE BEATLES: GET BACK, “In fact this was a productive time for them, when they created some of their best work. And it is here that we have the privilege of witnessing their early drafts, the mistakes, the drift and digressions, the boredom, the excitement, joyous jamming and sudden breakthroughs that led to the work we now know and admire.”

These sessions, which generated the Let It Be album and film released in May 1970, represent the only time in The Beatles’ career that they were filmed at such length while in the studio creating music. Simultaneously, they were exclusively photographed and their conversations recorded.

THE BEATLES: GET BACK is the band’s own definitive book documenting those sessions. It brings together enthralling transcripts of their candid conversations, edited by leading music writer John Harris, with hundreds of extraordinary images, most of them unpublished. The majority of the photographs are by two photographers who had special access to their sessions—Ethan A. Russell and Linda Eastman (who married Paul McCartney two months later).

Peter Jackson’s documentary film will reexamine the sessions using over 55 hours of unreleased original 16-millimetre footage filmed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg in 1969, now restored, and 120 hours of mostly unheard audio recordings. This sumptuous book also features many unseen high-resolution film frames from the same restored footage.

The Wylie Agency of New York and London will sell global co-edition rights to the book, and Ingram Publisher Services will be the distributor for U.S., Canada, UK, and Ireland.

THE BEATLES: GET BACK promises to be a must-have title, to be collected and treasured by generations of Beatles fans and music lovers worldwide.

Quote by Nicholas Callaway, Founder & Publisher, Callaway Arts & Entertainment:

The Beatles gave my generation their genius and their joy and they changed the world through their art. The creativity and inspiration expressed in this landmark book and in Peter Jackson’s film are as important and relevant today as ever.

THE BEATLES: GET BACK

Foreword by Peter Jackson
Introduction by Hanif Kureishi
Edited by John Harris from transcripts of the original sound recordings

Photographs by Ethan A. Russell and Linda McCartney

Peter Jackson is an Academy Award-winning director, producer and screenwriter. His films include The Lord of the Ringsand The Hobbit trilogies as well as the BAFTA-nominated World War One documentary, They Shall Not Grow Old. In 2018 he began work on a new documentary about The Beatles’ 1969 Let It Be sessions, making use of the 55 hours of footage that have never been seen.

Hanif Kureishi is the author of The Buddha of Suburbia, which won the Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel, The Black Album, Intimacy, The Last Word, The Nothing, and What Happened? His screenplay for My Beautiful Laundrette received an Oscar® nomination for Best Screenplay. Kureishi has been awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the PEN Pinter Prize, and is a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. His work has been translated into thirty-six languages.

Ethan A. Russell is a multiple Grammy®-nominated photographer, director and author of four books. He is the only photographer to have shot covers for The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who. He was invited by The Beatles to photograph the band’s recording sessions in January 1969 and his images adorn the sleeve of the Let ItBealbum.

Linda McCartney began her four-decade career as a prolific photographer chronicling the musical revolution of the 1960s. In 1967 she was voted U.S. Female Photographer of the Year and in 1968 she became the first female photographer to shoot the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. Between 1967 and 1969 Linda frequently photographed The Beatles, including the Get Back sessions, and she married Paul in March 1969. Her photographic work went on to focus on the themes of social commentary, domesticity and nature.

John Harris writes on politics, culture and music for The Guardianand Mojo magazine. His books include The Last Party, about the culture of the 1990s, and the definitive account of Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon. In 2018, he contributed an essay to the Anniversary Edition of The Beatles (‘White Album’).

Apple Corps Ltd. was founded by The Beatles in 1968 to oversee the band’s own creative and business interests. As part of its management of The Beatles’ entire intellectual property canon, the London- based company administers the legendary band’s recorded catalogue along with film, theatrical and book publishing rights.

Callaway Arts & Entertainment, headquartered in New York, brings the work of great artists to the world in books and all media platforms through meaningful content, advanced technology and fine design.

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Publication Date: August 31, 2021
ISBN: 978-0-935112-96-2
US Price: $60.00
UK Price: £40.00
Trim size: 11 7/8 x 10 inches (302 x 254mm), Portrait

Page count: 240 pp plus endpapers

Photographs: 200+

Available through Ingram Publisher Services.

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THE BEATLES: GET BACK cover photo credit: Photo by Linda McCartney/©Paul McCartney

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“Breezy pop and country lamentations delivered with a whole lot of soul.” – LA WEEKLY

“As if Tom Petty were riding shotgun, Charles and band capture a certain Southern California essence.”– LA TIMES

“Bursting with blues-rock and blissed-out psychedelia.” – PITCHFORK

One of the US’ finest rising stars, Pearl Charles, has announced her stunning new album, ‘Magic Mirror’, will be released on Kanine Records on 15^th January 2021. Pearl has also shared her entrancing new single, ‘What I Need’.

Speaking of the track Pearl said, “Have you ever stuck with something long after it was time to let go?” She continues, “’What I Need’ explores this choice in terms of a breakup, though it could really be applied to any situation that is no longer serving you. It’s the age-old story of wanting to stay in a comfortable relationship but knowing that you have to move on for personal growth, and the fear and uncertainty that being alone will bring, even though it’s for the best.”

Watch the video for ‘What I Need’ HERE

Magic Mirror is a looking glass of sorts. Like a modern-day Alice in Wonderland, Pearl beckons you to slip and fall into her world. You’ll find yourself drifting with the tide – the ups, downs, and all-arounds of a life well-lived and well-loved.

From start to finish you float along a reflective river, dancing in your own/the personal/private Studio 54 of your living room, decked out in sequins or nothing at all. It’s a feel good album that asks us to actually take the time to feel good. ‘Magic Mirror’ follows the cartography of a girl, growing into a woman, as she moves through life from single-dom, to the expansive space of self-reflection, and the newly appreciated perspective of coming back together again and finding yourself, this time with someone new.

Magic Mirror Tracklisting: 
1 Only for Tonight
2 What I Need
3 Imposter
4 Don’t Feel Like Myself
5 Magic Mirror
6 Slipping Away
7 All the Way
8 Take Your Time
9 Sweet Sunshine Wine
10 As Long As You’re Mine

Pearl has been playing music since she was five years old. At 18, she formed country duo The Driftwood Singers with Christian Lee Hutson, singing and playing guitar and autoharp. At 22, she joined garage rock band The Blank Tapes as a drummer. After a few fun-filled years immersed in the rock and roll lifestyle, she decided it was time to pursue her own songwriting and began developing the songs that formed 2015’s eponymous debut EP and additional debut LP that came out in 2017 on Kanine Records. Subsequently crafting an exhilarating live show in which she has headlined national and international dates as well as shared the stage with contemporaries Best Coast, Sunflower Bean, Mac Demarco, Conor Oberst, etc, as well as festival plays like ACL, Huichica and Desert Daze.

Her music career has been a chronological progression from old-time music to 60’s garage and psychedelia, and now more 70’s country and soft rock. Drawn to catchy, poppy hooks and choruses, Charles draws on what she loves about each era while developing her unique style and voice as a musician, singer, and songwriter.

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ACM, CMA and CMT Award-winning artist Luke Combs will release his new deluxe album, What You See Ain’t Always What You Get, October 23 on River House Artists/Columbia Nashville. The extended edition will feature all 18 songs from Combs’ platinum-certified, global #1 record, What You See Is What You Get, as well as five new tracks.

The release continues a series of groundbreaking years for Combs, who has once again made history as the first artist ever to have their first two studio albums spend 25 weeks or more at #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart—breaking Taylor Swift’s previously held record at 24 weeks. The achievement comes as What You See Is What You Get topped the chart for the 25th time last month, while his 2017 debut, This One’s For You, has spent 50 non-consecutive weeks at #1—tying the record for the longest reign atop the chart with Shania Twain’s Come On Over in 1997.

What You See Is What You Get debuted at #1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart as well as Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart this past November with 172,000 equivalent units sold and also enjoyed the largest streaming week ever for a country album with 74 million on-demand streams.

Continuing his record-breaking streak at country radio, Combs’ current US single and his next UK single (September 2020), “Lovin’ On You,” is already top 10 in the US and rising, while his first eight singles have all reached #1—a first on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. Moreover, Combs is nominated in three categories at the 55th ACM Awards: Entertainer of the Year, Male Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for What You See Is What You Get.

Listen to ‘Lovin’ On You’ HERE

Produced by Scott Moffatt, What You See Is What You Get features 18 songs including the five tracks previously released via The Prequel EP last summer. The EP debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with all five tracks charting on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Top 25—a feat not accomplished by any artist in 60 years since Johnny Cash in 1959. Adding to his landmark year, Combs’ debut album, This One’s For You, was recently certified RIAA Triple Platinum and certified Silver in the UK. The album was also the most-streamed country album of 2019.

Additional notable achievements and recognitions:

• Awarded Male Vocalist of the Year and Song of the Year (“Beautiful Crazy”) at the
  53rd Annual CMA Awards
• Awarded CMT Performance of the Year at the 2019 CMT Music Awards for his CMT
  Crossroads performance of “Beautiful Crazy” with Leon Bridges
• Awarded Top Country Artist, Top Country Male Artist and Top Country Album at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards
• Awarded New Male Artist of the Year at the 2019 ACM Awards
• Awarded Country Artist of the Year at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards
• Awarded New Artist of the Year at the 52nd Annual CMA Awards
• Nominated for Best New Artist at the 61st GRAMMY Awards
• Recipient of a CMA Triple Play Award for writing three #1 songs in a 12-month period

www.LukeCombs.com

August 14th sees the release of Elvis Costello’s “We Are All Cowards Now,” the third advance bulletin from what is now revealed to be a new album, ‘Hey Clockface,’ scheduled for release on October 30th by Concord Records. 

‘Hey Clockface’ was recorded in Helsinki, Paris and New York and mixed by Sebastian Krys in Los Angeles. 

Following the solo recording of “No Flag,” “Hetty O’Hara Confidential” and “We Are All Cowards Now” at Suomenlinnan Studio, Helsinki by Eetü Seppälä in February 2020, Costello immediately traveled to Paris for a weekend session at Les Studios Saint Germain. 

Watch the video for ‘We Are All Cowards Now’ HERE

Costello tells us, “I sang live on the studio floor, directing from the vocal booth. We cut nine songs in two days. We spoke very little. Almost everything the musicians played was a spontaneous response to the song I was singing. I’d had a dream of recording in Paris like this, one day.” 

The ensemble, dubbed “Le Quintette Saint Germain” by Costello, was recruited for these dates by Steve Nieve (who plays grand piano, upright piano, organ, mellotron & melodica) and features Mickaél Gasche on trumpet, flugel horn and serpent, Pierre-François ‘Titi’ Dufour on cello and the drums, percussion and high harmonies of Ajuq. 

Reed player Renaud-Gabriel Pion brought many tones and colours to the performances, playing, contrabass clarinet, bass clarinet, Bb clarinet, tenor saxophone, bass flute and cor anglais. 

The Paris sessions were recorded by François Delabrière.

The New York sessions were produced by composer, arranger and trumpet player Michael Leonhart in collaboration with guitarists Bill Frisell and Nels Cline and completed, lyrically and vocally by Costello, “via Electrical Wire.”

“I wanted to write ‘Helsinki-Paris-???’ on the record jacket like this was a perfume or an advertising agency. ‘London’ was a possibility for the third city but London is forever. We’ll be there again. Michael sent this music to me from New York at the perfect time. It connected to elements in both of the previous sessions and completed the picture.”

Speaking of the emotional and dynamic range of the record, Costello said, “I wanted the record to be vivid, whether the songs demanded playing that was loud and jagged or intimate and beautiful.”

The assembled album, ‘Hey Clockface‘ is “An Elvis Costello & Sebastian Krys Production” following on from their work together on Elvis Costello and The Imposters Grammy-winning album ‘Look Now.’

The motion picture of “We Are All Cowards Now” by Eamon Singer & Arlo McFurlow features images of flowers & pistols, smoke & mirrors, tombstones & monuments, courage & cowardice, peace love and misunderstanding.

“HEY CLOCKFACE”

1. Revolution #49
2. No Flag
3. They’re Not Laughing At Me Now
4. Newspaper Pane
5. I Do (Zula’s Song)
6. We Are All Cowards Now
7. Hey Clockface / How Can You Face Me?
8. The Whirlwind
9. Hetty O’Hara Confidential
10. The Last Confession of Vivian Whip
11. What Is It That I Need That I Don’t Already Have?
12. Radio Is Everything
13. I Can’t Say Her Name
14. Byline

Pre-Order Hey Clockface: https://found.ee/ElvisCostello_HeyClockface

Listen to “We Are All Cowards Now”: https://found.ee/ElvisCostello_WAACN

Metallica has confirmed its return to the stage for the first time since the September 2019 S&M2 concerts that opened Chase Center in San Francisco. Metallica will be the first rock band to be featured in the Encore Drive-In Nights series, with a full set showing August 29 at hundreds of drive-in and outdoor theaters across the United States and Canada. The show will be shot specially for the Encore Drive-In Nights Series at a location near the band’s Northern California headquarters and will subsequently be edited and mixed by Metallica’s award winning production team to the highest standards possible. The concert, the band’s first show in nearly a year, will feature material from throughout their near four-decade career and provide Metallica fans with an intimate, unique and truly memorable concert experience.

Pre-sale tickets, available exclusively to Metallica’s Fifth Member fan club, will go on sale on August 12 at ticketmaster.com/encore-metallica. General on-sale will begin on August 14. Every ticket purchase — which admits one carload of up to six people — will include four digital downloads of Metallica’s S&M2, the long awaited album documenting the two historic concerts that reunited the band and San Francisco Symphony for the first time in 20 years. 

The Metallica show is part of the Encore Drive-In Nights Series, which is presented by leading event production company Encore Live. Since June, Encore Live has partnered with drive-in theaters across the country to provide world-class entertainment in a safe, creative way. For more information and to see if a venue near you is presenting the show, visit encorenights.com or call your local theater. The August 29 show will also feature a special guest performance by Three Days Grace.

Drive-in theaters hosting the concert will adhere to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended guidelines as well as all state and local health mandates. Staff will wear personal protective equipment and enforce at least six feet of space between cars. The series will also use contactless payment and ticketing systems and limit capacity in restrooms. Guidelines around concessions will be enforced to abide by individual state regulations. For a full list of procedures that the Encore Drive-In Nights is employing to keep fans and staff safe, visit encorenights.com.

Unlike traditional concert tickets that are bought for one fan’s individual admission, each purchase for Encore Drive-In Nights’ concerts will admit one carload of fans. That means up to six people can enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime show for one price. Additional information about Encore Drive-In Nights can be found at https://www.ticketmaster.com/encoredriveinnights.

About Encore Drive-In Nights

Encore Drive-In Nights showcases the world’s most iconic music stars with performances recorded exclusively for drive-in theaters across North America. From the safety of your vehicle you will enjoy an exclusive cinematic concert experience under the summer night sky. Drive-in. Rock out.

Award-winning graphic designer Simon Halfon, today announces the release of his debut book ‘Cover To Cover’ – to be published by Nemperor on November 16th.

Initially launched as a Kickstarter campaign, and meeting its target in less than six hours, this book includes 40 years of his record sleeves, design work and rarely – if ever – seen photography.

Simon Halfon is an award-winning graphic designer with a career spanning four decades in the music industry. He is most noted for his long standing collaborations with George Michael, Oasis and Paul Weller (with whom he worked for the best part of 30 years) designing some of their most iconic albums, from ‘Listen Without Prejudice’ to ‘Standing on the Shoulder of Giants’to ‘Stanley Road’, his first of three collaborations with Peter Blake.

Along with his designs, this beautifully presented hard back book also gives us the opportunity to see Simon’s rarely if ever seen photos of these iconic artists.

Alongside The Jam, The Style Council, Paul Weller, Oasis, George Michael, his design portfolio includes The Who, Madness, Steve Winwood, Nick Heyward, David Bowie, Frank Sinatra, John Lennon, James Brown, the Blue Note label and many more.

‘Cover To Cover’ also showcases Halfon’s production work for the feature films Sleuth, starring Michael Caine & Jude Law, as well as the Oasis feature length documentary Supersonic.

On the creation of the book, Halfon explains; “During lockdown I took the opportunity to reorganise my archives and began to look through boxes, many of which hadn’t been opened in over three decades. Sorting through thousands of personal photographs, negatives, artist’s proofs, sketches and notes, brought an overwhelming sense of nostalgia and a new-found pride for my body of work. Having never taken the time to look back, I hadn’t truly appreciated the journey. It now feels like the perfect time to create a retrospective book to celebrate the privilege of a career working with some of music’s most iconic artists. It will also give me the opportunity to share anecdotes & recollections – to tell the stories behind the artwork.”

 His journey began in the post room at Stiff Records back in 1980, where with no formal training he ended up in their art department, before moving on to work for Neville Brody up at The Face magazine offices. Since that time Halfon has worked alongside many of the great artists and photographers, from Peter Blake to David Bailey.

Most recently Halfon created and produced the punchy comedy/drama series ‘All You Need Is Me’ for Canal Plus. Based on many of his own experiences living in Los Angeles, the series was shot entirely on location in LA and London. He garnered cameos from Fallout Boy’s Pete Wentz, the Libertines’ Carl Barat, Elvis Costello and James Corden.

As The Rolling Stones’ legendary manager and producer Andrew Loog Oldham saysof Halfon’s work – “the job of artwork on an LP cover is to explain the music, the artist and invite you in. Halfon does just that.”

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For over 30 years, Texas have proved themselves to be one of Scotland’s best ever bands and nothing short of a national treasure south of the border. The band has announced they will be releasing two digital-only EPs from their world-renowned and critically acclaimed album ‘Southside’. ‘Southside Demos’ and ‘Southside Covers’ will be released on 11^th September 2020 through UMC/Mercury.

Originally part of an incomplete album recording, the first track to be taken from the EP is the glorious Bernard Edwards mix of ‘I Don’t Want A Lover’. Following an incredible, but unfinished, album session with Bernard, Sharleen Spiteri said, “We’ve searched for these recordings for a long time and they were recently found in the Universal vaults in America, they have not been listened to since 1987.” She continued, “What you are listening to was one of the biggest lessons we learned on many fronts right at the beginning of our career.”

Listen to Bernard Edwards’ mix of ‘I Don’t Want A Lover’ HERE

Compiled and curated by the band, ‘Southside Demos’ is a seven track digital-only EP featuring six previously unreleased demos recorded in Glasgow between February and December 1987. The EP also includes a previously unreleased mix of, ‘I Don’t Want A Lover’ by Bernard Edwards of Chic, which also features Tony Thompson of Chic on drums and was recorded at Burbank Studios in LA in summer 1987. The band will release a new track from ‘Southside Demos’ through to release on the 11th September.

The second of the two EPs, ‘Southside Covers’, was recorded at the band’s legendary gig at The Paradiso in Amsterdam in June 1989. The EP features previously unreleased live covers of John Lee Hooker’s, ‘Dimples’, and the Whitfield/Strong composition ,’Can’t Get Next To You’, which was covered by The Temptations and Al Green. Also included are live covers of ‘It Hurts Me Too’ by Elmore James and an epic cover of Stevie Wonder’s ‘Living For The City’.

Formed in 1986 by the undeniably brilliant Sharleen Spiteri and her partner in crime, Johnny McElhone, Texas have made consistently great music throughout their stellar career; they’ve sold over 40 million records, had 13 top ten UK singles, 3 #1 UK albums and 8 top ten UK albums including their latest, ‘Jump On Board’.

Pre-Save ‘Southside Demos’ HERE & ‘Southside Covers’ HERE

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