Triple BAFTA winning stand up sensation Mo Gilligan today announces a huge 2025 UK leg of his highly anticipated World Tour… In the Moment due to phenomenal demand. Following on from his 2024 UK leg Mo will head back out on the road starting March 13th, 2025 in Croydon, before closing out the tour April 13th, 2025 in Glasgow.

In The Moment will be Mo’s biggest tour to date, bringing his phenomenal stand up show across the globe, taking on the US, Canada, Dubai, Australia, New Zealand, throughout Europe with additional names recently announced at Just for Laughs Vancouver and Netflix is a Joke Festival in Los Angeles in May 2024.

Tickets on sale Friday 9th February at 10:00am from mogilligan.com

IN THIS MOMENT WORLD TOUR (2024 UK DATES)

September

Thu 5th                       Leeds, Grand Theatre

Thu 12th                     Oxford, The New Theatre

Fri 20th                        Cambridge, Corn Exchange

October
Wed 9th                     Brighton, Dome

Thu 10th                     London, Eventim Apollo

Fri 11th                        London, Eventim Apollo

Sat 19th                      Manchester, O2 Apollo

Thu 31st                      Bristol, Beacon

November
Fri 1st                           Exeter, Great Hall

Thu 7th                       York, Barbican

Fri 8th                          Middlesbrough, Town Hall

Sat 9th                        Edinburgh, EICC

Fri 15th                        London, Eventim Apollo

Sat 16th                      Bournemouth, BIC

Thu 21st                      Bradford, St Georges Hall

Fri 22nd                       Sheffield, City Hall
Sat 23rd                      Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall

Thu 28th                     Newcastle, O2 City Hall

Fri 29th                        Liverpool, Empire

Sat 30th                      Birmingham, Utilita

December

Thu 5th                       Manchester, O2 Apollo

Fri 6th                          London, Eventim Apollo

Sat 7th                        London, Eventim Apollo

2025 – New Leg Added Due To Phenomenal Demand

March

Thu 13th                     Croydon, Fairfield Halls

Fri 14th                        Coventry, Warwick Arts Centre

Sat 15th                      Huddersfield, Town Hall

Thu 20th                     Leicester, De Montfort Hall

Fri 21st                         Basingstoke, The Anvil

Sat 22nd                     Ipswich, Regent Theater

Thu 27th                     Hastings, White Rock Theater

Fri 28th                        Southampton, O2 Guildhall

Sat 29th                      Portsmouth, Guildhall

April

Wed 2nd                    Brighton, Dome

Thu 3rd                       Plymouth, Pavilions

Fri 4th                          Cardiff, Utilita Arena

Fri 11th                        Bristol, Beacon

Sat 12th                      Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena

Sun 13th                     Glasgow, Pavilion

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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

“One of the UK’s most exciting new acts.” – The Forty-Five

After a 2023 that launched rising indie-pop duo Dolores Forever into the music stratosphere, the band kick off 2024 with their infectiously liberating new single ‘Someday Best’. Listen HERE.

Produced by Daniel Hylton (Rachel Chinouriri, Hak Baker, Ama Lou), ‘Someday Best’ is a synth driven, retro pop-banger, which shows Dolores Forever at their very best. “Sometimes you need to just shut up and eat the pasta. Stop worrying, stressing, fretting over the small things, over whether you party too much or too little, over whether your mates are more popular than you, over whether you ate a bit too much last night,” the duo said of the track. “Quit the shame spiral and quit waiting for life to begin because, guess what, it’s happening. Yeah, eat your vegetables, but also SHUT UP AND EAT THE PASTA.”

Tipped across media and radio alike, Dolores Forever are living up to their tags as one of the most exciting new acts in the UK. Formed by close friends and songwriters Hannah Wilson (from Yorkshire) and Julia Fabrin (from Copenhagen), the duo 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 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, the duo continue to set themselves up for a huge career.

Already looking to the future with their debut album set for release later this year, Dolores Forever are building unstoppable momentum. The band are set to play a string of festivals including Vida and Get Together Festival. For full tour details check HERE.

February

Fri 9th Lincoln, Beam Me Up, The Drill

Sat 10th Oxford, Beam Me Up, OX4 Festival

May 

Sat 18th Sheffield, Get Together Festival

July

Thu 4th Spain, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Vida Festival

August

Sat 3rd Barnsley, Underneath The Stars Festival

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“Wonderfully grown up pop” – MOJO

“A splendid solo set of sumptuous vocal harmonies” – UNCUT

“A unique both literally and metaphorically” – Lauren Laverne

One of the country’s most underrated singer-songwriters, John Bramwell, announces the first single ‘A World Full Of Flowers’ from his remarkable new album The Light Fantastic, out February 23rd via Townsend Music.

‘A World Full Of Flowers’ veers away from the darker sound that he is most synonymous with I Am Kloot. With its joyous feel and almost Beatles-esque air, the track is full of lush melodic vocal harmonies over a Beck sounding syncopated drum loop, atmospheric Fleet Foxes soundscapes and hand claps. It’s a welcome return and one that offers a glimpse into John’s new material, which as he puts it himself “are the most uplifting songs of my career”.

Anyone who has heard John’s work with seminal Manchester band I Am Kloot, will be cheered by the news of this impending release. Nominated for a Mercury Prize in 2010 for their acclaimed Sky At Night album, I Am Kloot never quite received the widespread success their music deserved.

This new album is a masterclass in emotionally charged and melodically driven tunes for the adventurous. All 12 tracks were written by John except for ‘Nobody Left But You’ which he co-wrote with album producer Dave Fidler.

“After both my Mum and Dad died, I started writing these songs to cheer myself up,” John admits with typical candour. “The themes are taken from my dreams at the time. Wake up and take whatever impression I had from what I could remember of my dream and write that.”

Despite the sentiment, the songs are surprisingly uplifting. And will no doubt sound great live.

Kicking off with three dates at London’s St Pancras Old Church in February, John Bramwell will play the following shows. Tickets are on sale now.

John Bramwell & The Full Harmonic Convergence

February 2024

Wed 21st        London, St. Pancras Old Church               SOLD OUT

Thu 22nd        London, St. Pancras Old Church               SOLD OUT

Fri 23rd            London, St. Pancras Old Church               SOLD OUT

Sun 25th         Bristol, Folk House                                          SOLD OUT

Thu 29th         Manchester, Stoller Hall                               SOLD OUT

John Bramwell & The Full Harmonic Trio

March 2024

Thu 14th         Cardiff, Acapela Studios

Fri 15th            Ludlow, Ludlow Assembly Rooms

Thu 21st          Falmouth, The Cornish Bank

Fri 22nd           Totnes, The Barrel House Ballroom

Wed 27th       Carlisle, Old Fire Station

Thu 28th         Glasgow, Saint Luke’s

April 2024

Fri 5th              Twyford, St. Mary’s Church

Sat 6th            Corsham, Pound Arts

Thu 11th         Tunbridge Wells, The Forum

Fri 12th            Norwich, The Waterfront

Fri 19th            Oxted, United Reformed Church

Sat 20th          Aldershot, West End Centre

Thu 25th         Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury Abbey

Sat 27th          Birmingham, St. Paul’s Church

Sun 28th         Chester, St. Mary’s Creative Space

May 2024

Thu 9th           Nottingham, Metronome

Sat 11th          Dublin (EIRE), The Well

Fri 17th            Barton-upon-Humber, The Ropewalk

Fri 24th            Lancaster, Lancaster Grand

Fri 31st             Cardigan, Mwldan

June 2024

Sat 1st             Bath, Rondo Theatre

Fri 7th              Liverpool, Philharmonic Music Room

Sat 8th            Newcastle, The Cluny

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Following the release of the critically-acclaimed album Weathervanes last summer and off the back of picking up the Trailblazer Award at the AMA UK Awards, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have announced their return to the UK for a run of dates this November.

Known for their captivating live shows the seven date 2024 tour kicks off at Brighton Dome on Monday November 18th, and culminates with a show at London’s Eventim Apollo on Monday November 25th. Jason also plays two very special, sold-out intimate shows in London this weekend at Cadogan Hall tonight and Union Chapel on Sunday. Pre-sale tickets go on-sale at 10:00 GMT on Wednesday January 31st and general sale at 10:00 GMT on Friday January 2nd HERE.

January 2024

Fri 26th                        London, Cadogan Hall                               SOLD-OUT

Sun 28th                     London, Union Chapel                                SOLD-OUT

November 2024

Mon 18th                   Brighton, Dome

Tue 19th                     Manchester, O2 Apollo Manchester

Wed 20th                   Edinburgh, Usher Hall

Fri 22nd                       Bristol, Bristol Beacon

Sat 23rd                      Wolverhampton, The Civic at The Halls Wolverhampton

Sun 24th                     Stockton-On-Tees, Stockton Globe

Mon 25th                   London, Eventim Apollo

Off the back of a year which seen him celebrate the 10th anniversary of his acclaimed breakthrough album Southeastern, release his own HBO documentary  and make his stamp on Hollywood with an assured performance in the celebrated Martin Scorsese film Killers Of The Flower Moon, Jason continues his accent as one of the most essential artists around.

Landing in a host of end of year ‘best of’ lists including MOJO, Uncut, Classic Rock and more, his latest album Weathervanes, which features Isbell’s GRAMMY-winning band, the 400 Unit, received widespread acclaim last year. Recorded at Nashville’s Blackbird Studio, the album features special guests include GRAMMY winner Amanda Shires (Fiddle, Background Vocals) and acclaimed harmonicist Mickey Raphael (Harmonica on ‘Strawberry Woman’) with Background Vocals on ‘If You Insist’ by renowned producer and engineer Sylvia Massy & Ian Rickard and Strings on ‘Death Wish’ by Morgan O’Shaughnessey.

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“The hype is now theirs to own”- The Forty Five

“VEPS are leaning hard into a very rough and ready DIY aesthetic, and I am absolutely here for it” – Far Out Magazine 

“The band was born out of friendship, with their playfully subversive songwriting fusing alt-pop with indie rock elements” – Clash Magazine

Following the release of their beautifully frantic debut album Oslo Park in 2022, Norwegian alt-indie pop quartet Veps return with new single ‘Greetings From Peru’. The track is the first cut from their sophomore album Dedicated To, which comes out via Miktam Records/Universal Music on June 14^th.

Produced by Marcus Forsgren and mixed by Matias Tellez (Girl In Red, Maisie Peters), ‘Greetings From Peru,’ is another infectious indie-pop earworm from the quartet. “’Greetings from Peru’ is a song written from when one of us was backpacking through South America, and figuring out what they really wanted back home,” the band said about the single. “It’s about how distance can make a picture much clearer, and sometimes the right amount of distance is halfway around the world.”

Self-directed and shot by the band in their hometown of Oslo, the playful video sees the band travel across land and water, from tram to the fjord, to deliver an important piece of news. Listen HERE and watch the video HERE.

Veps deliver another collection of indie pop bangers on second album Dedicated To. Finding a sound with a new sense of maturity and freedom, the band haven’t strayed far from their raw, DIY ethics on the LP. Opening with the beautiful, piano driven track ‘Break & Entry’, the album includes raucous new single ‘Greetings From Peru,’ the emotionally vibe filled ‘Say What?,’ the jagged, dark synth popper ‘For Thirsty Dogs’ and future live favourite ‘So Speak’.

“While writing our second album we took most of the inspiration from the people we know and from the situations we saw them in,” the band said of Dedicated To. “The title comes from just that. It’s a thank you to all the people that inspire us. It was written in one of the most hectic phases we have gone through as a band, but we hope the progress we’ve made comes to show in the songs”.

Formed when the girls were 14 years old, Veps have already achieved more than they could have imagined at that age. Releasing their debut EP Open The Door to acclaim in 2021, the band followed with their stunning debut full length Oslo Park in 2022. Already ticking off a plethora of international festivals including The Great Escape, Reeperbahn and Stag & Dagger, as well as Norway’s biggest festival Øyafestival, Veps completed their debut UK headline tour in spring 2022, culminating with a headline date at Sebright Arms in London.

Now signed to new label Miktam Records/Universal Music and with a craft of song writing well beyond their tender years, Veps, with their seamless blend of 90s indie aesthetic with classic pop hooks, are ready to take 2024 by storm.

Veps are Helena Mariero Olasveengen (keys/vocals), June K. Urholt (bass), Laura Dodson (guitar/vocals) & Maja B. Berge (drums)

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Emerging from a year which saw rising talent Luke Royalty question where his journey in music was taking him, the young and exciting artist is back with the release of his brilliant new EP 9INE. Listen to 9INE EP HERE.

“This project was very close to never seeing the light of day,” Luke said. “This is me not giving up, proving to myself that I don’t need to be anything or become anything. I’ve always tried to make music that’s innovative and I hope people see that. I’m putting this out for myself, for the love of music, not for anyone else.”

Self-produced and taking Influence from the likes of Frank Ocean, Tirzah and Tame Impala and mixed by longtime collaborator Bob MacKenzie, 9INE follows Luke’s debut EP My Blue Room. Merging lo-fi beats, with Luke’s raw, easy-going tones, the collection of seven tracks intertwine through hazy vibes to breezy pop hooks. “9INE is a messy pop project about love, hope and fear,” Luke said of the EP. “I really wanted to try and make something that sounded different to the other music that’s being released right now and separate myself from any labels or genres that people might expect when listening to Luke Royalty. I want to create something that’s fresh, exciting, and rough around the edges.”

Hailing from Darlington in the North East of England, Luke came from a creative family of artists and musicians. He, however, avoided dabbling in music until his late teens, preferring to spend his time playing Sunday League football and following his beloved Darlington FC. Upon finding influence in the likes of Mac Miller, Amy Winehouse and Bill Withers, Luke got drawn into the culture of turning his words to music and the rest is history in the making.

Without doubt one of the most exciting emerging acts around and having already garnered support from key players including BBC Radio 1 (Jack Saunders’ ‘Future Artists Next Wave Pick’), BBC 6 Music, BBC Introducing, NME, Clash Magazine, Far Out Magazine, Notion, The Line Of Best Fit, The Independent and Amazing Radio, Luke Royalty continues to be an artist we should all be watching.

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Armed with an already extensive back-catalogue of stunning music, Palace return with the announcement of their brand new, deeply personal, fourth studio album, Ultrasound – out April 5th, 2024. Its new offering, ‘Bleach’ is available today – listen HERE.

The record’s production sees the band reunited with Adam Jaffrey, 8 years after working together on their debut album, and arrives off the back of ‘Part I – When Everything Was Lost’ and ‘Part II – Nightmares & Ice Cream’, the band’s 2023 companion EPs.

While writing the first batch of songs for the album, frontman Leo Wyndham’s partner suffered a late miscarriage. Ultrasound naturally became an open diary of a year-long struggle from devastation to deliverance. “It was incredibly hard to comprehend what had happened, how to deal with it and how to move forward,” Leo says. “The album is the journey of that experience – starting with a loss, then a period of processing, and then finally acceptance, release and growth. And being in awe of women within that. Their dignity, strength and courage in how they can deal with these things that feel beyond a man.”

Album opener ‘When Everything Was Lost’, is chilling ozone rock with a hint of Bon Iver, capturing what Leo calls “that initial bombshell feeling”. From there, Ultrasound picks its way through the wreckage, seeking light, with the languid and lustrous pop-gaze trio of ‘Bleach’, ‘Nightmares & Ice Cream’ and ‘Rabid Dog’. The hallucinogenic ‘Nightmares…’ was based on a dream Leo had about seeing his partner in the afterlife: “It was a very beautiful abstract thing that we were together and there was this total acceptance of what had happened and it was euphoric,” he says.

At the album’s core sit three songs of support and consolidation. ‘Make You Proud’ is about wanting to be the best version of yourself out of love for another. There’s the soulful ‘Inside My Chest’, and ‘Love Is A Precious Thing’, the album’s melodic centrepiece.

The final stretch signifies a more reflective period. ‘Say The Words’ acknowledges the societal pressures on women to raise families and their resilience in the struggles of motherhood, ‘How Far We’ve Come’ confronts ageing and mortality. ‘All We’ve Ever Wanted’ revisits the rawness of Leo’s anguish in its images of forest fires and quicksand, his desire for fatherhood still burning.

Leo, guitarist Rupert Turner and drummer Matt Hodges began playing together in 2012 after fate had brought them all separately to London. The childhood friends released their acclaimed debut EP Lost In The Night in 2014, followed by the Chase The Light EP the year after. With three albums under their belt, So Long Forever, Life After and 2022’s Shoals, the band have acquired a mass of adoring fans across the world.

Palace will perform Ultrasound in full at an exclusive one-off show at London’s EartH on February 23rd. There will be an exclusive ticket pre-sale from Wednesday, January 31st for those who have pre-ordered the new album from wearepalace.com.

Epic album closer ‘Goodnight Farewell’ sums up the future. Sonically corroded, beaten, but standing proud, it finds Leo finally attaining a sense of peace.“That’s about transitioning to a new phase. It’s saying goodbye to this life-changing year, saying goodbye to former versions of ourselves and what would have been a child as well. It’s that transcendence of suddenly discovering that we can move forward into something that feels lighter and optimistic.”

And with that, Palace sail into 2024, fired up for one of the biggest years of their careers.

Palace – Ultrasound Tracklisting

1. When Everything Was Lost
2. Son
3. Bleach
4. Nightmares & Ice Cream
5. Rabid Dog
6. Make you Proud
7. Inside My Chest
8. Love Is A Precious Thing
9. Cocoon
10. Say The Words
11. How Far We’ve Come
12. All We’ve Ever Wanted
13. Goodnight Farewell

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Natasha Bedingfield sees her iconic 2004 hit ‘Unwritten’ enjoy a spectacular resurgence as it re-enters the UK Top 20 for the first time in 19 years, charting at #18. It also marks Natasha’s first appearance in the UK charts since her 2007 Sean Kingston collaboration, ‘Love Like This’.

The track’s re-emergence was boosted by its heavy inclusion in the brand new box office rom-com Anyone But You, starring Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney and Top Gun: Maverick actor Glen Powell.

Natasha says; “I’ve had songs in movies before but this time I really love the way it’s been used in such a special way that it makes you feel joyful. People are actually singing it as they leave the theatre! Over the years Unwritten has somehow become an anthem to sing at the top of your lungs . This makes me the happiest girl in the world as I have always felt that a good pop song is actually something you can belt. Like a good football song!”

Its charting is timely, as this year will see the 20th anniversary of the song that has firmly rooted itself as one of the 2000s’ most recognisable hits that’s currently streaming just under 2 million times a day globally, and to date has gone 2x platinum in the UK & US.

Since the film’s release, ‘Unwritten’ has gone viral again on TikTok, with users re-sharing the song, clocking up millions of views and demonstrating love for the song as theatre-goers post themselves singing it and dancing as they leave.

American filmmaker and songwriter Will Gluck recently used another of Natasha’s songs ‘Pocketful Of Sunshine’, in the Emma Stone movie Easy A – a scene which again went viral. Gluck wrote the song into a pivotal moment in the story and had the actors sing a line in every scene, culminating into an unprecedented comedy rendition of a pop song in a movie. TikTokers have posted themselves and the crowd singing along and also dancing to ‘Unwritten’ as they leave.

Named one of VH1’s “100 Greatest Women in Music,” Bedingfield has sold over 10 million albums and has earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and multiple Brit Award nominations for Best British Female Artist. With an illustrious career that includes collaborations with icons like Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars and Sheryl Crow, she has steadily refined her artistic vision over the years.

Watch this space for new music later this year.

SINGLES
1 x UK #1 (These Words)
5 x UK top 10s  (These Words, Single (#3), Unwritten (#6), I Wanna Have Your Babies (#7), Soulmate(#7)
7 x UK top 40s (^ + I Bruise Easily, Love Like This)
15 weeks in the top 10
4 Million UK SINGLE SALES

ALBUMS
1 UK number 1 (Unwritten)
2 UK top 10s (Unwritten, NB)
3.6 Million UK ALBUM SALES

WORLDWIDE
4 Million SALES
Just Under 2 Billion AUDIO STREAMS

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Following the announcement of their highly-anticipated third full length, Millennials, The Snuts  have released the latest advance in infectious stadium filler ‘Millionaires’. New album Millennials comes out February 23rd, 2024 on the band’s newly set up label Happy Artist Records – via The Orchard.

Destined to be a live favourite ‘Millionaires’ takes aim at society’s obsession with building a false sense of happiness. “It feels like society has become obsessed with focussing on the path towards monetary and materialistic gain and success instead of focussing on the here and the now and the value of true love and friendship – it’s a cliche, but those are the things in life that are priceless,” lead singer Jack Cochrane said. “‘Millionaires’is about the feeling of not wanting for anything, but surrounding yourself with the people in life that matter. We’ve seen so many toxic individuals creating ‘communities’ online which are teaching young people a negative rhetoric that money, possessions, status and misogyny are paramount for success. If love was money, we’d be millionaires.” Listen to ‘Millionaires’ HERE.

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. 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 Barrowland Ballroom on February 27th and 28th and a sold-out intimate date at London’s Lafayette on February 1st. 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.

UK LIVE DATES

February 

Thu 1st London, Lafayette SOLD-OUT

Tue 27th Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom SOLD-OUT

Wed 28th Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom SOLD-OUT

May

Sat 4th Liverpool, Soundcity Festival

July

Fri 12th Glasgow, TRNSMT Festival

The Snuts are Jack Cochrane, Callum ‘29’ Wilson, Joe McGillveray
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Kaiser Chiefs today release their brand new single ‘Burning In Flames’ – taken from their forthcoming new studio album, the aptly titled Kaiser Chiefs’ Easy Eighth Album, out March 1st 2024.

Upbeat, and dripping in retro-disco sound, ‘Burning In Flames’ sees frontman Ricky Wilson in a reflective mood, looking back on the hugely successful career to date, as well as their staying power. He explains: “Being in a band for over 20 years isn’t as easy as we make it look. Sometimes any one of us could feel like we don’t want to do it anymore. There aren’t many of us bands left from the early 2000’s and that’s probably at times because it doesn’t seem worth it. But if your favourite toy is broken you don’t throw it away, you fix it. The real success is being able to make an Easy Eighth Album.”

Produced by Amir Amor (Rudimental), Kaiser Chiefs’ Easy Eighth Album sees the band return with a fresh and bold new sound. From the Nile Rodgers co-write of new single ‘Feeling Alright’, to the frantic ‘Beautiful Girl’, horn-laden Kaiser Chiefs throwback ‘Job Centre Shuffle’ and joyous punch in the gut that is ‘Jealousy’, these ten tracks are a true statement of intent from a band that continues to deliver the goods again and again.

The album announcement arrives off the back of roaring success with previous releases ‘Jealousy’ & ‘How 2 Dance’, as well as a big UK arena headline tour at the end of last year.

Where 2019’s Duck straddled the tide between Northern-Soul euphoria and early ‘00s antithesis, 2024 will see Kaiser Chiefs stepping into a renewed spotlight; a hook-heightened universe in which Ricky Wilson, Andrew “Whitey” White (guitar), Simon Rix (bass), Keyboardist Peanut and Vijay Mistry on drums, come together to once again create what they craft best; breakthrough belters for the world’s dancefloor. 

Off the back of a UK arena tour, Kaiser Chiefs are changing things up and will return next year with a run of headline shows in April, including outdoor dates, as well as two special London shows at Troxy & Flippers Roller Boogie Palace (Apr 20th & 21st). They are not to be missed!

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2024 UK HEADLINE TOUR
April

Thu 11th TORQUAY, International Riviera Centre

Fri 12th EASTBOURNE, Winter Gardens

Tue 16th STOCKTON, Globe

Wed 17th WOLVERHAMPTON, Civic

Fri 19th BLACKPOOL, Empress Ballroom

Sat 20th LONDON, Troxy

Sun 21st LONDON, Flippers Roller Boogie Palace

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“…studded with sonic and structural allusions, though it doesn’t linger on any particular style or era. And the songs are never simply period pieces or party tunes. The band doesn’t merely understand, and revel in, what a historical anomaly it is. It also has feelings, and shows them.”

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Today, Cage The Elephant return after a five year hiatus with their new single ‘Neon Pill’ via Columbia Records. For this song, they reunited with producer John Hill to record the song at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas.  Listen to ‘Neon Pill’ here.

The two-time GRAMMY Award winning band consists of brothers Matt Shultz (vocals) and Brad Shultz (rhythm guitar) along with Daniel Tichenor (bass), Jared Champion (drums), Nick Bockrath (lead guitar) and Matthan Minster (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals).

‘Neon Pill’ is the group’s first new music since their album, Social Cues, which won Best Rock album at the 2019 GRAMMY Awards. The cinematic song is both sinewy and swaggering with an art house film backdrop.

The band’s catalog continues to grow –  they’ve garnered over 5 billion total streams and within the last year, their fan favorite song “Cigarette Daydreams” has been streamed 200 million times, in part thanks to their inclusion on the soundtrack of the video game “Marvel’s Spider Man 2” and saw a concurrent resurgence on TikTok and a boom with the video creations using the song. Additionally, their song “Goodbye” was featured in the viral YA series “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” and the song “Trouble” was included in a recent international ad campaign for “Amazon Prime.”
Cage The Elephant formed in 2006 and has had a steady stream of international success with five studio albums released to date: the self-titled album Cage The Elephant (2008), Thank You, Happy Birthday (2011) Melophobia (2013) and the GRAMMY-winning albums Tell Me I’m Pretty (2015) and Social Cues (2019).  The band has sold over 2.7 million albums worldwide, achieved ten #1s records at Alternative radio, and five #1 records at Triple A radio.

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Middlesbrough-born and Brit Billion-certified artist James Arthur has announced his brand new single ‘Bitter Sweet Love’ – the title track to his fifth, forthcoming new studio album – out January 26th, 2024. Watch the Tim Mattia-directed video HERE.

One of the first tracks written during the album’s creation, at Westlake Studios in West Hollywood with Steve Solomon, with whom he co-wrote his 2016 megahit ‘Say You Won’t Let Go’, “Bitter Sweet Love’ is a blast of funk-fuelled fun, with James showcasing yet another side of his extraordinary talent. Listen here.

“I love that it mashes up so many styles,” says James. “It goes from an almost The 1975-like groove to a Kings of Leon-esque pre chorus, then back to funky groove. It’s been one of my favourites from the moment I wrote it. It’s about someone who has a hold on you, but whose presence in your life fucks you up. You’re maybe drawn to them for how they look, despite how they play with your head.”

The track procedes the album’s superb offerings to date; ‘A Year Ago’, ‘Blindside’, ‘Just Us’, Homecoming’ & ‘Sleepwalking’, Bitter Sweet Love is James back to his very best, producing thirteen bites of world class music and a mature body of work, full of depth and oozing the impeccable songwriting quality that has defined his esteemed career to date.

2024 will also see a major world tour, in which multiple dates including UK arenas, sold out instantly, including London’s Wembley Arena, with The O2 now added. This was then followed by the announcement of a massive homecoming show at Middlesborough’s Riverside Stadium on Saturday 8th June 2024. This will be James’ biggest headline show to date and will see him joined by special guests McFly and Lauran Hibberd.

James is one of the world’s biggest streaming artists, with over 38 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone. James has scored 4 top 10 albums, with 2016’s Back From The Edge hitting the Number 1 spot and over his career has collaborated with the likes of Anne-Marie, Sigala, Rudimental, Marshmello & many more.

‘Say You Won’t Let Go’ became his breakthrough hit in the US. It was officially the UK’s most streamed song in 2016 and has gone on to be enjoyed via 4 billion streams while the song’s official video has achieved 1.5 billion views on YouTube. Earlier this year, the track became his first RIAA Diamond Single with 10 million certified units – making James one of just 100 recipients of an RIAA Diamond Single certification in the programme’s history.

Other huge hit singles include: ‘Impossible’, ‘Can I Be Him’, ‘Sun Comes Up’, ‘Naked’, ‘Empty Space’, ‘Rewrite The Stars’, ‘Falling Like the Stars’, ‘Train Wreck’ and ‘Lasting Lover’, which are all certified platinum records. The song ‘Cars Outside’ off the new album is currently becoming another global hit for James.

James will play the following UK arena dates next year. Remaining tickets are on sale here.

UK Tour 2024

Mar 05 – Bournemouth, UK @ International Centre SOLD OUT 

Mar 06 – Birmingham, UK @ Birmingham Utilita Arena SOLD OUT 

Mar 08 – Sheffield, UK @ Sheffield Utilita Arena SOLD OUT 

Mar 09 – Newcastle, UK @ Newcastle Utilita Arena SOLD OUT 

Mar 10 – Hull, UK @ Connexin Live SOLD OUT 

Mar 13 – Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro SOLD OUT 

Mar 15 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester AO Arena SOLD OUT 

Mar 16 – London, UK @ Wembley OVO Arena SOLD OUT 

Mar 19 – Nottingham, UK @ Motorpoint Arena 

Mar 20 – Cardiff, UK @ Utilita Arena 

Mar 22 – London, UK @ The O2

Jun 8 – Middlesbrough, UK @ Riverside Stadium

Jun 30 – Cornwall @ The Wyldes

Jul 12 – Leeds @ Millennium Square

Jul 17 – Wigan @ Robin Park

Jul 18 – Swansea @ Singleton Park

Aug 02 – Newmarket @ Racecourse

Aug 17 – Market Rasen @ Racecourse 

Aug 27 – Belfast @ Custom House Square

Bitter Sweet Love – Tracklisting
1. Bitter Sweet Love
2. Free Falling
3. Sleepwalking
4. Blindside
5. Just Us
6. Comeback Kid
7. From The Jump
8. A Year Ago
9. Ruthless
10. New Generation
11. My Favourite Pill
12. Is It Alright?
13. Homecoming

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