NOV/DEC UK HEADLINE TOUR
*Sold Out In Under A Minute*

Incl. London, O2 Academy Brixton – November 29th

Further UK dates supporting Ed Sheeran & The Killers

2019 continues to be the year of Lewis Capaldi. Breaking records and capturing the nation, his eagerly awaited debut album Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent is out May 17th on Virgin EMI. Lewis will also embark on his biggest ever UK headline tour which sold out in under a minute, including a night at London’s O2 Academy Brixton, as well as festival dates and support shows across the summer with Ed Sheeran and The Killers.

Recorded over an 18 month period across London, New York & L.A., Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent is an ironically titled, but charismatically defining album that’s lyrically candid and an accurate snapshot into the ups and downs of growing up. Consisting of recordings that capture the charm & feeling of how they were originally written, including hit UK singles ‘Grace’, Bruises’ & ‘Someone You Loved’, Lewis’ stunningly identifiable voice, coupled with its turbulent themes of love, loss and heartache, make it a debut record that is unequivocally relatable.

Since debut track ‘Bruises’ exploded online in 2017, Capaldi has been able to boast incredibly rare markers in his still fledgling career. The young Scot, whose incredible humour sets him apart from fellow heartbreak songwriters, has already bagged a UK Number 1 platinum-selling  single with ‘Someone You Loved’, which has sat at #1 for six weeks, making it the biggest UK single of the year and one of the longest running #1 singles of the past 25 years. An extraordinary feat for an artist who continues to smash through boundaries at an alarming rate.

Lewis has also achieved successive Radio 1 A-List tracks, sold over 150,000 headline show tickets, enlisted the music video acting services of ex-Dr Who star Peter Capaldi, amassed over 600 million plays across streaming services & has sold out no less than three back-to-back headline tours, with demand outstripping supply at every turn. This all underlined with critical praise, being shortlisted for the 2019 Brits Critics’ Choice award, TV performances on The Jonathan Ross Show & Top Of The Pops, and making both the BBC’s Sound Of 2018 longlist and BBC Radio 1’s Brit List.

His personal achievements haven’t gone unnoticed by his musician peers either, with Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, The Killers, Rag’n’ Bone Man, Bastille & Niall Horan all offering Capaldi support shows to audiences on a gigantic scale. The young 22 year old who only 18 months previous had been plugging-in night-after-night into the local pub gig circuit of Glasgow, will now head out on the road in November to headline some of the countries most notable venues, including London’s O2 Academy Brixton.

2018 was a remarkable year for Lewis Capaldi, and as 2019 rolls on, things continue to get bigger and better. Lewis has taken pairing sad songs with an incredible wit, and a rampant social media following to match, and made it his very own. The results are hilariously beautiful.

HEADLINE DATES (*all sold out*)

JUL 20 – Scarborough Open Air Theatre
AUG 30 – Scarborough Open Air Theatre

NOV 22 – Belfast, Ulster Hall

NOV 23 – Manchester, Academy

NOV 25 – Birmingham, O2 Academy

NOV 26 – Bristol, O2 Academy

NOV 28 – Southampton, O2 Guildhall

NOV 29 – London, O2 Academy Brixton

NOV 30 – Norwich, UEA

DEC 2 – Nottingham, Rock City

DEC 3 – Sheffield, O2 Academy

DEC 5 – Edinburgh, Usher Hall

DEC 7 – Glasgow, O2 Academy

DEC 8 – Glasgow, O2 Academy

 

SUPPORT DATES

JUN 25 – Ormeau Park, Belfast (supporting The Killers)

 AUG 16 – Leeds, Roundhay Park (supporting Ed Sheeran)

AUG 17 – Leeds, Roundhay Park (supporting Ed Sheeran)

AUG 25 – Ipswich, Chantry Park (supporting Ed Sheeran)

AUG 26 – Ipswich, Chantry Park (supporting Ed Sheeran)

 

UK FESTIVALS

MAY 4 – Free Radio Hits, Arena Birmingham

MAY 9 – Brighton Dome @ The Great Escape (SOLD OUT)

MAY 26 – This Is Tomorrow Festival, Newcastle Exhibition Park

 JUL 21 – Tramlines Festival, Hillsborough Park

JUL 26 – Truck Festival, Oxfordshire

JUL 27 – Camp Bestival, Lulworth Castle

JUL 28 – Standon Calling, Hertfordshire

AUG 2 – Indiependence, Cork

AUG 3 – Belladrum, Inverness

AUG 11 – Boardmasters, Newquay

AUG 24 – Victorious Festival, Portsmouth

SEP 1 – Weekender Festival, Jersey

Follow Lewis Capaldi:

FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM |WEBSITE | SPOTIFY

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FIRST TRACK “MEDELLÍN” WITH MALUMA IS ZANE LOWE’S WORLD RECORD ON BEATS1 TODAY

MTV PRESENTS MADONNA LIVE & EXCLUSIVE: “MEDELLÍN” VIDEO WORLD PREMIER ON APRIL 24TH

PRE-ORDER MADAME X NOW

ALBUM PRE-ORDERS INCLUDE DOWNLOAD OF “MEDELLÍN

Madonna’s highly-anticipated 14th studio album Madame X will be released on June 14th globally from Live Nation, Interscope Records and Maverick. The first track from the album “Medellín,” with Colombian superstar Maluma, will be Zane Lowe’s World Record today on Apple Music’s Beats 1. Madame X is now available for pre-order. Album pre-orders include a download of the first track which is available across Apple, Spotify (pre-save), Amazon and all DSPs. Select additional tracks will become available before the album release.

Madonna will exclusively unveil the world premiere of her video and single “Medellín” with Maluma, during a globally televised MTV music event, “MTV Presents Madonna Live & Exclusive: ‘Medellín’ Video World Premiere,” on Wednesday, April 24 at 9:00 pm BST / 4:00pm ET/ 1:00pm PT. Madonna will join British DJ Trevor Nelson and fans live from London for a conversation about the influences of her new album, and the creative forces behind her transcendent career.  “Medellín” collaborator and Colombian pop star Maluma will join live from Miami. Madonna will also take questions during the global event via satellite from MTV’s Sway Calloway and fans in New York City, with additional MTV-hosted events in Milan and São Paulo.

Influenced creatively by living in Lisbon, Portugal over the past several years, Madame X is a collection of 15 new songs that celebrate Madonna’s career-long affair with Latin music and culture as well as other global influences.  Singing in Portuguese, Spanish and English, highlights on the album include “Medellín,” which was co-produced by Mirwais and captures the spirit of Maluma’s hometown, the anthemic song “I Rise,” the Jamaican dancehall vibes of “Future” featuring Quavo, and co-produced by Diplo, as well as the sonically innovative Mirwais produced “Dark Ballet.” Recorded over 18 months in Portugal, London, New York and Los Angeles, Madonna collaborated on Madame X with longtime producer Mirwais, as well as with producers Mike Dean and Diplo, among others.

“Lisbon is where my record was born,” Madonna says. “I found my tribe there and a magical world of incredible musicians that reinforced my belief that music across the world is truly all connected and is the soul of the universe.”

Madame X will come in a standard and deluxe version of the album. A variety of special bundles of Madame X with one-of-a-kind limited merchandise, as well as special vinyl and cassette versions of the album, are available now for pre-order as well HERE. Further details regarding the album, videos and appearances will be announced in the coming weeks.

The full track listing for Madame X standard and deluxe versions are:

1.     Medellín with Maluma  

2.     Dark Ballet

3.     God Control

4.     Future ft. Quavo  

5.     Batuka

6.     Killers Who Are Partying

7.     Crave ft. Swae Lee  

8.     Crazy

9.     Come Alive

10.  Extreme Occident **deluxe version only

11.  Faz Gostoso ft. Anitta

12.  Bitch I’m Loca ft.  Maluma

13.  I Don’t Search I Find  

14.  Looking for Mercy **deluxe version only

15.  I Rise  

For more information, please visit:

www.madonna.com

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Supports Band of Horses on European Summer Tour
Headlines London’s Thousand Island 30th April
Last autumn, LION, aka Beth Lowen, released her impressive debut EP Fiction. Fuelled by her incredibly distinctive vocals – honed from performing at local pubs and venues since the age of 13 – the EP’s stand out track ‘Oh No’attracted the interest of 6 Music and Radio 1, landing her a Maida Vale session.

Now, having toured the UK as special guest to Nathaniel Rateliff in January, LION returns with the gutsy new single ‘Second Hand’, a rocky, emotional ballad that’s set to be a firm favourite across festival dates this summer. The track marks an evolution in her sound, merging spidery guitar parts with her trademark vocals and anthemic choruses, a sure sign of good things to come as she works on her debut LP.

As well as playing a string of European dates this summer as support to Band of Horses, Lion plays the following UK dates:

April
Sun 14th MARLBOROUGH, Sound Knowledge, RSD Instore

Tues 23rd LONDON, Earth Hackney +
Sat 27th READING, Are You Listening Festival
Tues 30th LONDON, Thousand Island

May
Sat 4th LEEDS, Live At Leeds
Sun 5th NEWCASTLE, Hit The North
Tues 7th DUBLIN, Sound House
Sat 11th BRIGHTON, Great Escape Festival

June
Sat 15th LONDON, Bushstock Festival
Thurs 20th OXFORD, O2 Academy Oxford *
Fri 21st LONDON, O2 Forum Kentish Town *

July
Sun 28th DERBYSHIRE, Y Not Festival

* Band of Horses support
+ Tamino support

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Title Track Featuring Lykke Li Out Now

Academy, Grammy and Golden Globe-winning artist and producer, Mark Ronson, announced that his highly-anticipated fifth studio album, Late Night Feelings, will be released on June 21st via Columbia Records. The title track single “Late Night Feelings” feat. Lykke Li is available now.

Late Night Feelings will feature collaborations with a diverse range of artists including Miley Cyrus, Camila Cabello, Alicia Keys, YEBBA, Angel Olson, King Princess, The Last Artful, Dodgr, Diana Gordon, and Ilsey.

Mark has described this album as a collection of “sad bangers,” and the single, like much of the album, is emotionally complex and personal.  “Late Night Feelings” feat. Lykke Li boasts an addictive chorus and was written by Mark Ronson, Ilsey Juber, Lykke Li and Stephen Kozmeniuk. The single was produced by Mark and co-produced by the Picard Brothers at Zelig Studios in LA.

‘The second single is a follow up to 2018’s global smash “Nothing Breaks Like A Heart” feat. Miley Cyrus, the platinum certified track has garnered 250 million streams worldwide and 100 million video views.

The new album comes after a landmark year for Ronson, winning an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy Award for his work with Lady Gaga on “Shallow” from A Star Is Born.

Coinciding with the release of new music, Mark has been DJing at pop-up parties, dubbed Club Heartbreak, a reflection of the new music to come.

On album release Mark Ronson will make history by becoming the first artist to release his album on 5 iconic formats simultaneously.  Late Night Feelings will be available on CD, vinyl, cassette, and limited editions of 8 track and mini disc – the latter two available only on Mark’s website.  Visit http://ron.sn/store for all versions of Late Night Feelings.

Track Listing

  1. Late Night Prelude
  2. Late Night Feelings (feat. Lykke Li)
  3. Find U Again (feat. Camila Cabello)
  4. Piece of Us (feat. King Princess)
  5. Knock Knock Knock (feat. YEBBA)
  6. Don’t Leave Me Lonely (feat. YEBBA)
  7. When U Went Away (feat. YEBBA)
  8. Truth (feat. Alicia Keys & The Last Artful, Dodgr)
  9. Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (feat. Miley Cyrus)
  10. True Blue (feat. Angel Olsen)
  11. Why Hide (feat. Diana Gordon)
  12. 2 AM (feat. Lykke Li)
  13. Spinning (feat. Ilsey)

About Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson is an internationally renowned DJ and Academy-Award, seven-time-Grammy-Award-winning and Golden Globe-winning artist and producer.

Ronson spent the first eight years of his life growing up in London, England before moving with his family to New York City.  Already a keen student of music, and a huge fan of hip hop, he was 16 when he first began creating mixtapes and trying his hand at DJing. That early passion set him on a path to music production, recording and songwriting that has resulted in a career highlighted by work on a multi Grammy-winning album by Amy Winehouse, as well as his own Grammy-winning, global smash hit with Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk.”  Along with releasing four successful albums under his own name, his resume includes production work for some of music’s biggest names, including Adele, Paul McCartney, Duran Duran and Lily Allen. More recently, he helmed Lady Gaga’s acclaimed fifth album, Joanne and Queens Of The Stone Age’s lauded Villains. This year he released a string of singles with Diplo under the name Silk City, including the current world wide hit “Electricity” with Dua Lipa, which earned him a Grammy Award for “Best Dance Recording” in 2019.

He is a co-writer of the song “Shallow,” recorded by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper for the movie A Star Is Born, for which he earned an Academy Award for “Best Original Song,” a Golden Globe Award for “Best Song Written for a Motion Picture,” a Grammy Award for “Best Song Written for Visual Media,” and a Grammy nomination for “Song of the Year.”

Most recently Mark collaborated with Miley Cyrus on the hit song, “Nothing Breaks Like A Heart,” the first single  featured from Late Night Feelings set for release June 21st. Since its release in late November, the platinum certified single has garnered 250 million streams worldwide and 100 million video views.

He is currently based in Los Angeles where he operates his record label, Zelig Records, home to fast rising star King Princess. To date, Ronson has 1 Academy Award, 7 Grammy Awards, 2 Brit Awards, 1 Golden Globe Award and 1 MTV VMA Award to his name.

https://www.markronson.co.uk/

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Lead Track ‘Queuejumper’ Out Now – 11 Date UK & Ireland Tour Announced For October

Neil Hannon, one of the country’s foremost songwriters, releases a wonderful new Divine Comedy album ‘Office Politics’ on June 7th. It’s the follow-up to the acclaimed top ten 2016 album ‘Foreverland’.

“Office Politics” is a 16 track tour de force full of inventive, timeless music peopled with a typically irreverent cast of characters. “It has synthesizers. And songs about synthesizers,” Neil says. “But don’t panic. It also has guitars, orchestras, accordions, and songs about love and greed.” But ‘Office Politics’ central characters are the machines. Or ‘Infernal Machines’ as one track rages.

“I do try to make normal records,” Neil says with a smile. ”But it always seems to wander off into odd territories.”

And for that we should be thankful.

The Divine Comedy will play the following UK and Ireland headline tour dates. Tickets on sale from 9.00am on Friday 12th April. Ticket links can be found at www.thedivinecomedy.com

October 2019

Sun 6th                       Dublin, Bord Gais Energy Theatre

Mon 7th                       Belfast, Ulster Hall

Tue 8th                        Cork, Opera House

Thu 10th                       Glasgow, Old Fruitmarket

Fri 11th                        Birmingham, O2 Institute

Sat 12th                       Oxford, O2 Academy 1

Mon 14th                     Bristol, O2 Academy

Tue 15th                       Leeds, Metropolitan University (Leeds Beckett University)

Wed 16th                    Brighton, Dome

Thu 17th                       London, Eventim Apollo

Fri 18th                        Manchester, Albert Hall

‘Office Politics’ Tracklisting:

1. Queuejumper

2. Office Politics

3. Norman And Norma

4. Absolutely Obsolete

5. Infernal Machines

6. You’ll Never Work In This Town Again

7. Psychological Evaluation

8. The Synthesiser Service Centre Super Summer Sale

9. The Life and Soul Of The Party

10. A Feather In Your Cap

11. I’m A Stranger Here

12. Dark Days Are Here Again

13. Philip And Steve’s Furniture Removal Company

14. ‘Opportunity’ Knox

15. After The Lord Mayor’s Show

16. When The Working Day Is Done

The album was written, produced and arranged by Neil Hannon and recorded in Ireland and London. Additional guest vocals courtesy of Chris Difford, Cathy Davey & Pete Ruotolo.

Physical & Digital Release Format Info:

  • 16 track ‘Office Politics’ album on 2 x heavyweight 180g vinyl in gatefold packaging.

  • Limited Edition Coloured Vinyl LP. 16 track album on 2 x heavyweight 180g coloured vinyl in gatefold packaging

  • Standard CD. 16 track ‘Office Politics’ album on 1 CD in gatefold packaging with 12 page booklet containing lyrics and credits.

  • Limited Edition Deluxe CD. As per standard CD, with a second CD – ‘Swallows and Amazons – The Original Piano Demos.’ This 15 track album consists of Neil Hannon’s original demos for the stage musical adaptation of ‘Swallows and Amazons.’ The songs from the show have never before been released.

  • Digital. 16 track ‘Office Politics’ album as per Standard CD

  • Deluxe Digital. As per Deluxe CD – 1st Volume is the 16 track ‘Office Politics’ album, 2nd Volume is the 15 track ‘Swallows and Amazons – The Original Piano Demos’

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out May 31st

Sony Music Entertainment’s Depeche Mode 12″ vinyl singles project continues with the release of Black Celebration | The 12″ Singles and Music For The Masses | The 12″ Singles – out May 31st.

Each of these definitive box sets contains 12″ vinyl singles contemporaneous to either Black Celebration (1986) or Music For The Masses (1987). Both pivotal releases in the Depeche Mode canon, these albums advanced the band’s musical mission, moving the DM sound from industrial pop into darker atmospheric emotional territory.

Following its release in 1986, Black Celebration became the group’s then-highest charting album in both the UK and Germany, expanding their influence across pop culture while inspiring myriad young musicians to start bands of their own.

The next year, Music For The Masses furthered Depeche Mode’s international mass appeal, breaking open the United States and other markets with the record-setting Music For The Masses Tour. An electrifying and historic adventure for band and audiences worldwide, the tour included Depeche Mode concerts in then-communist East Berlin, Budapest, and Prague. The tour’s 101st show, a transcendent performance at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, was attended by more than sixty thousand fans and documented in 101, a concert film and an accompanying live album.

From their earliest days as a band, Depeche Mode championed 12″ vinyl, embracing the singular power of the format and the avenues of innovation it opened up. The 12″ single allowed the band to explore new sonic possibilities while the tactile physical beauty of the packaging gave Depeche Mode room to develop a sophisticated and commanding visual aesthetic. Depeche Mode used their singles discography as a means of offering left field remixes and other delights for their fans.

Both Black Celebration|The 12″ Singles and Music For The Masses|The 12″ Singles extended Depeche Mode’s increasingly mind-blowing run of 12″ singles and featured some of the band’s most sublime artwork to date.  Each of the albums showcased some of the most enduring singles in the DM catalog; Black Celebration featured “A Question of Lust” and “Stripped” while Music For The Masses contained “Never Let Me Down Again” and “Strangelove” (Depeche Mode’s first #1 US Dance chart hit).

Black Celebration | The 12″ Singles contains the four original 12″ releases from the album plus a 12″ vinyl version of the limited edition “A Question of Lust” cassette release, available for the first time internationally in this collection. Music For The Masses | The 12″ Singles includes the seven original and special edition 12″ vinyl singles from the album.

Sony Music Entertainment released the first two box sets in the series Speak & Spell | The Singles and A Broken Frame | The Singles on August 31st, 2018.  The second batch – Construction Time Again | The 12″ Singles and Some Great Reward | The 12″ Singles – arrived on December 14th, 2018.

Each box set in the series contains the singles from each Depeche Mode album on audiophile-quality 12″ vinyl, with audio mastered from the original tapes. The artwork for the exterior of each of the box sets draws on iconography inspired by the original releases, while the vinyl sleeves themselves feature the original single artwork.

The Depeche Mode 12″ Singles Series will continue over the coming years, with plans to release boxes containing the singles from each of the band’s albums in similar deluxe audiophile-grade collector’s editions.

In 2018, Depeche Mode completed their Global Spirit Tour, a worldwide concert itinerary that launched in May 2017 and crescendoed summer 2018 with a pair of shows at the Waldbühne in Berlin on July 23 and 25. The 15-month Global Spirit Tour saw the band play to more than 3 million fans across Europe, North America and South America.

Black Celebration | The 12” Singles

Stripped (12BONG 10)

A Stripped (Highland Mix)

A But Not Tonight (Extended Remix)

B Breathing In Fumes

B Fly On The Windscreen (Quiet Mix)

B Black Day

A Question Of Lust (12BONG 11)

A A Question Of Lust

A Christmas Island (Extended)

B People Are People (Live)

B It Doesn’t Matter Two (Instrumental)

B A Question Of Lust (Minimal)

A Question Of Lust (L12BONG 11)

A A Question Of Lust (Flood Mix)

A Christmas Island

B If You Want (Live)

B Shame (Live)

B Blasphemous Rumours (Live)

A Question Of Time (12BONG 12)

A A Question Of Time (Extended Remix)

B Black Celebration (Live)

B Something To Do (Live)

B Stripped (Live)

A Question Of Time (L12BONG 12)

A A Question Of Time (New Town Mix)

A A Question Of Time (Live Remix)

B Black Celebration (Black Tulip Mix)

B More Than A Party (Live Remix)

Music For The Masses l The 12” Singles

Strangelove (12BONG 13)

A Strangelove (Maxi Mix)

B Strangelove (Midi Mix)

B Fpmip 5.20

Strangelove (L12BONG 13)

A Strangelove (Blind Mix)

A Pimpf

B Strangelove (Pain Mix)

B Agent Orange

Never Let Me Down Again (12BONG 14)

A Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix)

B Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)

B Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)

Never Let Me Down Again (L12BONG 14)

A Never Let Me Down Again (Tsangarides Mix)

B Pleasure, Little Treasure (Join Mix)

B To Have And To Hold (Spanish Taster)

Behind The Wheel (12BONG 15)

A Behind The Wheel (Remixed By Shep Pettibone)

B Route 66 (Remixed By The Beatmasters)

Behind The Wheel (L12BONG 15)

A Behind The Wheel (Beatmasters Mix)

B Route 66 (Casualty Mix)

Little 15 (12LITTLE 15)

A Little 15

B Stjarna

B Sonata No. 14 in C#m (Moonlight Sonata)

 

depechemode.com

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‘Social Cues’ out April 19th

Play London’s Heaven June 14th 

Cage The Elephant today releases a brand new song ‘Night Running’, with Beck. The track is taken from the band’s forthcoming fifth studio album, ‘Social Cues’, out April 19th on Columbia Records.

Cage The Elephant have also recently announced The Night Running Tour in the States, where they will be co-headlining with Beck throughout the summer and will be playing a run of sold-out UK shows this June.

Cage The Elephant play the following UK shows –

June

Fri14th              London, Heaven                              Sold Out

Mon 17th         Edinburgh, Liquid Rooms                 Sold Out

Tues 18th         Birmingham, Institute 2                    Sold Out

Social Cues was produced by John Hill (Santigold, Florence + The Machine, Portugal. The Man, tUnE-yArDs), recorded at Battle Tapes Recording, Blackbird Studio and Sound Emporium in Nashville and The Village Recording Studio in Los Angeles, and mixed by Tom Elmhirst and mastered by Randy Merrill in New York City.

The majority of the material on Social Cues was written during the unravelling of Shultz’s relationship. He explains, “it can be a vehicle to act out things that are hard to confront.” He went on to say, “I let images just arise in my mind and wait for it to evoke an emotional response and then when it does, I know I’m on to something. One listen to ‘Social Cues’ and you’ll agree!

Cage The Elephant is vocalist Matt Shultz, rhythm guitarist Brad Shultz, drummer Jared Champion, bassist Daniel Tichenor, lead guitarist Nick Bockrath and keyboardist Matthan Minster.

WWW.CAGETHEELEPHANT.COM

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Summer Festival Dates Announced

Keane, one of Britain’s best and most beloved bands, are currently putting the finishing touches to a brand new studio album, their first since ‘Strangeland’ in 2012, set for release later this year.

A stunning recent appearance on the BBC’s Comic Relief, performing ‘Somewhere Only We Know’, sent fans on social media into overdrive. It was like they’d never been away.

After releasing two highly successful solo albums during Keane’s hiatus, frontman Tom Chaplin found himself meeting up with Tim Rice-Oxley, Keane’s songwriter and pianist, and listening to songs that Tim had planned on releasing as part of a solo project. Tom was incredibly moved by the honesty of the writing and knew immediately that he wanted to help bring these emotional songs to life.

“I thought it was the most personal, most vulnerable set of songs that I’d ever heard,” says Tom Chaplin, “and I was very drawn to that. It felt like a story that I could help articulate.”

Tom and Tim soon found themselves in the studio with their old mates, drummer Richard Hughes and bassist Jesse Quin, working on an album that they’re all extremely proud of.

Keane have already announced European festival appearances for the summer including a headlining appearance at Cornbury Festival July 6th and British Summer Time Hyde Park as special guests to Robbie Williams July 14th. Full festival dates below:

June
Sun 9th – Hello Festival, Emmen, Netherlands
July
Sat 6th – Cornbury Festival, Oxfordshire, UK
Sun 14th – BST Hyde Park, London, UK (supporting Robbie Williams)
Fri 19th – MEO Marés Vivas, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Sat 20th – Noches del Botanico, Madrid, Spain
Sun 21st – 4Ever Valencia, Spain
September
Mon 7th – Live On The Beach, Den Haag, Netherlands

More news and live dates will be announced in due course.

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‘Feel The Same’ Out March 22nd
Massive 21 Date Tour kicks off May 1st in Aberdeen

 

Olly Murs releases new single ‘Feel The Same’, featuring Nile Rodgers, March 22nd on RCA. With over a million streams, It’s one of the stand out tracks from Olly’s latest album ‘You Know, I Know’ which has already sold over 200,000 copies.

Listen to ‘Feel The Same’ HERE

Co-written by Olly and produced by Steve Robson and Digital Farm Animals, ‘Feel The Same’ is classic Olly Murs: upbeat, catchy and feel good. Nile Rodgers on guitar makes the song tick!

Nile Rodgers said: “I’ve known Olly for a few years now and he’s an infectious character. He’s always positive and fun to be around so co-writing and playing on ‘Feel The Same’ at Abbey Road was effortless”

Currently gracing the small screen as everybody’s favourite Voice coach, Olly kicks off a massive 21 date British tour May 1st in Aberdeen and includes two dates at London’s O2 Arena May 17th and 18th.

Full dates below with Rak-Su as very special guests:

May 2019

Weds 1s ABERDEEN, BHGE Arena
Fri 3rd GLASGOW, The SSE Hydro Arena
Sat 4th GLASGOW, The SSE Hydro Arena
Mon 6th NOTTINGHAM, Motorpoint Arena
Tues 7th NOTTINGHAM, Motorpoint Arena
Thurs 9th BOURNEMOUTH, International Centre           
Fri 10th BIRMINGHAM, Resorts World Arena
Sat 11th BIRMINGHAM, Resorts World Arena
Mon 13th DUBLIN, 3Arena
Tues 14th BELFAST, SSE Arena
Fri 17th LONDON, The O2
Sat 18th LONDON, The O2
Mon 20th NEWCASTLE, Utilita Arena                     
Tues 21st HULL, Bonus Arena                                
Thurs 23rd LEEDS, First Direct Arena
Fri 24th SHEFFIELD, FLYDSA Arena
Mon 27th BRIGHTON, Brighton Centre
Tues 28th CARDIFF, Motorpoint Arena                          
Thurs 30th  LIVERPOOL, M&S Bank Arena
Fri 31st MANCHESTER, Manchester Arena
June 2019
Fri 7th GLOUCESTER, Kingsholm Stadium

Tickets on sale NOW and are available from www.gigsandtours.com and www.ticketmaster.co.uk

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Apologies for not writing in such a long time but we’ve been busy! One look at the charts and you can understand why!

First of all congrats to Tom Walker who finally released his debut album ‘What A Time To Be Alive’ after winning a BRIT for British Breakthrough. The LP stormed to #1, went down to #5 week two and is now holding its own at #2 in the midweeks. We can’t wait for his Roundhouse show May 1st. And look out for a big announcement next Monday!

More congrats to Dido who’s stunning ‘Still On My Mind’ album went in at #3 this week, having battled it out with Foals and Dave all week long. Dido tours for the first time in 15 years this May, landing at the Roundhouse for two nights May 30th and 31st. More UK dates just announced for winter.

A big round of applause to Jack Savoretti whose new album ‘Singing to Strangers’ is on course to be #1 on Friday- his first! Bolstered by the glorious singles ‘Candlelight’ and ‘What More Can I Do’, this breakthrough album looks set to be one of the year’s big success stories. Jack tours in May too, finishing at London’s Wembley Arena May 31st.

Take a bow Lewis Capaldi who celebrates 3 weeks atop the singles chart with ‘Someone You Loved’. He just announced his debut album, the unusually titled ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent’ – out May 17th. Lewis’ November UK headline tour is completely sold out.

Next week Lewis is special guest to Ireland’s biggest band Picture Thiswho play 5 sold out shows at Dublin’s 3Arena. Currently doing 5 UK shows, they roll up at the Forum tonight for a sold out show. New album ‘MDRN LV’ out now on Island. More dates in October.

What else have we been up to? We caught Ida Mae’s sold out Omeara show last week and were mighty impressed with husband and wife duo Chris Turpin and Stephanie Jean. A cross between the White Stripes and Led Zep 3, Ida Mae are taking blues rock to a new audience armed with songs from their impressive Thirty Tigers debut disc ‘Chasing Lights’ out this summer.

Mark Ronson was in London the other week for the Global Awards and is putting the finishing touches on his remarkable new album. Stay tuned for news of his next single.

Also in London recently was Cage the Elephant front man. Matt Shultzwho charmed everyone he met with tales of the mighty forthcoming album ‘Social Cues’ out April 19th featuring Beck on stand out track ‘Night Running’. The band play 3 must see UK dates in June. If you haven’t heard their new LP yet, you have one massive sonic treat coming your way!!

A big MBC welcome to Steven Van Zandt who releases his first album of new material in 20 years with ‘Summer of Sorcery’ May 3rd. They have 6 UK dates in May too including London’s Forum May 24th.

Taking time off his Foo Fighter duties, guitarist Chris Shiflett put the first track from his forthcoming solo album out with ‘This Ol’ World’. Chris plays 6 UK dates from March 31st including the Omeara April 1st.

And finally a huge welcome to the family to Ant Giannaccini who’s made himself at home here at MBC and we’re all the better for it!

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Instant Grats ‘If You Don’t Love Me’ and ‘Reaching’
Out July 12th on Thirty Tigers
Headline Omeara 13th March

Off the back of a US tour and the release of their phenomenal track, ‘If You Don’t Love Me’, husband and wife duo Ida Mae, (Chris Turpin and Stephanie Jean) today announce their debut album ‘Chasing Lights’ – out July 12th on Thirty Tigers. Pre-order HERE.

Ida Mae also release fabulous new single ‘Reaching’, taken from the album, which is available as an instant grat now – listen here.

Album highlights include ‘If You Don’t Love Me’, which oozes beautiful simplicity that demands your attention. Stephanie’s vocals weave in and out of Chris’ haunting melodies, resulting in a balanced, fresh and elegant sound. The more upbeat ‘Reaching’ is effortlessly bluesy, showcasing the duo in a more vibrant light.

Ida Mae is the sound that Chris Turpin always dreamed of creating. After the break down of their raucous first group, Kill It Kid, Turpin, as opposed to seeing the band’s dissolution as a setback, saw it as an opportunity: “We wanted to make something simple and honest and raw,” says Chris. “We wanted to make a record our way, with no compromises.”

‘Chasing Lights’ was helped to become the masterpiece it is with the guidance of legendary producer Ethan Johns (Ray LaMontagne, Laura Marling, Kings of Leon). The duo’s natural chemistry proved to be an ideal fit for Ethan Johns’ minimalist approach to production. “Ethan records live and very quickly,” explains Turpin. “He loves the naïve discovery of early takes. It could be terrifying at times, but we always trusted his judgment.”

Blending elements of vintage Delta blues and gritty rock and roll with boldly modern arrangements and fearless punk swagger, ‘Chasing Lights’ captures Ida Mae in its purest form. From the pulsating ‘Higher Than Light’ to the Beat poet-inspired ‘My Girl Is A Heartbreak’, ‘Chasing Lights’ is an impressive eclectic debut. Singing together, the couple have an unusual ‘which-is-which’ dynamic.

Having toured with the likes of The Lone Bellow, Nick Mulvey, Nikki Lane, The Marcus King Band, Will Varley and Greta Van Fleet, Chris and Stephanie are no strangers to hitting the road. Ida Mae will play the following UK dates. Tickets on sale now:

March 2019
Tues 12th                          NORWICH, Norwich Arts Centre
Wed 13th                          LONDON, Omeara
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Dates in Birmingham, Manchester, Brighton, Ipswich, Sheffield, London

Ahead of her first album in five years, the stunning Still On My Mind, out now on BMG, Dido has announced her 2019 Nov/Dec tour commencing at the Birmingham Arena, Thu 28 Nov. The announcement marks Dido’s first return to touring in 15 years, and will see her performing material from the new album, as well as classic tracks such as Thank You, Here With Me, White Flag and Life For Rent. Tickets on sale Fri 08 March– Gigsandtours.com 

November
Thu 28th                                Birmingham, Arena
December
Tue 3rd                              Manchester, Apollo
Wed 4th                                 Brighton Centre
Thu 5th                                    Ipswich, Regent Theatre
Sat 7th                                   Sheffield, City Hall
Sun 8th                                 London, Hammersmith Apollo                   

Still On My Mind encapsulates a variety of styles and genres, ranging from her love of hip hop to her folk roots, but ultimately the entire record carries a dance and electronic music sensibility, even on the tracks with no beats. At the core, it’s about the songs which capture the beautiful essence of Dido personally and emotionally.

“It was simple, I only wanted to make another album if it was with him’ says Dido. ‘It was made in such an easy way, all the vocals recorded on the sofa, a lot of it recorded at home”. The record follows the 2013 release of the acclaimed Girl Who Got Away, with lead single Hurricanes, released at the end of last year, already amassing almost 2 MILLION streams on Spotify.

Speaking of making the album, Dido recalls ““an absolutely magical experience”, expressing that “I wanted to capture the feeling I still get from listening to music, just that rush like you don’t need anything more than this”.

With album sales topping 40 MILLION worldwide, Dido is one of the UK’s best-selling artists; both her debut No Angel, and its follow-up the 7x platinum Life For Rent ranking as two of the best selling albums in UK Chart history.

FURTHER UK DATES

May 2019
Sun 26th                            Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall                        SOLD OUT
Mon 27th                        Dublin, Olympia Theatre                                    SOLD OUT
Wed 29th                            Manchester, Albert Hall                                    SOLD OUT
Thur 30th                              London, The Roundhouse                                 SOLD OUT
Fri 31st                                  London, The Roundhouse                                 SOLD OUT   
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