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Robbie Williams’ dance side-project Lufthaus to make UK live debut at Creamfields 2024

Lufthaus, Robbie Williams‘ dance side project has revealed they are set to make their UK live debut at Creamfields 2024. READ MORE: ‘Robbie Williams’ review: Netflix doc makes clear the perils of pop stardom The dance project – comprised of Williams, Flynn Francis and Tim Metcalfe – are set to play the sunset slot on the Arc stage on the festival’s final day. Creamfields is set to take place over the August Bank Holiday weekend from August 22-25 at its usual site in Daresbury, Cheshire. The fest is already sold out. Other acts announced to play at this year’s edition of the electronic dance music festival include Calvin Harris, Tiësto, Michael Bibi, Steve Angello, Alesso, Hardwell, Bicep present CHROMA, Eric Prydz, Martin Garrix, Camelphat, Armin van Buuren, Charlotte De Witte, Andy C, Peggy Gou, Fisher, Fatboy Slim, Ben Hemsley, Example, Scooter, Pete Tong, John Summit, Low Steppa, Layla Benitez, Ben Nicky, Will Sparks, and Hannah Laing. Advertisement Chris Stussy, Artbat, Barry Can’t Swim, Sub Focus, Third Party, Kings of the Rollers, Darren Styles, Gorgon City, Girls Don’t Sync, blk, Franky Wah, Sarah Story, and many more will also have sets at the fest. Lufthaus released their debut album ‘Visions Volume 1’ last… Read More →

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David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust to receive deluxe reissue

David Bowie‘s 1972 masterpiece The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars lands as a deluxe 5CD and 1 Blu-Ray Audio set, called Rock ‘n’ Roll Star!, on June 14. As a taster for the box, you can hear the “Ziggy Stardust” demo, recorded by Bowie on vocal and acoustic guitar in March 1971 at Haddon Hall in Beckenham. PINK FLOYD ARE ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE Advertisement Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! contains 29 unreleased tracks, covers early songwriting demos, recordings from The Arnold Corns, rehearsals at Haddon Hall, BBC sessions, singles, live performances, plus outtakes and alternative versions from the original album recording sessions, which have been newly mixed by original album producer, Ken Scott. You can pre-order a copy by clicking here. The audio-only Blu-Ray disc features the definitive 2012 remaster of the original Ziggy Stardust album in 96kHz/24bit PCM stereo, plus the album and additional mixes from 2003 in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 as well as the singles, outtakes and alternative versions in 96kHz/24 bit PCM stereo. Advertisement The Blu-Ray also includes a version of the Ziggy album called Waiting In The Sky (Before The Starman Come To Earth),… Read More →

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Simon Armitage releases the Blossomise EP

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and his band LYR have released the Blossomise EP. PINK FLOYD ARE ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE The five track EP coincides with both World Poetry Day and yesterday’s Spring equinox [March 20]. Advertisement You can hear “Folk Song” from the EP below. [embedded content] “Blossom is an extraordinary emotional milestone every year, a moment of illumination and resurgence after the dark winter months,” says Armitage. “Increasingly, we have seen that poetry is resonating with people from across the generations and from many different walks of life, not least when it shades into musical territory and performance. As such, this feels like the right project at the right time, designed to amplify the joy of blossom, encourage people all over the country to feel inspired by nature’s resilience, and to welcome the coming of spring.” Apart from Armitage, LYR comprise singer-songwriter Richard Walters and multi-instrumentalist and producer Patrick J Pearson. Advertisement The Blossomise EP is available to buy or stream on digital platforms here. LYR will perform Blossomise on a limited tour of four key cities (Plymouth, Coventry, Manchester and Newcastle) that are hosting a variety of creative blossom inspired events as part of the… Read More →

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Denis Villeneuve says he’ll only make ‘Dune Messiah’ if it’s “better” than ‘Dune: Part Two’

Dune and Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve has commented on what it would take for him to make a third film in the sci-fi franchise. READ MORE: ‘Dune: Part Two’ review: sandworm-sized sequel should blow a hole in the box office Speaking with Empire, Villeneuve spoke about the newly-released Dune: Part Two, in which he completes his adaptation of Frank Herbert’s first Dune book. Villeneuve has not shied away from addressing the potential of a third Dune film, though he previously stated that he’s planning to take a break first. Now, Villeneuve has reiterated to Empire that he doesn’t have Part Three – dubbed Dune Messiah after the book of the same name – on his mind right now: “I did both movies back-to-back, which makes absolute sense for me. I felt that it was a good idea to move forward right after Part One. We were already designing, writing et cetera. But it also meant that for six years I was on Arrakis non-stop, and I think it will be healthy to step back a little bit.” Advertisement Zendaya plays Fremen warrior Chani. CREDIT: Warner Bros. However, he isn’t distancing himself from Dune Messiah entirely, outlining several criteria that… Read More →

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Pulp add more shows to first North America tour in over a decade

Pulp have announced the addition of new dates to their upcoming North American tour, marking their first shows in the US in over a decade. The band previously announced a handful of live dates set to take place in the US starting on September 8. Today (March 20), the Britpop group shared that they have added additional shows in Toronto, New York City and Los Angeles. The new dates are September 11 at HISTORY in Toronto, September 14 at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, and September 19 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. General ticket sale will commence this Friday (March 22) at 10am local time. Visit here to purchase tickets and check out the full dates below. You asked for more … So we’ll give you a little bit more … Extra Pulp shows added in Toronto, NYC & LA “due to phenomenal demand.” Artist’s presale begins today at 11am local. General sale this Friday. Check emails if you’re on the list, sign up if not. https://t.co/4ScIXh50vL pic.twitter.com/oEQiBQ6fnf — Pulp (@welovepulp) March 20, 2024 Advertisement Pulp 2024 US updated tour dates are: SEPTEMBER8 – Chicago, Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom10 – Toronto, HISTORY11 – Toronto, HISTORY13 – Brooklyn, NY… Read More →

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Watch Low’s Alan Sparhawk play four new songs

Back in November, Alan Sparhawk played an emotional set in Utrecht’s Jacobikerk as part of Le Guess Who? festival – his first European show since the death of his wife and Low bandmate Mimi Parker. PINK FLOYD ARE ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE Backed by his son Cyrus on bass, Owen Mahon on drums and Dave Carroll (of Trampled By Turtles) on electric banjo, Sparhawk combined songs destined for a future solo album with jams by his and Cyrus’s funk sideline, Derecho Rhythm Section. Watch Sparhawk and band play “Get High”, “Salvation”, “Impossible Day” and “Want It Back” below: You can read Uncut’s full review of Alan Sparhawk at Le Guess Who? in the January 2024 issue of Uncut, available to purchase online by clicking here. Le Guess Who? 2024 takes place in Utrecht from November 7-10.

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Sydney Sweeney says she did ‘Madame Web’ to “build a relationship with Sony”

Sydney Sweeney has opened up more about starring in Sony Pictures‘ Madame Web, which she has described as a “strategic business decision”. Speaking to GQ UK recently, Sweeney responded to the film’s negative reception and co-star Dakota Johnson‘s comments about the film’s production and flop at the box office. While Johnson said she “probably will never do anything like it again”, Sweeney’s open to taking another crack at the film: “I think that if the story is right and you have the right team, I would love to.” However, Sweeney also revealed that her decision to act in Madame Web was more of a business move than anything else: “To me that film was a building block, it’s what allowed me to build a relationship with Sony. Without doing Madame Web I wouldn’t have a relationship with the decision-makers over there.” Advertisement ‘Madame Web’ CREDIT: Sony She went on to explain: “Everything in my career I do not just for that story, but strategic business decisions. Because I did that, I was able to sell Anyone But You. I was able to get Barbarella.” Anyone But You, a romantic comedy starring Sweeney and Glen Powell, released in January, and became… Read More →

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Beyoncé shares ‘Cowboy Carter’ album artwork and responds to backlash over country music

Beyoncé has revealed the official album artwork for ‘Cowboy Carter‘ and has addressed the backlash over her venture into country music. READ MORE: Beyoncé – ‘Renaissance’ review: a celebration of love and Black joy The pop icon shared the name of her upcoming eighth studio LP ‘Cowboy Carter’ via her official website on March 12. The site’s landing page featured a photo of a horse saddle with a red, white and blue sash that read “Country Carter.” Many believed that the photo of the saddle was the official album artwork. Today (March 19), Beyoncé took to her official Instagram account to share the actual artwork for the LP. The photo sees the singer in a white cowboy hat with long platinum blonde locks while wearing a red, white and blue leather outfit holding an American flag and wearing a “Country Carter” sash while sitting upon a white horse. Advertisement The artwork was shared in celebration of the ten day countdown until the album’s release on March 29. “This album has been over five years in the making. It was born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed…and it was very clear that I wasn’t…. Read More →

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Send us your questions for Irmin Schmidt

“When we founded the group,” Can’s Irmin Schmidt once confided to Uncut, “we didn’t know where we will go.” As it turned out, they went places no other band has been, before or since. The Köln outfit were one of the most unique, influential and exhilarating groups in rock, as evidenced by their ongoing programme of live releases from the mid-1970s. The latest, Live In Paris 1973, is the first in the series to feature the inimitable presence of vocalist Damo Suzuki, who sadly passed away last month, leaving Schmidt as the last surviving member of Can. The keyboardist has long since been the curator of the band’s legacy, co-authoring 2018’s All Gates Open: The Story Of Can with sometime Uncut writer Rob Young. But he’s also written a great deal of music outside Can, including numerous film and TV soundtracks and an opera based on Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast. So, what do you want to ask a free-rock titan? Send your questions to audiencewith@uncut.co.uk by Friday (March 22) and Irmin will answer the best ones in a future issue of Uncut.

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Yard Act – Where’s My Utopia?

Whatever you say they are, that’s what they’re not. It’s a natural impulse of any band who have experienced sudden acclaim, and the reductive hype that goes with it, to kick hard against it creatively. Sometimes that’s to the point of commercial self-harm. So when Yard Act’s follow-up to their 2022 debut, the Mercury-nominated, The Overload, is peppered with sardonic self-referential asides, you’re immediately struck by the suspicion that this is their stab at leaving every party that would have them as members. The disagreeable second album, if you will. PINK FLOYD ARE ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE “I was hot property once but now the promise has gone,” James Smith sneers on opening track “An Illusion”, and the inward focus continues on the biz-baiting anti-anthem “We Make Hits” (“and if this isn’t a hit, we’ll say it’s ironic”). As if his spiritual uncle and namesake Mark E has been reborn as an acolyte of the Arctic Monkeys, Smith relates, “We know there’s no surprising/Anyone with eyes and ears round here that we’re all gonna sink.” Advertisement That’s one of several such barbs, either side of Smith witheringly referring to his own band… Read More →

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Sheer Mag – Playing Favorites

For a while there Sheer Mag were the last great American indie band, releasing singles, EPs, compilations and at least two classic albums on their own shoestring Wilsun RC imprint based out of Fishtown, Philadelphia. But it’s only fitting that they finally signed on the dotted line with Jack White’s Third Man Records. PINK FLOYD ARE ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE Though they’re not quite ready for the label’s hand-crafted, lathe-cut, heavyweight vinyl treatment – the quintessential Sheer Mag format you feel might still be a busted-up, unspooled old cassette you find at the side of the road outside a gas station somewhere on I-10 – you could say that Sheer Mag are the true spiritual heirs of The White Stripes. Advertisement If the Stripes’ artfully homespun, high-concept primitivism was the perfect expression of the USA’s garage band soul at the turn of the century, then the Philly quartet are the modern equivalent. Both the Mag and the Stripes are bands that have thrived on limitations. In fact, what mono was for Jack and Meg, you might say compression is for Sheer Mag. Look at the wave form for “Eat It Or Beat… Read More →

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I’m New Here – Arushi Jain

Three years ago, the Delhi-born, US-based composer Arushi Jain quit her comfortable tech job in San Francisco and headed to New York to become an artist full-time. Since then, it’s not gone too badly. Jain, who styles herself the ‘Modular Princess’ after her musical practice, released Under The Lilac Sky in 2021, a beautiful meditation rooted in the Indian classical tradition that also veers into seriously mind-expanding psychedelia. The album fell victim to the pandemic but has since come to resonate with a growing audience who appreciate transportive synthesiser jams, including James Holden, Arooj Aftab, Floating Points and Suzanne Ciani. PINK FLOYD ARE ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE “I think I’m finally over ‘San Francisco Arushi’ and entering a different version of me that’s craving human connection a bit more,” says Jain, 30, from her Brooklyn apartment. “In San Francisco you had to make things happen because there wasn’t much going on. In New York I want to meet more artists and write with them.” Advertisement Jain was taught classical music at a number of prestigious schools in India before she moved to the Bay Area at 18 to study computer science at… Read More →

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J Mascis – My Life In Music

The Dinosaur Jr mainman shares his formative freak-outs: “Nick Cave was my fashion icon in college” PINK FLOYD ARE ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE THE ROLLING STONES Advertisement Exile On Main Street ROLLING STONES RECORDS, 1972 I remember my mom giving me money to go grocery shopping and I stopped at the record store first and bought – took that off the top and then spent the rest of the money on food. And, yeah, I still listen to it. There’s so many songs on it that you’re always discovering a different song. I like that it’s kinda murky-sounding, there’s something magical about it. I didn’t really know anything about [the legend of its making] as a kid. It was just the record itself, the sound. They seemed to be taking off, from surviving the ’60s and then suddenly jumping into something that I really liked. Their guitar-playing inspired me, Mick Taylor and Keith Richards together. Advertisement THE STOOGES The Stooges ELEKTRA, 1969 When I was maybe 11 or 12, I got the Rolling Stone Record Guide, and I would try to collect all the albums that had five stars. I definitely discovered… Read More →

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Watch Nandi Bushell perform a rock medley at the O2 in front of 20,000 people

Young drum prodigy Nandi Bushell has performed a rock medley at the O2 Arena in front of 20,000 people – watch footage from the performance below. Recently, Bushell performed at the O2 Arena as part of the Young Voices youth choir tour, which played to a total of 600,000 attendees across the UK. Backed by the choir and a house band, Bushell performed a medley that consisted of classics from The Who, Metallica, Foo Fighters, Nirvana and many others. This past weekend, Bushell uploaded a clip of her performance onto YouTube, titled ‘The Greatest Rock Medley Ever!’. Advertisement [embedded content] The medley kicked off with The Who’s ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’, before transitioning to The Killers‘ ‘Somebody Told Me’. Other songs that she performed during the medley included Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’, Foo Fighters’ ‘Everlong’, Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’, Queen‘s ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’, Arctic Monkeys‘ ‘Brianstorm’, Coldplay‘s ‘Fix You’, Led Zeppelin‘s ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ and a drum solo. You can watch the full 10-minute pro-shot performance above. Bushell, who shot to viral fame for her online drum battles with Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, has been playing drums since she was five years old. Now thirteen years of age, Bushell regularly… Read More →

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Yungblud tells us about his past, present, future and new festival BludFest

Yungblud has announced details of his own festival BludFest – taking over Milton Keynes Bowl this summer with a stacked line-up. Find details below, and see above to watch our interview with Dom Harrison as he tells us what to expect while weighing up his past, present and future. After teasing fans with his “biggest announcement yet“, the Doncaster artist has now revealed that the inaugural BludFest will be headed to Milton Keynes Bowl on Sunday 11 August – featuring a headline set from Yungblud alongside a line-up featuring recent collaborator Lil Yachty, as well as Soft Play, Nessa Barrett, The Damned, Lola Young, Jazmin Bean and many more to be announced. Beyond the music, the “community” focussed event will also play host to include a ‘Make A Friend’ tent, free photobooths, a Yungblud museum, and a recreation of Camden’s iconic The Hawley Arms – the artist’s favourite pub. Advertisement Asked what it means to be headlining Milton Keynes Bowl in the footsteps of David Bowie, Queen, Green Day and Linkin Park, Yungblud told NME: “Wow! What the fuck? That’s the fucking mad, isn’t it? BludFest is happening! I’m launching my own festival. I had the idea to do it… Read More →

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Steve Harley dies at 73

Steve Harley has died aged 73. The news was confirmed by his family in a statement, who said: “We are devastated to announce that our wonderful husband and father has passed away peacefully at home, with his family by his side.” Harley, who had been receiving cancer treatment, had cancelled a run of shows last year, writing on his website that it was a “heartbreaking” decision. Advertisement “It’s tiresome, and tiring. But the fight is on… And thankfully the cursed intruder is not affecting the voice. I sing and play most evenings.” PINK FLOYD ARE ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE His family said Harley had “passed away peacefully at home”, adding: “We know he will be desperately missed by people all over the world.” Advertisement “Whoever you know him as, his heart exuded only core elements. Passion, kindness, generosity. And much more, in abundance,” his wife Dorothy and children Kerr and Greta wrote in a statement. “The birdsong from his woodland that he loved so much was singing for him. His home has been filled with the sounds and laughter of his four grandchildren.” Born Stephen Nice in south London in 1951, he… Read More →

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‘Dune’ mega fan has seen the film over 200 times and has memorised the script

A Dune mega fan has reportedly seen the 2021 film over 200 times, memorising its script in the process. Mac J., who runs the @batsdune account on X (formerly Twitter), has been using the platform as a log to note every time he watches the movie. To date, Mac has seen the film over 200 times and per an interview with Inverse, has the sci-fi epic’s script memorised. At the time of publishing, Mac J.’s account has logged that the mega fan has seen Dune: Part Two 18 times already – most of them in IMAX. Mac J. wrote on X this past weekend: “I am running out of money” as he logged his 17th time watching Part Two. i am running out of money pic.twitter.com/WArevvVc4C — mac (@batsdune) March 15, 2024 Advertisement Speaking to Inverse, Mac said he first read Dune in 2018 when it was announced that director Denis Villeneuve was adapting the Frank Herbert sci-fi epic for the big screen. “I saw it like 20 times in theaters and over 200 on streaming. Rewatching Dune became a hobby of mine.” Mac also noted that he used to “keep a tally sheet” to keep track of his rewatches,… Read More →

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Steve Harley, singer with Cockney Rebel, dies at 73

Steve Harley, the frontman of 70s band Cockney Rebel and best known for ‘Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)’, has died aged 73. The news was confirmed by his family in a statement, who said: “We are devastated to announce that our wonderful husband and father has passed away peacefully at home, with his family by his side.” Harley, who had been receiving cancer treatment, had cancelled a run of shows in late 2023, writing on his website at the time that it was a “heartbreaking” decision, but necessary in order to fight a “nasty” cancer. [embedded content] His family continued that they knew Harley would be “desperately missed by people all over the world”. “Whoever you know him as, his heart exuded only core elements. Passion, kindness, generosity. And much more, in abundance.” Born Stephen Nice, the musician grew up in London, and while working as a local journalist in the early 1970s, he started busking and playing in the city’s folk scene. He formed the glam rock group Cockney Rebel in 1972 with Jean-Paul Crocker, Stuart Elliott, Paul Jeffreys and Milton Reame-James, and they were quickly signed by EMI Records. The band had early success with… Read More →

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AC/DC’s Brian Johnson and Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler to star in new docuseries ‘Music Legends’

AC/DC’s Brian Johnson and Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler are set to star in a new documentary series, named Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends. The six-part series will see the two classic rockers explore the lives of six other music legends, with the show set to run weekly on Sky Arts from April 25. Each episode will see Johnson and Knopfler examine the careers of, respectively, Tom Jones, Sam Fender, Cyndi Lauper, Nile Rodgers, Carlos Santana and Emmylou Harris, with the hosts also playing live with the guests on the episodes. Advertisement AC/DC’s Brian Johnson CREDIT: Jason Squires/WireImage In addition to Sky Arts in the UK, the show will be available to stream via NOW TV internationally. An official description reads: “Join AC/DC singer, Brian Johnson and Dire Straits singer and guitarist, Mark Knopfler as they share their incredible knowledge and experiences with each other — and a hand-picked selection of music royalty.” “Guests including Sir Tom Jones, Nile Rodgers and Cyndi Lauper share stories from their own careers and discuss the tracks that shaped them as musicians and fans. Mark and Brian do the same, painting a fascinating portrait of their shared musical lives. AC/DC also recently re-released their first… Read More →

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Watch Ray Parker Jr., Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, and Jimmy Fallon perform the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme on classroom instruments

Ray Parker Jr., Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson have teamed up to perform the original Ghostbusters theme on Jimmy Fallon – watch their cover below. READ MORE: ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ review: spook-nuking sequel brings franchise back from the dead In celebration of sequel Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and its world premiere on Thursday (March 14), the trio joined Jimmy Fallon to perform the franchise’s theme tune. They were accompanied by The Roots, who played the theme on various classroom instruments. Parker Jr. recorded and sang the iconic song in 1984 for the original film, of which Murray and Hudson starred in its cast. Murray, alongside Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, formed the original three Ghostbusters. Advertisement The movie is set to release in the UK on March 22, 2024. Check out the cover below: [embedded content] Along with the return of Bill Murray as Peter Venkman, Frozen Empire is set to feature fellow cast members Aykroyd as Ray Stantz, Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore, and Annie Potts as Janine Melntiz. However, Sigourney Weaver will not be reprising her role as Dana Barrett in the sequel, telling Collider last year: “No, I mean, I wasn’t asked to be in this Ghostbusters, and I think, you know, a little of us… Read More →

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Bon Jovi “doesn’t know” if he’ll tour after major surgery

Jon Bon Jovi has revealed that he is not sure whether he will be able to tour again after undergoing surgery on his vocal cords in 2022. This week, Bon Jovi announced details of their new album ‘Forever’ and shared the record’s lead single ‘Legendary’. The album comes out on June 7 via EMI and you can pre-save/pre-order it here. However, due to his health challenges, the singer cannot yet confirm that he will be able to undergo a full tour to support the record’s release. Advertisement In an interview with Mix 104.1 Boston, which you can see below, he said: “I don’t know about a tour. It is my desire to do a tour next year, but I’m just still recovering from a major surgery.” [embedded content] “Although I’m well on the road to recovery and was able to take my time and do a song a day when I made the record, my need, want, desire is to be able to do two-and-a-half hours a night four nights a week for months on end.” “And so I’m working towards that goal.” The singer recently opened up about the surgery, saying a doctor in Philadelphia performed a procedure known… Read More →