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David Gilmour announces new live album and film

David Gilmour has announced details of a new live album and film, both recorded during his sold out 2024 Luck and Strange tour. Scroll down to hear Gilmour’s live version of “Sorrow” – which originally appeared on Pink Floyd‘s 1987 album A Momentary Lapse Of Reason. Advertisement CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO UNCUT Live At The Circus Maximus, Rome – which is released via Sony Music Vision and Trafalgar Releasing – will be shown in cinemas & IMAX worldwide on September 17, for a limited time only. Tickets go on sale from August 6 at 2pm BST/ 9am EDT / 6am PDT. Full screening details will be available here. The film will also be released on 2 Blu-Ray and 3 DVD sets with bonus unseen footage on October 17. Also on October 17, Sony Music release The Luck And Strange Concerts, featuring 23 tracks spread across 4LPs or 2CDs, recorded at selected shows from the tour and blends solo tracks from Gilmour’s most recent album alongside classic Pink Floyd tracks. The super deluxe edition of the album features all the formats as well as a 120-page hardback book featuring Polly Samson’s photographs taken on the tour. Pre-order here. Advertisement DAVID GILMOURTHE LUCK AND STRANGE… Read More →

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Terry Reid: “I was with Jimi in New York and Miles came round…”

News reached us earlier this month that British rock original Terry Reid has sadly been forced to postpone his upcoming European tour due to an ongoing battle with cancer. Now his friends have set up a GoFundMe page to help raise money for his treatment – click here to read more and donate. We wish Terry a speedy recovery. Below, you can read our Audience With Terry Reid from the October 2023 issue of Uncut (Take 317): from helping to assemble Led Zeppelin, to getting loaded with Bowie, to Chuck Berry stealing his amp, Superlungs has seen it all… Advertisement Terry Reid is sanguine about being forever known as the man who turned down Led Zeppelin. But he’d rather be known as the man who put together Led Zeppelin. “Jimmy [Page] asked me what he should do with the band,” explains Reid, Zooming in from his home in Indio, California. “He needed a singer who could sing around those guitar licks, and not everybody could do that. I’d seen Robert with John Bonham, so I said to him, ‘Not only is Robert perfect, you’ve got to get the drummer – he’s an animal!’” It turns out that Reid might be… Read More →

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Watch Ed Sheeran invite Sigrid on stage to perform ‘Don’t Kill My Vibe’ in Oslo

Ed Sheeran brought Sigrid on stage to perform ‘Don’t Kill My Vibe’ during a show in her hometown of Oslo – check out footage below. READ MORE: Ed Sheeran – ‘Autumn Variations’ review: a pumpkin-spiced snoozer Sheeran was performing at the Norwegian capital’s Ullevaal Stadium when he invited Sigrid to join him to perform her breakout hit. Coincidentally, she had headlined the Second Stage at Latitude Festival the day before, which takes place in Sheeran’s hometown of Suffolk. Advertisement After their performance, Sheeran wrote on Instagram: “So fun rocking Oslo tonight with @sigrid hometown hero. She’s one of the coolest, really appreciate her flying over for this show, felt only right to have her come and sing this for everyone tonight. I’ve loved her music for years but now I know she’s as cool as I thought she was, if not cooler. Such a fun time. Can’t wait to hear the rest of the album when it comes out x” Sigrid replied in the comments: “right back at you!! thanks so much for having me.” The video on the pair’s Instagram accounts has already received 100,000 likes and 2.1milliion views. Check it out below: Recommended Meanwhile, Sigrid released a “free-spirited and… Read More →

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Hayley Williams has just surprise-released a new 17-song album ‘Ego’

Hayley Williams has surprise dropped a new 17-track solo album, ‘Ego’, just a few days after debuting new music in a Nashville radio station. WNXP Nashville premiered a new song called ‘Mirtazapine’ last week, which was part of a CD that also contained another song titled ‘Glum’. Advertisement On the new song, Williams sings: “Here comes my genie in a screw cap bottle / To grant me temporary solace / I could never be without her / I had to write a song about her / Who am I without you now? / Mirtazapine / You make me eat, you make me sleep / Mirtazapine / You let me dream, you let me dream.” It turns out ‘Mirtazapine’ and ‘Glum’ were both from her third solo album, which has appeared on her website. Fans can access it by entering a 16-digit code which they can obtain by buying something from her hair dye company Good Dye Young’s new drop. ‘Ego’ is Williams’ first release since she became an independent artist when her record deal with Warner/Atlantic ended. are you in for a treat?! 17 new songs are waiting at https://t.co/mWPf7ye5mh pic.twitter.com/qF0uPt9DrT — Paramore-Music.com (@paramoremusicom) July 28, 2025 The track titles… Read More →

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Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s streaming numbers soar following icon’s death

Ozzy Osbourne‘s and Black Sabbath‘s streaming numbers on Spotify have skyrocketed following the metal icon’s death last week. READ MORE: Ozzy Osbourne, 1948-2025: culture-smashing revolutionary that redefined rock and reality TV The death of the heavy metal pioneer and iconic Black Sabbath frontman was announced last Tuesday (July 22). His family said in a statement that the 76-year-old music icon was “surrounded by love” at the time of his passing. Advertisement It came shortly after he took to the stage for the huge ‘Back To The Beginning’ gig in Birmingham on July 5 – marking his final show both as a solo artist and with Black Sabbath. While a cause of death has not been revealed, Ozzy had notably been dealing with a myriad of health issues for numerous years, including being diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2019. Following the devastating news of his death, The Hollywood Reporter has shared that the musician’s streaming numbers have risen significantly on Spotify. According to the publication, Ozzy Osbourne has gained over 6million monthly listeners as a solo act, while Black Sabbath have gained over 4million monthly listeners. The streaming rises go beyond their monthly listeners as well – ‘Crazy Train’ has gained 8million streams since Tuesday, with ‘Mama, I’m… Read More →

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Tom Lehrer, influential satirical singer-songwriter, dies aged 97

Tom Lehrer, the highly influential American satirist and singer-songwriter, has died at the age of 97. Variety have reported that Lehrer’s friends say he was found dead in his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Saturday (July 26). He was widely recognised for his incisive, darkly comedic songs that targeted the politics and society of ‘50s and ‘60s American life, and he has been cited as a key influence on the work of the likes of Randy Newman, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic and The Simpsons. After establishing himself on the underground beatnik circuit in the 1950s, he rose to greater prominence with his regular contributions to NBC’s That Was The Week That Was, the US spin-off of the landmark David Frost-fronted BBC satirical show. [embedded content] Lehrer was comfortable challenging social taboos of the day in his songs, including drug addiction (‘The Old Dope Peddler’), militant patriotism (‘It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier’), nuclear proliferation (‘So Long Mom’) and sexuality (‘The Masochism Tango’). Born in New York on April 9, 1928, he began playing piano at a young age and was accepted into Harvard at the age of 15. While studying for a doctorate in mathematics in the early… Read More →

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Watch Hayley Williams, Waxahatchee, Jeff Tweedy and others join Bleachers at Newport Folk Festival

Bleachers welcomed a range of big names to the stage during their show at Newport Folk Festival this weekend – watch footage below. Jack Antonoff’s band took to the stage at Rhode Island’s Fort Adams State Park on Friday (July 25), where Hayley Williams, Waxahatchee, Jeff Tweedy, Weyes Blood, Rufus Wainwright, Maren Morris and Dan Reedy were all special guests. Advertisement The set was billed as a Newport edition of Bleachers’ annual The Ally Coalition Talent Show, which had its 10th edition in New York last December and raises funds for the non-profit organisation of the same name. Weyes Blood’s Natalie Mering joined for a cover of ‘Dream A Little Dream Of Me’, while they were then both joined by Waxahatchee for Roy Orbison’s ‘You Got It’. Elsewhere, Wainwright came out for a version of Bob Dylan’s ‘Not Dark Yet’, and Wilco frontman Tweedy sang Lana Del Rey’s ‘Margaret’ as well as his own ‘Kamera’. Paramore singer Williams gave a live debut to her recent new song ‘Mirtazapine’ and covered Modern English’s ‘I Melt With You’, while Bleachers also covered The Waterboys’ ‘The Whole Of The Moon’. Watch footage from the show here: [embedded content] Recommended [embedded content] [embedded content]… Read More →

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Soundside Festival 2025 cancelled due to “circumstances beyond our control”

Soundside Festival in Connecticut have cancelled their 2025 event due to “circumstances beyond our control”. The fourth annual edition of the Bridgeport festival had been set to take place on September 27 and 28, with organisers announcing in March that this year’s headliners would be The Killers, Weezer, Vampire Weekend and Hozier. Advertisement In a statement posted to their website, the festival said: “Due to circumstances beyond our control, Soundside Music Festival has been cancelled. Tickets will be refunded to the original method of payment in as little as 30 days depending on your bank’s processing time.” CT Insider have reported that Thomas Gaudett, a local government official, has suggested that the reason for the sudden cancellation could come down to the bands that were booked for 2025. “It’s our understanding that this year’s line-up was drawing a lot fewer attendees than we have seen in the last few years,” he said. “And that may have had an impact on the decision to cancel.” In addition to the headline acts, artists that had also been announced for Soundside 2025 included The Last Dinner Party, Djo, Japanese Breakfast, Inhaler, Rachel Chinouriri, Remi Wolf, Alex Warren and The Backseat Lovers. Recommended Also… Read More →

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Lola Young tackles self-sabotage on soulful new single ‘D£aler’

Lola Young has unveiled a new single, ‘D£aler’, which unpacks her past struggles with self-sabotage. Across the upbeat track containing elements of pop and soul, Young details her desire to escape the emotionally turbulent aftermath of a romantic situation. “I wanna get away, far from here/Pack my bags, my drugs, and disappear/Tell you, “No,” make it clear/I’m not coming back for fifteen years,” she sings. Advertisement ‘D£aler’ is taken from her forthcoming album ‘I’m Only Fucking Myself’ which will drop on September 19 via Island/Day One – pre-save/pre-order here. Check it out below: [embedded content] The track received praise from Elton John, who described it as “the biggest smash I’ve heard in years”. In the latest episode of Elton John’s Rocket Hour on Apple Music 1, John told Young: “I have to say, after listening to the album, there’s a track on your album which would be the next single, I’m going to tell everyone it’s called ‘d£aler’. And if that isn’t Number 1, I bet my house that that’s a Number 1 single. Recommended “I bet my house. It is fucking amazing. It’s unbelievable. It’s the biggest smash I’ve heard in years,” he continued.” So far, Young has previewed the “liberating and sexy”… Read More →

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Noel Gallagher shares his guitar rig set-up for Oasis ‘Live ’25’: “Should anybody be remotely interested”

Noel Gallagher has shared a photo of his guitar rig set-up for the Oasis reunion shows. Check it out below. The post comes as the Britpop giants are set to play the first of seven Live ’25 dates at London’s Wembley Stadium tonight (July 25), following two gigs in Cardiff and a five-night homecoming residency at Manchester’s Heaton Park. Advertisement They mark their first gigs together since Liam and Noel’s infamous split in 2009, and will continue on Saturday (26), next Wednesday (July 30), Saturday (August 2) and Sunday (3). After taking their huge reunion tour to Edinburgh, Dublin and North America, Oasis will then head back to London for an additional two concerts at Wembley on September 27 and 28. Now, Noel has shared a photo of the guitar rig he has been using at the live dates. He posted the update on Instagram today, along with the simple caption: “Should anybody be remotely interested…” The photo shows his pedalboard on the stage, and reveals the effects he has been using throughout his recent run of shows. It includes not one, but three ZVEX Lo-Fi Loop Junky pedals, an SIB Electronics Echodrive Delay, a Boss RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay, a… Read More →

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Nick Drake: 10 revelations from the new Five Leaves Left boxset

Today (July 25) sees the release of the highly anticipated new Nick Drake boxset, The Making Of Five Leaves Left, which tells the story of how his stunning debut album came together across four discs of demos, studio outtakes and previously unheard songs. Here is Uncut’s guide to the most revealing tracks from the new boxset, which shine new light on one of the most mythologised albums of all-time: Advertisement “TIME HAS TOLD ME”(1st SOUND TECHNIQUES, MARCH 1968)Drake’s second ever studio recording fully unpacks the rich voice, complex guitar progressions and mysterious lyrics that will forever characterise him. “STRANGE FACE”(ROUGH MIX WITH GUIDE VOCAL, SEPTEMBER 11, 1968)A studio experiment whose overdubs build into an artificial-sounding,proto-motorik groove, with Drake’s voice and guitar unperturbed at its heart. INSTRUMENTAL(CAMBRIDGE, LENT TERM 1968)Only 1:40 long, this unknown guitar fragment taped in Robert Kirby’s room sounds packed with possibilities, forsehadowing Bryter Layter’s penchant for instrumentals. Advertisement “MICKEY’S TUNE”(CAMBRIDGE, LENT TERM 1968)The set’s new Drake song, supposedly named after his friend Micky Astor, is breezy and bossa nova-like. “When I played it at an event last year,” says Drake biographer Richard Morton Jack, “it hadn’t been heard publicly by anyone before – including Micky Astor, who… Read More →

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The 200 Greatest Progressive Rock Albums…Ranked!

Welcome back my friends… With the best progressive rock albums, you were on pretty safe ground judging the book (actually the record) by its cover. As you’d probably hope, with someone behind so many such covers, the artist Roger Dean has a very good take on how the whole progressive rock album package – the music, the logo, the futuristic icescape on the sleeve – all fitted together. Advertisement In a field so often criticised for excess, Roger sees the offering more in terms of generosity. “What we were doing was making an integrated and holistic gift,” he told me in 2019. “The LP cover was a fantastic gift to give and receive. If an album came with a plastic toy it was seen as an important icon.” In this boom time for the music business, the package, and the music within it expanded – and this is where our latest Ultimate Record Collection takes its place. The 200 Greatest Progressive Rock Albums…Ranked! is filled with new innovations, and widened horizons. Finding themselves lacking the charisma and traditional beauty and showmanship of a Mick Jagger, a progressive musician might more comfortably retreat behind his futuristic artwork, logo, or banks of… Read More →

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Listen to Tame Impala’s acid house-inspired new single ‘End Of Summer’

Tame Impala are back – check out the newly unveiled acid house-inspired single ‘End Of Summer’ below. READ MORE: Tame Impala – ‘The Slow Rush’ review: a 57-minute flex of every musical muscle in Kevin Parker’s body Today (July 25), Tame Impala have released a sprawling seven-minute new dance tune, inspired by 1989’s acid house explosion. It comes with a nine-minute music video directed by Julian Klincewicz. Advertisement ‘End Of Summer’ sees Kevin Parker experimenting with a percolating build, culminating in a euphoric rush far different from any of Tame Impala’s previous output. “I know I can seem uncaring in moments like these / I just hope it’s enough to say my words don’t come with ease / And I’m sure that you won’t believe but you’ll be on my mind / I waited till the end of summer and I ran out of time,” Parker sings on the chorus. Watch the split-screen visualiser for Tame Impala’s ‘End Of Summer’ below. [embedded content] ‘End Of Summer’ comes after over several weeks of Kevin Parker teasing new music. Parker hinted at new music while at Primavera Sound last month. “Er, you guys wanna hear a new song?” he asked the crowd at Nitsa… Read More →

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Lucy Dacus is now officiating weddings at her gigs

Lucy Dacus has revealed that she plans to officiate fans’ weddings during her upcoming North American shows. The singer-songwriter is set to launch her ‘Forever Is A Feeling’ tour – named after her fourth studio album from this March – on Friday (July 25) at Philadelphia’s FDR Park. Advertisement She first ventured the possibility of using the shows as marriage venues earlier this month, writing on X: “If I figure out a way to marry people at my shows, are there people who would be interested? Just thinking about how there may be many people looking to secure those rights asap for whatever reason (!) or maybe money or logistics are getting in the way – would do this for free.” if I figure out a way to marry people at my shows, are there people who would be interested? just thinking about how there may be many people looking to secure those rights asap for whatever reason (!) or maybe money or logistics are getting in the way- would do this for free — Lucy Dacus (@lucydacus) July 11, 2025 Now, after an apparently enthusiastic response from fans, she has given an update on how the ceremonies could go… Read More →

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Led Zeppelin mark 50th anniversary of Physical Graffiti with new live EP

On September 12, Led Zeppelin will continue to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Physical Graffiti with an updated deluxe vinyl edition of the album, complete with bonus replica promotional poster. But perhaps more interestingly, they will also release a new EP featuring four rare live recordings: “In My Time Of Dying” and “Trampled Under Foot” from Earl’s Court, 1975, alongside “Sick Again” and “Kashmir” from Knebworth, 1979. It will be the first time these performances have appeared on CD or vinyl, having only ever been previously released on the 2003 Led Zeppelin DVD. Watch the video for “Trampled Under Foot (Live At Earl’s Court)” below: Pre-order the Live EP and the new deluxe poster edition of Physical Graffiti here. You can read the full, fascinating story of the making of Physical Graffiti in the April 2025 issue of Uncut, which is still available from our online store.

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Inside our new free Uncut CD: Paul Weller’s Movin On, deep cuts and rarities!

Paul Weller is the star of our latest free CD, Movin On, available with the September 2025 issue of Uncut, in shops now. The 10-track album includes rarities, deep cuts and B-sides, including blistering six-minute closer “I Work In The Clouds”. Advertisement There have been few artists who have had a career quite like Weller’s – not least in his stunning move into kaleidoscopic experimentation in his middle age. After last year’s impressive 66, he’s now returned with Find El Dorado, a covers album that’s much more than that: a “deeply personal new album of reinterpretations”, it shines a light on some of Weller’s own favourite songs, from the well-known – The Kinks’ “Nobody’s Fool” to the Bee Gees’ “I Started A Joke” – to the obscure – especially “Lawdy Rolla”, by French studio group The Guerillas. To mark the new record, we’ve put together, in conjunction with the man himself, this survey of rarities and album tracks from one of his golden periods of exploration. It spans the eclectic, overdriven funk and fuzz rock of 2015’s Saturns Pattern, his gritty 2017 soundtrack to Jawbone and the psychedelic soul and jazz of the same year’s A Kind Revolution, and the… Read More →

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‘Euphoria’ season three: Hans Zimmer to compose with Labrinth

HBO has announced that Hans Zimmer will be co-composing season three of Euphoria. READ MORE: Here’s what we know about Euphoria season three Last night (July 23), HBO announced via the official Euphoria Twitter/X account that Hans Zimmer will be working on the upcoming third season of Euphoria alongside composer-producer Labrinth, who worked on the hit show’s first two seasons. Advertisement Zimmer said of his involvement in a statement: “It’s an honour to join this incredible team of storytellers led by the visionary Sam Levinson. Together, they have crafted such a bold and moving series that has meant so much to audiences. Labrinth’s music has shaped the show’s identity and I’m looking forward to contributing to the ongoing story and helping shape this new season through music.” “It’s an honor to join this incredible team of storytellers led by the visionary Sam Levinson. Together, they have crafted such a bold and moving series that has meant so much to audiences. Labrinth’s music has shaped the show’s identity and I’m looking forward to contributing to… pic.twitter.com/U6WPJ2UYZl — euphoria (@euphoriaHBO) July 23, 2025 Labrinth shared in a separate statement: “Another chapter in the Euphoria universe! So great to join Hans, one of my… Read More →

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Watch Wolfgang Van Halen pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne with ‘Mama I’m Coming Home’ cover

Wolfgang Van Halen and his band Mammoth paid tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne with a cover of his 1991 hit ‘Mama I’m Coming Home’ last night – check out footage below. The Black Sabbath frontman and legendary soloist died yesterday (Tuesday July 22), aged 76. It came shortly after Osbourne took to the stage for his final-ever live shows at Sabbath’s huge ‘Back To The Beginning’ event in Birmingham on July 5. The gig was live-streamed globally, with a cinema release scheduled for next year. Advertisement Announcing Osbourne’s passing, his family wrote: “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love.” “We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.” Just after the news broke, Mammoth played an impromptu tribute to Osbourne during a show in Hartford, Connecticut, where they were playing alongside Creed and Daughtry. “That fucking sucks that we are in a world that doesn’t have Ozzy Osbourne anymore,” he said. “And it was right before we went on soundcheck that we found out. And I thought, ‘Well, we have to do something. Just mentioning it… Read More →

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Cult 1973 album from Fleetwood Mac duo Buckingham Nicks gets first ever reissue

15 months before they were invited to join Fleetwood Mac on New Year’s Eve 1974, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks released the duo album Buckingham Nicks. Although it was a commercial flop, the song “Frozen Love” persuaded Mick Fleetwood to get in touch, and the rest is history. Yet despite Buckingham Nicks’ burgeoning reputation as a cult classic, the album has never been officially reissued, until now. “[We] knew what we had as a duo, two songwriters that sang really well together. And it was a very natural thing, from the beginning,” recalls Stevie Nicks, in the new liner notes. Adds Buckingham: “It stands up in a way you hope it would, by these two kids who were pretty young to be doing that work.” Newly remastered from the original analogue tapes, Buckingham Nicks will be released on vinyl, CD and hi-res digital by Rhino on September 19. A special high-fidelity LP version (limited to 2,000 copies) is available to pre-order here, including two replica 7-inch singles featuring the original single mixes of “Crying In The Night” b/w “Stephanie” and “Don’t Let Me Down Again” b/w “Races Are Run”.

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Kendrick Lamar and SZA: a scintillating spectacle from two 21st century superstars

The last time Kendrick Lamar was in London – back in 2022 with The Big Steppers Tour – he came on like no one so much as David Bowie in his Thin White Duke era, bringing a stark, expressionist theatre of ego to the soulless bowl of the O2. It was a fabulous display of force and control, but it left you wondering whether he was ready to evolve – to create a show that seduced as much as it impressed, and to prove he truly was a bona fide 21st-century superstar. Advertisement Tonight, as blowtorches send blue smoke rings into the north London sky and 60,000 fans chant along to every bar, he delivers – in spades. The Grand National Tour, staged at the state-of-the-art Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, feels like the apotheosis of 21st-century pop: choreography, pyrotechnics, cinema and music, fused with peerless technical excellence into a scintillating spectacle. The pre-show mix leans heavily on Prince, whose unholy blend of genres, modes and registers may well be the presiding spirit of the evening. Co-headlining with the sensational alt-R&B siren SZA transforms what could have been a devastating but one-dimensional rap show into a full-spectrum stadium phantasmagoria, thrilling not just… Read More →

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Hear Johnny Marr and Neil Tennant cover David Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel”

Johnny Marr has announced that he’ll release a new 22-track live album via BMG on September 19. Advertisement Look Out Live! was recorded at the Hammersmith Apollo in 2024 during his Spirit Power tour. A special guest that night was Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant, and you can hear their versions of Electronic’s “Getting Away With It” (Tennant’s first collaboration with Marr back in 1989) and David Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel” below: [embedded content] [embedded content] Look Out Live! is available on limited edition orange double vinyl (previously only available in indie stores as a Record Store Day exclusive release), on black double vinyl, limited edition 2CD and digitally. Both double vinyl formats include 18 songs, with tracks 19-22 available on the 2CD and digital editions of the album. Check out the tracklisting below and pre-order the album here. For all of Johnny Marr’s upcoming North American and European tour dates, go here. Sensory Street Panic Generate! Generate! Spirit Power and Soul This Charming Man Somewhere Walk Into The Sea The Answer Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want Armatopia Get The Message Hi Hello How Soon Is Now? Easy Money Rebel Rebel (Ft. Neil Tennant) Getting Away With It… Read More →