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Noah Kahan announces new album ‘Great Divide’: “The songs are the words I would say if I could”
Noah Kahan has announced a new album, ‘Great Divide’. READ MORE: Noah Kahan in London: rising folk-pop superstar graduates to arenas The folk-pop singer will release his fourth album, 2022’s commercial breakthrough ‘Stick Season’, on April 24 – you can pre-order and pre-save it here. Advertisement Discussing the album’s themes on Instagram, Kahan wrote: “From a long silence forms a divide, a great expanse demanding attention. I stare across it. I see old friends, my father, my mother, my siblings, my younger self, the great state of Vermont. I want to scream these feelings, to gesticulate wildly at the figures...
Harry Styles confirmed to perform at BRIT Awards 2026 ceremony
Harry Styles has been confirmed as one of the performers taking to the stage for the 2026 BRIT Awards. This year’s ceremony will see the prestigious awards head to Manchester for the first time, and presented from the Co-op Live arena on Saturday February 28. Advertisement Jack Whitehall is returning to host for the sixth time, and Olivia Dean – who is up for four awards on the night – was recently named as the first act set to perform at the event. Now, it has been revealed that Styles will also be taking to the stage, making his...
Life Without Buildings announce another reunion show with first Glasgow gig since 2002
Glasgow art-rockers Life Without Buildings are set to play their first show in their home city since 2002 – find tickets here. Read More: Sleaford Mods on therapy and new album ‘The Demise Of Planet X’: “There’s nothing wrong with critique, but I took it to an extreme” The quartet, who broke up that same year, announced their reunion earlier this month with two shows at London venue Koko as part of Rough Trade’s 50th anniversary celebrations. Advertisement Both shows have sold out, but fans now have the chance to see them at Glasgow’s Saint Luke’s on November 17, days...
Music venues to get government support in U-turn after backlash to devastating business rates
Live music venues in the UK are now set to get government support, following backlash to plans to introduce devastating business rates. The steep increases in business rates were outlined at the end of 2025, and meant that that live music venues would be facing some of the sharpest rises in business rates in the country – leaving thousands of venues and pubs at risk. Advertisement In response, industry leaders and business owners across the country warned that the consequences seen from the spitalling costs, spearheaded by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, would be dire and lead to...
Harry Styles to donate £1 from each ticket sold to 2026 UK stadium tour to LIVE’s grassroots levy
Harry Styles is donating £1 from every ticket sold to his 2026 UK stadium shows to LIVE’s levy to protect grassroots music venues. The pop singer announced the ‘Together, Together’ tour last week and as part of it, he will be playing eight nights at London’s Wembley Stadium in June – a run that was extended earlier today (January 26) due to popular demand. Advertisement It has since been revealed that for every ticket sold for the Wembley shows, £1 will be donated to the LIVE Trust, the organisation striving to protect grassroots music venues in the UK. This policy is in keeping with LIVE’s levy system...
Wolf Alice announce massive London Finsbury Park homecoming for 2026 their biggest show yet
Wolf Alice have announced a massive homecoming show at London’s Finsbury Park for this summer. Find all the details below. The band will return to the capital on Sunday July 5 in support of their Mercury-shortlisted and BRIT-nominated latest album, last year’s ‘The Clearing’. READ MORE: Wolf Alice are a band in constant evolution: Not resting on your laurels is really exciting Advertisement It’ll mark Ellie Rowsell and co’s biggest headline concert to date, with support coming from The Last Dinner Party, Lykke Li, Rachel Chinouriri, Keo and Florence Road. “FINSBURY PARK we’re comin home :’) playin a v special show,”...
Barry Can’t Swim announces ‘Late Night Tales’ compilation
Barry Can’t Swim has announced his own ‘Late Night Tales’ compilation and shared the single ‘Chala (My Soul Is On A Loop)’. Ther Scottish electronic producer and DJ – real name Joshua Mainnie – will released the latest in the long-running and acclaimed artist-curated mix series on March 6, and you can pre-order it here. Advertisement Late Night Tales launched in 2001 and has featured a glittering array of curators over the years, including Four Tet, Fatboy Slim, Belle & Sebastian, MGMT, Metronomy, Franz Ferdinand, Jon Hopkins and Hot Chip. Mainnie’s mix will be the first full entry in the series in five years and marks the start of its 25th anniversary year. His mix will include some of...
My Chemical Romance post cryptic ‘Phantom’ teaser: “A GAME YOU WILL PLAY”
My Chemical Romance have got fans talking by posting a cryptic message on social media, without further explanation. Earlier today (January 25), the band shared a post on their Instagram account, with a caption that simply read: “A GAME YOU WILL PLAY”. It was also posted to guitarist Frank Iero’s page. Advertisement Alongside it, there is a flickering image of the word ”PHANTOM” in neon green letters, but the clip does not contain music or any other sounds. The band are playing their first show of 2026 tonight in Lima, Peru, having had to cancel their planned tour opener in Bogotá last week due to circumstances...
Watch Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong deliver joke countdown on return to iHeartRadio Festival after infamous 2012 meltdown
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong has referenced his infamous 2012 meltdown in his return to the iHeartRadio Festival – watch below. During their appearance at the event 14 years ago, the frontman embarked on an expletive-laden rant after the band was forced to cut their set 20 minutes short. Learning they only had one minute left, he yelled: “Oh fuck this shit. I’m gonna play a fucking new song. Fuck this shit. Give me a fucking break. One minute left. You’re gonna give me one fucking minute?” Advertisement He went on to say he had “been around since 19-fucking-88″ and he was “not fucking Justin Bieber”, before smashing his guitar...Recent Posts
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