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Sports Team announce new album ‘Gulp’ and share frenetic single ‘R Entertainment’
Sports Team have announced plans to release their second album ‘Gulp’ and shared the first taster from the record, ‘R Entertainment’ – listen below. The announcement comes swiftly after the band hinted at the release of new music yesterday (March 28). READ MORE: Sports Team at Reading Festival: “This is our teenage dream – it’s the best feeling in the world” They also shared a screenshot of an email on Twitter earlier this month, the subject of which was “Album masters from Randy”. The caption of the post read: “Hits only. New music before the month’s out.” Advertisement Sports...
Listen to ‘Everything Everything”s new disco pop single ‘I Want A Love Like This’
Everything Everything have shared their new disco pop single ‘I Want A Love Like This’ – you can view the video for the track below. READ MORE: Everything Everything: “It’s like all these biblical plagues conflating at the same time, with us right in the middle” It follows previous singles ‘Teletype’ and ‘Bad Friday’ from their forthcoming new album ‘Raw Data Feel’, which will be released on May 20. You can pre-order the record here. Speaking about their new single, the band said: “This song started as a challenge Alex set Jon to demo a ‘4-chord banger’ that he could...
Foo Fighters have cancelled all tour dates “in light of staggering loss” of Taylor Hawkins
Foo Fighters have cancelled all of their upcoming tour dates following the death of their drummer Taylor Hawkins. READ MORE: Taylor Hawkins, 1972 – 2022: Foo Fighters drummer who always stole the show Hawkins, died Friday night (March 25) at the age of 50. The band announced the news in a statement on social media; no cause of death was given. “It is with great sadness that Foo Fighters confirm the cancellation of all upcoming tour dates in light of the staggering loss of our brother Taylor Hawkins,” the band said. They continued: “We’re sorry for and share in...
Placebo “thought the band was over” after their previous tour
Placebo have opened up about how they “thought the band was over” after their previous “retrospective” tour. READ MORE: Placebo: “David Bowie taught me how to be a better person” The band spoke to NME about how touring since their 2013 album release, ‘Loud Like Love’ left them creatively spent. The tours that followed the release of the album were slated to mark their 20th anniversary as a band and tour a second ‘best of’ collection. “We weren’t particularly comfortable with the prospect of doing a retrospective and retrospective tour,” Brian Molko told NME. “At the time we were on Universal...
The National announce 2022 North American tour
The National have announced dates for their 2022 North American tour. Tickets will be available here. READ MORE: Aaron and Bryce Dessner on their Cyrano film soundtrack: “They’re National songs in a way, and have an interior, intimate feeling” “We are excited to finally share our full tour itinerary for summer 2022,” the National said. “The last couple years have given us ample time for reflection and rejuvenation. Summer 2022 is a time for reunion. We look forward to gathering with friends, old and new. United in music and light, suspended in time. We hope you can join us.” See the band’s...
Nick Cave and Seán O’Hagan unveil cover of new book, ‘Faith, Hope and Carnage’
Nick Cave and Seán O’Hagan have today (March 29) revealed the cover for their upcoming book, Faith, Hope and Carnage. READ MORE: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis live in London: Minimal elements for maximum impact The memoir was announced last year and is drawn from more than 40 hours of conversation between The Bad Seeds frontman and Observer journalist Sean O’Hagan. Faith, Hope and Carnage will cover Cave’s perspective and personal life over the six years since the death of his son Arthur, who died in July 2015 at the age of 15. Advertisement “Faith, Hope & Carnage promises to...
Paul McCartney says he is “yet to plan” his Glastonbury 2022 headline set
Paul McCartney has admitted he still hasn’t planned his forthcoming Glastonbury headline set. READ MORE: We’re gonna need a bigger farm: why Glastonbury 2022 could be the best in history The former Beatle was recently confirmed along with Kendrick Lamar as the final headliners at this year’s bash, joining Billie Eilish who was previously announced in topping the bill on the Pyramid Stage. When asked what he’s got planned for this year’s event, which will run at Worthy Farm between June 22-26, McCartney told Metro Radio: “Yeah, to tell you the truth we don’t know exactly what we’re going...
Harry Styles drops out of ‘Nosferatu’ remake with Anya Taylor-Joy
Harry Styles has reportedly quit Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu remake with Anya Taylor-Joy. According to The New Yorker, the actor and musician was briefly attached to the project reuniting Eggers with The Witch and The Northman star Taylor-Joy. READ MORE: ‘The Witch’ star Anya Taylor-Joy: “People always want to put you in a box” A representative for Styles then confirmed the news to Variety, citing scheduling concerns as the reason for Styles’ exit. Advertisement Eggers’ remake was first reported in 2017, with Taylor-Joy initially attached since starring in the director’s first feature. “It was an indie horror in its day, a bit rough around the edges...
Arcade Fire’s surprise New York City shows raised over $100k for the people of Ukraine
Arcade Fire‘s four-night run of intimate, surprise New York shows raised more than $100,000 for the PLUS1 Ukraine Relief Fund. READ MORE: Arcade Fire’s new single ‘The Lightning I, II’ finds the band at their ambitious best The Canadian rock band’s unexpected gigs, which took place last week from March 18 – March 21 at New York City’s 575-capacity Bowery Ballroom, were signalled via flyers and social media posts only a few short hours before taking place. Each night required a wristband and “pay what you can” donation to the relief fund from fans. Would-be attendees were required to either...Recent Posts
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