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The B-52s The Warner And Reprise Years

‘‘Imagine,” Fred Schneider tells Uncut, “one week I’m washing dishes to make ends meet because I’d quit my job to do the band, and then the next week we’re flying to Nassau to record…” At the Bahamas’ luxurious Compass Point Studios over three weeks in early 1979, The B-52s laid down their self-titled debut album. These five skint musicians were a bold signing for Island and Warners, even amid the excitement of post-punk: a deeply strange and subtly transgressive group, they shared as much DNA with the avant-garde, from Sun Ra to Yoko Ono to Captain Beefheart, as with...
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Hear Robert Plant and Saving Grace cover Low’s “Everybody’s Song”

Robert Plant has announced that his new album Saving Grace – named after the band he’s been touring with over the last few years – will be released by Nonesuch Records on September 26. Advertisement Hear the first single, a cover of Low‘s “Everybody’s Song”, below: Saving Grace was recorded between April 2019 and January 2025 in the Cotswolds and on the Welsh Borders, with vocalist Suzi Dian, drummer Oli Jefferson, guitarist Tony Kelsey, banjo and string player Matt Worley, and cellist Barney Morse-Brown. “We laugh a lot, really. I think that suits me. I like laughing,”...
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Introducing the new Uncut: Paul Weller, a Paul Weller CD, Brian Wilson, Kevin Rowland, Big Thief and more

CLICK HERE TO GET THE NEW ISSUE OF UNCUT DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR Advertisement Speaking to Uncut in 2006, Brian Wilson explained the recording process for “Good Vibrations”. The song, he told us, “took six weeks to record, in five different studios. I wrote out each musician’s part on music paper then they all played it together. I found I could work out each part without it being too difficult. It did get tedious, though. The musicians understood it all more or less straight away. Hal Blaine was always right on my wavelength.” Although a relatively understated...
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Uncut September 2025

CLICK HERE TO GET THE NEW ISSUE OF UNCUT DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR EVERY PRINT EDITION OF THIS ISSUE OF UNCUT COMES WITH A FREE COPY OF MOVIN ON – A 10-TRACK CD OF PAUL WELLER RARITIES AND DEEP CUTS! Advertisement PAUL WELLER: The Modfather returns with covers album Find El Dorado, the making of which turned into a revelatory experience for Weller. Over multiple meetings, he takes Uncut through his present, future and past: from a pivotal viewing of That’ll Be The Day, the early days of The Jam and sharing the tour van with a lion, right...
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Hear four songs from Jeff Tweedy’s new triple album, Twilight Override

Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy has announced that his new (triple) solo album Twilight Override will be released by dBpm Records on September 25. Advertisement Hear four songs from it – “One Tiny Flower”, “Out In The Dark”, “Stray Cats In Spain” and “Enough” – below: Twilight Override was recorded and self-produced by Tweedy at his Chicago studio, The Loft, with musicians including James Elkington, Sima Cunningham, Macie Stewart, Liam Kazar, and Tweedy’s children Spencer and Sammy. “When you choose to do creative things, you align yourself with something that other people call God,”...
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Pie chart of gold! Neil Young’s European tour in stats

Now that the European leg of Neil Young And The Chrome Hearts’ Love Earth 2025 tour has come to a triumphant close, we’ve compiled a cornucopia of facts and figures about this historic jaunt. Advertisement This was Young’s 16th major European tour (of ten dates or more) and the final night in Paris marked his 322nd European show out of a lifetime total of 2634 gigs since the beginning of Buffalo Springfield. Number of shows on this tour: 13Number of countries visited: 10Longest show: 125 minutes (The Lake Stage, Montreux, Switzerland; BST Hyde Park, London)Largest (non-festival) attendance: 22,000 (Waldbühne,...
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Queens Of The Stone Age bring The Catacombs Tour to Europe

Earlier this year in Uncut, Joshua Homme exclusively recounted his “near-life experience” while recording the revelatory stripped-down Queens Of The Stone Age concert film, Alive In The Catacombs. Advertisement Now, the band have announced the accompanying European tour, featuring “unique and intimate performances unlike any previous QOTSA tour”. See the full list of dates below: 18/10/25 – Milan, IT – Teatro Lirico Giorgio Gaber23/10/25 – Berlin, DE – Theater des Westens24/10/25 – Copenhagen, DK – DR Koncerthuset, Koncertsalen26/10/25 – Amsterdam, NL – Royal Theater Carré27/10/25 – Antwerp, BE – Queen Elisabeth Hall29/10/25 – London, UK – Royal...
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Neil Young, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Van Morrison BST Hyde Park, London, July 11, 2025

“What a world we got, folks,” says Neil Young, before crashing into “Throw Your Hatred Down”, a 1995 anti-war song he surely hoped wouldn’t still be so horribly relevant today. Young doesn’t say much else for the duration of a gripping, intense, two-hour set, but his exasperation, anger and compassion are palpable in both his choice of songs and the way in which he plays them. Advertisement BST Hyde Park is very much the Wimbledon of music festivals, a place where it’s possible (for the right price) to watch the bands while sipping champagne on a shady terrace. With...
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Bob Dylan announces 13 new UK and Ireland live shows

If you’re looking for immortality, Bob Dylan has extended his Rough And Rowdy Ways tour once again, with an additional 13 shows in the UK and Ireland this November. See below for the full list of dates: Advertisement ● Fri 7th Nov: Brighton Centre, Brighton● Sun 9th Nov: Building Society Arena, Swansea● Mon 10th Nov: Building Society Arena, Swansea● Tues 11th Nov: Building Society Arena, Swansea● Thurs 13th Nov: Building Society Arena, Coventry● Fri 14th Nov: First Direct Arena, Leeds● Sun 16th Nov: Armadillo, Glasgow● Mon 17th Nov: Armadillo, Glasgow● Weds 19th Nov: Waterfront, Belfast● Thurs 20th Nov: Waterfront,...
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Hear Ronnie Wood’s new song, “You’re So Fine”

Following his recent cameo with Rod Stewart at Glastonbury, BMG will release a new Ronnie Wood compilation entitled Fearless: The Anthology 1965-2025 on on September 26. Advertisement It includes songs he co-wrote for The Rolling Stones, Faces and Jeff Beck Group, plus his various solo projects – including four brand new recordings, his first new solo material since 2010’s I Feel Like Playing. Listen to one of the new songs, “You’re So Fine” – an update of The Falcons’ 1959 US R&B hit, with additional vocals from Imelda May – below: Check out the CD tracklisting for...
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