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Kamasi Washington announces massive UK and European ‘Fearless Movement’ 2024 tour

Tickets go on sale this week

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Kamasi Washington has announced a 2024 UK, Ireland and European headline tour – find all the details below.

The LA jazz multi-instrumentalist will hit the road in Europe this autumn in support of his new studio album ‘Fearless Movement’, which is due for release on May 3 via Young (pre-order here).

Kicking off in Rome on October 3, that leg also includes stop-offs in Milan, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, Porto, Bordeaux and Paris in the first half of the month.

From there, Washington will head to the UK and Ireland for shows in Manchester, London, Cardiff, Gateshead, Leeds, Glasgow and Dublin.

An additional run of European gigs is scheduled to take place between October 28 and November 17, including stops in Brussels, Warsaw, Krakow, Amsterdam, Berlin and Oslo.

Tickets go on general sale at 10am BST this Friday (April 19) – you’ll be able to buy yours here (UK and Ireland) and here (Europe). Alternatively, fans can access a pre-sale at the same time tomorrow (Thursday, April 18) by pre-ordering ‘Fearless Movement’ here before 6pm BST today (17).

You can see the full list of shows in the announcement post below.

Kamasi Washington’s 2024 UK and Ireland tour dates are:

OCTOBER
15 – Albert Hall, Manchester
16 – O2 Academy Brixton, London 
17 – University Great Hall, Cardiff
20 – Glasshouse International Centre For Music, Gateshead
21 – Project House, Leeds
22 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
23 – Olympia Theatre, Dublin 

The newly confirmed shows will follow Washington’s North American tour this spring/summer.

He has described the forthcoming ‘Fearless Movement’ as his dance album: “It’s not literal. Dance is movement and expression, and in a way it’s the same thing as music – expressing your spirit through your body. That’s what this album is pushing.”

The record features the likes of André 3000 on flute, George Clinton, BJ The Chicago Kid, D-Smoke and Taj and Ras Austin of Coast Contra, Thundercat, Terrace Martin, Patrice Quinn, Brandon Coleman and DJ Battlecat.

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Kamasi Washington announces massive UK and European ‘Fearless Movement’ 2024 tour

Tickets go on sale this week

The post Kamasi Washington announces massive UK and European ‘Fearless Movement’ 2024 tour appeared first on NME.

NME

Kamasi Washington has announced a 2024 UK, Ireland and European headline tour – find all the details below.

The LA jazz multi-instrumentalist will hit the road in Europe this autumn in support of his new studio album ‘Fearless Movement’, which is due for release on May 3 via Young (pre-order here).

Kicking off in Rome on October 3, that leg also includes stop-offs in Milan, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, Porto, Bordeaux and Paris in the first half of the month.

From there, Washington will head to the UK and Ireland for shows in Manchester, London, Cardiff, Gateshead, Leeds, Glasgow and Dublin.

An additional run of European gigs is scheduled to take place between October 28 and November 17, including stops in Brussels, Warsaw, Krakow, Amsterdam, Berlin and Oslo.

Tickets go on general sale at 10am BST this Friday (April 19) – you’ll be able to buy yours here (UK and Ireland) and here (Europe). Alternatively, fans can access a pre-sale at the same time tomorrow (Thursday, April 18) by pre-ordering ‘Fearless Movement’ here before 6pm BST today (17).

You can see the full list of shows in the announcement post below.

Kamasi Washington’s 2024 UK and Ireland tour dates are:

OCTOBER
15 – Albert Hall, Manchester
16 – O2 Academy Brixton, London 
17 – University Great Hall, Cardiff
20 – Glasshouse International Centre For Music, Gateshead
21 – Project House, Leeds
22 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
23 – Olympia Theatre, Dublin 

The newly confirmed shows will follow Washington’s North American tour this spring/summer.

He has described the forthcoming ‘Fearless Movement’ as his dance album: “It’s not literal. Dance is movement and expression, and in a way it’s the same thing as music – expressing your spirit through your body. That’s what this album is pushing.”

The record features the likes of André 3000 on flute, George Clinton, BJ The Chicago Kid, D-Smoke and Taj and Ras Austin of Coast Contra, Thundercat, Terrace Martin, Patrice Quinn, Brandon Coleman and DJ Battlecat.

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Michael Bibi had “mixed emotions” playing Coachella as first show since cancer diagnosis

“There was happiness, there was some sadness”

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Michael Bibi has said he experienced “mixed emotions” at Coachella 2024, with the festival marking his first show since receiving cancer treatment.

The London DJ and producer played a set at the Indio, California event last Saturday (April 13), marking his first performance of the year.

Prior to the appearance, Bibi wrote on X/Twitter: “One year ago I was given a 30% chance of survival, today I’m packing to perform at Coachella… Never give up on your hopes or dreams.”

The artist last year underwent treatment for CNS Lymphoma, a rare form of cancer which forms in the lymph tissue of the brain or spinal cord. His diagnosis was confirmed in June 2023, with the update stating that he would not be performing for the “foreseeable future”.

Bibi then played a surprise set in Ibiza last October, and said he was in remission in December.

Speaking to BBC Newsbeat after his Coachella 2024 show, Bibi explained: “It was emotional, it was intense – there was happiness, there was some sadness. And there was just a huge range of emotions coming through.”

The DJ went on to say that the gig marked the longest distance he had travelled since having treatment. “That was a big step in itself, just getting on a plane and coming to the US,” he said.

“And then adding on top of that, doing my first show and coming to a festival, it was a lot. But it actually gives you a sense of purpose again, moving and coming back out into reality and seeing people.”

Bibi said he had to “isolate” because of the treatment, adding: “So getting back out into the world and connecting with human beings is a good feeling.”

The artist, who took his mother to Coachella for her first festival, explained that he was “physically well” currently, and taking things “day by day”.

“It’s just a kind of a mental processing,” Bibi said, “just kind of mentally catching up on everything that I’ve been through. Because I think when you get into a really intense situation, you kind of go into fight or flight mode.”

He continued: “And you just have to get through that moment and period of time and you’re not really processing everything that’s happening to you.”

Sharing a clip from his set on social media, Bibi wrote: “One life, live it.”

On April 1, he wrote on X/Twitter: “Fresh out hospital coming to rock @coachella next week. I still don’t have hair, body hurts & immune systems wacked…but it’s not gonna stop my groove.”

Bibi won’t be returning for Coachella 2024’s second edition this week, as he is on doctor’s orders to rest.

In July, however, he’ll bring his huge ‘One Life’ gig to Finsbury Park in London. The upcoming event is billed as the biggest electronic show to take place in the capital.

Read NME’s overall review of Coachella 2024 here, including Doja Cat’s five-star headline performance, a breakout set from Chappell Roan, and a disgruntled Damon Albarn.

Check back here for the latest news, reviews and more from Coachella 2024. 

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Michael Bibi had “mixed emotions” playing Coachella as first show since cancer diagnosis

“There was happiness, there was some sadness”

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Michael Bibi has said he experienced “mixed emotions” at Coachella 2024, with the festival marking his first show since receiving cancer treatment.

The London DJ and producer played a set at the Indio, California event last Saturday (April 13), marking his first performance of the year.

Prior to the appearance, Bibi wrote on X/Twitter: “One year ago I was given a 30% chance of survival, today I’m packing to perform at Coachella… Never give up on your hopes or dreams.”

The artist last year underwent treatment for CNS Lymphoma, a rare form of cancer which forms in the lymph tissue of the brain or spinal cord. His diagnosis was confirmed in June 2023, with the update stating that he would not be performing for the “foreseeable future”.

Bibi then played a surprise set in Ibiza last October, and said he was in remission in December.

Speaking to BBC Newsbeat after his Coachella 2024 show, Bibi explained: “It was emotional, it was intense – there was happiness, there was some sadness. And there was just a huge range of emotions coming through.”

The DJ went on to say that the gig marked the longest distance he had travelled since having treatment. “That was a big step in itself, just getting on a plane and coming to the US,” he said.

“And then adding on top of that, doing my first show and coming to a festival, it was a lot. But it actually gives you a sense of purpose again, moving and coming back out into reality and seeing people.”

Bibi said he had to “isolate” because of the treatment, adding: “So getting back out into the world and connecting with human beings is a good feeling.”

The artist, who took his mother to Coachella for her first festival, explained that he was “physically well” currently, and taking things “day by day”.

“It’s just a kind of a mental processing,” Bibi said, “just kind of mentally catching up on everything that I’ve been through. Because I think when you get into a really intense situation, you kind of go into fight or flight mode.”

He continued: “And you just have to get through that moment and period of time and you’re not really processing everything that’s happening to you.”

Sharing a clip from his set on social media, Bibi wrote: “One life, live it.”

On April 1, he wrote on X/Twitter: “Fresh out hospital coming to rock @coachella next week. I still don’t have hair, body hurts & immune systems wacked…but it’s not gonna stop my groove.”

Bibi won’t be returning for Coachella 2024’s second edition this week, as he is on doctor’s orders to rest.

In July, however, he’ll bring his huge ‘One Life’ gig to Finsbury Park in London. The upcoming event is billed as the biggest electronic show to take place in the capital.

Read NME’s overall review of Coachella 2024 here, including Doja Cat’s five-star headline performance, a breakout set from Chappell Roan, and a disgruntled Damon Albarn.

Check back here for the latest news, reviews and more from Coachella 2024. 

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Liam Gallagher says album with John Squire is “just the starter”: “You want the main course, don’t you? And the fucking dessert”

Squire asked LG if the duo were “doing three” joint records in total

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Liam Gallagher has said his collaborative album with John Squire is “just the starter”, hinting that further music from the pair is on the horizon.

The former Oasis frontman and ex-Stone Roses guitarist released their self-titled, UK Number One record last month before embarking on a joint UK, Ireland and European headline tour.

Following the recent live dates, Gallagher said it would “be rude not to do another album” with Squire. “I think it’s got legs, man,” the singer explained of the team-up. He’d previously claimed that “Squire’s got a lot more in him”.

During a new interview with NME, LG said: “You’re never gonna know what [that album] is until you do another one. This is like a starter. You want the main fucking course, don’t you? And the dessert.”

Squire then asked: “So we’re doing three?” Gallagher replied: “Well, whatever. Do as many as we want, you know what I mean?”

The former went on to explain that he doesn’t have two decades’ worth of unissued material lying around in a vault in Macclesfield, but said there are “little phone recordings [of] riffs and shit” that didn’t make it onto the first album and could be worked up for the second.

According to Gallagher, the duo’s collaboration “could go anywhere”. He added: “Me, personally, I’d like to do it the fucking same just piss off the people that weren’t into it in the first place.

“Like that [he thumbed his nose], ‘It’s the saaaame again, you little c**t!'”

Elsewhere in the conversation, Gallagher defended the length of the gigs on his 2024 tour with Squire.

“Ten songs and a fucking cover!” he exclaimed, highlighting how the two of them play the album tracklist in full, as well as delivering a rendition of The Rolling Stones’ ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’. “What’s wrong with yous?”

Last week saw Gallagher and Squire perform their song ‘I’m A Wheel’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and play a headline concert in Brooklyn, New York.

In other news, Gallagher has responded to Andy Bell’s recent comments about a potential Oasis reunion.

He is also due to embark on a UK and Ireland solo tour this summer to mark the 30th anniversary of ‘Definitely Maybe’. He’ll also showcase the album in full when he headlines Reading & Leeds 2024 in August.

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Liam Gallagher says album with John Squire is “just the starter”: “You want the main course, don’t you? And the fucking dessert”

Squire asked LG if the duo were “doing three” joint records in total

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Liam Gallagher has said his collaborative album with John Squire is “just the starter”, hinting that further music from the pair is on the horizon.

The former Oasis frontman and ex-Stone Roses guitarist released their self-titled, UK Number One record last month before embarking on a joint UK, Ireland and European headline tour.

Following the recent live dates, Gallagher said it would “be rude not to do another album” with Squire. “I think it’s got legs, man,” the singer explained of the team-up. He’d previously claimed that “Squire’s got a lot more in him”.

During a new interview with NME, LG said: “You’re never gonna know what [that album] is until you do another one. This is like a starter. You want the main fucking course, don’t you? And the dessert.”

Squire then asked: “So we’re doing three?” Gallagher replied: “Well, whatever. Do as many as we want, you know what I mean?”

The former went on to explain that he doesn’t have two decades’ worth of unissued material lying around in a vault in Macclesfield, but said there are “little phone recordings [of] riffs and shit” that didn’t make it onto the first album and could be worked up for the second.

According to Gallagher, the duo’s collaboration “could go anywhere”. He added: “Me, personally, I’d like to do it the fucking same just piss off the people that weren’t into it in the first place.

“Like that [he thumbed his nose], ‘It’s the saaaame again, you little c**t!'”

Elsewhere in the conversation, Gallagher defended the length of the gigs on his 2024 tour with Squire.

“Ten songs and a fucking cover!” he exclaimed, highlighting how the two of them play the album tracklist in full, as well as delivering a rendition of The Rolling Stones’ ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’. “What’s wrong with yous?”

Last week saw Gallagher and Squire perform their song ‘I’m A Wheel’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and play a headline concert in Brooklyn, New York.

In other news, Gallagher has responded to Andy Bell’s recent comments about a potential Oasis reunion.

He is also due to embark on a UK and Ireland solo tour this summer to mark the 30th anniversary of ‘Definitely Maybe’. He’ll also showcase the album in full when he headlines Reading & Leeds 2024 in August.

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UK MPs vote for smoking ban for those born after 2009

Labour has backed the plans: “We will give our full support to this Bill so that the next generation are even less likely to smoke than they are to vote Conservative”

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Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban has passed its first hurdle in Parliament, despite opposition from some Conservative MPs.

Yesterday (April 16), the House Of Commons voted by 383 to 67 in favour of the Prime Minister’s plan to make it illegal for anyone born in 2009 or later to buy tobacco products in the UK (via the Guardian).

The legislation would effectively ban smoking for future generations by raising the legal age every year. It would not ban vaping but it would bring in more restrictions, especially on marketing vapes to young people.

Fifty-seven Tory MPs voted against the plans, including some who have links to the vaping industry. More than 100 Tory MPs abstained, but some will have been absent from the Commons for unrelated reasons.

Labour has backed the bill, while calling out the division within the Conservative Party over Sunak’s proposal.

Kemi Badenoch, Secretary of State for Business and Trade, is among the Tory MPs who voted against the legislation.

“I agree with his policy intentions BUT I have significant concerns and appreciate the PM making this a free vote,” she wrote on X/Twitter.

“It gives me the opportunity to express my personal view, outside collective responsibility. The principle of equality under the law is a fundamental one. It underpins many of my personal beliefs.”

Badenoch continued: “We should not treat legally competent adults differently in this way, where people born a day apart will have permanently different rights. Among other reasons it will create difficulties with enforcement. This burden will fall not on the state but on private businesses.

“Smoking rates are already declining significantly in the UK and I think there is more we can do to stop children taking up the habit. However, I do not support the approach this bill is taking and so will be voting against it.”

Former PM Liz Truss told the House Of Commons she was “very concerned” that the bill was “emblematic of a technocratic establishment in this country that wants to limit people’s freedom”.

Other ministers who voted against the plans included former Home Secretary Suella Braverman, Andrew Griffith, Steve Baker, Julia Lopez, Lee Rowley, Alex Burghart, and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party Jonathan Gullis.

Sunak’s plan for a smoking ban is modelled on proposals in New Zealand.

It is reported that tobacco companies have been lobbying politicians to vote against the bill, and instead support raising the smoking age from 18 to 21 in an attempt to avoid an outright ban.

Ahead of the vote, Health Secretary Victoria Atkins told the Commons that there was “no liberty in addiction”.

She explained: “Nicotine robs people of their freedom to choose. The vast majority of smokers start when they are young, and three-quarters say that if they could turn back the clock they would not have started.”

Labour brought up Tory opponents’ arguments to mock Sunak’s government, and mentioned former Tory ministers’ links to tobacco firms.

Wes Streeting, the Shadow Health Secretary, told the Commons: “Of all the policies the Conservatives have adopted from the Labour party in the past few years, nothing shows our dominance in the battle of ideas more than this latest capitulation.”

He added: “We happily align ourselves with big health in defence of the nation and we are only too happy to defend the Health Secretary against the siren voices of big tobacco we see gathered around our former Prime Minister in the corner of the chamber.

“A stopped clock is right twice a day, and I find myself agreeing with the former Prime Minister. This is absolutely an un-Conservative bill, it is a Labour bill, and we are delighted to see the government bring it forward.”

On X/Twitter, Streeting wrote: “We will give our full support to this Bill so that the next generation are even less likely to smoke than they are to vote Conservative.”

Ex-PM Boris Johnson, meanwhile, has criticised the bill – calling Sunak’s plans “absolutely nuts” (via Sky News).

On July 1, 2007, it became illegal to smoke in any pub, bar, restaurant, cafe, nightclub, gig venue and most workplaces and work vehicles, anywhere in the United Kingdom.

In January of this year, the UK government announced plans to ban disposable vapes in a bid to tackle the rise in youth vaping and protect children’s health (via GOV.UK).

It came after Glastonbury and Reading & Leeds banned disposable vapes from their festival sites the previous year.

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UK MPs vote for smoking ban for those born after 2009

Labour has backed the plans: “We will give our full support to this Bill so that the next generation are even less likely to smoke than they are to vote Conservative”

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Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban has passed its first hurdle in Parliament, despite opposition from some Conservative MPs.

Yesterday (April 16), the House Of Commons voted by 383 to 67 in favour of the Prime Minister’s plan to make it illegal for anyone born in 2009 or later to buy tobacco products in the UK (via the Guardian).

The legislation would effectively ban smoking for future generations by raising the legal age every year. It would not ban vaping but it would bring in more restrictions, especially on marketing vapes to young people.

Fifty-seven Tory MPs voted against the plans, including some who have links to the vaping industry. More than 100 Tory MPs abstained, but some will have been absent from the Commons for unrelated reasons.

Labour has backed the bill, while calling out the division within the Conservative Party over Sunak’s proposal.

Kemi Badenoch, Secretary of State for Business and Trade, is among the Tory MPs who voted against the legislation.

“I agree with his policy intentions BUT I have significant concerns and appreciate the PM making this a free vote,” she wrote on X/Twitter.

“It gives me the opportunity to express my personal view, outside collective responsibility. The principle of equality under the law is a fundamental one. It underpins many of my personal beliefs.”

Badenoch continued: “We should not treat legally competent adults differently in this way, where people born a day apart will have permanently different rights. Among other reasons it will create difficulties with enforcement. This burden will fall not on the state but on private businesses.

“Smoking rates are already declining significantly in the UK and I think there is more we can do to stop children taking up the habit. However, I do not support the approach this bill is taking and so will be voting against it.”

Former PM Liz Truss told the House Of Commons she was “very concerned” that the bill was “emblematic of a technocratic establishment in this country that wants to limit people’s freedom”.

Other ministers who voted against the plans included former Home Secretary Suella Braverman, Andrew Griffith, Steve Baker, Julia Lopez, Lee Rowley, Alex Burghart, and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party Jonathan Gullis.

Sunak’s plan for a smoking ban is modelled on proposals in New Zealand.

It is reported that tobacco companies have been lobbying politicians to vote against the bill, and instead support raising the smoking age from 18 to 21 in an attempt to avoid an outright ban.

Ahead of the vote, Health Secretary Victoria Atkins told the Commons that there was “no liberty in addiction”.

She explained: “Nicotine robs people of their freedom to choose. The vast majority of smokers start when they are young, and three-quarters say that if they could turn back the clock they would not have started.”

Labour brought up Tory opponents’ arguments to mock Sunak’s government, and mentioned former Tory ministers’ links to tobacco firms.

Wes Streeting, the Shadow Health Secretary, told the Commons: “Of all the policies the Conservatives have adopted from the Labour party in the past few years, nothing shows our dominance in the battle of ideas more than this latest capitulation.”

He added: “We happily align ourselves with big health in defence of the nation and we are only too happy to defend the Health Secretary against the siren voices of big tobacco we see gathered around our former Prime Minister in the corner of the chamber.

“A stopped clock is right twice a day, and I find myself agreeing with the former Prime Minister. This is absolutely an un-Conservative bill, it is a Labour bill, and we are delighted to see the government bring it forward.”

On X/Twitter, Streeting wrote: “We will give our full support to this Bill so that the next generation are even less likely to smoke than they are to vote Conservative.”

Ex-PM Boris Johnson, meanwhile, has criticised the bill – calling Sunak’s plans “absolutely nuts” (via Sky News).

On July 1, 2007, it became illegal to smoke in any pub, bar, restaurant, cafe, nightclub, gig venue and most workplaces and work vehicles, anywhere in the United Kingdom.

In January of this year, the UK government announced plans to ban disposable vapes in a bid to tackle the rise in youth vaping and protect children’s health (via GOV.UK).

It came after Glastonbury and Reading & Leeds banned disposable vapes from their festival sites the previous year.

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Lily Allen once banned from Groucho Club, says she “stands to lose everything” if she drinks again

“Everything is good and I don’t think that would be the case if I wasn’t sober”

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Lily Allen has said she “stands to lose everything” if she drinks again, and recalled the time she was banned from London’s Groucho Club.

The singer and actor has been sober for nearly five years, having struggled with binge drinking and drug abuse in the past. Last March, Allen explained that her “life [had] changed so much” since she decided to quit.

During a recent episode of the Miss Me? podcast, the ‘Smile’ star and her co-host Miquita Oliver were asked whether they had ever been barred from a pub.

“I don’t think I’ve ever been barred from a pub,” Allen responded. “I’ve been barred from a club – Groucho’s. I was banned for a year. Who’s laughing now, Groucho’s?”

Located on Dean Street in Soho, The Groucho Club describes itself as a “world-renowned arts & media private members club” that “remains a bastion and refuge for arts, literature and media folk in the bohemian heart of London’s West End”.

Later, Oliver praised Allen for still being able to go to the pub without drinking alcohol. When asked what her secret was, the singer replied: “I don’t know, really. I’m just used to it now.

“It’s been nearly five years of sobriety, coming up this summer. I don’t know if there’s a secret. In my early days of sobriety, I did a lot of work – I went to a lot of meetings, I did my step work and I had a sponsor.

“But then in lockdown I obviously didn’t go to any [meetings] and I haven’t really been in the habit of going ever since, though sometimes I do online ones.”

She continued: “I suppose I live with the benefits [of being sober]. So I know what I stand to lose if I start to drink again, which is everything.

“My life has pretty much never been as good as it is [now]. I’ve got a beautiful house, my kids are happy, they’re engaged, I’m connected with them, I have a good relationship with my husband, I have money, I have creative outlets.

“Everything is good and I don’t think that would be the case if I wasn’t sober.”

Allen added: “First of all: I never really get cravings. Actually… sometimes when I’m in a restaurant in the summer and somebody gets a really beautiful-looking crisp glass of white wine, then I might be like, ‘Ooh, that looks nice’.

“But then I think, ‘Yeah, so does your house. Your house looks nice’.”

Elsewhere on the podcast, Allen told Oliver that not getting the “hangover fear” was a “number one” benefit of quitting alcohol. She also talked about her experience of being sober at Glastonbury Festival.

You can listen to the episode in full on BBC Sounds, or via Spotify above.

Allen explained last year that fame once “became an addiction in itself”. In 2008 she said she had an “addictive personality”, but that she “[didn’t] want to be hanging over a toilet seat snorting coke when I’m 50”.

In other news, Lily Allen has revealed that she has been working on new music in Nashville, Tennessee. Her fourth and latest studio album, ‘No Shame’, was released in 2018.

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Pavement’s ‘Harness Your Hopes’ goes viral on TikTok again

The band themselves have got on board with the Utah Fit Check trend

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Pavement‘s song ‘Harness Your Hopes’ has gone viral on TikTok once again.

The track was originally released as a B-side on the CD edition of the band’s ‘Spit On A Stranger’ EP in 1999. It became an unexpected hit on Spotify in 2017, and is now Pavement’s most-streamed song of all time.

‘Harness Your Hopes’ first went viral on TikTok in 2020. Now, it is taking over the social media platform again – and is currently earning 97million views per day. It is being shared as part of the website’s Utah Fit Check trend.

This week, frontman Stephen Malkmus and his bandmates have been getting involved by sharing their own videos soundtracked by the song.

Elsewhere, TikTok’s second biggest user Charli D’Amelio posted a ‘Harness Your Hopes’ clip for her 152.9million followers on the site. The upload has so far been watched 9.5million times.

You can see those videos and more below.

@pavementofficial

#utahfitcheck #harnessyourhopes #ootd #fitcheck #pavement

♬ Harness Your Hopes – B-side – Pavement

@pavementofficial

@tictac tictoc #utahfitcheck #harnessyourhopes #matadorrecords #saltlife #indierock #pavement #pavementtherockband

♬ original sound – PAVEMENT OFFICIAL

@pavementofficial

#utahfitcheck #harnessyourhopes #ootd #fitcheck #pavement #westiecanspin #westiecandrum #westiecannotdrum #wheresbob #wheresmark #wheresrebecca

♬ Harness Your Hopes – B-side – Pavement

@pavementofficial

#utahfitcheck #harnessyourhopes #ootd #fitcheck #pavement #iboldunleashed #internetibold #socks #feet #bass #bassman #sonicyouth #matadorrecords

♬ Harness Your Hopes – B-side – Pavement

@charlidamelio

♬ Harness Your Hopes – B-side – Pavement

@grannyandgrandpa123

Utah boy fitcheck #fyp #utahcheck #fitcheck

♬ Harness Your Hopes – B-side – Pavement

@kaylyn.reene

#utahcheck #fy

♬ Harness Your Hopes – B-side – Pavement

‘Harness Your Hopes’ has been used on 227.6K TikTok videos in total, at the time of writing.

Speaking to NME in 2022, guitarist Scott Kannberg said that the song going viral in 2020 had “breathed new life into Pavement”.

Malkmus explained: “It was a weird event of where your music goes; this can happen.” Kannberg added: “Yeah, it took it in another direction which is amazing.”

Malkmus continued: “It was a weird cultural thing, but by putting yourself out there, you have the opportunity for that to happen, even if you’re insecure or think your music is crap. You go ahead and do it, and then the world sees you. That’s a pretty fun part of doing any art, but specifically ours.”

He told NME: “It made me feel bad that I didn’t put it on the album. Like, nobody said, ‘That’s a great song’ or something.” Kannberg responded: “I’m sure I did!”

Pavement embarked on a huge reunion tour in 2022, including shows in the UK, Ireland and Europe. They kicked off their first run of gigs in 12 years by headlining Primavera Sound Barcelona and Porto.

The group continued to tour until last September, and will head to South America next month.

Malkmus told NME in 2022 that “it’d be total cringe” if the band were to release any new music. “No way,” he said. “These songs are good, they exist in this present.”

He went on: “I understand the impetus to put out a new record; it makes it seem like the band’s more legit or something and not just like a cash-in deal. But it doesn’t have to be that way if you just own your songs.

“And people can see if you’re geezers on a cash-in reunion tour or if they’re doing it because they’re having a blast.” You can revisit the video interview above.

Pavement’s second studio album, ‘Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain’, marked its 30th anniversary this year.

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