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The Killers are planning to release a new album early next year

Fans can expect to hear some singles from the forthcoming project sometime this year

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The Killers have revealed that they’re planning to release a brand new album sometime early next year.

The Las Vegas band’s most recent album was last year’s ‘Pressure Machine’, which NME‘s Thomas Smith called a “deeply satisfying entry into their catalogue” in a four-star review.

It’s been 11 months since the release of their seventh LP and already The Killers are working on new material which they hope to start releasing later this year.

“We just had a few days off and Stuart [Price, producer] came and visited us on the road,” frontman Brandon Flowers told NME at this week’s Mad Cool Festival in Madrid. “We’re sending things back and forth, and ideas. I’m talking with Shawn Everett [producer] too, and it’s nice to have that combo.”

Asked if fans can expect to hear a new album this year, Flowers said a “full record will probably be early next year”, but added that there will “definitely” be some singles released this year.

The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers. CREDIT: Rob Loud

One of those singles might be ‘Boy’, a new track the band debuted at Mad Cool last night (July 7). According to Flowers, it was originally written with the intention of appearing on ‘Pressure Machine’.

“It was the song that took me back home and was sort of the impetus for writing ‘Pressure Machine’,” Flowers told NME. “What’s interesting is that it just didn’t make it onto the record – but its absence is not a reflection of the quality of the song. It was an aesthetic decision to keep it off the record.”

He added: “There’s an optimism to it. It’s in the dust, it’s in the gutter, and it’s looking at the stars. It’s writing in more of a new wave vehicle.”

Drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr. added that ‘Boy’ has “a different complexion” and “more polished”.

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Watch Belle and Sebastian perform quartet of tracks for NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk’

The Glasgow band performed tracks from their latest album, ‘A Bit Of Previous’

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Belle And Sebastian delivered a four-song set for the latest edition of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series – watch it below.

The veteran indie-pop septet played ‘Unnecessary Drama’, ‘Working Boy In New York City’ and ‘Reclaim the Night’, all of which appear on their latest album, ‘A Bit Of Previous’.

They ended the set with a performance of ‘Judy And The Dream of Horses’, taken from their second album, ‘If You’re Feeling Sinister’, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary.

Speaking about the performance, Tiny Desk host and producer Bob Boilen said: “You see, we don’t amplify the singer’s voice in the room, and we don’t use monitor speakers. It all adds to the intimacy of the performance, but it also made it hard for Stuart Murdoch to hear himself sing.”

He continued: “In fact, he began to question whether having an ensemble of drums, keyboards, guitars, bass, etc. was right for the Tiny Desk and considered scrapping it all in favor of him and a guitar and maybe another player. But with a little work on the overall volume of the band, some run-throughs and the creature comfort of a handheld microphone, the band from Glasgow was charming and magnificent.”

You can check out the performance below:

 

Belle And Sebastian are currently on an extensive tour across the US in support of ‘A Bit Of Previous’ and will tour the UK later this year, with European dates to follow in 2023. You can buy any remaining tickets here and here.

Their British dates, rescheduled from earlier-announced shows for the spring, are as follows:

NOVEMBER 2022

13 – Cardiff, Great Hall – Student’s Union
14 – London, The Roundhouse
15 – London, The Roundhouse
17 – Sheffield, O2 Academy
18 – Liverpool, Olympia
19 – Hull, Asylum, Hull University Union
21 – Aberdeen, Beach Ballroom
23 – Edinburgh, Usher Hall
24 – Newcastle Upon Tyne, O2 City Hall
25 – Manchester, Academy
27 – Cambridge, Corn Exchange
28 – Birmingham, O2 Academy
29 – Southampton, O2 Guildhall
30 – Brighton, Dome

In a four-star review of ‘A Bit Of Previous’, NME‘s Gary Ryan wrote: “‘A Bit Of Previous’ takes its album title from the Buddhist notion of reincarnation – that you may already have ‘previous’ with people you meet – and there’s a similarly comforting familiarity to the album. All of the well-worn Belle and Sebastian hallmarks are present, but what’s truly impressive is how effortless it all sounds this time around.”

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Turnstile on the arrival of new music: “It is always a very fluid thing”

The Baltimore hardcore band’s most recent album was last year’s ‘Glow On’

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Turnstile have discussed when fans can expect new music from them, explaining that the band are “always writing” and “trying things”.

The Baltimore hardcore band’s most recent album is the acclaimed ‘Glow On’, which was released in August last year. In a five-star review, NME‘s Will Richards called the LP a “boundaryless approach to experimentation”.

Now, coming off the back of an impressive performance at Glastonbury, the band have discussed the prospect of new music with NME in an interview for this week’s Big Read, with frontman Brendan Yates explaining that their creative process is “always a very fluid thing”.

“We’re always writing; there’s always ideas and trying things,” Yates told NME. “Whatever we end up doing is a culmination of years of thinking about things and taking opportunities – sometimes spontaneously, sometimes having planned for years.

“I think that there’s never really a plan set in place that has the potential to be disrupted if we wake up one morning and want to try something else. We try to never really apply too much structure to it, so it feels as boundless as it possibly can.”

Turnstile on the cover of NME

He continued: “Whether that means that the next record comes out next year, or comes out in 10 years, or whether we play a million shows or don’t play for a long time, we try to always listen to where we’re at and listen to where our instinct is pulling us forward, and make sure that it feels like it’s something we want to be doing at all times.

“I think that’s why we never put any set bounds on the terms of cycles or campaigns or anything like that. When the stars align for things to happen, we follow them.”

Meanwhile, Turnstile will be heading out on a North American theatre tour in October.

Dubbed the ‘Turnstile Love Connection’ tour (after the titular ‘Glow On’ single, EP and short film), the run of dates will begin on October 3 at The Brooklyn Mirage. A sole Canadian date will follow, with Turnstile – as well as openers JPEGMAFIA and Snail Mail – taking to the stage at Toronto’s HISTORY venue on Tuesday October 4.

The band will play a further 16 shows in the US across the rest of October, before taking November off and returning for seven shows in December. Find any remaining tickets for the band’s upcoming shows here.

Before embarking on the ‘Turnstile Love Connection’ tour, the band will perform five shows in support of My Chemical Romance – in Oklahoma, San Antonio, Nashville, Cincinnati and Raleigh.

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Listen to Snail Mail’s cover of Superdrag’s ‘Feeling Like I Do’

Lindsey Jordan has also released a new version of her own track ‘Headlock’

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Snail Mail have shared a new cover of Superdrag’s ‘Feeling Like I Do’ – listen to it below.

Released as part of Spotify’s Singles collection, the indie rock solo project of guitarist and singer-songwriter Lindsey Jordan has also released a new version of ‘Headlock’, a cut taken from Jordan’s 2021 album ‘Valentine’.

The original version of ‘Feeling Like I Do’ was recorded at the famed Electric Lady Studios in New York and appeared on Superdrag’s 2002 LP, ‘Last Call for Vitriol’. Jordan’s version hears her dig into lower register to match her crunchy guitar riff.

“It’s been really cool getting to cover ‘Feeling Like I Do’ by Superdrag because I love it and I’ve loved it for a while and I was able to make it my own by singing on it,’ she said in a statement.

The reason for re-recording ‘Headlock’ came down to simply living with the song for a while out on tour. “So a typical day in the studio for me has been really different from album to album,” Jordan said. “But the approach I’ve taken more recently is to flesh out the demo as much as possible before bringing the song into the studio so I can work out the details by myself. I work incredibly slowly and don’t like to be under too much pressure while trying to be creative.

She continued: “I like taking lots of breaks and giving the songs room to breathe before continuing to work on them. So I try to spend a lot of time in the studio. It’s also super important for me to take breaks, to eat good food and get air. It can be really mentally draining work, so it’s important to adjust according to how you work as an individual.

“So I think that the Spotify version of ‘Headlock’ is different from the original version of ‘Headlock’ in that the original was recorded almost two years ago, and the more I performed the song, the more I think of ideas that I wish I had put into the original. This version gave me the opportunity to implement some of those ideas.”

Snail Mail will support Turnstile on their upcoming North American tour which is slated to kick off in October. You can buy tickets and find more info here.

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Tommy Lee plays first full Mötley Crüe show since breaking his ribs

He sustained the injury falling down some stairs while on vacation

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Tommy Lee played his first full Mötley Crüe show this week since breaking his ribs – see the footage below.

The drummer sustained the injury earlier this month after he fell down a flight of stairs while on vacation in Nashville, as revealed this week by his wife Brittany Furlan.

“The day that we were leaving Nashville, our driver came and we had all this luggage and he wasn’t helping us – he just stayed in the car,” Furlan explained. “Tommy was trying to carry all of our luggage for us. He fell down these crazy stairs and broke four ribs. Not fractured, not bruised… broke.”

Lee’s broken ribs were confirmed after meeting with doctors ahead of joining the band for tour rehearsals. He played the first few songs of their set when their stadium tour kicked off in Atlanta on June 16, but following the conclusion of ‘Saints Of Los Angeles’ he revealed that he would be unable to drum for the rest of the performance due to his injury.

Lee was then replaced on-stage by session drummer Tommy Clufetos – who also plays with Ozzy Osbourne – for the remainder of the show, although he did return to play piano on the band’s 1985 ballad ‘Home Sweet Home’.

Last weekend, Lee rejoined the band in Philadelphia to perform eight of the set’s 15 songs, but it wasn’t until Tuesday night (June 28) that he played his first full show with his bandmates since breaking his ribs.

The show took place at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte during the seventh stop of Mötley Crüe’s stadium tour. Lee did not mention his injury during the set.

You can check out footage from his return below:

 

Mötley Crüe are currently on ‘The Stadium Tour’, which pairs the band with Poison, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts and Def Leppard. It is the band’s first tour since they officially reunited in 2018.

At their opening show in Atlanta, the band brought out special guest Machine Gun Kelly, who played Tommy Lee in the band’s 2019 biopic, The Dirt.

In other news, the trailer for Machine Gun Kelly’s upcoming new documentary, Life In Pink arrived earlier this month. You can watch it here.

An official synopsis on the film reads: “Machine Gun Kelly’s Life in Pink is an in-depth look at the dramatic highs and lows of an artist chasing music’s top spot while tackling noise from the outside world, stardom, fatherhood and more.

“From creating his platinum-selling, Billboard No. 1 album Tickets to My Downfall, to his most recent No. 1 studio album, Mainstream Sellout, this is an all-access pass, that goes beyond the headlines, into the chaotic world of Machine Gun Kelly.”

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Ed Sheeran says his ‘Mathematics’ tour will land in the US eventually

“We’re basically finalising a route now”

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Ed Sheeran has promised that his ‘Mathematics’ tour will land on US shores sometime in the near future.

The ‘Shape Of You’ hitmaker is currently at the end of the UK leg of the tour in support of his latest album ‘=’, with two shows left at London’s Wembley Stadium tonight (June 30) and tomorrow (July 1), before heading out to Europe next week.

In an interview on the Late Late Show on Tuesday (June 28), Sheeran revealed that he’ll be touring the US – but probably not this year.

“I think we’re gonna announce by the end of the year,” Sheeran said about a potential North American tour. “We’re basically finalising a route now.”

“I’m super excited to bring this tour, it’s an insane-looking tour,” Sheeran continued. “We basically planned it from the end of the ‘÷’ tour, because it was sort of well-publicised that it was the most people had gone to this tour, so I was like if we come back, we have to do all bells and whistles. The stage is nuts… there are fireworks and flames, there’s a band, it’s a whole thing.”

The singer-songwriter also gave a hint at what US audiences can expect from the upcoming shows. “You go on tour, for my first album, I basically just played my first album live. And my second album was like little bits of both, and my third album was little bits of both, whereas this one the setlist is pretty much just songs people know,” Sheeran said.

Host James Corden then asked Sheeran – who was sat next to fellow guest, actor Vin Diesel – what three tracks will likely remain staples in his setlist for the rest of his career: ‘Perfect’, ‘Bad Habits’, and ‘Shape Of You’, he answered.

Meanwhile, Sheeran and two of his songwriting partners, Steven McCutcheon and Snow Patrol’s John McDaid, have been awarded £900,000 in legal costs following a High Court copyright win.

The three artists – who worked together on Sheeran’s 2017 single ‘Shape Of You’ – had been accused of lifting from a song, ‘Oh Why’, by musicians Sami Chokri (aka Sami Switch) and Ross O’Donoghue. The pair claimed Sheeran’s song featured “particular lines and phrases” similar to their own song, calling him “a magpie”.

Sheeran, McCutcheon and McDaid denied accusations of plagiarism, with the former saying in his testimony on March 7: “I have always tried to be completely fair in crediting anyone who makes any contribution to any song I write.” McDaid, in his testimony, called the idea of plagiarism “abhorrent”.

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Norfolk’s Wide Skies And Butterflies festival cancelled due to “unprecedented rise in production costs”

“We are sad not to have been able to go ahead in such a fantastic location”

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The first ever Wide Skies And Butterflies festival has been cancelled due to “unprecedented rise in production costs”.

The Norfolk event was due to take place on the Raynham Estate between August 5 and 7, with a line-up that included The Vaccines, Hot Chip, Laura Mvula and Natalie Imbruglia.

However, organisers SMS Event Production have issued a statement stating that the festival will no longer go ahead because of increased costs and “lower than expected ticket sales”.

“It is with deep regret that we announce that Wide Skies & Butterflies will no longer be able to go ahead,” the statement on their website read. “Despite the anticipation of a summer free of restrictions, 2022 is proving an incredibly challenging year for live music and events.

The statement continued: “The industry has seen an unprecedented rise in the costs of production alongside lower than expected ticket sales due to rising costs of living.

“For a festival in its first year the combination of these obstacles, as well as a key investment failing to come through, has made it impossible for us to go ahead.”

Organisers than thanked everyone for their support, adding that they are sad the festival was “not able to go ahead in such a fantastic location”.

SMS Event Production also announced that it has ceased trading. The company is currently working with ticketing agents to facilitate refunds for those who purchased tickets.

The Vaccines. CREDIT: Frank Fieber.

Earlier this year, the UK’s music festival industry warned that a “perfect storm”, created by a live entertainment supply chain crisis, workforce shortages and the effects of Brexit, was likely to impact this summer’s events season.

The warning came from the Association of Independent Festivals, ahead of the AIF Festival Congress 2022 in Bristol in February 15.

AIF CEO Paul Reed made the comments during his opening remarks to indie festival promoters, arguing that while there was widespread optimism about the full return of the festival season, there would be trouble and challenges ahead for the live music industry as a whole.

Reed said that while the UK “may be emerging from the shadow of the pandemic, this year will not be a case of ‘back to business as usual’ without critical support for festival organisers”.

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Oli Sykes and Alice Longyu Gao get futuristic in twisted ‘Believe The Hype’ video

The genre-bending collaboration sees the Bring Me The Horizon frontman spit some bars

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Oli Sykes and Alice Longyu Gao have dropped their new collaborative track, ‘Believe The Hype’ – watch the twisted video below.

The Bring Me The Horizon frontman and Chinese electro-pop artist first teased the release last week, with a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the song’s silver-themed video.

“Our new song ‘Believe The Hype’ is about to come out,” Longyu Gao said in the clip. “You should pre-save the song now! Do it! If you don’t, Oli is going to go into your dreams. He will!”

The genre-bending collaboration has now arrived and hears Sykes exchange his usual roaring screams for a space age rap that he spits over a sinister backdrop.

‘Believe The Hype’ arrives alongside a futuristic video which sees both Sykes and Longyu Gao covered in silver paint and delivering their verses in an intergalactic dimension.

Directed by Grace McCarthy and Longyu Gao, you can check out the video for ‘Believe The Hype’ below:

Speaking on the track, Longyu Gao said in a statement: “I am an inventor. I am the type of artist that people need to enjoy the awesomeness in person. I am creating exceptional art, and I have to use 95 per cent of my time to fight to be heard, to be seen, and to perform.

“At the end of the day I just want to make great art that lasts, that nurtures everyone, that heals me. However living in this capitalistic world gives me way too much anxiety, discrimination, and exhaustion. Believe The Hype is a temporary pill for myself to deal with all of that.”

Sykes’ latest collaboration comes after Bring Me The Horizon recently announced that their next single, ‘Strangers’, will arrive next week.

The song was first revealed during a DJ set the band performed on the first night of their own Malta Weekender festival. Similar to much of the band’s recent studio material, the version of the song they played featured loud electric guitars and thrashing drums.

Meanwhile, Bring Me The Horizon‘s Mat Nicholls and Sykes have announced that they’ve signed up for a charity triathlon to raise money for UKRAINEPRIDE.

In August, the singer and drummer will take part in the Allerthorpe Sprint Triathlon, which is described as “one of the fastest-sprint distance triathlon courses” in York.

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The Proclaimers announce “political” new album ‘Dentures Out’ featuring Manics’ James Dean Bradfield

The news comes alongside lead single ‘The World That Was’

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The Proclaimers have announced the release of a brand new album entitled ‘Dentures Out’ – listen to lead single ‘The World That Was’ below.

Billed as “a record of the times”, the follow-up to Craig and Charlie Reid’s acclaimed 2018 ‘Angry Cyclist’ LP is produced by Dave Eringa and was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales in spring 2022.

According to a press release, it’s The Proclaimers’ “most political album” since their breakthrough second album ‘Sunshine On Leith’, tackling topics such as the weaponising of nostalgia for electoral capital, press barons, the bubble of modern life, and more.

Due out September 16 via Cooking Vinyl, the album sees Manic Street Preachers frontman James Dean Bradfield lend his guitar talents to a couple of songs, playing on the title track and the “James Bond theme that never was”, ‘Things As They Are’.

News of the album comes alongside the release of a rocking sing-a-long, ‘The World That Was’, which examines the frustration of those who felt like nostalgia was pressed into service during the pandemic with allusions to wartime warmth.

Listen to ‘The World That Was’ below:

You can pre-order ‘Dentures Out’ in a number of formats here.

‘Dentures Out’ tracklisting:

1. ‘Dentures Out’
2. ‘The World That Was’
3. ‘Feast Your Eyes’
4. ‘Praise’
5. ‘News To Nietzsche’
6. ‘Things As They Are’
7. ‘Signs Of Love’
8. ‘Drop Dead Destiny’
9. ‘The Recent Past’
10. ‘Sundays By John Calvin’
11. ‘Draw Another Line’
12. ‘Play The Man’
13. ‘What The Audience Knew’

The Proclaimers recently kicked off their 14-month world tour with a main stage appearance at the Isle of Wight Festival. They will be playing a series of summer festivals and regional concerts, followed by a 35-date UK and Ireland tour from October to November. Find out more info and buy tickets here.

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The Prodigy announce 25th anniversary edition of ‘The Fat Of The Land’

You can check out a new remix of ‘Firestarter’ by drum ‘n’ bass pioneer Andy C now

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The Prodigy‘s third album ‘The Fat Of The Land’ turns 25 today (June 30), and to celebrate they’ve announced the release of a special edition reissue of the acclaimed LP.

The game-changing album – which was originally released on June 30, 1997 – featured the hit singles ‘Firestarter’, ‘Breathe’ and ‘Smack My Bitch Up’, and topped both the UK and US album charts. It has sold over 10million copies to date worldwide.

To celebrate its 25th anniversary, XL Recordings have announced two-anniversary releases including a limited edition 2LP silver 12-inch vinyl package of the original album with a reimagined version of Alex Jenkins’ artwork.

Due to be released on November 4 via XL Recordings, you can pre-order the anniversary reissue here.

To mark today’s anniversary, drum ‘n’ bass pioneer Andy C has released a brand new remix of ‘Firestarter’. You can check it out below.

‘Fat Of The Land’ 25th anniversary reissue tracklisting:

1. ‘Smack My Bitch Up’
2. ‘Breathe’
3. ‘DieselPower’
4. ‘Funky Shit’
5. ‘Serial Thrilla’
6. ‘Mindfields’
7. ‘Narayan’
8. ‘Firestarter’
9. ‘Climbatize’
10. ‘Fuel My Fire’

Continuing the 25th Anniversary celebrations, The Prodigy are set to return to the stage to play a run of UK live dates next month. The sold-out tour covers 10 dates around the country, finishing with three nights in a row at London’s O2 Academy Brixton.

“We can’t wait to get back onstage to play our tunes for the people again. The 25th anniversary of ‘Fat Of The Land’ felt like the right time for us to step up,” the band said at the time of announcing the tour.

They also hinted that new music could follow too: “We’ll be droppin tunes from all our albums and maybe some shit u haven’t heard before.”

Keith Flint of The Prodigy. CREDIT: Getty Images

They concluded by saying that they are dedicating the shows to late frontman Keith Flint, who passed away on March 4, 2019 after taking his own life at the age of 49. “This one’s for Flinty…Now let’s fuckin go!” they said.

You can see the full list of dates below:

JULY 2022
8 – Sheffield, O2 Academy
9 – Sheffield, O2 Academy
14 – Liverpool, Mountford Hall
15 – Leeds, O2 Academy
16 – Birmingham, O2 Academy
18 – Newcastle, O2 City Hall
19 – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse
21 – London, O2 Academy Brixton
22 – London, O2 Academy Brixton
23 – London, O2 Academy Brixton

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