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Adele has announced a new residency in Munich.

The singer has not toured her fourth album ’30’ worldwide, instead embarking upon an ongoing and recently extended ‘Weekends With Adele’ residency in Las Vegas.

The Vegas residency is due to end in June, and Adele will return to Europe in August for four shows at the bespoke Munich Messe arena.

The 80,000 capacity open-air venue was created specifically for these shows, and you can see renderings of it below.

Speaking on Instagram, Adele said: “So a few months ago I got a call about a summer run of shows. I’ve been content as anything with my shows in London’s Hyde Park and my residency in Vegas, so I hadn’t had any other plans. However, I was too curious to not follow up and indulge in this idea – a one off, bespoke pop-up stadium designed around whatever show I want to put on?

“Ohh!? Pretty much slap bang in the middle of Europe? In Munich? That’s a bit random, but still fabulous! Right after the Euros? Come on England! With the Olympics next door? Go on Simone! And some of my favourite artists playing shows too? Why…YES!! I haven’t played in Europe since 2016!

“I couldn’t think of a more wonderful way to spend my summer and end this beautiful phase of my life and career with shows closer to home during such an exciting summer. Guten Tag babes x.”

Ticket registration for the gigs is open now here and closes on Monday, February 5 at 6pm CET.  The pre-sale will then begin on Wednesday, February 7 at 10am CET, with fans receiving links the previous day.

Tickets will then go on general sale from 10am CET on Friday, February 9. You’ll be able to buy your tickets here.

Ade

Adele will play:

AUGUST 2024
2 – Munich, Messe
3 – Munich, Messe
9 – Munich, Messe
10 – Munich, Messe

This week, Adele has said she will embark on a world tour on her next album cycle. In the middle of a Vegas show, Adele revealed that fans will probably have a while to wait before she releases the follow-up to 2021’s ’30’, but she will tour it more than she has done with albums in the past.

““I just don’t think I’m gonna write an album for quite some time,” she told her audience. “But next time I do, I’ll come to wherever it is you live.”

A few months ago, Adele mentioned that the Vegas residency has helped her “fall back in love with performing live again”.

“I needed to reconnect with my songs and remember what they mean to me, and I have!” Adele wrote on X when it was announced her residency was being extended.

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Adele has announced a new residency in Munich.

The singer has not toured her fourth album ’30’ worldwide, instead embarking upon an ongoing and recently extended ‘Weekends With Adele’ residency in Las Vegas.

The Vegas residency is due to end in June, and Adele will return to Europe in August for four shows at the bespoke Munich Messe arena.

The 80,000 capacity open-air venue was created specifically for these shows, and you can see renderings of it below.

Speaking on Instagram, Adele said: “So a few months ago I got a call about a summer run of shows. I’ve been content as anything with my shows in London’s Hyde Park and my residency in Vegas, so I hadn’t had any other plans. However, I was too curious to not follow up and indulge in this idea – a one off, bespoke pop-up stadium designed around whatever show I want to put on?

“Ohh!? Pretty much slap bang in the middle of Europe? In Munich? That’s a bit random, but still fabulous! Right after the Euros? Come on England! With the Olympics next door? Go on Simone! And some of my favourite artists playing shows too? Why…YES!! I haven’t played in Europe since 2016!

“I couldn’t think of a more wonderful way to spend my summer and end this beautiful phase of my life and career with shows closer to home during such an exciting summer. Guten Tag babes x.”

Ticket registration for the gigs is open now here and closes on Monday, February 5 at 6pm CET.  The pre-sale will then begin on Wednesday, February 7 at 10am CET, with fans receiving links the previous day.

Tickets will then go on general sale from 10am CET on Friday, February 9. You’ll be able to buy your tickets here.

Ade

Adele will play:

AUGUST 2024
2 – Munich, Messe
3 – Munich, Messe
9 – Munich, Messe
10 – Munich, Messe

This week, Adele has said she will embark on a world tour on her next album cycle. In the middle of a Vegas show, Adele revealed that fans will probably have a while to wait before she releases the follow-up to 2021’s ’30’, but she will tour it more than she has done with albums in the past.

““I just don’t think I’m gonna write an album for quite some time,” she told her audience. “But next time I do, I’ll come to wherever it is you live.”

A few months ago, Adele mentioned that the Vegas residency has helped her “fall back in love with performing live again”.

“I needed to reconnect with my songs and remember what they mean to me, and I have!” Adele wrote on X when it was announced her residency was being extended.

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The Libertines joined their support band on stage at Liverpool’s Cavern Club last night (January 24) – see what went down below.

• READ MORE: The Libertines talk being clean and connected: “We just want to write beautiful songs in the moment”

The band will release new album ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’ on March 8, and are currently on a tour of intimate club gigs across the UK, dubbed ‘The Albion Tour’.

The band have described it as a return to “[their] roots in these small sweaty clubs, where [they] can see the whites of the crowds eyes”, and they took time before their Cavern Club show to join a local support act on stage during his set.

See footage of the impromptu performance, which came at the second of two gigs in the city yesterday, below. Earlier in the evening, the band had performed at the Jacaranda Baltic record shop.

The tour continues in Milton Keynes tonight (January 25) – see the remaining dates below.

The Libertines will play:

JANUARY 2024
25 – Milton Keynes, MK11
27 – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
28 – Derby, Hairy Dog

FEBRUARY 2024
11 – Falmouth, Princess Pavilion
12 – Southampton, Engine Rooms
14 – Stoke, Underground
15 – Leeds, The Wardrobe
16 – Glasgow, Oran Mor

In October, NME spoke with Pete Doherty and Carl Bârat about recording the new album, their sessions in Jamaica, and the inspiration behind its songs.

On the overall themes of ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’, Doherty commented: “All we want to do is write beautiful songs. That’s what we’ve always wanted to do, but we got distracted – mostly by ourselves.

“On this occasion, we followed the pattern of writing songs that we believe in but there was nothing else to say; no fanfare, no cacophony. This is the album we’re proud of.”

Earlier this month, the band shared a dramatic new single called ‘Shiver’, of which Doherty said: “I would probably find it difficult to work out who did what because we were both there the whole time through its creation.

“It should really be called ‘The Last Dream Of Every Dying Soldier’, but everyone liked the title ‘Shiver’.”

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Pet Shop Boys have shared an exclusive clip of them performing ‘It’s A Sin’ for their new ‘Dreamworld’ Copenhagen live movie – watch it exclusively on NME above.

• READ MORE: Pet Shop Boys live in Hull: four decades of holding pop to a higher standard

The band’s new live film – recorded during their 2023 ‘Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live’ world tour – will hit cinemas on January 31 and February 4.

“This cinematic celebration of Pet Shop Boys’ unparalleled career promises to be an unmissable experience for fans and music enthusiasts alike,” said Marc Allenby, CEO of Trafalgar Releasing who are sharing the film.

“Join us in celebrating four decades of musical innovation as we bring the magic of ‘Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live’ to the big screen.”

Tickets for the screenings are available here.

In a five-star review of Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Dreamworld’ gig in Hull in 2022, NME praised “the band’s infallible greatest hits collection, and their ability to constantly stay ahead of the pack”.

It added: “[The concert] shows the range of styles and subjects tackled in their canon, and is a two-hour joyous celebration of their decades of holding pop to a higher standard.”

The band also recently extended the ‘Dreamworld’ tour into 2024 with new UK and Irish dates.

Find any remaining tickets here and see the dates below.

JUNE 2024
04 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
06 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
08 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham 
09 – Co-op Live, Manchester 
11 – SSE Arena, Belfast
22 – Isle of Wight Festival 2024, Newport 

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AIR have announced new UK and European tour dates for their ‘Moon Safari’ anniversary tour, and a new deluxe reissue of the album.

• READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Nicolas Godin, Air

The classic album celebrated its 25th anniversary last year, and recently announced ‘One Night Only’ tour dates where they will play the album in its entirety for the first time.

Now, they have confirmed that a deluxe reissue of the album will arrive on March 8 and feature a Spatial Dolby Atmos audio version of the original album and a series of rare and unreleased tracks.

Also included in the reissue will be the 1998 tour documentary Eating, Sleeping, Waiting & Playing by Mike Mill.

New dates have also been added to the ‘Moon Safari’ tour, including a second London date, which will take place at the Royal Albert Hall, and gigs in Barcelona, Paris, Berlin and Vienna.

See the full updated list of tour dates below. Tickets for the Royal Albert Hall are on sale on Friday, February 2 at 10am GMT, while Barcelona, Germany and Austria tickets are on sale now. Tickets for their Paris gig go on sale in March.

You can buy tickets for the London show here, and all remaining dates here.

Air’s ‘Moon Safari’ 2024 tour dates are:

FEBRUARY
24 – Anitgel @ Victoria Hall, Geneva
25 – Fabrique, Milan
27 – Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna
29 – De Roma, Antwerp

MARCH
02 – Theater Des Westen, Berlin
07 – L’Olympia, Paris
08 – Paradiso, Amsterdam
24 – London Coliseum, London

MAY
30 – London, Royal Albert Hall

JUNE 
14 – Barcelona, Sonar Festival
24 – Paris, Days Off Festival
21 – Berlin, Zitadelle Spandau
23 – Vienna, Medastadt Open Air

Last year, Air announced a 25th anniversary vinyl reissue of ‘Moon Safari’. They also celebrated 20 years of its 2001 follow-up ’10 000Hz Legend’ with a reissue in 2021.

The duo’s last studio album, ‘Le Voyage Dans La Lune’, came out in 2012.

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An alleged stalker of Taylor Swift has been arrested for a third time in five days outside her New York home.

33-year-old David Crowe was first arrested outside the singer’s townhouse in the Tribeca district on January 20 after he allegedly tried to enter the residence.

On Monday (January 22), he was arrested again and charged with harassment and stalking after trying to enter the house once again.

Yesterday (January 24), Crowe was arrested a third time, just after he faced a judge regarding his previous arrest for the first break-in attempt.

NBC New York were told by police that Crowe was released from court around midday on Wednesday, and arrested again just after 1.30pm.

The complaint said that he has been asked not to approach the building 10 times, and has been spotted there 30 times in the last two months.

Swift has previously faced numerous issues with alleged stalkers at her New York residence, as well as homes she owns in California and Rhode Island.

Last summer, a man from Indiana was arrested and charged with stalking and harassing Swift after he made numerous attempts to contact the star at home and through social media.

Back in 2022, a man faced trespassing and stalking charges after allegedly entering two New York homes linked to Swift.

A stalker also broke into Swift’s NYC townhouse in 2018, and was found taking a nap in the property. He was subsequently sentenced to six months in jail.

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RAYE has responded to breaking a new BRIT Awards record in 2024, saying it is beyond her “wildest dreams”.

• READ MORE: RAYE on surviving the music industry: “Keep good people around you”

The singer is nominated for seven awards at this year’s ceremony, the most by a single artist in the show’s history.

The previous record – six nominations – was jointly held by Robbie Williams, Gorillaz and Craig David.

Speaking to BBC News about the honour, RAYE said: “I’m a BRIT kid, innit? I went to the BRIT School and it was the goal, the ultimate goal, to find my way somehow to the BRIT Awards.”

She added: “As far as the industry was concerned, I was down and out. Never in my wildest dreams would I think trying again would mean seven BRIT nominations. This is a whole different thing. Best Album? Are you sick?”

RAYE is in contention for Album Of The Year, Artist Of The Year and two separate Song Of The Year nods.

Speaking about the nominations in a press release, she added: “I am completely floored to be recognised seven times this year. I was a BRIT school student and I remember how deeply I dreamed of one day being recognised at the BRITs. I am currently a mess of overwhelming emotions and confusion as to how this even happened to be honest.”

See the full list of BRIT Awards nominations for 2024 here.

RAYE released her long-awaited debut album ‘My 21st Century Blues‘ last year, and recently opened up about her experience of abuse of power in the music industry, calling the effects “crippling” in an interview with Louis Theroux.

“When you’re up and coming, when you have a dream and you cross paths with powerful people – some people abuse their power and the effects of that can be crippling,” she said.

RAYE also responded to being snubbed in the 2024 Grammy nominations insisting that she is “not upset at all” about not receiving any nods.

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