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Listen: Jessie Ware – ‘Midnight’ (Peggy Gou’s After Midnight Mix)

Peggy Gou has stepped onto the remix-front, dropping her brain-inducing rework of Jessie Ware’s Midnight.

Premiered during Gou’s recent Boiler Room set, the producer sidesteps the original, morphing the joint into a subtle, deep, chug-laden club cut. From incredibly slick distortions of Jessie’s vocals to smart melodic, groove-infused synths, this is definitely one you wont want to sleep on.

The release is cited as “coming soon”, but you can hear Peggy’s first spin of the song below around the 5-minute mark:

Watch London Grammar cover Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ in the Live Lounge

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London Grammar made their return to Radio 1’s Live Lounge earlier today, delivering beautiful cuts from their discography alongside a stunning cover of Prince’s classic Purple Rain.

Opening the set with recent single Non Believer, the trio then brought us back to 2014 with the beautiful Hey Now, lifted off their groundbreaking debut album If You Wait.

This was undoubtedly one of the strongest Live Lounges of the year – check out the full performances below:

Northside Festival announce 2018 headliners

The festival season may have only just finished, but that hasn’t stopped Denmark’s Northside already gearing their fans up for next year’s event.

Teasing a major part of the festival’s 2018 return earlier today, the annual event, based in Aarhus, will take place between 7-9th June, and headlined by The National, Father John Misty and Queens Of The Stone Age; Frank Ocean, Radiohead and The Prodigy topped the bill earlier this summer.

Cigarettes After Sex and Deerhunter have also been added to the line-up.

Announcing the news earlier today, Northside spokesman John Fogde said organisers were “really pleased that we can now add five amazing acts to the poster”, adding “though 2017 was something special, I can already guarantee now that there will be plenty to look forward to in 2018.”

Coachella joins Northside as the only other major festival to announce a 2018 headline appearance so far – next year’s event will be topped by Beyonce whose pregnancy earlier this year forced her to cancel her 2017 appearance.

Watch: Rudimental – ‘Sun Comes Up’ (ft James Arthur)

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Rudimental have followed their James Arthur-collab Sun Comes Up with the track’s official video.

The song, released in July, comes ahead of more news on the London-based group’s anticipated third studio album. Rudimental have also since shared Trouble which saw them team up with Maverick Sabre and Chronixx; another new collaboration with the Martinez Brothers on No Fear is also rumoured to be doing the rounds shortly too.

Watch the full Sun Comes Up video below:

Listen: NAO previews new song ‘Nostalgia’.

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NAO has shared a preview of brand new song Nostalgia ahead of the track’s official release this coming Friday.

Revealing the news on her Facebook moments ago, the song comes as a prelude to her upcoming second studio album, which the Londoner confirms is still yet to be finalised. “i’m in hiding writing my next album” she says, adding “but i’m gonna drop some new music for you in the meantime whilst we wait, starting this Friday”

Catch a listen to the short teaser of Nostalgia below:

Re:Imagine announce ‘Watch The Throne’ orchestral show

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Having taken over the summer with breathtaking renditions of classic albums, London-based collective Re:Imagine have announced arguably their most-exciting takeover yet, confirming the news of an orchestra rework of Jay-Z and Kanye West’s 2011 masterpiece, Watch The Throne.

Set to hit the City’s XOYO on 2nd October, Watch The Throne will be played in its entirety by a full 16-piece orchestra and is cited as Re:Imagine’s “biggest production to date”. The evening also promises “custom audio visual projections, a full light show and a few extra surprises”.

Head over here to sign up for early ticket information; you can also remind yourselves of Watch The Throne‘s brilliance below:

Listen: Mavis Staples – ‘If All I Was Was Black’

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Mavis Staples shows no sign of slowing down. Last year, the legendary singer released Livin’ On A High Note, whilst also dropping a surprise appearance on the recent Gorillaz album, Humanz. Today however, Staples has announced an all-new project, reuniting with Jeff Tweedy (responsible for Staples’ Grammy-nominated You Are Not Alone and One True Vine) for If All I Was Was Black.

Out in November and featuring ten original songs (one of which features Tweedy), Mavis has celebrated the project by sharing the groovy title-track. Grab a listen below:

Listen: Weiss & Christian Nielsen – ‘Say It To Me’

After what’s been nothing short of a crazy year for both artists, London-based Weiss has hooked up with Denmark’s Christian Nielsen for the massively-exciting Say It To Me.

Receiving its world premiere courtesy of both Annie Mac and Pete Tong on Radio 1 over the weekend, Say It To Me has all the hallmarks of an instant house classic; combining Weiss’ trademark old-skool synths with a Balearic-inspired groove, the track culminates with one heck of a killer vocal breakdown.

Catch it loud below:

Video: Emeli Sandé – ‘Hurts’ (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2017)

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Take That, Blondie and Stereophonics were among the big names appearing in London’s Hyde Park over the weekend, as BBC’s Radio 2 delivered an exciting close to the summer festival season.

Cited as the station’s ‘Festival in a Day’, the sold-out crowd were also graced by the likes of Rick Astley, James Blunt and Shania Twain, however it was arguably Emeli Sande who stole the show with probably one of her biggest performances to-date of Hurts, the lead single from last year’s Long Live The Angels.

Catch it below:

Glastonbury 2019: Madonna rumoured to headline?

Usually it’s around this time of year, almost one month until the annual ticket stampede, that rumours of forthcoming Glastonbury appearances start to swirl the web. However, with the festival now taking a break until 2019, we presumed that we could also have a well-deserved rest on speculative headliners.

No such luck it seems! Glastonbury sleuth expert Glasto Watch may have uncovered a titbit of info which could, potentially, lead the way to a forthcoming headliner.

Scouring a recent Instagram feed, it’s transpired that Glastonbury curator Emily Eavis has recently followed Madonna on her personal account. Though hitting over 30,000 followers herself, Eavis only follows a handful of accounts, a large majority a combination of previous headliners and major performers, alongside vocal ‘friends of Glastonbury’.

Madonna, much like Elton John and Fleetwood Mac, is just one of what’s becoming a small pool of major acts who are yet to grace the coveted Pyramid Stage. With such an illustrious career (and a huge back catalogue which could excite many), this could be a solid appointment for Glastonbury.

**UPDATE: In a rare TV appearance (8th December), Madonna recently confirmed news she will be returning to the live circuit, telling Live With Kelly & Ryan “I gotta get my show together. 2017 was soccer mom in Portugal. 2018…I’m coming back, baby. I’m coming for you!”**

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