Zak Abel has announced his first headline show of 2019, hitting up London’s Roundhouse next spring.
Set to hit the esteemed venue on 16th March, the announcement follows Friday’s release of ‘You Come First‘, the singer’s first piece of new music since his 2017 debut album, ‘Only When We’re Naked’.
Tickets are onsale now. Listen to ‘You Come First’, below:
After posting a mysterious countdown timer almost a week ago, Swedish House Mafia have now revealed further details about their heavily-teased reunion.
In a press conference this morning (22nd October), the trio confirmed that the positive response from their Ultra performance earlier in the year paved the way to a full-scale reformation. As such, they have also revealed that their various side projects will take a backseat whilst all focus and attention will be placed on pushing the SHM brand.
When posed about new music, SHM revealed they’re currently in the studio, though they won’t be dropping anything for a while yet. Regarding live shows, a world tour is still scheduled, though they will be kicking off 2019 with a homecoming show in Stockholm on 4th May. More shows will apparently be announced “later”.
Tickets for the Tele 2 Arena gig go onsale this coming Saturday, 27th October via Live Nation. Check the full press conference below:
Manic Street Preachers have announced an intimate 12-date UK tour in celebration of the 20th anniversary of ‘This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours’.
Kicking off on 14 May 2019 in Cambridge, the band will perform in Bath, followed by two nights each in London and Manchester, before hitting Birmingham, Southampton, Edinburgh, York, Liverpool and ending in Leicester, and fans can get access to tickets before the general sale.
Released in September ’98, ‘This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours’ was the band’s fifth studio project, and featured one of the Manics’ most-iconic singles, ‘If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next’.
Check the full tour schedule below; tickets go onsale this Friday (26th October) with a presale two days prior, Wednesday 24th October.
Little Mix made their UK return earlier today (21st October), taking to the stage as headliners of the 2018 BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards.
Performing some of their biggest hits, the four-piece also shared their new single ‘Woman Like Me‘ live for the first time.
Unfortunately there was no sign of track-collaborator Nicki Minaj, but regardless, Little Mix delivered a prime example of why they’re still up there with the best in the business. Lifted off their upcoming album ‘LM5’, the girls also performed past hits ‘Touch’, ‘Only You’ and ‘Shout Out To My Ex’.
Gorillaz’ Demon Dayz Festival celebrated its second birthday over the weekend, this time moving from Margate to Pico Rivera in California.
The one-day event, which featured sets from the likes of DRAM, The Internet and Erykah Badu, was of course headlined by Damon Albarn and the rest of his Gorillaz crew. Welcoming alongside special guests spanning De La Soul, George Benson and Peven Everett (among others), it was Albarn’s Blur-bandmate Graham Coxon who ran the crowd into a frenzy, as the duo performed one of the band’s most-infamous hits, ‘Song 2’.
Both embarking on separate performances at the 2018 Radio 1 Teen Awards, Mabel and Not3s joined forces earlier this evening (21st October) to deliver their two hugely-successful collaborations ‘Fine Line’ and ‘My Lover’.
Sigrid followed on from 5SOS as the latest act to jump onstage at the 2018 Radio 1 Teen Awards.
Taking place at London’s SSE Wembley Arena, her performance follows a fortnight on from the release of her powerful ‘Sucker Punch’, a song cited as the lead track from her forthcoming debut album.
Watch her bring her huge 2017 hit ‘Strangers’ to the stage, below:
The past week has placed Beyonce fans in a spin after cryptic teasers started to appear online under the guise of #RoseIVYou.
Originally rumoured to be a new collaborative project between Beyonce and Kelly Rowland, it now seems that this could indeed be something a lot bigger, and a full-on Beyonce album in itself!
Here’s all the facts broken down:
1. On 1st October, the official ‘Everything Is Love’ Instagram account posted a mysterious countdown
2. 5 days later (6th October), the same account then shared a picture of a lowly rose.
3. On the same day, Everything Is Love then followed a new account, ‘roseivyou‘. The importance of this? Well previously EIL had only ever followed two profiles – TIDAL and Beyonce. ‘roseivyou’ is now the third.
4. Initially, that new account had only followed Beyonce and Kelly.
5. Both accounts then remained inactive until four days ago (15th October), where a short clip (including audio) was shared of the earlier rose blooming.
8. ‘roseivyou’ now starts following the official Netflix US account. Note: Beyonce’s ‘LEMONADE’ was cited as a feature special on HBO, prior to the announcement of a full album.
9. Today (19th October), the account posts a further cryptic video on its Instagram Story. The video reads ‘3.3.4.6’. Beyonce grew up at 3346 Parkwood Drive in Harris County, Texas.
10. Side note: Frank Ocean reactivates his Instagram account.
11. ‘roseivyou’ follows Frank; the favour is returned.
12. Frank then posts an Instagram Story of Beyonce, pointing to the ‘roseivyou’ account.
If we’re speculating anything, we reckon this could well be another Beyonce album, alongside features (Frank, Kelly, Nicki…) and a Netflix movie special.
After announcing his new project last week, Khalid has shared his new ‘Suncity’ EP, in which the Texas-based artist calls “the start of a new era”.
Coming after a string of successful singles (including the Normani-featuring ‘Love Lies’), ‘Sun City’ contains seven songs, alongside the title-track which sees Empress Of as the sole feature for the collection.
After premiering the track at his live shows earlier in the year, Zak Abel has now shared the official studio rendition of his new single, ‘You Come First’.
Featuring Cali-based Saweetie, the track marks the next chapter for Abel as he gears up for the release of his second album next year. ‘You Come First’ joins ‘Love Song‘, released back in March, as the first taste of his next project. Listen below: