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Foals have shared their latest single, ‘Looking High’ – you can listen to the new track below.The song is the latest preview of the trio’s upcoming new album ‘Life Is Yours’, which is set for release on June 17.Having originated as a demo by guitarist Jimmy Smith, ‘Looking High’ came to life after Smith reunited with Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis and drummer Jack Bevan post-lockdown.Produced by John Hill (and featuring co-production by Miles James and additional production by A.K. Paul), ‘Looking High’, Philippakis explains, “is looking back to a more hedonistic time in my life, and a more innocent time in society in general, pre-pandemic and before the existential threat of climate change”.“It takes place in an alley in Oxford with two clubs – The Cellar and The Wheatsheaf – that all the city’s nightlife gravitated towards,” the singer added.“It was before clubs started to close down and our cities started to change into more corporate, arid places.

The Pretty Reckless have announced a UK and Ireland tour for the autumn.The New York four-piece are set to play on these shores for the first time since 2017, with the band touring in support of their 2021 album ‘Death By Rock And Roll’.The Pretty Reckless will head to the UK and Ireland in October, playing gigs in Belfast, Dublin, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle and Birmingham. The tour then continues in early November, with dates set in Bristol, Southampton, Norwich and London.Tickets for The Pretty Reckless’ UK headline tour – dates for which you can see below – go on general sale from here on Friday (April 1) at 10am.October23 – Ulster Hall, Belfast24 – Olympia Theatre, Dublin26 – Barrowland, Glasgow27 – Academy, Manchester29 – O2 City Hall, Newcastle Upon Tyne30 – O2 Academy, BirminghamNovember1 – O2 Academy, Bristol2 – O2 Guildhall, Southampton3 – UEA, Norwich5 – O2 Academy Brixton, LondonThe Pretty Reckless are also set to perform live at this year’s Download Festival, which is taking place from June 10-12 and will be headlined by KISS, Iron Maiden and Biffy Clyro.

Maxïmo Park have announced plans for a singles only UK tour later this year – purchase tickets here.The band will be hitting the road for a series of shows for their ‘Sïngular Tour’ in the autumn, kicking off at the O2 Institute in Birmingham on September 30 with further dates in Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, London, Cardiff, Nottingham and Glasgow before wrapping up at the O2 City Hall in Newcastle on October 14.The jaunt will see Maxïmo Park perform early hits such as ‘Apply Some Pressure’ and ‘Going Missing’ from their 2005 debut album ‘A Certain Trigger’ right up to contemporary singles from last year’s ‘Nature Always Wins’.The band have also shared new single ‘Great Art’ to coincide with the tour, which you can listen to below.“The song is about the insidious nature of Conservative ideology, and a response to people who say, ‘At least we’ll get some great art out of it!'” frontman Paul Smith said of the new single, which you can purchase as a seven inch here.“We’re excited to have new material to play alongside our other singles on the Sïngular tour – we’ve always written songs crammed full of hooks, so that’s our ideal medium in some ways.”You can also find tickets to their UK tour here and view Maxïmo Park’s full jaunt below:SEPTEMBER 30 – O2 Institute, BirminghamOCTOBER1 – O2 Academy, Leeds2 – Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool4 – Tramshed, Cardiff6 – Academy, Manchester7 – Roundhouse, London8 – O2 Academy, Oxford10 – O2 Academy, Bristol12 – Rock City, Nottingham13 – Barrowland, Glasgow14 – O2 City Hall, Newcastle

Kaiser Chiefs have unveiled details of a huge winter area tour. Tickets will be available here from March 25.The band will tour with The Fratellis and The Sherlocks this November and tickets for the gigs will be available from March 25 at 9am here.Speaking about the new tour, Kaiser Chiefs said: “It’s been a while but we’re going on tour in November and can’t wait to see you all again.

Placebo have announced details of a series of intimate album release shows to celebrate their new LP ‘Never Let Me Go’ – you can find tickets here.The duo’s first studio album since 2013’s ‘Loud Like Love’ is set to arrive on March 25, and will include the previously released singles ‘Beautiful James’, ‘Surrounded By Spies’, ‘Try Better Next Time’ and ‘Happy Birthday In The Sky’.Placebo have now announced that they will play five shows in Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels and London later this month in support of ‘Never Let Me Go’.The London date will take place at the end of the run at Islington Assembly Hall on March 31.PARIS – BERLIN – AMSTERDAM – BRUSSELS – LONDON – tickets now on sale for our intimate shows.

Sean Paul has rescheduled his upcoming 2022 UK tour – find tickets here.The dancehall artist was due to hit the road in April ahead of releasing his eighth studio album, ‘Scorcha’, later this year.Now, it’s been confirmed that the planned shows have been postponed until August and September (via Stereoboard).Paul’s scheduled headline performance at London’s SSE Arena has been moved to the O2 Academy Brixton (August 27); the Birmingham date, meanwhile, will now take place at the city’s Forum (August 26) instead of the Utilita Arena.Tickets purchased previously will be honoured for the new dates. You can see the amended list of gigs below and find any remaining tickets here.Sean Paul will play:AUGUST23 – O2 City Hall, Newcastle 24 – First Direct Arena, Leeds 26 – Forum, Birmingham 27 – O2 Academy Brixton – London 30 – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff 31 – Motorpoint Arena, NottinghamSEPTEMBER01 – O2 Academy, Glasgow03 – Bowlers Exhibition Centre, ManchesterAnnouncing the run of shows in December 2021, Paul said: “Ay yo UK, I cannot wait to get ‘pon the road, seen? Big boss culture album dropping with a whole heap of music, ya dun know! That’s where we set the ting fi drop.

Tickets are on sale now for The Prodigy Live 2022 tour.

CHVRCHES have announced details of a huge new North American tour for 2022 – check out the new list of dates below.The Scottish trio are fresh off a three-song performance at this week’s (March 2) BandLab NME Awards 2022 in London, where they performed with The Cure‘s Robert Smith.After a UK tour that begins next week (March 10), the band will head to the US and Mexico from the end of April, playing a host of shows that take them up until the end of June. The new headline dates begin in late May.See the band’s full list of tour dates below.MARCH 202210 – Dundee, Fat Sam’s12 – Glasgow, SWG3 Poetry Club14 – Edinburgh, O2 Academy15 – Newcastle, City Hall16 – London, Brixton Academy18 – Birmingham, O2 Academy19 – Manchester, AcademyAPRIL 202229 – Atlanta, Shaky Knees FestivalMAY 202213 – Mexico City, Tecate Emblema18 – Monterrey, Showcenter21 – Guadalajara, Corona Capital27 – Napa, BottleRock Festival30 – Tampa, Jannus31 – Miami, Revolution LiveJUNE 20221 – Orlando, House of Blues2 – Raleigh, The Ritz4 – Charlotte, The Fillmore5 – Washington, DC, 9:30 Club9 – Buffalo, Artpark10 – Grand Rapids, 20 Monroe Live11 – Indianapolis, WonderRoad Music Festival13 – Madison, The Sylvee15 – Omaha, The Admiral16 – Kansas City, Uptown Theater18 – Manchester, Bonnaroo FestivalDuring their set at the BandLab NME Awards 2022, the band performed their track ‘Asking For A Friend’ from 2021 album ‘Screen Violence’ and then teamed up with Smith for a world exclusive live premiere of ‘How Not To Drown’.

The Vaccines have returned with their first new music of 2022 – listen to ‘Thunder Fever’ below.The new track follows the London band’s fifth album ‘Back In Love City’, which came out late last year.Discussing how ‘Thunder Fever’ came to be, Vaccines frontman Justin Young said: “‘Thunder Fever’ plays on the idea that falling in love can feel as powerful, intense and as sudden as something meteorological. Something heaven sent.

British rapper KSI has cancelled his sold out Manchester concert just hours before due to 'feeling sick'.

Caribou and Happy Mondays are set to be among the headliners of Bigfoot Festival 2022.The UK’s first craft beer music festival, which held its inaugural edition last year, is set to take place at Claydon Estate (near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire) from June 17-19.Caribou and Happy Monday have been announced this morning (February 8) as the first two headliners for Bigfoot 2022, with a third headliner set to be announced soon.The likes of Self Esteem, Shame, Working Men’s Club, Octo Octa, India Jordan, Erol Alkan and Hayden Thorpe have also been announced on the line-up for this year’s festival.You can see the line-up so far for Bigfoot Festival 2022 in the above poster, with more additions set to be announced soon.Bigfoot has also confirmed that the British breweries Braybrooke, DEYA, Gipsy Hill, Howling Hops, Purity, Signature Brew, Two Tribes, Verdant and Wild Beer will all provide drink at this year’s festival.General tickets for Bigfoot Festival 2022 will go on sale at 9am GMT this Friday (February 11) from here.

Sigrid has rescheduled her upcoming UK and Ireland tour dates to November, while also adding four more live dates to her schedule.The Norwegian artist had been set to embark on her biggest-ever tour of the UK, Ireland and Europe in March.Sigrid told her fans this morning (January 25) that she has now decided to push back the dates to November.“I was extremely excited to go back on stage and finally get to see you all on our first tour back in the UK in March, and frankly it’s been my number one motivation all this time,” she wrote in a statement. “I’m gutted to say my team and I have decided to postpone the dates to later this year.“But the good news is that we will be able to perform a lot (!) of new music in November, and we’re also adding four more dates! Liverpool, Cardiff, Birmingham and Newcastle.

Jamie Webster has announced details of his biggest headline UK and Ireland tour this year.The musician will kick off his tour on November 5 in Bristol before embarking on dates in Leeds, Newcastle, Birmingham, London, Manchester, Belfast and Dublin. The tour will conclude with a hometown gig in Liverpool.Tickets for these new dates will go on general sale at 10am on January 28; a pre-sale will be available from January 26.

Sean Paul has shared details of a UK tour next year as he prepares to announce his eighth studio album.The dancehall star will kick off the dates at Edinburgh’s O2 Academy on April 11, 2022 before wrapping things up at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on April 21.Tickets for the shows go on pre-sale here this Wednesday (December 8) at 10am before general sale here this Friday (December 10).It comes as Paul prepares to announce his new album, the follow-up to ‘Live N Livin’, which was released earlier this year.

Foals have added three new dates to their forthcoming 2022 UK tour.The Oxford band, who made their return with comeback single ‘Wake Me Up‘, last week have added shows in Hull, Newcastle and Brighton to the jaunt which kicks off at Edinburgh Usher Hall on April 22.Tickets for the new shows which will take place on April 25, 26 and 27 will go on sale from 9am this Friday (November 12).

mum has been told that the gate she had added to her fence so that she could have access to visit her son's grave will be closed off by the council. Honey Sales was left heartbroken by the death of her son, Connor Marchbanks, 24, after he suffered bleed on the brain two years ago.

Wolf Alice have added a third London date to their 2022 tour of the UK – get all the details below.The show, at Hammersmith’s Eventim Apollo next January, comes as the band sold out two dates at the venue and made their return to the stage this weekend with a headline set at Latitude Festival.In addition to their two gigs at the Apollo on January 18-19 next year, they will now also play the venue on January 20.

Gojira have announced a UK and European tour for 2022 – check out the schedule below.The French band will hit the road in the new year for a run of shows in support of their seventh album ‘Fortitude’, which was released in April.Beginning the tour in Helsinki, Gojira will go on to make stop-offs in Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Prague, Budapest and other cities throughout January into February and March 2022.They will touch down in London on March 4 for a headline concert at Alexandra Palace.

IDLES have announced a huge list of support acts for their 2021 UK and Ireland headline tour.Jehnny Beth, Anna Calvi, Cate Le Bon, Big Joanie, Sinead O’Brien, Shopping and more are all set to join select dates of the huge, sold-out run of dates in May and June.The dates, which begin in early May with two sold-out shows at Glasgow’s Barrowlands venue, culminate the following month with four gigs at London’s Brixton Academy.See IDLES’ list of tour dates and support acts for their 2021 UK headline tour below.MAY 20217 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow (with Jehnny Beth and Big Joanie)8 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow (with Jehnny Beth and Big Joanie)9 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow (with Jehnny Beth and Big Joanie)10 – O2 City Hall, Newcastle

Recorded during Turner's 'No Man's Land' UK tour in 2019