Aj Tracey: Last News

The pan-European organisation for the independent music community – IMPALA – has announced a new programme called 100 Artists To Watch, which will put the spotlight each spring on independent artists making music across Europe. The new scheme – supported by YouTube – replaces IMPALA’s previous album of the year award.The first 100 Artists To Watch list features music-makers from 30 different countries and more than 30 different genres, and includes UK artists like AJ Tracey, Arlo Parks and Little Simz, plus Kojaque, Noga Erez, Brodka and Whispering Sons. You can check the full list on the IMPALA website here.Launching the new programme, IMPALA Executive Chair Helen Smith says: “IMPALA’s remit is to boost diversity across Europe, so it’s great to be introducing this new programme with YouTube.

Sean Paul and AJ Tracey announced as headliners for this year’s edition of the Norwich festival.Following a sold-out edition last summer Sundown will return to the Norfolk Showground, four miles from the centre of Norwich, from September 2-4.As well as Paul and Tracey, the likes of Digga D, Sigala, Bad Boy Chiller Crew, Yung Filly and BackRoad Gee will perform on the main stage.DJ sets will come across the weekend from Andy C, Charlie Sloth, DJ EZ, Jax Jones and more. You can find the full line-up below.Dropping your Sundown 2022 line up! Tag 3 mates you’d like to bring to Sundown!Tickets go on sale this FRIDAY at 8am pic.twitter.com/WxB6bAt3cc— Sundown Festival (@SundownUK) February 22, 2022Tickets for this year’s festival go on sale here this Friday (February 25), with a limited pre-sale an hour beforehand for subscribers to Sundown’s mailing list.For this year’s festival, Sundown is launching a brand new VIP ticket scheme, which will allow access to a premium camping area and exclusive afterparties, as well as fast-track queues.Sean Paul’s appearance will come after the dancehall star’s 2022 ‘Scorcha’ tour, which will see him perform across the UK this April in support of a new album.

Florence + The Machine have been announced as the next headliners of Øya Festival 2022.The Oslo, Norway festival will return this year from August 9-13, with Gorillaz, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Aurora also set to top the bill.Florence + The Machine have been joined on the Øya bill today (January 26) by Fontaines D.C., Parquet Courts and Porridge Radio.Those acts have all expanded the festival’s growing line-up, which already features the likes of AJ Tracey, Girl In Red, Pa Salieu, Michael Kiwanuka, Yard Act, Princess Nokia and Beabadoobee. The Øya bill is split 50/50 between male and female artists.A post shared by Øyafestivalen (@oyafestivalen)Weekend tickets for Øya Festival 2022 have sold out, but day tickets remain available from here.

It's been a minute since Mahalia dropped 2019 album Love and Compromise but the U.K. star has kept her fans fed with a steady drip of new material, including recent Rico Nasty collab "Jealous." Today she returns alongside AJ Tracey with new song "Roadside," complete with a fun video in which she wreaks revenge on a no-good ex.

AJ Tracey has cancelled his upcoming UK and Ireland arena tour due to a number of coronavirus-related issues.The rapper’s ‘Flu Game Tour’ – which was in support of his latest album of the same name – was due to kick off on November 13 at Dublin’s 3 Arena, however, he has now announced that the dates will no longer be going ahead.“Due to ongoing uncertainty with the pandemic, possible lockdowns & vaccination requirements, it’s become clear I won’t be able to deliver the Flu Game tour the way I wanted to & the way you lot deserve it,” Tracey wrote in a statement on Twitter.“It’s with regret that I’m cancelling the tour and starting work on a completely new live experience for 2022.”He continued: “In the meantime im gonna go sick at all my

AJ Tracey heads to the pool alongside stars from the UK rap scene in his vibrant new video for ‘Summertime Shootout’ – watch it below.The video, for the latest single from the London rapper’s new album ‘Flu Game’, features cameos from Unknown T, Headie One, SL, Big Zuu and more, alongside T-Pain, who appears on the track.The fictional Tracey Manor is the location of the new video, which sees AJ hosting a cookout by the pool for a host of famous friends.Watch the new ‘Summertime Shootout’ video below:‘Summertime Shootout’ is taken from Tracey’s recent album ‘Flu Game’, which came out back in April.Reviewing ‘Flu Game’ upon its release, NME wrote: “On ‘Flu Game’, in short, Tracey bills himself as the Michael Jordan of UK rap, casting a wide

AJ Tracey has revealed he made “a big loss” financially on his headline shows at London’s Alexandra Palace.The rapper performed for two nights at the iconic, 10,000-capacity North London venue in November 2019.Speaking to Dotty on Apple Music’s The Agenda Radio, Tracey discussed running his own label and the financial risks that come with that.“I did Ally Pally, I took a loss monetarily,” he said. “A big loss, but obviously it’s not a loss because I gave the fans a great show.

Lightning Seeds ‘Three Lions’ has become one of the country’s most enduring football anthems.He posted the simple caption ‘It’s…’, a reference to the track’s ‘It’s coming home’ refrain. He later posted a picture with Olympic athlete Mo Farah, saying “Might be coming home a bit faster with this lovely fellow on hand.”It’s… pic.twitter.com/ct3HCXwvD5— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) June 29, 2021Might be coming home a bit faster with this lovely fellow on hand.

AJ Tracey has opened up about grime in a new interview.Speaking to The Guardian, rapper Tracey said he’s unlikely to ever return to the genre unless he was asked to do so by grime veterans such as P Money or D Double E.Reflecting on his grime roots, Tracey said: “It was a long time ago,” before adding: “Grime is not really lit any more. It’s not what it used to be, and it’s their fault because [people in the grime scene] don’t like change.“I was in there, I was open to change, I changed and I’m doing well.

AJ Tracey has shared a new music video for his new track ‘Little More Love’, with the clip honouring the late DMX.The video picks up where the visuals for previous single ‘Anxious‘ left off, opening with a dark city skyline.

Headie One has been a hotly tipped grime MC in the UK for a minute, but his profile got a huge boost this month when he teamed up with Drake for "Only One Freestyle." He's keeping the momentum going with "Ain't It Different," a new song featuring AJ Tracey and Stormzy, the last English rapper to find a big audience stateside. The video, Taz Tron Delix, is all about flexing in blue-tinted light.

coronavirus.The Dutch event, initially set to take place this month, was cancelled in April after the country’s government banned all major events until September.Now due to return between July 9-11 next year, WOO HAH! has today (July 14) unveiled a line-up boasting the likes of Future, Young Thug, AJ Tracey and Slowthai.Also taking to the stage in Beekse Bergen, Hilvarenbeek will be Adf Samski, Chivv, City Morgue, Iann Diorr and Tiffany Calver.

Tony Allen is set to be honoured posthumously at this year’s AIM Independent Music Awards.The AIM Awards 2020, which will take place online on August 12 due to the coronavirus pandemic, will honour Allen with the Outstanding Contribution To Music Award.The full list of nominations for the AIM Awards 2020 has been announced today (June 17), with drill rapper Digga D and electronic-jazz drummer Moses Boyd earning three nods each.Hania Rani, Greentea Peng, Floating Points and Flying Lotus all have two nominations each.