Charlotte Hatherley: Last News

Bat For Lashes has spoken to NME about how her upcoming sixth album ‘The Dream Of Delphi’ poses a “cosmic, raw, maternal look at love”.Previous Ivor and Mercury Prize nominee Natasha Khan – AKA Bat For Lashes – was in attendance at the Ivor Novellos on Thursday (May 23) to present the award for Best Film Score which was won by Jerskin Fendrix for Poor Things.“I love film,” she told NME on the red carpet. “I’ve made short films, I’ve got a film coming out next week, I’ve won an Ivor Novello for a BBC drama series soundtrack.

Ash have announced reissues of their ‘1977’ and ‘Free All Angels’ albums, as well as live shows for the latter with longtime guitarist Charlotte Hatherley.‘1977’, the band’s debut album from 1996, will be reissued for the first time on splatter vinyl on July 1, with 2001’s ‘Free All Angels’ arriving on September 16.The week the ‘Free All Angels’ reissue comes to shops, Ash will play three UK shows where they will perform the album in its entirety and be joined by Hatherley, who played with the Northern Irish rockers from 1997-2006 and reunited with them at London show last year.The gigs will begin at the O2 Ritz in Manchester on September 15, before the band play Birmingham’s O2 Institute (17) and the Kentish Town Forum in London (18).“We’re delighted to announce that we will be commemorating the 21st anniversary of the release of our 2001 classic, ‘Free All Angels’,” drummer Rick McMurray said in a statement. “Not least because we will be joined by the fourth member of Ash, guitarist extraordinaire, all-round Shining Light, the one and only, Charlotte Hatherley.

Ash reunited with former guitarist Charlotte Hatherley at their huge London gig at the Roundhouse last night (September 25) – see footage below.Hatherley played with the Northern Irish rockers from 1997-2006, and has gone on to release a number of solo albums and work on multiple film scores and soundtracks.At Ash’s show, which celebrated 25 years of the band, Hatherley joined Tim Wheeler and co. for the show’s encore to perform ‘Walking Barefoot’, ‘Projects’, ‘Lose Control’ and ‘Burn Baby Burn’.“Oh what fuuuuun!” Hatherley wrote on Instagram alongside footage of the ‘Burn Baby Burn’ performance.“So great to join Ash on stage last night at The Roundhouse for a few songs in the encore.