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Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes have shared their reflective new single ‘Self Love’ from their upcoming LP.The track is the third single from ‘Dark Rainbow’, the band’s fifth album which is set for release on January 26 via International Death Cult. It follows the previously released songs ‘Bramble‘ and ‘Man Of The Hour’.With lyrics “If I ever fall in love again, let me love myself / ‘Cause I cause pain in my heart like no one else / If I ever fall in love again, let me love myself / Before I give it all away to someone else,” the song describes someone attempting to forgive themselves ad let go of guilt and pain.Speaking about ‘Self Love’ in a press release, frontman Frank Carter said: “‘Self Love’ is a mantra to live by in honour of the relationship that truly matters, the relationship you have with yourself.

Roskilde Festival has completed the line-up for its 2024 edition, with the likes of 21 Savage and PinkPantheress joining the bill.The 52nd edition of the Danish non-profit event is due to take place between June 29 and July 6. Foo Fighters, SZA, Doja Cat and Skrillex will all headline this year.

Slayer’s Kerry King, Creeper and Soft Play are among the names that have been added to this year’s bumper line-up for Download Festival.The festival will return to Donington Park for its 21st edition from June 14-16 this year. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here.Other new additions include Bayside, Bambie Thug, Lowlives, Florence Black and Mallavora.Last November, Queens Of The Stone Age, Avenged Sevenfold and Fall Out Boy were announced as the headliners of Download Festival 2024.Royal Blood, The Offspring, Machine Head, Pantera, Bad Omens, Corey Taylor, While She Sleeps, Sum 41, Billy Talent, The Used, Babymetal, Bowling For Soup, Heilung, Polyphia, Thy Art Is Murder, The Black Dahlia Murder, Biohazard, and Fear Factory were also part of that first wave of names added to the bill.In January, a host of further names were added, including Busted, Wheatus, Tom Morello and Enter Shikari.Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes, The Struts, Mr Bungle, The Hunna, Escape The Fate, HEALTH, Code Orange and Royal Republic were also added.In an interview with NME, Queens Of The Stone Age’s Josh Homme reflected on their decision to step up and headline the 2024 edition of the festival, saying they see “no reason to trip out” over the set.“Is it just going to be same-old-same-old?’ said Homme.

Blur, Queen, David Bowie, One Direction, The Who, Take That and many more.It reopened in May last year having undergone a £48million revamp, and was rebranded as The Halls.

Kid Kapichi and Suggs have spoken to NME about their collaboration on the politically-motivated new single ‘Zombie Nation’, memories of late Specials frontman Terry Hall, and the struggles faced by new artists. Watch the music video first on NME below.The track is the latest taster of Kid Kapichi’s new album ‘There Goes The Neighbourhood’ – following on from the previously shared singles ‘Let’s Get To Work’, ‘Tamagotchi’ and ‘999’.

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie joined Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes on stage in London last night to perform their 2021 collaboration ‘Original Sin’ – check it out below. The appearance was part of the Rattlesnakes’ show at the Roundhouse on Friday night (February 16), the last in a run of UK headline shows for the band. ‘Original Sin’ was first released as the final track on the band’s 2021 album ‘Sticky’, with Gillespie lending his vocals to the album version too.

Roskilde Festival has announced another wave of acts for its 2024 installment – check out the line-up below.The 52nd edition of the Danish non-profit event is due to take place between June 29 and July 6. You can buy tickets here.PJ Harvey and Foo Fighters have already been announced as headliners for this year’s Roskilde, with the line-up also featuring the likes of Romy, Skrillex, Aurora, Blondshell and Heilung.Today (January 25) organisers have added a further 29 names to the bill, including Doja Cat, Jane’s Addiction, Ice Spice, Jungle, Khruangbin, J Hus and Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes.Doja Cat was booked to appear at Roskilde 2020, but the event was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Anders Wahrén, Roskilde Festival’s Head Of Programme, said: “At long last, we’re thrilled to bring Doja Cat to Roskilde Festival.”He continued: “In 2020, she was a star in the making, and in the meantime, she has arguably become the most hyped and popular rapper in the world.

Manchester music legend Peter Hook is to play an intimate gig at an iconic Manchester pub in aid of mental health charity Headstock. The Joy Division founding member will play a set of the band's classic songs at the Star & Garter pub - which is now famously home to a stunning mural of Ian Curtis.

Metallica, The Prodigy, Avenged Sevenfold and more join the huge line-up.The headliners top the bill alongside the previously announced Foo Fighters, Queens Of The Stone Age, Royal Blood and Megadeth.Other new additions to the line-up include Machine Head, Steel Panther, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Suicidal Tendencies, Saxon, Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor, Enter Shikari, Body Count, Tom Morello and many more.The rock and metal festival is due to take place from June 27-30, 2024 in Clisson, France, where The Offspring, Simple Plan, Hot Milk, Wargasm, Dropkick Murphys, Babymetal, Nova Twins, The Interrupters and many more will play across six stages.Four-day passes for the festival are currently sold out, but one-day passes will be announced in early 2024 from here.Check out the full line-up below.

Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes have released a new song in the form of “melancholic bop” ‘Brambles’.The mid-paced song is the second single to be taken from the duo’s upcoming fifth album ‘Dark Rainbow’, which will land on January 26 via International Death Cult. It follows the album’s lead single ‘Man Of The Hour’.‘Brambles’ is a self-reflective track that serves as, in the words of a press release, “a plea for perfect love”.

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes have announced their new album ‘Dark Rainbow’ and have shared the lead single ‘Man Of The Hour’.The single’s lyrics: “The rockstar, pornstar, man of the hour / Don’t let him out / Where is he now? /Are you waiting / For who you think I am? / I feel translucent with you, baby / You make me see through” focus on questioning the idea of rock stardom.Speaking about ‘Man Of The Hour’ in a press release, frontman Frank Carter said: “We talk about how rock and roll will never die, but we never really talk about how maybe the idea of the rock star should die. The whole concept and what it means has always been this glamorised moment, but ultimately when I put that suit on, it didn’t go very well for me.”He continued: “I’m just witnessing the world change so quickly and I’m still trying to come to terms with who I am and what the authentic version of me is.

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes have released new single ‘The Drugs’ featuring Jamie T.“‘The Drugs’ was written after a few long conversations with some beautiful friends of mine who had been struggling with addiction”, says Carter. “Getting clean and staying clean is a long and difficult road but the lessons I learned in 2007 still ring true today.

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes and Jamie T have collaborated on a new song – listen to ‘The Drugs’ in the music video below.The new single hears The Rattlesnakes frontman growl against Jamie T in a ferocious song about the perils of drug-taking. “Don’t take the drugs/ The drugs take you“, they scream.Speaking about the track, Frank said: “‘The Drugs’ was written after a few long conversations with some beautiful friends of mine who had been struggling with addiction.

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes kicked off the action on the main stages at Reading Festival today (Friday August 26), playing a blistering early afternoon set and inciting a female-only mosh pit.The first act to take to the Main Stage East of the weekend, Carter and co. worked to up the energy of the early arrivals in the arena.“It is a pleasure to be here at 12.30 in the fucking afternoon, to show you exactly what you should expect from every band here,” he told the crowd.

Carter & Richardson, the minds behind Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, have launched a Kickstarter campaign for a new card game called Halves.Halves utilises the player’s “superior intellect” to win points by guessing the word on their opponent’s card and stopping the opponent from guessing theirs. An arsenal of Trap cards designed to “deceive, disrupt and derail” players adds a twist to the game, and  it’s described as “unfun for all the family”.During Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes’ first tour in 2016, Frank Carter and Dean Richardson came up with Halves on a plane to Ireland.

Frank Carter and Dean Richardson of Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes have announced their latest creative endeavour – a card game. Called Halves, it’s described as “a word game for the ruthless” and “unfun for all the family”.The pair apparently devised the game on a flight to Ireland during their band’s first tour in 2016 and have been developing it ever since.

Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Bring Me The Horizon landed Kerrang! Awards on Thursday night (23. 06. 22).

Reading & Leeds has finalised the line-up for its 2022 festival – check out the full list of new additions below.The twin-site event is set to return to Little John’s Farm in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds on August Bank Holiday Weekend (August 26-28). Any remaining tickets are available from here (Reading) and here (Leeds).After introducing a double main stage set-up in 2021, this year’s R&L will once again welcome six headliners: Arctic Monkeys, Rage Against The Machine, Dave, Bring Me The Horizon, Halsey and Megan Thee Stallion.Elsewhere on the bill are the likes of Wolf Alice, Fontaines D.C. and Run The Jewels.

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes have joined this year’s Download Festival line-up.They will be joined by newly announced acts including Napalm Death, Kris Barras Band, I Pengshui and Aniilmalia. KISS, Iron Maiden and Biffy Clyro were previously announced as this year’s festival headliners.Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes will now be headlining the Second Stage on Friday June 10, replacing The Distillers who last week announced that they’d postponed all their European festival appearances, as well as their June headline tour.The Brody Dalle-fronted band shared a statement on social media that said: “It is with great regret that The Distillers have been forced to postpone their upcoming European festival appearances and headline tour this June.”“The band express their sincere apologies to all of the fans and hope to return to Europe to play the headline shows as soon as they can, so please hold onto your tickets.” No reason was given for the postponement.Last year, Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes headlined the first night of the historic Download Pilot event, which welcomed the return of camping festivals to the UK.Download festival will take place from June 10-12 at Donington Park, Leicestershire.

Reading & Leeds has announced a wave of new additions for its 2022 festivals – check out the line-up below.The dual-site event will return to Little John’s Farm in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds on August Bank Holiday Weekend (August 26-28). Any remaining tickets are available from here (Reading) and here (Leeds).This year’s R&L will once again boast six headliners: Arctic Monkeys, Rage Against The Machine, Dave, Bring Me The Horizon, Halsey and Megan Thee Stallion.

The Vaccines, Holly Humberstone and The Snuts have all been announced for Live At Leeds: In The Park.The new outdoor festival is organised by the same team behind inner-city multi-venue festival Live At Leeds and is set to take place June 4.It was announced last year that the festival would be headlined by Bombay Bicycle Club and also feature appearances from Arlo Parks, Sea Girls and Easy Life.Nothing But Thieves were also announced but have had to cancel their set and will be replaced by The Vaccines.Also joining them at Temple Newsam Park in Leeds are Holly Humberstone, The Snuts and Sports Team.Alfie Templeman, Cassia, Lauran Hibberd, Tribes, The Pigeon Detectives and Dream Wife have also been confirmed alongside The Mysterines, Zuzu, Kid Kapichi and Coach Party.Check out the full lineup so far below and pick up tickets here.We’re over the moon to reveal our huge line-up announcement for Live at Leeds In The Park! @thevaccines, @TheSnuts, @SportsTeam_, @DreamWifeMusic & 2022 BRITS rising star @HolHumberstone are some of the amazing acts joining us this summer at Temple Newsam on Saturday 4th June pic.twitter.com/WU9oBOoDUa— Live at Leeds (@liveatleedsfest) March 3, 2022The traditional “in the city” edition of Live At Leeds takes place on October 15, 2022. No acts have been confirmed yet.