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Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall have announced details of their debut album as The WAEVE – check out new single ‘Can I Call You’ below, and watch our video interview with the duo above.The former Blur guitarist-turned-solo star and the former Pipettes member-turned-Mark Ronson collaborator and singer-songwriter first emerged as a new project back in April with the track ‘Something Pretty‘, before playing a debut London show and appearing at The Great Escape.They’ve now revealed full details of their self-titled debut album, which has been produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Florence + The Machine, Foals) and is due for release in February 2023 via Transgressive Records.To mark the launch of the album Coxon invited NME into his house to interview The WAEVE, where they told us about their collaborative journey since they started work on the record over a year and a half ago.Asked if they’d consider themselves to be a “supergroup”, Dougall replied: “Don’t you need more than two people to be a supergroup? It’s a very strong line-up!”Coxon agreed: “I’m not sure! Those kinds of bands are put together in a different situation. The way we came together was very different.

APPOINTMENTSTalent agency WME has promoted Lucy Dickins to Global Head Of Contemporary Music & Touring. “I am grateful to the leadership at WME for supporting me in this role, and for my partners and team members I have the privilege of working with every day in the music division”, she says.

Blur‘s Graham Coxon has announced details of his autobiography, Verse, Chorus, Monster!.The memoir is described as “an intimate, honest reflection on music, fame, addiction and art by one of Britain’s most iconic musicians.” It will be published on October 6 this year via Faber.A press release for the book reads: “Among the noise and clamour of the Britpop era, Blur co-founder Graham Coxon managed to carve out a niche to become one of the most innovative and respected guitarists of his generation – but it wasn’t always easy.“Graham grew up as an Army kid, moving frequently in his early years from West Germany to Derbyshire and Winchester before settling in Colchester, Essex. A shy child, he had a thing for eating soil and drawing intense visions; his anxiety was tempered by painting and a growing love of music.”It adds: “These twin passions grew into obsessions, and as he honed his artistic skill at school, Goldsmiths and beyond, his band with school friend Damon Albarn, fellow art student Alex James, and a drummer called Dave Rowntree began to get noticed.“But there are things they don’t tell you before you get famous.

“Weird Al” Yankovic is set to feature in his own graphic novel.The titular musician and actor has teamed up with Z2 Comics for The Illustrated Al: The Songs Of “Weird Al” Yankovic, which features illustrated interpretations of over 20 of his songs.“It’s such an incredible honour to see my song lyrics brought to life by some of my all-time favourite cartoonists and illustrators,” Yankovic said of the book in a statement via Pitchfork.“I’ve actually been playing the long game – the only reason I spent four decades in the music business is so that one day I could have my very own graphic novel.”@alyankovic pens his own incredibly weird graphic novel alongside a team of talented creators — and CBR has an exclusive look at some of the art.https://t.co/WcDkbmUpJ3@dannyhellman @AllredMD @plymptoons @augenblicknyc @PeterBagge1 @therealsobreiro @gideonkendall @MKupperman pic.twitter.com/LCeCGPmZ9q— Comic Book Resources (@CBR) May 25, 2022It will be available in paperback and hardcover formats, as well as an oversized hardcover deluxe edition, and an oversized hardcover deluxe hand-signed edition.Deluxe editions include a wax pack of collector’s cards, a three-piece art print set, a vinyl slipmat and drink coasters.

RELEASESDoja Cat has released new single ‘Vegas’, taken from the soundtrack of new Baz Luhrman film ‘Elvis’.Carly Rae Jepsen has released new single ‘Western Wind’.Orbital have released their soundtrack to new Netflix series ‘The Pentaverate’, and also a new 30th anniversary mix of ‘The Box’.Jamie T’s only gonna and come back, hasn’t he? New single ‘The Old Style Raiders’ is out now. His new album will be out on 29 Jul, and he’ll play his first live show for five years at Subterania in London on 11 May.Everything Everything have shared new single ‘Pizza Boy’, from their upcoming album ‘Raw Data Feel’.The Waeve – aka Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall – have released their first single, ‘Something Pretty’.

The WAEVE, the new project from Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall, have released their first track in the form of ‘Something Pretty’ – listen below.The Blur guitarist-turned-solo musician and the former Pipettes member-turned-Mark Ronson collaborator announced they’d teamed up to form a duo last month, confirming that music would soon be arriving via Transgressive Records.Last night (May 4), THE WAEVE played an intimate launch show at The Lexington in London and are due to return to the venue for a second headline performance tomorrow (May 6).An image of the setlist from yesterday’s gig showed that the group played a nine-song set that included ‘Can I Call You’, ‘Drowning’, ‘Sleepwalking’, ‘Kill Me Again’ and ‘Say Something Pretty’.Today (May 5), The WAEVE shared the latter cut as a standalone single. “Unplug the radio/ Unplug the TV/ Unplug the internet/ And while you’re there unplug me,” Coxon sings over a drum machine beat off the heels of electrifying guitar shreds.In the raw, defiant chorus, Coxon and Dougall declare in unison that they “wanna be out in the city” enjoying “something pretty” instead.

Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall‘s new project The WAEVE have announced a second London show, due to high demand.The former Blur guitarist-turned-solo star and the former Pipettes member-turned-Mark Ronson collaborator previously shared details of an intimate launch show at The Lexington set for May 4.Following that gig selling out, The WAEVE have shared that they’ll be playing on May 6 as well. The new date will follow the release of their single ‘Something Pretty’ which is set to drop on May 5 via Transgressive Records.

Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall have teamed up to form the new project The WAEVE – announcing details of their first track and an intimate London launch show. Check out all the details exclusively on NME first below.On May 5, the former Blur guitarist-turned-solo star and the former Pipettes member-turned-Mark Ronson collaborator and singer-songwriter will share first taste of their material ‘Something Pretty’ via Transgressive Records.Ahead of that, they’ll be playing a special launch show at The Lexington in London on May 4.

Graham Coxon has said that Blur will “always be capable” of reforming whenever the time is right.Speaking to Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt on their Rockonteurs podcast, Coxon said that Blur’s 2009 reunion to headline Glastonbury was a real turning point on his view of the band, and – having settled his differences with Damon Albarn – there is always the possibility that they’ll do more together.Of that Glastonbury set, he says: “It was great because I played [the songs] in a completely different way. I didn’t feel forced to play them and I felt more grateful for the situation, and PAs had come on a long way … So you could hear yourself clearly, it was less of a struggle in that way, the audiences were huge and happy, and I thought ‘well, this is a flipping good job, I’m playing a lovely guitar through a Marshall that’s cranked right up, I’m singing and I can hear myself’.

Graham Coxon has spoken about Blur‘s various reunions since their initial 2003 split, and says that the band will “always be capable” of reforming.Speaking on the Rockonteurs podcast, Coxon discussed the freedom he felt during the band’s first return in 2009, that included a headline performance at Glastonbury.“It was great because i played [the songs] in a completely different way, I felt more grateful for the situation,” he said. ” I became a little more grateful for what we’d always had.“I reckon a lot of bands would get that if they had a chance to do that again.

Whoever had “Taylor Swift feuding with Damon Albarn” on their 2022 Bingo Card is…probably cheating. Taylor, 32, unleashed her fury and the anger of Swifties upon Damon, 53, on Monday (Jan. 24) after the Los Angeles Times published an interview with the British musician. After the Times’ Mikael Wood suggested that Taylor was an “excellent songwriter,” Damon said that she “doesn’t write her own songs” and that “there’s a big difference between a songwriter and a songwriter who co-writes.”

Graham Coxon has spoken to NME about the sci-fi world of the comic and soundtrack ‘Superstate’ – as well as what the future might have in store for Blur.

Duran Duran have announced two intimate homecoming shows in Birmingham next month.The shows will take place on September 14 and 15 at the O2 Institute in Birmingham ahead of the release of their upcoming new album, ‘Future Past’, on October 22.Tickets for the gigs go on sale at 9am on August 27 here.Members of the ‘Duran Duran VIP Community’ will have first access to tickets on August 24 at 9am.

The Jaded Hearts Club have returned with a new single, ‘Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)’ – scroll down the page to watch the video for it now.It’s the first new material that the band – comprised of Miles Kane, Jet’s Nic Cester, Graham Coxon, Muse’s Matt Bellamy and The Zutons’ Sean Payne – have released since their 2020 debut album ‘You’ve Always Been Here’.The song was originally recorded by Frank Wilson in 1965 and was set to be released on Tamla Motown, until label boss Berry Gordy changed his mind.

Duran Duran have shared the second single from their forthcoming album, entitled ‘MORE JOY’.The single, released today (August 5), follows the release of ‘INVISIBLE’ in May 2021. While that song was a collaboration with Blur‘s Graham Coxon, ‘MORE JOY’ sees the band work with Japanese rock band CHAI.

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Blur‘s Graham Coxon has opened up on his past struggles with alcohol abuse, admitting that he was “destined” to become an alcoholic.The band’s guitarist checked himself into rehab in 2001 during the middle of recording sessions for 2003’s ‘Think Tank’.Speaking on the Blank podcast, Coxon argued that his lifelong struggles with anxiety meant that becoming an addict was a predetermined fate.“I do believe that I was probably an alcoholic when I was five or six, it was ready, it was sitting there, just because of the sort of person I was, the mind I had, I just had to wait 10 years to find the thing that went, ‘Whoa, that’s fantastic, I’ve just had two glasses of wine and all of that has disappeared, I feel absolutely cool as a cucumber, I’m a

Blur's Graham Coxon said he believes he was "probably" an alcoholic from the age of five.

Duran Duran have announced ‘Future Past’, their first album in six years.Set for release on October 22, the latest LP is previewed by new single ‘Invisible’, which you can listen to in full below.According to the band’s official online store, the standard version of ‘Future Past’ has 12 tracks and features appearances from the likes of Blur’s Graham Coxon, long-time Bowie pianist Mike Garson and guest vocals from Lykke Li.A deluxe edition of the record is set to contain three bonus tracks, while fans can access a series of bundles including coloured vinyl and artwork autographed by the band.It comes after keyboardist Nick Rhodes told NME in 2019 that the record would see the band heading in a “different” direction.“There’s one song so far

Duran Duran are set to perform with Blur‘s Graham Coxon at this year’s Billboard Music Awards.The band will appear as part of their 40th anniversary celebrations and will premiere a new single at the awards event, which takes place on May 23.

Chris Willman Music WriterDuran Duran has been named as a performer for the Billboard Music Awards, where the group will premiere a new single remotely from England, bringing in as their collaborator a fellow Brit, Blur’s Graham Coxon.Their appearance May 23 will be the first on a BBMAs telecast by the group, the fourth artist to be named for a performance slot following announcements for BTS, the Weeknd and Pink.The single Duran Duran will be premiering will advance a new album, the band’s first since 2015’s “Paper Gods.”“Before the pandemic struck, there was a new Duran Duran almost finished,” Nick Rhodes told Vogue in April.