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DEALSConcord Music Publishing has signed country singer-songwriter Justin Wilson. “When I saw the amazing team that Concord had put together, I knew that was the right family for me”, he says. “I’m looking forward to this new journey of hit songs we will all create together!”————————————————–APPOINTMENTSUniversal Music Publishing in the US has named David Gray as Head Of UMPG Global Creative Group.

Pulp, George Ezra, Sam Fender and The 1975 are among the headline acts to have been confirmed for TRNSMT 2023.

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott enjoy a second Number 1 album as a duo with their fifth studio record N.K-Pop. 

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott enjoy a second Number 1 album as a duo with their fifth studio record N.K-Pop. 

The race for this week’s Official Number 1 album is on, as Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott take the lead midweek against Easy Life. 

Music star Paul Heaton has been praised for capping the price of his and Jacqui Abbott's concert tickets at £30 - to battle back against "music industry greed". Paul and Jacqui were guests on BBC Breakfast in Salford on Friday when ticket pricing was discussed.

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott have announced a UK headline tour for later this year – tickets will be available from here.The duo will hit the road this November in support of their fifth studio album ‘N.K-Pop’, which is due for release on October 7 via EMI. They’ll be joined at the gigs by “very special guest” Billy Bragg.Kicking off at Swansea Arena on November 26, the tour will also stop off in Blackpool (28), Glasgow (December 2), Portsmouth (5), Sheffield (9), Manchester (10) and other locations across those two months.The stint is set to culminate with a performance at London’s O2 Arena on December 17.Tickets go on general sale at 9.30am BST next Thursday (September 1) and will be priced at £30. You can purchase yours from here and find the full live schedule below.NOVEMBER26 – Swansea Arena, Swansea27 – Cymru Arena, Llandudno28 – Blackpool Opera House, Blackpool DECEMBER01 – Bridlington Spa, Bridlington 02 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow 03 – Stockton Globe, Stockton-on-Tees05 – Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth 06 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham 08 – Resorts World Arena, Birmingham 09 – Utilita Arena, Sheffield 10 – AO Arena, Manchester 17 – The O2 Arena, LondonHeaton and Abbott have already previewed the forthcoming ‘N.K-Pop’ with the singles ‘Still’ and ‘Too Much For One (Not Enough For Two)’.With the former song, the pair aimed to “raise awareness for folk who have lost a child, whether by miscarriage, stillbirth or in infancy”.The full tracklist for ‘N.K-Pop’ is as follows:01. ‘The Good Times’ 02. ‘Too Much For One (Not Enough For Two)’ 03. ‘Who Built The Pyramids’04. ‘I Drove Her Away With My Tears’05. ‘When The World Would Actually Listen’06. ‘Still’07. ‘I Ain’t Going Nowhere This Year’08. ‘Sunny Side Up’09. ‘Baby It’s

Every Friday we round up all the new music we’ve covered over the preceding week into a Spotify playlist.

Paul Heaton. The former Beautiful South frontman, famed for marrying earworm hooks to barbed lyrics, released Still, a heartfelt ballad about a stillbirth. The poignant lyrics reference a child’s car seat that is left unused and the bereaved parents’ journey from blame and pain to acceptance.

RELEASESKeane’s Tom Chaplin has released new solo single ‘Gravitational’. “There’s an ambiguity to the lyrics”, he says. “The heavy chemicals now are the love for family.

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott have announced details of a new album and shared a moving single, ‘Still’.The duo will release their fifth studio album ‘N.K-Pop’ on EMI on September 30.The pair have shared the first taster from the record with the track ‘Still’, which aims to “raise awareness for folk who have lost a child, whether by miscarriage, stillbirth or in infancy”. You can listen to the song below.“I wanted to write a song for folk who have lost a child, whether by miscarriage, stillbirth or in infancy,” Heaton said in a statement.“It’s a common occurrence and, for every one story you may hear, there are 20 or 30 left untold. Whilst totally understandable we, together with the stillbirth charity Sands, want to direct people to talking.

Suzanne Vega has announced that she will be hitting the road next year for a winter UK tour – get tickets here.The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter – whose most recent album was 2020’s ‘An Evening Of New York Songs And Stories’ – will kick off the tour at Bexhill On Sea’s De La Warr Pavilion on February 11, 2023.Vega will then make stops in Ipswich, Northampton, Edinburgh, York, Cambridge, Cardiff and more, before wrapping up the tour at London’s Royal Festival Hall on March 2.Tickets go on sale on Friday (June 24) at 10am BST – get them here.

Paul Heaton spoke to NME about giving away free pints for his birthday and why he thinks the Royal Family should be privatised.The Housemartins and Beautiful South legend made headlines earlier this month when he generously bought a round for patrons at 60 pubs around the UK to mark his 60th birthday.“It was brilliant. I expected a few people to say, ‘Oh cheers!’ – but I got video after video of people drinking, stories about people meeting new friends and talking to people all day, and it was good for the pubs,” Heaton told NME. “At the time I thought, ‘This is a bit of a silly idea’, but as it got nearer the day I knew I really wanted to do something like that.

Glastonbury has confirmed the full 2022 line-up for its Acoustic Stage.This latest addition to the growing Worthy Farm bill for this year’s festival, which is held from June 22-26, follows on from recent line-up announcements for the Glade, Common, Left Field and Shangri-La areas.The Acoustic Stage at Glastonbury 2022, which specialises in blues, folk, contemporary and country music, will see headline performances from Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott (June 24), The Waterboys (25) and Suzanne Vega (26).The likes of The Undertones, Richard Thompson, Tony Christie, the Bootleg Beatles, The Shires, Brian Kennedy, Mary Coughlan, Scouting For Girls, Fisherman’s Friends, Laura Veirs, Terry Reid and this year’s Emerging Talent Competition winner, Lewis McLaughlin, will also perform on the Acoustic Stage.A post shared by Glastonbury Festival (@glastofest)“The Acoustic Stage is a festival within a festival,” a statement on Glastonbury’s website reads. “For the last 30 years or so, people have been trooping up to the hill to the haven of the Acoustic field.“The crowds visit the Acoustic Stage to either avoid the rain and, maybe even, the sun – in the sanctuary of [our] super-duper circus tent – or, to hear acoustic, song-based music.”Last week the official site map for Glastonbury 2022 was shared by the festival organisers, giving ticketholders their first look at site changes and new areas at this year’s festival.

Jacqui Abbott has pulled out of her remaining UK tour dates with Paul Heaton due to illness.The pair were currently in the middle of a run of rescheduled UK dates that included a number of free gigs for NHS staff including a show at Wembley Arena.Ahead of the next date of the tour at the Bonus Arena in Hull tonight (October 25), Abbott has announced that she will not be performing on the remainder of the tour due to issues with her voice.In a statement posted to Twitter, Heaton said: “Thank you for all your kind messages and support for Jacqui following the announcement yesterday.“Sadly due to medical advice Jacqui will not be able to perform at the forthcoming shows,” the statement added, revealing that Heaton will perform alone with his

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Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott have released a new Christmas single. Listen to ‘Christmas (And Dad Wants Her Back’)’ below.Written by Heaton, the song is described as “a typically wry take on a relationship in turmoil during the festive season and features a rollicking brass band section arranged and composed by Guy Barker.”The song will also feature on a special double deluxe edition of the pair’s album ‘Manchester Calling’.

The event is set to take place in October

"Our National Health Service is the most brilliant and significant institution in our lives"

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott have announced a free concert for NHS workers.

Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott have clinched their first Number 1 as a duo on this week’s Official Albums Chart with their new collection Manchester Calling.