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The Streets Mike Skinner has opened up about his new film, describing it as a both a “nightmare” to get made and his “obsession.”Skinner has spent ten years working on getting his film, The Darker The Shadow, The Brighter The Light, to screens. A murder-mystery, it’s described as “tripped out neo-noir” and follows the life of a struggling DJ. The film has been created, written, directed, filmed and edited by Skinner, who also stars in the project.Speaking to Sky News at the premiere of the film in London, he opened up about the difficulties of getting the film made, alongside his determination to make sure it reached the big screen.Speaking about what to expect, Skinner told Sky News: “it’s a musical but the songs are the voiceover.” He joked with fans not to expect “jazz hands or dancing around on lampposts,” adding that “it’s a very simple story that started out almost like a film noir type thing, but then got carried away.”Opening up about the project, he added: “Knowing that I’m working on this film and then working on this film has been a nightmare.

Truck Festival has today (January 22) unveiled details of its 2024 line-up – check out the full details below.The festival will be headlined by Jamie T, Wet Leg The Streets and Idles. It will also be Wet Leg’s first UK festival headline set.Pre-sale tickets go on sale from 6pm January 25 with general sale tickets available from January 26 at 10am here.Joining them over the course of the festival, which takes place from July 25-28 at Hill Farm, Oxford, will be: The Kooks, Declan McKenna, Yard Act, Holly Humberstone, Sea Girls, Black Honey, Peace, The Snuts, Soft Play, The Mysterines, Sundara Karma, English Teacher, The Magic Gang, Bob Vylan, Katy B, and many more.

The Streets have shared a new single called ‘Each Day Gives’ – listen below.The track is the latest preview of Mike Skinner and co’s sixth studio album ‘The Darker The Shadow, The Brighter The Light’, which will arrive on October 20 alongside an accompanying film.“The way the album was written was very much with the film in mind. The songs weave around the scenes and the dialogue to give a bigger picture of what’s going on – sometimes really acting as the narrator,” Skinner explained.“‘Each Day Gives’ comes as the main characters are facing a dilemma and working out what to do after their plans go awry – the song talks about overcoming little (and big) adversities and waking up each morning and treating it as a fresh start – until the next dilemma kicks in!”The single follows on from ‘Troubled Waters’ and ‘Too Much Yayo’, the latter of which arrived last month.‘The Darker The Shadow, The Brighter The Light’ marks Skinner’s first full-length release as The Streets since 2011’s ‘Computers And Blues’.The frontman recently spoke about how the LP’s accompanying film was both a “nightmare” and an “obsession” to make.

The Streets have added two new live dates to their 2023 headline tour – find all the details below.The Mike Skinner-led group are due to hit the road this autumn in support of their sixth full-length album ‘The Darker The Shadow, The Brighter The Light’, which comes out on October 20.Last month, The Streets announced a run of UK shows in support of the upcoming record. Skinner and co.

The Streets have announced details of a new album and feature film, both titled ‘The Darker The Shadow, The Brighter The Light’, alongside details of a new tour.Mike Skinner will return under the name for his first full-length album as The Streets since 2011’s ‘Computers And Blues’. ‘The Darker The Shadow, The Brighter The Light’ will be released on October 20 via 679 Records/Warner Music UK.Skinner has shared a preview of the record in the new single ‘Troubled Waters’, which finds the artist lamenting modern society’s lack of accountability and the hedonism that takes place at night.

Glastonbury has announced its 2023 Shangri-La line-up – check out the newly announced names below.The Streets‘ Mike Skinner, Nia Archives, Skindred, Cassyette, Flava D, Sam Divine, Empire State Bastard, Panic Shack, Lady Shaka and Craig Charles and Friends are among acts that will perform at the popular live music and late-night area at this year’s festival, which takes place from June 21-25.“The incredible @ShangrilaGlasto is back with a vibrant line-up for Glastonbury 2023!” the festival tweeted today (May 11).Announced under the 2023 theme of “Everything Must Go,” acts are listed across five stages: Nowhere, Truth, Nomad, Platform 23 and Sistxrhood.You can check out the full line-up on the posters below.Everything Must Go pic.twitter.com/8ZNzLVIeHc— Shangri-La Glasto (@ShangrilaGlasto) May 11, 2023pic.twitter.com/ZJGXMdBRRl— Shangri-La Glasto (@ShangrilaGlasto) May 11, 2023We’re back with yet another Truth Stage takeover at @ShangrilaGlasto this year.

Fred Again.. has released a new track featuring a verse from The Streets‘ Mike Skinner and original vocals from singer Dermot Kennedy. Listen to ‘Mike (Desert Island Duvet)’ below.The new release is a club-reworking of ‘Berwyn (All That I Got Is You)’ from Fred Again..’s album ‘Actual Life 3’, updated with Skinner and Kennedy’s contributions.

which recently re-opened after three years of restoration and redevelopment, initially shut in 2019 for a planned one-year refurbishment. But plans changed when a fire broke out in January 2020, while the coronavirus pandemic and “colossal water damage” also held up progress.Arcade Fire played the first gig back at the newly renovated Camden venue on April 29, before Luciano headlined the first KOKO Electronic night the following evening.Taking place on Friday and Saturday nights, KOKO Electronic aims to bring the most exciting, internationally renowned electronic music artists to the venue, with the new club set up featuring DJs playing in the round.So far, the likes of Jayda G, Floorplan, Optimo, Jaguar, Mall Grab and Honey Dijon have appeared as part of the series.

monkeypox outbreak in the UK, which is currently confirmed to have infected at least 56 people so far, is thought to have started at two sex parties in mainland Europe.World Health Organisation expert Dr David Heymann says that it’s likely that the DNA virus that causes the disease was brought to the UK by people who had engaged in intimate encounters at recent sex parties in Belgium and Spain.“We know monkeypox can spread when there is close contact with the lesions of someone who is infected,” he said.

The outbreak of monkeypox in Europe may have been sparked by sexual activity at raves, according to a leading adviser to the World Health Organisation.

Mike Skinner has announced a weekly residency at London’s XOYO which is set to begin in March.The Streets mastermind has teamed up with the independent promoters Weird Science for the new live series, which will kick off on March 4.Skinner will appear at XOYO in Shoreditch on every Friday in March, with more details – including ticket information – set to be announced soon.You can see the official poster for Skinner’s XOYO residency below.pic.twitter.com/vGkL3DzBk2— Mike Skinner (@mikeskinnerltd) January 23, 2022Last month The Streets cancelled all of their tour dates for January and February due to the continuing uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic.“It is with a very heavy heart that I have to say that we have decided to cancel all live performances for 2022,” Skinner wrote on Instagram. “It is not fair to keep taking your money for tickets knowing that with 1 case of COVID, the whole thing has to stop.“I’m really sorry to disappoint you.

Mike Skinner’s life.The Dry Your Eyes hitmakers returned to the stage over the summer with a string of festival shows and had planned to embark on a run of their own shows in January and February next year.However, the 43-year-old rapper has now confirmed the tour is off because he doesn’t think it is ‘fair’ to sell tickets to fans when the coronavirus pandemic is causing so much uncertainty.He wrote on Instagram: ‘It is with a very heavy heart that I have to say that we have decided to cancel all live performances for 2022.‘It is not fair to keep taking your money for tickets knowing that with 1 case of covid, the whole thing has to stop. I’m really sorry to disappoint you.

The Streets have announced a new run of UK headline shows across January and February next year.The Mike Skinner-led project returned to the stage with a number of festival slots this summer, which will be followed by huge gigs across the country.Preceding the new dates, The Streets will also play a series of intimate rescheduled dates at Birmingham’s The Mill. Initially set for last month, the ‘First In The Room’ shows were postponed due to a positive COVID-19 test in The Streets’ camp.Skinner and co will remain in Birmingham for the first of their larger shows later that month, before travelling across the country.Their full dates are below, with tickets on sale this Friday (September 24) at 9am.

The Streets have postponed their upcoming shows in Birmingham after “one of the camp” had to enter COVID-19 isolation.Mike Skinner’s outfit were due to be performing at The Mill in Digbeth for three shows this month and a further two in August.However, Skinner confirmed on Twitter earlier today (July 16) that all of the gigs had now ben pushed back until next year. “Absolutely gutted to say that we have to postpone our upcoming dates in Digbeth to January next year,” he said.

Mike Skinner has shared a surprise album titled ‘The Streets’ under his side project The Darker The Shadow The Brighter The Light.The Streets frontman, who has named the record after his band that he reformed in 2018, dropped the album in the early hours of Friday morning (June 25). On Instagram he accompanied the record’s image of himself walking away from camera: “THE DARKER THE SHADOW THE BRIGHTER THE LIGHT ALBUM IS OUT NOW!”The surprise release follows years of Skinner sharing the odd track from his side project or using variations on the project name in other creative endeavours.

The Streets‘ Mike Skinner has responded to the British government’s announcement that plans to ease lockdown restrictions by June 21 will be delayed for a further four weeks.When it was announced back in March that the UK’s roadmap to ending coronavirus restrictions would see the end of social distancing requirements the return of mass gatherings from June 21, The Streets released the celebratory single ‘Who’s Got The Bag (June 21st)’.They also announced five nights of gigs and parties at The Mill in Digbeth in their native Birmingham.21st June. Then they fucked THAT too.

The Streets’ latest single ‘Who’s Got The Bag (21st June)’ has reportedly been banned by BBC Radio 1, according to Mike Skinner.The track, which was released in March, looks ahead to the impending end of lockdown. Current restrictions are scheduled to be lifted on June 21, as referenced in the song’s title.Speaking about the track at the time of its release, Skinner said: “It’s been too long since I’ve been behind some decks, or on a stage, in a tour bus sleeping in a bunk.

Holly Willoughby has most definitely got us all beat in the lockdown fashion department, rocking a The Streets hoodie as she did the food shop.We wish we could say we looked that good down the supermarket.

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Mike Skinner says that he regrets not boycotting Bristol’s Colston Hall over the link between its name and the slave trade. The venue, of course, is now planning to change that name when it re-opens following renovations.“I feel a bit guilty”, he says in an interview with The Independent.

The Streets’ Mike Skinner has said he “shouldn’t have played at” Bristol venue Colston Hall.The space is named after former slave owner Edward Colston, but is set to be renamed later this year.Speaking to the Independent, Skinner said he felt “a bit guilty” about performing at the venue. “Massive Attack haven’t been playing there for years,” he said.