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Richard Hawley has shared the video for his new single ‘Prism In Jeans’. See it first exclusively on NME below, along with our interview with the Sheffield legend where he discusses his new album, the state of the nation, and what’s next for his huge musical Standing At The Sky’s Edge.Set for release on May 31, the former Longpigs and Pulp man turned solo star’s 10th album ‘In This City They Call You Love’ now comes previewed by ‘Prism In Jeans’.

EXCLUSIVE: Faith Omole, one of the stars of Nida Manzoor’s Peacock/C4/Working Title punk comedy series We Are Lady Parts, will have her debut play produced on the London stage next month starring BAFTA Award winner Rakie Ayola.

End Of The Road have confirmed a slew of new additions to its 2024 line-up, including Richard Hawley, Lambrini Girls, Altın Gün, and more.This year’s edition will take place at its usual spot on the Larmer Tree Gardens site on the border of Dorset and Wiltshire, and run between August 29 and September 1.IDLES, Slowdive, Fever Ray have all been confirmed so far, while others include Sleater-Kinney, Yo La Tengo, Lankum, Jockstrap, CMAT, Nation Of Language and The Lemon Twigs.Joining them as part of the new announcement are Billy Woods, Lætitia Sadier, Still House Plants, Gustaf, Sextile, MSPAINT, Debmaster, SENYAWA, Chanel Beads, H31R, Plantoid, Anastacia Coope, The None, NiCKY, SOMOH, OTG and Me Lost Me.MORE BANDS JUST ANNOUNCED FOR END OF THE ROAD 2024!Joining IDLES, Slowdive, Fever Ray, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Yo La Tengo, Sleater-Kinney and Lankum in the gardens will be legendary Sheffield singer-songwriter @RichardHawley and psych-folk-rock supergroup @altingunband (1/3) pic.twitter.com/LkVqNAxVOs— EndOfTheRoadFestival (@EOTR) April 25, 2024“This year’s line-up is very special to me. It includes a lot of artists who released personal favourite albums of 2023: Lankum, Nation of Language, Slowdive, Casisdead, Yo la Tengo, The Lemon Twigs, Joanna Sternberg, Mark Lewis Hamilton, Fever Ray and many more,” said End Of The Road co-founder Simon Taffe of the 2024 edition.“I’m also super excited that Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy is performing a very rare festival appearance – Will Oldham is one of the all-time greats.

Jarvis Cocker has spoken to NME about debuting his latest project ‘Biophobia’, describing it as “my attempt to get to grips with nature”. He also spoke about more gigs being on the horizon for Pulp.The frontman was speaking before delivering ‘Biophobia’ at GEI – Green Events and Innovations conference – in London on Tuesday (February 27).

EXCLUSIVE: BBC commissioning executives are booked to see the award-winning musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge, which opens Wednesday night at the Gillian Lynne Theatre following its transfer from a sold-out season at the National Theatre. This column told you a year ago that StudioCanal’s RED Production company is developing the musical into a TV drama series.

Richard Hawley has announced his 10th studio album ‘In This City They Call You Love’ – listen to new single ‘Two For His Heels’ below.The Sheffield singer-songwriter is due to release the 12-track record on May 31 via BMG, following on from 2019’s ‘Further’. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.To preview the forthcoming collection, Hawley has today (February 21) shared an atmospheric and cinematic song in the form ‘Two For His Heels’, which is “about a deal that goes wrong”.The single serves as the opener to ‘In This City…’, and presents a “low blues rumble reminiscent of Link Wray and Duane Eddy”.Per a press release, the album’s title comes from ‘People’ – an upcoming song about Sheffield’s “proud industrial past and the enduring determination of its citizens”.“I’ve made three albums where I had the title before I’d even begun to record, where I had an agenda,” Hawley explained. “One was ‘Truelove’s Gutter’.

Richard Hawley has been confirmed as the opener to the 2024 edition of Rock N Roll Circus. Find ticket details below.Set to take place in Sheffield next summer, 2024 will mark the second instalment of the live event in the northern city and is set to take place between Thursday, August 29 – Sunday, September 1.Now, it’s been confirmed that Sheffield artist Hawley will open the upcoming event, in what will be his biggest ever hometown show.Set to take place on Thursday (August 29), he will be joined on the bill by Northern Irish baroque pop icon The Divine Comedy, as well as Merseyside rock band The Coral.

Richard Hawley has announced a UK and Ireland tour in support of his recent career-spanning compilation album – find all the details below.The Sheffield singer-songwriter released ‘Now Then: The Very Best Of Richard Hawley’ earlier this month. Today (October 30), it’s been confirmed that he’ll head out on the road for a string of headline shows next summer.Hawley is due to kick off the tour in Dublin on May 24 before making stop-offs in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leicester, Bristol, London, Brighton, Manchester, Liverpool and other locations throughout June.Tickets go on general sale at 10am GMT this Friday (November 3) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.MAY:24 – 3Olympia Theatre, DublinJUNE02 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow 03 – Usher Hall, Edinburgh 05 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester06 – Bristol Beacon, Bristol 08 – Eventim Apollo, London 09 – Brighton Dome, Brighton 11 – Wulfrun at Halls, Wolverhampton 12 – O2 Apollo, Manchester 13 – Glasshouse, Gateshead 15 – Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool 16 – U.E.A (University Of East Anglia), Norwich 18 – Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth 20 – Scarborough Spa, Scarborough ✨2024 Tour Dates announced!✨Following the release of ‘Now Then’, the Very Best of Richard Hawley, we’re very pleased to announce Richard’s tour dates for next year.Tickets go on sale Friday 3rd November at 10 am at https://t.co/5NNEXLc3qk pic.twitter.com/DbFOef61F3— richardhawley (@RichardHawley) October 30, 2023Last week saw Hawley perform an intimate live set at The Grapes in Sheffield to celebrate the release of ‘Now Then…’.

Richard Hawley has celebrated his latest greatest hits LP with an intimate live set at The Grapes in Sheffield.Last month, the singer-songwriter announced his first compilation, ‘Now Then: The Very Best Of Richard Hawley’, which features 36 songs from across his entire back catalogue along with a re-recording of ‘Not The Only Road’, originally released as ‘The Only Road’ in 2003, which he recently re-worked for The Full Monty TV series.It also includes his 2019 cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘Ballad Of A Thin Man’, which was recorded for the finale of season five of Peaky Blinders.As a celebration of the compilation’s release, Hawley performed a live set at The Grapes, a pub in Sheffield which is also the same place the Arctic Monkeys played their first ever gig as a band.Earlier this year, Hawley spoke to NME about his musical, Standing At The Sky’s Edge and his new material.Standing at the Sky’s Edge features classic songs by Hawley to portray “a love letter to Sheffield and ode to the iconic Park Hill Estate”, a brutalist housing area that has gone through various eras of dilapidation and regeneration. The show “charts the hopes and dreams of three generations over the course of six tumultuous decades”.“The great test will be how well it travels.

Dead Man’s Shoes returns to cinemas almost 20 years after its original release.Directed by Shane Meadows (This Is England), the 2004 thriller stars Paddy Considine (House Of The Dragon) as a man who vows to take revenge on a group of drug dealers who abused his younger brother.The film was nominated for eight British Independent Film Awards at the time, and has become a cult favourite in the years since.Nearly 20 years after it was originally released, Dead Man’s Shoes was re-released in cinemas on September 12, starting with a showing at the BFI Southbank.Shane Meadows collaborated with several musicians for the soundtrack, including The Leisure Society’s Nick Hemming who was previously in an indie band named She Talks To Angels with both Meadows and Paddy Considine.Others who feature on the soundtrack include folk band Clayhill, Richard Hawley and Aphex Twin. You can check out the tracklist for the soundtrack album below.A number of tracks are featured in the film which are not included on the soundtrack album.

Richard Hawley has announced plans for a collection of his greatest hits and deep cuts.‘Now Then: The Very Best Of Richard Hawley’ is the Sheffield singer-songwriter’s first compilation featuring 36 songs from across his entire back catalogue along with a re-recording of ‘Not The Only Road’ (originally titled ‘The Only Road’ from his 2003 album ‘Lowedges’), which he recently re-recorded for The Full Monty TV series, which you can listen to below.It also includes his 2019 cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘Ballad Of A Thin Man’ which was recorded for the finale of season five of Peaky Blinders.The collection will be released on October 20 as a 2CD set, a 2LP colour vinyl collection housed in a gatefold sleeve, digital download and on streaming platforms. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.Curated by Hawley and long-term collaborator Colin Elliot, the collection spans cuts from 2001 mini-album ‘Richard Hawley’, his official debut ‘Late Night Final’ (2001), ‘Lowedges’ (2003), ‘Coles Corner’ (2005), ‘Lady’s Bridge’ (2007), ‘Truelove’s Gutter’ (2009), ‘Standing At The Sky’s Edge’ (2012), ‘Hollow Meadows’ (2015) and his 2019 album ‘Further’. You can view the full tracklisting for ‘Now Then: The Very Best Of Richard Hawley’ on various formats below.CD 11. ‘Open Up Your Door’2. ‘Midnight Train’3. ‘Tonight The Streets Are Ours’4. ‘Coles Corner’5. ‘Ballad Of A Thin Man’6. ‘Baby, You’re My Light’7. ‘She Brings The Sunlight’8. ‘Not The Only Road’9. ‘Which Way’10. ‘My Little Treasures’11. ‘Naked In Pitsmoor’12. ‘Standing At The Sky’s Edge’13. ‘Long Black Train’14. ‘Heart Of Oak’15. ‘You Don’t Miss Your Water (Till Your River Runs Dry)’16. ‘The Ocean’CD 21. ‘Don’t Stare At The Sun’2. ‘I Still Want You’3. ‘Off My Mind’4. ‘For Your Lover Give Some

Pulp paid tribute to their late bassist Steve Mackey last night (Friday July 28), by inviting his son and Warmduscher guitarist Marley on stage at their Hammersmith Eventim Apollo show.

Pulp have performed an unreleased song titled ‘Hymn Of The North’ at one of their Sheffield homecoming shows.The moment took place at the end of the band’s performance on Saturday (July 15) — the second of their two mammoth homecoming shows at the city’s Utilita Arena.Arriving as the final song of the band’s 20-song setlist, frontman Jarvis Cocker introduced the track as one that no one has ever heard Pulp perform, other than those stood on this stage, and explained that there was some deliberation as to whether they were going to perform it live or not.The track is one originally written by Cocker, as a solo track for the 2019 play Light Falls, which was written by Manchester playwright Simon Stephens.“OK, I can promise you that no one has ever heard this song except for us on this stage… Actually, that was a lie,” said Cocker, speaking to the audience towards the end of the show.

Pulp were joined by Richard Hawley at their first of two hometown shows in Sheffield last night (July 14) – watch them perform together below.Hawley, who was a one-time member of Pulp, had previously played ‘Common People’ with the reunited band in Dublin last month.At the Utilita Arena in their hometown, Pulp were supported by Hawley, who then also joined them during their set for ‘Common People’ and ‘Sunrise’.See footage of the performances and Pulp’s full setlist below.Richard Hawley and Pulp today. pic.twitter.com/jolIoNyXjy— Dr Alexandra Woodall (@alexwoodall) July 14, 2023‘I Spy’‘Disco 2000’‘Mis-Shapes’‘Something Changed’‘Pink Glove’‘Weeds’‘Weeds II (The Origin Of The Species)’‘F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.’‘Sorted For E’s & Wizz’‘This Is Hardcore’‘Do You Remember The First Time?’‘Babies’‘Sunrise’ (with Richard Hawley)‘Like A Friend’‘Underwear’‘Common People’ (with Richard Hawley)‘After You’‘Razzmatazz’‘Glory Days’Reviewing Pulp’s recent London show at Finsbury Park, NME wrote: “Ostensibly, this show – and Pulp’s 2023 tour – is nostalgia fodder, with no new music in sight or promises to return after the tour wraps up later this summer.

Pulp drummer Nick Banks has announced details of his new memoir, So It Started There: From Punk To Pulp.The news comes ahead of the returning Britpop heroes’ huge London gig this weekend, playing Finsbury Park for the first time in 25 years.Now, drummer Banks – who joined the band in 1986 and played on all of their albums since 1992’s ‘Separations’ – will tell the world the story of his life and career in his new book, arriving on September 28.“Nick Banks is the time-keeper of Pulp, and within these covers are the early times, the good times, the not-so-good times and the WTF time,” said Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker. “Do You Remember the First Time? Nick does.

Pulp have announced the door times, curfew and stage times for their upcoming show at London’s Finsbury Park this weekend (Saturday July 1). Check them out below.The returning Jarvis Cocker-fronted Britpop heroes will be returning to the London venue for the first time since their legendary Hyde Park show back in 1998 – as documented in the concert move The Park Is Mine.After the gates open at 3pm, the first support act on will be Exotic Gardens at 5.05pm before cult indie hero Baxter Dury takes to the stage at 6pm and BRIT Award-winning Isle Of Wight art-pop stars Wet Leg at 7.10pm, before Pulp’s headline set kicks off at 8.40pm with a strict curfew of 10.30pm.

Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City has been released – check it out below.Set during a junior stargazer convention in 1950s America, the film stars a mix of new and frequent collaborators from Anderson’s past works, including Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston and Edward Norton.The comedy-drama had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2023, where it competed for the Palme d’Or prize. It was later released in cinemas on June 23.Alexandre Desplat created the film’s score, who has previously worked with Anderson on Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Isle Of Dogs and The French Dispatch.His other notable credits include Guillermo Del Toro’s Shape Of Water, Little Women directed by Greta Gerwig and both parts of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.Desplat’s score is joined by various other country-orientated songs, including tracks by The Springfields featuring Dusty Springfield, Slim Whitman and Bing Crosby.Jarvis Cocker, who has a cameo in the film, contributes two original songs to the soundtrack titled ‘Dear Alien (Who Art In Heaven)’ and ‘You Can’t Wake Up If You Don’t Fall Asleep’.

Jarvis Cocker and Richard Hawley celebrated the release of Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City last night at a tiny, immersive gig in London.Cocker and Hawley have written two songs for Anderson’s new film, in which they play as the group Gauchos Calientes.“Welcome to the Asteroid City diner,” Cocker told the crowd by way of a welcome at an immersive exhibition dedicated to the film at 180 Studios on the Strand on Wednesday June 22. “You didn’t realise, but as soon as you walked into this place, you travelled back to the year 1955.”He continued: “A lot of things happened that year, didn’t they? I wasn’t alive, but they did happen.

Pulp were joined by Richard Hawley in Dublin last night (June 9) as the band continued their highly-anticipated 2023 reunion tour.They teamed up with their former band member for a live rendition of their classic hit ‘Common People’ at the end of the show at St Anne’s Park. You can view footage below.It comes after Jarvis Cocker joined Hawley on stage during his gig at the Leadmill in Sheffield last August, amid the venue’s ongoing eviction battle.

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Richard Hawley‘s musical Standing At The Sky’s Edge is set to come to London’s West End in 2024.Following a recent successful run at the capital’s National Theatre, from next February the show, which features classic songs by Hawley to portray “a love letter to Sheffield and ode to the iconic Park Hill Estate”, will move to the Gillian Lynne Theatre. For more information and pre-sale access head here.It made its debut at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield in 2019 and returned in 2022 before it went on to make its London premiere in February this year.Speaking about the move to the West End, Hawley said in a press release: “In all honesty I never really thought this story would leave the inside of our minds but to see it blossom and grow from a heartfelt set of ideas exchanged in a Sheffield pub to sell out shows at the Crucible and National theatres every single night has been a very powerful experience.“The drive, focus and determination to allow the voices and history of Park Hill to be heard at last by everyone involved has been equally mind-blowing.