Richard Oakes: Last News

Manic Street Preachers and Suede played the first gig of their co-headline tour of the UK last night. Check out the setlist below.The two indie giants kicked off their joint tour last night at Llangollen International Eisteddfod 2024.

Lush co-founder Emma Anderson has shared a new remix of her 2023 song ‘Inter Light’ – you can listen to it below.The original version of the track appears on Anderson’s acclaimed debut solo album, ‘Pearlies’, which was released last October.Now, Brighton-based duo Memorials – aka Matthew Simms and Verity Susman – have brought some “’60s spy movie vibes” to ‘Inter Light’ by adding “fuzzed out guitars, drums and distorted tape noise for a much more exhilarating listen”.Speaking about the reimagining, Anderson explained: “It kind of slims down the structure but increases the dynamics of the track overall which I love.“There are real drums and more overdriven guitars. Also, the original fades but Matthew and Verity have put an ending on it which is almost my favourite part of the track.

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Suede have today (August 3) shared a powerful new single called ’15 Again’ – listen to it below.The single is taken from their upcoming studio album, ‘Autofiction‘, and it’s described as “a song about falling in love with life for the first time” by Brett Anderson.The song follows on from the previously released ‘She Still Leads Me On’, which was the first taster of Suede’s ninth studio album. It’s due for release on September 16 via BMG and can be pre-ordered here.Check out the new song here.Suede, made up of Anderson, Mat Osman, Simon Gilbert, Richard Oakes and Neil Codling, went “back to basics” for this new record according to a press statement.They hired “a rehearsal studio in deserted Kings Cross to collect a key, hump their own gear, set up and start playing,” before recording at London’s Konk studios.Speaking about ‘Autofiction’, frontman Brett Anderson said: “‘Autofiction’ is our punk record.

Suede have announced details of an intimate European tour to follow their sold-out London dates – see the full list of shows below.Last month, the Britpop icons announced new album ‘Autofiction’ and details of two London gigs at Electric Ballroom.After the gigs sold out immediately, the band have now added a handful of gigs in mainland Europe onto the tour.In the week after the London shows, they will play Amsterdam, Cologne and more.See the full list of tour dates below. Ahead of the run, the band will play a sold out run of instore dates across the UK.OCTOBER 20225 – London, Electric Ballroom (sold out)6 – London, Electric Ballroom (sold out)8 – Amsterdam, Melkweg10 – Paris, La Maroquinerie11 – Cologne, Gloria-Theatre12 – Hamburg, GruenspanSuede’s ninth studio album is due for release on September 16 via BMG and can be pre-ordered here.Suede, made up of Brett Anderson, Mat Osman, Simon Gilbert, Richard Oakes and Neil Codling, went “back to basics” for this new record according to a press statement.They hired “a rehearsal studio in deserted Kings Cross to collect a key, hump their own gear, set up and start playing,” before recording at London’s Konk studios.Speaking to NME about the album, frontman Brett Anderson said: “Every record is a reaction to the last record to some extent.

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here.Suede, made up of Brett Anderson, Mat Osman, Simon Gilbert, Richard Oakes and Neil Codling, went “back to basics” for this new record according to a press statement.They hired “a rehearsal studio in deserted Kings Cross to collect a key, hump their own gear, set up and start playing,” before recording at London’s Konk studios.The band have given fans the first taster of the album via new single called ‘She Still Leads Me On’, which Anderson wrote to his late mother.Later this evening, Suede will debut the brand new single ‘She Still Leads Me On’ live on stage at a headline performance in Belgium at Brussels’ Cirque Royal. Fans can livestream the performance here from 9pm.Check out the new single here:‘Autofiction’ TracklistingSpeaking about ‘Autofiction’, frontman Brett Anderson said: “‘Autofiction’ is our punk record. No whistles and bells.