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Soft Play tell us about scoring their highest-charting album yet – up against Eminem and Glass Animals

Soft Play have spoken to NME about being on course for their highest-charting album yet – with ‘Heavy Jelly’ currently in the top three of the midweeks alongside the likes of Eminem and Glass Animals.UK punk duo Laurie Vincent and Isaac Holman released ‘Heavy Jelly’, their first record since changing their name from Slaves to Soft Play, last Friday (July 19).“It would have been a lot easier to stay as Slaves through fear of all of the potential consequences that were running through our heads – losing our fan base, losing our direction, everything we’d built up – that it was actually a really tough thing to do, but we persevered through it, and it’s paid off,” they told NME. “We’ve set an example for people coming after us that it’s never too late to change course.” As Soft Play, the duo’s popularity only grown.
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Watch Soft Play’s video “history lesson” about their friendship with Robbie Williams
Soft Play have shared a video showing the history of their friendship with Robbie Williams.The duo recently supported the star at his BST Hyde Park show at the weekend.Now, the pair have shared a video of how they became friends with Williams over the years, which you can view below.They start by revealing that Williams shared his love for the band in 2015 and declaring that vocalist and drummer Isaac Holman was his “favourite”.A post shared by SOFT PLAY (@softplayplaysoft)The pair then shared a clip of the star saying he wanted to make music like “you guys” in 2022. They said they then asked him to appear on their 2023 single ‘Punk’s Dead’, which he agreed to and appeared in the video for the track.He then invited them to perform at BST Hyde Park alongside the likes Seal, Gaz Coombes and Kate Nash.Ahead of the show the band were invited backstage to watch England’s quarter final match against Switzerland and they had a selfie with Williams and spoke to Danny Dyer who later teamed up with the star for a cover of Blur’s classic hit ‘Parklife’.Soft Play added that it was a “full circle moment” for the duo.Speaking about a potential further collaboration with Williams to NME previously, guitarist Laurie Vincent said: “It’s an ongoing conversation.
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Full line-up announced for Kylie Minogue at BST London Hyde Park
Kylie Minogue at her BST Hyde Park show in London has been confirmed – check out the full list below.Minogue will be taking to the stage as part of Hyde Park’s summer concert series on July 13, and was previously announced as having Marina, Anitta and ALTÉGO lined up as her special guests on the night.Now, the full list of artists joining her for the event have been confirmed, with seven more acts being added to the bill.These include multi-platinum selling, two-time BRIT Award nominee Ella Henderson, who burst on to the scene 10 years ago with her hit debut single ‘Ghost’. Since then she has achieved five UK Top 10 tracks, including ‘Let’s Go Home Together’, which she shared with Tom Grennan, and she dropped her latest album ‘Everything I Didn’t Say’.Musician, writer and drag performer Tom Rasmussen will also be joining the line-up and performing on the day – following the release of their debut album ‘Body Building’ last year – as will R&B-tinged pop artist ADMT and introspective songwriter Fred Roberts.Melbourne-based supergroup Blusher – formed of Lauren Coutts, Jade Ingvarson-Favretto and Miranda Ward – have also been confirmed, as have girl band Say Now and rising London artist Grace Gachot.“I can’t wait to return to BST Hyde Park this summer,” Minogue said when the show was first announced in February.
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