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Thousands of local school kids were swinging for success as they celebrated the end of term with free sessions at Rutherglen’s Topgolf.

A new golfing complex is set to officially open in Lanarkshire next week.

Bonobo has shared his latest single ‘Defender’ – you can listen to the new track below.The song follows on from the musician, producer and DJ’s surprise single ‘ATK’, which arrived last month and was, according to Simon Green, “aimed more at the dancefloor”.Released via the artist’s label OUTLIER (in partnership with Ninja Tune), both ‘Defender’ and ‘ATK’ are set to be physically released on hand-stamped and numbered white label vinyl (limited to 1500 units) later this month – you can pre-order your copy here.Listen to Bonobo’s song ‘Defender’ in the below visualiser.Bonobo will perform at Printworks in London on November 19, marking his final UK live date of 2022.

Bonobo has shared his latest single ‘ATK’ – you can watch the track’s vibrant new accompanying video below.The song marks the musician, producer and DJ’s first new material since the release of his seventh studio album ‘Fragments’ in January.Released today (September 6) via Bonobo’s own label OUTLIER (in partnership with Ninja Tune), ‘ATK’ was written and recorded around the same time as ‘Fragments’.“Initially a DJ edit of Atakora Manu’s ‘Dada’, it became something fuller and a track of its own,” Bonobo, AKA Simon Green, explained in a statement about the song. “I felt it was a little too bashy to fit on the album, and wanted to save it as an OUTLIER release to be aimed more at the dancefloor.”‘ATK’ has been accompanied today by a video directed by the McGloughlin Brothers, which takes the viewer on a series of train journeys through a multitude of different landscapes and terrains.“We wanted to create a minimal film embodying ideas of serendipity and perception, allowing the world to reveal itself in unusual ways spontaneously,” the McGloughlin Brothers said in a statement.“If you have ever looked out of a train window to see the wires and tiles weave and dance in a magical way, this, in essence, is what we wanted to capture in our film.

vengeful mum-of-three attempted to destroy the life of a leading lawyer by threatening her with posting an “intimate video” and drug allegations after she started a relationship with her ex-boyfriend.Kayleigh Gordon, 32, blackmailed Beth Mantel - a friend of Chelsea footballer Danny Drinkwater - with alleged footage of her with businessman Richard Buggy.She claimed that she would release it on social media, while also emailing her Manchester-based law firm to falsely claim that she was taking drugs.READ MORE: Birmingham explosion: Neighbour of destroyed house says 'toilet break saved my life'Victim Ms Mantel told Warrington Magistrates Court this week that she was “embarrassed” about the email – as it was sent to her entire office.She recalled: “Things were said which were disgusting, false and hurtful.“The allegations could have ruined my reputation that had taken 10 years to build.“I had to call my new workplace and tell them that there may be an email and what it would say.“It was humiliating - I had only worked there for a few weeks and I was worried that they would look at me differently.”Cheshire-based Gordon pleaded guilty to two charges of sending by a public communication network an offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing message and was ordered to pay Miss Mantel and Mr Buggy £100 each in damages.The row stemmed from a party that Mr Buggy took his and Gordon's child to, which Ms Mantel was also in attendance.Her being there angered Gordon, who then embarked on a campaign of abuse against her.Gordon told Mr Buggy that she was was in possession of an intimate video involving him and Ms Mantel, which she threatened to post on Facebook.Simon Green prosecuting said: "I should say that Ms Mantel is a solicitor.

Bonobo‘s Royal Albert Hall residency last week saw the musician being joined by the organist Anna Lapwood for the song ‘Otomo’ – you can watch Lapwood’s own footage of the moment below.Bonobo, AKA musician and producer Simon Green, played five consecutive nights at the iconic London venue last week (May 16-20), marking the first residency by an electronic artist at the Hall.During the final show of the residency on Friday (May 20), Lapwood, who is an associate artist of the Royal Albert Hall, joined Green for a performance of the latter’s ‘Otomo’, with Lapwood playing the venue’s grand pipe organ.As Lapwood has since explained in a viral TikTok post about the unexpected collaboration, she was approached by members of Bonobo’s live band while practising on the Albert Hall organ following their gig on Thursday (May 19).“At 1am on Friday morning I was practising at the Royal Albert Hall,” Lapwood wrote. “Two people shouted up from the stage, ‘Play the Toccata!’ I did, and invited them to come and have a look at the organ.“Well, cut a long story short, turns out they were Bonobo’s band.

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Bobobo and Caribou are set to perform at Manchester’s Warehouse Project this summer.The pair will perform the opening concert at The Warehouse Project’s new season, which will begin earlier than ever this year on the August Bank Holiday weekend.Bonobo will perform a “special full live performance” alongside Dan Snaith’s Caribou for the bank holiday weekend double-header.Pre-sale tickets will be available to previous fans from tomorrow, April 27 at 10am BST while general tickets will be available from the same time on Thursday (April 28). You can get tickets for the event here.The venue, which is located in Manchester’s Depot Mayfield, will announce further acts for the 2022 season in the coming weeks.WHP22 /// NEW – BONOBO + CARIBOUBonobo makes his Depot Mayfield debut for a special performance, alongside Caribou, who return to WHP for August Bank Holiday to kick off the season.

Bonobo has announced details of a new album ‘Fragments’, which will come out early next year and is being previewed with first single ‘Rosewood’.The producer – aka Simon Green – will then take his new record out on a world tour in 2022, ending with a trio of gigs at London’s Royal Albert Hall.The new album, out on January 14, 2022 via Ninja Tune, will feature guest appearances from Jamila Woods, Joji, Kadhja Bonet, Jordan Rakei, O’Flynn and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson.“I remembered all over again how much I loved crowds and movement and people connecting with each other,” Green said of the new LP in a statement.Watch the visualiser for first track ‘Rosewood’ below:Bonobo’s tour behind ‘Fragments’ will begin in mid-February in the United States,