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Father John Misty performed at the Barbican in London this week to mark the release of his new album,  ‘Chloë And The Next 20th Century’.On Thursday (April 7), Misty (real name Joshua Tillman) took to the stage alongside Barbican Associate Ensemble Britten Sinfonia – and conductor Jules Buckley – to run through a mixed setlist that included a number of tracks taken from his latest LP.He gave live debuts to ‘Chloë’, ‘Kiss Me (I Loved You)’, ‘(Everything But) Her Love’, ‘Buddy’s Rendezvous’, ‘Olvidado (Otro Momento)’, ‘Only a Fool’, ‘We Could Be Strangers’ and ‘The Next 20th Century’.The performance was live-streamed and has been made available to watch through to Sunday (April 10). You can watch it below.‘Funtimes in Babylon’‘Chloë’‘Goodbye Mr. Blue’‘Chateau Lobby #4 (In C for Two Virgins)’‘Kiss Me (I Loved You)’‘(Everything But) Her Love’‘Mr. Tillman’‘Disappointing Diamonds Are The Rarest Of Them All’‘Buddy’s Rendezvous’‘Q4’‘Total Entertainment Forever’‘Olvidado (Otro Momento)’‘Funny Girl’‘Only A Fool’‘Pure Comedy’‘God’s Favorite Customer’‘We Could Be Strangers’‘The Next 20th Century’‘I Love You, Honeybear’Encore:‘Nancy From Now On’‘Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution’‘Holy Shit’Encore 2:‘Date Night’You can read NME’s five star review of the concert here.Misty recently announced a series of headline UK and European tour dates for 2023.He will head out on a North American tour this summer; the European shows begin on February 25, 2023 in Oslo, Norway at Sentrum Scene and end March 17 at the at O2 Apollo Manchester.

Rex Orange County has scored his first UK Number One album with new LP ‘Who Cares?’.The Hampshire-born singer-songwriter (real name Alexander James O’Connor) beat off stiff competition from Swedish rockers Ghost, whose new LP ‘IMPERA’ landed at Number Two, to take the top spot.Rex Orange County’s fourth album follows on from the independently released ‘BCos U Will Never B Free’ (2015) and ‘Apricot Princess’ (2017), and the RCA released ‘Pony’ which landed at Number Five when it was released back in 2019.“Thank you to everyone who listened to ‘Who Cares?'” Rex Orange County said upon receiving the news about the album’s achievement. “I’m so happy to have an Official Number One album in the UK, where I’m from.