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Cymande have teamed up with Celeste on their anthemic new track ‘Only One Way’ from the group’s upcoming album.Serving as the second single to be released from the British funk group’s album ‘Renascence’ and opens with a delicate piano riff followed by swelling strings and Celeste’ powerful and soulful voice singing: “Here you are again / In my arms / There you go again reaching for someone.”Speaking about the collaboration in a press release, Cymande’s Patrick Patterson shared: “We got together in New York some time ago. Celeste approached it melodically and lyrically from a perspective we thought was great, we came back to the UK and perfected it.

Getting Back: The Story Of Cymande.Cymande formed in Brixton and Balham, south London, during the early 1970s and were largely ignored by the UK music industry but enjoyed significant success in the US, supporting Al Green and becoming the first British band to headline New York’s historic Apollo Theater. They disbanded after three albums but were influential among early hip-hop and rap groups.

London Grammar will headline LIDO Festival 2025 in London this summer – find all the details below.The trio, whose fourth album ‘The Greatest Love’ arrived last year, are set to play a bill-topping set at Victoria Park in the capital on Sunday June 15. Their upcoming performance is billed as a London festival exclusive.They’ll be joined on the day by a host of support acts including Celeste, Roísín Murphy and The Blessed Madonna.

Celeste has made her directorial debut for a short film accompanying her new single ‘This Is Who I Am’.The song has been used as the title theme for the recent political thriller The Day Of The Jackal starring Eddie Redmayne.Now, Celeste has unveiled the accompanying video, which was filmed in Winchester with a cast of collaboratives she chose herself, including the artist Edward Rollitt, choreographer Holly Blakey and designer Sonia Trefilova.Per a press release, the film intended on depicting “the oppression women have faced throughout history, and their collective strength and resilience to overcome”, while also introducing two characters who will play a major part in her 2025 album.“The initial thinking behind the idea is that there is a sense that we, as a people, are enduring a kind of suffering, perhaps due to a lack of connectivity among people in society,” Celeste said. “It has been my thinking for a long time now that we feel quite often that women are, or should be, the bearers of our comfort.

The Day Of The Jackal has audiences gripped, but who sings the show’s opening theme? Read on for all the details.The show is based on Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 novel of the same name and the subsequent 1973 film starring Edward Fox.Written and created by Ronan Bennett, the show stars Eddie Redmayne as ‘the Jackal’, a cold-blooded professional assassin who is pursued by Lashana Lynch’s MI6 investigator. While the original novel depicts a plot to take down French president Charles De Gaulle, the new version brings the story to the present day.The show is airing on Sky Atlantic and NOW in the UK and Peacock in the US, with the first five episodes having premiered on November 14.

Celeste has shared a new single called ‘This Is Who I Am’ – you can listen to it below.The theatrical and stirring track serves as the title theme to the new Sky series The Day Of The Jackal, which is also released today (November 7).Eddie Redmayne (who portrays The Jackal) and his co-star Lashana Lynch (Bianca) selected for the song for the opening credits to the adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 novel.“This song has existed for a long time, and it felt almost unjust that circumstances didn’t allow it to come out four years ago,” explained Celeste.“Now, with everything aligning, this moment serves as a powerful acknowledgement of something that, back then, felt unresolved.”Produced by Beach Noise (Kendrick Lamar), ‘This Is Who I Am’ follows on from the BRIT-winning and Mercury-nominated artist’s 2022 single ‘To Love A Man’.The track arrives as Celeste “prepares to tell the next chapter of her story”, according to a press release.“‘This Is Who I Am’ is less a reintroduction to Celeste’s music and more an act of self-actualisation, a complete creative distillation of her craft that sees her step with purpose into her new era,” it adds.“Only you can tell them that this is who I am,” she sings over a cinematic and orchestral arrangement in the chorus.

Awesome Games Done Quick 2020, Games Done Quick returns in-person at next week’s Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) in Bloomington, Minnesota.Games Done Quick is a series of video game marathons for charity, with high-level play by speed-runners. It is currently the largest fundraising event globally for charities Doctors Without Borders and the Prevent Cancer Foundation, having raised over $34million (around £28million) for both charities to date.The event attracts over 3000 people including staff, volunteers, runners and attendees looking to support the event.

Celeste has confirmed that work is underway on her second record, and her generous plans for the £25,000 prize money if she wins the Mercury Prize.The soul singer was nominated for the Mercury Prize this morning (July 22), after winning praise for her debut album ‘Not Your Muse‘.While the album has received widespread acclaim since its release at the end of January, Celeste says she’s already looking ahead to album two.“My rule with this second album which I’ve just started writing in the last week, actually, is just to make sure that I hear my own voice within it and make sure it’s what’s out there for people to hear in its entirety,” she told NME at the Mercury Prize nominations this morning (July 22).“Any time it crosses my mind that

Arlo Parks, Mogwai, Ghetts, Wolf Alice and Celeste are among the names nominated for the 2021 Mercury Prize.The year’s award will be handed out at a live ceremony at the Eventim Apollo in London on September 9.Also included on the 12-strong ‘Albums Of The Year’ shortlist are the likes of Black Country, New Road, Nubya Garcia, Laura Mvula and SAULT.On this year’s list are a number of debut albums including Arlo Parks’ ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’, Black Country, New Road’s ‘For The First Time’ and Celeste’s ‘Not Your Muse’.The one previous Mercury Prize winning act on this year’s list is Wolf Alice, who won the 2018 prize for second album ‘Visions Of A Life’ and are back again with recent third album ‘Blue Weekend’.See the full list of Mercury

Celeste has reimagined her song ‘Stop This Flame’ as a dancefloor smash with help of producer RX – listen to the new version below.The track appears on the singer’s debut album ‘Not Your Muse’, which was released in January and made her the first female British solo artist to reach number one with her debut album for five years.For the new version, the Detroit producer has turned ‘Stop This Flame’ into a pulsating dance hit full of stomping pianos and house rhythms.Listen to the new version below:Celeste’s ‘Not Your Muse’ made NME‘s list of the best albums from the first half of 2021.

Itch.io’s Palestinian Aid bundle has come to an end, having raised over $900,000 for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Gaza.Offering over one thousand games for a total of $5 (roughly £3.54), the bundle ran for just one week, making the total raised even more impressive.Palestinian games developer Rasheed Abueideh’s game, Liyla And The Shadows Of War, was front and centre of the bundle.