Heartworms: Last News

Heartworms, Skydaddy and more are set to play Music For Palestine fundraising gig in London this weekend – get full details below.The Speedy Wunderground-signed project will headline the show at the George Tavern on Sunday, January 7, with proceeds going to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.Also playing the Music For Palestine fundraiser will be Bande Á Part. Tickets can be bought here and the evening will feature a raffle “with the opportunity to win band merch and donated items from local artists,” as Heartworms wrote on Instagram.Last month, the Musicians’ Union called for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Middle East” as violence continues in Gaza.Artists have also been coming together to sign open letters voicing their support for a ceasefire.

Heartworms has shared a foreboding new single titled ‘Extraordinary Wings’. Check it out below.The new track from the South London artist and NME Cover star comes as the latest preview of her highly anticipated album ‘Glutton For Punishment’.

NME’s latest star of The Cover, Heartworms, has compiled an exclusive playlist to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below.The South London artist is on this year’s first edition (January 6) of The Cover, a weekly manifestation of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover – you can read the profile of Heartworms here, written by Alex Rigotti and featuring photography by Jamie Waters.To accompany The Cover, Heartworms has made an exclusive playlist for NME of songs that give her ‘Sanctuary’.

Heartworms has shared her brand new single ‘Warplane’ and announced the details of her debut album ‘Glutton For Punishment’ along with a UK and European tour. The former Breakout star will release her debut album via Speedy Wunderground on February 7, 2025.

Jack White played an explosive, last-minute and intimate show at London’s Assembly Hall last night (September 13). Check out photos, footage, the setlist and more below.Details of the gig at the 890-capacity venue were only shared four days before it took place.

Heartworms has shared her blistering new single ‘Jacked’ and announced three intimate UK shows.The new track is the first release from the London artist since 2023’s ‘May I Comply‘ taken from acclaimed debut EP ‘A Comforting Notion‘. Heartworms, real name Jojo Orme, has once again reunited with regular collaborator Gilbert Trejo, who also directed the videos for ’24 Hours’ and ‘May I Comply’.Discussing her vision for ‘Jacked’, Orme said the song touches on “a darkness or entity which you are running away from… but it is really you that holds it.”Director Trejo said because of that, it was crucial to feature Orme “alone in the world” in the video to match the song’s apocalyptic tone.“To me,” he said, “‘Jacked’ is the soundtrack to a paranoid fever dream,” with his visuals reinforcing the “feeling of loneliness and the unknown” with Orme sprinting away from a mysterious figure.“There’s a movement and energy to the song that Jojo and I knew we needed to convey when we were writing the video,” he added.

St Vincent has announced a UK and European tour with Heartworms – you can find all the details below.The singer-songwriter – aka Annie Clark – is due to return to these shores late next month in support of her seventh album ‘All Born Screaming’, which is released on April 26 (pre-order here).Clark will take to the stage at SWX in Bristol on Friday, May 31 before heading to London the following day (June 1) for a show at the historic Royal Albert Hall.From there, the artist will head to Europe for headline dates in Luxembourg City (June 3) and Antwerp (4) ahead of festival appearances at Best Kept Secret in the Netherlands (7) and NorthSide in Denmark (8).UK/EU All Born Screaming Tour Dates Announced. Tickets on sale Friday, 12 April at 10am local.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Amazons and Heartworms.The festival is set to return to Oxford’s Hill Farm from July 25-28 and will be headlined by Jamie T, Wet Leg, The Streets and Idles. It will also be Wet Leg’s first UK festival headline set.“Oh wow – I’m incredibly excited to be playing this year’s Truck Festival!” said Ellis-Bextor in a press release.

Heartworms has shared her dark new single ‘May I Comply’ – listen to it below.The new track is the first release from Heartworms since March EP ‘A Comforting Notion’, which NME said in a five-star review was “brimming with all the promise of the next great cult act”.‘May I Comply’ arrives with an accompanying monochrome music video by Gilbert Trejo, who also directed Heartworms’ previous video ‘24 Hours’.“When I wrote this track I just wanted to get over an ex and to tell my little brother he’s good enough… turned out to be a lot darker than I thought,” Heartworms, real name Jojo Orme, shared in a press statement.Check out ‘May I Comply’ below.Gilbert Trejo added: “For ‘May I Comply’ Jojo and I wanted to lean harder into the stark black and white world that Heartworms is building, washing everything but the band out in a sea of emptiness. Between shooting ‘24 Hours’ and ‘May I Comply’ I’ve had the chance to photograph Heartworms on tour and was excited about capturing a bit more of the energy of Jojo’s performance at this stage.”‘May I Comply’ is produced by Speedy Wunderground head Dan Carey (Wet Leg, Slowthai, Fontaines D.C.) who Heartworms said she “idolised” before meeting him.“And then he came into my life and he sees me the same as I see him,” she told NME last year.

The Last Dinner Party have shared details of an “intimate variety show” at London’s Roundhouse next year – find ticket information below.The London-based band will play the Camden venue on February 1, 2024 with support from Heartworms.They wrote on Instagram that there’s “no particular reason for this event….none at all…”, but hinted that it could make for an unmissable experience. “We recommend very very strongly that you attend, could be historical,” they added.Tickets go on sale here this Friday (October 6) but fans can register for a pre-sale here that opens this Wednesday (October 4).

Heartworms has dropped her latest single ‘24 Hours’, and covered The Sisters Of Mercy at her live performances.The latest track is taken from the musician’s newly-released debut EP, ‘A Comforting Notion’, which is released via Speedy Wunderground.According to Heartworms – whose real name is Jojo Orme – the song is designed to reflect the everyday struggles faced by adolescents. Check out the haunting visuals for the song, directed by Gilbert Trejo, here:“‘24 Hours’ is about general struggles of teenage growth, secondary school and moments of regret,” Orme said.