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Biffy Clyro, Madness, Fatboy Slim and more for summer 2022.Snow Patrol will also play a set at the venue in Royal Highland Centre in June.

The Snuts have announced their biggest UK shows to date – see all the details below.The Scottish band, who returned recently with the single ‘Burn The Empire’, will hit the road next spring for a trio of headline gigs.They’ll play at Manchester Academy (April 27), Northumbria’s Uni SU (28) and the O2 Academy Brixton in London (30).Tickets go on general sale here at 9am this Friday (December 10). Fans can access an O2 Priority pre-sale at the same time tomorrow (December 8).“We’re playing some of our biggest shows to date in 2022,” The Snuts wrote on social media “No fkin way man.”You can see the official tour poster and schedule below.We're playing some of our biggest shows to date in 2022.

The Hours‘ and arrives with the London band’s announcement of new US tour dates in 2022.Babeheaven singer Nancy Andersen said of the new single: “‘Don’t Wake Me’ is a song about feeling connected – in some ways to our belongings and some to our loved ones. I’ve gotten to the point in my life that when I go home (to my family home) it doesn’t really feel like home anymore.

Phoebe Bridgers’ Austin City Limits performance is set to air today (December 4) on PBS, and ahead of its release the show has shared a sneak preview.The clip sees the singer-songwriter deliver a performance of ‘I Know the End’, the fourth single from her second studio album, 2020’s ‘Punisher’.Bridgers – whose Austin City Limits episode also includes a set from Olivia Rodrigo – introduces the song by explaining that the lyric “I hate Texas” is a joke and then she proceeds to discuss its origins.You can see the clip of Bridgers’ performing ‘I Know The End’ below:When Bridgers performed ‘I Know the End’ at the Austin City Limits Music Festival earlier this year – a different event from the TV taping – her set was cut off, prompting her to

Kacey Musgraves made her return to Sesame Street this week, joining Elmo, Big Bird, the Count and more for a bubbly tune about her favourite colours (or lack thereof).The country-pop megastar had previously guested on the pilot episode of Elmo’s HBO Max spin-off The Not-Too-Late Show, where she performed the original song ‘Rubber Duckie’.For her new appearance on the primary children’s show – which streamed Thursday (December 2) on HBO Max, and will air on PBS Kids next fall – Musgraves led an ensemble cast of Muppets through a song about why she loves the colours red, yellow, green, black and brown.

The Strokes‘ seminal debut ‘Is This It’, has announced details of a new book about his time with the band and his part in the ’00s indie scene.

Flight Of The Conchords comedian Jemaine Clement has revealed the group once had a jam session with Haim.Clement, who forms one half of the New Zealand musical comedy duo with Bret McKenzie, recalled the “jam/singalong” in response to a fan calling for a collaboration in a Spotify Wrapped post.Writing in response to a potential Flight Of The Conchords and Haim team-up, Clement recalled: “We actually did have a jam/singalong once.“We only knew about three songs the whole way through and they know all songs ever recorded, chords and lyrics. They are like human spotify!”We actually did have a jam/singalong once.

Game Of Thrones star Peter Dinklage joined The National‘s Bryce and Aaron Dessner for a performance on Colbert this week – check it out below.The trio performed the song ‘Your Name’, which appears on the Dessner twins’ new soundtrack for the Dinklage-starring film adaptation of Cyrano, due out in UK cinemas in January.It was announced last year that MGM had acquired the rights to the film, which will be directed by Joe Wright and see Peter Dinklage reprising his role as Cyrano De Bergerac from the 2018 musical that played at the historic Goodspeed Opera House’s Terris Theatre.The Cyrano OST will be released via Decca Records in vinyl and CD formats on December 10, with the film coming to UK cinemas in January.

Band Of Horses have shared their second single of 2021, entitled ‘In Need of Repair’.The track, released today (December 1), was premiered by Zane Lowe on his Apple Music radio show prior to its official release. It follows on from the release of ‘Crutch’ earlier in the year.Both songs will feature on ‘Things Are Great’, the band’s forthcoming sixth studio album which is slated for a January release.

Bastille and Enter Shikari set to perform.The Revive Live campaign was launched last summer in a bid to help UK grassroots venues survive post-coronavirus.

Oasis tribute band, Noasis, have finally escaped after becoming stranded in a Yorkshire pub for four days.Storm Arwen left 61 people at the Tan Hill Inn in the Yorkshire Dales stuck after five feet of snow fell suddenly on Friday (November 26).

Wet Leg have announced full details of their debut album and shared two new songs ‘Too Late Now’ and ‘Oh No’, which you can listen to below.Their self-titled debut album will be released on April 8, 2022 via Domino.It is available to pre-order on exclusive clear vinyl (with a 7” of two non-album tracks), standard vinyl, cassette, CD and digitally here. A variety of merch (T-shirt, print) is available as a pre-order bundle too.“It is about sleepwalking into adulthood,” says Rhian Teasdale of the track ‘Too Late Now’.

The Libertines have announced a series of UK dates celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘Up The Bracket’.The band, who are already in the middle of their ‘Giddy Up A Ding-Dong Tour’, have announced three huge outdoor shows in Manchester, Hatfield and Cardiff along with an indoor show in Edinburgh.The shows will kick off at Castlefield Bowl on July 1 before moving on to Hatfield House on July 22, Cardiff Bute Park on August 5 and Edinburgh O2 Academy on August 8.Support will come from Supergrass at Hatfield House, while Sports Team will support the band’s dates in Manchester and Cardiff. Tickets for the gigs go on sale this Friday (December 3) at 9am.

Stephen Fretwell has announced dates for a UK and Ireland tour in 2022 – see all the details below.The tour will kick off in Belfast on February 24, stopping off in Cardiff (March 3), Liverpool (March 5) and Newcastle (March 7) along the way. The final date will be at London’s Grand Junction on March 11.The singer-songwriter finished up a sold-out UK tour in Glasgow earlier this month, which was in support of his comeback album ‘Busy Guy‘.

Oasis tribute band, Noasis, are stranded along with a group of revellers in a Yorkshire pub for a third night in a row.Storm Arwen left 61 people at the Tan Hill Inn in the Yorkshire Dales stuck after five feet of snow fell suddenly on Friday (November 26). The pub is 528m above sea level, the highest in the UK.Many had travelled to the pub to see the band, but became stranded when snow blocked cars and roads became impassable.Tan Hill Inn owner Mike Kenny told the Manchester Evening News: “We recommended anyone in the pub to stay out rather than endanger life on the snow covered moors.“No one is going anywhere yet.

Fontaines D.C. have pulled out of Other Voices festival due to an injury sustained by singer Grian Chatten.In a statement posted to Twitter, Chatten wrote: “I’m truly heartbroken to say that I won’t be able to perform at Other Voices tonight.” Other Voices festival in Dublin was celebrating its 20th year.

Jenny Lewis has given her new single ‘Puppy And A Track’ its TV debut – watch her perform the track on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thanksgiving (November 25) below.The new song was released earlier this month, and follows three previous collaborations with rapper Serengeti, including ‘IDIOT’, ‘Unblu’, and ‘Vroom Vroom’.On the new track, Lewis finds joy in the little things, singing: “My forties are kicking my ass / And handing ‘em to me in a margarita glass / I was infatuated with a man / And then I dated a psychopath.”Watch her perform the song dressed all in red on Fallon below:In March, Lewis reunited with her former Rilo Kiley bandmate Blake Sennett for the first time in six years.

Wolf Alice have shared a live video of the band performing ‘Delicious Things’ at London’s Abbey Road studios.The clip, which you can watch below, sees the band backed by a full orchestra and choir.“We were thrilled to get a chance to record a live version of ‘Delicious Things’ at Abbey Road, we’d never been there before and were so happy to do a version of one of our fave songs with a whole orchestra and choir,” the band wrote on Instagram.The track featured on their recent album ‘Blue Weekend’.A post shared by Wolf Alice (@wolfaliceband)NME called the record “a masterpiece full of confidence and magic” in a five-star album review.The band recently released a new edition of the album, featuring four live versions of songs from ‘Blue

The Wombats have announced an intimate UK tour for 2022 – see all the details below.The band will hit the road for a run of special shows in the new year to mark the release of their fifth album, ‘Fix Yourself, Not The World’, which arrives on January 14 via AWAL. Ticket bundles are available here.Held in partnership with local UK record stores, the tour kicks off at Pryzm (Banquet Records) on January 6.

LCD Soundsystem‘s Gavilán Rayna Russom has announced that she has left the band.The synth player/multi-disciplinary artist joined the James Murphy-fronted group in 2008, but was notably absent from the first show of their Brooklyn Steel residency in New York last night (November 23).Explaining her decision to depart LCD in a new interview with Pitchfork, Russom said:  “When this offer came up again [to perform at LCD Soundsystem’s Brooklyn gigs], I had considered it. And when I looked at the reality of this time, I was just like, ‘I’m just not able to do this’.“My [solo] work has grown to a point where I’m not able to put it aside for a couple of years and go on tour with LCD, or double up.

LCD Soundsystem began their Brooklyn Steel residency last night (November 23), covering Joy Division and airing rarities – see footage, setlist and more below.The band announced their live return after more than three years last month, with 20 shows set at the venue between now and Christmas.At the first show of the tour, the band opened with a cover of Spacemen 3’s ‘Big City (Everybody I Know Can Be Found Here)’, before playing songs from across their four studio albums, including some not played live for years.Among the set were hits ‘I Can Change’, ‘Someone Great’, ‘New York, I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down’ and set closer ‘All My Friends’, alongside the first live performance of 2007 track ‘Time To Get Away’ in five years, and