Lianne La Havas: Last News

Charli XCX, Paolo Nutini and Sleaford Mods among those due to perform.The Revive Live campaign was launched in the summer of 2020 in an effort to help UK grassroots venues survive post-COVID. Its first run of dates saw Wolf Alice, Sam Fender, Tom Jones and more play sets to intimate crowds.In January of this year the Revive Live Tour made a comeback with a series of winter dates that included special shows from Bastille, Enter Shikari and others.Today (June 16) it’s been confirmed that a further 200 Revive Live concerts will take place nationwide between June and September.

All Points East has confirmed more opening acts for Loyle Carner‘s show at the 2024 festival – find all the details below.Carner is due to top the bill at London’s Victoria Park on Saturday August 17. A host of special guests had already been announced, including Nas, Ezra Collective, Sainté and Joe James.Today (April 26) organisers have added another wave of artists, with soloist and former OutKast member André 3000 leading the list.

Kae Tempest has shared a new single featuring Lianne La Havas – listen to ‘No Prizes’ below.The collaborative track is the latest preview of Tempest’s fourth studio album, ‘The Line Is A Curve’, which comes out on April 8 via Fiction Records. Earlier this month, the writer and musician dropped the song ‘Salt Coast’ after releasing ‘More Pressure’ in January.“Made a song with my good friend and mind-blowing artist Lianne La Havas,” Tempest explained of their latest offering in a statement.

initially shut in 2019 for a planned one-year refurbishment, though those plans were scuppered after a fire broke out at the venue in January 2020 before the coronavirus pandemic and “colossal water damage” then further held up progress.KOKO’s restoration and redevelopment has now been completed, and it intends to relaunch next month as a “50,000-square foot state-of-the-art live music venue and broadcasting house”.New additions to KOKO include its 200-capacity Fly Tower ‘venue within a venue’, a new shop/DJ space (which will feature “exclusive merch drops and artist collaborations”) and a morning to late-night pizzeria and tap bar, with Café KOKO also set to host intimate live performances.After Lianne La Havas recently announced a trio of shows at KOKO in May, the venue has this morning (March 1) confirmed a host of names who will perform as part of its relaunch.The likes of Pete Doherty, Jorja Smith, Kim Gordon, Tems, Portico Quartet, Omar Apollo, Remi Wolf and more have all confirmed gigs at KOKO in the coming months. You can find the venue’s calendar of events here.A new club night, KOKO Electronic, will also take place on Friday and Saturday nights until 6am, with the likes of Todd Terje, Jayda G and 2ManyDJs booked to perform so far.“It’s been a seven-year journey to bring this project to life and now, on the cusp of opening, I’m so happy to be paying homage to the cultural legacy of the building with a diverse mix of artists and contributing to arts and culture at a time when British live music needs it most,” Olly Bengough, CEO/Founder of KOKO, said in a statement.

Lianne La Havas has announced a residency at the newly-restored London venue KOKO this spring.The singer-songwriter will play three dates at the venue, on May 9, 10 and 11. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 9am, and you can find them here.They will be La Havas’ first live shows since the release of her self-titled third album in July 2020, due to pandemic-related delays.The residency will also mark some of the first shows at KOKO for three years.

Harry Styles, Lianne La Havas and Dave were among the winners at the 2021 Ivor Novello Awards, celebrating Britain’s best songwriters and composers during its ceremony last night (September 21).Nominated in the PRS for Music Most Performed Work category, Styles was awarded his first Ivor for ‘Adore You’, the second single from his Grammy-nominated album ‘Fine Line’.The two other big Ivor accolades – Best Album and Best Contemporary Song – were awarded to Lianne La Havas and Dave and Fraser T Smith, respectively.La Havas won in her category for her self-titled third studio album, released in July 2020.

Lianne La Havas has spoken about getting to work on her next album, which she says is already being characterised by a “fun” and “cheerful” vibe. Watch our video interview above.The London artist was speaking to NME last night (May 11) on the red carpet at the BRIT Awards 2021, where she was nominated for British Female Solo Artist.La Havas gave NME an update on the current status of her new material, which is being written at the moment following the release last year of her self-titled third album.“I’m already starting to work on new stuff because my album came out like a year ago now,” she said about her plans.

Best Original Song for “Hear My Voice” — from Best Picture contender “The Trial of the Chicago 7” — at the Academy Awards on April 25.“It’s still quite far-fetched,” Celeste Waite, 26, told The Post. “I just felt like I was the most unlikely candidate to be nominated for such a thing.”Really, though, Celeste should be getting used to accolades.

Prince protégée Lianne La Havas spent a very special day in Brooklyn: She performed at the Afropunk festival before her 30th birthday party later that night.This summer, though, any such celebrations are on a coronavirus pause, leaving her reflective.“I think I would’ve played longer if I had known,” said La Havas of her Afropunk main-stage set.