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Dizzee Rascal has shared details of a new UK and Ireland tour, celebrating 15 years of ‘Tongue N’ Cheek’. Find ticket details below.Announced today (August 14), the upcoming shows will take place later this year, and see the grime pioneer play in various cities around the country in support of his huge fourth album.Arriving back in September 2009, the record contained the chart-topping singles ‘Dance wiv Me’, ‘Bonkers’, ‘Holiday’ and ‘Dirtee Disco’, was certified platinum, and remains his best-selling LP to date.Now, to celebrate the 15-year milestone, Dizzee has announced a series of special headline gigs which will see him perform the tracklist in full.These kick off later this year, and begin with an opening night at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton on October 17.

Sex Pistols and Frank Carter have announced another headline show in London – you can find all the details below.Carter joined forces with Glen Matlock, Paul Cook and Steve Jones to play ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’ in its entirety to raise funds for Bush Hall in Shepherd’s Bush, west London.The first sold-out show took place at the venue last night (August 13), with further gigs scheduled for this evening (14) and tomorrow (15).Now, following an “overwhelming response” to the gigs, Sex Pistols and Carter have confirmed that they’ll be returning to the capital for another live concert. The band are due to take to the stage at the O2 Forum Kentish Town on Thursday September 26.In a statement, guitarist Jones said: “The response to the Bush Hall shows has been overwhelming and it’s a privilege to help out a local venue like that. And it became obvious that there are many more fans who want to see us.”He continued: “Playing with Frank has been such a pleasure that we wanted to extend the fun.

Jack White has shared details about how he plans to tour his new album ‘No Name’, revealing that he’ll “mostly be playing at small clubs”.The soloist and former White Stripes frontman has performed a string of intimate shows recently in support of his surprise sixth studio album, which was given a wider release earlier this month.White kicked off the run of dates at the American Legion Post 82 bar in Nashville, Tennessee late last month before taking to the stage in Atlanta and Athens ahead of some European festival appearances. He then played another Nashville gig last night (August 13).Taking to social media yesterday, the singer-songwriter posted a statement about how the recent small shows are part of a wider unconventional tour in support of ‘No Name’.White wrote: “Hello, and love to all the peoples of the world out there.

Jimmy Eat World have announced a ‘Futures’ one-off show in celebration of the album’s 20th anniversary along with special live vinyl LPs.The band took to their official X/Twitter account to share a black-and-white video that sees frontman, Jim Adkins, step into a telephone booth and pick up a ringing phone before the frame changes to clips of the band performing their song ‘Futures’ in what appears to be a live studio.The words “Jimmy Eat World, Celebrating 20 years of ‘Futures’ October 17 at The Van Buren, Phoenix” then appear on the screen as the band continue playing the track. “It’s unbelievable to us that our album Futures is almost 20 years old! Making Futures was one of the most difficult yet rewarding accomplishments in our time as a band,” began the caption of the band’s post.It’s unbelievable to us that our album Futures is almost 20 years old! Making Futures was one of the most difficult yet rewarding accomplishments in our time as a band.

Gojira, Trivium and Machine Head have been announced as the headliners for next year’s edition of Bloodstock festival.The annual heavy metal music bash will return to its home of Catton Park, Derbyshire on the weekend of August 7-10, 2025. Other acts to have been announced include the likes of Me And That Man, Kataklysm, Static-X, Obituary, Emperor, Lacuna Coil, Orange Goblin, Creeper, Kublai Khan TX, The Black Dahlia Murder, Lord Of The Lost, August Burns Red, All For Metal, Breed 77, 3 Inches Of Blood and Feuerschwanz.

Avenged Sevenfold have announced details of a 25th anniversary show, which will see them perform tracks from early albums ‘Waking The Fallen’ and ‘City Of Evil’.Announced on their social media pages last night (August 12), the upcoming show will see the Huntington Beach metal band head over to Santa Ana later this year to perform at the 1,200-capacity Observatory.Taking place on October 25, the one-off show offers fans a chance to see the band in a significantly more intimate setting than usual – as compared to their recent run of mammoth shows across Europe and headline slot at Download Festival.It will also see A7X break out a unique setlist, as the members have confirmed that the gig will centre on two albums from their earlier discography: 2003’s ‘Waking The Fallen’ and its 2005 follow-up ‘City Of Evil’.They’ll be joined by Orange County band Death by Stereo – who are also celebrating their 25th anniversary – and tickets are priced at just $25 (£19). That being said, tickets are offered exclusively to members of their Deathbats Club, for which an NFT purchase is required.$25 for 25 years.Deathbats Club presents Death By Stereo with special guests Avenged Sevenfold (playing cuts from their two new albums Waking the Fallen and City of Evil).Friday October 25, 2024 at the @ObservatoryOC in Santa Ana, CA.Tickets on sale Friday 8/16 at 10am PT.

WARGASM have announced details of a 2024 UK tour, which will see them head to a variety of “intimate venues” – find ticket details below.The new run of headline shows comes on the heels of the metal duo – comprised of Milkie Way and Sam Matlock – playing a huge number of festival slots over this summer.Titled the ‘Club Shit’ tour, the new run of dates will see the band take over venues across 11 UK cities towards the end of the year, and break out some of their biggest hits in “up-close and personal intimate venues”.Kicking off on October 20, the first show lined up will see them play a set at the Pioneer Club in St Albans.

Sam Fender brought a superfan called Bryon up to perform ‘The Borders’ at Boardmasters 2024. – check it out below.Fender wasn’t long into his Saturday night headlining slot (August 10) at the Newquay festival when he saw the fan holding up a sign that read “I CAN PLAY THE BORDERS”.Bryon then was brought on stage, with a security guard helping him over the barrier, where he joined in for ‘The Borders’ on acoustic guitar.

Taylor Swift has changed her stage time for her upcoming Wembley ‘Eras’ tour shows following the foiled terror plot in Vienna.The ‘Bejeweled’ singer is set to play a five-night run at the stadium in London on August 15, 16, 17,19 and 20.

A post shared by Strawberries & Creem (@strawberriesandcreem)Strawberries & Creem’s stage takeover also kicks off the festival’s 10-year anniversary celebrations and marks their official move to London. Speaking about the collaboration in a press release, Chris Jammer, head of partnerships at S&C said: “Notting Hill Carnival has always been a musical & cultural institution for us, so we’re so excited to be bringing S&C to the party properly for the first time.“Our takeover of this iconic stage is massive for us – we grew up going to Carnival, and experiencing some of the huge moments that took place here.

Visit here to purchase tickets.A post shared by The Fluffy Cloud (@realfluffycloud)The sale will allow roughly 3,000 buyers who did not pre-register to purchase up to two tickets. An estimated 1,500 vehicle passes will also be available to buy.

Boardmasters music festival have spoken out about their injuries.It was reported by the Devon and Cornwall police that the incident at the Newquay festival “left a small number of attendees injured” on Friday (August 9), with the festival later confirming that seven attendees were taken to hospital.In a statement on the police website, they described it as an isolated incident, and said: “The injured parties are currently being treated on-site by medical staff or have been taken to hospital to be checked over. None of the injuries are considered serious.”As a result, a DJ set was cancelled, with Boardmasters taking to X/Twitter to say: “Sammy Virji’s set was cancelled this evening to allow our on site teams to respond to a crowd surge.

All Points East 2024 has announced an official afterparty to follow LCD Soundsystem‘s upcoming set at the festival. Find all the details below.The NYC band are due to top the bill at Victoria Park in east London on Friday August 23, having previously headlined the event in 2018.

Rod Stewart has been forced to cancel what would have been his 200th show in Las Vegas after contracting strep throat.In a post on Instagram, Stewart said he was “desperately sorry to miss this 200th show celebration” due to being unwell from the bacterial infection. The musician, 79, was due to bring his ‘The Hits’ show to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace to a close on Wednesday (August 7).He added: “Most people can work with strep throat but obviously not me.

Blink-182 have been forced to cancel two shows due to illness on their current US tour.The band updated fans on social media yesterday (August 8) that their two upcoming shows at Kansas City and St. Louis would be affected.They wrote: “Unfortunately, due to illness we are unable to make it to Kansas City and St.

Bruce Springsteen joined Zach Bryan as a surprise guest on stage during a show in Philadelphia this week for a performance of ‘Atlantic City’.On Wednesday (August 7), during the second Philadelphia show of Bryan’s ‘Quittin Time Tour’, the pair performed the iconic Springsteen track as well as their new collaboration ‘Sandpaper’.‘Atlantic City’, taken from Springsteen’s 1982 album ‘Nebraska’, is a stripped-down acoustic number with haunting lyrics and a spine-tingling sound.The pair sang the iconic chorus together: “Everything dies, baby that’s a fact/But maybe everything that dies some day comes back/Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty/And meet me tonight in Atlantic City.”They then went into ‘Sandpaper’ a Springsteen-featuring track from Bryan’s latest album ‘The Great American Bar Scene‘. The new project also features John Mayer and John Moreland.Concert-goers in Philadelphia have been posting footage from the shared moment on stage on TikTok.

Lauryn Hill and the Fugees have confirmed that their planned Europe and UK tour late this year will proceed as planned, and have commented on their recently canceled North American tour.Yesterday (August 7), it was revealed that Hill and the Fugees’ North American run of shows had been cancelled just three days before the trek was meant to kick off. At the time, no reasoning or explanation was shared for the cancellation, and the fate of the UK and Europe tour was left hanging in the balance.Now, Hill has shed light on the situation, firstly confirming on social media that the Europe and UK tour is still going ahead – they had just announced additional shows for the European tour last week.Hill wrote on Instagram: “The shows in the UK and Europe ARE MOVING FORWARD as planned.”She then went on to explain why the North American tour was canned: “Last year, I faced an injury that necessitated the rescheduling of some of my shows.

Taylor Swift‘s shows in Vienna have been cancelled following the arrest of two suspects who allegedly plotted a terror attack.The three gigs were set to take place on August 8, 9 and 10 at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna, Austria as part of the popstar’s ongoing ‘Eras’ tour. The cancellation comes hours after police announced that they had narrowly foiled an ISIS plot to attack one of Swift’s shows in the country.“With confirmation from government officials of a planned terrorist attack at Ernst Happel Stadium, we have no choice but to cancel the three scheduled shows for everyone’s safety.

Bright Eyes are back with a new, punk rock-inspired single ‘Rainbow Overpass’ – check it out below, as well as newly announced US tour dates.The track marks the latest single that the American indie-rock band have shared from their forthcoming new album ‘Five Dice, All Threes’, which is set to arrive on September 20 via Dead Oceans.Following on from the lead single ‘Bells & Whistles’, which arrived last month, the latest teaser of the upcoming LP takes a more intense, high-energy approach – utilising the same vigour and intensity of the punk scene.Propelled by acoustic guitar, horns and unforgettable vocals featuring Alex Orange Drink of The So So Glos, the finished result makes a powerful nod to artists like Beastie Boys.“Alex and I wrote a lot of the songs together, but ‘Rainbow Overpass’ is the only one he gets [to sing] a verse. He’s kinda like my hype man, getting a little Beastie Boys on the shit,” said frontman Conor Oberst.“They grew up on punk rock and the Beasties, so there are a lot of little bursts of other voices.

Ben Howard has announced a third London show for his ‘I Forget Where We Were’ 10th anniversary UK and Ireland tour. Find all the details below.The singer-songwriter is due to hit the road this autumn to celebrate a decade of his 2014 second studio album.Tickets for the first two London dates – which will take place at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith on October 22 and 23 – went on sale in May, along with the rest of the trek.Today (August 7), Howard confirmed that he’ll return to the same venue in the capital for an extra gig on November 3 ahead of his scheduled European tour.Tickets go on general sale at 10am BST this Friday (August 9) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.

Journey have cancelled their UK and Ireland 50th anniversary arena tour – you can find all the details below.The ‘Don’t Stop Believin” band had been due to embark on their ‘Freedom Tour’ this autumn with special guests Cheap Trick.Tickets for the run of gigs – which included a stop at The O2 in London – went on sale back in March. Now, it has been confirmed in a brief statement that the 11-date trek has been axed.“Due to circumstances beyond the band’s control, Journey’s UK and Ireland tour is unfortunately cancelled,” the message reads (via Radio X).