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Sixpence None The Richer have announced their first tour with all four original members in almost 20 years. Find all the information below.The US alt-rock band, best known for their singles ‘Kiss Me’ (1998) and ‘Breathe Your Name’ (2002), are due to hit the road in the US this autumn for their ‘We Are Love’ 25th anniversary trek.It has been confirmed that the full original line-up – Leigh Nash, Matt Slocum, Dale Baker and Justin Cary – will perform at the upcoming shows, which are set to coincide with new music from the group.Sixpence None The Richer’s 2024 US reunion tour will include stops in Memphis, Houston, New Orleans, Chicago, Nashville, Philadelphia, Boston, New York and other locations.Tickets go on general sale tomorrow (Friday June 14) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.

Stevie Nicks‘ headline show at BST Hyde Park 2024 has been announced – check it out below.The Fleetwood Mac icon is and soloist is set to perform at the summer concert series on Friday July 12. It comes as part of her 2024 UK and Ireland tour, which kicks off in Dublin earlier that month.In April, it was confirmed that Brandi Carlile, Anna Calvi and Paris Paloma would be opening for Nicks in the capital.Today (June 13), organisers have completed the bill by adding seven more support acts.

NOFX have announced the line-ups for their final three shows – see the rosters they’ve amassed below.Last night (June 12), NOFX took to social media to share the daily line-ups for their trilogy of farewell shows in San Pedro, California. Each line-up differs from day to day, and will see other iconic bands in the genre support NOFX as they take their final bows.On Friday (October 4), the band will see support from Dropkick Murphys, MXPX, Bouncing Souls, Sick Of It All, 7 Seconds, DOA, D.I., Luicidal, The Last Gang and Knuckleheadz.The following day, NOFX will be supported by Descendents, Less Than Jake, Lagwagon, Strung Out, Good Riddance, Mad Caddies, Swingin’ Utters, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, Get Dead and Poli Van Dam.NOFX’s final show ever will take place on October 5 with Pennywise, The Vandals, Subhumans, Fishbone, Codefendants, The Flatlines, We Are The Union, Das Klown and a surprise band from the UK.Tickets to NOFX’s final shows are available now.A post shared by Punk In Drublic (@punkindrublicfestival)Per a statement from the band, their support for the final three shows were “hand selected by the band,” some of whom are their “closest friends from over the years”.The Los Angeles-formed punk rock band announced back in November that they would be embarking on their final run of shows in 2024 to wrap up a 40-year career.

Enter Shikari have announced a run of “smaller, sweatier” shows for later this year.After they played a massive UK arena tour earlier this year, and are set to perform on the main stage of Download Festival this weekend, the band are set to round out the year by returning to some towns and venues they haven’t played as frequently.“People often travel considerable distances to come to live shows, so we feel it’s important for us to make the effort as well sometimes and play places that your standard tour wouldn’t normally,” frontman Rou Reynolds said in a press release.“On this run we’ve got some smaller stops that we haven’t played in ages, sandwiched in with cities like Birmingham, Liverpool, and Glasgow, that we didn’t get to visit on our arena tour.“As much as we love the bigger rooms it’s going to be killer to play some smaller sweatier places again, and as these will be our last UK shows for quite a while, we couldn’t go into hiding without one last visit to the Barras!”The tour is similar in size and scope to their 2013 ‘Return To Energiser’ tour, which saw the band play a range of smaller towns, including a show on Weston-Super-Mare’s pier.To coincide with the announcement Enter Shikari also shared a live video of them performing recent single ‘Losing My Grip’ featuring a guest appearance from Fever 333’s Jason Aalon Butler.“Preparing our production for the arena tour was so intense that we never got to make a music video for ‘Losing My Grip’.

Lord Of The Rings composer Howard Shore and will run in association with the BFI next year from March 19-26.The event will feature a conversation with Shore and legendary filmmaker David Cronenberg about their collaborative work, as well as live performances, panel discussions, in-conversation screenings, composer Q&As and masterclasses with some of the biggest names in film, TV and games music.Cronenberg and Shore have worked together for over 45 years on films including Videodrome, The Fly, Dead Ringers, Crash, M Butterfly, Eastern Promises, A History of Violence, Naked Lunch and The Shrouds – their most recent collaboration and their 17th overall.A retrospective of the work of Shore will run alongside events events celebrating the work of Hildur Guðnadóttir (Tar, Joker), Anna Meredith (Eighth Grade), Anne Dudley (Poldark, The Full Monty), Harry Gregson-Williams (The Martian), Stephen Barton (Star Trek: Picard, Star Wars: Jedi – Fallen Order, Apex Legends), Natalie Holt (Loki, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Paddington) and Paul Farrer (The Chase, Weakest Link).

Pantera have announced their first UK and Ireland tour in 20 years – find ticket details below.The heavy metal icons will be headed across the pond in early 2025, and the tour will mark their first time performing headline shows here in two decades.They first announced plans to reunite with a revamped line-up back in July 2022 – this saw Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne) on guitar and Charlie Benante (Anthrax) on drums joining original members, frontman Phil Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown.The news broke following the band signing a deal with Artist Group International for a series of US tour dates.Wylde took on the role from late guitarist Dimebag Darrell, who was killed onstage in 2004. Benante, meanwhile, fills the role left by the late Vinnie Paul who died from medical complications in 2018.While the reformed line-up have taken to the stage multiple times across the US since reforming – including acting as support for Metallica on their ‘72 Seasons’ tour – their dates in the UK and Ireland have been limited.

Interpol have added a number of US dates to their 2024 ‘Antics’ 20th anniversary tour. Find ticket details below.The album, which was released in 2004, marked the band’s second studio album and peaked at Number 15 on the Billboard 200 and at Number 21 in the UK Albums Chart.

Beabadoobee has confirmed details of a UK leg of her ‘This Is How Tomorrow Moves’ tour, set to take place later this year. Find ticket details below.Announced today (June 11), the upcoming tour dates will take place towards the end of 2024, and see the London-based singer-songwriter head to numerous cities across the country in a nine-date run.The dates come on the heels of the North American leg of the tour, for which tickets recently went on sale and the shows will lead Beabadoobee up until September.

Culture Club have announced details of a 2024 tour across the UK and Ireland, set to celebrate their first two studio albums. Find ticket details below.The upcoming gigs will take place across December, and see Boy George and co.

Jamie xx has announced a second London show for 2024 due to phenomenal demand. Find all the details below.The DJ, producer and member of The xx is due to release his new solo album ‘In Waves’ on September 20 via Young, following on from his 2015 debut ‘In Colour’ (pre-order/pre-save here).Last week, the artist shared details of a huge homecoming show at Alexandra Palace in London on Thursday September 26. The gig has since sold out, and another date at the same venue has been confirmed for the day before (Wednesday September 25).Tickets for the additional show are on general sale now – you can buy yours here.A post shared by Jamie xx (@jamie___xx)Before his return to London, Jamie xx will headline the Woodsies stage at Glastonbury Festival 2024 later this month.He has previewed the forthcoming ‘In Waves’ with the single ‘Treat Each Other Right’.In a statement about the record, Jamie xx explained: “My new album, ‘In Waves’, will be out on September 20.

Latitude 2024 due to the festival’s sponsorship with Barclays and its ties to Israel.They are the two leading names when it comes to the comedians who are boycotting this year’s edition of the event, and follow numerous musical acts who are refusing to perform while it is still sponsored by the bank.Joanne McNally announced her withdrawal from the festival last week, when she shared an update online. She was set to close the comedy tent at Latitude 2024, which will be held at Henham Park in Suffolk between July 25 and 28.“I’m getting messages today about me performing at Latitude when it’s being sponsored by Barclays,” she began on Instagram (via Goss.ie).

Shout Out Louds will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘Howl Howl Gaff Gaff’ with a special show in London later this year. Find all the details below.The Swedish band gave the record an international release in 2005.

Paul McCartney has announced a handful of tour dates in South America later this year – check out the full list of dates below.Last night (June 10), McCartney took to his website to share five live dates in South America, all take place in October. The trek will kick off in Uruguay on October 1, before he performs in Argentina on October 5 and Chile on October 11.

Glastonbury‘s charity partner Greenpeace has announced its programme for this year’s festival, promising to “change hearts and minds” and encourage “protest, activism and voting” ahead of the UK’s General Election.This year’s Greenpeace Field is set to focus on three “central pillars” for “effective climate action” – protest, activism and voting. The General Election will take place the week after Glastonbury on July 4.“Greenpeace is uniting the British public to push the next government – whoever it is – to take climate change seriously,” the charity said in a press release.The charity have also launched a campaign called Project Climate Vote, which is aiming to raise awareness of how voting is “the most impactful action you can take for the climate”.

Slipknot have announced their European live shows slated to take place next summer.The masked icons shared that they will be headlining the 2025 editions of the Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park festival. The two German festivals are set to take place in Nürburg and Nuremberg, respectively, between June 6 – 8 2025. No other acts have been announced at the time of writing.Tickets for the festivals are already available for purchase.

Scowl, Speed and Zulu have become the latest bands to pull out of Download 2024 over its partnership with Barclays and the bank’s ties to Israel.The news follows a similar move from Leeds hardcore band Pest Control who announced they would be pulling out earlier today (June 10), saying that they would not “take part in an event whose sponsor profits from facilitating a genocide.”In a statement posted to their social media, Scowl wrote: “We will not be playing Download fest this year due to Barclays Bank sponsorship of the event and Barclays’ connection to Israel and the genocide Israel is committing in Palestine.“Free Palestine!”They directed fans to the Bands Boycott Barclays campaign for more information and thanked Pest Control “for bringing this to our attention”.Meanwhile, Speed wrote on their social media accounts: “SPEED will no longer be playing Download Festival this Friday June 14 due to the recent news of Barclays Banks sponsorship of the event and their involvement in the war in Gaza.”Zulu announced they would be dropping out shortly after. In their statement, they said: “We will not be playing Download Festival as we just got word about Barclays Bank and their sponsorship of the fest.

Fred again.. has announced his first stadium gig at the LA Memorial Coliseum – find out how you can get your tickets below.The DJ and producer just shared the news today (June 9), where he also wrote that the concert at the 77,500-capacity stadium would be taking place this Friday (June 14).“We been working on this for monthsssss and its definitely the maddest live show we’ve ever tried to do so far,” he added.You can sign up for pre-sale at the link here.

Phish fan who took a bong hit in the Sphere was temporarily banned from MSG venues.An account known as @acid_farts initially posted a video of the bong rip on April 20 to celebrate attending Phish’s Sphere show, who played four nights at the megavenue.However, it appeared as though MSG Entertainment (who own the venue) were not pleased with the stunt. A separate fan account on X/Twitter known as @PhishatMSG posted on June 3 to show a letter apparently addressed to the bong-ripper in question, informing him that he was “indefinitely banned” from MSG venues, which include the legendary Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall amongst others.“If you enter any of the MSG Venues, including, with respect to Madison Square Garden, the box office, Chase Square and the concierge areas, law enforcement will be contacted to ensure your expulsion and you will be subject to the penalties,” the letter concluded.The man, who declined to share his real name in an interview with Rolling Stone, said he had “no regrets”, except for one: “I’ll never see the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall”.Two days after the Rolling Stone article was published on June 6, MSG Entertainment then shared a statement claiming he was “not banned”, saying: “There was a breakdown in our process due to a change in personnel which resulted in the letter being sent inadvertently.

Pride Month.However, it appears that the post provoked a number of negative reactions, leading to the festival saying it will take decisive action against the people behind the “hateful” accounts.There is zero tolerance of any type of hate speech at Boomtown. We are taking steps to blacklist anyone we find spreading hateful messages from coming to the festival. We want to make it very clear that anyone with this type of view is not welcome at Boomtown.

Taylor Swift finally kicked off the UK leg of the ‘Eras’ tour in Edinburgh last night (June 7) – check out all the notable moments from the night below.The show was the first of three consecutive shows at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium and some fans had been queuing for days ahead of gates opening. The day before the show, fans queuing for merch had been warned by security that they could expect to wait over an hour to get served.Swift mentioned during the show – her first in Scotland since 2015 – that she had been told this was the most highly-attended stadium show in Scottish history.She also suggested that Scotland had unconsciously inspired her two lockdown albums ‘folklore’ and ‘evermore’.

Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer kicked off their joint UK tour in Birmingham last night – check out footage and their setlists below.Even though it was a joint tour, both bands played substantial setlists full of hits, deep cuts and the occasional cover. It also marked the Pumpkins’ first gig with new guitarist Kiki Wong, who was selected from over 100,000 applications earlier this year when they put out an open call to replace longtime guitarist Jeff Schroeder.Up first was Weezer, who stormed through a 19-song setlist containing the usual run of hits frm ‘My Name Is Jonas’ and ‘Beverly Hills’ to ‘Say It Ain’t So’ and ‘Buddy Holly’.They also played their cover of Hole‘s ‘Celebrity Skin’, which they had previously played at a one-off show in Santa Ana, California last month.Smashing Pumpkins followed with a 24-song run.