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My Chemical Romance, Blink-182 and Deftones will headline the 2025 edition of Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta.The event is returning for its 12th year and will run from September 19 to 21 in its new home on Piedmont Park in downtown Atlanta, with a pre-sale for tickets taking place at 10am local time on Thursday (February 27) – sign up to receive the SMS access code for the pre-sale here.In addition to the three headliners, Shaky Knees will also play host to performances from Vampire Weekend, Cage The Elephant, Alabama Shakes, The Black Keys, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, The Marias and Public Enemy.Also on the bill are IDLES, Pixies, TV On The Radio, Lucy Dacus, Devo, The All-American Rejects, Sublime, Lenny Kravitz, Wet Leg, Franz Ferdinand, Spoon, Inhaler, Lambrini Girls, Johnny Marr, Mannequin Pussy, CMAT, English Teacher and Stereophonics.Welcome to a new era

Stereophonics have shared an emotional new single called ‘Seems Like You Don’t Know Me’. Check it out below.The new song marks the latest preview of the band’s forthcoming album ‘Make ‘em Laugh, Make ‘em Cry, Make ‘em Wait’.

Kelly Jones has revealed when fans can expect to hear the new single and album from Stereophonics – read on for all the info.Late last year, the frontman spoke of his excitement about touring in 2025 and casually let slip that they had already recorded their 13th studio album and follow-up to 2022’s ‘Oochya!’.“Being on the road again with my best friends, playing all the hits of this band’s catalogue, for people in huge outdoor gatherings through the summer of 2025 makes me so excited, we should make a new album…oh wait …we already did that!” he said at the time. “See ya there for more good times….TUNE!!! TUNE!!! TUNE!!”Now, during an interview with Johnny Vaughan on Radio X, the singer has shone more light on the schedule for 2025.“Yeah, our new single’s out in January and then the album’s in March, so there you go!” he said.One part of the plan for the year ahead that we already knew about was a huge headline show at the Royal Sandringham Estate in Norfolk to take place on August 16.

James and Stereophonics leading the line-up. Find ticket details below.The two-day event will be returning to Victoria Park, Warrington over the May bank holiday weekend (May 24 and 25).James will be headlining on the first day of the event, with performances also coming from The Wombats, The Reytons, Ocean Colour Scene, The Snuts and Amy MacDonald.

Stereophonics are heading to the massive Royal Sandringham Estate for a headlining gig next year – find out more below.Today (November 1), Stereophonics and Heritage Live have announced that the Welsh rockers will headline the Royal Sandringham Estate in Norfolk on August 16. Blossoms and Jake Bugg – who have been billed as special guests – will be joining Kelly Jones and co.

Stereophonics have announced they’ll be embarking on a ‘Stadium Anthems’ UK and Ireland tour next year.The tour marks the Welsh rock veterans first in three years, and will kick off in Belfast before culminating in a huge hometown gig at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. Special guests for the tour have not yet been announced.The ‘Stadium Anthems’ run will see Stereophonics play some huge venues, including Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park as part of Summer Sessions, Dublin’s St.

Liam Gallagher, Suede, Stereophonics, SJM and more have shared their tributes to the late promoter Chris York.Today (July 25), SJM Concerts announced the news of their director, who died aged 55 following a long illness.Throughout his career, which spanned over 30 years, York worked with some of the world’s biggest artists including Oasis, Lorde, Morrissey, Suede, Stereophonics, Massive Attack and more.He was also responsible as lead booker for developing the Teenage Cancer Trust series at Royal Albert Hall alongside Roger Daltry, live producer Des Murphy and SJM co-director Rob Ballantine.Now, a wave of artists have paid tribute to York following the news of his death. Liam Gallagher wrote: “RIP CHRIS YORK”, whilst Stereophonics said that York “showed incredible strength and resilience”.Meanwhile, Suede’s Mat Osman wrote: “There was no better sign of a great gig than Chris shyly poking his head around the dressing room door after and saying ‘well that was alright, wasn’t it?’”.

Stereophonics‘ Kelly Jones has announced an intimate 2024 UK solo tour set to take place later this Spring.The six-date run of gigs will see Jones play 12 shows – two on each day at each venue with one performance set to go on at 7pm GMT and the other at 9pm GMT. The tour will kick off at the Birmingham Town Hall on Sunday, May 5.

Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones has spoken about his experience of launching a solo career, saying that he wants to “make music like filmmakers make films”.The singer-songwriter announced his new solo album, ‘Inevitable Incredible’, and shared its title track last week. You can pre-order/pre-save the record here.Due for release on May 3, the project sees Jones writing primarily on the piano for the first time. All the songs were crafted between October and December of 2022, and have been described as some of his most emotional and brutally honest material to date.The album was recorded at the remote Ocean Sound studio in Norway, tucked away on a remote island in the North Sea, with just Jones’ studio engineer and backline technician with him.Now, Jones – also of Far Front Saints – has written for NME about how ‘Inevitable Incredible’ came about, discussed the “emotion and vulnerability” he put into the music, and spoken about his overall goal as a solo artist.Writing about the record exclusively for NME, Jones said:“‘I’m not sure I got room for an old upright piano at home right now’.

Kelly Jones has announced details of a new solo album ‘Inevitable Incredible’. Check out the moving title track below.The upcoming record marks the latest full-length solo effort from the musician, following on from his time as the frontman for Stereophonics and in his more recent side-project Far From Saints.Set for release on May 3, ‘Inevitable Incredible’ sees Jones writing primarily on the piano for the first time.

Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones has recalled the time his neighbour complained about the volume of his ‘Tom Jones records’, only to discover it was actually Tom Jones singing.The singer-songwriter recalled the incident in a recent appearance on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show, hosted by Zoe Ball.Reflecting on his friendship with the legendary Welsh singer, he revealed that they have known each other for over 25 years, and he once got him into hot water with his upstairs neighbour.According to Jones, the ‘She’s A Lady’ vocalist had returned to his flat after a slot on the Jools Holland show, and the two of them, along with late Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable began singing around the house.“I’ve known him since ’97… I played a few gigs with him last weekend actually with Far From Saints down at Cardiff Castle,” he began.“He came back to my flat once after doing a Jools Holland show with Stuart. We were having a drink in the house and it was going on a bit,” he continued.

Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones has criticised the use of artificial intelligence in songwriting.As more artists are speaking out about the increased prevalence of AI in the music industry, the singer said that art is about “a real person’s expression”.Jones was speaking to Times Radio at Latitude Festival on Sunday (July 23), after he’d performed with his new band Far From Saints when he shared his doubts about AI.The musician said it wasn’t until he attended the Ivor Novello Awards in May this year that he released AI technology was being used more to “finish off people’s songwriting” (via BBC).“I’m not against forward-thinking technology and how things are progressing, but I think art should come from people, I mean the basics of it anyway,” he said.“I think art has always been somebody’s expression, a real person’s expression from a heart, from a head.”He added: “If you’re going to start an idea, then a computer finishes it, I mean, it’s OK, but it’s just about algorithms and things like that.”The singer also said he’s “not really into 10 songwriters on a song”, adding: “It’s like if you’re making a painting, you’ve got 10 painters chucking paint on a canvas. I mean, whose painting is it anymore?”Jones is not the first artist to cast doubt over emerging AI technology in the music industry.

Coldplay’s show in Cardiff were left surprised after Stereophonics singer Kelly Jones joined the band onstage.The gig took place at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium last night (June 6), and marked the first of their two sold-out performances in the city.The 23-song set saw Chris Martin and co take on all of their best-known hits, including ‘Yellow’, ‘Viva La Vida’, ‘Clocks’ and ‘The Scientist’, as well as renditions of their newer material, taken from their latest album ‘Music of the Spheres’, which arrived in 2021.The main highlight of the night, however, came in the latter half of the set, when the British rockers were joined onstage by Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones to the delight of his native Welsh crowd.The surprise guest appearance arrived after the band performed a rendition of ‘Green Eyes’, a song taken from their 2002 album ‘A Rush Of Blood To The Head’. Here, the frontman joined the four-piece onstage for a rendition of Stereophonics’ hit track ‘Dakota’.

Kelly Jones has revealed that he still dreams about the late Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable “at least five times a week”.Cable played with the Welsh band between 1992 and 2003, before the musician and broadcaster tragically died in 2010. He was 40 years old.During the most recent episode of the podcast I Never Thought It Would Happen – hosted by Chris Difford of Squeeze – Jones opened up about how Cable was “like a big brother” to him after being asked did he “take him on stage with him?” (via Wales Online).“Stuart turns up in my dreams,” Jones explained, saying it was an “intense” time when the drummer passed away.“At least five times a week [I dream about him]. It’s bizarre,” the singer continued.

Stereophonics‘ Kelly Jones, have announced their debut album and unveiled their latest single, ‘Take It Through The Night’.The self-titled release sees the Stereophonics frontman continue his collaboration with Patty Lynn and Dwight Baker from The Wind And The Wave. Set to be released on June 16, the project follows the band’s debut single ‘Let’s Turn This Back Around’ which was released earlier this year.‘Take It Through The Night’ is a blues-inspired track, that sees the three-piece channel iconic ’70s bands Led Zeppelin and Fleetwood Mac.“Patty wrote the whole ‘Take It Through The Night’ lyric herself,” said Jones.

Paul Weller has announced the support acts for his Forest Live 2023 gigs – find details below and purchase tickets for the gigs here.As announced last month, the Modfather will play three outdoor gigs this June, performing on Thursday, June 8 at Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire, Friday, June 9 at Cannock Chase Forest, Staffordshire and Saturday, June 17 at Thetford Forest, Suffolk.Speaking about the upcoming dates in a statement, Weller said: “I am very happy to be playing the Forest Live gigs again as they are always such great shows with such a great audience! See you there.”Now, it’s been confirmed that he will be supported by Far From Saints, the new band of Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones, and Manchester singer-songwriter Seb Lowe.Paul is very happy to announce the amazing guest artists that will be supporting him for the Forest shows this Summer! The brilliant @Seb_lowe_music will be supporting, and joining as a very special guest at the shows is Kelly Jones' band @farfromsaints! pic.twitter.com/ZrufobkhZ4— Paul Weller (@paulwellerHQ) February 20, 2023Following the Forest Live gigs, Weller will headline Y Not Festival this July. The festival will return to Pikehall in Derbyshire from July 28-30, with Royal Blood topping the bill on the Friday night.

Kelly Jones‘ new band Far From Saints have announced their debut live show – find all the details below.The Stereophonics frontman has teamed up with Patty Lynn and Dwight Baker of Austin group The Wind And The Wave for the collaborative project. Their first single, ‘Let’s Turn This Back Around’, came out last month.As confirmed this week, Far From Saints will take to the stage at the EartH Theatre in Hackney, London on Monday, June 5.

Stereophonics‘ Adam Zindani is set to release his debut solo single ‘What About Love’ next month.The track is released on October 14 on his own label Voice Of Vega Records via Absolute. You can pre-save the song here.It will feature on Zindani’s forthcoming debut solo LP, which he wrote during lockdown and is releasing in early 2023.“The original premise was nothing more than being creative,” Zindani said in a statement.

Stereophonics have joined the legion of bands and artists paying tribute to the Foo Fighters’ late drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died on Friday (March 25) at the age of 50.Currently touring in support of their 12th studio album, ‘Oochya!’ – which landed earlier this month – the Welsh band performed at the Brighton Centre last night (March 26). There, they delivered a pared-back, ballad-esque rendition of the Foo Fighters’ 2005 hit ‘Best Of You’, dedicated, in Hawkins’ memory, to the Foo Fighters and their families.Introducing the track, Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones noted that they’d “met Taylor a few times”, and pensively noted that “we’ve all been in that position in this band, where we’ve lost a band member”.

Stereophonics have shared their latest track ‘Right Place Right Time’ – you can hear the new song below.The track is taken from the long-running band’s upcoming new album ‘Oochya!’, which is set for release on Friday (March 4) via Stylus Records (through Ignition Records Ltd).The Kelly Jones-written ‘Right Place Right Time’ is the final preview of Stereophonics’ upcoming LP, and follows on from previous singles ‘Hanging On Your Hinges’, ‘Do Ya Feel My Love?’ and ‘Forever’.You can hear Stereophonics’ ‘Right Place Right Time’ below.Speaking to NME earlier this month, Stereophonics frontman Jones said that ‘Right Time Right Place’ explores his love life.“I’ve never mentioned three girlfriends in one song before!” he joked. “It’s quite strange actually, but it’s about serendipity and destiny.

Stereophonics and Cat Power are among the new support acts that have been announced for Pearl Jam‘s pair of Hyde Park shows this summer.Pearl Jam will play at the BST Hyde Park series in central London on July 8 and 9, with Pixies already set to support the band on the opening night.This morning (February 24) BST Hyde Park announced a host of support acts for both shows. Cat Power, White Reaper, The Murder Capital, The Glorious Sons, Simon Townshend, La Luz, Sick Joy and Dream Nails will all play on July 8 prior to Pearl Jam’s headline slot.Stereophonics lead the support acts on July 9, with Imelda May, The Last Internationale, La Luz, JJ Wilde and The Wild Things also set to perform.More artists are due to be announced for both line-ups in the coming weeks and months.