The Last Dinner Party: Last News

BRITs, The Last Dinner Party discussed how they want to encourage more discussion around artists’ mental health, and told NME that their second album is on the way.The band caught up with NME while on the red carpet for this year’s BRIT Awards, where they were nominated for four awards, but walked away with Best New Artist – and used their speech to voice support for grassroots music venues.During the interview, the band looked back at the milestones they’ve seen since taking home the Rising Star award in 2024, and revealed what changes they have implemented since facing mental health struggles on the road.Looking back at how they were forced to cancel several live shows at the end of last year due to “emotional, mental, physical burnout”, the group told NME about the realisations they have had going into 2025.“[It’s about] planning your year with limitations. Not just seizing every single opportunity because it’s great,” bassist Georgia Davies told NME.

CMAT spoke to NME at the BRITs 2025 about how the success of The Last Dinner Party is marking a new era for women in the music industry.The Irish singer-songwriter, real name Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, caught up with NME while on the red carpet last night (March 1), sharing her love for the artists nominated this year. One in particular was The Last Dinner Party, who she credited with having inspiring impact on other women.The band were the recipients of the BRITs Rising Star award last year, and were nominated for four awards this time, walking away with Best New Artist and using their speech to voice support for grassroots music venues.“I’m very openly a big fan of The Last Dinner Party, they’re such a beacon for me,” CMAT told NME.

The Last Dinner Party gave a shout out to the UK’s grassroots music venues as they picked up their BRIT Award for Best New Artist last night (March 1). Check out their speech below.After picking up the BRITs Rising Star award in 2024, the London band returned this year to take Best New Artist, following the release of their debut album ‘Prelude To Ecstasy‘.During their speech, they took a moment to highlight the current challenges facing grassroots music venues in the UK.

The Kooks have announced details of their seventh album ‘Never/Know’. Check out the title track below along with our interview with frontman Luke Pritchard.Due for release on May 9, ‘Never/Know’ follows 2022’s ‘10 Tracks To Echo In The Dark’ was was produced entirely by Pritchard – who told NME how the majority of the album came together in under five days.“I spent so little time writing. I was still going about life, doing the dishes!” he explained.

BRIT Awards 2025 have been revealed – see the current list of acts below.Today (January 31), the BRIT Awards announced the first five performers for the upcoming awards ceremony, which will take place at The O2 in London on Saturday March 1, and broadcast exclusively on ITV1 and ITVX.Announced so far are JADE, Shaboozey, Teddy Swims, The Last Dinner Party and Myles Smith, the last of whom in December was announced as the winner of the BRIT Awards 2025 Rising Star. Smith is also nominated for three more awards: Best New Artist, Song of the Year and Pop Act.Like Smith, the four other performers who have been announced are also up for several awards at the ceremony.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor was joined by Jessie Ware and Scissor Sisters‘ Jake Shears for her New Year’s Eve Disco BBC special. Check it out below.The pop star brought in 2025 with a huge headline set on BBC One and iPlayer.

The Last Dinner Party has become the latest band to quit X/Twitter, citing the platform’s “spread of misinformation and right-wing political bias”.Since Elon Musk took over the social media platform in October 2022, misinformation and right-wing content has become more rife. Numerous public figures, including Elton John, KISS‘ Gene Simmons, Whoopi Goldbergand Neil Young all quit the platform shortly after Musk’s takeover.There has been a further exodus of users from X/Twitter after Donald Trump was re-elected as President of the United States last week.

Olivia Rodrigo has announced her biggest ever UK show with a headline slot at BST Hyde Park 2025.The ‘Guts’ singer will perform in London on Friday, June 27 next year and is the fifth artist to join next year’s line-up after Noah Kahan, Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Zach Bryan and Hugh Jackman were all previously confirmed to headline BST.Support will come from The Last Dinner Party and Girl In Red with more acts to be announced in the coming weeks. Tickets go on general sale this Friday (November 15) at 9am GMT and can be purchased here.Speculation will grow following the announcement that Rodrigo could well headline Glastonbury next year with her headline slot at Hyde Park coming on the same weekend.She also has free slots on June 28 and 29 before she performs at Co-op Live Arena in Manchester on the Monday (June 30).She previously pulled a mammoth crowd to The Other Stage in 2022 and Rodrigo is already one of the bookies’ favourites to top the Pyramid Stage in 2025.Other rumoured headliners include Sam Fender and Green Day, while Cher was in “meaningful talks” about taking on the coveted Legends slot, which this year was taken on by Shania Twain.Tickets for the Worthy Farm bash go on sale this week with coach and ticket packages going on sale at 6pm (GMT) on Thursday (November 14), followed by standard tickets at 9am (GMT) on Sunday (November 17).

The Last Dinner Party have cancelled a number of European tour dates, citing “emotional, mental, physical burnout”.The announcement comes after the band took to social media last month to announce the last-minute postponement of their Cardiff concert after a member fell ill.Just days later, they confirmed the cancellation of more concerts on their UK and Ireland tour for the same reason. Gigs in Birmingham, Nottingham, Bristol and Southampton were scrapped, with the band issuing refunds to fans.Now, Abigail Morris and co.

The Last Dinner Party covered a Lana Del Rey classic at the Hammersmith Apollo.During the final night of their three-night Hammersmith Apollo residency on October 19, the band performed a rousing cover of ‘Ride’ from 2012’s ‘Born To Die – The Paradise Edition’, as well as a rendition of Chris Isaak’s ‘Wicked Game’ earlier in the night.It comes after the band recently released ‘Prelude To Ecstasy: Acoustics and Covers’, which they previewed with their version of Sparks’ ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us’, and elsewhere on their UK tour have performed ‘Nothing Matters’ in Simlish.Check out fan-shot footage of ‘Ride’ their cover below.The Last Dinner Party reminding us that Ride is indeed the best “big” Lana song pic.twitter.com/NpkK0Oyd2x— Poppie Platt (@poppieplatt) October 19, 2024the last dinner party covering ‘ride’ by lana del rey in london…. don’t talk to me pic.twitter.com/3sM8SxWhmV— amika (@paprikamusix) October 21, 2024‘Burn Alive’‘Caesar on a TV Screen’‘Second Best’‘Beautiful Boy’‘Wicked Game’ (Chris Isaak cover)‘On Your Side’‘Gjuha’‘Sinner’‘Portrait of a Dead Girl’‘The Feminine Urge’‘Mirror’‘Big Dog’‘My Lady of Mercy’Encore:‘The Killer’‘Ride’ (Lana Del Rey cover)‘Nothing Matters’Queen‘s Brian May was in attendance at one of their other Eventim Apollo gigs last week (October 16), and went on to share post of himself with former NME cover stars, dubbing them “the new British Rock Royalty“.Elsewhere, the band recently spoke to NME at the 2024 Mercury Prize, and discussed their approach to building a “sense of community” among their fans.

Queen‘s Brian May has shared praise for The Last Dinner Party – see what the rock legend had to say below.On Wednesday night (October 16), May shared a post of himself with former NME cover stars The Last Dinner Party backstage at the latter’s concert at the Eventim Apollo in London.He wrote: “I got to meet the new British Rock Royalty tonight – The Last Dinner Party – and they completely smashed it tonight at the Eventim Apollo. What a great show! What a joy!!! Thanks Emily for inviting me.

The Last Dinner Party have announced the cancellation of more concerts on their UK and Ireland tour due to illness.This past weekend (September 29), the band took to social media to announce the last-minute postponement of their Cardiff concert after a member fell ill. Now, The Last Dinner Party have entirely cancelled four more upcoming concerts.As such, the band’s shows in Birmingham, Nottingham, Bristol and Southampton have been scrapped, with the band announcing that refunds will be issued within 15 days.They wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “This is due to an unforeseen illness in the band and, following medical advice, we have to prioritise our health at this time.” They continued, “TLDP is here today because of you and we want to keep touring and sharing our music with you for a long long time – but in order to do that we have to make serious decisions like these now so that our long term health doesn’t suffer.”pic.twitter.com/XZ1YkWC5HM— The Last Dinner Party (@lastdinnerparty) September 30, 2024The Last Dinner Party’s sold-out UK and Ireland headline tour is set to continue in Dublin on Monday (October 7).

The Last Dinner Party have issued a statement following reports circulating on social media about the conduct of the security staff at their cancelled Lincoln gig this weekend.The band were due to play The Engine Shed in Lincoln on Saturday (September 28), but the show was cancelled shortly before they were supposed to take to the stage due to a member of the band falling ill. Their show in Cardiff the following night (September 29) was also postponed.However, prior to the show’s cancellation, numerous men took to social media to complain that, upon trying to enter the venue, they had been questioned extensively by The Engine Shed’s staff over their knowledge of the band.“Just arrived at the gig, been funnelled into a dark corner with other men, told I might be a pervert cus I’m alone and then taken into a room alone with a security guard where I was interrogated and searched.

The Last Dinner Party‘s show last night (September 28).Numerous men had said on social media that they had been questioned extensively by staff at the venue over their knowledge of the band.“Just arrived at the gig, been funnelled into a dark corner with other men, told I might be a pervert cus I’m alone and then taken into a room alone with a security guard where I was interrogated and searched. Feel sick,” one man claimed on X/Twitter, whose post has gone viral.He added in comments that he had been asked what his favourite song by the band was.Others in the comments said that they had had similar experiences.

The Last Dinner Party has postponed their show in Cardiff tonight (September 29) due to illness.The 2024 Mercury Prize-nominated band are currently on a sold-out UK and Ireland headline tour in support of their debut album ‘Prelude To Ecstasy’, which was the biggest UK Number One debut album in nine years. They are set to follow it with a European tour later this year.However, the band confirmed on their Instagram story that their show tonight at Cardiff Tramshed will not be going ahead.

The Darkness at the Sky Arts Awards 2024 – check out footage of the moment below.The ceremony took place last night (September 17) at London’s Roundhouse, and winners received an award on the night that had been designed by Reeves.The comedian, real name Jim Moir, spoke about the awards ahead of the show to Sky, saying: “The finished pieces are Bronze sculptures standing roughly one foot tall, they’re heavy too at four kilograms so will fit perfectly on a mantlepiece… or used as a doorstop!”There were live performances during the evening from acts including The Darkness, Ren, and poet Lemn Sissay.It was during The Darkness’ closing performance that Reeves stormed the stage. When the band were playing ‘I Believe In A Thing Called Love’, Reeves arrived on stage and grabbed the microphone to sing the song’s second chorus.

Former Cover stars The Last Dinner Party have spoken to NME at the 2024 Mercury Prize, and recalled how they managed to build a “sense of community” with their fans.The London band released their acclaimed debut record, ‘Prelude To Ecstasy’ back in February. It subsequently became the biggest UK Number One debut album in nine years, and named by NME as one of the 10 best debut albums of 2024 so far.It was also shortlisted for this year’s Mercury Prize, alongside albums from Charli XCX, CMAT, Ghetts, Corinne Bailey Rae, Beth Gibbons, Barry Can’t Swim and more.

The Last Dinner Party have today (August 28) announced a new album of covers and acoustic versions.The collection, which includes a soaring rendition of Sparks‘ ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us’, will arrive on October 11. You can pre-order/save ‘Prelude To Ecstasy: Acoustics and Covers’ here.The band’s cover of Sparks’ 1974 single arrives alongside a tour montage video that’s been put together with footage shot over the band’s recent trips to Japan, The United States and their recent performance at Reading Festival.

The Last Dinner Party have announced a ‘Prelude to Ecstasy’ film, following their debut album of the same name.The film will arrive on September 12, and the five-piece have invited fans to watch it with them at the premiere in Soho, London – and you can register here for the chance to attend. If you don’t get tickets, you can view it on YouTube at 8pm the same day instead.They announced the news on X, formerly Twitter, writing: “‘Prelude to Ecstasy’ the film, coming September 12th.

The Last Dinner Party caught up with NME at Lollapalooza to tell us about their Mercury Prize nomination, progress on their next album and plans for Reading & Leeds 2024The band’s Aurora Nishevci and Lizzie Mayland spoke to us ahead of their performance on the Tito’s stage at the annual Chicagoan music bash, just a week after their debut album ‘Prelude To Ecstacy‘ was announced as one of the 12 LPs up for this year’s Mercury.In a four-star review of the critically-acclaimed album, NME shared: “Some may choose to posit the band’s success as an antidote to the intense scrutiny – about their rise, appearance and decision to make music without a ‘serious’ intention – they’ve received in their early career. But take all of that away, and you’re still left with fantastic songs that are easy to embrace and return to.

The Last Dinner Party have covered Blondie‘s ‘Call Me’ for Australian broadcaster triple j’s Like A Version series.The NME The Cover stars’ unique take on the Blondie and Debbie Harry classic see the band swap out Blondie’s more punk-leaning brand of rock for their patented indie stylings. Listen to The Last Dinner Party’s cover of Blondie’s ‘Call Me’ below.Speaking to triple j about why they chose the song as their cover, lead singer Abigail Morris and bassist Georgia Davies explained that they used to sing the track as their “go-to” pick at karaoke.