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Mountain Goats announce new album – listen to lead single here

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Mountain Goats announce new album – listen to lead single here

The Mountain Goats have announced details of new album Getting Into Knives – and you can listen to the lead single here. The announcement of the band’s 19th studio album comes with the release of the LP’s first single, As Many Candles As Possible, which features American organist Charles Hodges. According to Mountain Goats’ Twitter, the 13-track record was recorded in Memphis and March and will be released on October 23 through Merge. Getting Into…

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Shirley Manson reveals new Garbage album will be released next year

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Shirley Manson reveals new Garbage album will be released next year

Edinburgh-born singer Shirley Manson has revealed that Garbage‘s next album is currently being mixed and is due for release next year. Speaking to Rolling Stone, Stockbridge-raised Shirley said that 2020 was set to be the band’s “most fun year we’ve had in quite some time” until the Covid-19 crisis put things on the backburner. “We’re restructuring our business and changing the way we release records from the way we have in the last eight years….

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Cast to visit Edinburgh on All Change anniversary tour

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Cast to visit Edinburgh on All Change anniversary tour

Liverpool indie legends Cast have rescheduled their eight-date UK tour – and added new shows in Edinburgh, Oxford, Leicester, Southampton and Sheffield. The tour scheduled for October 2020 will now take place in April and May 2021. The live dates will see the band celebrating the 25th Anniversary of debut album All Change. Originally released on 16 October 1995 (with a deluxe edition released in November 2010), it became the highest-selling debut album in the…

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BET Awards: Beyonce, Roddy Ricch and LeBron James among the winners

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BET Awards: Beyonce, Roddy Ricch and LeBron James among the winners

Beyonce stole the show at the 20th BET Awards last night, while breakthrough stars Roddy Ricch and Megan Thee Stallion were among the winners. During a virtual ceremony that celebrated black artists and sportspeople, Ricch scooped the album of the year award for his debut offering, while Megan Thee Stallion’s stellar year was also recognised. As expected, the recent protests against racial inequality featured heavily, while the evening also saw a show-stealing cameo from Beyonce….

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Watch: Arcade Fire’s Win Butler makes cameo in new Bill and Ted trailer

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Watch: Arcade Fire’s Win Butler makes cameo in new Bill and Ted trailer

Arcade Fire’s Win Butler has made a cameo appearance in the new Bill and Ted Face the Music trailer – and you can watch it here. The first look at the long-awaited Bill and Ted sequel was shared yesterday, with Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves reprising their roles as Ted ‘Theodore’ Logan and Bill S. Preston respectively. Butler confirmed his cameo in a post on Instagram, writing: “Proud and humbled to be a member of…

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Interview: AAA catch up with hotly-tipped Scots band Vistas

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Interview: AAA catch up with hotly-tipped Scots band Vistas

Tomorrow (Friday, 29 May) sees the release of Everything Changes In The End, the eagerly-awaited debut album from hotly-tipped Scottish trio Vistas. Everything Changes In The End is a record bursting with feel good indie tracks, and is long awaited after three years of singles and EPs, and hundreds of live shows and festivals across the UK and beyond. The album is packed full of teenage nostalgia encapsulating lost loves, new loves, long summers and unbreakable friendships….

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Laura Marling announces ticketed live-streamed show

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Laura Marling announces ticketed live-streamed show

Laura Marling is to perform an intimate live-streamed show in support of new album Song For Our Daughter. The Mercury-nominated artist announced today (May 14) that she’ll be playing at London’s Union Chapel at 8pm on Saturday June 6, with the entire performance set to be live-streamed online to a limited number of ticketholders. The stream of the performance will be geo-blocked – but fans in the UK and Europe can buy tickets to access…

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Guns N’Roses cancel Scottish gig due to coronavirus crisis

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Guns N’Roses cancel Scottish gig due to coronavirus crisis

US rockers Guns N’ Roses have cancelled this summer’s massive gig at Glasgow Green, alongside all other forthcoming UK and European tour dates due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The legendary band had been due to play shows in Glasgow, London, and Dublin this summer as part of their 2020 tour schedule. Guns N’ Roses told fans yesterday, however, that “sadly the upcoming European tour will not be happening”. “Things are changing daily and we want…

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TRNSMT announce 2021 line-up featuring Liam Gallagher, Lewis Capaldi, Foals, Blossoms and many more

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TRNSMT announce 2021 line-up featuring Liam Gallagher, Lewis Capaldi, Foals, Blossoms and many more

Following the news that TRNSMT 2020 is unable to go ahead, organisers have today announced that they have been working hard with artist teams over the last few days to rebook most of the acts from the 2020 event to the 2021 festival. TRNSMT festival organisers recognise that tens of thousands of 2020 ticket holders were looking forward to seeing this year’s line up, so have moved quickly to secure the artists fans wanted to…

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Noel Gallagher to share previously unheard Oasis song at midnight tonight

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Noel Gallagher to share previously unheard Oasis song at midnight tonight

Noel Gallagher has announced plans to release unheard Oasis track Don’t Stop tonight (Wed 29 April). The singer says he rediscovered the track while sorting CDs at home during the Covid-19 lockdown. Posting on Twitter, Gallagher announced that the new track is called ‘Don’t Stop’, before going on to say how he previously believed it to be “lost forever.” “Hey there dudes and dollies. Like the rest of the world, I’ve had infinite time to…

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