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Your Reading & Leeds line-up is here!
Welcome everyone to another edition of our weekly music News Report!
This week we begin with a handful of festival announcements including one that is always a hotly anticipation one, who is playing Reading & Leeds Festivals?
Your headliners this year are Sam Fender, Foals, The Killers, Lewis Capaldi, Billie Eilish and Imagine Dragons. They’ll be joined by the likes of Wet Leg, Nothing But Thieves, Slowthai, You Me At Six, Baby Queen, Inhaler, Don Broco and The Snuts.
Tickets are here.
Read our review of Reading Festival 2022
Victorious reveals first names for 2023
Sticking to the August Bank Holiday weekend, Victorious Festival also revealed their first acts for next year this week including Friday night headliner Jamiroquai.
Also playing over the weekend will be The Vaccines, Amyl & The Sniffers, The Coral, The Enemy, Crawlers and many more.
Tickets are here.
Read our review of ‘Coral Island’ from The Coral
Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival line-up revealed
Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival also this week revealed many of the acts set to play in 2023 including headliners Travis, Bastille and Sigrid.
They’ll be joined by the likes of KT Tunstall, The Zutons, Fatherson, Punk Rock Factory, The Mysterines, Lauran Hibberd, The Xcerts and many more.
Tickets are here.
Read our review of The Xcerts live in Cambridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers extend Stadium Tour into 2023
We move our News Report now onto the best tour announcements from the past week and we begin with the news that Red Hot Chili Peppers will extend their global Stadium Tour into 2023.
Next year will see the legendary act play in London and Glasgow with support coming from The Roots and King Princess.
Tickets are here.
Read our review of Red Hot Chili Peppers live in London
The Black Keys announce return to the UK
The Black Keys have this week announced their long awaited return to the UK after an eight year absence.
The band will play arena shows in London, Manchester and Glasgow with support from Spoon.
“After 8 long years, we are excited to say The Black Keys are coming back to Europe and the UK. We can’t wait to see you at the shows in these iconic venues” the duo says.
Tickets are here.
Read our review of Shinedown live in London
Gwen Stefani announces UK Tour dates
Gwen Stefani has revealed a set of UK Tour dates for the Summer including appearances at BST Hyde Park.
Tickets are here.
Turnstile announce huge London date
Riding the crest of a wave, Turnstile have announced a huge London date for May. The band will headline the legendary O2 Brixton Academy.
Tickets are here.
Read our review of Turnstile live at All Points East
Spiritbox announce UK Tour
Another band with big momentum right now is Spiritbox and they this week announced their biggest UK Tour to date.
Tickets are here.
Read our review of Bury Tomorrow live in Norwich
Deaf Havana announce new UK Tour
We have plenty of juicy tours in our News Report this week and next we turn to Deaf Havana. The band have revealed that they will be back on the road in March and April.
Tickets are here.
Read our review of ‘The Present Is A Foreign Land’ from Deaf Havana
The Last Internationale reveal UK Tour
The Last Internationale will also be hitting some UK roads next April, finishing up at Lafayette in London.
Tickets are here.
Read our review of Download Festival 2022
The Winery Dogs announce new Tour
The Winery Dogs have announced a huge world tour taking place in the first half of next year.
The tour will include UK dates in Wolverhampton, Nottingham and London.
Tickets are here.
Read our review of ‘Smith/Kotzen’ from Smith/Kotzen
Voodoo Six announce UK Tour
The final tour announcement in our News Report this week comes from Voodoo Six.
The band will team up with Scarlet Rebels and Royal Bliss for nine dates finishing up at The Underworld in London.
Tickets are here.
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Paramore share new single ‘The News’
We move our News Report now on to the best new releases from the past week and get the ball rolling with the latest single from Paramore!
You can check out, ‘The News’, above ahead of the release of their new album, ‘This Is Why’, on February 10th.
Pre-order your copy here.
Listen to ‘The News’ on our Spotify Hot List!
You Me At Six debut ‘heartLESS’
You Me At Six also had new music to share this week as they debuted their new single, ‘heartLESS’, which you can check out above.
The track features on upcoming new album, ‘Truth Decay’, which is out January 27th.
Pre-order your copy here.
Listen to ‘heartLESS’ on our Spotify Hot List!
DMA’s share new single ‘Olympia’
DMA’s continue to tease new music from their fourth album ‘How Many Dreams?’, with the release of new track, ‘Olympia’, which you can check out above.
Guitarist Matt Mason comments on ‘Olympia’: “’Olympia’ was written for a crowd, and is a dedication to all of our fans, especially the ones who’ve been with us from the start. we can’t wait to play it for you all.”
Their new album is out March 31st, pre-order your copy here.
Read our review of Neck of the Woods Festival
Levellers share ‘Down By The River ‘O”
Levellers have announced their brand new acoustic album ‘Together All The Way’ will be released on March 10th. You can listen to new single, ‘Down By The River ‘O” above.
Of the album and recording, the Levellers say, “It was truly a fun record to make, under the rigorous guidance of Sean. Sean’s a musician himself, always bringing ideas and get out of jail free suggestions when we got stuck. It’s a stripped back, raw iteration of the collective with deep folk leanings. As energetic as the first one but definitely different.”
Pre-order your copy here.
Read our review of Y Not Festival 2022
Dream State debut ‘Comfort In Chaos’
The final new release in our News Report this week comes from the regrouped Dream State.
The latest track to come from the new look band is ‘Comfort In Chaos’, which you can listen to above.
The track comes from upcoming EP, ‘Untethered’, which is out on March 3rd.
More here.
Listen to ‘Comfort In Chaos’ on our ‘Hard & Heavy’ Playlist
As always we conclude our News Report with the latest additions to our ‘Discover’ New Music Playlist!
Blondshell – ‘Veronica Mars’
Blondshell shares new single, ‘Veronica Mars’.
Blondshell explains, “I was obsessed with the [US teen drama] show ‘Veronica Mars’ as a kid and I was revisiting it around the time I wrote this song. I wanted to sing about that childhood era when I was being exposed to a lot more than I was comfortable with. ‘Gimme shelter’ refers to the song but I’m also saying please give me shelter from graphic TV and film, from New York City, overwhelming lyrics, etc. I think the song is just about having my boundaries crossed and the effects of those transgressions (for example, growing up to think men are hot if they’re assholes).”
overpass – ‘3AM’
overpass have shared their latest single, ‘3AM’.
They commented, “‘3AM’ is an innocent coming-of-age song that I think most people can relate to. It’s about the excitement you get when you’re going out, knowing you might be able to connect with that person, or at least hope that they will call you back when the night is over and done with.”
Life In Mono – ‘Blackout’
Life In Mono have just shared double A-side singles ‘Blackout/Sex To White Noise’
Speaking about the inspiration behind the singles, vocalist Sarah Clayton says, “Blackout is about people in your life that you know are no good for you but are hard to give up, whereas Sex To White Noise is about trying to find a connection that makes you feel something when you’re feeling really numb. If you’ve ever been on prozac you’ll know!”
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