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Sum 41 announce special European Tour

Welcome everyone to another edition of our weekly music News Report! We start out this week with a run through of this weeks best tour announcements, and first up is a huge European Tour for Sum 41.

The band will be celebrating 20+ years of both ‘All Killer No Filler’ and ‘Does This Look Infected?’ this Autumn. For UK fans, the show will be hitting Alexandra Palace in London, with support from Simple Plan!

“We’ve been having such a great time on our tour with Simple Plan in the States and cannot wait to bring the party over to Europe,” shares vocalist Deryck Whibley. “We’re so excited to celebrate the anniversaries of some of our favourite albums along with other hits and favourites with you on the “Does This Look All Killer No Filler” tour!”

Tickets are here.

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Deftones coming to London

Another band heading to London is Deftones who will be playing an exclusive intimate show at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in June.

Support comes from Grandson.

Any remaining tickets are here.

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Paolo Nutini reveals huge tour

Paolo Nutini continues to gear up for the release of his new album, ‘Last Night in the Bittersweet’, on July 1st.

This week Nutini revealed a huge European Tour set for later this year including numerous dates around the UK.

Tickets and album pre-orders are here.

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BERRIES announce UK Tour

BERRIES last week announced that they will be releasing their debut album, ‘How We Function’, on July 8th.

This week the band has revealed that they will be heading out on tour this October, finishing up at Oslo in London.

Tickets and album pre-orders here.

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Handmade Festival reveals 2022 line-up

We move our News Report on now to the weeks Festival related news, and first up is Leicester event Handmade which returns this August.

The 2022 line-up will feature Crows, Heavy Lungs, October Drift, Peaness and Wych Elm.

Tickets are here.

You can catch October Drift on Episode 10 of The Full Pelt Music Podcast!

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Y Not Festival unveil The Allotment stage line-up

We continue our News Report at Y Not Festival, who this week announced the line-up for their The Allotment stage this week.

The stage features some of the best new acts including Andrew Cushin, The Native and Gen and the Degenerates.

Tickets are here.

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Def Leppard debut ‘Fire It Up’

Def Leppard – ‘Fire It Up’

Our News Report pushes onwards now into the best new releases from the past week. Let’s kick things off with the latest single from Def Leppard!

You can listen to ‘Fire It Up’ above which will feature on their upcoming album, ‘Diamond Star Halos’, which is out on May 27th.

Pre-order you copy here.

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Dub War share new single ‘Vibes In The Place’

Dub War – ‘Vibes In The Place’

Next up is Dub War who this week shared their latest single, ‘Vibes In The Place’, which you can listen to above.

Speaking on the track Benji Webbe says, “Vibes In The Place was one of the first songs we wrote when we got back in a room together. It features that old little Yamaha ha ha ha ha keyboard that we use live right up to this day. What’s particularly special about this song is that a massive friend and fan mixed this track – Mr Rick Will. Rick was down to mix the whole album but due to one thing or the other we went with Richard Jackson. 
 
For me this song is inspired by Talking Heads – I’m sure many will say ‘what are you on about’, but for me it’s definitely got a flavour of David Byrne (I guess it’s the part where I say ‘hold the door’!)
 
“Vibes In The Place” definitely captured Dub War from back in the day – this track is one of the songs we actually wrote with a drummer in the room, Mikee “KRUPA” Gregory. 

This song captures the live element of Dub War and once it’s known by the ‘War lovers, it will for sure be a live favourite..
 
Sadly after mixing this song, Rick Will past away
 So this is a track that means so much to me, Jeff and Richie.”

The track will feature on new album, ‘Westgate Under Fire’, which is out August 5th.

Pre-order your copy here.

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Gun release new single ‘Backstreet Brothers’

Gun – ‘Backstreet Brothers’

There was also new music this week from Gun. The band debuted new single, ‘Backstreet Brothers’, which you can listen to above.

The band will be releasing a new album, ‘Calton Songs’ on October 14th.

Jools Gizzi says, “When the pandemic hit we realised that it was the perfect time to try and counteract the bleakness that was all around. It felt like we couldn’t write anything, or of course tour. Out of that darkness came a desire to completely rework these songs that we know the fans love, and bring a different, stripped down vibe. ‘Better Days’ was the first one to get the treatment, and that really brought all our enthusiasm back and relit the creative fires”. 

Dante Gizzi added, “It’s ironic that those feelings of negativity led to something so positive, a celebration of our career up to now. It turned into something great, and “Backstreet Brothers” really sums up that unalloyed enthusiasm that has been brought back into the heart of the band”.

More info here.

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The Wonder Years share new single ‘Summer Clothes’

The Wonder Years – ‘Summer Clothes’

There is plenty of new music to share in our News Report this week and next up is The Wonder Years.

The group has shared new single, ‘Summer Clothes’, which you can check out above. The tracks comes ahead of a new album later this year.

Vocalist Dan Campbell explains: “it’s a love letter to a time when your sadness was most conspicuous by its momentary absence, when the low hum quieted enough for you to realise it was nearly gone, when you did stupid, dangerous shit because, well, why not?”

More info here.

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Wargasm debut ‘D.R.I.L.D.O

Wargasm – ‘D.R.I.L.D.O’

Wargasm this week shared their latest single, ‘D.R.I.L.D.O’, which you can listen to above.

More info here.

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REWS debut ‘Breathe Into Me’

REWS – ‘Breathe Into Me’

Next up in our News Report is the latest single from the incredible REWS. You can listen to new track ‘Breathe Into Me’ above.

More info here.

Listen to ‘Breathe Into Me’ on our Spotify Hot List!

LostAlone return with new track ‘Punchline Punched Back’

LostAlone – ‘Punchline Punched Back’

Returning to support My Chemical Romance, LostAlone have now also debuted a new track, ‘Punchline Punched Back’. Listen to the track above.

More info here.

Read our review of LostAlone supporting My Chemical Romance

Witch Fever debut ‘Congregation’

Witch Fever – ‘Congregation’

Another band supporting My Chemical Romance on their UK Tour, is Witch Fever. The band have been building their reputation and recently featured on our ‘Discover’ New Music Playlist.

This week the band announced their debut album, ‘Congregation’, will be released October 21st. They also released the title track as a single, and you can listen above.

On the single, Amy Walpole said, “This is Alisha’s personal fave! It marks a new step in our development as songwriters as it’s something different from what we’ve done before. We allowed ourselves to experiment with space and dynamics and we love it!”

Walpole says on the album, “As our first album we’re really excited to just get it out there. We feel that it’s a step above what we’ve done before as we had a chance to experiment with sound and structure. It was our first opportunity to explore writing a body of work which was challenging but has been so rewarding!”

She continues, “It pushed our creative process because we also had to think about the songs sitting side by side on an album! We tried to break out of what makes a typical ‘witch fever’ song whilst still being true to what makes our sound what it is.”

Pre-order your copy here.

Read our review of Witch Fever supporting My Chemical Romance

Oakman debut ‘Fantasy’

Oakman – ‘Fantasy’

Fellow ‘Discover’ New Music Playlist alumni Oakman also debuted a new single this week.

Listen to ‘Fantasy’ above, and check out the band on our ‘Discover’ New Music Podcast with the episode dropping on May 23rd!

“The pandemic and the lockdown was a long period of questioning. When you try to realize your dreams, your projects, you put so much energy into it that nothing can stop you,” says the band. “But when everything stops, it’s a hard blow. And this time, it was the whole world that stopped! So you start to question your life, your choices and even think about giving up and you say to yourself, ‘that would only be proving the people who never believed in you right.’ So when you finally realize that you can’t give up who you are, you start to find a new energy where this time you want to fight even harder to reach your goals because ‘this time you want it all.’”

More info here.

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As always we close our our News Report with the latest additions to our ‘Discover’ New Music Playlist!

Eli Hurts – ‘Runts’

Eli Hurts, the project from songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Eli Hirsch (courtship), has released a new single and music video for the song ‘Runts’.

“When I played this riff for the first time I was sure I stole it,” says Eli on the new song. “I don’t think I did, but who knows. I love this song. I really wish I wasn’t a runt, and in some areas, I’m not but in many I am. There’s not much to do about it except embrace it. and find other runts. and take over the world. I love you my runts”

Sunsleeper – ‘Currents’

Indie rock outfit Sunsleeper have a new music video for their track ‘Currents’.

“The music video reflects the theme of feeling stuck in a routine. The character grows increasingly distraught with their mundane cyclical lifestyle, until a chance encounter helps push them out of their comfort zone,” shares vocalist Jeffery Mudgett.

“The song is about feeling stuck in a cycle that we have no ability to break. Grappling with the fact that life is like currents, forever undulating from crests to troughs. Nothing is linear, especially not existence,” says Mudgett.

Mexican Dogs – ‘When It’s Gone’

‘When It’s Gone’ is the latest offering from rambunctious Liverpool trio Mexican Dogs.

Frontman Gaz Wilcox explains of the track:

“”When It’s Gone” is about when you think you don’t have enough in life, but then you lose what you had and realise you actually had everything you needed. The track shows a heavier, more alternative side to the band, and this gusty sound goes down well at our live shows. As a band we do try to make each song different from the next — it’s important to us as it keeps things fresh and makes writing music exciting.” 

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