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Fontaines D.C. reveal UK Tour dates
Welcome to another edition of our weekly music News Report! We are starting off this week with the latest tour announcements including the above from Fontaines D.C..
Yes, it was a busy news week for the band as they revealed a lengthy trek around the UK and Ireland including a huge show at London’s Eventim Apollo.
Not just that, they also debuted their new single, ‘Skinty Fia’, from their upcoming album of the same name which arrives April 22nd. Check out the track below.
Pre-orders and tickets here.
Read our review of Fontaines D.C. live in Cambridge
Nine Inch Nails announce additional UK dates
The legendary Nine Inch Nails this week added 3 additional shows to their UK stopover in June. The band will now play Glasgow, Manchester and London in addition to their already announced dates at The Eden Project.
Tickets are here.
Check out our ‘Hard & Heavy’ Spotify Playlist
The Amazons announce UK Tour and debut new single ‘Bloodrush’
Another band having a big news week was The Amazons. The band revealed a UK Tour, including a date at the Roundhouse in Camden, taking place this Autumn.
They also had a new single to debut, and you can listen to ‘Bloodrush’ below. The track will feature on their upcoming new album, ‘How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me?’.
Pre-orders and tickets are here.
Listen to ‘Bloodrush’ on our Spotify Hot List
Rival Sons announce 10th Anniversary ‘Pressure & Time’ shows
American rockers Rival Sons will be returning to the UK this Summer for a special 10th Anniversary Tour celebrating their album, ‘Pressure & Time’.
Tickets are here.
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Maximo Park announce the Sïngular Tour and new single ‘Great Art’
This week saw Maximo Park announce the ‘Sïngular Tour’ featuring only singles that will take place this coming Autumn.
Coinciding with the announcement, the band debuted new single, ‘Great Art’, which you can check out below.
Singer Paul Smith comments on the new single:
“The song is about the insidious nature of Conservative ideology, and a response to people who say, “at least we’ll get some great art out of it!” We’re excited to have new material to play alongside our other singles on the Sïngular tour – we’ve always written songs crammed full of hooks, so that’s our ideal medium in some ways.”
Tickets are here.
Read our review of ‘Nature Always Wins’ from Maximo Park
Ugly Kid Joe reveal UK dates
To coincide with their arena shows with Thunder, Ugly Kid Joe have now revealed a string of headline shows across the UK this May & June.
Tickets are here.
Read our review of Ricky Warwick live in Norwich
Youth Killed It reveal UK Tour
The final tour for our News Report this week comes from Youth Killed It, as the band reveal a plethora of dates around the UK this summer.
Tickets are here.
Read our review of ‘The Overload’ from Yard Act
Red Hot Chili Peppers debut new track ‘Not The One’
We move on now to the latest new music releases from the past week as out News Report continues. First up is the latest track from Red Hot Chili Peppers ahead of their upcoming album ‘Unlimited Love’.
That album arrives April 1st, but you can listen to new track ‘Not The One’ above.
Pre-order your album here.
Listen to ‘Black Summer’ from Red Hot Chili Peppers on our Spotify Hot List!
Shinedown debut ‘The Saints Of Violence And Innuendo’
There was also new music this week from Shinedown. You can listen to their new track, ‘The Saints of Violence and Innuendo’ above.
The song will feature on their new album, ‘Planet Zero’, which is out April 22nd.
Pre-order your copy here.
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Nothing More unveil new track ‘Turn It Up Like’
Nothing More also had new music on offer this week with their latest single, ‘Turn It Up Like’. You can listen to the track above, which will feature on their upcoming new album.
Frontman Jonny Hawkins spoke about the inspiration behind the song in a statement, saying, “This song is a reflection of how we all felt for the last two years, online. Fear and hate have become our god.”
More from the band here.
Read our review of ‘Crisis of Faith’ from Billy Talent
Reef debut ‘Best of Me’
Reef debuted their new single, ‘Best of Me’ this week, and you can listen above. The track will feature on their new album, ‘Shoot Me Your Ace’, which is released April 29th.
“We want this album to make people just feel good about living, to appreciate life, to give them inspiration to play guitar or drums or sing or whatever they’ve got going on right now,” comments bassist Jack Bessant. “We’ve made a killer rock’n’roll record. And we want to go out and rock.”
Pre-order your copy here.
Read our review of ‘Never Let Me Go’ from Placebo
Standon Calling adds 40+ new names
We head across to Standon Calling now as our News Report switches focus to the weeks festival announcements.
This week saw the day and stage splits for the event plus 40+ new acts such as Declan McKenna, Razorlight, The Mysterines, Crawlers, Snapped Ankles and more.
They join the already announced Madness, The Subways, Yard Act, Primal Scream and Bob Vylan.
Tickets and information here.
Read our review of ‘Reeling’ from The Mysterines
Victorious Festival adds new acts
Another festival adding additional acts this past week was Victorious Festival.
New acts include Bombay Bicycle Club, The Longest Johns, Embrace and Bessie Turner.
They join an already packed line-up including Stereophonics, James, Primal Scream, Paolo Nutini, The Wombats, Ocean Colour Scene, Kula Shaker, White Lies, The Subways, We Are Scientists and Editors.
Tickets and information here.
Read our review of ‘Fix Yourself, Not The World’ from The Wombats
Manic Street Preachers to headline High Tide Festival
Just along the coast in Bournemouth, Manic Street Preachers will be headlining High Tide Festival.
They’ll be joined by Supergrass, The Subways, Dodgy, Beans On Toast and more.
Tickets and information here.
Read our review of Manic Street Preachers live in Cambridge
Splendour Festival confirms full line-up
Splendour Festival will return to Wollaton Park in Nottingham this July, and this week the event finalised its line-up with new additions including We Are Scientists, Coach Party, The Skinner Brothers and Deco.
They join the likes of Richard Ashcroft, Supergrass, Razorlight, Ocean Colour Scene, and The Magic Numbers.
Tickets are here.
Read our review of Wolf Alice live in Norwich
Luton’s Castlefest reveal line-up
Our final festival in this weeks News Report is Luton event Castlefest who this week revealed their first wave of acts.
The event will be headlined by As Everything Unfolds and Death Blooms.
Tickets here.
Read our review of the Download Pilot Festival
As always we complete our News Report with the latest acts to be added to our ‘Discover’ New Music Playlist!
‘THIS IS FOR YOU’ – CLASSLESS ACT
First up is ‘This Is For You’ the new single from young rockers Classless Act. The single guest features The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins.
Classless Act’s lead singer Derek Day expressed his excitement over the band’s latest single, saying, “It’s a dream come true for Classless Act to be a part of the Better Noise family. And the boys and I have been working really hard to give you something to shake your ass to. Now, summer’s here and the time is right for a couple of guitars, some bass and drums and a whole buncha me. Let’s get to it!!”
Collaborator Justin Hawkins shared his thoughts about hopping on the track, “One Tuesday night in February I gazed up onto the Swiss night sky. There, to my surprise I witnessed the beaming of The Hawk signal onto a passing cloud. After months of inactivity, I was called into action. My mission? To provide a face melting guitar solo to Classless Act’s ‘This is For You.’ I grasped my Gibson 335, headed into the hawk cave and within 24 hours the solo was born.”
‘JENNY’ – RATS
Next we have ‘Jenny’ the latest single from young indie starlets RATS.
Frontman Joe Maddocks says, “‘Jenny’ is a story about a student who is forced to go to uni by her parents, but she has bigger dreams that soon turn sour.”
‘STARTING OVER’ – THE LAZY EYES
Finally is ‘Starting Over’ from Aussie psych-rock four-piece The Lazy Eyes.
In their own words, the band explain, “This song was written back in our high school days like the other songs are on the album. I remember having an inkling for the verse on acoustic guitar and thinking “meh” so I just left it be. After a while though, the song came back to me after jamming on the piano. I fleshed it out (admittedly with some pretty cringey lyrics back then) and whipped up a GarageBand demo for the boys. After that, we put it on Soundcloud and it was building some traction… soon after we wiped everything in the search for a new start, you could say we were ‘Starting Over’.”
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