Weekly News Round-Up: Jake Bugg, Paul McCartney and more


Missed any of the week’s top news stories? Live4ever has it covered with our Weekly News Round-Up, looking back at ten of the biggest headlines we featured during the last seven days in British music.

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Jake Bugg performing at the Brixton Academy, London (Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever)




Jake Bugg will embark on an acoustic tour of the UK in November after releasing a new album next month.

Hearts That Strain is out on September 1st, recorded in Nashville with respected US musicians Gene Chrisman and Bobby Wood. There’s also a collaboration with Dan Auerbach on the track How Soon The Dawn.

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The Cribs have premiered another of the tracks recorded over the space of just five days with producer Steve Albini in Chicago earlier this year which will make up their new album 24-7 Rock Star Shit.

What Have You Done For Me? joins the previous singles In Your Palace and Year Of Hate, as well as Rainbow Ridge, in previewing the record of ahead of release on August 11th.

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After a string of single and mini-album releases since 2014, Trampolene have now confirmed the details of their debut full length LP.

Swansea To Hornsey was recorded at Konk Studios in London, produced by the band’s Jack Jones and mixed by Cenzo Townshend. It will contain new versions of the tracks Alcohol Kiss, The Gangway, You Do Nothing For Me and Imagine Something Yesterday.

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There’s more today from the new Everything Everything album A Fever Dream.

Continuing the build-up to release on August 18th, the band have put a video for Desire up on YouTube.

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Arcade Fire have added a third Wembley Arena gig to their 2018 tour of the UK and Ireland.

The band will play this new date on April 13th 2018, and have further shows in Dublin, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow already sorted.

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Paul McCartney in concert (Photo: Paul Bachmann for Live4ever Media)

The diversity of Boyz II Men’s Shawn Stockman and The Kills’ Alison Mosshart have already been confirmed as guests on the new Foo Fighters record Concrete And Gold – now Dave Grohl has divulged an extra special appearance on the album.

Paul McCartney plays drums on one of our songs,” he told ET Canada. “He’s a pal. We’ve known him for a long time. He’s great. He’s the most wonderful person in the world. He’s a great guy.”

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Tom Clarke will continue his tenth anniversary celebrations of The Enemy‘s debut album We’ll Live And Die In These Towns in November.

With the band no more, Clarke headed out on a solo acoustic tour in June and July, and has confirmed more of the same later this year, beginning at the O2 ABC in Glasgow on November 24th.

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Courteeners frontman Liam Fray will undertake another solo acoustic tour of the UK later this year.

Dates open at the Liquid Room in Edinburgh on October 19th, and include a stop at the London KOKO on the 27th. Fray is on familiar Manchester turf to end the tour through two nights at the Albert Hall on November 3rd and 4th.

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Biffy Clyro‘s Ellipsis touring will extend into September.

After completing North American tours in March, April and May this year, the band will return for a short time next month, playing shows on the east coast in New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, Illinois and Ohio.

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Liam Gallagher was on Twitter last week explaining his abrupt departure from a gig at Lollapalooza.

Gallagher was on stage in Chicago performing new solo track Greedy Soul after having aired Rock N Roll Star, Morning Glory and Wall Of Glass when he made a sudden exit without comment.

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