News Round-Up: Lewis Capaldi, slowthai and more

Lewis Capaldi performing at TRNSMT 2019 (Gary Mather for Live4ever)

Our recap of the biggest and best headlines we featured during the past seven days includes another big year for Lewis Capaldi and the latest from the upcoming slowthai record.

Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent from Lewis Capaldi was the best selling album in the UK last year, figures from the BPI have revealed.

In its annual breakdown of the British music industry’s performance during 2020, the BPI has noted that a devastating year for live music was not reflected in recorded music consumption, a rise of 8.2% led by streaming which now accounts for 80% of listeners’ habits.

Shame are hoping November 2021 will bring them the opportunity to tour their upcoming second album.

The dates are scheduled to start on November 9th at the Tramshed in Cardiff, and include cities such as London, Brighton, Leeds and Glasgow with the final night due at SWX in Bristol.

Kings Of Leon have introduced their eighth studio album with two of its tracks.

The Bandit and 100,000 people are both previewing When You See Yourself, due out on March 5th after sessions at Nashville’s Blackbird Studios in the company of producer Markus Dravs.

Slowthai playing Leeds Festival 2019 (Gary Mather for Live4ever)

slowthai has posted his video for MAZZA after earlier premiering the single last week.

Tyron Frampton has his second album TYRON due out on February 5th, and also shared a message on social media last week acknowledging the challenges of the past year which he has both observed and felt personally.

Coventry rapper Pa Salieu has topped the list for the BBC’s Sound Of 2021.

It comes after a year of ‘taking life in’, Salieu’s told the BBC, while Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac has described him as having ‘a unique perspective on Britain’.

Dr. Dre has said he is ‘doing great’ and ‘getting excellent care’ after falling ill in Los Angeles last Monday.

TMZ reported that the Golden Age pioneer had been admitted into intensive care after suffering a brain aneurysm, the site describing him as ‘stable and lucid’.