Foo Fighters by Danny Clinch
Our recap of the biggest and best headlines we featured during the past seven days includes the latest Foo Fighters single and a big blow for The 1975’s touring plans.
Foo Fighters are streaming their new single Waiting On A War.
“Last fall, as I was driving my daughter to school, she turned to me and asked, ‘Daddy, is there going to be a war?’,” Dave Grohl says.
New York Dolls’ Sylvain Mizrah, known to all as Sylvain Sylvain, has died after a long battle with cancer.
The guitarist passed away on January 13th, the news confirmed via a statement on his official Facebook page.
Lana Del Rey has premiered the video for Chemtrails Over The Country Club, the title-track of the new album she confirmed during a busy evening on social media at the start of last week.
“I also want to say that with everything going on this year,” she wrote on Instagram. “And no this was not intended-these are my best friends, since you are asking today. And damn! As it happens when it comes to my amazing friends and this cover yes there are people of color on this records picture and that’s all I’ll say about that but thank you.”
The 1975 performing at Pitchfork Paris 2019 (Jessica Bartolini for Live4ever)
The 1975 have cancelled their entire touring plans for 2021 as the coronavirus pandemic keeps its grip on live music.
“These are incredibly difficult times for a lot of people, and until we can be sure that we will be able to play shows in a way that is safe for our fans and crew, we have decided the best course of action is to cancel our touring so that, where possible, everyone can get their tickets refunded sooner rather than later,” the band wrote on social media.
The DMA’s will be fondly remembering their gig at the Brixton Academy in London just before live music shutdown last year on a new live album which is to be released on March 5th.
A limited edition double vinyl is available to pre-order, the first reminder of the show, Lay Down, streaming online now.
Pale Waves have lifted Easy from their upcoming second LP Who Am I? ahead of its release on February 12th as the successor to 2018’s debut My Mind Makes Noises.
“It’s saying that being in love with you is so easy, you finally make sense in my life because nothing did before,” Baron-Gracie says.