Our recap of the stories we featured during the past seven days includes a return for Morrissey and a return for Wilderness.
Let the record label shenanigans begin; Morrissey has announced the details of his fourteenth solo album and will sell off the rights to the highest bidder.
News came via the Smiths frontman’s official website, which says work has concluded in Los Angeles, and quotes Morrissey thus: “The worst year of my life concludes with the best album of my life.”
Chvrches have unveiled the video for How Not To Drown, which features The Cure‘s frontman Robert Smith.
Screen Violence has been set for release on August 27th, their fourth studio record starting life via remote sessions in Los Angeles and Glasgow.
Following the wonderfully evocative 2015 album The Race For Space, Public Service Broadcasting are once again moving their eyes from the skies to the streets on their next record Bright Magic.
As with the follow-up to The Race For Space – 2017’s Every Valley – J. Willgoose, Esq., Wrigglesworth and JFAbraham will be focusing on the cultural heartbeat of a metropolis, this time Berlin in three parts entitled Building A City / Building A Myth / Bright Magic.
Loyle Carner by Francis Plummer
Loyle Carner, Jamie XX and Rudimental are leading the charge for the return of Wilderness Festival this summer.
You’ll also find Bicep (Live), David Rodigan & The Outlook Orchestra, Franc Moody, Georgia, Picture This, The Blessed Madonna, Jayda G, Eats Everything and Craig Charles during that weekend, along with the usual assortment of food programmes.
Run The Jewels have detailed four headline UK shows for June 2022.
El-P and Killer Mike start at the Brixton Academy in London, and over the course of five days will also play shows at Glasgow Barrowlands, the Manchester Victoria Warehouse and the Birmingham O2 Academy.
The 25th anniversary Foo Fighters tour was one of the countless things which had to be binned thanks to the pandemic, but the band are hopeful of reemerging next month with a short run of US dates.
Dave Grohl will be in Cincinnati, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Bonner Springs, Oklahoma City and Albuquerque between July 28th-August 9th, with appearances at Lollapalooza also coming up around that time.