Two ends of the spectrum in our recap of the stories we featured during the past seven days as Dave announces a major UK tour and ABBA make a major comeback.
Dave has unveiled UK and Ireland arena tour dates for the late winter of next year.
It’ll begin in Nottingham on February 15th, 2022, and continue on to March 3rd when the closing night is held in Dublin.
The experiences in lockdown since the start of 2020 are starting to drip through into most artists’ output as we hesitantly move towards the world on the other side, and Biffy Clyro are the latest to give their reaction on The Myth Of The Happily Ever After, which will be released on October 22nd.
“This album is a real journey, a collision of every thought and emotion we’ve had over the past eighteen months,” Neil says.
Tributes are being paid to reggae pioneer Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, whose passing at the Noel Holmes Hospital in western Jamaica was reported yesterday (August 29th).
“My deep condolences to the family, friends, and fans of legendary record producer and singer, Rainford Hugh Perry OD, affectionately known as ‘Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry,” Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness has responded on social media.
ABBA have returned with new music and a virtual concert experience which will run in London next year.
40 years on from when their last album The Visitors preceded the 1982 split, one of the biggest selling pop acts of all time have set Voyage for release on November 5th, unveiling two of its tracks – I Still Have Faith In You and Don’t Shut Me Down – in the process.
Johnny Marr is preparing for the release of a double solo album with a new single entitled Spirit, Power And Soul.
The single is part of the four-track EP Fever Dreams Pt. 1 which will be previewing the double LP from October 15th, out on The Smiths legend’s new home of BMG.
Pink Floyd have remixed and updated their 1987 album A Momentary Lapse Of Reason in ‘360 reality audio’ for a reissue later this year.
The band’s first studio record following the mid-80s departure of Roger Waters has had new drum tracks from Nick Mason added to it, as well as keyboard parts from the late Richard Wright, all brought together by producers David Gilmour and Bob Ezrin.