Serge Pizzorno leading Kasabian in Liverpool, Oct 2021 (Gary Mather for Live4ever)
Our recap of the main stories we featured during the past seven days includes tours news from Kasabian and Foals.
Serge Pizzorno will lead Kasabian out on a European tour later this year.
Now fronting the band after the departure of Tom Meighan, Pizzorno’s rejigged line-up will play six shows during October, visiting Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and France.
Before then, the band have some big UK engagements coming up, including Liam Gallagher’s Knebworth weekend in May and the Isle Of Wight Festival in June.
Julian Lennon has performed his father John’s single Imagine for the first time during a charity broadcast in support of Ukraine.
Writing on his official YouTube channel, Lennon explained how the country’s devastating plight inspired him to finally undertake such a notable cover.
“Why now, after all these years?,” he explained. “I had always said, that the only time I would ever consider singing ‘IMAGINE’ would be if it was the ‘End of the World’…”
Django Django are previewing a 10th anniversary edition of their self-titled debut album with a new, ‘Mad Professor Dub’ mix of Default.
“Our debut album is 10 years old,” Vincent Neff responds. “It was the album that set us on our way and it’ll always be a special one to us.”
“It reminds us of recording in Dave’s bedroom, playing at small club nights up and down the UK and taking in all the new music that was being made in East London at that time. When we released it, we had no idea what would happen, but it ended up being the start of a crazy journey for us.”
Foals by Edward Cooke
If you can tell the confidence of an artist by the quality of their support acts, then Foals must be in a pretty good place right now.
Yard Act, Shame, Wet Leg and Goat Girl have all been recruited by the band for the UK tour which is due to start with two nights at Usher Hall in Edinburgh later this month.
Goat Girl will be the back-up through to the first gig at the London Olympia when they’ll be joined by Shame, who then take up the mantle for the remainder of the London dates along with Egyptian Blue.
Phoebe Bridgers shared a brand new track ahead of her appearance at Coachella this weekend.
Sidelines was written along with bandmate and collaborator Marshall Vore, and Ruby Rain Henley, and is set to be the sole piece of fresh material from Bridgers this year.
A headline North American tour will follow Coachella next month, while UK Reunion gigs are coming up in June and July.
alt-J have added an extra date at the O2 Brixton Academy in London when they’ll be celebrating the 10th anniversary of their debut album.
On May 17th, the band will perform An Awesome Wave in full for the first time, recognising a landmark for their Mercury Prize-winning record.
“To celebrate the ten year anniversary of the album that changed our lives, we are thrilled to announce an extra show at Brixton Academy where we will play An Awesome Wave in full,” the band respond.