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The Beatles‘ ‘last song’ and some UK dates for Loyle Carner were among our biggest stories last week.
The details of what’s being dubbed ‘the last song’ from The Beatles have been revealed.
Paul McCartney made headlines recently when he revealed AI technology was being used to complete work on the final 1970’s demo which Yoko Ono gave to McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr back in 1994 during the Anthology period, demos recorded by John Lennon at New York’s Dakota Building which resulted then in Free As A Bird and Real Love.
It took until 2021 and the audio restoration used by Peter Jackson on Get Back for that third demo to be brought back to life. “There it was, John’s voice, crystal clear,” McCartney recalled.
Everything Everything have confirmed the March 1st release of their new album Mountainhead.
Leading off is first single Cold Reactor after sessions took place at Eve Studios in Stockport and Ludwick House in Shropshire, as the band continued their prophetic curiosity with AI.
“In another world, society has built an immense mountain,” Jonathan Higgs said. “To make the mountain bigger, they must make the hole they live in deeper and deeper.”
Lucy Rose has returned with her first piece of new music since 2019’s fourth studio album No Words Left.
Could You Help Me is an instant illustration of what’s been happening during that time away, and lyrically points to significant change too.
“After having my son Otis, I started to suffer from severe backpain that made living my day-to-day life almost impossible,” Rose has said.
Loyle Carner at the 2023 BBC 6 Music Festival in Manchester (Gary Mather)
Loyle Carner has announced some outdoor UK and Ireland shows for next summer.
Fairview Park in Dublin is first up on June 30th, 2024, while the increasingly in-demand Piece Hall in Halifax is next on July 9th, with Castlefield Bowl due to follow the next night. Also booked for August is a gig at SWG3 in Glasgow.
Carner is touring his Mercury-nominated ‘hugo’, notable for a conscious shift in lyrical direction.
Yard Act have confirmed their second album Where’s My Utopia? will be released on March 1st next year.
The announcement has come with news of a gig at Leeds’ Millennium Square on August 3rd, 2024, the album a production collaboration with Gorillaz member Remi Kabaka Jr.
“Dream Job feels like an apt introduction to the themes explored on Where’s My Utopia? – though not all encompassing,” James Smith has said.
PJ Harvey has announced a concert at Gunnersbury Park in London for Sunday, August 18th next year.
I’m grateful to Gunnersbury Park for inviting me to curate this event. I have chosen what I feel to be some of the most exciting artists working today. With them I hope to be able to give the audience an emotional, heartening and uplifting experience.
It comes after the release of her latest album I Inside the Old Year Dying back in July, which received a glowing 8/10 from Live4ever.