Metallica by Tim Saccenti
Live4ever’s recap of the main stories we featured during the past seven days includes big announcements from US heavyweights Metallica and Guns N Roses.
Metallica will put their new album 72 Seasons out on April 14th next year.
The 12 songs total over 77 minutes and were co-produced by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich along with Greg Fidelman, their first full length collection of new material since 2016’s Hardwired…To Self-Destruct.
“72 seasons,” Hetfield says. “The first 18 years of our lives that form our true or false selves. The concept that we were told ‘who we are’ by our parents.”
Elton John’s long goodbye from music is to conclude in the UK at Glastonbury next June.
Elton is the first headliner to be confirmed for next year’s festival, and will top the Pyramid Stage on Sunday, June 25th.
“We are incredibly excited to announce that the one and only (Elton John) will headline the Pyramid Stage on Sunday night at Glastonbury 2023, for what will be the final UK show of his last ever tour,” the event’s social media announced.
Noel Gallagher has announced a Manchester concert for next year at Wythenshawe Park on Saturday, August 26th.
It’s the second big UK outdoor show for the High Flying Birds with a headline appearance at South Facing Festival in London coming up on July 28th, when the Oasis songwriter’s special guest is set to be Johnny Marr after the pair reportedly collaborated heavily on Gallagher’s forthcoming new solo album, including the recent single Pretty Boy.
“For this new record it was the first thing I wrote, the first thing I demoed and the first thing I finished, so it’s only right that it’s the first thing people get to hear,” Gallagher said.
Guns N Roses are the latest headline act to be confirmed for next year’s BST Hyde Park concert series in London.
They join Billy Joel and P!NK who’ll also be topping bills at Hyde Park next summer, while Bruce Springsteen got the ball rolling for 2023 not long after this year’s events had wrapped up.
“As we wave goodbye to BST Hyde Park 2022, the most successful Hyde Park series ever, there is no bigger and better way to welcome in our 2023 edition than with another of the world’s greatest artists,” Jim King of AEG Presents said at the time.
The death of Christine McVie has been announced after what her family described as a ‘short illness’.
After impressing on the late sixties’ blues scene, McVie joined Fleetwood Mac full time in 1970 and would go on to play a leading role in one of the most storied eras of any rock band, contributing several hit tracks to their biggest selling albums.
“On behalf of Christine McVie’s family, it is with a heavy heart we are informing you of Christine’s death,” a statement from her family read.
FLO, Cat Burns and Nia Archives are the nominees for next year’s BRITs Rising Star Award.
“It’s a dream come true to receive a BRIT nomination less than a year after dropping our first single,” FLO respond.
“We all grew up watching the BRITs with our mums, and have been inspired by the girl groups and powerful female artists who have performed on that stage.”
