Stormzy headlining Day 1 at TRSNMT Festival 2019 (Gary Mather for Live4ever)
Our recap of the main stories we featured during the past seven days includes the new album from Stormzy and Blink-182‘s return.
As widely expected, Stormzy has confirmed his new studio album will be out before the end of this year.
This Is What I Mean is to be released by the iconic Def Jam label on November 25th – recorded, according to the grime superstar, during a ‘music camp’ in Osea Island.
“When you hear about music camps they always sound intense and sombre,” he said. “People saying: ‘We need to make an album.’ ‘We need to make some hit records.’ But this felt beautifully free.”
Liam Gallagher has teamed up with the men’s mental health charity Talk Club on the video for Too Good For Giving Up.
“We all know someone affected by suicide which sadly seems to be at an all-time high,” the Oasis frontman said.
“I’ve lost many people far too early and it’s important to talk. I’m really pleased to be able to help in anyway with this song and will be partnering with Talk Club on my track Too Good For Giving Up.”
Yard Act will take their debut album The Overload into next year with another run of UK and Ireland shows.
Dates have been lined up in Dublin, Glasgow and Manchester for the spring of 2023, and are due to end with their biggest headline show so far at London’s Brixton Academy on May 4th.
The band were live in New York last week, and will embark on a sold-out UK tour in November.
Blink-182 by Jack Bridgland
Blink-182 will head around the world from next year as part of a reunion which also includes brand new material.
It’ll all start in Central and South America during the March and early April of next year, moving on from there to North America for a lengthy spring/summer tour which is to include a stop at Madison Square Garden on May 19th.
Europe will get its turn in a year’s time, with UK gigs booked in Glasgow and Belfast, and later in London, Birmingham and Manchester.
Wet Leg are back in North America and were back on late night US television last week, airing their enduring debut single Chaise Longue.
We last caught Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers live at Glastonbury in June, finding their breakout success marking a stark contrast to a band who had enjoyed an even bigger buzz two decades ago – The Libertines.
“In contrast, Wet Leg couldn’t be hotter, and their early afternoon set at the Park Stage (with its largest-ever crowd, according to Emily Eavis) went down a storm,” our review reads.
Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys has confirmed his first new album with The Arcs in eight years.
The focus of Electrophonic Chronic is all on Richard Swift – the multi-instrumentalist and producer who, along with The Arcs, had an association with many leading American artists before his untimely passing in 2018.
“This new record is all about honoring Swift,” Auerbach said. “It’s a way for us to say goodbye to him, by revisiting him playing and laughing, singing. It was heavy at times, but I think it was really helpful to do it.”
