Pulp performing at the 2023 Corona Capital Festival (Lisa Mark)
A tour announcement from Pulp and the new album from John Grant were among last week’s biggest headlines.
Pulp will bring their live reunion to the US and Canada later this year.
“So, the encore continues,” Jarvis Cocker has said of the dates.
“The songs came back to life and they want to be heard. They need to be heard. Come out and have some fun with us. You deserve it. Yes. You do.”
For the first time in over a decade, Moby will be playing live on some European tour dates later this year.
“It’s been over 10 years since I’ve toured, but someone reminded me that 2024 is the 25th anniversary of the release of Play, so it seemed like it might not be the worst idea to do a short European tour to commemorate and celebrate,” he’s said.
“The show will feature well-known songs from Play, but also a bunch of audience favourites, like Extreme Ways, We Are All Made Of Stars, When It’s Cold I’d Like to Die, and even some old rave bangers like Feeling So Real and Go. What makes the tour most exciting for me is that I won’t be paid anything. 100% of my profits will go to European animal rights organizations.”
Tributes have been paid to Steve Harley after the Cockney Rebel singer/songwriter’s passing was announced by his family on March 17th.
“We are devastated to announce that our wonderful husband and father has passed away peacefully at home, with his family by his side,” their statement read.
Harley had paused his touring commitments late last year after being diagnosed with cancer, this subsequent sad news being met with many message from the music world.
John Grant by Hörður Sveinsson
John Grant has unveiled his next studio record The Art Of The Lie with its lead single It’s A Bitch.
The track is simply about, ‘having fun with words, synths and dope rhythms’, according to Grant, whose sketches for the album go back to the autumn of 2022 after meeting Ivor Guest at Grace Jones’ Meltdown Festival show.
“This album is in part about the lies people espouse and the brokenness it breeds and how we are warped and deformed by these lies,” Grant has said.
The Simpsons has become well known for its predictions. This is more it willing something into reality.
28 years after the show joked that Cypress Hill had accidentally booked a gig with the London Symphony Orchestra, the group have done just that.
“We are thrilled to be performing with the London Symphony Orchestra in such a prestigious venue as the Royal Albert Hall. It’s a dream come true, a collaboration only The Simpsons could have predicted.”
Warpaint are streaming the B-side of their Common Blue 7″ after its release last week.
Underneath is part of the single which has marked the band’s return to Rough Trade upon their reaching of this significant career milestone.
“It started with the chord progression on guitar,” Theresa Wayman has said of the lead track.
