Raye, Jessie J: Music News Round-Up

Raye by Aliyah Otchere

New music and tour plans for pop stars Raye and Jessie J brought some of Live4ever’s biggest headlines last week.

Raye has announced a 40-date tour of Europe and North America which will include UK and Ireland arena gigs in Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham, London and Dublin.

The ‘This Tour May Contain New Music’ dates open on January 22nd, 2026 in Poland, and will be in the UK from February 17th ahead of the North American leg which is booked to run through March-May.

Also out is Raye’s new single Where Is My Husband, the lead track from a second studio album which is primed for next year.

Lewis Capaldi will continue his live comeback with a run of outdoor concerts during the spring and summer of 2026.

Among the shows confirmed is a headline appearance at BSY Hyde Park, whose CEP Jim King has said:

“Announcing Lewis Capaldi as a BST Hyde Park headliner for 2026 feels absolutely perfect. He is fast becoming a legend for a new generation and will take his place comfortably among the great BST headliners.”

Mike Skinner has returned with The Streets‘ new single Utopia, written with his touring band during their recent stint on the road around Europe.

“You can’t make Utopia — that’s the point,” he’s said.

“It’s about acting in the here and now, there isn’t an ideal endgame – We’re not waiting for perfection. We just have to move and keep moving and find the good in what surrounds us, as brutal(ist) as that may be.”

Jessie J by Ashley Osborn

Both ’emotional and celebratory years’ will form the backbone of Jessie J‘s new album Don’t Tease Me With A Good Time, which has been confirmed for release on November 29th.

“It’s been 8 years since my last body of work,” the pop star said.

“I am so overjoyed this is finally being shared with the world, working with people so special and fun like Ryan Tedder and Jesse Boykins’s, los hendrix and Marty Maro.”

The Wombats have added a collection of new songs recorded with John Congleton to an expanded edition of this year’s ‘Oh! The Ocean’ album.

Meanwhile, the band are due to play Australian dates this month ahead of tours of North America and the UK and Ireland before the end of 2025.

The UK leg is set to begin on December 2nd at Edinburgh Corn Exchange.

The Cure have been confirmed to headline Rock en Seine Festival 2026 and will close out the main stage on Sunday, August 30th.

It’s set to be another big show for the band after their comeback last year with the release of the widely acclaimed album Songs Of A Lost World.

“All I Ever Am lifts the torpor, a reminder of Smith’s gift for pop now abandoned and where he looks backwards at how human beings evolve their personalities like tree rings until the whole has no obvious strands of the past,” Live4ever’s review reads.