Weekly News Round-Up: Biffy Clyro, Kasabian and more

You’re in the right place if you’ve missed any of the week’s top news stories – here Live4ever’s Weekly News Round-Up presents a recap of the biggest headlines in British music we featured during the last seven days.

Biffy Clyro closing out the inaugural TRNSMT Festival (Gary Mather / Live4ever)

The iconic MTV Unplugged series was relaunched by Biffy Clyro last month, with the accompanying album MTV Unplugged: Live At Roundhouse London being released on the same day, May 25th.

And now you can watch a previously unbroadcast track from the performance first right here on Live4ever.

Shame will visit North America for another leg of gigs in October.

With shows in Chicago, Detroit, Toronto and Montreal booked for July, the band’s return has been set for the first couple of weeks of October, including two nights at the Music Hall Of Willamsburg in Brooklyn.

Miles Kane‘s new solo album Coup De Grace has been confirmed for release on August 10th.

The title-track has also been shared with Kane’s UK tour set to resume in Cambridge later this month. “This record for me is the most important record I’ve made to date,” he’s said.

Sorcererz has been shared from the new Gorillaz album The Now Now.

The LP will swiftly succeed last year’s Humanz album on June 29th, and while the familiar focus on collaboration is still in evidence, this studio effort is set to shine the spotlight much more on creative leader Damon Albarn.

Kasabian @ O2 Arena, London (Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever)

Kasabian will get in shape for their headline appearance at the Isle Of Wight Festival on June 21st with a Bristol show 24 hours earlier.

The band have lined up the gig at Bristol’s O2 Academy, and after Isle Of Wight more European festival bookings are coming up in July including being part of the ridiculously superb bill at Mad Cool in Madrid.

As the BBC’s live hub for more than 80 years, Maida Vale has played host to countless bands and programmes from The Beatles’ radio specials to the fondly remembered Peel Sessions. Now though, its days are numbered.

“I understand how much our musical heritage at Maida Vale means to us, to artists and to audiences,” BBC director general Tony Hall has said.

Anna Calvi‘s new album Hunter has been set for release on August 31st.

“I’m hunting for something – I want experiences, I want agency, I want sexual freedom, I want intimacy, I want to feel strong, I want to feel protected and I want to find something beautiful in all the mess,” she’s said.

Idles have confirmed their second studio album Joy As An Act Of Resistance for release on August 31st.

After Colossus emphatically delivered on its early live promise last month, lead single Danny Nedelko is accompanying this announcement, as is a personal statement from Joe Talbot which passionately lends a voice to anyone looking on in despair at the current era and which, if any doubt is left, should be enough to get you on board with a band fast becoming one of its most important.