Weekly News Round-Up: Slaves, The War On Drugs 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.

Slaves supporting The Cribs @ Leeds Arena (Gary Mather / Live4ever)

Did you do your homework and learn the dance moves before Slaves‘ summer of festival appearances kicked off this weekend?

Isaac and Laurie have released their new single Cut And Run complete with a choreographed video which they were running fans through step-by-step on social media last week.

Richard Ashcroft will be the special guest of Liam Gallagher when he plays the Lancashire CCC on August 18th.

Gallagher’s summer of outdoor UK and Ireland shows is now underway after the completion of his joint tour of North America with Ashcroft last month. Ashcroft was also due to support Gallagher at Malahide Castle in Dublin and Belsonic in Belfast this weekend.

The new Spiritualized album And Nothing Hurt has been set for release on September 7th, with Jason Pierce still pondering as to whether it could be his last with the band.

“I was quite sincere about that and I still feel like it might be the case,” he’s said when reflecting on a previous interview with The Independent.

Noel Gallagher was onstage with Jeff Wootton and former Klaxons bassist Jamie Reynolds during a Youth Of The Apocalypse gig in London last week.

The latter pair formed the band with Seye Adelekan, Jay Sharrock, DJ Twiggy Garcia and Young Lazurus last year, making their live debut in May 2017. “We’re taking different backgrounds and cultures and trying to push music forward,” Wootton told NME of the project.

Photo: Paul Bachmann

The War On Drugs will bring their 2017 album A Deeper Understanding back to the UK at the end of this year.

Their only headline UK outing of the year is an impressive one for sure, at the O2 Arena in London on December 13th. It’s a significant achievement for the band after A Deeper Understanding kept the widespread acclaim achieved by its predecessor Lost In The Dream flowing.

Jet will be in the UK next month celebrating the 15th anniversary of Get Born.

Released in 2003, the Australian band’s debut album quickly propelled them to high profile support slots with bands such as The Rolling Stones and Oasis as the Are You Gonna Be My Girl single cemented itself on indie dancefloors the world over.

Low have released a three-part video after confirming the latest album of their 25-year career for release in September.

‘Double Negative Triptych’ sets the tone for the Double Negative album and its world tour which opens in Leeds on June 19th.

David Byrne‘s extensive world tour sparked by the release of American Utopia, his first solo album since 2004, has had more UK and Ireland dates added to it.

Just before a series of gigs begin this month at the New Theatre in Oxford, an autumn run has been detailed which will take in bigger arena venues in cities such as Leeds, Dublin and Cardiff.