Weekly News Round-Up: The Stone Roses, The Last Shadow Puppets and more

Missed any of the week’s top news stories? Live4ever has it covered with our Weekly News Round-Up, looking back at ten of the biggest headlines we featured during the last seven days in British music.

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The Stone Roses‘ new single ‘Beautiful Thing‘ is available digitally and on streaming services.

Premiered at midnight, June 10th, the second track to be taken from recording sessions with producer Paul Epworth in London feels more like the Roses of old in its stretched out, dreamy mood driven by the ridiculous talent of drummer Reni.

Pulled Apart By Horses have completed work on their fourth studio album, guitarist James Brown has revealed.

Writing on Instagram, Brown praised the work of producer Ross Orton and also declared it their ‘best record yet’.

The tracklist for Biffy Clyro‘s upcoming ‘Ellipsis‘ album is here in full.

First single ‘Wolves Of Winter‘ has been revealed as the opener for the band’s follow-up to 2013’s double LP ‘Opposites‘.

Primal Scream have had to cancel shows well into July after frontman Bobby Gillespie took a tumble from the stage at the Caribana festival in Switzerland earlier this month.

It’s a blow for the band in their bid to promote new album ‘Chaosmosis’. Gillespie has been advised to take eight weeks rest, ending hopes of festival appearances around Europe which would’ve continued in Spain this wee.

Black Sabbath‘s finally ever show will be held in their hometown Birmingham.

Seven arena dates in total have been arranged as the final round of their ‘The End’ tour, and thus the final chapter of one of Britain’s most influential rock bands.

The Last Shadow Puppets live in New York (Photo: Paul Bachmann for Live4ever Media)

Fan footage of The Last Shadow Puppets performing the Arctic Monkeys track ‘505‘ at Rockwave Athens has been shared on YouTube.

The ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare‘ closer has a strong association with Miles Kane, and it got even closer last week as he and Alex Turner aired the rare cover in Greece.

The Who have distanced themselves from any involvement with a rumoured sequel to Quadrophenia.

The fondly remembered 1979 film, inspired by the band’s 1973 rock opera and sixth studio album, could have a new story told 30 years on, entitled To Be Someone, and starring members of the original cast.

The documentary film which told the story of the record-breaking 2013 David Bowie Is exhibition at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum will be re-released to Vue Cinemas and selected UK venues on July 14th.

“David Bowie is a true icon, more relevant to popular culture now than ever,” the director Martin Roth said at the time.

Shaun Ryder has teamed up with Paul Oakenfold and his Black Grape bandmates Kermit and Goldie to launch an unofficial soundtrack to England’s European Championships campaign.

Although tracks such as ‘Three Lions‘ and ‘World In Motion‘ have become synonymous with past campaigns, the 2016 tournament is lacking an inspirational official song for the England team – a vacuum Ryder is hoping to fill.

There’s an awful lot of people wanting a ‘unique live experience’.

The 1975‘s gig at the O2 Arena in London, set for December 16th, sold out after going on general sale on Friday.

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