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This announcement comes on the same day as her kicking off her North America tour, as she begins her tour in Philadelphia today. While the North American leg features special guest Underscores, her UK and EU leg will be accompanied by rising sensation Audrey Hobert. Charli will be showcasing her new album ‘Music, Fashion, Film’, which was released back in July with 11 new tracks.

After announcing, Charli took to Instagram to tell her followers that during her first show in Philadelphia she will be “Playing an old song tonight on night 1 of tour. A special song.” The next couple of months will not only build anticipation for the second leg of her tour but also prepare fans for what’s to come. While an official setlist has yet to be confirmed, you can have a look at her most recent setlist from her appearances at Reading and Leeds Festival or wait to see what tonight’s show has in store. At Reading Festival, Charli showcased 10 of her new songs from ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ and 8 songs from her charting album ‘BRAT’, focusing mainly on her newer material.

You can sign up for presale access from now till the 15^th of September, and artist pre-sale tickets will be available from the 16^th of September at 11 am. Alternatively, general sale will kick off at 9 am on the 18^th of September. However, fans who pre-ordered ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ from her official store immediately qualify for first access to pre-sale tickets and should receive an email regarding tickets shortly.

Tour Dates:

February

13- 3Arena, Dublin

15- OVO Hydro, Glasgow

17- Co-op Live, Manchester

19- The O2, London

22- Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam

24- Accor Arena, Paris

Radiohead returned to the stage in 2025 after a 7-year hiatus, playing 4 dates across Europe. However, this wasn’t a one-off occasion as it set a precedent for upcoming shows. Guitarist Ed O’Brien told Rolling Stone back in March, “What we’re going to do is, every year we’re going to do a different continent, and we’re going to do 20 shows each year. No more, no less.”

This will be Radiohead’s first time performing in Australia since 2012 and first time in Japan since 2016. The band’s unexpected return to Europe last year was accompanied by surprise renditions of their songs ‘Jigsaw Falling into Place’ and ‘(Nice Dream)’ which they hadn’t performed in 16 years. Fans in Australia and Japan can prepare for a spectacular show after a lengthy break, which could potentially include some rare recitals of some of their hidden gems.

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To make ticket purchasing fair, fans will only be able to buy tickets via registration on the band’s official website. For shows in Australia, registration closes on the 10^th of September, and on the 27^th of September for Japan.  Once you have successfully registered, you will then receive a code or set of instructions to purchase no more than 4 tickets. Ticket prices are fixed depending on the type of ticket you select and will include a small charity donation that Radiohead will match. Proceeds from the Australian leg will go toward Greenpeace Australia Pacific and the Australian Marine Conservation Society, while proceeds from the Japanese leg will go toward More Trees.

2027 Tour dates

May:

3- RAC Arena, Perth
4- RAC Arena, Perth
6- RAC Arena, Perth
7- RAC Arena, Perth
13- Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
14- Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
16- Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
17- Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
19- Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
20- Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
25- Afterpay Arena, Sydney
26- Afterpay Arena, Sydney
28- Afterpay Arena, Sydney
29- Afterpay Arena, Sydney
31- Afterpay Arena, Sydney

June:

1- Afterpay Arena, Sydney
8- GMO Arena, Saitama
9- GMO Arena, Saitama
11- GMO Arena, Saitama
12- GMO Arena, Saitama
13- GMO Arena, Saitama

According to Radiohead’s website, these will be the only shows scheduled for 2027, with no additional locations or dates. You can sign up to their mailing list to ensure you don’t miss important information regarding live shows and tickets.

While this marks their first UK opening, it will be UMusic’s second hotel, with their European debut being in Madrid in 2022. The Madrid hotel currently includes vinyl records for rent, integrated Bluetooth sound systems, Marshall speakers, and access to the Albéniz Theatre. However, the star of the show is the UMusic piano bar with live music, hosting a variety of musical programmes ranging from UMusic Sessions and DJ sets to karaoke and concerts. While specific details regarding the London location have yet to be revealed, this gives an insight into what you can expect during your stay.

President of UMusic Hospitality & Lifestyle Jordi Solé stated that “Denmark Street holds a special place in music history. For decades, it has been a place where artists found their voice, creativity flourished, and music culture took shape. We are incredibly proud to be part of its next chapter. Together with Outernet, we have the opportunity to honor that legacy by creating hospitality and cultural experiences that inspire discovery, support emerging artists, and ensure this remarkable destination continues to shape the future of music for generations to come.”

Philip O’Ferrall, CEO of Outernet, noted: “Music has always been a driving force for Outernet, and we are in a place rooted in musical history. Connecting that heritage with a platform that can reach mass audiences both physically and through our immersive screens and audio technology is what makes this partnership so special. I’m very proud to be working with UMusic Hospitality & Lifestyle, and I know what they will bring to Outernet will be spectacular, transforming the experience of both artists and fans.”

For all music lovers, UMusic Hotel provides a unique experience whereby your stay will be encompassed by culture, art, and performance. You can subscribe to their newsletter now to stay informed about all updates.

For those who don’t know much about the Mercury Prize, they equivocate it to ‘the Booker Prize for literature and the Turner Prize for art’. The aim is to acknowledge artistic achievement over a broad array of music genres. An independent panel of judges have selected the shortlist and will be spending the next few months deciding who will be crowned the Mercury Prize winner of 2026. Albums that were released between the 30^th of August 2025 and 17^th of July 2026 were all in the running to be entered, but only 12 are shortlisted. The following contenders are:

• Dave – ‘The Boy Who Played the Harp’
• Dove Ellis – ‘Blizzard’
• Florence + the Machine – ‘Everybody Scream’
• JADE – ‘That’s Showbiz Baby!’
• Knats – ‘A Great Day In Newcastle’
• Kojey Radical –’ Don’t Look Down’
• Nia Archives – ‘Emotional Junglist’
• Olivia Dean – ‘The Art of Loving’
• Paul McCartney – ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’
• RAYE – ‘THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.’
• Suede – ‘Antidepressants’
• War Child Records – ‘HELP(2)’

The Judging team consists of professionals within the music industry who unbiasedly choose the winner based on the quality of the music. This year’s panellists are:

• AFRODEUTSCHE – Composer, DJ & Radio 3 Unwind & 6 Music Broadcaster
• Danielle Perry – Broadcaster (Absolute Radio & Jazz FM) & Musician
• Jamie Cullum – Musician & Radio 2 Broadcaster; Jeff Smith – Head of Music, Radio 2 & 6 Music
• Lea Stonhill – Music Programming Consultant; MistaJam – Songwriter, DJ & Broadcaster
• MistaJam - Songwriter, DJ & Broadcaster
• Phil Alexander – Creative Director, Kerrang!/Contributing Editor, MOJO
• Sian Eleri – Radio 1 Broadcaster & DJ
• Sophie Williams – Music Writer & Broadcaster
• Will Hodgkinson – Chief Rock & Pop Critic, The Times
• Jeff Smith – The Chair of the judging team

If your favourite artist has been nominated, you can purchase tickets now to go to the award show in Newcastle which will feature live performances from the artists. Alternatively, you can watch the live broadcast on BBC, and in the meantime you can listen to songs from the shortlisted albums on the Mercury Prize’s curated playlist here.

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Bridgers has not released an album since 2023 when she dropped ‘Punisher’, and her most recent single being ‘The Parting Glass’ also in 2023 when she completed her last solo tour. Her 3 year hiatus didn’t just apply to her solo career as her group Boygenius also had taken a break in 2023.

To avoid traffic on ticketing sites, artist presale tickets will work via a unique code. With this unique code fans will be able to buy tickets on an allocated day being either the 9^th or 10^th at 10am. Fans can only buy up to 4 tickets per registration. General sale will be on the 12^th of June at 10am, and all 3 days will operate on a first come first served basis. $1 from every ticket sold on the North American tour will be donated to RAINN and £1 from every UK ticket sold will go towards Plus1, both in support of anti-sexual violence.

News of her upcoming tour has built anticipation for a potential new album but for now you can listen to her discography on all streaming platforms. Tour dates will follow as:

September:

15- Indianapolis, IN, Gainbridge Fieldhouse
17 St. Paul, MN, Grand Casino Arena
19 Chicago IL United Center
22 Columbus, OH, Nationwide Arena
25, 26 Brooklyn, NY, Barclays Center
28 Philadelphia, PA, Xfinity Mobile Arena
29 Washington, D.C., Capital One Arena

October:

1 Toronto, ON, @Scotiabank Arena
3 Detroit, MI, Little Caesars Arena
6 Boston, MA, @TD Garden
9 Charlotte, NC, Spectrum Center
10 Nashville, TN, Bridgestone Arena
13 Atlanta, GA, State Farm Arena
16 Austin, TX, Moody Center
17 Fort Worth, TX, Dickies Arena
19 Denver, CO, Ball Arena
21 Salt Lake City, UT, Delta Center
23 Seattle, WA, Climate Pledge Arena
24 Vancouver, BC, Rogers Arena
27 San Francisco, CA, Chase Center
30,31 Inglewood, CA, Intuit Dome

November:

23 Dublin, Ireland, 3Arena
26 Manchester, UK, Co-op Live
27 Glasgow, UK, OVO Hydro
28 Birmingham, UK, bp pulse LIVE

December:

1 London, UK, The O2
4 Paris, France, Adidas Arena
5 Brussels, Belgium, Forest National
7 Amsterdam, Netherlands, Ziggo Dome
8 Düsseldorf, Germany, Mitsubishi Electric Halle
9 Berlin, Germany, Velodrom
11 Copenhagen, Denmark, Royal Arena
12 Stockholm, Sweden, Avicii Arena

]]> https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/phoebe-bridgers-announces-the-lost-tour-in-the-uk-europe-and-north-america/feed/ 0 https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/charli-xcx-announces-new-album-music-fashion-film/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/charli-xcx-announces-new-album-music-fashion-film/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:33:17 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=119548 Charli XCX has revealed that she will be dropping her 7^th studio album ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ this summer on the 24^th of July. The 11 track LP will include previously released singles ‘Rock Music’ and ‘SS26’ which built anticipation for a potential new style of music. The album cover displays a black and white photograph featuring innovators John Cale, Marc Jacobs, and Martin Scorsese. The artwork, shot by Aidan Zamiri, proves appropriate considering her recent collaboration with Cale on the song ‘House’ in her soundtrack ‘Wuthering Heights’.

Although the titles of her other tracks haven’t been revealed yet, Charli hinted toward the album’s title name only a few weeks ago. On the 21^st of May she dropped ‘SS26’ and in the lyrics sang “We’re walking on a runway that goes straight to Hell/ Nothing’s gonna save us, not music, fashion, or film/ Spring, Summer ’26.”

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After an interview with British vogue, there was much discourse about Charli potentially releasing a rock album, experimenting with a new genre. This came from the interviewer quoting lyrics from her then unreleased song “Rock Music” that sung “I think the dance floor is dead/ So now we’re making rock music.” Charli responded to the conversations online by posting a snippet of “Rock Music” on her Instagram with the caption: “a video of me making a song called “rock music” that is not actually rock music which is funny because I never said I was making a rock album. Love you xx.”

Charli denied these claims but explained in the interview that her new album “is commenting on how I interact with the joint main love of my life outside of George and what would happen if that was taken from me. How I would have no purpose, and how for good or bad, art does provide me with purpose in my life.” Here she discusses navigating the relationship between her husband and her music. Her husband George Daniel, member of The 1975, also commented “what’s interesting for me is to bend the possibilities of what my perspective on that could be.” Evidently, no assumptions can be made about what direction Charli is taking with her new album, and while it might not be a rock album, we can trust that Charli will deliver something original and fresh.

Charli has a series of festival performances lined up for the next few months where fans can anticipate hearing her new material. She will be attending the following:

Jul 31- Lollapalooza, Chicago, IL
Aug 7- Outside Lands, San Francisco, CA
Aug 28- Reading Festival, Reading, UK
Aug 29- Leeds Festival, Leeds, UK
Oct 2-11- Austin City Limits Music Festival, Austin, TX

The new album is available as a vinyl, film variant, cassette, and cd which can be preordered now on her website. Alternatively, you can pre-save the album on Spotify and other streaming devices.

Back in February ATEEZ released ‘GOLDEN HOUR: Part.4’ their 13^th EP including 5 new singles: ‘Ghost’, ‘Adrenaline’, ‘NASA’, ‘On The Road’, and ‘Choose’. They debuted their new tracks during their ‘In Your Fantasy’ tour in Asia and Australia, but have yet to perform their new songs in the UK adding to the anticipation of their exclusive show in Hyde Park. The official music video for their lead single ‘Adrenaline’ can be seen above on YouTube.

ATEEZ consists of 8 core members Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung, and Jongho. The group first rose to fame in 2018 and have since gone on 5 major world tours. Their success has only grown as only yesterday they left the Asia Star Entertainer Awards with 3 major wins. On day 2 of ASEA they won Record of the Year, The Platinum, and The Best Conceptual Artist scoring the most trophies of the night.

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K-pop artists have proved influential over the years in the UK as they have headlined at BST Hyde Park multiple times. Back in 2023 BLACKPINK were the first K-pop band to headline a UK festival, and Stray Kids were the first male K-pop group to headline in 2024 the following year.  ATEEZ will become the third group to do this.

BST Hyde Park presale goes live on the 21^st of May at 10am while general sale starts on the 29^th of May at 10am. So far, the headlining line up for BST Hyde Park is:

June 27^th – Garth Brooks
June 28^th- ATEEZ
July 3^rd- Maroon 5 (including One Republic and Jess Glynne)
July 4^th – Mumford & Sons (including Holly Humberstone)
July 5^th- Duran Duran
July 10^th- Pitbull
July 11^th-12^th- Lewis Capaldi

Look Mum No Computer already had an established presence online as a youtuber and curator in addition to his music. He previously had performed at Glastonbury Festival in 2015 with his former band Zibra. He now owns ‘This Museum is (Not) Obsolete’ in Ramsgate featuring experimental machinery and technology that is both musical and scientific. He has also just announced a UK tour for November where he will be visiting Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds, Bristol, and London.

The UK has not won Eurovision since 1997 when Katrina and the Waves took home the UK’s fifth title. Although the UK has had an unlucky run, fans are hopeful that Look Mum No Computer could take home the win as they approach this year’s contest with a new perspective. ‘Eins Zwei, Drei’ will be partially sung in German and come with a flashy performance, contrasting the 2025 entry ‘What the Hell Just Happened?”- a pop song by girl band Remember Monday.

The UK is one of five countries that automatically qualify for the grand final on the 16^th due to their financial contribution towards EBU- the organisation running Eurovision. The big four consists of the UK, France, Italy, and Germany (as well as Austria the 2025 winners). For this reason, although these countries will perform during the semi-finals, they are only appearing as live guests and will not compete until the grand final.

The first semi-final took place on the 12^th of May in which 10 countries qualified to the next stage. Tonight another 10 countries will qualify leaving us with 20 countries in addition to the already competing 5 core countries.

For the semi-finals, you can only vote if you are a participating country. This means that tonight UK viewers will be able to vote up to 10 times, however you will not be able to vote for your own country. This will be the same for the grand final to prevent home advantage. All final scores from public televoting and from the national juries will be calculated giving us our winner this Saturday.

The semi-finals and grand final will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer and BBC One at 8pm and viewers can vote via SMS or the Eurovision app.

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Fans already frequent 3 Savile Row, a common Beatles attraction located in Mayfair, but as of 2027 they will be able to enter the exhibit and explore it all the way up to the famous rooftop where they sang their last song together.

Members of the band, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, both commented on the new project, giving it The Beatles’ stamp of approval. According to The Beatles website McCartney stated: “It was such a trip to get back to 3 Savile Row recently and have a look around. There are so many special memories within the walls, not to mention the rooftop. The team have put together some really impressive plans and I’m excited for people to see it when it’s ready.” Additionally, Starr noted “Wow, it’s like coming home,” affirming that visitors will be transported back to the 60s to re-experience the era of The Beatles.

Tom Greene, CEO of Apple Corps, also commented “We’re thrilled to bring Apple Corps back to its spiritual home and give The Beatles fans something truly special. Every single day, fans are taking pictures of the outside of 3 Savile Row – but next year they can go in and explore all seven floors of the iconic building, including the rooftop where even the railings remain the same from that famous day in 1969.”

So far, an opening date for the museum hasn’t been finalised, but you can sign up for updates and news via their website. Meanwhile, Starr’s tour with All Starr Band begins on the 28^th of May and McCartney’s upcoming album ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’  is set to come out on the 29^th of May.

Members Jorja Douglas, Stella Quaresma, and Renée Downer are known for their contemporary take on R&B music and have a strong presence in the pop scene. FLO earned their first Grammy nomination for Best Progressive R&B Album in 2026 for their debut album ‘Access All Areas’. Although they didn’t take the title home this year, they made history being the first British girl group to be nominated in two decades. That being said, they were awarded their first MOBO for Best R&B/Soul Act in March.

Only a month after their big win, FLO revealed through a press release that they would be dropping more music. In the official statement FLO stated “We’re incredibly proud to finally share Therapy at the Club, our sophomore album, with the world. It’s a body of work that feels super personal to us; it’s been a labor of love. For us, the club is more than just a night out, it’s like therapy. I mean, where else do you feel more understood than in a girls bathroom on a night out… that’s the vibe!”

“We’ve been very hands-on with the writing and creation of this project alongside our very special collaborators, and that’s made it even more meaningful to us. This album represents where we are right now- honest, evolving, and unafraid to feel everything. We really hope you love it!”

FLO has yet to reveal their other track titles, however they have uploaded an album trailer with vivid storytelling to tease the upcoming LP. Additionally, ‘Leak it’ was released with a flashy music video featuring the girls’ dancing abilities that has given them their stellar reputation.

While they haven’t scheduled a tour for 2026, today they announced a set of dates for ‘Therapy In Session’ where they will be holding acoustic sessions. They will be going to 8 different locations in July to host a Q&A and play some of their new material. Tickets go on sale tomorrow on the 8^th of May at 11am. As well as this, they will be attending Radio 1 Big Weekend on the 24^th of May as well as Outloud Music Festival between the 5^th and 7^th of June.

The album is available to pre-order and pre-save now via their website.