<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>mxdwn.co.uk &#187; Sadie Willis-Falkiner</title>
	<atom:link href="https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/author/sadie-willis-falkiner/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk</link>
	<description>all that matters in music in the UK</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:26:07 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1</generator>
	<item>
		<title>Dua Lipa Performs ‘Levitating’ and ‘Don’t Start Now’ on Saturday Night Live</title>
		<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/dua-lipa-performs-levitating-and-dont-start-now-on-saturday-night-live/</link>
		<comments>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/dua-lipa-performs-levitating-and-dont-start-now-on-saturday-night-live/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2020 19:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sadie Willis-Falkiner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DuaLipa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DuaLipaSaturdayNightLive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FutureNostalgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SaturdayNightLive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Studio2054]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=28567</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dua Lipa gave a blinding performance on Saturday Night Live (SNL) last night (December 19th). Lipa, who served as the show’s last musical guest from this year, sang her two hits, Don’t Start Now and Levitating.  Last night’s performance marks two year since Lipa last visited the world famous sketch show. Lipa was scheduled to [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dua Lipa gave a blinding performance on Saturday Night Live (SNL) last night (December 19th). Lipa, who served as the show’s last musical guest from this year, sang her two hits, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Don’t Start Now</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Levitating. </span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Last night’s performance marks two year since Lipa last visited the world famous sketch show. Lipa was scheduled to attend SNL back in March in support of her latest studio album,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Future Nostalgia. </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unfortunately, her performance was cancelled due to the worsening of the coronavirus pandemic. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">SNL shared both of Lipa’s magnificent performances directly to their YouTube channel last night. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Levitating </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">has received over 69,000 views, whilst Don’t Start Now has obtained a huge 113,000 views. Lipa’s wonderful performances can be watched in full </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/SaturdayNightLive"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here.</span></a></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rl7rfTWVubE" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">One Kiss </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">singer got into the spirit of SNL by participating in sketch shows with SNL alumni Kate McKinnon and Kristen Wiig. Lipa’s humorous sketches can be watched<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/SaturdayNightLive"> here.</a></span></p>
<p>Lipa shared her latest SNL visit via social media. Taking to Instagram, Lipa shared a laughter &#8211; inducing clip of herself and Kristen Wiig performing their ‘Marjorie’ sketch. The post, which saw a humongous 1.2 million views, was met with an excited reception from fans.</p>
<p>Despite the world-stopping pandemic, 2020 has still been a busy year for Dua Lipa. The talented vocalist hosted her ‘Studio 54’ livestream, which saw support from singer-songwriter FKA Twigs.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jiZhwAT4LBM" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lipa broke records with ‘Studio 54’, the livestream gig gained over 5 million views, and shattered world records. NME wrote of the virtual event:</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-dua-lipa-perform-dont-start-now-levitating-on-snl-2842731"> “Studio 2054 goes some way</a> to completing Lipa’s evolution from good to great that started with the release of ‘Future Nostalgia’. Although the routines on show tonight aren’t the most complex, they flesh out her performance enough that now she has the songs, the personality and the presence that all true icons possess.”</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recently, the</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> New Rules </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">hitmaker was the recipient of the Powerhouse Award at the virtual Billboard Women in Music Awards, which took place on December 10th. Lipa was presented the award by none other than beloved US Senator, Bernie Sanders. </span></p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CItc3WDM0RG/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13">
<div style="padding: 16px;"><a style="background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CItc3WDM0RG/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"><br />
</a></p>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CItc3WDM0RG/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by DUA LIPA (@dualipa)</a></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lipa took to<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CItc3WDM0RG/"> Instagram</a> to celebrate her recognition via the prestigious award. Sharing a snap of herself clutching the award in a beautiful dress, Lipa wrote: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank you </span></i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/billboard/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">@billboard</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Women In Music for the Powerhouse Award!”</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Fans were astounded at the celebratory post, which obtained over 3.1 million likes. One devoted fan wrote: </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CItc3WDM0RG/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We are so proud of you, well done!”</span></i></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dua Lipa’s latest album,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Future Nostalgia</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, was released on March 27th. Her second studio album, the dazzling record followed Lipa’s self-titled debut album.</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Future Nostalgia </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">contains songs such as </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cool, Physical, Love Again</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pretty Please.</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On December 18th, French singer-songwriter Oklou remixed Lipa’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fever, </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">which originally came out on October 29th. Lipa also joined forces with Miley Cyrus recently on </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prisoners</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a track taken from Cyrus’ recently released album, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Plastic Hearts.</span></i></p>
<p><strong><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Future Nostalgia </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">is out now.</span></strong></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/dua-lipa-performs-levitating-and-dont-start-now-on-saturday-night-live/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Liam Gallagher’s Festive Single, &#8216;All You’re Dreaming Of&#8217; in the Running for Christmas Number 1</title>
		<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/liam-gallaghers-festive-single-all-youre-dreaming-of-in-the-running-for-christmas-number-1/</link>
		<comments>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/liam-gallaghers-festive-single-all-youre-dreaming-of-in-the-running-for-christmas-number-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2020 20:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sadie Willis-Falkiner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ChristmasNumber1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LiamGallagher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LiamGallagherAllYou'reDreamingOf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LiamGallagherChristmasSong]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=28544</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Liam Gallagher is in the running for Christmas UK number 1, for his festive single, All You’re Dreaming Of. The former Oasis frontman is up against The Pogues&#8217; Fairytale in New York, Mariah Carey&#8217;s All I Want For Christmas Is You and Wham&#8217;s Last Christmas. Currently, Gallagher’s yuletide track has claimed the #2 slot on the Official [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Liam Gallagher is in the running for Christmas UK number 1, for his festive single, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">All You’re Dreaming Of. </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The former Oasis frontman is up against The Pogues&#8217; <em>Fairytale in New York</em>, Mariah Carey&#8217;s <em>All I Want For Christmas Is You </em>and Wham&#8217;s Last Christmas.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Currently, Gallagher’s yuletide track has claimed the #2 slot on the Official UK Charts, ensuring the <em>Rock N Roll Star</em> a strong spot in the running for the coveted top spot. The winner of the tight chart race will be announced next week. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">All You’re Dreaming Of </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">has also done incredibly well in terms of physical copies, and is already the best selling vinyl single of 2020. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ever modest, Gallagher was quick to announce the success of All You’re Dreaming Of. Taking to his favourite social media platform, Gallagher tweeted earlier today (December 19th):</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/liam-gallagher-in-the-running-for-christmas-number-one-with-all-youre-dreaming-of-2842631"> “All You’re Dreaming Of is number 2 midweek UK </a>charts c’mon you know, LG x.” </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fans were certainly in agreement with Gallagher’s celebratory tweet, as the post received over 600 likes and 5000 retweets!</span></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YkW8_UOVZ0w" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">All You’re Dreaming Of </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">was released on November 27th, kicking off the Christmas season with a strong, moving festive single. Since then, Gallagher performed the new track live on the Jonathan Ross show. Additionally, Gallagher included </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">All You’re Dreaming Of</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as part of his Down By The River live stream, which saw Gallagher and his band sing some of the star’s biggest and best hits whilst floating down the River Thames on a giant barrage. </span></p>
<p>In accordance with his new release, Gallagher also put out a Christmassy music video, which was directed by Anthony Byrne. The monochromatic video opens with a flurry of snow blowing across a cold, dark night. Before long, we see a trio of brass instrumentalists, and a piano playing itself.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m-UQPfWiC7Q" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The camera then pans to Gallagher, who stands alone in a large, empty home. Gallagher launches into the track’s opening verse in his signature Mancunian croon.  Gallagher sings:</span><a href="https://genius.com/Liam-gallagher-all-youre-dreaming-of-lyrics"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://genius.com/Liam-gallagher-all-youre-dreaming-of-lyrics">Paint the night sky</a>/While the morning waits/With a field of stars/To keep the dark at bay”</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As the instruments swell, the memento builds, and the song reaches its Christmassy climax. Gallagher sings the chorus: </span><a href="https://genius.com/Liam-gallagher-all-youre-dreaming-of-lyrics"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://genius.com/Liam-gallagher-all-youre-dreaming-of-lyrics">Oh what are you dreamin&#8217; of?</a>/Is it the kind of love/That&#8217;ll be there when the world is at its worst?/That&#8217;ll cover you in kisses unrehearsed?” </span></i></p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI-26KNhuVI/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13">
<div style="padding: 16px;"><a style="background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI-26KNhuVI/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"><br />
</a></p>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI-26KNhuVI/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher)</a></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since its release, the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">All You’re Dreaming Of</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has obtained a whopping 368,000 views. The <em>All You’re Dreaming Of</em> music video can be watched in full</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkW8_UOVZ0w"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> here.</span></a> </p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI6QW0JI0mT/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13">
<div style="padding: 16px;"><a style="background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI6QW0JI0mT/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"><br />
</a></p>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<p><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI6QW0JI0mT/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher)</a>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script></p>
<p>All proceeds from the release, vinyl or otherwise, will go directly to Action for Children UK. Established in 1869, Action for Children UK is a charity that focuses on the financial and emotional wellbeing of vulnerable children and their families.</p>
<p><em>All You&#8217;re Dreaming Of</em> is out now.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/liam-gallaghers-festive-single-all-youre-dreaming-of-in-the-running-for-christmas-number-1/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The 1975&#8217;s Matt Healy Hints at New Material from Other Project, Drive Like I Do</title>
		<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/the-1975s-matt-healy-hints-at-new-material-from-other-project-drive-like-i-do/</link>
		<comments>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/the-1975s-matt-healy-hints-at-new-material-from-other-project-drive-like-i-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 22:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sadie Willis-Falkiner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DriveLikeIDo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MattHealy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NotesOnAConditionalForm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the1975]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=28445</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It appears that Matt Healy is hinting at new material from his other music project, Drive Like I Do. This is not the first sly indication of new music from The 1975 frontman, who has been teasing some Drive Like I Do material for years.  Healy’s indication towards his other music guise was displayed through [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It appears that Matt Healy is hinting at new material from his other music project, Drive Like I Do. This is not the first sly indication of new music from The 1975 frontman, who has been teasing some Drive Like I Do material for years. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Healy’s indication towards his other music guise was displayed through social media. The </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chocolate </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">singer set up a brand new <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI0q3hmhizf/">Instagram </a>account for Drive Like I Do, a move executed by artists who wish to tease fans with the idea of new music. Healy took to his official Instagram, which is posed under the moniker Truman Black, to share a throwback photo of the band, which again is a homage towards Drive Like I Do. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Mancunian born artist posted a photograph of himself rocking out fifteen years ago, which received over 149,000 likes from devoted fans. Healy wrote the caption: </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI0q3hmhizf/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Drive Like I Do &#8211; Live in Newcastle 2005”</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI0q3hmhizf/">.</a> When one devoted fan commented: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI0q3hmhizf/">“we want a new DLID</a> record”,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Girls </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">hitmaker simply responded </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI0q3hmhizf/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“ok”.</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></a></p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI0q3hmhizf/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13">
<div style="padding: 16px;"><a style="background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI0q3hmhizf/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"><br />
</a></p>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI0q3hmhizf/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by MATTYAmnesty Uk &#8211; DH00280 (@trumanblack)</a></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script>Following this interaction, Healy sent the link to the fan leading to a brand new <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI3MVZbMU20/">Instagram</a> page dedicated to Drive Like I Do.  The new account has two photos only &#8211; some vintage looking snaps of a backyard basketball hoop, and an action shot of a football match.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The first post was captioned with an ambiguous caption: </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI3MVZbMU20/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“That Wasn’t Even The Craziest Thing That Went Down”, </span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">which could possibly be a title of some new Drive Like I Do material. Already, the mysterious account has obtained over 13,000 followers. </span></p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI1GgtKLlRe/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13">
<div style="padding: 16px;">
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
<p>&nbsp;
</p></div>
<p><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI1GgtKLlRe/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by @drivelikeido</a>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Earlier this year, Healy spoke on evolving the sound of Drive Like I Do. The 1975 frontman revealed that he was working on remastering some old Drive Like I Do songs. Healy said:</span><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-teases-new-drive-like-i-do-material-as-band-launches-instagram-account-2840984"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-teases-new-drive-like-i-do-material-as-band-launches-instagram-account-2840984">I’m getting the old stuff remastered</a> and I’m basically going to put out the first album, the album that never was released.”</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When speaking on rejuvenating his old band, Healy confirmed that</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-teases-new-drive-like-i-do-material-as-band-launches-instagram-account-2840984"> “We will follow that up with a new album.</a> There’s so much Drive Like I Do stuff that was great that there’s not even demos of, so I’m going to record those songs and put them out with the two records that do kind of technically <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-teases-new-drive-like-i-do-material-as-band-launches-instagram-account-2840984">exist in the world.” </a></span></i></p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI3MVZbMU20/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13">
<div style="padding: 16px;"><a style="background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI3MVZbMU20/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"><br />
</a></div>
</blockquote>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI3MVZbMU20/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by @drivelikeido</a></p>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Healy also spoke out on his decision to quit social media, saying it has made him a</span><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-teases-new-drive-like-i-do-material-as-band-launches-instagram-account-2840984"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “much better person”</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-teases-new-drive-like-i-do-material-as-band-launches-instagram-account-2840984">. </a>Healy elaborated on the pressures of social media,<a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-teases-new-drive-like-i-do-material-as-band-launches-instagram-account-2840984"> saying:</a></span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-teases-new-drive-like-i-do-material-as-band-launches-instagram-account-2840984"> “It’s such a weird paradox.</a> Sometimes I get it right but sometimes I look like a t*** and that makes my work worse. I found myself asking myself ‘for what?’ some attention in the moment? A short cut towards<a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-teases-new-drive-like-i-do-material-as-band-launches-instagram-account-2840984"> feeling good about myself?”</a></span></i></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OXYVr_8ANPk" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">The latest album from The 1975 is </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Notes On A Conditional Form</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the fourth studio album from the indie-pop band. The 1975 released the critically acclaimed album on May 22nd. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Notes On A Conditional Form</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> features songs such as </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Birthday Party</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yeah I Know,</span></i> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Streaming </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Roadkill. </span></i></strong></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/the-1975s-matt-healy-hints-at-new-material-from-other-project-drive-like-i-do/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Glastonbury Organiser Emily Eavis Speaks Out on Glastonbury 2021</title>
		<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/glastonbury-organiser-emily-eavis-speaks-out-on-glastonbury-2021/</link>
		<comments>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/glastonbury-organiser-emily-eavis-speaks-out-on-glastonbury-2021/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sadie Willis-Falkiner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coronavirus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CoronavirusSucks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glastonbury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glastonbury2021]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MichaelEavis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=28327</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Emily Eavis has spoken out on Glastonburys’ uncertain 2021 return. According to the Glastonbury organiser, the music festival is “quite a long way” from confirming its 2021 iteration.  Glastonbury 2020 was sadly but necessarily cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. This years’ installment was supposed to mark the 50th anniversary of the world famous [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Emily Eavis has spoken out on Glastonburys’ uncertain 2021 return. According to the Glastonbury organiser, the music festival is<a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/emily-eavis-says-glastonbury-is-a-long-way-from-being-able-to-confirm-2021-festival-2840147"><em> “quite a long way”</em></a> from confirming its 2021 iteration. </span></p>
<p>Glastonbury 2020 was sadly but necessarily cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. This years’ installment was supposed to mark the 50th anniversary of the world famous festival. Glastonburys’ lawyer, Mark Challis, recently said that the event’s 50th birthday will be staged in June 2021 instead.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Emily Eavis, daughter of Michael Eavis, who founded the legendary festival, recently spoke with the BBC about Glastonbury 2021. Eavis relayed that </span><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/emily-eavis-says-glastonbury-is-a-long-way-from-being-able-to-confirm-2021-festival-2840147"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re doing everything we can on our end to plan and prepare.” </span></i></a></p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI1C4SNHf_F/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13">
<div style="padding: 16px;"><a style="background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI1C4SNHf_F/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"><br />
</a></p>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI1C4SNHf_F/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Glastonbury Festival (@glastofest)</a></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unfortunately, the possibility of Glastonbury 2021 is relatively low, according to Eavis. <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/emily-eavis-says-glastonbury-is-a-long-way-from-being-able-to-confirm-2021-festival-2840147">Eavis said:</a></span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/emily-eavis-says-glastonbury-is-a-long-way-from-being-able-to-confirm-2021-festival-2840147"> “I think we’re still quite</a> a long way from being able to say we’re confident 2021 will go ahead.”</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eavis continued, saying:</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/emily-eavis-says-glastonbury-is-a-long-way-from-being-able-to-confirm-2021-festival-2840147"> “I can’t tell you how much</a> we’d love to welcome everyone back to the farm&#8230;It’s been way too quiet here this year and we want to get people back here as soon as we possibly can.” </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eavis added:</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/emily-eavis-says-glastonbury-is-a-long-way-from-being-able-to-confirm-2021-festival-2840147"> “Obviously the vaccine news </a>in recent weeks has increased our chances. We’re doing everything we can on our end to plan and prepare, but there are still just so many unknowns and factors which are completely <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/emily-eavis-says-glastonbury-is-a-long-way-from-being-able-to-confirm-2021-festival-2840147">out of our control.”</a></span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eavis expanded on the financial issues the Glastonbury founders have faced this year:</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/emily-eavis-says-glastonbury-is-a-long-way-from-being-able-to-confirm-2021-festival-2840147"> “What we definitely can’t afford</a> to risk is getting too far into the process of next year, only for it to be snatched away from us again. We lost millions this year, and we can’t risk that happening again.”</span></i> </p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIqBpunMBMx/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13">
<div style="padding: 16px;">
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
<p>&nbsp;
</p></div>
<p><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIqBpunMBMx/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Glastonbury Festival (@glastofest)</a>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis recently spoke on coronavirus testing, saying that</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “<a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/emily-eavis-says-glastonbury-is-a-long-way-from-being-able-to-confirm-2021-festival-2840147">massive testing arrangements&#8221;</a></span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> could be in place for next year’s event.</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/emily-eavis-says-glastonbury-is-a-long-way-from-being-able-to-confirm-2021-festival-2840147"> “The testing is going so well now</a>, there could be massive testing arrangements”</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Eavis said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Emily Eavis pleaded with the UK government for “direct financial support” for Glastonbury 2021 earlier this month. Despite their reassuring, hopeful statements, Emily and Michael Eavis have said that money is</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “already getting tight” </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">in the wake of next year’s event. </span></p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIjCgl5hmck/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13">
<div style="padding: 16px;"><a style="background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIjCgl5hmck/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"><br />
</a></p>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIjCgl5hmck/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Glastonbury Festival (@glastofest)</a></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script></p>
<p>Naturally, insurers remain cautious to offer cancellation cover. Should Glastonbury 2021 be cancelled, organisers could lose millions in revenue, which Michael and Emily Eavis say is something they simply cannot afford.</p>
<p>Glastonbury was founded by Michael Eavis in the year 1970. Year after year, the music festival extraveganza welcomed some of the biggest and best names in music. Last year, Glastonbury saw The Cure and The Killers serve as fantastic headline acts. The 2020 instalment of Glastonbury was supposed to have the likes of Dua Lipa, Sir Paul McCartney and Supergrass perform. Kendrick Lamar and Lana Del Rey and Taylor Swift were also confirmed for the 2020 lineup.</p>
<p>It is unclear whethere these artists will roll over onto the 2021 lineup. We can only hold out hope that the momumental Glasonbury festival will return safely next year.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/glastonbury-organiser-emily-eavis-speaks-out-on-glastonbury-2021/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Michael Kiwanuka Premieres New Music Video for ‘Interlude (Loving the People)’</title>
		<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/michael-kiwanuka-premieres-new-music-video-for-interlude-loving-the-people/</link>
		<comments>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/michael-kiwanuka-premieres-new-music-video-for-interlude-loving-the-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sadie Willis-Falkiner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BlackBritishArtists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JohnLewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MercuryPrize2020]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MichaelKiwanuka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MichaelKiwanukaLovingthePeople]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PhillipYoumans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=28287</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Kiwanuka has shared the music video for one of his latest tracks, Interlude (Loving the People). Loving the People is taken from Kiwanuka’s third studio album, Kiwanuka, which dropped on November 1st. Kiwanuka, which has been praised for “its brave experimentation and hard-won self-knowledge”, contains songs such as Rolling, I’ve Been Dazed and Hero. [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Michael Kiwanuka has shared the music video for one of his latest tracks, Interlude (Loving the People). </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Loving the People</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is taken from Kiwanuka’s third studio album, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kiwanuka</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which dropped on November 1st. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kiwanuka</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which has been praised for </span><a href="https://genius.com/Michael-kiwanuka-interlude-loving-the-people-lyrics"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">its brave experimentation and hard-won self-knowledge”</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">contains songs such as </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rolling</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’ve Been Dazed</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hero</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Loving the People</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was directed by American filmmaker Phillip Youmans. Kiwanuka premiered the video to his official <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO0mwA7Y5QU">YouTube</a> channel last night (December 14th), which has obtained over 9000 views already. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The videos’ introduction sees an upshot of a palm tree dotted boulevard, and samples a speech from John Lewis, the late US Congressman and civil rights activist. Lewis’ iconic human rights speech continues, saying:<a href="https://genius.com/Michael-kiwanuka-interlude-loving-the-people-lyrics"> “</a></span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://genius.com/Michael-kiwanuka-interlude-loving-the-people-lyrics">A moving feeling within me/</a>That I was sitting there demanding a God-given right/And my soul became satisfied that I was right in what I was doing/At the same time there was something deep down within me, moving me.”</span></i></p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIyL-BhgCbh/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13">
<div style="padding: 16px;"><a style="background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIyL-BhgCbh/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"><br />
</a></p>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIyL-BhgCbh/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by @michaelkiwanuka</a></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script><span style="font-weight: 400;">Isolated piano notes mark the start of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Loving the People</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, whilst the shot transitions to four young individuals in their home. As the music video progresses, we see the young people frolicking in the sun, body painting, skateboarding and dancing. All the while, Kiwanuka’s beautiful instrumental envelopes the psychedelic film. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Director Youmans said in a statement:</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/michael-kiwanuka-shares-sun-soaked-music-video-for-interlude-loving-the-people-2838937"> “Listening to ‘Interlude (Loving the People) feels like sunshine</a> on my skin.” </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Speaking out on the video, Youmans said:</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “This film is an escapist trip where young black people revel in the psychedelic experience. For me ‘Loving the People’ is about the adrenaline of unconfined love and joy, a celebration of <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/michael-kiwanuka-shares-sun-soaked-music-video-for-interlude-loving-the-people-2838937">black youth and imagination.”</a></span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Youmans’ psychedelic vision certainly appears within the</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Loving the People</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> video. It is a celebration of youth, art and unadulterated joy, a visual masterpiece to calm the anxieties that 2020 has brought the music industry and the world as a whole. The short film can be watched in full below.</span></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iO0mwA7Y5QU" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Michael Kiwanuka announced the arrival of the Loving the People music video via social media. Sharing a clip to<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIyL-BhgCbh/"> Instagram</a>, Kiwanuka wrote in the post:</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Interlude (Loving The People) a film by Phillip Youmans. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIyL-BhgCbh/">Featuring words by John Lewis. Link in the bio.” </a></span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The post, which received over 10,000 likes and views, was met with a warm reception by fans. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>Kiwanuka</em> is a monumental record. As well as its commercial success amongst fans and critics</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the self-titled record took home the Mercury Prize Album of the Year award last month. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kiwanuka</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> beat out the likes of Dua Lipa, Stormzy and Charli XCX for the coveted prize. </span> </p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIk7vmEgKuD/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13">
<div style="padding: 16px;"><a style="background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIk7vmEgKuD/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"><br />
</a></p>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<p><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIk7vmEgKuD/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by @michaelkiwanuka</a>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a statement following his big win, <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/michael-kiwanuka-shares-sun-soaked-music-video-for-interlude-loving-the-people-2838937">Kiwanuka said:</a></span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/michael-kiwanuka-shares-sun-soaked-music-video-for-interlude-loving-the-people-2838937"> “It has definitely encouraged me</a> to keep dreaming big. </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">I hope it inspires people who maybe have a similar story to mine or people who, in other ways, maybe feel like they’re going into something that is maybe outside of their comfort zone or not usually the path they would be expected to take.” </span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kiwunaka went on to leave a motivational <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/michael-kiwanuka-shares-sun-soaked-music-video-for-interlude-loving-the-people-2838937">statement to his fans:</a></span><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/michael-kiwanuka-shares-sun-soaked-music-video-for-interlude-loving-the-people-2838937"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/michael-kiwanuka-shares-sun-soaked-music-video-for-interlude-loving-the-people-2838937">I’d hope it inspires them</a> just to keep going and to keep being true to themselves, to keep going but not to compromise. That’s something I really believe in and I hope that is something that can garner from my music and especially the <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/michael-kiwanuka-shares-sun-soaked-music-video-for-interlude-loving-the-people-2838937">songs on this album.”</a></span></i></p>
<p><strong><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kiwanuka </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">is out everywhere now. </span></strong></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/michael-kiwanuka-premieres-new-music-video-for-interlude-loving-the-people/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Cure&#8217;s Robert Smith Performs Three Songs for ‘Nine Lessons’ Charity Livestream</title>
		<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/the-cures-robert-smith-performs-three-songs-for-nine-lessons-charity-livestream/</link>
		<comments>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/the-cures-robert-smith-performs-three-songs-for-nine-lessons-charity-livestream/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2020 22:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sadie Willis-Falkiner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ILoveLive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JustLikeHeaven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NineLessonsandCarolsForCuriousPeopleCharityLivestream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RobertSmith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RobertSmithCharityLivestream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TheCure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TheCureM]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=28223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Robert Smith performed three of The Cure&#8217;s songs in a festive livestream last night (December 12th). Smith lent his iconic vocals for the 24 hour long Nine Lessons And Carols For Curious People charity livestream special.  The livestream event was broadcasted by the Cosmic Shambles Network. The entirety of the livestreams’ donations will be split [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Robert Smith performed three of The Cure&#8217;s songs in a festive livestream last night (December 12th). Smith lent his iconic vocals for the 24 hour long </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nine Lessons And Carols For Curious People </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">charity livestream special. </span></p>
<p>The livestream event was broadcasted by the<a href="https://cosmicshambles.com/"> Cosmic Shambles Network</a>. The entirety of the livestreams’ donations will be split equally between charities <a href="https://msf.org.uk/">Doctors Without Borders</a>, <a href="https://www.turn2us.org.uk/?gclid=CjwKCAiAlNf-BRB_EiwA2osbxSdwgxVtrrhie-absGBIsoe9W39CHO5Dsk4U5Rs1pqYFD5CcQgGMthoCVpIQAvD_BwE">Turn2Us</a>, <a href="https://www.mind.org.uk/donate/?gclid=CjwKCAiAlNf-BRB_EiwA2osbxR9U5daaOCaGGpZHep8HMOHgsi5MNSMxDBtyABCSTvC-EGE7tCIr0xoCbb0QAvD_BwE">Mind</a> and <a href="https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/">Kings Place Music Foundation. </a></p>
<p>Established in France in 1971, Doctors Without Borders is an international humanitarian non-governmental organisation that executes charitable projects in conflict zones and countries affected by endemic diseases. Turn2Us fights UK poverty through donating financial hardship funds.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J7nPfKkpit0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p>Mind is a British programme that reaches out to individuals suffering with mental health problems, meanwhile the Kings Place Music Foundation partners with music and arts organisations around the UK to deliver learning and participation activities to the local community.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Although the event took place last night, fans are still able to donate to the</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Nine Lessons and Carols For Curious People</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Crowdfunder page. More information about this can be found</span><a href="https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/ninelessons"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> here. </span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hosted by Robin Ince, Smith performed</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">the songs </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">M, Play for Today</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> In Your House</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for the charity livestream.</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> M, Play for Today and In Your House</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> are all taken</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">from The Cures’ second studio album,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Seventeen Seconds</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which came out back in 1980. </span></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FH6Rb9zyBuw" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A socially distanced performance, of course, Smith sits alone and barefoot in what looks like his home studio. Accompanied only by his drum machine, the</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Just Like Heaven</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> hitmaker’s heavenly croon fills the studio as it would for an intimate Cure gig. Smith’s mesmerising performance was also shared to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7nPfKkpit0&amp;feature=emb_title">YouTube</a>, the video in question obtaining over 13,000 views. </span></p>
<p>Meanwhile, The Cure have stood up and shown support for the struggling live music industry in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Taking part in the <a href="https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/i-love-live">#ILoveLive</a> campaign, Smith donated his beloved black UltraCure guitar.</p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIrCV6lHVsG/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13">
<div style="padding: 16px;"><a style="background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIrCV6lHVsG/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"><br />
</a></p>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIrCV6lHVsG/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by The Cure (@thecure)</a></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cure announced their participation in the #ILoveLive campaign via a post to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIrCV6lHVsG/">Instagram</a>. Sharing a photograph of Smith playing the legendary guitar, The Cure wrote in a length caption: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIrCV6lHVsG/">“Robert is giving away</a> his schecter ‘fibonacci sequence’ black UltraCure guitar &#8211; played at every show in 2016 &#8211; to benefit UK music.” </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fans were clearly happy with the news, as the post received over 49,000 likes. </span></p>
<p>Fans can enter the prize draw by following a link in the bio of The Cures’ official Instagram page. The #ILoveLive prize draw will take place tonight.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Back in September, Smith revealed that he had dedicated most of 2020 to </span><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-the-cures-robert-smith-perform-three-songs-as-part-of-charity-livestream-2837759"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“finishing off” </span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">a brand new album with The Cure, along with a solo record. When chatting to NME, Smith divulged that the band had been plugging hard on </span><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-the-cures-robert-smith-perform-three-songs-as-part-of-charity-livestream-2837759"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“two new albums and an hour of noise.” </span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hopefully, The Cure won’t keep us waiting too long for their next masterpieces! </span></strong></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/the-cures-robert-smith-performs-three-songs-for-nine-lessons-charity-livestream/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Pale Waves Announce Release Date Forthcoming Single, ‘She’s My Religion’</title>
		<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/pale-waves-announce-release-date-forthcoming-single-shes-my-religion/</link>
		<comments>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/pale-waves-announce-release-date-forthcoming-single-shes-my-religion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2020 22:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sadie Willis-Falkiner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IndiePop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PaleWaves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PaleWavesNewMusic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[She'sMyReligion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=28211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pale Waves announced the release date for their upcoming single today (December 12th). According to the band, She’s My Religion is scheduled for arrival on Tuesday, December 15th.  Pale Waves confirmed the release date for She’s My Religion via social media. In a post to Instagram late last night (December 11th), the indie-pop quartet shared [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pale Waves announced the release date for their upcoming single today (December 12th). According to the band,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> She’s My Religion</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is scheduled for arrival on Tuesday, December 15th. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pale Waves confirmed the release date for </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">She’s My Religion </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">via social media. In a post to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIqrf9bhlgM/">Instagram</a> late last night (December 11th), the indie-pop quartet shared the single’s cover art, along with the caption:</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIqrf9bhlgM/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “She’s My Religion &#8211; Tuesday!”</span></i></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pale Waves also revealed what seems to be some lyrics from the forthcoming track, writing </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIqrf9bhlgM/">“She’s cold/She’s dark/She’s cynical”</a>. </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The post elicited some serious excitement from fans, receiving over 10,000 likes. One fan commented playfully: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIqrf9bhlgM/">“We have been waiting </a>a long time for this!”</span></i></p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIqrf9bhlgM/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13">
<div style="padding: 16px;"><a style="background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIqrf9bhlgM/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"><br />
</a></p>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIqrf9bhlgM/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by PALE WAVES (@palewaves)</a></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is not the first time Pale Waves has teased </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">She’s My Religion</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Frontwoman Heather Baron-Gracie hinted towards the single on Twitter back in May, sharing a short demo along with the status: </span><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/pale-waves-set-release-date-for-upcoming-single-shes-my-religion-2837302"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I just want new pw music to come out to be honest.”</span></i></a></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">She’s My Religion </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">will be taken from Pale Waves’ forthcoming album, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who Am I? </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pale Waves’ sophomore record,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Who Am I?</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> will follow their debut album </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">My Mind Makes Noise,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> which came out back in 2018. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Scheduled for arrival early next year, Pale Waves will premiere </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who Am I? </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">on February 12th, 2021, via Dirty Hit Records. An eleven track album,<em> Who Am I?</em> will contain the songs</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> I Just Needed You</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Fall to Pieces</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tomorrow</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Change</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span> </p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CItQWPQBcMP/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13">
<div style="padding: 16px;">
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
<p>&nbsp;
</p></div>
<p><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CItQWPQBcMP/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by PALE WAVES (@palewaves)</a>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In an official press release, Pale Waves said that </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who Am I?</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> will serve</span><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/pale-waves-set-release-date-for-upcoming-single-shes-my-religion-2837302"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/pale-waves-set-release-date-for-upcoming-single-shes-my-religion-2837302">as the Pale Waves manifesto</a> – inspiring inclusivity, self-discovery, and the notion of being whoever the hell you want to be”. </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Television Romance</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> singers revealed that the albums’ lyricism will explore Heather Baron-Gracies’ personal experiences with mental health and depression. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Baron-Gracie spoke on how </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who Am I?</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> helped Baron-Gracie come to terms with her own self acceptance. Baron-Gracie said that since wrapping the album: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/pale-waves-set-release-date-for-upcoming-single-shes-my-religion-2837302">“I’ve stepped onto a path of wanting </a>to explore myself and I feel confident in myself and proud to own my sexuality. I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.”</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Last month, Pale Waves shared a sonic gem from </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who Am I?, Change. </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pale Waves released </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Change </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">on November 11th. </span></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/X6mIMJuKQ6c" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Change</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a wistful indie bop all about heartache. Although it has a light, upbeat backing track, Baron-Gracies’ lyrics reflect a person burnt by love, yet still wishing for a different outcome. Baron-Gracie sings the relatable lyrics:</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://genius.com/Pale-waves-change-lyrics"> “I remember it like it was yesterday</a>/My mother didn&#8217;t prepare me for this heartache”</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I keep wishing you would change/<a href="https://genius.com/Pale-waves-change-lyrics">It’s no surprise you’re still the same.”</a></span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pale Waves dropped the Change music video on<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6mIMJuKQ6c"> YouTube</a> in accordance with their release, which has garnered a whopping 362,000 views. The band jam out in a woodland forest, whilst Baron-Gracie shreds the guitar and sings:</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “<a href="https://genius.com/Pale-waves-change-lyrics">I&#8217;m being so irrational,</a> don&#8217;t know what to do/Just trying my best to get over you/I sat in the shower couldn&#8217;t leave for a few hours/&#8217;Cause I let you back in, now I&#8217;m crawling out my skin”</span></i></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">She’s My Religion</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> will come out on December 15th. The <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/pale-waves-announce-second-album-who-am-i-and-share-nostalgic-first-single-change-2813603">official tracklisting</a> for </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who Am I? </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">can be found below: </span></p>
<p><i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">1. Change<br />
</span></i></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">2. Fall To Pieces<br />
</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">3. She’s My Religion<br />
</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">4. Easy<br />
</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">5. Wish U Were Here<br />
</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">6. Tomorrow<br />
</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">7. You Don’t Own Me<br />
</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">8. I Just Needed You<br />
</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">9. Odd Ones Out<br />
</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">10. Run To<br />
</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">11. Who Am I?</span></i></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/pale-waves-announce-release-date-forthcoming-single-shes-my-religion/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Circa Waves Premiere Brand New Festive Song, ‘Miss Christmas’</title>
		<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/circa-waves-premiere-brand-new-festive-song-miss-christmas/</link>
		<comments>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/circa-waves-premiere-brand-new-festive-song-miss-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2020 21:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sadie Willis-Falkiner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BritishIndie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CircaWaves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CircaWavesMissChristmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CircaWavesNewChristmasSong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IndieRock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MissChristmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Story]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=27934</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Circa Waves have shared a brand new song. The festive track, entitled Miss Christmas, premiered earlier today (December 8th).  Circa Waves dropped some festive breadcrumbs for their new release via social media last night. Taking to Instagram, the band alerted fans of the upcoming track: “Ho Ho Ho our christmas banger is out tomorrow at [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Circa Waves have shared a brand new song. The festive track, entitled </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Miss Christmas</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, premiered earlier today (December 8th). </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Circa Waves dropped some festive breadcrumbs for their new release via social media last night. Taking to<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIiE4imnIrp/"> Instagram</a>, the band alerted fans of the upcoming track: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIiE4imnIrp/">“Ho Ho Ho our christmas banger</a> is out tomorrow at 10am GMT.” </span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The indie quintet stayed true to their promise, and took to Instagram again today to post news of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Miss Christmas’</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> arrival. Circa Waves declared in the posts’ caption: </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIiE4imnIrp/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIiE4imnIrp/">MISS CHRISTMAS, maybe the greatest christmas song </a>ever is out now. Listen to it loud to get in the Christmas spirit!”</span></i></p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIgXxiInBNt/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13">
<div style="padding: 16px;"><a style="background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIgXxiInBNt/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"><br />
</a></p>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIgXxiInBNt/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Circa Waves (@circawaves)</a></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script><span style="font-weight: 400;">The post, which garnered over 2,400 likes and views, clearly provoked excitement amongst fans. One fan commented:</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIiE4imnIrp/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “Well done boys!”</span></i> </a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Along with the new release, Circa Waves premiered the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Miss Christmas</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> music video to their 70,000 YouTube subscribers. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The humorous and socially distanced video sees the band all dressed as Santa, jamming out with their respective instruments from the comfort of their homes. </span></p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIiE4imnIrp/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13">
<div style="padding: 16px;">
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
<p>&nbsp;
</p></div>
<p><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIiE4imnIrp/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Circa Waves (@circawaves)</a>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a few short hours, the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Miss Christmas </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">music video has obtained over 1,800 views already. The </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Miss Christmas</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> music video can be watched in full </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf0olGd8CfE"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here. </span></a></p>
<p>Keiran Shudall, frontman of Circa Waves, spoke out about their new festive track. In an official press release, Shudall meditated on the emotional aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially around Christmas time.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/circa-waves-get-festive-on-new-track-miss-christmas-2834081"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shudall said: </span></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/circa-waves-get-festive-on-new-track-miss-christmas-2834081">“As no one’s been able</a> to hug their family for half a year we wanted to give you this song. A warm Christmassy cuddle to tide you over till Covid gets chinned out of its shoes in 2021!”</span></i></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jf0olGd8CfE" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shudall continued by discussing the Christmassy effect Circa Waves were trying to achieve with<em> Miss Christmas</em>. Shudall said:</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/circa-waves-get-festive-on-new-track-miss-christmas-2834081"> “We wanted to </a>make a Christmas song that felt timeless and could sit between </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mariah Carey</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Paul McCartney</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on the nation’s Christmas Day. Pass the sprouts!”</span></i></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Miss Christmas </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">is the latest from the stream of new music that Circa Waves have shared this year. The Liverpool-born band dropped their fourth studio album, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sad Happy</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, on March 13th, and followed the release with EP, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sadder Happier. </span></i></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EcD0nAoa9rM" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A surprise EP, the self-described</span><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/circa-waves-get-festive-on-new-track-miss-christmas-2834081"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “angry record” </span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">was shared by the band on May 20th, 2020. Circa Waves also enlisted Alfie Templeman for the collaborative single,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Lemonade</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, on August 27th. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When chatting to NME, Keiran Shudall said of Lemonade<a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/circa-waves-get-festive-on-new-track-miss-christmas-2834081">:</a></span><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/circa-waves-get-festive-on-new-track-miss-christmas-2834081"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/circa-waves-get-festive-on-new-track-miss-christmas-2834081">The song has been a bit prophetic</a> in a sense. It’s almost as if I felt what the nation now feels, months before it all happened. This feeling of imagining that you’d be doing something better than what you’re doing at the time.”</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shudall continued, saying:</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/circa-waves-get-festive-on-new-track-miss-christmas-2834081"> “I think everyone has that sense </a>all the time anyway, thinking that life should be a bit more interesting than it is, and Corona has just put a massive magnifying glass on that.”</span></i></p>
<p><strong><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Miss Christmas </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">is out everywhere now. </span></strong></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/circa-waves-premiere-brand-new-festive-song-miss-christmas/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Sea Girls Reschedule 2021 UK Tour for the Second Time</title>
		<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/sea-girls-reschedule-2021-uk-tour-for-the-second-time/</link>
		<comments>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/sea-girls-reschedule-2021-uk-tour-for-the-second-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2020 21:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sadie Willis-Falkiner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BritishIndieRock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CoronavirusSucks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SeaGirls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SeaGirlsOpenUpYourHead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SeaGirlsPostponed2021UKTour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SeaGirlsThisIsTheEnd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SeaGirlsUK2021Tour]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=27822</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sea Girls have announced the rescheduling of their 2021 UK tour. This is the second time that Sea Girls have revised their upcoming tour dates.  Originally, the tour was scheduled for November of this year. In abidance with the UK government’s health guidelines surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, Sea Girls rescheduled the dates to February 2021 [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sea Girls have announced the rescheduling of their 2021 UK tour. This is the second time that Sea Girls have revised their upcoming tour dates. </span></p>
<p>Originally, the tour was scheduled for November of this year. In abidance with the UK government’s health guidelines surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, Sea Girls rescheduled the dates to February 2021 back in September. Unfortunately, the dates have been pushed back further, to October 2021.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In an official statement, Sea Girls confirmed the sad news. The band confirmed that</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/sea-girls-reschedule-2021-uk-tour-for-the-second-time-2832471"> “We have made the difficult decision</a> to reschedule our UK and EU February tour dates to Autumn 2021.”</span></i></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Iovnv4jn8Rg" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p>Now, Sea Girls UK tour will officially begin on October 7th, 2021. Sea Girls will kick off at the O2 Academy in Leicester. The indie quintet will then travel across the UK, playing shows in both Newcastle, Glasgow and Liverpool.</p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CITLRVLFs85/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13">
<div style="padding: 16px;"><a style="background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CITLRVLFs85/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"><br />
</a></p>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CITLRVLFs85/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by SEA GIRLS (@seagirls)</a></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script>The tour will come to a head in Manchester, where Sea Girls will deliver a blinding, already sold out show at the Academy in Manchester. Unsurprisingly, their upcoming shows in Birmingham, Glasgow and London have flown off the virtual shelves like hotcakes, and are already sold out.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fortunately, tickets purchased by fans for the February 2021 dates will remain valid for the revised tour dates. Sea Girls confirmed that: </span><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/sea-girls-reschedule-2021-uk-tour-for-the-second-time-2832471"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/sea-girls-reschedule-2021-uk-tour-for-the-second-time-2832471">Tickets purchased for these shows remain valid,</a> please hold on to them! UK support comes from the awesome Baby Queen.”</span></i> </p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIaeVosjK89/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13">
<div style="padding: 16px;">
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
<p>&nbsp;
</p></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIaeVosjK89/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by SEA GIRLS (@seagirls)</a>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sea Girls took to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIaeVosjK89/">Instagram</a> to reveal their revised tour dates with their ever-growing fanbase. Within the post, Sea Girls wrote playfully: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIaeVosjK89/">“Buy some print</a> at home tickets for our UK 2021 tour to stick under the Christmas tree and make everyone&#8217;s dreams come true! Link in bio.”</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The latest single from Sea Girls is </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">This Is The End</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Transplant</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> singers premiered on Friday, December 4th. A romantic sounding track,<em> This Is The End</em> is a beautifully melancholic song from the indie darlings about the pains of letting a loved one go. </span></p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIdDCjioxzn/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13">
<div style="padding: 16px;"><a style="background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIdDCjioxzn/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"><br />
</a></div>
</blockquote>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<p><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIdDCjioxzn/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by SEA GIRLS (@seagirls)</a></p>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Earlier this year, Sea Girls released their awe-inspiring debut album, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open Up Your Head</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Released on August 14th,</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">fourteen track record </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open Up Your Head</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> contains the tracks like</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Forever</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Call Me Out </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do You Really Wanna Know?</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>
<p>Tickets for Sea Girls’ UK 2021 tour are on sale now. The newly revised dates for Sea Girls 2021 UK tour will go as follows:</p>
<p>07/10/2021 &#8211; O2 Academy &#8211; Leicester<br />
08/10 &#8211; O2 Academy &#8211; Newcastle<br />
09/10 &#8211; Barrowland &#8211; Glasgow<br />
11/10 &#8211; O2 Institute &#8211; Birmingham<br />
12/10 &#8211; Corn Exchange, Cambridge<br />
14/10 &#8211; O2 Academy &#8211; Sheffield<br />
15/10 &#8211; Brixton Academy &#8211; London<br />
16/10 &#8211; O2 Academy &#8211; Liverpool<br />
19/10 &#8211; O2 Academy &#8211; Oxford<br />
20/10 &#8211; O2 Academy &#8211; Leeds<br />
21/10 &#8211; Academy &#8211; Manchester</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/sea-girls-reschedule-2021-uk-tour-for-the-second-time/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Liam Gallagher Delivers Moving Performance of ‘All You’re Dreaming Of’ for ‘Down By The River’ Livestream</title>
		<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/liam-gallagher-delivers-moving-performance-of-all-youre-dreaming-of-for-down-by-the-river-livestream/</link>
		<comments>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/liam-gallagher-delivers-moving-performance-of-all-youre-dreaming-of-for-down-by-the-river-livestream/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2020 22:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sadie Willis-Falkiner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[britpop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DownByTheRiver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LiamGallagher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LiamGallagherAllYou'reDreamingOf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TheTonightShowWithJimmyFallon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=27794</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Liam Gallagher gave a brilliant performance of his new Christmas-themed single, All You’re Dreaming Of tonight (December 5th). Gallagher’s performance was streamed via video on the hugely popular talk show, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.  Fallon previewed the All You’re Dreaming Of performance via his official YouTube channel. The performance, which has already gathered [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Liam Gallagher gave a brilliant performance of his new Christmas-themed single, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">All You’re Dreaming Of </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">tonight (December 5th). Gallagher’s performance was streamed via video on the hugely popular talk show, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. </span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fallon previewed the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">All You’re Dreaming Of </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">performance via his official <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka0bjl19bIM">YouTube </a>channel. The performance, which has already gathered over 64,000 views, can be watched in full </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka0bjl19bIM"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here.</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> All You’re Dreaming Of</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is the first taster from Gallagher’s Livestream special, ‘Down By The River Thames’, which is set to premiere later tonight. The ‘Down By The River’ stream will be available via MelodyVR. A socially distanced gig, of course, the special stream will be a crowd-less, outdoor event. ‘Down By The River’ will see Gallagher and his band singing a varied repertoire of some of his greatest hits whilst floating along the River Thames on a huge barge.</span></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ka0bjl19bIM" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In an official statement, Gallagher gave some details surrounding his upcoming performance. The</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Rock ‘n’ Roll Star </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">said he will sing </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/liam-gallagher-all-youre-dreaming-fallon-1099400/">“tracks from my two number</a> 1 solo albums as well as some stone-cold Oasis classics, some of which you haven’t heard me sing for a long, long time.” </span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gallagher shared the ‘Down By The River’ setlist to his favourite social media platform, Twitter. From </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Morning Glory </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">to </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wall of Glass</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, ‘Down By The River’ will retell the pivotal moments of the British icon’s still-thriving career. The setlist reveal garnered over 18,000 likes and was received excitedly by avid fans. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Not long after, Gallagher took to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIbXX54B9cz/">Instagram</a> to share a clip of his memorising </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">All You’re Dreaming Of</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> performance. Within the post, Gallagher wrote the playful caption:</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIbXX54B9cz/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIbXX54B9cz/">Yes brothers and sisters</a> not long to go remember your watching from your homes so no throwing pints of p*** about c’mon you know LG x”</span></i></p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIbXX54B9cz/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13">
<div style="padding: 16px;"><a style="background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIbXX54B9cz/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"><br />
</a></p>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIbXX54B9cz/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher)</a></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The post was met with joy from fans, receiving over 50,000 likes. One particularly impressed fan wrote: </span><a href="&lt;blockquote%20class=&quot;instagram-media&quot; data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/CIbXX54B9cz/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=loading&quot; data-instgrm-version=&quot;13&quot; style=&quot; background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding:16px;&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/CIbXX54B9cz/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=loading&quot; style=&quot; background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot; display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot; background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot; background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 19% 0;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;display:block; height:50px; margin:0 auto 12px; width:50px;&quot;&gt;&lt;svg width=&quot;50px&quot; height=&quot;50px&quot; viewBox=&quot;0 0 60 60&quot; version=&quot;1.1&quot; xmlns=&quot;https://www.w3.org/2000/svg&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot;&gt;&lt;g stroke=&quot;none&quot; stroke-width=&quot;1&quot; fill=&quot;none&quot; fill-rule=&quot;evenodd&quot;&gt;&lt;g transform=&quot;translate(-511.000000, -20.000000)&quot; fill=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;g&gt;&lt;path d=&quot;M556.869,30.41 C554.814,30.41 553.148,32.076 553.148,34.131 C553.148,36.186 554.814,37.852 556.869,37.852 C558.924,37.852 560.59,36.186 560.59,34.131 C560.59,32.076 558.924,30.41 556.869,30.41 M541,60.657 C535.114,60.657 530.342,55.887 530.342,50 C530.342,44.114 535.114,39.342 541,39.342 C546.887,39.342 551.658,44.114 551.658,50 C551.658,55.887 546.887,60.657 541,60.657 M541,33.886 C532.1,33.886 524.886,41.1 524.886,50 C524.886,58.899 532.1,66.113 541,66.113 C549.9,66.113 557.115,58.899 557.115,50 C557.115,41.1 549.9,33.886 541,33.886 M565.378,62.101 C565.244,65.022 564.756,66.606 564.346,67.663 C563.803,69.06 563.154,70.057 562.106,71.106 C561.058,72.155 560.06,72.803 558.662,73.347 C557.607,73.757 556.021,74.244 553.102,74.378 C549.944,74.521 548.997,74.552 541,74.552 C533.003,74.552 532.056,74.521 528.898,74.378 C525.979,74.244 524.393,73.757 523.338,73.347 C521.94,72.803 520.942,72.155 519.894,71.106 C518.846,70.057 518.197,69.06 517.654,67.663 C517.244,66.606 516.755,65.022 516.623,62.101 C516.479,58.943 516.448,57.996 516.448,50 C516.448,42.003 516.479,41.056 516.623,37.899 C516.755,34.978 517.244,33.391 517.654,32.338 C518.197,30.938 518.846,29.942 519.894,28.894 C520.942,27.846 521.94,27.196 523.338,26.654 C524.393,26.244 525.979,25.756 528.898,25.623 C532.057,25.479 533.004,25.448 541,25.448 C548.997,25.448 549.943,25.479 553.102,25.623 C556.021,25.756 557.607,26.244 558.662,26.654 C560.06,27.196 561.058,27.846 562.106,28.894 C563.154,29.942 563.803,30.938 564.346,32.338 C564.756,33.391 565.244,34.978 565.378,37.899 C565.522,41.056 565.552,42.003 565.552,50 C565.552,57.996 565.522,58.943 565.378,62.101 M570.82,37.631 C570.674,34.438 570.167,32.258 569.425,30.349 C568.659,28.377 567.633,26.702 565.965,25.035 C564.297,23.368 562.623,22.342 560.652,21.575 C558.743,20.834 556.562,20.326 553.369,20.18 C550.169,20.033 549.148,20 541,20 C532.853,20 531.831,20.033 528.631,20.18 C525.438,20.326 523.257,20.834 521.349,21.575 C519.376,22.342 517.703,23.368 516.035,25.035 C514.368,26.702 513.342,28.377 512.574,30.349 C511.834,32.258 511.326,34.438 511.181,37.631 C511.035,40.831 511,41.851 511,50 C511,58.147 511.035,59.17 511.181,62.369 C511.326,65.562 511.834,67.743 512.574,69.651 C513.342,71.625 514.368,73.296 516.035,74.965 C517.703,76.634 519.376,77.658 521.349,78.425 C523.257,79.167 525.438,79.673 528.631,79.82 C531.831,79.965 532.853,80.001 541,80.001 C549.148,80.001 550.169,79.965 553.369,79.82 C556.562,79.673 558.743,79.167 560.652,78.425 C562.623,77.658 564.297,76.634 565.965,74.965 C567.633,73.296 568.659,71.625 569.425,69.651 C570.167,67.743 570.674,65.562 570.82,62.369 C570.966,59.17 571,58.147 571,50 C571,41.851 570.966,40.831 570.82,37.631&quot;&gt;&lt;/path&gt;&lt;/g&gt;&lt;/g&gt;&lt;/g&gt;&lt;/svg&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top: 8px;&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot; color:#3897f0; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;&quot;&gt; View this post on Instagram&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 12.5% 0;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-left: 8px;&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot; background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot; width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-left: auto;&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot; width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot; background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot; width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot; background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot; background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p style=&quot; color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/CIbXX54B9cz/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=loading&quot; style=&quot; color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;A post shared by Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;script async src=&quot;//www.instagram.com/embed.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You should release this gig as a live album!” </span></i></a></p>
<p>Unfortunately, this once in a lifetime performance will be a standalone gig for the Britpop legend. Despite the subsequent changes to the music industry following the Covid-19 pandemic, Gallagher revealed recently that he has no interest in following the new artist trend of Zoom performances.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a recent interview, Gallagher conveyed his sustain towards performing via Zoom. The </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wall of Glass</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> hitmaker believes Zoom gigs could never compare to the rush of performing live: </span><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-liam-gallagher-perform-new-single-all-youre-dreaming-of-on-the-thames-2832449"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-liam-gallagher-perform-new-single-all-youre-dreaming-of-on-the-thames-2832449">You have got to go</a> big all the time, I’m not into doing gigs on Zoom. It’s not for me, it’s ridiculous.”</span></i></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HAbG7YONLxQ" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">All You’re Dreaming Of </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">is the latest release from Liam Gallagher. NME said of the Christmas track:</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-liam-gallagher-perform-new-single-all-youre-dreaming-of-on-the-thames-2832449"> “It’ll be a crime if he’s</a> not rolled out on ‘Jools Hollands’ Hootenanny’ for an 11pm tearjerker after a few eggnogs, beckoning us out of 2020 with a song of love and hope for the future. Yes, this is Liam Gallagher we’re still talking about. It seems 2020 has made even him get a little sentimental.”</span></i></p>
<p><strong><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">All You’re Dreaming Of </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">is out now.</span></strong></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/liam-gallagher-delivers-moving-performance-of-all-youre-dreaming-of-for-down-by-the-river-livestream/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
