The Future Past Tour is coming to the UK in 2023!

Tickets are on general sale Friday 14th Oct at 9am – https://t.co/5xe0TZaiC3#IronMaiden #TheFuturePastTour pic.twitter.com/wgo00q6Jg1

— Iron Maiden (@IronMaiden) October 7, 2022

In the press release for the tour bassist Steve Howard revealed the band’s thinking behind the tour: “Following the release of our latest album, Senjutsu, we updated the current Legacy of the Beast Tour a little by opening the show with the first three songs from it, with the Japanese Palace stage set. As it doesn’t make a lot of sense to repeat this for a Senjutsu album tour, we thought about other options and we’ve decided to revisit Somewhere In Time as that tour didn’t feature in the various retrospective history tours we’ve played over the years. They were based on our 80’s concert videos and sadly we did not film that tour (blame the manager!!).

He went on to discuss the importance of the fans in this decision: “We have had lots of requests from fans over the years for many tracks on it so we are now going to play them, plus of course a few others we know you will like! It will also be particularly satisfying to finally get to play some of the more epic tracks on Senjutsu, it’s been a long wait! 2023 is going to be an exciting time and we’re really looking forward to seeing everyone again in the UK, Ireland and around Europe”.

The band’s manager Rod Smallwood added: “This combination of the two albums we feel is very exciting. We know fans want to hear those epic cuts on Senjutsu for the first time live and we think that by combining it with an iconic album like Somewhere In Time it will make for another really special tour for fans old and new! Of course, for a new album tour in Europe and the UK we will go back largely to the relative intimacy of arenas and we know fans will be very happy about that too!”

Iron Maiden are currently in North America on the final leg of their epic Legacy Of The Beast World Tour, with many dates being rescheduled twice due to the pandemic.  Support on the UK tour will be announced at a later date. The UK shows can be seen below:

26/06/2023 – Ovo Hydro – Glasgow
28/06 – First Direct Arena – Leeds
30/06 – AO Arena – Manchester
03/07 – Motorpoint Arena – Nottingham
04/07 – Utilita Arena – Birmingham
07/07 – O2 Arena – London

Join us tomorrow, Tuesday October 4th, at 1pm CET for a special live broadcast from Berlin, Germany. Live stream will be available on the DM Facebook page, as well as on https://t.co/rJtl0RniZq. pic.twitter.com/0a7E31LNOJ

— Depeche Mode (@depechemode) October 3, 2022

Dave Gahan and Martin Gore broke with precedent today by announcing that the Live Nation-presented tour will start on March 23^rd with a unique, limited run of North American arena dates before the group flies to Europe for their summer stadium tour. These few North American dates will include performances in venues like Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, Los Angeles’ Kia Forum, New York’s Madison Square Garden, and Chicago’s United Center, among others.

On May 16^th, the band will start their stadium tour of Europe, with notable dates at the Stade de France in Paris, the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, the San Siro Stadium in Milan, and the Twickenham Stadium in London. Visit depechemode.com for more details on the tour itinerary and the sale dates for tickets. The complete list of times, locations, and cities is also provided below.

The band recently lost their keyboard player and founding member Andy Fletcher. In a press release for the announcement, Martin Gore talked about the situation: “We started work on this project early in the pandemic, and its themes were directly inspired by that time. After Fletch’s passing, we decided to continue as we’re sure this is what he would have wanted, and that has really given the project an extra level of meaning.” Dave Gahan added, “Fletch would have loved this album. We’re really looking forward to sharing it with you soon, and we can’t wait to present it to you live at the shows next year”.

Depeche Mode’s Memento Mori Tour will be their 19th outing and their first in more than five years. The band’s most recent tour, the 2017-2018 Global Spirit Tour, was their longest to date and one of the most lucrative tours of the year, taking in 130 gigs across Europe and North America, with more than 3 million fans coming to see them.

Memento Mori, Depeche Mode’s 15th studio album, will be the band’s follow-up to 2017’s Spirit, which debuted at #1 in 11 countries and peaked in the Top 5 in more than 20 others., Memento Mori will be made available everywhere in Spring 2023 on Columbia Records.

The press release for the announcement reminds us why Depeche Mode are still a force to be reckoned with: “Having sold more than a million records and played to more than 35 million fans worldwide, Depeche Mode remains an ever-evolving and singularly influential musical force. An indelible inspiration to fans, critics and artists alike, Depeche Mode continues to forge ahead, with the Memento Mori album and tour representing the opening of the newest chapter of a peerless and ongoing legacy.”

For British fans, the band will be stopping at London’s Twickenham stadium on June 17^th, 2023. Tickets are available here.

17/06/2023 – Twickenham Stadium – London

Who gets your vote? @SAYaward public vote is open now! https://t.co/ITwVkQWw3g https://t.co/BVLJfcj4uy

— Fruitmarket (@fruitmarket) October 3, 2022

On October 6th, the SAY Award shortlist will be revealed. The Modern Scottish Classic Award winner, a Scottish record of enduring impact selected by the longlisted artists, will also be announced, along with the five Sound of Young Scotland Award nominees. In order to reduce barriers to entry, the SAY Award does not ask artists to pay participation fees and accepts albums that have at least 6 tracks and/or 30 minutes in length as qualifying albums. The SAY Award winner will earn one of the most generous prize amounts in the UK: £20,000. The nine runners-up will also get customised art prizes made through The SAY Design Commission. The winner will be revealed during the final event on Thursday, October 20^th, at The Albert Halls in Stirling.

The Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) created and organised the SAY Award, placing accessibility, inclusion, and diversity at the centre of their flagship initiative. Creative Scotland, Stirling Council, Stirling Alive With Scotland, YouTube Music, Go Forth, Ticketmaster, Spotify, PPL, Youth Music Initiative, Youth Music, Brewgooder, Stirling Distillery, and Music Declares Emergency are some of the additional partners for 2022.

According to Robert Kilpatrick, the Scottish Music Industry Association’s (SMIA) and The SAY Award’s creative director, “The SAY Award public vote is the chance for music fans to have their SAY in the determination of the Shortlist. From the 20 outstanding Scottish albums that made up this year’s Longlist, the public’s choice will automatically be guaranteed a place in the 10-strong Shortlist along with a minimum prize of £1,000.”

He continued,“In any year prize money is significant for artists, but in the face of the current financial crisis, this support will make an instrumental difference. Now’s the time to get behind your favourite record, and we look forward to revealing and then championing 10 of the best Scottish albums of the last year in the lead up to 2022’s SAY Award Ceremony on Thursday, 20 October.”

Tickets for the SAY Award Ceremony on Thursday, 20^th October are available here.

SAY AWARD CEREMONY:

20/10/2022 – The Albert Halls – Stirling

The SAY Award Longlist for 2022 is:

AiiTee – Better Days
Andrew Wasylyk – Balgay Hill: Morning In Magnolia
Annie Booth – Lazybody
Bemz – M4
C Duncan – Alluvium
Callum Easter – System
Constant Follower – Neither Is, Nor Ever Was
Declan Welsh and the Decadent West – It’s Been A Year
Duncan Lyall – Milestone
Fergus McCreadie – Forest Floor
Hamish Hawk – Heavy Elevator
Hen Hoose – Equaliser
Kathryn Joseph – For You Who Are The Wronged
Kobi Onyame – Don’t Drink The Poison
The Ninth Wave – Heavy Like a Headache
Niteworks – A’Ghrian
Proc Fiskal – Siren Spine Sysex
Rebecca Vasmant – With Love, From Glasgow
Seonaid Aitken Ensemble – Chasing Sakura
Walt Disco – Unlearning

It goes on to say: “This was a mix so giddy, creative, genre-blurring and downright fun that it could only be considered equal to a full-length album — which is exactly what happened, tallying Album of the Year and Album of the Decade accolades from the likes of The New York Times, Spin, The Face, Pitchfork and more, and shifting over half a million copies globally”.

We have been informed that the album will get the deluxe reissue treatment — with Richard Young’s famous original photography for AHORS returned to its proper place after being saved from the depths of legal trouble.  And finally, this groundbreaking mix will be made available on streaming services for the first time ever. So, a new generation of fans will be able to hear a piece of electronic music history on DSPs.

The special one-off concert will kick off AHORS‘ 20^th-anniversary celebrations. 2manydjs will be performing alongside Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul, Kittin, and other 2002-specific special guests yet to be announced at the O2 Academy Brixton on Saturday, December 17^th. Tickets go on sale on Friday, October 7^th and are available here.

The Dewaeles continue to promote cutting-edge electronic music through their Ghent studio and record label DEEWEE, including the catchy “Topical Dancer” by Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul, one of 2022’s most lauded electronic-pop albums. They’ve also maintained a strong remixing streak, giving artists like Róisin Murphy, Peggy Gou, Robyn, Sylvester, Fontaines D.C., Wet Leg, and Marie Davidson their distinct jagged-yet-refined electro touch. Despacio, the roving audiophile soundsystem that the Dewaeles undertake alongside LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy, completes the picture.

Together with like-minded collaborators like Erol Alkan, Tiga, and Jacques lu Cont, 2manydjs brought a rock ‘n roll mentality to club culture and sent dancefloors into a frenzy. The Dewaele brothers rose to the top of dance music thanks to their distinctive sound, which managed to be both incredibly credible and enormously scalable, and from which they never descended. AHORS served as their genre-defying calling card.

The press release finishes: “Their long-awaited DSPs drop and 20^th-anniversary party in London will rubber-stamp over two decades’ worth of work. As ever, it’s Stephen and David Dewaele connecting the past, present and future like no-one else; as they say, “doing it the hard way since 2002.”

As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt.2 20^th Anniversary Party:
17/12/2022 – O2 Academy Brixton – London

The Hole frontwoman got emotional introducing the song telling the crowd that during their 1994 tour, they would play the song to calm themselves down after their crazy sets, “so at the end of every set, for myself, to make myself sane again, I would play this song.” She then told the audience that she hadn’t played the guitar in “a really long time” before they kicked into the hit song. After the show, Love took time to pose for selfies with fans outside the venue. The band are currently touring, playing their 1992 album, It’s A Shame About Ray, in its entirety for the 30^th anniversary of its release. The tour will finish in Southampton on the 12^th of October.

Just a little selfie with Courtney Love after the Lemonheads gig. What a night! X #lemonheads #courtneylove #roundhouse pic.twitter.com/CX2QCb4XP2

— swhiteley (@swhiteley) September 30, 2022

The Lemonheads were formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1986 by Evan Dando and Bill Deily. The band toured US colleges through the eighties achieving more mainstream success in 1992 with the release of It’s A Shame About Ray. The band covered the Simon & Garfunkel song, “Mrs Robinson” for the 25^th-anniversary video release of the film. The song was released as a single and was their most commercially successful release up to that point. In 1993 Dando was included in People’s 50 Most Beautiful People list. The band split up in 1997, reforming in 2005 with a new line-up. They released Varshons 2, their tenth studio album, in 2019. The album achieved generally good reviews achieving a score of 68 on Metacritic.

I just want anyone anyone and everyone to know that Jawbreaker are pussies. Fact not my opinion — Evan Dando (@Evan_Dando) May 5, 2022

Earlier this year, The Lemonheads were kicked off their tour with band Jawbreaker for breaking COVID protocols. Dando took to Twitter to express his feelings, saying: “I just want anyone and everyone to know that Jawbreaker are pussies. Fact not my opinion.” He continued: “Or rather they aren’t the Bruce Springsteen’s of alternative rock that they pretend to be. I’ll meet any of them any time for a fight, let’s go.”

He clarified his feelings in a later post, saying: “I was angry that they threw me off for violating a rule that wasn’t posted anywhere. We got kicked off the tour for going into the audience before the show. I committed to doing those shows. I wanted to do the shows. I was pissed off for being thrown off”. He then added: “It’s seriously compromised our financial situation and I really don’t think we deserved it.”

I just want anyone anyone and everyone to know that Jawbreaker are pussies. Fact not my opinion

— Evan Dando (@Evan_Dando) May 5, 2022

Tickets are going fast for our upcoming UK and Ireland tour. Grab yours now before it’s too late! pic.twitter.com/4cDCK5emtl

— The Lemonheads (@TheLemonheads) August 31, 2022

See below for the Lemonheads UK tour dates. You can purchase tickets here.

05/10/2022 – Welly – Club Hull
06/10 – Stylus – Leeds
07/10 – Rock City  – Nottingham
08/10 – O2 Ritz – Manchester
10/10 – Chalk –  Brighton
11/10 – Epic – Norwich
12/10 – The 1865 – Southampton

thankyou for everythin my family … i have plans https://t.co/kC5vEMEbee

— YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) September 9, 2022

Yungblud, real name Dominic Harrison, took to Twitter when he heard the news to say, “thank you for everythin my family … I have plans.” Followed by a smiling devil emoji and a black heart. When the musician received the trophy from the Official Charts Company for Weird reaching Number One, he melted it down to make 150 safety pins for his diehard fans.

In light of current events, the Official Charts are published simply as a matter of record this evening.

The charts will be accessible at https://t.co/3g6cKUqJfE pic.twitter.com/NRPd6qjgp7

— Official Charts (@officialcharts) September 9, 2022

The late Queen Elizabeth II’s extraordinary 70-year reign has so far spanned the entire existence of the Official Singles chart so far, which was created in November 1952, the same year she ascended to the throne. To mark respect for the Queen’s passing Official Charts Company did not share any stats around this week’s charts but published them “simply as a matter of record”.

The album so far has received rave reviews, NME giving it four stars and saying, “It’s a lot more focused than what’s come before; Harrison’s replaced his kid in a candy shop approach to music with a blistering confidence. Perhaps for the first time in his career, he knows exactly what he wants. ‘Yungblud’ is a coming-of-age album but it doesn’t skimp on the excitement either.”

Addressing the social media accusations of ‘queer-baiting’, being an ‘industry plant’ and pretending to be working class the review finishes by saying, “It would have been easy for Yungblud to pull back from the spotlight after getting a battering online. Instead, he’s come back with his most confident, cohesive album, which sees him fighting hate with understanding and love. It’s a battle he knows he can win”.

Talking to the Official Charts Company website about the success of Weird and the recording of his new album he said, “I started working on it almost immediately after Weird! went to Number 1 and there was all this “commercial success” in inverted commas, whatever that means. I had the chance to work in any studio with any writers, anything I f*cking wanted. And that just wasn’t me, man. I mean, I went [into those rooms] and these producers were all like “oh, you’re doing that rock thing.”

He continued, “Like, what do you mean “that rock thing?!” It was all very fake. It felt fake. So I ended up making the album in my mate’s bedroom. We started in January, and we’d finished by February and now it’s coming out. You can’t choose what an album sounds like, it’s almost got to choose you”. When asked about his unique celebration for Weird reaching Number One and if he had any plans to repeat if Yungblud reached the top spot, Harrison said, “It will be something mental. I might make them into golden ducks or summit. Guys at Official Charts, make sure you have the furnace ready!”

WE MADE FOOKIN HISTORY LAST NIGHT!!! 3 shows in 1 night on the sunset strip!!! played the new album in full and over 700,000 of you tuned in! thankyou for everythin … pic.twitter.com/4f3x7dxo0D

— YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) September 9, 2022

Yungblud is currently in Los Angeles and on September 9^th played three shows in one night on the Sunset Strip. He played the new album in full and “over 700,000” people tuned in to watch. Yungblud is available everywhere now.

R.I.P.
finally we will come back to your country next month for the first time in 3 years. pic.twitter.com/KVdhWkWBj8

— Kawabata Makoto (@SpeedGuru69) September 9, 2022

Like the rest of the music world, the worldwide pandemic put paid to their plans to tour outside of Japan. Earlier this year, Makoto told Psychedelic Baby magazine that the band were able to organise a tour in Japan during the Tokyo Olympics, explaining, “ When the Tokyo Olympics were held last summer, we organized “Acid Mothers Olympic 2021” at 5 venues in 4 cities, an insane production as the Tokyo Olympics. We played music and also original athletic sports, like guitar archery, drums, rhythmic gymnastics, bass ball, guitar tennis, et cetera on the stage! [Laughs].”

Asked how he dealt with lockdowns, the guitarist told the magazine, “ I live in a Buddhist temple on the top of the mountain. Only 6 old farmers live around here. So it looks like natural quarantine. I don’t see neighbors often, but I see deers and raccoons, and also many wild animals everyday. I set up my recording studio in my temple. So I recorded a lot of new stuff, and overdubbed and mixed many previous recordings that I couldn’t before the pandemic, because I was too busy and I started playing acoustic guitar solo.”

He went on to explain, “When I drink in my dining room or kitchen, I start to play acoustic guitar by improvising. In November 2020, one promoter offered me a solo show at a small venue. He said there are no amps there (usually all venues have a backline in Japan, so musicians don’t need to bring backline), so I decided to play an acoustic guitar solo. Many people loved this show, so I continued with an acoustic guitar solo. It’s a totally new thing even though I have played electric guitar since 1979”.

Speed guru, Kawabata Makoto and his band mates, Higashi Hiroshi/fishing god (synthesizer), Mitsuko Tabata/maratab (moog guitar, voice) Satoshima Nani/another dimension (drums, synthesizer) and Wolf/space&time (bass), playing as The Acid Mother Temple & Melting Paraiso U.F.O, released Demi-Demoniac Daemoog on January 3^rd of this year. The band started recording the album in London in 2017 and finished it at Acid Mothers Temple in October 2021.

Makoto told  Psychedelic Baby how it came about, “Our booking agent Tom Relleen offered us to record with a wall of Moog synthesizers in London when we had a European tour. I think Moog Lab organized this recording and prepared all the synthesizers. We recorded all the tracks in two days at the recording studio in London.”

Continuing, “On the first day, we (mainly I and Hiroshi Higashi) tried to find any interesting sounds from the wall of Moog synthesizers. First we recorded all synthesizer playing, then we recorded basic tracks by the band with all instruments by improvising. On the second day, I started to edit basic tracks and also Moog recordings. Then I placed edited Moog sounds on edited basic tracks and overdubbed some instruments and voices, so we had done this recording in two days in London. When I decided to release it on AKTI Records last Autumn, I overdubbed some instruments, and mixed again.” You can listen to the album here.

Acid Mother Temple UK tour dates:

06/10/2022 – Elsewhere – Margate
07/10 – Rubicond Space – Falmouth
08/10 – The King Arthur – Glastonbury
09/10 – Nortons – Birmingham
10/10 – The Crescent – York
11/10 – The Hug & Pint – Glasgow
12/10 – The Star And Shadow Cinema – Newcastle
13/10 – The White Hotel – Manchester
14/10 –  Club 85 – Hitchin
15/10 – Norwich Arts Centre – Norwich
16/10 – The Continental – Preston
17/10 –  The Cellar – Cardigan
18/10 – Trades Club – Hebden Bridge
19/10 – The Lanes – Bristol
20/10 – Komedia Studio Bar – Brighton
21/10 – Studio 9294 – London

Due to production issues, @GillaBand have had to cancel their o2 Forum show and have announced a residency of shows around London. First is at @WindmillBrixton next Friday (16th). TICKETS ON SALE TOMORROW 10am!! – https://t.co/XV2Z2tiIax pic.twitter.com/RPLHB6UIWi

— RoughTradeRecs (@RoughTradeRecs) September 8, 2022

The band will play The Windmill Brixton on September 9^th, Peckham Audio on October 8^th, Moth Club on October 21^st and Studio 9294 on November 9^th. Tickets for the Windmill show go on sale tomorrow at 10 am; tickets are available here. Tickets for the rest of the shows will be available on Tuesday 13^th September at 10 am.

We are changing our band name. We are also playing some shows in Dublin in January. pic.twitter.com/PNhZ19dL2m — Gilla Band (@GillaBand) November 16, 2021

Gilla Band, formerly Girl Band, changed their name last November, apologising to anyone who may have been hurt by the band’s original name. The four Irish men released a statement via Twitter at the time, stating: “We will no longer be performing or releasing records under the name Girl Band. We apologise for choosing a misgendered name in the first place and to anyone who has been hurt or affected by it.” 

Continuing: “When we were starting off it was chosen without much thought. From a place of naivety and ignorance. We had no grasp of the weight of it at the time and in the past few years have found it impossible to justify or explain.”

They went on: “Regardless of our intention the effect of the name has been damaging to individuals. To try and negate any unfortunate role we’ve played in propagating a culture of non-inclusivity in music or otherwise. We have decided to change it.”

Finishing with: “Thank you to those who spoke up about it and educated us on this. Either directly or indirectly. Moving forward we will be performing and releasing records under the name Gilla Band. Gilla being a given name taken from old Irish.”

Gilla Band will be releasing their new record, Most Normal on October 7^th via Rough Trade Records. Earlier this summer the band released the second single off the album. The track titled “Backwash” was available as a Big Love exclusive 7’, limited to 120 copies and a video animated by Mortis Studios accompanied the release. You can watch the video below.

Speaking to Hot Press singer Dara Kiely revealed the inspiration behind the song: “The initial idea for the whole album was that it would loosely sound like a dream. We didn’t really stick to the brief but it lead us down different sonic avenues. ‘Backwash’ is one of the few tracks where the words represent a dream-like circumstance. The lyrics are from a stream of consciousness rant, weird imagery and all that. The track is about attraction – fancying someone and not knowing what to say exactly. It’s an indirect love song, knowing you like someone but can’t quite articulate it. Thinking that you have already expressed your feelings, but like waking up from a dream you’ve forgotten what you actually have said or felt.”

London residency dates:

16/09/2022 – The Windmill Brixton – London
08/10 – Peckham Audio – London
21/10 – Moth Club – London
09/11 – Studio 9294 – London

An important message regarding the planned upcoming tour dates. pic.twitter.com/iuZcxGWtrk

— Dead Can Dance (@DCDmusic) September 6, 2022

Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry planned to play 12 shows across Europe this coming October and then head to Canada and the US to play 17 shows in 2023, including stops in Washington DC, Toronto, Los Angeles, and New York. These north American dates would have been their first in over a decade, their only performance on the continent coming at 2013’s Coachella festival when they were on tour supporting their eighth album, Anastasis.

The band last played in Europe in the spring of 2019, playing a triumphant sold-out two-legged European tour, which ended with a spectacular show at Athens’ beautiful Odeon of Herodes Atticus Amphitheatre. The pair had initially wanted to return to tour the US and Canada sooner, but the pandemic forced them to change their plans. The ‘Celebration of Life & Works 1980 -2021’ tours were meant to celebrate the Aussies’ three-decade discography. The set list included “The Host Of Seraphim”, “The Carnival Is Over”, and “Yulunga”, some of their most famous and loved songs, up to tracks from 2018’s Dionysus.

Dead Can Dance got its start in Melbourne, forming in 1981. The following year, they moved to London. Through the years, their music has been categorised variously as, Neoclassical dark wave, world, ambient, art rock, avant-garde, gothic rock and post-punk. After splitting up in 1998, they temporarily got back together in 2005 for a global tour and then reformed in 2011 to promote their new album Anastasis.

Their eponymous debut album was released in 1981, All Music saying it was “as goth as it gets”. Their albums weren’t widely available till the early 90s, when their label 4AD made a distribution deal with Warner Bros. Records. The band’s sixth album, Into the Labyrinth, sold 500,000 copies, making them 4AD’s best-selling act. The pairs concerts are legendary, and many songs were only performed live, leading to a healthy bootleg economy. The duo has released two live albums, 1998’s Toward the Within, which had chart success, and 2013’s In Concert. As of now, no other information has been provided about plans to reschedule the 2022 and 2023 dates.

Brixton! It’s been a long time… Presale live now https://t.co/dRWudFUAtX pic.twitter.com/Y8vD68lEQR

— Pendulum (@Pendulum) September 5, 2022

Pendulum recently played a secret show at Reading and Leeds festival, having left clues for festival goers in the days leading up to it, posting flyers with their logo and a phone number printed on them. When the number was dialled, the following message was heard: “Ladies and gentlemen, we understand that you have come tonight to bear witness to the sound of drum and bass. We regret to announce that this is not the case. As instead we come tonight to bring you the sonic recreation of the end of the world. Reading Festival prepare to hold your colour.” After A.M.C ft Phantom’s set on the BBC Radio Dance stage Pendulum’s logo appeared on a video screen along with a countdown and the band emerged to play their first UK show as a full band since 2018.

Toward the end of the set, Enter Shikari’s Rou Reynolds joined them for a performance of his band’s 2007 breakout single, “Sorry You’re Not A Winner.” Reynolds told NME how the project came about telling the magazine, “Gareth [McGrillen] and Rob [Swire] just got in touch and basically said that they’re thinking about doing a remix of ‘Sorry You’re Not A Winner’, and I was like ‘okay sick!’, what a surreal message to get.” Reynolds continued, “They sent it over, and there’s a lot of different demo changes in that track so I was like ‘this is so interesting, what are they going to do with it?’ And it’s so good. It’s killer.”

Asked about rehearsing the tune with Pendulum, Reynolds added, “Because sub-bass works better at certain frequencies they’ve had to raise the key of track. And you know, this track came out in 2007, I wrote it in 2003, so I could perhaps reach those high notes a little better, and they’ve raised it another tone, tone and a half, so it’s up there. So I’m hoping I have some vocal chords left after our own set to destroy with Pendulum.” Luckily for Reynolds Enter Shikari’s show was cut short leaving him ready for the challenge.

Pendulum most recently released the 2021 four-track EP “Elementa”, their first since 2010’s “Immersion.” As of yet the Brixton show is the only performance the band have announced.

05/03/2023 – 02 Brixton Academy – London