Currently closely behind Sir John’s 32nd studio album is Future Past by Duran Duran, the 80’s hitmakers released their new album on 22nd October 2021. It is their first album to be released via music conglomerate BMG and their first release in six years. The group’s new album could potentially be their highest charting release in 38 years. The band’s only number one album Seven And The Ragged Tiger reached number one within 1983.

American songstress Lana Del Rey is currently third to the number one spot. The singer’s eighth album entitled Blue Banisters was released on 22nd October 2021 via Interscope and Polydor. The album was sired two singles, the title single “Blue Banisters” was released on 20th May 2021 and “Arcadia” dropped on 8th September 2021. The “Video Games” singer has achieved five number one albums within the UK charts, her latest being Chemtrails Over The Country Club.

Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro round off the top four with their new album The Myth Of The Happily Ever After. The album was released on 22nd October via 14th Floor and Warner and has sired three singles. The group started work on their ninth studio album last year and announced that they were working on new material in August 2020. The band have accumulated three number one albums throughout their long career. Their last album A Celebration Of Endings was released on 14th August 2020 and became their third number one album.

Elsewhere within the charts, new releases are set to possibly rival the top four. The 40th-anniversary rerelease of Tattoo You by The Rolling Stones was released on 24th October and was available in many special edition formats. Also Included within the new releases is Top Of The World by prog-metal band Dream Theatre. The virtuoso group released their fifteenth studio album on 22nd October 2021, the release marks their first album to be recorded at their music studio.

The award-winning artist took to social media to tease the upcoming release and posted the single’s artwork.

Easy On Me – October 15 – Midnight UK pic.twitter.com/Fwkeqjb5Mf

— Adele (@Adele) October 12, 2021

The singer continued to promote the new single and posted an emotive statement concerning the release.

30 – November 19 pic.twitter.com/vp6ornlda2

— Adele (@Adele) October 13, 2021

Last week the 33-year-old singer teased more information via an Instagram live, fans were treated to a clip from her upcoming piano ballad. The British hitmaker also discussed her upcoming album’s theme, stating “What’s my next album going to be based on? Divorce, babe, divorce”. The singer’s divorce from her ex-husband Simon Konecki was finalised this year, the pair have an 8-year-old son from their relationship.

The singer also opened up about mental health during Instagram Live. Within the conversation, the MBE appointed artist disclosed that she takes a “Day-by-Day” approach but remains positive. She told viewers, “My mental health is very good at the moment. I take it day by day and I address whatever comes my way,It definitely helps me feel better if I take my time. Writing my music… yeah it’s been really therapeutic for sure. I think I lost the appreciation for that. I got things out that I didn’t want to say out loud and talk about.”

The 33-year-old singer’s upcoming album will follow from her 2015 release 25. The singer’s third studio album was released to commercial and critical applause and sired four singles. The album’s first single, “Hello”, has become one of the best-selling digital singles of all time. The single won four Grammy awards in 2017, adding to the long list of Grammys won since her debut album 19, released in 2008.

The upcoming album has been titled as per pattern; the singer’s albums are named according to her age. As the singer divorced her ex-husband aged 30 and given the musical theme, the album’s title is fitting. The singer recently spoke to American Vogue concerning her divorce and discussed consequences for the family during a divorce. The popular vocalist expressed hope that her upcoming album will provide comfort and understanding for her son when he is older.

She stated, “He has so many simple questions for me that I can’t answer because I don’t know the answer. Like, ‘Why can’t we still live together?’ That’s just not what people do when they get divorced. But why not?’ ‘m like, ‘I don’t f***ing know. That’s not what society does. And, ‘Why don’t you love my dad anymore?’ and I’d be like, ‘I do love your dad. I’m just not in love. I can’t make that make sense to a nine-year-old.”

Fans are now able to join the countdown for the upcoming single’s release. Adele’s website provides a link to the music video’s premiere on YouTube. Amongst the exciting news for the singer’s long-awaited release, fans are questioning when Adele will hit the road. The singer has not yet spoken on when she will perform her new material live.

Click here to view the “Easy On Me” music video premiere.

The singer took to her Instagram to announce the news of her new release, the post’s caption also describes her musical process during the pandemic.

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The single release was accompanied by a music video by Charles Billot, the video perfectly reflects the simple but beautiful melodies and instrumentation used within the new track. A statement from the press release describes the video. “The video is moody and intense, with Lizzie singing from a black void and closeups of water and rope on skin, falling in a billowing white dress.”

The former member of alt-rock band TEEN has also released her new solo album You Don’t Know via Egghunt Records. The album has been received well critically, Chris Ingalls from PopMatters has provided the following review, “a ten-song sampler of sophisticated, layered pop. Each track veers off into slightly different sonic territory while remaining remarkably cogent and consistent.”

Born as Lizzie Lieberson, the New York-based artist’s first solo album has been five years in the making. The singer-songwriter has been using her experiences as a working musician within former band TEEN. Formed with her sisters, the group were active between 2010-2019 and released four studio albums. Along with her experiences on the road, Lieberson also uses lessons learnt from past relationships and along with an optimistic attitude the young artist is now ready to release her musical rebirth.

A statement from the press release describes the artist’s creative process. “Lieberson has been quietly piecing together ideas and compositions for You Don’t Know, writing in-between her hectic TEEN schedule, whether it was in an old apartment in NYC, under the watchful gaze of the redwoods in California or immersed in the stunning natural beauty of her hometown in Halifax, Nova Scotia. While the record comes with the heaviness of heartache, there’s a cathartic charge under a blanket of electronic soundscapes that allow Lieberson’s meditations to manifest with a hopeful flourish.”

On three of the album’s tracks, the artist has worked with Daniel Schlett, a former collaborator with TEEN. The duo recorded their tracks at Brooklyn’s Strange Weather Studio, the singer describes Schlett in the press release as a “completely special producer” who has “musical instincts and ideas that are always interesting and exciting“.

On the rest of the album, Lieberson co-produced the tracks with Miles Francis within his Greenwich Village recording studio. The singer has described their working relationship within the press release, “I’ve never made music with someone I’m in love with and it’s been one of the more special experiences in my life” the singer continues to describe his process “His musical voice, contribution and support is enormous on this record and in my life.” The pair also recorded with Lieberson’s mother, the duo recorded Lizzie’s mother playing the mandolin for several tracks at Lieberson’s hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Musical talent clearly runs in the family, Lizzie and her sisters are the daughters of celebrated composer Peter Lieberson.

Including “You Don’t Know“, the album has sired five singles, its first single, “Loveless” was released on 4th May 2021. A statement from the press release describes the single, “Loveless is a song inspired by a fever dream. It’s about spiraling out of control in your love for someone.”. On 22nd June 2021, the next single “Window” was released along with the option to pre-order the album, “The Joke” was next to be released on 20th July 2021 and was also accompanied by a music video. The album’s next release was the single “Memory” which was released on 24th August 2021, the press release provides a depiction for the track “Memory asks the question where does love go when it’s been lost? Does it get reabsorbed and hide somewhere in the body.?”

Photo Credit: Charles Billot

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After a 6-year hiatus, the 36-year-old is reportedly ready to return to the spotlight with the aim of becoming the UK’s “Queen of Christmas”, a title famously held by Mariah Carey. If released this year Lewis’ new album could be a contender for this year’s Christmas number one.

A source has informed The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column concerning Lewis’ new album. The source discusses the singer’s new album’s release schedule. “It might feel early to be discussing Christmas in September, but it has been in the works for well over a year. Leona has recorded loads of new songs and there are some real belters in there. There’s real momentum behind her.”

The newspaper’s source continues to discuss how the Christmas musical icon Carey has cornered the market for Christmas music whilst discussing how Lewis can follow in the “Hero” singer’s footsteps. “Mariah banks millions every year from her single ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’, its accompanying album ‘Merry Christmas’ and loads of big-money brand deals like her one with Walkers a few years ago. It’s a really lucrative opportunity for Leona to follow suit.”

They then reported how Lewis’ alleged issues within the music industry have reportedly caused struggles within her career whilst reminding readers of how the singer began her career. “She hasn’t had the easiest ride in music, especially over the last decade because of issues with record labels. But now she is throwing herself head-first into this comeback which her team think will help remind the British public why she won millions of fans on ‘The X Factor’ all those years ago.”

Lewis is no stranger to success within the Christmas music market, the singer’s debut single “A Moment Like This” became the UK Christmas number one in 2006. At the time of release, the single broke the world record with downloads via digital platforms and accrued 50,000 sales in below 30 minutes. The single sold 571,000 copies during its debut release week and spent over a month within the UK singles chart. The single was the singer’s winning song within the X-Factor, during the televised competition Lewis was often compared to Carey due to her vocal talent and style.

Lewis’ next Christmas success came from her fourth studio album Christmas, with Love, the album was released on 29th November 2013. The 10-track album included three original tracks in which Lewis co-wrote, “One More Sleep”, “Mr Right” and “Your Hallelujah”. “One More Sleep” has now acquired a sales record of over 100mln and has entered into the Christmas zeitgeist becoming one of the most streamed Christmas tracks within the UK. The single initially reached number three within the UK charts but is a regular re-appearance within the charts over the holiday period.

The rest of the release features seven covers including such classics as “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home”, “O Holy Night” and “Silent Night”. All three covers were also recorded by Carey and released from her initial studio Christmas album Merry Christmas. The celebrated singer’s holiday album was released on 28th October 1994 and propelled Carey’s already blossoming career further. The album has become a classic and iconic album boasting immense commercial successes being certified platinum over eight times

The “Bleeding Love” singer will be hitting the road this year with various dates starting in November, Lewis will be supporting Gary Barlow on his Music Played by Humans tour. Full details are below.

Leona Lewis UK tour dates

27/11/2021 – The SSE Arena – Belfast
30/11 – P&J Live – Aberdeen
01/12 – The SSE Hydro – Glasgow
02/12 – Utilita Arena – Sheffield
05/12 – Motorpoint Arena – Cardiff
06/12 – Motorpoint Arena – Cardiff
07/12 – Motorpoint Arena – Nottingham
09/12 – AO Arena – Manchester
10/12 – Resorts World Arena – Birmingham
11/12 – First Direct Arena – Leeds
13/12 – M&S Bank Arena – Liverpool
16/12- The O2 – London
17/12 – The O2 – London
18/12 – Utilita Arena – Newcastle Upon Tyne

The Grammy award-winning artist brings her trademark ethereal style to the new track whilst featuring a dynamic pairing of catchy acoustic guitar riffs and insightful lyrics. The single’s accompanying music video sees a blonde Lorde dance and sing in a commune-esque setting, clearly hinting at a 60’s free love inspired aura.

The new single and video set the 1960’s spiritual energy fuelled theme in which Lorde has taken on for her new music. Within the new music’s press release the “Royals” singer has spoken on her approach and the inspiration behind “Mood Ring” and forthcoming album Solar Power. “This is a song I am very excited about, it’s so much fun to me. Obviously, when making this album I did a deep-dive into 60s, Flower Child culture. I wanted to understand the commune life, dropping out from society and trying to start again. That really resonated to me when writing this album. One thing that occurred to me as a major parallel between that time and our time is our wellness culture and our culture of spirituality, pseudo-spirituality, wellness, pseudo-wellness. Things like eating a macro-biotic vegan diet or burning sage, keeping crystals, reading tarot cards or your horoscope. These were all things that they were dabbling in back then, and that me and my girlfriends are dabbling in today. I was like “I think there’s a pop song in here”. So this is kind of my extremely satirical look at all of those vibes.”

The New Zealand born multiplatinum-selling artist has also announced the release date for her third studio album, 20th August 2021. The new album will feature 12 tracks and has been produced by Jack Antonoff, the pair worked together prior on Lorde’s previous album Melodrama. Antonoff is also known as the guitarist and drummer in Indie band Fun, the group are best known for their 2013 Grammy Award-winning song “We Are Young”. Lorde is also no stranger to Grammy awards, the singer won two Grammy awards for her debut album Pure Heroine. Released in 2013, the album’s chart-topping single “Royals” launched the then-teenager into complete stardom and implemented the young artist into the zeitgeist of pop culture.

The single not only won Lorde multiple awards and rewarded her with critical acclaim but also confirmed her firm standing within the music industry and she became “the youngest solo artist and the only New Zealander to achieve #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 since 1987″ as stated in the press release. The singer also became one of this millennium’s most celebrated artists with various respected institutions charting her rise, Time elevated the artist as one of the “Most Influential Teenagers in the World,” and Forbes included Lorde in their 30 Under 30 List. The singer’s status was confirmed further by her Rolling Stone cover and appearance at the Rock and Roll hall of fame in 2014, within the ceremony the singer landed a once in a lifetime opportunity where she performed alongside Nirvana.

Adding to her trailblazing reputation and reaffirming the new album’s musical and lyrical topic, the new album will be released with eco-friendly packaging as a music box. Solar Power will be a first for musical releases, the new disc-less format will be comprised of the special features in which fans would come to expect from a traditional CD physical format. Included in the new environmentally friendly packaging will be visual features, personal content such as handwritten notes, photos and a card for downloadable content which can be used to download the album’s tracks and will also include two exclusively recorded bonus songs.

Lorde has provided the following statement in the press release on the ground-breaking natural focused packaging conception “I decided early on in the process of making this album that I also wanted to create an environmentally kind, forward-thinking alternative to the CD. I wanted this Music Box product to be similar in size, shape and price to a CD, to live alongside it in a retail environment, but be something which stands apart and that’s committed to the evolving nature of a modern album.”

Lorde will embark on her world tour in 2022, the singer will hit the road in February next year and will perform at New Zealand, Australia, the US, Canada, Europe and the UK.

Lorde Uk Tour Dates

25/05/2022 – O2 Academy – Leeds
26/05 – Usher Hall – Edinburgh
28/05 – O2 Victoria Warehouse – Manchester
30/05 – O2 Academy – Birmingham
01/06 – Roundhouse – London
02/06 – Roundhouse – London
03/06 – Roundhouse – London
28/06 – Alexandra Palace – London

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Eilish has spoken to OfficialCharts.com concerning her recent win and thanked her UK fans for their support: “thank you so so much to my fans in the UK. it means so much to me that you guys love this album like i do. i miss you guys so much and can’t wait to come back to the UK soon!!”

The ‘Bad Guy’ singer’s second studio album clinched the top spot with 39,000 chat sales with 33% of the sales via streams. Along with Eilish’s first number one debut album ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’, the singer has become the first international female artist to win the award in seven years. The last artist to hold the title was American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, the artist’s two number one albums ‘Born To Die’ and ‘Ultraviolence’ secured the award for Del Rey prior to Eilish.

Eilish’s second album also achieved an impressive record within the Vinyl chart, 61% of the release’s sales were on physical formats Vinyl, cassette and CD. With 9,500 Vinyl sales, the album has become the millennium’s third-fasted selling release on wax. Despite its high sales count the release has not beaten out Lana Del Rey’s eighth studio album ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’ which reached 16,700 sales and pop princess Kylie Minogue’s fifteenth studio album ‘Disco’ which sired 13,500 sales.

The singer took to her Twitter to post a behind-the-scenes look for the album’s title track’s music video, ‘Happier Than Ever‘.

Go behind the scenes of Billie’s “Happier Than Ever” music video. https://t.co/8qWSYhj6dM pic.twitter.com/KpgujrxixA

— billie eilish (@billieeilish) August 7, 2021

The new release has ignited Eilish’s chart sales as her debut studio album ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’ has re-entered the UK charts, the 2019 album charted at number thirty-six this week. Much like the singer’s debut album, ‘Happier Than Ever’ was also co-written with her producer brother Finneas O’Connell. Released on 30th July 2021 Eilish has cited the recent COVID-19 crisis and pandemic as the inspiration behind the number one album. The album has sired five singles, the first being the lead single ‘My Future’ released a year before the album’s release on 30th July 2020. The most successful single was ‘Therefore I Am’ released 12th November 2020, which reached number two within the UK singles charts.

Eilish is best known for her single ‘Bad Guy’ released on 29th March 2019, the single became a huge commercial and critical success and gave the artist her first number one chart position. The single has also received various certifications based on its large number of sales and gave the singer two highly respected accolades, the single received two Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. The music video which accompanied the single was also met with much praise, the video featured the 19-year-old singer performing various activities and included the famous nosebleed shot.

Elsewhere in the charts, last week’s number one release ‘We’re All Alone in This Together’ by British rapper Dave has dropped to number two. Despite the album’s drop in the album charts, the release has lasted as this week’s most-streamed album. Remaining at number three within this week’s album charts is ‘Sour’, the debut studio album by ‘Good 4 U’ singer Olivia Rodrigo.

UK fans will be able to see the singer’s new number album live in 2022. The singer’s ‘Happier Than Ever, The World Tour‘ will begin in American this autumn and will reach the UK next year.

Billie Eilish Ireland and UK Tour

03/06/2022 – The SSE Arena – Belfast
04/06 – 3Arena – Dublin
05/05 – 3Arena – Dublin
07/06 – AO Arena – Manchester
08/06 – AO Arena – Manchester
10/06 – The O2 – London
11/06 – The O2 – London
12/06 – The O2 – London
14/06 – The SSE Hydro – Glasgow
15/06 – Utilita Arena – Birmingham
16/06 – The O2 – London
25/06 – The O2 – London

The rapper’s second studio album debuted at the top spot this week with over 34,000 chart sales and an impressive 20.9 million streams. The release has beaten out the previous number one act, Inhaler, who dropped to number nineteen this week. The majority of the number one album’s sales were on physical configurations, 54% of sales came from CDs, Vinyls and cassettes, making the release the best-selling album on wax this week.

In the artist’s acceptance speech KSI celebrates his win, whilst thanking his fans, record label and creative team who helped him achieve the award. Within the video, the artist also gives a glimpse into the beginnings of his career as a YouTuber.

The 28-year-old artist released his second studio album on 16th July 2021 via the independent record label, RBC Records and its partner BMG. The album has sired five singles with three released before the album’s release and complete inception. The lead single ‘Really Love’, featured guest artists, pop icon Craig David and British DJ Digital Farm Animals. The single was released on 23rd October 2020 and debuted in the singles charts at number three. All but one of the album’s singles landed within the top three positions within the UK Singles charts, ‘Don’t Play’ and ‘Holiday’ reached number two and the third single ‘Patience’ landed at number three. The album’s latest single ‘Swerve’ released 2nd July 2021 landed within the UK singles charts at number sixty nine.

In the following interview with OfficalCharts.com, KSI discusses the process taken to complete the album. Within the interview the artist also discusses his progression within his career, whilst providing an insight into his personal and professional journey to further grow his musical talents.

The artist’s number one album features many collaborations including artists, Lil Durk, Rico Love, Deno, Future, 21 Savage and British singer and actor Yungblud. Much like Yunglud, KSI is also a man of many talents. The Watford born artist, otherwise known as Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji, began his career as a YouTuber and influencer and was named within the top 100 UK influencers by The Sunday Times in 2019. His YouTube career started at an early age in 2008-2009, in his teens, he would upload gaming commentary videos to his YouTube channel under his account name KSIOlajideBT. KSI would then go on to drop out of Sixth Form college to follow his passion and YouTube career. Despite his teacher’s disapproval and doubts, his channel went on to earn an income and eventually became an impressive revenue stream. After uploading more Vlogs and similar video game content to his channel, he reached a million subscribers in 2012.

After gaining traction within the industry, he was signed to Polaris, a subsidiary of American network Maker Studio in 2013 and was recruited to join British YouTube collective the Sidemen. The group would branch out from just video game commentaries and began to upload sketches and various challenges. KSI would publish his biography in 2015 titled ‘KSI: I Am a Bellend’, after he toured in support of his book, KSI published another book entitled ‘Sidemen: The Book’. His second book would go on to sell 26,436 copies and scored top billing within the hardback fiction charts. In 2017, KSI posted on social media notifying fans that he would be leaving Sidemen due to internal issues within the group.

Throughout his early YouTube career, KSI was also exploring his musical talent, this began with comedy rap songs in which he uploaded to his channel in 2011. He released his debut single on 23rd March 2015 entitled ‘Lamborghini’ which featured grime artist MC P Money, the single debuted in the singles charts at number thirty. KSI would start to achieve traction within the charts with his initial complete EP ’Keep Up’, released on 8th January 2016, the release charted at number thirteen within the UK album charts and debuted at number one within the UK R&B Album chart. Further releases would follow until his first studio album ‘Dissimulation’ was released on 22nd May 2020. The album was a critical and commercial success and was certified silver after achieving over 60,000 UK unit sales and charted at number two within the UK Album charts, giving the rapper his second-highest album chart position to date.

KSI is not just a YouTube star and musical artist, this talented individual has also held an amateur and professional career in boxing, where the star fought other YouTube personalities such as Joe Weller and Logan Paul. KSI has also tried his hand at acting professionally, he starred in the 2016 film ‘Laid In America’ alongside fellow YouTuber Casper Lee. A documentary about the multitalented star was also released in 2018 entitled ‘KST: Can’t Lose’, which charted his struggles and journey in the world of boxing.

Fans will be able to catch the vastly talented artist perform live at various events this year, including a UK tour this autumn and festival appearances. The rapper will be performing at this year’s Reading and Leeds festivals which was confirmed to be going ahead this Summer.

KSI UK Live Dates

26-29/08/2021 – Bramham Park – Leeds
26-29/08 – Reading Festival – Reading
10-12/09 – TRNSMT 2021 – Glasgow
01/10 – Glasgow Garage – Glasgow
02/10 – Riverside – Newcastle Upon Tyne
03/10 – Asylum Hull University Union – Hull
05/10 – O2 Institute Birmingham – Birmingham
06/10 – Old Fire Station Bournemouth – Bournemouth
07/10 – SWX – Bristol
08/10 – Brighton Concorde 2 – Brighton
10/10 – Waterfront – Norwich
11/10 – Cambridge Junction – Cambridge
12/10 – Manchester Academy 2 – Manchester
13/10 – O2 Forum Kentish Town – London
15/10 – O2 Academy Oxford – Oxford
16/10 – Liverpool Hangar 34 – Liverpool
25/02/2022 – SSE Arena Wembley – London

The new album was recorded during the COVID-19 nationwide lockdown and sees the singer experiment with new sounds and discover new techniques. The singer recorded his new material in East London and gives fans a much heavier sound in which Faulkner has previously released.

Surrey born Faulkner had this to say about his new album.

“I’m not very precious anymore. the music is a bit chunkier, it’s definitely way heavier and much less acoustic than previously. I feel like the stuff I’ve written recently is simpler, but it’s tasteful… it works as songs. I can feel it.”

Newton proceeds to describe his new sound and also describes how the new sound has affected his vocals, describing how the new sound ‘nurtured’ his vocals. The singer-songwriter continues. “I want to boil things down to their strongest form. It’s about the songs. However good you are at playing, if the voice isn’t up to scratch and the songs aren’t good enough, no one is going to listen to them. It’s grizzly, soulful, and a step further. Vocally, I’ve learned a huge amount over the years. I was a guitarist and a writer who sang. That’s kind of where I came from. And now I feel like my voice has caught up with the stuff I was doing on guitar.”

Throughout the changes, Newton states that he stands by his authentic self as “weird, solitary figure, I don’t think things get better or worse. They just change. I’ve kind of purposefully steered away from any of the cliques that have appeared around me. I’ve just remained this weird, solitary figure. I love it!”

The four year hiatus was not completely quiet as the singer released the single, ‘Better Way‘ in 2020. The singer-songwriter’s previous album, ‘Hit the Ground Running’ was released on September 1st 2017. Newton’s sixth studio album marked the tenth anniversary of Newton’s hugely popular debut album, ‘Hand Built By Robots’, released June 27th 2007. The sixth studio album included references to the debut album, including clever melodic mentions and playful lyrical connections to ‘Hand Built By Robots’.

Newton’s debut initially entered at number three in the UK album charts, but in its fourth week, reached number one. The album included Newton’s most popular release, the single ‘Teardrop’. The fourth single from the album is a cover of the original track by British trip-hop group Massive Attack and skyrocketed Newton to success. Along with the third single ‘Dream Catch Me’, which was certified platinum with over 600,000 sales, Faulkner has become a staple within the singer-songwriter and folk genres.

Newton has announced further good news, the singer will start a socially- distanced tour in May, see below for dates and tickets. The songwriter and musician will also continue to begin his official tour later on in the year.

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Newton Faulkner UK Tour Dates

26/04/2021 – Assembly Hall Theatre – Tunbridge Wells
27/04 – The Clapham Ground – Clapham
14/05 – De Valence Pavilion – Tenby
30/05 – The Wardrobe – Leeds
31/05 – The Sugarmill – Stoke On Trent
04/06 – Live Rooms – Chester
06/06 – Old Fire Station Bournemouth – Bournemouth
07/06 – The Boileroom – Guildford
24/09 – Live Rooms – Chester
25/09 – Devil’s Arse Cave – Castleton
26/09 – Picturedrome – Holmfirth
30/09 – Apex – Bury Saint Edmunds
01/10 – De Valence Pavilion – Tenby
02/10 – Patti Pavilion – Swansea
11/10 – SWG3 – Glasgow
12/10 – The Liquid Room – Edinburgh
16/10 – Northumbria University Student’s Union – Newcastle Upon Tyne
18/10 – Asylum Hull University Union – Hull
19/10 – Leadmill – Sheffield
20/10 – 02 Ritz Manchester – Manchester
22/10 – 02 Academy Liverpool – Liverpool
23/10 – Tramshed – Cardiff
25/10 – 02 Institute Birmingham – Birmingham
26/10 – 02 Shepherds Bush Empire – London
28/10 – Norwich Nick Rayns LCR UEA – Norwich
29/10 – 02 Academy Oxford – Oxford
30/10 – Anson Rooms, Bristol SU – Bristol
31/10 – The Foundry – Torquay
02/11 – The Academy – Dublin

The band took to their Instagram to announce the news.

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The demos included in the new collection include raw and stripped back early renditions of ‘If You Wanna’, ‘Post Break Up Sex’ and ‘Nørgaard’. A reissue of their debut album has also been released as well as a special edition pressing on pink vinyl, complete with a coupon for the download of the original album as well as a new and limited insert, with only 2500 pressings the LP is sure to become a coveted item for any fan. All releases also include the new demo collection. The band also took to their Instagram page to post their podcast, where, in celebration of the new release they discuss each track.

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The debut album entered the UK album charts at number four and sired six singles. The album’s first single, ‘Wreckin Bar (Ra Ra Ra)/ Blow It Up’ was an unexpected hit for the band and gained a large amount of airplay, the single was released on November 22nd 2010 and both tracks were selected as Zane Lowe’s Hottest Record in the world on October 6th 2010. ‘Post-Break-Up Sex’ was the second single to be released on January 21st 2011 as a digital download as well on 7’’ Vinyl the next day. The third single, ‘If You Wanna’, released on March 18th 2011, became the highest viewed music video on YouTube at the point of release with over 7.5 million views. Originally released as the band’s first demo, the track was re-recorded for release from the album.

The album’s next singles, ‘All in White’ and ‘Nørgaard’, were released in the June and August of the same year. ‘Nørgaard’ was chosen as the free ‘Single of the week’ on iTunes and was written about Danish supermodel Amanda Nørgaard. The debut’s sixth and final single ‘Wetsuit” / “Tiger Blood’ was released in December of the same year. All lyrics from the album were written by lead singer and guitarist, Justin Young. The 33-year-old singer and musician has been playing music since his teens, starting his musical career in Alt-Country and Hardcore Punk bands . He clearly has artistic genes as he is the great-grandson of celebrated painter Walter Hayward-Young.

Last month The Vaccines announced they were working on new material, heralding it as the best record they have made. The band have been working on their follow up to the 2018 album, ‘Combat Sport’ since last year. In February of this year, the band posted an interview on their Twitter page speaking further about their new work.

Click here to order the album and pre-order the Vinyl.