mxdwn.co.uk » jack harlow https://www.mxdwn.co.uk all that matters in music in the UK Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:37:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 Jack Harlow Scores First UK Number One With New Single ‘Lovin On Me’ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/jack-harlow-scores-first-uk-number-one-with-new-single-lovin-on-me/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/jack-harlow-scores-first-uk-number-one-with-new-single-lovin-on-me/#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2023 15:22:50 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=97983 American rapper Jack Harlow has scored his first UK number one with his new single, “Lovin On Me.” Harlow’s latest track pushed the new Beatles song “Now and Then” out of the top spot of the UK Singles Chart.

Harlow’s first UK number one follows three previous UK top ten hits, including “First Class,” “3D” with K-Pop phenomenon Jung Kook of BTS and “Industry Baby” with fellow American rapper Lil Nas X.

Harlow took to social media to promote his new track, writing “Thank u for allowing me to reset this year. I moved back to Kentucky and gave u an album I could not have made on the road. Surrounded by family & childhood friends this has been one of the happiest years of my life. But now…a new era begins.“

“Lovin On Me” has already taken TikTok by storm and has reeled in overwhelmingly positive reviews. Vulture writer Hershal Pandya wrote, “A surprisingly nimble flow and impeccable beat selection? Check and check. “Cut your boy a little slack,” he raps right before “Lovin on Me”‘s final chorus. If he keeps making singles like this, we won’t have to.”  

The track samples the 1995 R&B song “Whatever (Bass Soliloquy)” by Cadillac Dale, which was the B-side to his single “Soulful Moaning.” “Lovin On Me” builds itself around the opening lyrical hook of Dale’s track, singing “I don’t like no whips and chains and you can’t tie me down / But you can whip your lovin’ on me” creating a tongue-in-cheek earworm.

“Lovin On Me” gives Harlow’s fans an insight into what they can expect from his upcoming fourth studio album. This new track has quickly followed his highly acclaimed album Jackman, released in April 2023. Jackman came in at number one on the Top Rap Albums Chart and garnered him a nomination for BET’s Hip Hop Album of the Year.

Harlow currently has no plans to tour the UK, announcing that his only 2023 tour will take place in his home state of Kentucky, aptly titled the No Place Like Home tour.

]]> https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/jack-harlow-scores-first-uk-number-one-with-new-single-lovin-on-me/feed/ 0 Jack Harlow Announces UK Tour Dates https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/jack-harlow-announces-uk-tour-dates/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/jack-harlow-announces-uk-tour-dates/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2022 13:10:28 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=58275 US rapper Jack Harlow is bringing his Come Home The Kids Miss You Tour to the UK this November. Tickets will be on sale from 9 am on Thursday 25th and are available here, dates below. The “Whats Poppin” singer will kick off his world tour following the release of his second album, Come Home The Kids Miss You, in the US this September. The UK swing of his world tour will start in Birmingham on November 2nd before heading to London, Manchester, and Leeds, ending in Nottingham on November 8th.

Come Home The Kids Miss You debuted at number four on the Official Albums Chart earlier this year. The record became Jack’s first-ever UK Top 10 album. The success of the lead single “First Class”, Jack’s first Top 10 record as a solo artist, sampled Fergie’s 2000s smash hit “Glamorous” and reached Number 2 on the Official Singles Chart, helped to propel the album up the charts. The album also featured two more UK Top 40 songs, “Churchill Downs”, a collaboration with Drake and “Dua Lipa”, and a tribute to the British pop icon, the tracks reaching number 19 and 33, respectively.This isn’t Harlow’s first brush with the Top 10; in 2021, his collaboration with Lil Nas X, “Industry Baby”, reached Number 3 on the UK Singles Charts. 

Harlow and Nas, along with Kendrick Lamar, lead the way with seven nominations at this year’s MTV VMA Awards, leading the Louisville native to pull out of this weekend’s Reading & Leeds Festival due to his desire to perform at the ceremony. The awards take place at New Jersey’s Prudential Center on Sunday, August 28th, the same day Harlow was scheduled to appear at the festival. The festival organisers confirmed the news on August 15th.

“We are saddened to hear that Jack Harlow and Måneskin have decided to perform at an award show the same weekend they were confirmed to play Reading & Leeds.” We are working on some exciting replacements to join Arctic Monkeys, Dave, Bring Me The Horizon,  The 1975, Halsey, Megan Thee Stallion, D-Block Europe, PinkPantheress, Joy Crookes, Fontaines DC, Bastille, Willow, Wolf Alice, Glass Animals, Hybrid Minds and many others at Reading & Leeds Festivals this August Bank Holiday weekend, watch this space!” The festival wrote in a post shared on Instagram Stories.

To round off Harlow’s bumper year, the rapper joins Black Pink, Harry Styles and Bad Bunny as “the only acts to have debuted a song on Spotify with over 10 million unfiltered streams in 2022“.

Jack Harlow’s Come Home The Kids Miss You UK Tour dates:

2/11/2022 – O2 Academy – Birmingham
3/11 – OVO Arena  – London
4/11 – O2 Victoria Warehouse – Manchester
7/11 – O2 Academy – Leeds
8/11 – Rock City – Nottingham

]]> https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/jack-harlow-announces-uk-tour-dates/feed/ 0 Charlie XCX and AJ Tracey Added to the Reading and Leeds Line Up https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/charlie-xcx-and-aj-tracey-added-to-the-reading-and-leeds-line-up/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/charlie-xcx-and-aj-tracey-added-to-the-reading-and-leeds-line-up/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2022 15:42:19 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=58173 Following cancellations from headliners Rage Against the Machine along with Jack Harlow and Italian rockers Måneskin, the Reading and Leeds line up has been shaken up multiple times over the last few days.  With only six days until the fields fill up with music lovers, they’ve added pop sensation Charlie XCX to the line up alongside London rapper AJ Tracey. 

Earlier this month, Eurovision stars Måneskin announced that due to “scheduling conflicts” they had to cancel their appearance at the festival. “We love and miss the UK and all of our beloved UK fans and we’re absolutely gutted to no longer be able to play these shows,” they wrote in a post on their social media. The festival organisers then followed up by posting “We are saddened to hear that Jack Harlow and Måneskin have decided to perform at an award show the same weekend they were confirmed to play Reading and Leeds,” on their Instagram story.

This blow came after headliners Rage Against The Machine pulled out due to frontman Zack de la Rocha’s leg injury. A statement on Twitter was released saying: “Per medical guidance, Zack de la Rocha has been advised that the August and September 2022 UK and European leg of the Rage Against The Machine tour cannot proceed. It is with great disappoint that we announce this cancellation.” Soon after, The 1975 were announced as their replacement. This will mark their second appearance as headliners after their 2019 set. 

The changes to the line up have garnered mixed responses from ticket holders with one Twitter user describing The 1975 as a “downgrade”  and another saying that The 1975 were “not even of the same genre of music”.  The festivals’ refund policy states money can only be returned for a “material alteration which, in Festival Republic’s opinion, makes the event materially different to the event that ticket purchasers expected”, but it also mentions that “changes to the line-up” or “changes to a band” does not make consumers entitled to a refund. 

The announcement of the latest additions, Charlie XCX and AJ Tracey has also got some festival-goers feeling let down with on saying Reading and Leeds has “lost its identity” and another asking why there wasn’t a rockbound replacing Måneskin. A lot of the disappointment seems to be from those who had booked tickets to see bands more associated with the rock and indie genre; something which Reading and Leeds has been synonymous with since its inception. 

 

]]> https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/charlie-xcx-and-aj-tracey-added-to-the-reading-and-leeds-line-up/feed/ 0 Måneskin And Jack Harlow Pull Out Of Reading And Leeds Festival To Play MTV VMAs https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/maneskin-and-jack-harlow-pull-out-of-reading-and-leeds-festival-to-play-mtv-vmas/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/maneskin-and-jack-harlow-pull-out-of-reading-and-leeds-festival-to-play-mtv-vmas/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2022 11:11:20 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=58131 After a particularly tough last couple of weeks for Reading and Leeds Festival, with previous Sunday Headliner Rage Against The Machine Pulling out at the last minute on medical advice, their situation is showing not many signs of improving. Last week, Italian Eurovision stars Måneskin and Louisville rapper Jack Harlow pulled out of their slots at the festival due to “scheduling conflicts”. It has now been revealed that the artists will be appearing at this year’s MTV VMAs, and since the announcement has gone public, R+L bosses have taken to their socials to burn a few bridges seemingly.

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On August 9th, Måneskin released a statement explaining, “We are sad to announce that unfortunately due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts, we are no longer able to perform at Readings & Leeds festival this year. We love and miss the UK and all of our beloved UK fans and we’re absolutely gutted to no longer be able to play these shows.” Before concluding, “We’re really excited for the year to come and want to thank you for your support and patience, we’ll hopefully be back in the UK soon and we can’t wait to see you.” It seems like they were almost hoping we’d forgotten about this, to be honest. R+L then issued the above statement yesterday showing their disappointment. Harlow is yet to comment on the situation, but at this point, it basically speaks for itself.

Only 2 days into their rescheduled 2020 tour, Rage Against The Machine frontman, Zac de la Rocha sustained an injury on his leg at a show in Chicago. The band continued with Rocha performing mostly sat down, but now it has been announced that they will be cancelling their UK and EU leg of the tour to follow ‘medical guidance. Their headline slot at Reading and Leeds Festival fell within the cancelled dates, so yesterday the festival announced the new Sunday headliner. The 1975.

Matty Healey and co. are currently in the leadup to the release of their 5th LP, Being Funny In A Foreign Language, you can pre-order the album here. The announcement for their appearance at Reading and Leeds Festival comes together with a lengthy US tour set to take place in November. This, paired with 2 appearances at Japan’s Summer Sonic Festival, ends The 1975’s known tour dates. But that being said, we can essentially guarantee an announcement of a UK tour coming soon.

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