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The album, which first came out in 2003, is now digitally out and will physically be available on October 31, it captures performances of the different songs of the album across various shows the band did between 2003 to 2009.

The live version of the album was mixed by Ben Baptie and mastered by Matt Colton. To celebrate the announcement, the band released a live video performance of the track ‘There, There’ which was filmed during performance in Buenos Aires in March 2009.

The idea for the album came to Thom Yorke, frontman of the band, whilst he was working of critically acclaimed theatre production Hamlet Hail to the Thief, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic play and set to a deconstructed score of reworked songs from Radiohead.

In a statement explaining how the record came about, Yorke said, “In the process of thinking how to build arrangements for the Shakespeare Hamlet/Hail to the Thief theatre production I asked to hear some archive live recordings of the songs. I was shocked by the kind of energy behind the way we played and it really helped me find a way forward. For us, back in the day, the finishing of this record was particularly messy and fraught, we were very proud of it but there was a taste left in our mouths, it was a dark time in so many ways. Anyway we decided to get these live recordings mixed (it would have been insane to keep them for ourselves) by Ben Baptie, who did an amazing job. It has all been a very cathartic process, we very much hope you enjoy them.”

The album will be available on vinyl in a limited-edition at independent stores, and on cyan-colored vinyl exclusively from the band’s W.A.S.T.E. store.

Tracklist
Side A
2 + 2 = 5
Sit Down. Stand Up
Sail to the Moon
Go to Sleep
Where I End and You Begin
We Suck Young Blood

Side B
The Gloaming
There, There
I Will
Myxomatosis
Scatterbrain
A Wolf at the Door

The extensive setlist featured an opening performance of their title track, followed by songs like ‘Looking For Somebody To Love’, ‘Happiness’, ‘Part Of The Band’, and ‘Oh Caroline’. Other popular tracks included ‘Robbers’, ‘It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)’, ‘Chocolate’, ‘The Sound’ and ‘Somebody Else’. 

The live recording, as of March 7, is now available for streaming and a limited edition physical version will be released later this spring. The physical edition will be a transparent vinyl pressing, expected to arrive on May 30 via Dirty Hit. The album’s artwork is a nod to The 1975’s Manchester roots – a series of photos of the city’s suburb Bosden Farm, capturing the dreamy essence that purposefully juxtaposes the band’s upbeat, synth-heavy sound. 

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This latest announcement marks The 1975’s third live record, following 2023’s ‘At Their Very Best’ live album from their Madison Square Garden, New York show November 7 2022. The album transferred to big screen audiences, also released as an Amazon Prime Exclusive film. This compilation featured many tracks in common with the latest release, albeit starring more singles from ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’ – the band’s first live run of this particular album.  This isn’t the only major news from The 1975 this week: The BRIT Award-winning band were announced as this year’s Glastonbury festival Friday night headliners. The quartet – Matty Healy (vocals/guitar), George Daniel (drums), Adam Hann (lead guitar) and Ross MacDonald (bass guitar) – will take to the Pyramid stage June 26, alongside other co-main acts, Olivia Rodrigo and Neil Young. Although tickets were snapped up quickly in November, fans can anticipate a traditional resale in April, with more information to follow. This will be the third time the band play the world-renowned festival, having previously made appearances in 2014 and 2016, and signalling the end of their “indefinite hiatus” since the ‘Still…At Their Very Best’ tour’s finale in March 2024.

 

 

 

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The Manchester-native band are also rumoured to have new material in the works – January 2, they took to Instagram to reveal a photo of frontman Matty Healy at work in an instrument-packed studio. Despite no caption, this spurred supposed news from an unnamed “insider” at The Sun, detailing The 1975’s next record title as possibly ‘God Has Entered My Body’, and allegedly featuring lyrical inspiration from Healy and Taylor Swift’s public romance in 2023. In his signature satirical style, the frontman chimed in on a The 1975 subreddit page in response to the rumours: “Huge if true”. This also comes after Healy previously teasing fans November 18 with a since deleted X/Twitter post, revealing a speculated tracklist for an upcoming LP. The post featured titles of a cynical nature, such as ‘Owe God A Death’, ‘We were promised set backs’ and ‘TaxmanTaxmanInjectioHobby’. Once again, Healy kept followers baffled with a subsequent post: “This is my ‘names for our children’ folder”. 

The speculated new material, as of yet, has no determined release date, but will follow the latest ‘Still…At Their Very Best’ live recording as a studio release. Fans can expect more news about the band’s next venture into new music at this year’s Glastonbury festival. 

The choir and orchestral infusion Raye and her team have put into this celebrated pop album uplifts and intensifies each song’s intended mood, whether that’s with the heart-wrenching yet inspirational ballad “Ice-cream Man”, or with the entrancing dance single, “Black Mascara”. Additional interludes, preludes, overtures and requiems allowed for conductor Tom Richards to showcase his own vision (or sound, mind you) of Raye’s musical prowess, intertwined sonically with original arrangements fans loved from the original album.

Listeners gain an insight into Raye’s infectious stage presence and sense of humour, “Are you f****** joking”, she screams in joy and disbelief at the beginning of the album to 3,442 cheering attendees.

“I will never forget this night – as long as I live,” she announces to the crowd at the end of the album, followed by music of which you imagine her twirling and dancing off stage.

Perhaps her biggest hit off the studio album, “Escapism”, comes as the encore performance on the live version – originally a genre-bending take on a “pop” song, now transformed with the epic cacophony of the haunting, Phantom of the Opera-esque organ, electric guitar and of course, Raye’s unwavering vocals echoed by the powerful harmonies of The Flames Collective.

“The show of my entire career, I can’t handle this… I cannot believe this is my real life after all these years of hustle and monstrous dreams, my city saw me for the artist I truly want to be and continue to strive to be,” she stated in a celebratory Instagram post.

The release of this live album comes after a string of successes for the London-born singer. Not only did “Escapism” chart at no.1 in the UK singles chart at the beginning of the year, or that her current collaboration “Prada” with CaSSo and D-Block Europe is currently at no.2 on the charts, but she was also shortlisted for the prestigious Mercury Prize back in July – an award that goes to the best album recorded by a UK artist.

Last week, Raye appeared on The Late Show starring Jimmy Fallon to perform a medley of “Escapism/Worth It” accompanied by a smaller orchestra to promote the release.

Raye’s popularity is growing by the day on an international scale, currently touring worldwide – taking a short break only to rehearse for the live recording at Royal Albert Hall. Raye is currently touring the U.S but will return for several sold-out shows in the UK this November/December. See below for UK touring dates:

29/11/2023 – Bridlington Spa Centre – Bridlington
30/11 – O2 Academy Glasgow – Glasgow
01/12 – NX – Newcastle Upon Tyne
02/12 – O2 Apollo Manchester – Manchester
05/12 – O2 Academy Birmingham – Birmingham
07/12 – O2 Academy Bristol – Bristol

Listen to My 21st Century Symphony (Live At Royal Albert Hall) here:

In a post on the singer’s Instagram page, he shared a video of him performing his song “Wake Me Up” from his 2011 album + in the living room of an overwhelmed and excited fan.

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Sheeran said in his post “So I did some surprise pop up gigs in fans houses, secretly recording a live version of Autumn Variations where each song is recorded in a different fans living room, but all of it was a total surprise.” The Instagram teaser also revealed that “The fan living room live Autumn Variations album coming soon, proper album out September 29th go preorder you legends x”.

The pop star’s upcoming seventh album is produced by Aaron Dessner of American band The National, who also worked with Sheeran on his album - (Subtract) which was released in May and marked the end of the singer’s so-called “mathematical era”. In a statement via Rolling Stone, Sheeran spoke on working with Dessner, stating “When I recorded ‘-’ (‘Subtract’) with Aaron Dessner, we clicked immediately. We wrote and recorded non-stop and this album was born out of that partnership. I feel he has captured the feeling of autumn so wonderfully in his sonics and I hope everyone loves it as much as I do.”.

It is said that Sheeran’s upcoming Autumn Variations is inspired by a piece of 19th century orchestral work by composer Edward Elgar, titled Enigma Variations.

Sheeran will be promoting his new album by performing Autumn Variations in full at London’s Royal Albert Hall this November. Tickets are available here.

Recording the live version of Autumn Variations is not the only surprise the “Eyes Closed” singer has given fans recently. Last week, the musician surprised two fans in Las Vegas by giving an unplanned performance at their wedding. For their special day, Sheeran performed the song “Magical” from his upcoming LP. The singer uploaded this moment to his Instagram, with the caption “Crashed a wedding, this is Magical x”

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You can preorder Autumn Variations here.

Tour dates:

18/11/2023 – Royal Albert Hall – London

19/11 – Royal Albert Hall – London

The show will celebrate the release of Gallagher’s new live album, Knebworth 22, due to come out on 11th August 2023. The intimate performance will allow fans the opportunity to hear tracks from both his solo discography and that of Oasis, with Liam taking to Twitter to call the news of the gig “biblical.”

Beautiful people where the hell have I been answers on a wotsit anyways fuck all that curious killed the twat malarky I’m back with some BIBLICAL news 10am Humongous announcement MCFC TREBLE WINNERS LG x

— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) June 28, 2023

Liam shared the show artwork on Twitter too, which declares the show to be the “exclusive Knebworth 22 live album launch.”  

KOKO 23 pic.twitter.com/dh9B04MCxr — Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) June 28, 2023

Liam’s performance at KOKO is set to be his only indoor UK gig scheduled for 2023, though he is set to perform at various UK festivals throughout the year.

Speaking on the release of Knebworth 22, Liam said, “So we recorded the Knebworth gigs we did last year. We all sound BIBLICAL, turn it up ENJOY, LGx.” Liam played two sold-out nights at Knebworth back in June 2022, with over 170,000 fans attending the shows which were reminiscent of the iconic 1996 Oasis Knebworth performance.

Liam announced the news of the live album by sharing the live recording of an Oasis deep cut, “Roll It Over,” taken from one of his Knebworth 22 shows. The track was originally featured on Oasis’ fourth studio album, Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, and had never been performed live by the band.

Pre-sale tickets for the album launch show will go on sale at 10am BST on 5th July, with an exclusive presale code being offered to all fans who pre-order a copy of Knebworth 22 before 3pm on 4th July. The code will be sent out at 5pm on the 4th. Pre-order Knebworth 22 here.

This gig announcement came shortly after Liam teased fans with the news of his plans to tour the Definitely Maybe album in its entirety to celebrate its upcoming 30th anniversary in 2024.

As it’s 30 years since DM was released nxt year I’m gonna be playing the album from start to finish in it’s original order at a few BIBLICAL venues LG x

— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) May 11, 2023

No concrete plans for this tour have been announced as of yet, though one can assume that Liam will take to Twitter as usual to keep his fans in the loop when details materialise.

Purchase tickets for the Knebworth 22 live album launch show here.

See the Knebworth 22 album track listing below:

1. “Hello”
2. “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star”
3. “Wall Of Glass”
4. “Shockwave”
5. “Everything’s Electric”
6. “Roll It Over”
7. “Slide Away”
8. “More Power”
9. “C’mon You Know”
10. “The River”
11. “Once”
12. “Cigarettes & Alcohol”
13. “Some Might Say”
14. “Supersonic”
15. “Wonderwall”
16. “Champagne Supernova“

The band will make 3 stops across the UK, performing for their fans in Glasgow, London and Manchester.

Taking to social media, the band said “Can’t wait to spend time on tour with all you beautiful people.”

Presenting: The 5 Seconds of Summer Show World Tour 2023!

Can’t wait to spend time on tour with all you beautiful people. Presales start from Tuesday next week. General tickets on sale Friday April 14th 10am local time (US and EUROPE). South America dates will be updated very… pic.twitter.com/jukyjN1NIt

— 5 Seconds of Summer (@5SOS) April 6, 2023

This will be the band’s most ambitious tour yet, aiming to pack the best of their 5 albums into one show. Frontman Luke Hemmings said on Instagram, “My only regret is that I won’t be able to watch this show.”  

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In addition to their tour announcement, the band also revealed their plans to release a live album this month. The Feeling of Falling Upwards – Live from The Royal Albert Hall will be released digitally on 14th April 2023. Physical copies of the album will be made available for purchase on 14th July 2023. The live album was recorded during a one-night-only show in 2022 in which the band performed alongside a 12-piece string orchestra and a 12-member gospel choir.

The show at The Royal Albert Hall included a mix of their biggest hits spanning their 5 albums, as well as some deeper album tracks for their true fans, with this being a particularly special venue for the group. 5SOS shared that they busked outside the venue when they first moved to the UK to write their first album 10 years ago.

On stage, drummer Ashton Irwin said, “‘The Feeling of Falling Upwards’ is simply supposed to describe to you the feeling that we have experienced together, the feeling of taking a leap of faith on such a fickle thing like music and sharing this experience together year after year, season after season of our lives.”

The tracklist for The Feeling of Falling Upwards – Live from The Royal Albert Hall is below:

1. OVERTURE
2. COMPLETE MESS
3. CAROUSEL
4. Me, Myself & I
5. She Looks So Perfect
6. Amnesia
7. Lie To Me
8. Caramel
9. Outer Space
10. Youngblood
11. Red Desert
12. Jet Black Heart
13. Older (feat. Sierra Deaton)
14. Take My Hand
15. Teeth
16. Ghost of You
17. Bad Omens

Tickets for The 5 Seconds of Summer Show will be available from 12th April and can be purchased here.

3/10/2023 – OVO Hydro – Glasgow

4/10/2023 – AO Arena – Manchester

5/10/2023 – The O2 – London

Fender announced the news of the forthcoming LP by sharing a new video, “Getting Started (Live From Finsbury Park)”. You can watch the whole video below. The musician wrote on his social media “This show was a real highlight for me and the boys, so we’re buzzing to share it with you,”.

No track listing has been announced yet, but the 17-song set included a live debut for “Alright” and a take on “Saturday” that the crowd greatly enjoyed. The gig at Finsbury park took place on July 15,  in north London and marked the North Shields singer-songwriter’s biggest headline performance to date. He played in front of a sold-out crowd of 45,000 fans at the park. Fender was joined by fantastic support acts including Fontaines D.C., Declan McKenna and Beabadoobee.

Last week Fender also announce a massive homecoming gig at Newcastle’s St James’ Park, which will mark his first-ever stadium performance as a headliner. He’ll headline St James’ Park in front of at least 55,000 fans on June 9, 2023. Fender will be joined by opening acts Inhaler and Holly Humberstone, and he’s promised “a few surprises” that are yet to be confirmed. Fender added: “I always said that if we ever got big enough to be able to play a stadium, this had to be the first one. It had to be in our hometown.” However pre-sale tickets for the June 9 date have already sold out so Fender has has added a second date at St. James’ that will take place on the following day, June 10. Tickets go on general sale at 10am BST this Friday (September 9) – you’ll be able to buy yours  here.

In the meantime, his album ‘Seventeen Going Under’ is in the running for this year’s Mercury Prize. The winner will be revealed during a ceremony at London’s Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith this Thursday (September 8). It’s been a huge 2022 so far as Fender has already picking up a slew of BRIT, NME, and Ivor Novello Awards and he will be hoping to win this prize too. He will be also off on tour in the US from the 12th of September visiting Washington, Boston, New York and Vegas before then heading to Australia.

The Live From Finsbury Park album and pre-order/pre-save the forthcoming live album here. You can also view the album artwork for the live release below.

The live material was recorded before the group released their most famous album The Dark Side Of The Moon. Released in 1973, the album took the group to its peak popularity and became one of the best-selling albums of all time. The newly added recorded performances were held before this era, the recordings document a time before the group became musical icons.

The live albums span a period between the album cycles of the 1970 release Atom Heart Mother and the 1972 album Obscured by Clouds. During this era, the group were touring the world and the setlist included such tracks as “Atom Heart Mother”, “Echoes” and “Careful With That Axe, Eugene”.

The earliest documentation in the releases can be heard in They Came In Peace. The album boasts a setlist of seven tracks and includes performances from 28th February 1970 at Leeds University and Washington University on 16th November 1971. The latest recording from the new releases is heard on the album Lyon & Tokyo, Lyon 12 June 1971, Tokyo 16 March 1972. The recording is from a live performance held on 16th March 1972 in Tokyo and was almost a year before the release of The Dark Side of The Moon.

The full list of rare material in which the group released to streaming platforms includes They Came In Peace, Leeds University  28 Feb 1970 Washington University 16 Nov 1971, Live At Grosser Saal, Musikhalle, Hamburg, West Germany 25 Feb 1971, Mauerspechte Berlin Sportpalast 5 June 1971, Lyon & Tokyo, Lyon 12 June 1971, Tokyo 16 March 1972, Palaeur Rome 20 June 1971, Amsterdamse Bos Free Concert 26 June 1971, Live In Montreux 18 and 18 Sept 1971, KB Hallen, Copenhagen 23 Sept 1971, KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Vol ii, Live 23 Sept 1971, Over Bradford Pigs On The Groove Bradford University 10 Oct 1971, Embryo, San Diego, Live 17 Oct 1971 and The Screaming Abdabs Quebec City, Live 10 Nov 1971.

On 18th February 2022, the Restored & Re-Edited version of Pink Floyd’s P.U.L.S.E. is released as a 2 Blu-ray/2 DVD deluxe box set, with music videos, screen films, documentaries, rehearsal footage, 60 page booklet, and the flashing LED is back! https://t.co/iTDgQbC0Yf pic.twitter.com/umd4MkIJw9

— Pink Floyd (@pinkfloyd) December 16, 2021

In other news, the band have announced that their 1995 film P.U.L.S.E. Restored and Re-Edited will be available for the first time on Blu-ray on 18th February 2022. The concert film documents the group’s gig held on 20th October 1994 at London’s Earls Court. The performance was part of their The Division Bell Tour, the film was originally released on VHS in June 1995 and DVD in July 2006.

The film was directed by acclaimed director David Mallet, the British director has been heralded as one of the most prolific directors of music videos in the 1980s. Mallet’s videography spans from the 1970s until 2020 and includes such iconic musicians as David Bowie and Queen. The re-release of the film will be available as a double Blu-ray edition and double DVD deluxe box set.

Click here to pre-order P.U.L.S.E. Restored and Re-Edited.

The renowned 80’s band will be releasing their live album on May 7th 2021 in multiple formats including: 2 CD audio, 2 CD audio plus the concert film on Blu Ray or as 3 vinyls. There will also be a limited edition box set containing all 3 formats and an extra book and art prints too. This is available for pre -order here.

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New Order have shared announcements for a Manchester homecoming show in September 2021. In Manchester’s Heaton Park, this will be the bands first show in their hometown in over four years! The band, who will be supported on the day by Hot Chip and Working Men’s Club, will play at the outdoor venue, telling NME it will be a ‘defining moment in their illustrious career’. The band stated “We promise to bring a celebration like no other to Heaton Park in 2021, and we can’t wait to see everyone come together for a night we’ll never forget.” Hot Chip added to the excitement in an Instagram post, stating ‘it’s gonna be mega!’

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The tracklist for ‘Education Entertainment Recreation’: 

01 Das Rheingold: Vorspiel
02 Singularity
03 Regret
04 Love Vigilantes
05 Ultraviolence
06 Disorder
07 Crystal
08 Academic
09 Your Silent Face
10 Tutti Frutti
11 Sub-Culture
12 BLT
13 Vanishing Point
14 Waiting for the Sirens Call
15 Plastic
16 The Perfect Kiss
17 True Faith
18 Blue Monday
19 Temptation
20 Atmosphere
21 Decades
22 Love Will Tear Us Apart

The North London based band will be releasing 500 vinyls on Bandcamp, with all the proceeds going to The Windmill. Sorry have taken to Instagram to promote their new live album from their November show at the mentioned music venue. They said,  ‘We’re releasing this live show we did last Nov at the Windmill exclusively on Bandcamp this Bandcamp Friday! 500 vinyl copies only. All money goes to support the Windmill staying open, 2 new unreleased tracks on it – buy a copy at in bio x’

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The albums tracklist is from their debut album released in 2020, ‘925’, plus a further two bonus tracks as promised by the band. The album has been hailed as ‘unashamedly experimental and woozy, without having a bad track on it’ with added help and expertise from Gorillaz producer James Dring during production. Started by best friends Asha Lorenz and Louis O’Bryen, the experimental indie quartet will be charging £20 for the live album as well as donating £925 themselves to the worthy cause.

The Windmill has been described by Billboard as “a divey hangout for indie-spirited DIY musicians”, presenting a welcoming space for musicians to experiment with their sound to a music-fanatic audience. The Windmill have their own fundraiser set up too, which has raised up to £65,000 of the desired £72,000 target.

This is not the only time Sorry have participated in fundraising to save music venues from closure. During May 2020, they and other bands such as Shame and Porridge Radio, participated in a charity compilation, ‘Group Therapy Vol.1’, which raised funds for Music Venues Trust and NHS Charities Together. 

A Night At The Windmill’ will be released on 12th March 2021 but can be pre-ordered now via Bandcamp.