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The 76-year-old told more in an interview with The Guardian: “You wake up the next morning and find that something else has gone wrong. You begin to think this is never going to end.I have problems walking. I also get blood pressure issues from blood clots on my legs. I’m used to doing two hours on stage, jumping and running around. I don’t think I’ll be doing much jumping or running around this time. I may be sitting down.” The ‘Paranoid’ singer went on to mention about how having his wife Sharon by his side and organising the hometown reunion gave him motivation and “a reason to get up in the morning”, adding that he has been working alongside a vocal coach and been going to the gym to make sure he is able to perform the entirety of the concert. The heavy-metal pioneers have made sure to curate a day filled with dozens of bands they’ve inspired such as Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Slash, Tom Morello, Gojira and Anthrax.  

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The concert will mark the first time in 20 years the band’s original line-up is back together with Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. Osbourne, who has been forced to stop touring due to a combination of Parkinson’s and spinal injuries, will play a short solo set before joining his bandmates.

Osbourne’s wife Sharon told BBC News, “He’s doing great. He’s doing really great. He’s so excited about this, about being with the guys again and all his friends. It’s exciting for everyone. Ozzy didn’t have a chance to say goodbye to his friends, to his fans, and he feels there’s no been no full stop. This is his full stop.”

The one-time reunion concert will raise funds for charities Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Acorns Children’s Hospice. Tickets for the day are now available via Ticketmaster.

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The drummer was part of the band from their formation in the 70s up to their breakup in 1982. Although the band never fully reunited, Buckler played alongside Foxton, the bass player, on numerous occasions. The Jam released six studio albums on which Rick played, including the critically-acclaimed ‘All Mod Cons’ (1978) and ‘Sound Affects’ (1980).

Paul’s Instagram post also included a statement from Bruce Foxton. The 69-year-old musician has paid a glowing tribute to Rick, describing him as a “good guy and a great drummer”. By the time the band split, they were one of the biggest in the UK singles chart, reflecting their popularity at the time, especially with their song ‘Town Called Malice’.

Post The Jam, Rick Buckler formed a number of bands including Time UK, Sharp which also featured Foxton as a member and The Gift, named after The Jam’s last album and playing music from the band’s catalogue. From 2007 to 2009, he also toured with a band called From The Jam, a band playing covers from the group and later joined again by Foxton who to this day still tours with them.

The drummer lived with his wife and two children, Jason and Holly. He wrote a number of books on the history of The Jam, along with his own autobiography That’s Entertainment: My Life In The Jam, which was released in 2015.

The Surrey born drummer died after a short illness.

2005-2025
This is the end.

Thank you for being the heartbeat of this band.
Final live shows taking place 2024/2025.

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— You Me At Six (@youmeatsix) January 31, 2024

After releasing a suitably emo video statement filmed in a graveyard, You Me At Six announced that the time has come for them to bid farewell to the band. However, after keeping this a secret for some time, Franceschi told BBC “I’m grateful that we’re in a position where we can celebrate, in real time, with our fans.”

Throughout their career, the “Stay With Me” singers have released 8 studio albums, 2 of which (2014’s Cavalier Youth and 2021’s SUCKAPUNCH) reaching number 1 status, toured extensively and received glowing recognition through a variety of awards. These accomplishments have not gone amiss with the band members, as frontman Franceschi told NME “The thing that mattered the most is longevity, getting closer and closer to that 20 year mark. We don’t need this band for self-indulgent reasons. We’re all really satisfied with what we’ve done, let’s just tie a nice little ribbon or bow around it. You don’t want to be the last ones hanging around at the party. We want to be a band that bowed out, not one that was kicked out.”

When asked about plans for their upcoming farewell tour, the 33-year-old stated “We’ve worked out that our final gig is going to be 20 years to the day since our first ever band practice, which is wild. It wasn’t even deliberate.” However, fans will have to be patient for any more information regarding the tour, as dates are set to be announce in “a couple of months”.

Whilst dates for You Me At Six’s final tour are still unknown, you can ensure you receive information regarding the upcoming shows by signing up here. However, the Surrey based five-piece have some upcoming performances this month, as well as their appearance’s at this year’s Slam Dunk Festival to serve as their penultimate shows. For more information and tickets, click here.

Tour dates:

09/02/2024 – KK’s Steel Mill – Wolverhampton
10/02 – UEA – Norwich
11/02 – O2 Academy – Bristol
13/02 – O2 Academy – Oxford
14/02 – Town Hall – Middlesbrough
15/02 – P&J Live – Aberdeen
17/02 – Liverpool University – Liverpool
18/02 – Guildhall – Portsmouth
25/05 – Slam Dunk Festival South – Hatfield
26/05 – Slam Dunk Festival North – Temple Newsam

Celebrating over a decade of friendship and sporadic conversations while touring festivals, band members Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett and Ted Dwane reconnected with the iconic producer turned fashion creative last summer during his Something In The Water Festival at Virginia Beach in North America.

After multiple songwriting sessions, the two camps went on to record the song together in New York and Paris. The track also features haunting backing vocals from a talented six-piece choir known as Native Vocalists, whose origins hail from Native American Tribes within the Great Northern Plains.

The uplifting, gospel-inspired track had its debut performance at Paris Fashion Week during Pharrell’s Louis Vuitton Menswear Autumn/Winter 2024 runway show on January 16. The band was joined by Pharrell and the Native Vocalists in a special, one-off live set for all 1,300 attendees.

Proving to be a powerful tool for showcasing new music, the runway performance lies in situ with other live debuts curated by the producer. ‘Joy (Unspeakable)’, a collaboration between Williams and gospel choir Voices of Fire, was performed at his first Paris show last June, followed by a performance of ‘Airplane Tickets’ alongside Swae Lee and Rauw Alejandro at his pre-fall 2024 show in Hong Kong last November.

Although some fans might be surprised by the collaboration with the British trio, this isn’t the first time Williams has teamed up with artists from opposite ends of the spectrum, working with the likes of Daft Punk, Calvin Harris, Beck, and Tame Impala.

Williams has also been informally credited as one of the driving forces behind Maggie Rogers’ career, as seen in a viral video of him listening to and praising her song ‘Alaska’ during a music majors’ workshop and masterclass at The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University (NYU).

The renowned London band seem to be choosing their partnerships wisely, honing in on other artists who share a clear mutual respect for music. In October last year, the group teased unsuspecting fans at the Austin City Limits Music Festival by bringing on surprise guest Noah Kahan to perform a simplified rendition of unreleased track ‘Maybe’, another of what appears to be many impressive features on their upcoming album, their first since ‘Delta’ in 2018.

You can listen to the new single ‘Good People’ here.

When asked his thoughts on the recent advancements in AI platforms, the 76-year-old expressed his fear on it’s potential impact and how he thinks AI could change the music industry for the worse.

May told the magazine, “My major concern with it now is in the artistic area. I think by this time next year the landscape will be completely different. We won’t know which way is up. We won’t know what’s been created by AI and what’s been created by humans,”

He continued, “Everything is going to get very blurred and very confusing, and I think we might look back on 2023 as the last year when humans really dominated the music scene. I really think it could be that serious, and that doesn’t fill me with joy. It makes me feel apprehensive, and I’m preparing to feel sad about this.”

Whilst the English rock legend claims that “a lot of great stuff will come from AI, because it is going to increase the powers of humans to solve problems”, he is still apprehensive about the technological advance, stating “I think the whole thing is massively scary. It’s much more far-reaching than anybody realised — well, certainly than I realised”.

The notion of using computers to generate music is definitely not new, however, recent leaps in AI technology have expanded the possibilities of what computers can do in the music industry. For example, AI platforms such as ChatGPT are now able to replicate songwriting and music production to create entirely computer generated music, therefore eliminating the whole writing and recording process artists go through.

Brian May is not the first musician to share their thoughts on AI’s impact on the music industry, and he definitely won’t be the last.

Nick Cave revealed in his blog, The Red Hand Files, that he believes AI songwriting to be a “grotesque mockery of what it is to be human”, while Sting told the BBC that he isn’t impressed by AI, and songwriters will have to fight to protect “our human capital against AI”.

Some artists however, are seemingly big fans of the way technology is evolving in the music industry. For example, Canadian singer-songwriter Grimes is allowing fans to use her voice in AI generated songs, so long as they share the royalties with her.

I’ll split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice. Same deal as I would with any artist i collab with. Feel free to use my voice without penalty. I have no label and no legal bindings. pic.twitter.com/KIY60B5uqt

— Grimes (@Grimezsz) April 24, 2023

Brian May‘s conversation with Guitar Player magazine is set to feature in the October 2023 issue, however, you can read the interview online here.

The band have not held back with this year’s tour. Starting on the 24th of July, just after they release Starcatcher, they will be performing at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. And they will make their way around various countries all the way through until December where they will be making their grand finale in Lisbon, Portugal, at the Campo Pequeño, performing alongside Black Honey.

It is a grand tour which will be seeing the best of American arena shows throughout July, August and September before finally crossing the pond in November. Europeans will be happy to know that they will be visiting more countries than originally imagines, such as Germany, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Italy, Spain and, as mentioned before, Portugal. Most of these mentioned shows are to be held in arena stadiums. They do not go easy.

In just three years Van Fleet have gone from hopping through Detroit bars to selling out Arena tours quicker than a dog could lick a dish clean. Best known for their fans favourite “Safari Song”, “Highway Tune” and “Black Smoke Rising” from their debut album.

Within the creation of this ten track album, the musicians reflect and explore the duality of fantasy versus reality and the contrast between light and darkness. Hence the naming of the album Starcatcher. We had this idea that we wanted to tell these stories to build a universe,” says Wagner in a press release. “We wanted to introduce characters and motifs and these ideas that would come about here and there throughout our careers through this world.”

The album is a follow up from their last, of which they have taken concepts from to apply to their newly constructed project, in another formality. They have teased us with a previously released single of the lot “Meeting The Master”. Within music different questions lead to different answers. But their general concept stands the same. The band is very well known for their live performances and have never failed to sell out arena tours, such as the ones waiting ahead of them.

Tickets went on sale this morning (19 April) at 10 am.

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UK Tour Dates:

14/11/2023 – Wembley Arena – London
16/11 – 3Arena – Dublin
19/11 – Manchester Arena – Manchester
20/11 – OVO Hydro Arena – Glasgow

He first made the writing of his book public in March last year. He announced that he had started writing a memoir of his life, in order to pass his many intriguing stories down his bloodline, after having realised how little he actually held close to him about his parents. He explains this in an interview with Cleveland “I don’t really know much about my mum and dad, ’cause they were always just there. So, I started writing a memoir for my grandkids to read, and that’s been fun going through stuff”. 

Having been in such a pioneering group for the music we see shaped today, no doubt will the book be a must read for, not only the metalheads, but for all who have a general interest in the sector. Butler will have the chance to give us an insight of his upbringing in Birmingham living in a working class environment, where he first co-founded Black Sabbath in 1968 as a teenager, alongside his mates; vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tommy Iommi and drummer Bill Ward.

Originally, he was a guitarist in another band called Rare Breed. But eventually, when they formed Black Sabbath, he passed onto playing bass when Iommi made it very clear he did not want to play beside another guitarist. As a matter of fact, Geezer Butler admits that the first time he ever disturbed anything out of a bass was on stage, using a borrowed one from a mate which only had three strings on it.

The English icon has come to spill his character and music building experiences on paper and the public couldn’t be more excited. Expecting to receive first hand insight of what Black Sabbath music was originally formed by. He will delve into all his stories, from a working class Birmingham in the 1960’s consisting of grimy pubs and drunken fights, the forming of the band and how it got its name, gigs with lethal endings, the reflection of what they have achieved in the last five decades and the rest of it.

In an interview he reflects “It’s a great achievement to still be relevant 50 years after we recorded our first two albums. We honestly thought we’d last a few years, then be forgotten about. Fifty years ago any form of popular music was seen as a passing fad”, allowing himself the rekindling of a lifetime of rewarding memories.

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.@HAIMtheband‘s ‘One More Haim’ shows will now take place in 2022https://t.co/5WIhZoiVMb

— NME (@NME) August 17, 2021

‘The One Last Haim‘ Summer 2022 tour kicks off in Dublin on the 28th of June and ends in London on the 21st of July. Both Manchester’s show’s in July are now sold out.

The band planned to tour their third studio album: ‘Women in Music Pt. III.’, during September of this year, but CDC travel stipulations will mean that they will inevitably have to wait till next year.

Despite these regulations, the band stated in an interview with NME that they would be ramping it up for their fans attending the summer shows to compensate for this year’s cancellation.

Special guest Georgia will also be performing at their UK and Dublin Tour.

Ticket information will be available here.

You can check out their latest studio album: “Women in Music Pt. III.” here.

See full UK Tour Dates Below:

28/06/2022 – Trinity College – Dublin
13/07/2022 – Millenium Square – Leeds
14/07/2022 – The SSE Hydro – Glasgow
16/07/2022 – Victoria Warehouse – Manchester
17/07/2022 – Victoria Warehouse – Manchester
19/07/2022 – Motorpoint Arena – Nottingham
20/07/2022 – Motorpoint Arena – Cardiff
21/07/2022 – The 02 – London

Bernard MacMahon’s stated this due to Led Zeppelin’s rapid rise to fame and their largely undocumented career. Bernard MacMahon was therefore reliant on both archived visual and audio material being identified and restored before the Documentary could be made.

If you think of an early Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Band, Led Zeppelin is your Go-to Band. Led Zeppelin was formed in 1968 and it has been said that their musical influences derive from Blues and Folk Music’ in particular.

The Led Zeppelin lineup consisted of Roger Plant (Lead Vocalist), Jimmy Page (Guitarist), John Paul Jones (Bassist/Keyboardist) and the late John Bonham (Drummer) who is to also feature in the Documentary.

The sad passing of John Bonham led to the disbanding of Led Zeppelin, although they reunited briefly in the 1980s. Led Zeppelin has released 8 Studio Albums, 4 live Albums and 9 Compilation Albums throughout their career. Led Zeppelin provided their consent for the release of their Documentary after 53 years.

The Documentary “Becoming Led Zeppelin” was first announced on May 19 for Led Zeppelin’s 50th Anniversary in 2018.  The Documentary will feature new interviews by remaining band members Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones. Archived interviews featuring the late John Bonham are also included in the Documentary.

It has been reported that the remaining band members of Led Zeppelin felt confident with tasking the making of their Documentary to Bernard MacMahon following the success of his Documentary Series “American Epic“.

Led Zeppelin has announced their comeback and is set to release a new Studio Album on September 21. They have also announced a World Tour with Ringo Starr as their Drummer. There are no dates confirmed at this time.

Although the Documentary “Becoming Led Zeppelin” is complete, there is no release date for the long-awaited Documentary.

This is the group’s first released music video to date as they are recent in the music industry. Director Green described his process and the unique creativity within the music video, stating in a press release that, “I often think this ‘behind the digital curtain’ part of 3D design looks more interesting than the final finished product since it conveys a process and an authorship. When I was approached to pitch on ‘Narrator’ I immediately thought it could be the perfect match for this very visual idea.”

Squid is comprised of 5 key members who met in university, Louis Borlase, Oliver Judge, Arthur Leadbetter, Laurie Nankivell and Anton Pearson, who became friends in Brighton in 2015. The band’s style has been defined by their relationship, saying that the group connected “over a love of ambient and jazz, they began playing together at a local jazz café. Their tastes widened and skills expanded, and soon the propulsive sounds of 1970s Germany found its way into the band’s already eclectic palate.”

In 2017, the band released their first EP Lino which helped the band gain a wider audience throughout the UK. Soon followed Squid’s most successful singles to date, Terrestrial Changeover Blues (2007-2012) and The Dial, which was produced by the renowned Dan Carey who is known for working with artists like Black Midi.

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Squid soon gained popularity and played the 2019 Glastonbury. They received success through their stand alone singles, playing festivals and featuring on BBC Radio 6.

Today marks the beginning of their refined career with the announcement on their first ever full-length album and music video. The track and afformentioned singles are available and streaming on all platforms at this time and their upcoming album Bright Green Field is available for pre-purchase now.

Bright Green Field Tracklist:

1 Resolution Square
2 G.S.K
3 Narrator [ft. Martha Skye Murphy]
4 Boy Racers
5 Paddling
6 Documentary Filmmaker
7 2010
8 The Flyover
9 Peel St
10 Global Groove
11 Pamphlets