It’s go time! The lineup for #EOTR2024 is here. Explore the full lineup and book your tickets here: https://t.co/zGKGdovsd8
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— EndOfTheRoadFestival (@EOTR) February 7, 2024

The festival returns to Lamar Tree Gardens in Wiltshire and will take place from 29 August until 1 September 2024. One of Britain’s best alternative rock and folk festivals, it traces its roots back to 2006, and has since won a number of festival awards, including ‘Best Small Festival’ at the 2011 UK Festival Awards and ‘Best Small Festival’ at the NME Awards in 2016, 2017 and 2019.

Bristol rock favourites Idles will end their summer with an appearance at End Of The Road before jetting off for their second North American tour of the year later in September. The post-hardcore heavyweights return to Lamar Tree Gardens having performed at the Big Top stage back in 2018.

Shoegaze giants Slowdive will cap off a heavy summer schedule filled with European festival shows with a headline appearance at this year’s event. The group released their fifth studio Everything Is Alive last September, returning with their signature shoegaze sound that continues to delight fans new and old.

Watch the music video for “Sugar For The Pill” by Slowdive below:

Another headlining act is Swedish artist Fever Ray, AKA Karin Dreijer, formerly part of electronic music duo The Knife. Dreijer will bring their illuminating, experimental art-pop for all to witness next summer and will be joined by folk hero Will Oldham, better known professionally as Bonnie “Prince” Billy (or Palace in his formative years). Once labelled an ‘Appalachian post-punk solipsist’, the DIY folk singer is known for both his ability to transcend sub-genres of folk, making them his own, and for his enigmatic and wholly spiritual live shows. His upcoming first appearance at Britain’s premier folk festival is, therefore, long overdue.

Watch the music video for “I See A Darkness” by Bonnie “Prince” Billy below:

End Of The Road festival saw King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Allah-Las perform last year, and past years have seen acts like Jeffrey Lewis, Patti Smith, Tame Impala and Mac DeMarco play. Check out this year’s full line-up here.

Tickets are available to purchase now here.

The academy sized tour starts at the Parsdiso in Amsterdam on January 24^th and commences in Manchester on February 27^th. The band announced the tour alongside releasing new single ‘alife’.
‘everything is alive’ marks the band’s second album since reunifying in 2014 and releasing their self-titled album in 2017.

The new album ‘everything is alive’ deals with emotionally heavy themes as band members Rachel Goswell and Neil Halstead both dealt with the death of a parent before beginning to record the album. Halstead has however gone on to say: “I thought it was going to be quite a dark record but once we got together as a band, I think some of that darkness lifted and some of the tunes became a bit lighter,”

The band has gained a big cult-following since disbanding in 1995, thanks to the influence of albums like ‘Souvlaki’ and ‘Just for a Day’. The cult-favourite band also played Glastonbury for the first time ever earlier this year.

We are also very pleased to announce our UK and European tour in 2024. For tickets and further information visit -> https://t.co/IRPFlDHjnH pic.twitter.com/UV1RBM6FW2 — Slowdive (@slowdiveband) August 30, 2023

The first part of the tour consists of dates mostly in Northern Europe in cities like Paris, Stockholm and Copenhagen whilst rounding out the latter half of the tour across academy venues in the UK.

The UK dates include stops in Brighton, London, Birmingham, Glasgow and many more.

The band are about to undergo a mostly sold out tour of the United States across September and October, before heading back to the UK and Ireland in October and November to play a selection of shows, of which most are already sold out.

Tickets for the UK shows will go on sale on Wednesday, September 16th and tickets can be purchased here. Ticket sale details have yet to be announced for the European dates. Tickets for Slowdive’s shows in Ireland can be found here.

Upcoming UK/Ireland tour dates:

30/11/2023 – QMU – Glasgow, UK (SOLD OUT)

31/11 – 02 Ritz – Manchester, UK (SOLD OUT)

01/11 – SWX – Bristol, UK (SOLD OUT)

03/11 – Troxy – London, UK (SOLD OUT)

05/11 – Mandela Hall – Belfast, UK

06/11 – National Stadium – Dublin, Ireland

Tour dates:

16/01/2024 – Paradiso – Amsterdam, Netherlands

17/01 – La Cigale – Paris, France

18/01 – Live Music Hall – Cologne, Germany

20/01 – Grosse Freiheit 36 – Hamburg, Germany

21/01 – VEGA – Copenhagen, Denmark

22/01 – Sentrum Scene – Oslo, Norway

23/01 – Munchenbryggeriet – Stockholm, Sweden

25/01 – Columbiahalle – Berlin, Germany

27/01 – Progresja – Warsaw, Poland

28/01 – Divaldo Archa – Prague, Czech Republic

29/01 – Muffathalle – Munich, Germany

UK Dates:

16/02 – Brighton Dome – Brighton, UK

17/02 – Eventim Apollo – London, UK

18/02 – 02 Institute Birmingham – Birmingham, UK

19/02 – LCR UEA – Norwich, UK

21/02 – 02 Academy Liverpool – Liverpool, UK

22/02 – NX – Newcastle, UK

23/02 – Barrowland Ballroom – Glasgow, UK

24/02 – Liquid Room – Edinburgh, UK

26/02 – Cardiff University Great Hall – Cardiff, UK

27/02 – Manchester Academy – Manchester, UK

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Wayne Hussey Teams Up with Gary Numan, Midge Ure, Lol Tolhurst and More for the Video of New Charity Single ‘ToS2020’

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The project is referred to as ‘ReMission International’ and the new single has been called ‘TOS2020’ to distinguish it from the original. The video consists of a combination of live footage, footage of studio sessions, mostly recorded on webcams, and photos. This comes between clips from science labs and hospitals – the coronavirus front-line. These images include people in hazmat suits, videos of test tubes and microscopes, and teams of doctors gathered in their masks. One particularly emotional moment depicts a medical professional at the bedside of a coronavirus patient.

Although the footage of contributing artists is relatively light-hearted, the video has a serious tone and it is honest about the real challenges that medical professionals have faced in the last few months. It also depicts some of the day-to-day realities of coronavirus; there is a lot of mask wearing! You can watch the full video, and hear the reissue of the single, below.

Wayne Hussey declared that the idea for the re-release of ‘Tower of Strength’ actually came from the enthusiasm of others: “When Covid-19 hit I started receiving messages asking ‘why don’t you re-issue ‘Tower Of Strength’ for the front line workers?’” He continued, “The song had apparently been adopted as an anthem by some NHS workers, and it got me thinking that I would like to contribute something to the greater cause at this unprecedented time and the only thing I could really contribute is music.”

As you might spot in the video, ‘TOS2020’ has an exciting line-up, with guests including Gary Numan, Martin Gore, Lol Tolhurst, Midge Ure, Billy Duffy, Rachel Goswell of Slowdive, Andy Rourke and Budgie from Siouxsie and the Banshees. Julianne Regan from All About Eve, said, “I’ve seen and heard ‘Tower Of Strength’ played often and I’ve experienced its effect and the impact it has on others. It’s an anthemic song of hope, comfort and joy, with a message that now seems more relevant than ever.”

Gary Numan added, “Being given the chance to do some good to raise money for people and animals struggling in these frightening times by singing one of the best songs ever written was such an easy thing to say yes to. An absolute honour to be involved.”

The charities will be “personally chosen” by each respective contributor. There is a list of the current contenders below. In a press release, Hussey said that the single had already raised more than £40,000. ‘TOS2020‘ was released digitally on August 28, and a physical release on 12” vinyl and CDs on October 2.

Charities currently nominated for donations:

NHS UK
St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, Memphis
Music Venue Trust UK
Covenant House, New Orleans
Disasters Emergency Committee
MusiCares
Plan International
Direct Relief
Alzheimer’s Scotland
Liberty Hill Foundation
The Shrewsbury Ark
Memorial Sloan Kettering Center, NYC
Prostate Cancer UK
The Teddy Bear Clinic
Red Rover
Help Musicians UK
Crew Nation
Venice Family Clinic
The Anthony Walker Foundation
Projeto Cáo Communitário
The City Of San Francisco Covid-19 Fund

Performing as surprise guests at record label Sonic Catherdral’s 10th anniversary celebrations, the band performed a 13 song set including the first live performance of their cover of former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett’s ‘Golden Hair’.

This was also the first opportunity to see live performances of tracks such as ‘Crazy For You’ and ‘Blue Skied an’ Clear’ from their last album, 1995’s ‘Pygmalion’. After kicking off with their eponymous song, the 5-piece outfit are bringing back their brand of music for a young audience who may finally get the opportunity to tick the elusive band off of their must-see lists.

Tonight (Monday 19th) they’ll be performing at London’s Village Underground for what was originally scheduled as their comeback gig.

Here’s the full set-list from last night’s surprise gig;

Slowdive
Avalyn
Catch the Breeze
Crazy for You
(LIve premiere)
Machine Gun
40 Days
Blue Skied an’ Clear
(Live premiere)
Souvlaki Space Station
When the Sun Hits
Morningrise
She Calls
Golden Hair (Syd Barrett cover)
Encore:
Alison

Catch Slowdive at one of the date on their reunion world tour;

05/19 – London, UK @ The Village Underground
05/29 – Nimes, FR @ This Is Not a Love Song
05/30 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
06/06 – Porto, PT @ Optimus Primavera Sound
06/07 – Paris, FR @ Villette Sonique
06/08 – Leipzig, DE @ Wave-Gotik-Treffen
06/21 – Hilvarenbeek, NL @ The Best Kept Secret Festival
07/10-12 – Keflavik, IC @ ATP Iceland
07/16 – Padova, IT @ Rada Festival
07/18 – Suffolk, UK @ Latitude Festival
07/20 – Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
07/23 – Taipei, TW @ The Wall
07/25 – Niigata, JP @ Fuji Rock Festival
07/28 – Hong Kong @ Rotunda 3
07/31 – Sinagpore @ The Ground Theatre
08/01-03 – Katowice, PL @ OFF Festival
08/07-09 – Goteborg, SE @ Way Out West Festival
08/08-10 – Helsinki, FI @ Flow Festival
08/09 – Oslo, NO @ Oya Festival
08/14 – Hasselt, PL @ BE Pukkelpop
08/15 – St. Malo, FR @ La Route du Rock Festival
08/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ FYF Fest
08/29-31 – Stradbally, IE @ Electric Picnic
09/09 – Geneva, CH @ La Batie