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The LA bass virtuoso will move through mainland Europe from March 5-23  before a week of UK and Ireland dates. The itinerary is ambitious, spanning multiple countries and featuring a significant number of dates across major cities. It includes mult-night residencies in Utrecht, Netherlands and Bristol, UK.

For many, Thundercat is a musician of rare dualities: he can move you with a whisper, then shake the ground with a bass drop; he can be playful and profound, while being intimate and expansive. Thundercat’s 2026 itinerary is more than just a string of gigs. It is a narrative arc for the LA-based artist as he seeks to reconnect with his influences and a community of fans who are eagerly waiting to see how this new chapter unfolds. For a musician whose catalogue balances both virtuosity and vulnerability, this tour feels like a celebration of both.

Meshuggah will be supported by artists including Animals As Leaders, And So I Watch You From Afar and Three Trapped Tigers. Festival-goers will also be treated to performances by Textures, Curse These Metal Hands, Plini and many, many more.

The festival celebrates all forms of rock music, becoming labelled as “three days of expansive exhilaration” and “a haven of progressive music across the spectrum of all things heavy.”

2024 will mark the festival’s 10th anniversary, with a special 30% off deal on tickets available until the end of 2023, or until tickets sell out. To celebrate the anniversary, festival organisers took to social media to christen the show as “Arc10Gent.”

// Were you waiting for the icing on the cake after last week’s first 2024 announcement? Arc10Gent comes but once in a lifetime so we’re pulling out all the stops…

Headlining the Friday of #ATG10 is the mighty @meshuggah, alongside the amazing @AnimalsAsLeader! pic.twitter.com/WvhXShSMzf

— ArcTanGent (@ATGFestival) November 16, 2023

Organisers also put together a YouTube playlist for metal fans to enjoy ahead of time, “featuring the greatest hits of all the newly announced bands” for the 2024 lineup.  

// Did you catch the big news yesterday? Happy goddamn birthday to us. Follow our YouTube playlist featuring the greatest hits of all of the newly announced bands for #ATG10. https://t.co/QSOFSO0o9x pic.twitter.com/woq14n8S2C — ArcTanGent (@ATGFestival) November 17, 2023

ArcTanGent organiser James Scarlett shared more on the plans for the 10th anniversary of the festival, saying, “To celebrate our 10th birthday we wanted to invite back some of our all-time favourite bands from over the years. We drew up a list of all the bands that have ever played ATG that we’d like back and, as it was probably the best thing I’ve ever seen at ATG, naturally Meshuggah was top of that list.”

Scarlett continued, “Animals As Leaders last played way back in 2016 so they weren’t far behind! We’re stoked to be welcoming both bands back in even bigger fashion than last time, to celebrate 10 years of ATG.”

ArcTanGent will be the only UK show that Meshuggah will play in 2024, as well as being the only European show for Animals As Leaders.

// Fans take note – this is a UK exclusive. It will be the only UK show Meshuggah play in 2024, and the only European show of 2024 for Animals As Leaders.

— ArcTanGent (@ATGFestival) November 16, 2023

More acts are set to be announced as excitement for the ArcTanGent 10th anniversary builds. Tickets are available to purchase here.

57 minutes later, however, festival organisers took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to announce that sales were now closed:

“Tickets for Glastonbury 2024 have now sold out. Our thanks to everyone who bought one and we’re sorry to those of you who missed out, on a morning when demand greatly exceeded supply. There will be a resale of any cancelled or returned tickets in spring 2024.”

Tickets for Glastonbury 2024 have now Sold Out. Our thanks to everyone who bought one and we’re sorry to those of you who missed out, on a morning when demand greatly exceeded supply.

There will be a resale of any cancelled or returned tickets in spring 2024.

— Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) November 19, 2023

The news left a large amount of empty-handed queuers disgruntled about the stressful buying experience, which requires navigating a holding page that refreshes every 20 seconds and teases ticket availability.

This year’s sale faced a brief delay of two weeks, a decision made by organisers to accommodate individuals who were not aware their initial registrations had expired. The window was reopened from November 6th to November 13th, allowing fans a second chance to secure their spots for the Somerset-based event, which is due to kick off in late June of next year.

The heightened anticipation surrounding Glastonbury 2024 revolves not only around the rapid ticket sales but also the promise of a stellar lineup. Festival organiser Emily Eavis hinted at a “really big” female US singer headlining, sparking rumours that Madonna could be topping the bill at Worthy Farm next year.

Eavis, who faced criticism for the all-male headliners in 2023, has since shut down the speculations in an Instagram post, insisting:  

“We are working on the line-up day and night at the moment, but it’s still changing every day. The story about our confirmed headliners is untrue. As always, we love your enthusiasm and guesswork – but accurate news on headliners will be with you sometime in the new year.”

The rise in demand for Glastonbury admission has been a growing trend since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic: last year’s festival saw around two and a half million people vying for 210,000 tickets. Meanwhile, ticket prices have increased to £355 (plus a £5 booking fee), up from £335 in 2023 and £285 in 2022. 

The concept of their latest album started during the 2020 lockdown when band’s postponed shows ultimately cancelled in early January 2021. Matt Healy, the lead singer used that opportunity to tease newer music from his band under the previous album name, Drive Like I Do. Unfortunately, the band confirmed that there was no exact day they were going to finish writing, recording and mixing their fifth album.

On February 14 2022, the band had to temporarily deactivate their socials, indicating new material was all set to be released, after a 7 month wait. In terms of musical style, Being Funny In A Foreign Language is a mix of Pop-Rock, Indie Folk, Baroque Pop and Electropop.

Part Of The Band Official Performance @Vevo_UK https://t.co/uXOf6lpwLL #the1975 #bfiafl pic.twitter.com/CBzQJqSt7F

— The 1975 (@the1975) October 19, 2022

The 1975 At Their Very Best UK tour Dates:

08/01/2023- The Brighton Centre- Brighton

09/01- Bournemouth International Centre- Bournemouth

10/01- Westpoint Area- Exeter

12/01 and 13/01- The O2- London

15/01- Resorts World Arena- Birmingham

Tickets are still on sale and can be purchased here.

English Pop singer, Ellie Goulding makes a comeback following the release of her fifth studio album, Higher Than Heaven which will be released on February 3rd 2023. Her album is preceded by three singles: “Easy Lover”, “All By Myself ” and “Let It Die”. Out of all her three singles, the lead single is “Easy Lover” which was released on July 15 2022. The song features American Rapper, Big Sean who is also one of the co-writers of this lead single.

The concept of her album started around the time she performed at Rock in Rio in Lisbon, Portugal in June 2022. She announced in July, she will release new music and temporarily deactivate her socials, just like The 1975 did. On July 4 2022, she announced the release of “Easy Lover”. 3 months later, following the release of  “All By Myself”, on October 7 and “Let It Die” twelve days after the second single. The musical style in Higher Than Heaven is mainly focused on Electropop and Dance-pop elements.

.@elliegoulding says “Easy Lover” has been a long time coming. Watch the English pop singer kick off her new era in music with her @bigsean collaboration.
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▶️ https://t.co/u1ZAu5H2na pic.twitter.com/A0CZKJryPx

— Vevo (@Vevo) July 16, 2022

Following the release of her new single on February 3rd, she will also perform at KOKO in London on February 7 and 8.

On sale tomorrow // After selling out her first show at London's Koko, @elliegoulding has added a second night, set to take place on 7th February 2023.
Click the link below at 10am tomorrow for tickets:https://t.co/a7Bp9IDah5

— Ents24 (@Ents24) December 8, 2022

Tickets will be available here.

The band were stable from 1979 until 2008. In 2008 frontman, Ali Campbell and keyboardist Mickey Virtue left the band and continued to work as UB40. In November 2013 Astro left the band to join Campbell and Virtue. Virtue has now left the band that he formed with Campbell and Astro. Ali and Astro continue to work as a duo.

Following the departure of his brother Ali Campbell, Duncan Campbell became the frontman of UB40. Duncan retired from the band in August 2020 due to suffering from ill-health. Matt Doyle was then announced as the band’s new frontman on 5th July. Doyle was previously the lead vocalist and guitarist for the band Kioko and has previously worked with the band. Both lineups are known as UB40.

Doyle featured on the band’s “You Don’t Call Anymore” single from the band’s album “Bigga Baggariddim“. Upon joining the band Doyle expressed his happiness by saying “I don’t quite know how to put into words just how incredibly honoured andhadateful I feel to be given this opportunity” Doyle also wished Duncan a full recovery.

Have you had a listen to our new album ‘#BiggaBaggariddm‘?

Stream now – https://t.co/E1tdKhwvjv

Featuring @houseofshem, @tippairie7665, @BLVKH3RO, @BadBoysOfReggae, #PabloRider, @KIOKOMusicUK, @UmommaGordon, @Slingeroriginal, @winstonfrancis, @LenoBanton, @ReggaeRajahs#UB40 pic.twitter.com/jZfLGWB93M

— UB40 (@UB40OFFICIAL) August 3, 2021

The band have now announced a 24 date UK tour with their new frontman Doyle. The tour is named after the band’s album “Bigga Baggariddim”. Doyle expressed his happiness to be embarking on his first tour with the band and stated that “I’m very excited, me and the band will give fans a show they will never forget”

The band’s UK tour with new frontman Doyle starts on November 19th in Castlebar and ends on December 22nd in Nottingham.

UB40 Tour dates are below. Tickets are available here

19/11/21 Royal Theatre- Castlebar
20/11 Ulster Hall- Belfast
21/11 INEC- Kerry
24/ 11 Usher Hall- Edinburgh
25/11 Barrowland- Glasgow
27/11 Music Hall- Aberdeen
28/11 Globe- Stockton
30/11 Empress- Blackpool
01/12 Royal & Derngate Hall- Northampton
02/12 UEA- Norwich
04/12 Apollo- Manchester
05/12 Olympia- Liverpool
06/12 Portsmouth- Guildhall
08/12 Arena- Leeds
09/12 Brighton Centre- Brighton
10/12 Motorpoint Arena- Cardiff
12/12 SSE Arena- London
13/12 Centaur- Cheltenham
14/12 Pavillions- Plymouth
16/12 Bonus Arena- Hull
18/12 02 Academy- Bournemouth
19/12 02 Academy- Bristol
20/12 Victoria Hall- Stoke
22/12 Motorpoint Arena- Nottingham

]]> https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/ub40-announce-first-tour-with-new-frontman-matt-doyle/feed/ 0 https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/the-daniel-wakeford-experience-will-play-live-at-the-prince-albert-in-brighton-this-summer-and-upcoming-november-tour-dates/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/the-daniel-wakeford-experience-will-play-live-at-the-prince-albert-in-brighton-this-summer-and-upcoming-november-tour-dates/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2021 10:04:19 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=38006 Daniel Wakeford, a singer-songwriter local to the Brighton and Hove area and title frontman of the Daniel Wakeford Experience, will be playing at The Prince Albert on the 7th August 2021, giving two performances in the afternoon and evening.

Wakeford shot to fame after appearing multiple times on the Channel 4 TV show The Undateables, in which people who live with challenging conditions attempt to find love and the show follows their progress. Wakeford is autistic, and after his music appeared on the show fans responded in a hugely positive way. In his fourth appearance on the show, he was filmed on tour performing his songs, and the tracks resonated with audiences.

Wakeford began making music in 2009 when musician and producer Tom Cook introduced him to Carousel, an organisation that runs music projects for disabled people, who were able to support Daniel to write his own music. Over the past decade, Wakeford has written over 60 songs with the help of Tom Cook and Carousel. He was a finalist in the European Song Competition in 2014 with his song ‘The Black of Lonely’ which he performed with a 21 piece orchestra.

His last tour, which took place in 2018, consisted of 19 UK dates all of which sold out, and he also made appearances on Good Morning Britain to promote his second album ‘That’s How I See It’.

As well as making great music, Wakeford is a fantastic positive role model for any people with learning disabilities looking to make it in music.

If you would like to buy tickets for The Daniel Wakefield Experience’s upcoming show, you can visit Resident music or the ticket web, and you can find out more about Wakeford and his upcoming music and shows by visiting danielwakeford.com.

The singer also included some artwork for the single and a short snippet of the song which features him singing the title of the song in the line ‘look at what you’ve gone and done, baby baby now i’m numb.’ Pre-saving the track, the singer announced, will also give fans early access to tickets for an exclusive, virtual live performance which will feature tracks from his upcoming album. With 2018’s ‘Jubilee Road,’ the last studio album released by Odell, fans have been waiting two long years for a follow up and finally now it has been confirmed that his fourth is coming very soon.

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Tom Odell, who’s debut album ‘Long Way Down,’ reached number 1 on the UK official album charts is known for his simple yet effective combination of piano and vocals to deliver his potent songwriting. However, the clip which he has provided us to preview new song ‘numb,’ features rich production with thumping kick drums and synth sounds added to the simple keyboard and vocal lines which are reminiscent and familiar of the sound he is known for. This suggests a much greater time being spent in the studio experimenting with different sounds, perhaps inspired by the additional time he was able to spend in there throughout lockdown, and gives fans hope for an album which is both original and breaking new ground but also nostalgic and familiar for fans who fell in love with ‘Long Way Down.’

With the UK sill in a full national lockdown and live music in person still of the cards for the foreseeable future, it is only right that British artists like Tom Odell continue to make use of the possibilities of live streaming to create interactions with fans and also to generate an income for themselves in these difficult times. While vaccine passports may bring some hope for the return of live music sooner than expected, with the UK government’s focus entirely being on vaccinating the population and generally refusing to answer any questions regarding when things might be reopening, it may be wise of all of us to settle in to another long few months of live streamed entertainment.

The New Jersey 4 piece will return to our shores for a string of 5 tour dates in November as part of the promotion for their upcoming album. Beginning in Manchester on 17th November, the band will go on to play in London, Edinburgh and Cardiff respectively before ending in Birmingham at the Birmingham Academy on 23rd November.

‘Get Hurt‘ will be released a couple of months prior to the UK tour via Virgin/EMI. The album was recorded at Blackbird Studios in Nashville with producer Mike Crossey, who has previously worked with Arctic Monkeys and Jake Bugg amongst others, and will follow on from 2012’s ‘Handwritten‘.

O2 Priority Tickets for the London, Birmingham and Manchester dates will be available for pre-sale from Wednesday (June 18) at 9am whilst other fans will have to wait 48 hours for tickets to go on general release.

Here are the full tour dates;

17th November – Manchester Apollo
19th November – London Alexandra Palace
21st November – Edinburgh Corn Exchange
22nd November – Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
23rd November – Birmingham Academy

Tickets for the rapper’s show at Wembley Stadium on July 11th went on sale this morning very briefly before selling out completely. The second date, announced for the following day (July 12th), has already seen a significant portion of tickets sold despite not being announced until after tickets for the first performance had already sold out.

When speaking to BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe earlier this week, the rapper announced that he is not currently looking to do lengthy tours. Instead, he is hoping to focus on selling out big arena shows as “right now, that’s working for [him]”.

It has been less than a year since Eminem came to the UK to perform at Reading & Leeds Festival 2013, meaning that his fans in the UK won’t have had too long to wait before getting another opportunity to see him perform live.

To see if you can get your hands on tickets, try the Ticketmaster website.