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The band formed on 2012 and were previously known as Slutface (however the band’s new name Sløtface, is  still pronounced the same). Their newest album will be released on the 27th of September and is written with ‘short story approach’ according to front woman Hayley Shea. The record will feature 11 new tracks including ‘Final Gørl’ which debuted on March 15th and ‘Tired Old Dog’ which came out in April which you can check out below.

Below you can see the full track list for ‘Film Buff.

1. ‘I Used To Be A Real Piece Of Shit’

2. ‘Leading Man’

3. ‘Final Gørl’

4. ‘Ladies Of The Fight’

5. ‘Lift Heavy’

6. ‘I Confess, I Guess’

7. ‘Charlie Calls’

8. ‘Tired Old Dog’

9. ‘The Great Escape’ 

10. ‘Quiet On Set’

11. ‘Impression Of A Car Crash’

As for the bands newest single ‘Ladies Of The Fight’, it is the third single released ahead of the upcoming album and it hit streaming sites last Friday on June the 7th. The gritty punk track is reminiscent of the sound of Avril Lavigne’s 2000s alternative grunge homogenised with the more hyper-pop sounding lyricism being popularised recently. The track was inspired by the interesting concept of the real estate agents from popular reality series ‘Selling Sunset’ starting a fight club. You can take a look at the singles artwork below as well as sone BTS footage from the band’s creative process which they posted to their Instagram on Friday. 

 

 

 

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According to an article from NME, Shea noted in a press release that the song was written ‘during a period when I [Shea] was watching a lot of ‘Selling Sunset’ on Netflix, and with these characters in mind, along with other TV and film references, ‘Ladies Of The Fight’ came to be.” Shea describes the song as  ‘so powerful, like a battle call to me, so I wanted to write lyrics that matched it but still were silly and fun. The goal is for the song to make you feel like you can achieve anything and take control of any situation. ‘Ladies Of The Fight’ is tailor-made for summer festival mosh pits. I can’t wait to play it live!”

And it won’t be too long before Shea gets her wish as the band will be heading to the UK this July where they will play shows in Exeter, Portsmouth, Gilford and Exeter. The group will then be returning to this part of the world in the third week of September and will perform into October, bringing their new album to the stage with dates in Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and London amongst others. You can see the full list of UK and Ireland dates below as well as purchase tickets here.

Attention D-ciples in Europe and the UK! The Spicy Meatball Tour rolls on…
Pre-sale starts NOW – password “SPICY”
Public on-sale is Fri, 6 Oct 10am BST / 11am CEST
Tickets @ https://t.co/cs5HdC9y3L pic.twitter.com/1pgbfXWY8c

— Tenacious D (@tenaciousd) October 4, 2023

The ‘Spicy Meatball‘ tour has been ongoing since the duo, made up of Jack Black and Kyle Gass, performed their song of the same name as the tour at Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta in May 2023. The tour has since come to Europe and has seen Tenacious D perform a headline show at The 02 in London this past June before revisiting North American once more.

Watch Tenacious D perform ‘The Spicy Meatball Song‘ at The 02 in London this summer below:

Tenacious D was formed in Los Angeles in 1994 by actors and friends Jack Black and Kyle Gass. Prior to signing with Epic Records in 2000, the comedy rock duo supported larger rock acts such as Weezer, Tool and Beck, and released their debut, self-titled album Tenacious D in 2001, an album that featured a backing band, including Dave Grohl on drums. This first album also contained the track ‘Tribute‘, a song that has since catapulted the duo to worldwide fame.

Tenacious D released their second album, The Pick of Destiny, in 2006, an album that also featured as the soundtrack to Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, a film the duo starred in. Their third album, Rize of the Fenix, was released in 2012 via Columbia Records and their fourth and most recent album came in 2018 as the duo released Post-Apocalypto, an LP that accompanied the hand-drawn Youtube web series Tenacious D in Post-Apocalypto.

Watch the music video for ‘Tribute‘ below:

In May the comedy duo released ‘Video Games’, their first track in five years and first music video since 2012. See below for the music video:

See below for tour dates:

29/04/2024 – Hovet – Stockholm
30/04 – Oslo Spectrum – Oslo
01/05 – Royal Arena – Copenhagen
03/05 – Rockhal – Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
05/05 – 3Arena – Dublin
07/05 – Resorts World Arena – Birmingham
08/05 – AO Arena – Manchester
09/05 – OVO Hydro – Glasgow
11/05 – First Direct Arena – Leeds
12/05 – Motorpoint Arena – Nottingham
13/05 – The Brighton Centre – Brighton
15/05 – Accor Arena – Paris

You can purchase pre-sale tickets here using the password ‘SPICY’.

The upcoming Nu King world tour will mark the “Talk Dirty To Me” singer’s first appearance in the UK in 5 years, following his 2Sides world tour in 2018.

Derulo has not released a studio album since 2015’s Everything Is 4, however, this year the Florida born singer excited fans by releasing two solo singles, “Glad U Came” and “Slow Low”. In addition to this, Derulo has recently collaborated with Dido on the track “When Love Sucks” and DJ David Guetta on the track “Saturday/Sunday”.

The 33-year-old pop star shared earlier this year in a conversation with The Sun‘s Bizarre column, as quoted by Yahoo that he is working on his first studio album in 8 years, and will be pleasing fans by releasing new music every month.

“I finally see eye to eye, there’s gonna be more music than ever. I’m actually going to be releasing a song every single month. I’ve got some really, really exciting material as well as a really cool project which is an audio experience that has never been accomplished before.”

I addition to actively releasing music, Derulo has been busy with his new BBC Three talent show Project Icon, which launched in March. The singer created the show alongside his manager Frank Harris, and the pair starred as judges on the talent show alongside pop star Becky Hill. The show follows 10 aspiring artists competing for a single deal on Derulo and Harris’ own music label, Future History Records.

Ahead of the show’s release, Jason Derulo told NME “We are searching for tomorrow’s next superstar, and hopefully making someone’s dreams come true.”

Tickets for the upcoming Nu King tour will go on sale on Friday 22nd September, and will be available here. There will also presale tickets for select dates of the tour available on Wednesday 20th September at 10am.

The mobile network Three will have its own presale available for subscribers to their company. Gigs In Scotland will also have a presale available for Derulo’s concert in Glasgow, which you can sign up for here. Additionally, the OVO company are offering a presale, which you can sign up for here.

Tour dates:

04/03/2024 – BIC – Bournemouth

05/03 – Cardiff Arena – Cardiff

06/03 – O2 Arena – London

08/03 – Utilita Arena – Birmingham

09/03 – First Direct Arena – Leeds

10/03 – AO Arena – Manchester

12/03 – OVO Hydro Arena – Glasgow

14/03 – 3Arena – Dublin

⚡NEW SHOWS ADDED ⚡
Due to the phenomenal demand that resulted in us selling out our UK tour in a day! We’ve added some new dates to the Permission to Land 20th Anniversary tour. Tickets on sale 9am this Friday 14th. Don’t miss out this time, get them here:… pic.twitter.com/95Xt0Php6t

— The Darkness (@thedarkness) July 11, 2023

The winter tour, set to begin in Belfast on December 2nd, will now see shows in four new locations, including Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds and Brighton, while the Roundhouse in London and Rock City in Nottingham will now play hosts to two dates. The addition of these new shows now means that the tour will stretch until December 22nd, a fact that will surely impress fans of the much-loved glam rock outfit.

The tour will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of The Darkness’ debut, and much loved, seminal album Permission To Land. An expanded Permission To Land deluxe album is also set to be released later this year via Warner Music especially for the anniversary, with details to be released by the band soon.

The Darkness formed in 2000 in Lowestoft with an initial line-up of Justin Hawkins (lead vocals, lead guitar) , his brother Dan Hawkins (guitar), Frankie Poullain (bass) and Ed Graham (drums). The group released their debut album, Permission To Land, in 2003 to widespread critical acclaim, with the album topping the UK Albums Chart and achieving quadruple platinum status after 1.3 million copies were sold. This album also contained the hit single “I Believe in a Thing Called Love“, by far the band’s most popular track.

Watch the music video for “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” below:

The group have gone on to release a further six albums, despite a five year hiatus, with their latest album, Motorheart, being released in 2021. Since their hiatus they have released five albums, and have even released a special Christmas beer in collaboration with brewery Signature Brew.

Watch the music video for “Motorheart” below:

See below for the updated series of tour dates:

02/12/2023 – The Telegraph Building – Belfast
03/12 – 3Olympia – Dublin
05/12 – O2 Academy – Edinburgh (new show)
07/12 – O2 City Hall – Newcastle (new show)
08/12 – UEA – Norwich
09/12 – Roundhouse – London
11/12 – Barrowland – Glasgow
12/12 – New Century Hall – Manchester
14/12 – Beacon – Bristol
15/12 – Rock City – Nottingham
16/12 – The Wulfrum At The Halls – Wolverhampton
18/12 – O2 Academy – Leeds (new show)
19/12 – Rock city – Nottingham (new show)
20/12 – Dome – Brighton (new show)
22/12 – Roundhouse – London (new show)

Tour tickets for the new shows go on sale from 9am on Friday 14th July and can be purchased here.

⚡️UK & Ireland Tour 2023⚡️
You have all been very patient. We are VERY EXCITED to announce the dates for our Permission to Land 20th Anniversary UK & Ireland Tour! We can’t wait to celebrate this very important birthday with you. See you all soon!

Tickets go on sale Friday at… pic.twitter.com/OsWLYHxIsr

— The Darkness (@thedarkness) July 3, 2023

Lead singer and frontman Justin Hawkins, in a recent press release, has said of the tour, “We, The Darkness, are delighted to announce that we’ll be hitting the road in the U.K. once again. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Permission to Land, our set will include every song from our debut album faithfully reproduced (with additional clam notes and meanderings) in the order in which they appear on the record. We’ll also play all of your favourite Darkness songs from the rest of our illustrious and tipsy turvy career. It will be the best show you’ll see this year. I should know, I’m the singer and also a YouTube music expert.”

The Darkness formed in 2000 in Lowestoft with an initial line-up of Justin Hawkins (lead vocals, lead guitar) , his brother Dan Hawkins (guitar), Frankie Poullain (bass) and Ed Graham (drums). The group released their debut seminal album, Permission To Land, in 2003 to widespread critical acclaim, with the album topping the UK Albums Chart and achieving quadruple platinum status after 1.3 million copies were sold. This album also contained the hit single “I Believe in a Thing Called Love“, by far the band’s most popular track.

Watch the music video for “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” below:

The group released their second album, One Way Ticket to Hell… and Back in 2005 but disbanded in 2006 following the departure of Justin Hawkins. The group reunited in 2011, however, and have gone on to release a further five albums, all to reasonably favourable receptions. Their latest album, Motorheart, was released in October 2021.

Watch the music video for “Motorheart” below:

An expanded Permission To Land deluxe album is also set to be released later this year via Warner Music, with details to be released by the band soon.

See below for tour dates:

02/12/2023 – The Telegraph Building – Belfast
03/12 – 3Olympia – Dublin
08/12 – UEA – Norwich
09/12 – Roundhouse – London
11/12 – Barrowland – Glasgow
12/12 – New Century Hall – Manchester
14/12 – Beacon – Bristol
15/12 – Rock City – Nottingham
16/12 – The Wulfrum At The Halls – Wolverhampton

Tour tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 7th July and can be purchased here.

Placebo is an English rock band that was formed in 1994 by frontman Brian Molko (Vocalist and guitarist) and Stefan Olsdal (Guitarist and Bassist). Robert Schultzberg (Drummer) was a band member from 1994-1996 and was replaced by Steve Hewitt (Singer, songwriter, drummer and record producer) following his departure. Hewitt also left the band in 2007 and was replaced by Steve Forrest (Drummer) who left the band in 2015 leaving Molko and Olsdal as a duo.

The band released their debut self entitled album Placebo in 1996, the album received attention and placed the band on the musical map. The inspiration for the band’s new single “Surrounded By Spies” came from Molko discovering that his neighbours were spying on him. Molko said of the single “It’s a true story told through a lens of paranoia, complete disgust for modern society’s values and the deification of surveillance capitalism,” The press release said of the band’s new single “Within the magnetic slow-burn of new track “Surrounded By Spies,” no punches are pulled in confronting the erosion of civil liberties”

Watch the video for the band’s new single “Surrounded By Spies” here

The band’s new album Never Let Me Go will be their first studio album for eight years and was ready for release before the Covid 19 Lockdown. In respect of the delay of the album, Molko said “We had a lot of get-up-and-go, and then everything that happened, happened, so everything is sort of delayed by about two years now”  When discussing the band’s new album title Molko further said “The title alone is enough to give you a light punch to the gut, and it’s hard to imagine a better reason to shut up and listen” The band’s new album is now available for pre-order today November 9th. Followers are then provided with pre-sale tickets for the bands upcoming UK and Ireland tour.

– OUR NEW ALBUM – WILL BE OUT EVERYWHERE ON MARCH 25TH 2022. PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY NOW VIA OUR OFFICIAL STORE TO GET EXCLUSIVE PRE-SALE ACCESS TO OUR 2022 UK & EUROPEAN HEADLINE TOUR. https://t.co/y7w3aVyM4L pic.twitter.com/VPhOyp9PJd — PLACEBO (@PLACEBOWORLD) November 9, 2021

The band’s UK and Ireland tour will be their first tour in 9 years and will see their tour kick-off in November 2022 in Portsmouth on November 18th. Tickets for the band’s upcoming tour go on sale at 09.00 am on November 17th.

See the tracklist for Placebo’s new album Never Let Me Go below and pre-order the album here

Forever Chemicals
Beautiful James
Hugz
Happy Birthday In The Sky
The Prodigal
Surrounded By Spies
Try Better Next Time
Sad White Reggae
Twin Demons
Chemtrails
This Is What You Wanted
Went Missing
Fix Yourself

See the tour dates for Placebo’s UK and Ireland Tour below and buy tickets here

18/11/22 Guildhall- Portsmouth
19/11 Brighton, Centre
21/11 Eventim Olympia- Liverpool
22/11 O2 Victoria Warehouse- Manchester
24/11 Motorpoint Arena- Cardiff
26/11 O2 Academy Brixton- London
27/11 O2 Academy Brixton- London
29/11 De Montfort Hall- Leicester
30/11 O2 Academy- Leeds
02/12/22 O2 City Hall- Newcastle
03/12 O2 Academy- Glasgow
05/12 3 Arena- Dublin
07/12 Corn Exchange- Cambridge
08/12 O2 Academy- Birmingham

The singer’s musical journey began in the band Boyzone formed in 1993, with bandmates Keith Duffy (singer, songwriter, actor, radio, television presenter and drummer), Shane Lynch (singer and songwriter), Mikey Graham (singer, songwriter, actor and record producer) and the late Stephen Gately (singer, songwriter, actor, children’s writer and dancer) who sadly passed away in 2009 at the age of 33. The singer began his 21-year solo career with his debut single “Life is A Rollercoaster” in 2000 released from his solo debut album Ronan (2000).

The singer’s new album is said to pay homage to his Irish heritage and contains 12 celebratory songs and an original song. The songs on the album have been described as traditional and contemporary from artists of Irish descent such as Mary Black and Mic Christopher who sadly passed away in 2001 at the age of just 32. The singer’s new abum also contains U2’s classic single “Where The Streets Have No Name”.

The singer recently disclosed that Ed Sheran also features on the new album, however, the singer kept the names of the songs that Sheran features on a secret. The singer recently performed in Doncaster on August 16th and Marlow on September 16th. He is now set to embark on his third time rescheduled Twenty Twenty UK and Ireland Tour due to the Covid 19 pandemic in January and recently announced 4 extra dates. The Keating’s 2022 Tour kicks off on January 17th in Newcastle.

Following the government’s roadmap out of this I had hoped to tour in June Sadly it’s not going to be possible. I have had to reschedule to January 2022. Everyone with tickets please hold onto them as they will still be valid in Jan/Feb. #Twentytwentyintwentytwentytwo pic.twitter.com/41A96sRRbQ

— Ronan Keating (@ronanofficial) March 21, 2021

 

 

The musician is set to release his new single a remake of Damien Rice’s “The Blower’s Daughter”, this Friday, October 8th. The announcement of the singer’s new single received an amazing response when announced as detailed in the singer’s tweet below.

Thank you so much for the amazing response this morning! The first track, ‘The Blower’s Daughter’, will be released on Friday!

You can pre-order your limited signed edition from the official store now: https://t.co/g2IJDAOB7X pic.twitter.com/xkqlME0kla

— Ronan Keating (@ronanofficial) October 5, 2021

 

 

Keating’s new album Song’s From Home is set for release on November 12th by Decca Records and is available for pre-order on cd with cassette and signed editions of the album being available from the singer’s online store.

My brand new album ‘Songs From Home’ is available for pre-order now. A passionate collection of songs that remind me of my home, Ireland. Pre-order your limited signed edition from my official store, released on November 12: https://t.co/g2IJDB6cwx pic.twitter.com/r8F2kmc7X0 — Ronan Keating (@ronanofficial) October 5, 2021

See the tracklist for Ronan Keating’s album Song’s From Home below and pre-order the album from other outlets here.

Raglan Road
Into The Mystic
Where The Streets Have No Name
The Voyage
The Island
Summer In Dublin
Guiding Light
No Frontiers
The Blower’s Daughter
The Parting Glass
Heyday
Set In Stone

See the dates for Ronan Keating’s ‘Twenty Twenty’ UK and Ireland Tour below and tickets are available here

17/01/22 O2 City Hall- Newcastle Upon Tyne
18/01 SEC Armadillo- Glasgow
19/01 City Hall Oval- Sheffield
20/01 Globe- Stockton
22/01 Bonus Arena- Hull
23/01 Barbican- York
24/01 Bridgewater Hall- Manchester
26/01 Motorpoint Arena- Cardiff
27/01 Symphony Hall- Birmingham
28/01 Cliffs Pavilion- Southend
29/01 Royal and Derngate- Northampton
31/01 Philharmonic- Liverpool
01/02 Royal Concert Hall- Nottingham
02/02 Bic- Bournemouth
03/02 Eventim Apollo- London
04/02 Brighton Centre- Brighton
06/02 Hippodrome- Bristol
07/02 Cliffs Pavilion- Southend
09/02 Vicar Street- Dublin
10/02 Waterfront Hall- Belfast

The newly announced dates will see the pair visit Manchester, London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Galway and Dublin between May 3 and June 17, 2022. They’ve also added some more dates in Brighton, Nottingham, Norwich and Cambridge whilst their planned show in Belfast has now been cancelled.

Speaking about the move, the band said “UK/EU news for you! Due to the situation in Australia we’ve had to reschedule to 2022. New dates and a glowed up new year. Our sex drive is unquenchable, and we’re ready to fuck. Some updated venues and some brand new shows, looking at you BRIGHTON, NOTTINGHAM, NORWICH, CAMBRIDGE (these tix are on sale tomorrow!) Unfortunately, we couldn’t replace our Belfast date. Refunds for this show are available via the ticket provider. Buckle up.”

UK/EU! We’ve had to reschedule to 2022. Our sex drive is unquenchable and we’re ready to fuck. Some updated venues and some BRAND NEW SHOWS (but we couldn’t replace our Belfast date). Refunds for this show are avail via the ticket provider. Buckle up. Tix https://t.co/1gDanRmAKS pic.twitter.com/QSwCXf9ad1

— Confidence Man (@confidencemanTM) September 16, 2021

Original tickets will be honoured whilst the new tickets are now on general sale and can be bought here.

Confidence Man first released their debut album, Confident Music For Confident People back in 2018 and in 2020, they dropped their popular single “First Class Bitch”.

Speaking about “First Class Bitch”, the group’s singer/songwriter Janet Planet stated to NME “I’d been thinking about this for a while now… It all started in London, when I saw a pair of socks with the words ‘first class bitch’ embroidered on them, hanging in a shop front window. I suddenly realised, I too was a first class bitch. I rushed back to the penthouse and penned this hit. Ever wondered what you hear when you die? This is it.”

You can see the full list of tour dates below.

Confidence Man Tour Dates:

05/03/22 O2 Ritz – Manchester
05/04 Concorde 2 – Brighton
05/05 O2 Forum – London
05/07 Liquid Room – Edinburgh
05/08 SWG3 – Glasgow
05/10 Rescue Rooms –  Nottingham
05/11 Waterfront –  Norwich
05/12 Junction –  Cambridge
05/13 Marble Factory –  Bristol
06/16 Roisin Dubh –  Galway
06/17 Vicar Street –  Dublin

Speaking about the tour in his statement, Bragg wrote: “In these challenging times, we all need something to hang on to. Like everyone else, my plans for 2020 have been disrupted by the pandemic, but today I’m announcing an extensive UK & Irish tour for this time next year to give me something tangible to work towards.”

He also said the following, as you can see in the tweet below: “My hope is that, by then, we’ll be able to get together again and enjoy the uplift that live music brings, to audience and performer alike.”

Today I’m announcing an extensive UK & Irish tour for this time next year. My hope is that, by then, we’ll be able to get together again and enjoy the uplift that live music brings, to audience and performer alike.

Tickets go on sale 10am Fri 16th Oct via https://t.co/W3HC5Fjluv pic.twitter.com/RRBYEZ1S4Q

— Billy Bragg (@billybragg) October 8, 2020

We know by now that musicians have responded to the lockdown situation and the lack of live music in a number of creative and rewarding ways. Bragg has turned to Twitter, where he is vocal about a number of things, not least UK and American politics, and the upcoming election (we would expect nothing less).

In addition, he has recorded a number of covers and fragments of songs for his own contribution to Clap for Carers, including We’ll Meet Again, an acoustic version of Blake’s Jerusalem, and a short, energetic burst of his own song, The Milkman of Human Kindness. The image of Bragg on the top of a hill, his electric guitar all wired up, is excellent.

To add to this eclectic selection of covers and entertainment, he asked his followers to vote between Taylor Swift’s Only the Young and Jackson Browne’s Before the Deluge, and Swift won by a tiny margin. Bragg, of course, is in his element with a good protest song, and Only the Young is Swift’s take on one, exclusive to her documentary Miss Americana. Unsurprisingly, he gives his cover a bit of Billy Bragg realism, working in a series of contemporary political declarations. You can listen to it here.

Swift and Bragg are perhaps the most unlikely pairing on the surface, but anyone who knows anything about either will easily recognise what their similarities really are. Speaking about co-presenting an award at the NME awards (way back – before all of this), Bragg wrote “I have a lot of respect for her and the stand she has taken on equality and artist’s rights. Needless to say we got on like a house on fire.” 

Unfortunately there is no sign of Taylor Swift coming on stage to help Bragg sell out all these venues. Despite this, Bragg is right that we need things to look forward to, and this is a great way to go about it. Tickets will be on sale here on October 16.

21/10/21 – Sage Gateshead – Gateshead
22/10 – Fat Sam’s – Dundee
23/10 – Barrowland Ballroom – Glasgow
26/10 – Philharmonic Hall – Liverpool
27/10 – New Theatre – Oxford
28/10 – Symphony Hall – Birmingham
30/10 – St David’s Hall – Cardiff
31/10 – O2 Guildhall – Southampton
02/11 – Ulster Hall – Belfast
04/11 – Vicar Street – Dublin
06/11 – Black Box Theatre – Galway
10/11 – Hexagon – Reading
11/11 – University Great Hall – Exeter
12/11 – O2 Academy – Bristol
16/11 – G Live – Guildford
18/11 – Corn Exchange – Cambridge
19/11 – Rock City – Nottingham
20/11 – Albert Hall – Manchester
21/11 – City Hall – Sheffield
23/11 – Dome – Brighton
25/11 – Cliffs Pavilion – Southend-On-Sea
26/11 – Leas Cliff Hall – Folkestone
27/11 – Roundhouse – London