<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>mxdwn.co.uk &#187; Uk music news</title>
	<atom:link href="https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/tag/uk-music-news/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk</link>
	<description>all that matters in music in the UK</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 22:27:37 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1</generator>
	<item>
		<title>Bloc Party Announce Introspective New Album &#8216;Anatomy Of A Brief Romance&#8217;, Release Single &#8216;Coming On Strong&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bloc-party-announce-introspective-new-album-anatomy-of-a-brief-romance-release-single-coming-on-strong/</link>
		<comments>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bloc-party-announce-introspective-new-album-anatomy-of-a-brief-romance-release-single-coming-on-strong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 22:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rory Newland]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anatomy of A Brief Romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bloc Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indie rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kele okereke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Album]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uk music news]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=119277</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bloc Party’s seventh album ‘Anatomy of A Brief Romance’ was announced today for a September release, heralded as a deep reflection on frontman Kele Okereke’s lived experiences. The news came with a taster in the shape of foreboding love song ‘Coming On Strong’ as the album’s lead single. After passing the milestone of 20 years [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bloc Party’s seventh album ‘<em>Anatomy of A Brief Romance</em>’ was announced today for a September release, heralded as a deep reflection on frontman Kele Okereke’s lived experiences. The news came with a taster in the shape of foreboding love song ‘Coming On Strong’ as the album’s lead single.</p>
<p>After passing the milestone of 20 years since their unforgettable debut album <em>‘Silent Alarm</em>’ in 2025, Bloc Party’s triumphant return to the top of the UK’s indie rock scene continues without pause. Since releasing their last album ‘Alpha Games’ in 2022, the London group received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection in 2025, and have returned to headlining major events like Brighton’s On The Beach series and this <a href="https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bbc-radio-6-music-festival-lineup-to-star-bloc-party-and-the-horrors/" target="_blank">March’s BBC Radio 6 Music Festival</a>. The announcement of the new album comes at a big time, before Bloc Party are due to tour with Muse in North America and Interpol in the UK later this year.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DYO5h91Dd6J/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14">
<div style="padding: 16px;">
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"></div>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DYO5h91Dd6J/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Bloc Party (@thisisblocparty)</a></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="http://blockquoteclass=instagram-mediadata-instgrm-captioneddata-instgrm-permalink=https://www.instagram.com/p/DYO5h91Dd6J/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingdata-instgrm-version=14style=background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:001px0rgba(0,0,0,0.5),01px10px0rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100%-2px);width:calc(100%-2px);divstyle=padding:16px;ahref=https://www.instagram.com/p/DYO5h91Dd6J/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingstyle=background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:00;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%;target=_blankdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px;/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px;/div/div/divdivstyle=padding:19%0;/divdivstyle=display:block;height:50px;margin:0auto12px;width:50px;svgwidth=50pxheight=50pxviewBox=006060version=1.1xmlns=https://www.w3.org/2000/svgxmlns:xlink=https://www.w3.org/1999/xlinkgstroke=nonestroke-width=1fill=nonefill-rule=evenoddgtransform=translate(-511.000000,-20.000000)fill=#000000gpathd=M556.869,30.41C554.814,30.41553.148,32.076553.148,34.131C553.148,36.186554.814,37.852556.869,37.852C558.924,37.852560.59,36.186560.59,34.131C560.59,32.076558.924,30.41556.869,30.41M541,60.657C535.114,60.657530.342,55.887530.342,50C530.342,44.114535.114,39.342541,39.342C546.887,39.342551.658,44.114551.658,50C551.658,55.887546.887,60.657541,60.657M541,33.886C532.1,33.886524.886,41.1524.886,50C524.886,58.899532.1,66.113541,66.113C549.9,66.113557.115,58.899557.115,50C557.115,41.1549.9,33.886541,33.886M565.378,62.101C565.244,65.022564.756,66.606564.346,67.663C563.803,69.06563.154,70.057562.106,71.106C561.058,72.155560.06,72.803558.662,73.347C557.607,73.757556.021,74.244553.102,74.378C549.944,74.521548.997,74.552541,74.552C533.003,74.552532.056,74.521528.898,74.378C525.979,74.244524.393,73.757523.338,73.347C521.94,72.803520.942,72.155519.894,71.106C518.846,70.057518.197,69.06517.654,67.663C517.244,66.606516.755,65.022516.623,62.101C516.479,58.943516.448,57.996516.448,50C516.448,42.003516.479,41.056516.623,37.899C516.755,34.978517.244,33.391517.654,32.338C518.197,30.938518.846,29.942519.894,28.894C520.942,27.846521.94,27.196523.338,26.654C524.393,26.244525.979,25.756528.898,25.623C532.057,25.479533.004,25.448541,25.448C548.997,25.448549.943,25.479553.102,25.623C556.021,25.756557.607,26.244558.662,26.654C560.06,27.196561.058,27.846562.106,28.894C563.154,29.942563.803,30.938564.346,32.338C564.756,33.391565.244,34.978565.378,37.899C565.522,41.056565.552,42.003565.552,50C565.552,57.996565.522,58.943565.378,62.101M570.82,37.631C570.674,34.438570.167,32.258569.425,30.349C568.659,28.377567.633,26.702565.965,25.035C564.297,23.368562.623,22.342560.652,21.575C558.743,20.834556.562,20.326553.369,20.18C550.169,20.033549.148,20541,20C532.853,20531.831,20.033528.631,20.18C525.438,20.326523.257,20.834521.349,21.575C519.376,22.342517.703,23.368516.035,25.035C514.368,26.702513.342,28.377512.574,30.349C511.834,32.258511.326,34.438511.181,37.631C511.035,40.831511,41.851511,50C511,58.147511.035,59.17511.181,62.369C511.326,65.562511.834,67.743512.574,69.651C513.342,71.625514.368,73.296516.035,74.965C517.703,76.634519.376,77.658521.349,78.425C523.257,79.167525.438,79.673528.631,79.82C531.831,79.965532.853,80.001541,80.001C549.148,80.001550.169,79.965553.369,79.82C556.562,79.673558.743,79.167560.652,78.425C562.623,77.658564.297,76.634565.965,74.965C567.633,73.296568.659,71.625569.425,69.651C570.167,67.743570.674,65.562570.82,62.369C570.966,59.17571,58.147571,50C571,41.851570.966,40.831570.82,37.631/path/g/g/g/svg/divdivstyle=padding-top:8px;divstyle=color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px;ViewthispostonInstagram/div/divdivstyle=padding:12.5%0;/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center;divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px)translateY(7px);/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg)translateX(3px)translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px)translateY(-18px);/div/divdivstyle=margin-left:8px;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px;/divdivstyle=width:0;height:0;border-top:2pxsolidtransparent;border-left:6pxsolid#f4f4f4;border-bottom:2pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateX(16px)translateY(-4px)rotate(30deg)/div/divdivstyle=margin-left:auto;divstyle=width:0px;border-top:8pxsolid#F4F4F4;border-right:8pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateY(16px);/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px);/divdivstyle=width:0;height:0;border-top:8pxsolid#F4F4F4;border-left:8pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateY(-4px)translateX(8px);/div/div/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px;/div/div/apstyle=color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px07px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;ahref=https://www.instagram.com/p/DYO5h91Dd6J/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingstyle=color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none;target=_blankApostsharedbyBlocParty(@thisisblocparty)/a/p/div/blockquotescriptasyncsrc=//www.instagram.com/embed.js/script"><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script></a></p>
<p><em>‘Anatomy of A Brief Romance</em>’ is shaping up to be an exciting album packed with heart, passion and storytelling. Lead singer and guitarist Kele Okereke has opened up about the real experiences behind the music in a statement, saying “every lyric you’re hearing on this record was something that actually happened to me. I had to tell the story, from start to finish”. <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/bloc-party-personal-new-album-anatomy-of-a-brief-romance-single-coming-on-strong-3945050" target="_blank">According to NME</a>, the concept of much of the material was developed following Okereke’s separation from his former partner and father of his children, when he suddenly found an unexpected new relationship. He adds “having this romance, this new thing emerge, it kept me sane, in a very dark time”.</p>
<p>Today’s brand new single ‘Coming On Strong’ carries these themes heavily through it. Its dark, tense vibe is filled with lyrics that tell of a new relationship that sounds ominously toxic. Okereke breaks it down as “that feeling of, I’ve had my eye on this person for a while, and then we’re finally in a situation where we can be something to each other. And that’s such a seductive feeling”, before further explaining the root of the tension &#8211; “you’re not seeing their problems, and they’re not seeing your problems. You’re just shaping up and getting ready for this ride… I like the fact that harmonically and musically, it feels dark, sinister, like something is creeping up.”</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://iframewidth=560height=315src=https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Y1xnoEkr5Dk?si=fguKFGpqg1hAnPiGtitle=YouTubevideoplayerframeborder=0allow=accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;web-sharereferrerpolicy=strict-origin-when-cross-originallowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Y1xnoEkr5Dk?si=fguKFGpqg1hAnPiG" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>The album has been recorded with legendary producer Trevor Horn, whose previous credits include classic albums by Pet Shop Boys, Mike Oldfield and Grace Jones. ‘Coming On Strong’ is the second song on the album, with the full 14-item tracklist announced today looking like this:<br />
<strong>1. 22.01.22</strong><br />
<strong> 2. Coming On Strong</strong><br />
<strong> 3. Love Bombs</strong><br />
<strong> 4. Pigwig</strong><br />
<strong> 5. Lagoon Blue</strong><br />
<strong> 6. Muscleworks</strong><br />
<strong> 7. Clark Kent</strong><br />
<strong> 8. Worst Birthday Ever</strong><br />
<strong> 9. Not Your Problem</strong><br />
<strong> 10. Now We Can’t Be Friends</strong><br />
<strong> 11. Rotherhithe</strong><br />
<strong> 12. Stories</strong><br />
<strong> 13. Moving On</strong><br />
<strong> 14. Eulogy</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Single ‘Coming On Strong’ is out now, and the release date for ‘Anatomy of A Brief Romance’ is the<a href="https://blocparty.lnk.to/AnatomyOfABriefRomance" target="_blank"> 11th of September out via label Contagious LTD.</a> Bloc Party are supporting Muse on the July dates for their North America tour, before their co-headlining tour of the UK and Europe in November and December. Check the <a href="https://blocparty.com/pages/live?_su_rec=r3Pj346NqzfLALLwTcxA_HplPkv7blDL7075dwCnDzo6T60sfKb5wDUC9qoT3-DsD-1Yl4NFwdvGlXcYTczSg6u7Ljoz1Ic8dUM_si4_lLxl0z5h-bl9CjrthFOz35EWFqeucFBJ_TzPcdHakzhPTTs9P1TJwXyUwnoeOjpTY5IGfw5MKI3H6xa1Nk8ByHmWzmcVSAaNQNmQodswk0ks_e3n0vXP02svWywOvjWg6MZC4g67jTPHyXpMHQ&amp;_su_rec_id=f3336ec4-6cb4-43e5-a2c1-f111e00cb908-1778612081" target="_blank">band’s website for dates and ticket info. </a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bloc-party-announce-introspective-new-album-anatomy-of-a-brief-romance-release-single-coming-on-strong/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Billy Corgan&#8217;s &#8216;A Night Of Mellon Collie And Infinite Sadness&#8217; Tour For UK And Europe Announced</title>
		<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/billy-corgans-a-night-of-mellon-collie-and-infinite-sadness-tour-for-uk-and-europe-announced/</link>
		<comments>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/billy-corgans-a-night-of-mellon-collie-and-infinite-sadness-tour-for-uk-and-europe-announced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 22:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rory Newland]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alternative rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Billy Corgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grunge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Smashing Pumpkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uk music news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK Tour]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=119266</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has extended the 30th anniversary run of operatic shows paying homage to the group’s 1995 classic album ‘Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness’. The European tour will play two nights in London this September, featuring Corgan backed by a 60-piece orchestra. The Smashing Pumpkins were one of the more interesting [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has extended the 30th anniversary run of operatic shows paying homage to the group’s 1995 classic album ‘<em>Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness</em>’. The European tour will play two nights in London this September, featuring Corgan backed by a 60-piece orchestra.</p>
<p>The Smashing Pumpkins were one of the more interesting bands in the US’s alternative rock scene throughout the 90’s. Forming in Chicago in 1988 and breaking through with 1993’s ‘<em>Siamese Dream</em>’, Corgan and co. set themselves apart from the pack of American grunge bands with their ambitious approach to songwriting and theatre with ‘<em>Mellon Collie</em>’ in 1995. A 28-track double-album with conceptual elements, diverse instrumentation and Corgan’s iconic nasal vocals, the album brought Smashing Pumpkins seven Grammy nominations. Five singles released from the album, including hits ‘Zero’, ‘Tonight, Tonight’, and ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’ which won the Grammy in the Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal category.</p>
<p>Corgan, who wrote the majority of The Smashing Pumpkins’ music, gave ‘<em>Mellon Collie’</em> a new lease of life in 2025 with its operatic reimagining. Working with Grammy-nominated conductor James Lowe, the music has been re-composed for the full 60-piece orchestra to back Corgan’s vocals. To give it its full title, the show <em>‘A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness Featuring Billy Corgan</em>’ had a 7 show residency at Chicago’s Lyric Opera House last November.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DYMjIpgkZyf/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14">
<div style="padding: 16px;">
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"></div>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DYMjIpgkZyf/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by William Patrick Corgan (@billycorgan)</a></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="http://blockquoteclass=instagram-mediadata-instgrm-captioneddata-instgrm-permalink=https://www.instagram.com/p/DYMjIpgkZyf/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingdata-instgrm-version=14style=background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:001px0rgba(0,0,0,0.5),01px10px0rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100%-2px);width:calc(100%-2px);divstyle=padding:16px;ahref=https://www.instagram.com/p/DYMjIpgkZyf/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingstyle=background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:00;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%;target=_blankdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px;/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px;/div/div/divdivstyle=padding:19%0;/divdivstyle=display:block;height:50px;margin:0auto12px;width:50px;svgwidth=50pxheight=50pxviewBox=006060version=1.1xmlns=https://www.w3.org/2000/svgxmlns:xlink=https://www.w3.org/1999/xlinkgstroke=nonestroke-width=1fill=nonefill-rule=evenoddgtransform=translate(-511.000000,-20.000000)fill=#000000gpathd=M556.869,30.41C554.814,30.41553.148,32.076553.148,34.131C553.148,36.186554.814,37.852556.869,37.852C558.924,37.852560.59,36.186560.59,34.131C560.59,32.076558.924,30.41556.869,30.41M541,60.657C535.114,60.657530.342,55.887530.342,50C530.342,44.114535.114,39.342541,39.342C546.887,39.342551.658,44.114551.658,50C551.658,55.887546.887,60.657541,60.657M541,33.886C532.1,33.886524.886,41.1524.886,50C524.886,58.899532.1,66.113541,66.113C549.9,66.113557.115,58.899557.115,50C557.115,41.1549.9,33.886541,33.886M565.378,62.101C565.244,65.022564.756,66.606564.346,67.663C563.803,69.06563.154,70.057562.106,71.106C561.058,72.155560.06,72.803558.662,73.347C557.607,73.757556.021,74.244553.102,74.378C549.944,74.521548.997,74.552541,74.552C533.003,74.552532.056,74.521528.898,74.378C525.979,74.244524.393,73.757523.338,73.347C521.94,72.803520.942,72.155519.894,71.106C518.846,70.057518.197,69.06517.654,67.663C517.244,66.606516.755,65.022516.623,62.101C516.479,58.943516.448,57.996516.448,50C516.448,42.003516.479,41.056516.623,37.899C516.755,34.978517.244,33.391517.654,32.338C518.197,30.938518.846,29.942519.894,28.894C520.942,27.846521.94,27.196523.338,26.654C524.393,26.244525.979,25.756528.898,25.623C532.057,25.479533.004,25.448541,25.448C548.997,25.448549.943,25.479553.102,25.623C556.021,25.756557.607,26.244558.662,26.654C560.06,27.196561.058,27.846562.106,28.894C563.154,29.942563.803,30.938564.346,32.338C564.756,33.391565.244,34.978565.378,37.899C565.522,41.056565.552,42.003565.552,50C565.552,57.996565.522,58.943565.378,62.101M570.82,37.631C570.674,34.438570.167,32.258569.425,30.349C568.659,28.377567.633,26.702565.965,25.035C564.297,23.368562.623,22.342560.652,21.575C558.743,20.834556.562,20.326553.369,20.18C550.169,20.033549.148,20541,20C532.853,20531.831,20.033528.631,20.18C525.438,20.326523.257,20.834521.349,21.575C519.376,22.342517.703,23.368516.035,25.035C514.368,26.702513.342,28.377512.574,30.349C511.834,32.258511.326,34.438511.181,37.631C511.035,40.831511,41.851511,50C511,58.147511.035,59.17511.181,62.369C511.326,65.562511.834,67.743512.574,69.651C513.342,71.625514.368,73.296516.035,74.965C517.703,76.634519.376,77.658521.349,78.425C523.257,79.167525.438,79.673528.631,79.82C531.831,79.965532.853,80.001541,80.001C549.148,80.001550.169,79.965553.369,79.82C556.562,79.673558.743,79.167560.652,78.425C562.623,77.658564.297,76.634565.965,74.965C567.633,73.296568.659,71.625569.425,69.651C570.167,67.743570.674,65.562570.82,62.369C570.966,59.17571,58.147571,50C571,41.851570.966,40.831570.82,37.631/path/g/g/g/svg/divdivstyle=padding-top:8px;divstyle=color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px;ViewthispostonInstagram/div/divdivstyle=padding:12.5%0;/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center;divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px)translateY(7px);/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg)translateX(3px)translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px)translateY(-18px);/div/divdivstyle=margin-left:8px;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px;/divdivstyle=width:0;height:0;border-top:2pxsolidtransparent;border-left:6pxsolid#f4f4f4;border-bottom:2pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateX(16px)translateY(-4px)rotate(30deg)/div/divdivstyle=margin-left:auto;divstyle=width:0px;border-top:8pxsolid#F4F4F4;border-right:8pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateY(16px);/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px);/divdivstyle=width:0;height:0;border-top:8pxsolid#F4F4F4;border-left:8pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateY(-4px)translateX(8px);/div/div/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px;/div/div/apstyle=color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px07px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;ahref=https://www.instagram.com/p/DYMjIpgkZyf/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingstyle=color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none;target=_blankApostsharedbyWilliamPatrickCorgan(@billycorgan)/a/p/div/blockquotescriptasyncsrc=//www.instagram.com/embed.js/script"><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script></a></p>
<p>It was announced today that the show will be going international this September, starting with two nights at the Royal Festival Hall in London’s Southbank Centre. From there, it goes to Belgium, France and Spain. Guest vocalists are arranged, with Ed Parks performing in London, Antwerp and Paris, while Madrid’s show has Sydney Mancasola, Zoie Reams, Dominick Valdes Chenes and Dean Murphy. The full list of shows is below.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>September:</strong><br />
<strong> • 1 – Royal Festival Hall, London</strong><br />
<strong> • 2 – Royal Festival Hall, London</strong><br />
<strong> • 6 – Queen Elisabeth Hall, Antwerp (two shows)</strong><br />
<strong> • 8 – Salle Pleye, Paris</strong><br />
<strong> • 9 – Salle Pleye, Paris</strong><br />
<strong> • 11 – Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://iframewidth=560height=315src=https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/6vqqKqe4lNM?si=0ekstwRQOL9thMyititle=YouTubevideoplayerframeborder=0allow=accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;web-sharereferrerpolicy=strict-origin-when-cross-originallowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/6vqqKqe4lNM?si=0ekstwRQOL9thMyi" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>A press release describes the shows as looking to “<a href="https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/smashing-pumpkins-billie-corgan-a-night-of-mellon-collie-and-infinite-sadness-uk-shows/" target="_blank">re-imagine and pay homage to the era-defining album of the same name, whilst also expanding the definition and intention of opera</a>”. Corgan, who is now also a popular podcaster and promotes his own wrestling company, posted on social media site X to say he was “<a href="https://x.com/Billy/status/2053903375360553192" target="_blank">so excited that this is finally announced! Thank you to all that have asked and are interested in attending. I guarantee you won&#8217;t be sorry if you do…</a>”. He also took to Instagram to share his thoughts on the unique fusion of rock and opera in the concert, writing “<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DYMjIpgkZyf/" target="_blank">opera and rock both tell stories of heightened emotions, and I am excited for both fans of my music and traditional opera fans to hear some truly inspired work; for the balance here is to honor both traditions in a magisterial way.</a>”</p>
<p><a href="https://smashingpumpkins.com/tour/" target="_blank">Pre-sale tickets for the London shows go on sale tomorrow</a>, Tuesday the 12th of May, at 10am, with general sale commencing at 10am on Thursday the 14th. A 30th anniversary reissue of ‘<em>Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness</em>’ released in January this year, with The Smashing Pumpkins also due to drop a 35th anniversary version of debut album ‘<em>Gish</em>’ on the 29th of May on <a href="https://madamezuzus.com/records?featured=smashing-pumpkins" target="_blank">Corgan’s web store.</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://iframedata-testid=embed-iframestyle=border-radius:12pxsrc=https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/6nrppjPtyFRWoZbVJyQqgk?utm_source=generatorwidth=100%height=352frameBorder=0allowfullscreen=allow=autoplay;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;fullscreen;picture-in-pictureloading=lazy/iframe"><iframe style="border-radius: 12px;" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/6nrppjPtyFRWoZbVJyQqgk?utm_source=generator" width="100%" height="352" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" data-testid="embed-iframe"></iframe></a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/billy-corgans-a-night-of-mellon-collie-and-infinite-sadness-tour-for-uk-and-europe-announced/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Van Morrison Announces Five-Night London Residency</title>
		<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/van-morrison-announces-five-night-london-residency/</link>
		<comments>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/van-morrison-announces-five-night-london-residency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 11:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emily Johnson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jazz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Live Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uk music news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Van Morrison]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=119255</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Legendary singer, Van Morrison, has announced a five night residency in London, taking place this autumn.  It is set to take place at the recently opened British Airways ARC venue. The residency opens on September 23 and continues on September 24, 27, 28 and 29.  Morrison will be the first artist to complete a residency [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Legendary singer, Van Morrison, has announced a five night residency in London, taking place this autumn.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>It is set to take place at the recently opened British Airways ARC venue. The residency opens on September 23 and continues on September 24, 27, 28 and 29.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>Morrison will be the first artist to complete a residency at the new British Airways ARC. It will officially open on June 16, located above the existing west exhibition hall in the Olympia, London. The venue is operated by AEG Presents.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/van-morrison-announces-2026-five-night-london-residency-3944908">Lucy Noble, SVP UK Venues at AEG Presents expressed her excitement for Morrison’s forthcoming residency:<b> </b></a>“We are thrilled to welcome Van Morrison as the very first artist to have a residency at our brand-new venue. The shows are set to be incredible.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>Morrison’s residency comes after he was recently awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Jazz FM Awards 2026. The ceremony took place in March this year where he performed his cover of Junior Wells’ ‘Snatch It Back And Hold It’ from Morrison’s 2026 album <i>‘Somebody Tried To Sell Me A Bridge.’ </i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1986099375616775%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=267&amp;t=0" width="267" height="476" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p><a href="https://www.jazzwise.com/content/news/van-morrison-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award-at-jazz-fm-awards-2026">Commenting on the Lifetime Achievement Award, Morrison said</a>, “jazz and blues have always been at the heart of the music I love and the music I make. I’ve been fortunate to spend my life doing what I believe in, and it’s an honour to receive this recognition from Jazz FM.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p><i>&#8216;Somebody Tried To Sell Me A Bridge’ </i>was released in January this year and sees Morrison return to jazz and blues. The album features covers of icons such as B.B. King and Buddy Guy as well as original tracks.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>The London residency is not the only live appearance Morrison will be making. He is set to headline at the 60<sup>th</sup> Montreux Jazz Festival this July alongside RAYE, Lewis Capaldi, Pinkpantheress and more. And he will also appear at Holland International Blues Festival in June.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>But the British Airways ARC shows are set to be a more intimate showing for Morrison. The venue has a capacity of only 3,800, and all of the shows will be completely seated.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>Other names already booked for the yet-to-be-opened British Airways ARC include Self Esteem (playing two nights, including the opening night, June 16), McFly, Zac Brown and Khalid. After Morrison’s residency, The British Airways ARC will have another jazz showing thanks to its programming partnership with the EFG London Jazz Festival. November 21 will see Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves Celebrate John Coltrane.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.musicweek.com/live/read/aeg-presents-reveals-first-acts-to-perform-at-new-british-airways-arc-venue-in-london/093791">Lucy Noble said, </a>“We are very proud of our newest venue and to have this line-up of the first incredible artists set to play is a fantastic way to begin the British Airways ARC story. When fans come to see shows at British Airways ARC they are going to be able to enjoy world-class facilities across everything from sound to seating and we really can’t wait to open the doors”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>Tickets for Van Morrison’s London residency go on presale for AmericanExpress cardmembers on 9am Wednesday May 13. British Airways ARC is offering exclusive early ticket access from 9am Thursday May 14. Sign up to their newsletter at <a href="http://britishairwaysarc.co.uk">britishairwaysarc.co.uk</a> for access.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>General ticket sale begins Friday May 15 at 9am.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/van-morrison-announces-five-night-london-residency/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New Charli XCX Single ‘Rock Music’ Is Not What It Seems…</title>
		<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/new-charli-xcx-single-rock-music-is-not-what-it-seems/</link>
		<comments>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/new-charli-xcx-single-rock-music-is-not-what-it-seems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 00:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rory Newland]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charli XCX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electropop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hyperpop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uk music news]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=119212</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a year that’s already seen English pop darling Charli XCX branch out to film work, her latest musical escapades have been making quite a stir. After announcing a supposed shift to a rock sound with her new work, she’s spent the last month toying with fans’ expectations before releasing single ‘Rock Music’ this week. [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In a year that’s already seen English pop darling Charli XCX branch out to film work, her latest musical escapades have been making quite a stir. <a href="https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/charli-xcx-signals-rock-re-invention-for-new-album/" target="_blank">After announcing a supposed shift to a rock sound with her new work,</a> she’s spent the last month toying with fans’ expectations before releasing single ‘Rock Music’ this week.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYEEGN1O-gG/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14">
<div style="padding: 16px;">
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"></div>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYEEGN1O-gG/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Charli (@charli_xcx)</a></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="http://blockquoteclass=instagram-mediadata-instgrm-captioneddata-instgrm-permalink=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYEEGN1O-gG/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingdata-instgrm-version=14style=background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:001px0rgba(0,0,0,0.5),01px10px0rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100%-2px);width:calc(100%-2px);divstyle=padding:16px;ahref=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYEEGN1O-gG/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingstyle=background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:00;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%;target=_blankdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px;/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px;/div/div/divdivstyle=padding:19%0;/divdivstyle=display:block;height:50px;margin:0auto12px;width:50px;svgwidth=50pxheight=50pxviewBox=006060version=1.1xmlns=https://www.w3.org/2000/svgxmlns:xlink=https://www.w3.org/1999/xlinkgstroke=nonestroke-width=1fill=nonefill-rule=evenoddgtransform=translate(-511.000000,-20.000000)fill=#000000gpathd=M556.869,30.41C554.814,30.41553.148,32.076553.148,34.131C553.148,36.186554.814,37.852556.869,37.852C558.924,37.852560.59,36.186560.59,34.131C560.59,32.076558.924,30.41556.869,30.41M541,60.657C535.114,60.657530.342,55.887530.342,50C530.342,44.114535.114,39.342541,39.342C546.887,39.342551.658,44.114551.658,50C551.658,55.887546.887,60.657541,60.657M541,33.886C532.1,33.886524.886,41.1524.886,50C524.886,58.899532.1,66.113541,66.113C549.9,66.113557.115,58.899557.115,50C557.115,41.1549.9,33.886541,33.886M565.378,62.101C565.244,65.022564.756,66.606564.346,67.663C563.803,69.06563.154,70.057562.106,71.106C561.058,72.155560.06,72.803558.662,73.347C557.607,73.757556.021,74.244553.102,74.378C549.944,74.521548.997,74.552541,74.552C533.003,74.552532.056,74.521528.898,74.378C525.979,74.244524.393,73.757523.338,73.347C521.94,72.803520.942,72.155519.894,71.106C518.846,70.057518.197,69.06517.654,67.663C517.244,66.606516.755,65.022516.623,62.101C516.479,58.943516.448,57.996516.448,50C516.448,42.003516.479,41.056516.623,37.899C516.755,34.978517.244,33.391517.654,32.338C518.197,30.938518.846,29.942519.894,28.894C520.942,27.846521.94,27.196523.338,26.654C524.393,26.244525.979,25.756528.898,25.623C532.057,25.479533.004,25.448541,25.448C548.997,25.448549.943,25.479553.102,25.623C556.021,25.756557.607,26.244558.662,26.654C560.06,27.196561.058,27.846562.106,28.894C563.154,29.942563.803,30.938564.346,32.338C564.756,33.391565.244,34.978565.378,37.899C565.522,41.056565.552,42.003565.552,50C565.552,57.996565.522,58.943565.378,62.101M570.82,37.631C570.674,34.438570.167,32.258569.425,30.349C568.659,28.377567.633,26.702565.965,25.035C564.297,23.368562.623,22.342560.652,21.575C558.743,20.834556.562,20.326553.369,20.18C550.169,20.033549.148,20541,20C532.853,20531.831,20.033528.631,20.18C525.438,20.326523.257,20.834521.349,21.575C519.376,22.342517.703,23.368516.035,25.035C514.368,26.702513.342,28.377512.574,30.349C511.834,32.258511.326,34.438511.181,37.631C511.035,40.831511,41.851511,50C511,58.147511.035,59.17511.181,62.369C511.326,65.562511.834,67.743512.574,69.651C513.342,71.625514.368,73.296516.035,74.965C517.703,76.634519.376,77.658521.349,78.425C523.257,79.167525.438,79.673528.631,79.82C531.831,79.965532.853,80.001541,80.001C549.148,80.001550.169,79.965553.369,79.82C556.562,79.673558.743,79.167560.652,78.425C562.623,77.658564.297,76.634565.965,74.965C567.633,73.296568.659,71.625569.425,69.651C570.167,67.743570.674,65.562570.82,62.369C570.966,59.17571,58.147571,50C571,41.851570.966,40.831570.82,37.631/path/g/g/g/svg/divdivstyle=padding-top:8px;divstyle=color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px;ViewthispostonInstagram/div/divdivstyle=padding:12.5%0;/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center;divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px)translateY(7px);/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg)translateX(3px)translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px)translateY(-18px);/div/divdivstyle=margin-left:8px;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px;/divdivstyle=width:0;height:0;border-top:2pxsolidtransparent;border-left:6pxsolid#f4f4f4;border-bottom:2pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateX(16px)translateY(-4px)rotate(30deg)/div/divdivstyle=margin-left:auto;divstyle=width:0px;border-top:8pxsolid#F4F4F4;border-right:8pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateY(16px);/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px);/divdivstyle=width:0;height:0;border-top:8pxsolid#F4F4F4;border-left:8pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateY(-4px)translateX(8px);/div/div/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px;/div/div/apstyle=color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px07px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;ahref=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYEEGN1O-gG/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingstyle=color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none;target=_blankApostsharedbyCharli(@charli_xcx)/a/p/div/blockquotescriptasyncsrc=//www.instagram.com/embed.js/script"><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script></a></p>
<p>How do you follow an album like ‘<em>Brat</em>’? The 2024 electropop LP was a commercial smash hit around the world, won three out of the nine Grammy Awards it was nominated for, and spawned its own cultural era with ‘Brat Summer’.</p>
<p>Well, Charli XCX decided to immortalise this period of her life in film, with the 2026 release of her movie ‘<em>The Moment</em>’, a mockumentary with her as lead star, telling a fictionalised tale of her life after the album and preparing for its massive world tour. ‘<em>The Moment</em>’ released in cinemas at the start of the year, around the same time as Emerald Fennell’s cinematic retelling of ‘<em>Wuthering Heights’</em>, which Charli XCX wrote the soundtrack for.</p>
<p>With her big screen break established, Charli has returned the focus to her career as a singer-songwriter. <a href="https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/charli-xcx-british-vogue-interview" target="_blank">In an interview published by British Vogue in April,</a> she made several allusions to a drastic change in style for her upcoming musical releases. Demoing a track backed by distorted guitars with a lyric “I think the dance floor is dead, so now we’re making rock music” led to rampant speculation that she would be reinventing herself as a full-blown rockstar. During the interview, Charli suggested whatever came next, it wouldn’t be like ‘Brat’, saying “If I’d made another album that felt more dance-leaning, it would have felt really hard, really sad. What’s interesting for me is to bend the possibilities of what my perspective on that could be.”</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXzUxkTRssY/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14">
<div style="padding: 16px;">
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"></div>
<p><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXzUxkTRssY/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Charli (@charli_xcx)</a>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="http://blockquoteclass=instagram-mediadata-instgrm-captioneddata-instgrm-permalink=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXzUxkTRssY/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingdata-instgrm-version=14style=background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:001px0rgba(0,0,0,0.5),01px10px0rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100%-2px);width:calc(100%-2px);divstyle=padding:16px;ahref=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXzUxkTRssY/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingstyle=background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:00;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%;target=_blankdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px;/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px;/div/div/divdivstyle=padding:19%0;/divdivstyle=display:block;height:50px;margin:0auto12px;width:50px;svgwidth=50pxheight=50pxviewBox=006060version=1.1xmlns=https://www.w3.org/2000/svgxmlns:xlink=https://www.w3.org/1999/xlinkgstroke=nonestroke-width=1fill=nonefill-rule=evenoddgtransform=translate(-511.000000,-20.000000)fill=#000000gpathd=M556.869,30.41C554.814,30.41553.148,32.076553.148,34.131C553.148,36.186554.814,37.852556.869,37.852C558.924,37.852560.59,36.186560.59,34.131C560.59,32.076558.924,30.41556.869,30.41M541,60.657C535.114,60.657530.342,55.887530.342,50C530.342,44.114535.114,39.342541,39.342C546.887,39.342551.658,44.114551.658,50C551.658,55.887546.887,60.657541,60.657M541,33.886C532.1,33.886524.886,41.1524.886,50C524.886,58.899532.1,66.113541,66.113C549.9,66.113557.115,58.899557.115,50C557.115,41.1549.9,33.886541,33.886M565.378,62.101C565.244,65.022564.756,66.606564.346,67.663C563.803,69.06563.154,70.057562.106,71.106C561.058,72.155560.06,72.803558.662,73.347C557.607,73.757556.021,74.244553.102,74.378C549.944,74.521548.997,74.552541,74.552C533.003,74.552532.056,74.521528.898,74.378C525.979,74.244524.393,73.757523.338,73.347C521.94,72.803520.942,72.155519.894,71.106C518.846,70.057518.197,69.06517.654,67.663C517.244,66.606516.755,65.022516.623,62.101C516.479,58.943516.448,57.996516.448,50C516.448,42.003516.479,41.056516.623,37.899C516.755,34.978517.244,33.391517.654,32.338C518.197,30.938518.846,29.942519.894,28.894C520.942,27.846521.94,27.196523.338,26.654C524.393,26.244525.979,25.756528.898,25.623C532.057,25.479533.004,25.448541,25.448C548.997,25.448549.943,25.479553.102,25.623C556.021,25.756557.607,26.244558.662,26.654C560.06,27.196561.058,27.846562.106,28.894C563.154,29.942563.803,30.938564.346,32.338C564.756,33.391565.244,34.978565.378,37.899C565.522,41.056565.552,42.003565.552,50C565.552,57.996565.522,58.943565.378,62.101M570.82,37.631C570.674,34.438570.167,32.258569.425,30.349C568.659,28.377567.633,26.702565.965,25.035C564.297,23.368562.623,22.342560.652,21.575C558.743,20.834556.562,20.326553.369,20.18C550.169,20.033549.148,20541,20C532.853,20531.831,20.033528.631,20.18C525.438,20.326523.257,20.834521.349,21.575C519.376,22.342517.703,23.368516.035,25.035C514.368,26.702513.342,28.377512.574,30.349C511.834,32.258511.326,34.438511.181,37.631C511.035,40.831511,41.851511,50C511,58.147511.035,59.17511.181,62.369C511.326,65.562511.834,67.743512.574,69.651C513.342,71.625514.368,73.296516.035,74.965C517.703,76.634519.376,77.658521.349,78.425C523.257,79.167525.438,79.673528.631,79.82C531.831,79.965532.853,80.001541,80.001C549.148,80.001550.169,79.965553.369,79.82C556.562,79.673558.743,79.167560.652,78.425C562.623,77.658564.297,76.634565.965,74.965C567.633,73.296568.659,71.625569.425,69.651C570.167,67.743570.674,65.562570.82,62.369C570.966,59.17571,58.147571,50C571,41.851570.966,40.831570.82,37.631/path/g/g/g/svg/divdivstyle=padding-top:8px;divstyle=color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px;ViewthispostonInstagram/div/divdivstyle=padding:12.5%0;/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center;divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px)translateY(7px);/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg)translateX(3px)translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px)translateY(-18px);/div/divdivstyle=margin-left:8px;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px;/divdivstyle=width:0;height:0;border-top:2pxsolidtransparent;border-left:6pxsolid#f4f4f4;border-bottom:2pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateX(16px)translateY(-4px)rotate(30deg)/div/divdivstyle=margin-left:auto;divstyle=width:0px;border-top:8pxsolid#F4F4F4;border-right:8pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateY(16px);/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px);/divdivstyle=width:0;height:0;border-top:8pxsolid#F4F4F4;border-left:8pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateY(-4px)translateX(8px);/div/div/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px;/div/div/apstyle=color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px07px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;ahref=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXzUxkTRssY/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingstyle=color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none;target=_blankApostsharedbyCharli(@charli_xcx)/a/p/div/blockquotescriptasyncsrc=//www.instagram.com/embed.js/script"><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script></a></p>
<p>For those who expected an immediate reinvention as a hard rock artist, you may be slightly disappointed – Charli took to social media last week with a behind-the-scenes studio clip and the playful caption “a video of me making a song called “rock music” that is not actually rock music which is funny because i never said i was making a rock album. love you xx”. The footage shows her at Rue Boyer Studios in Paris last October, working with frequent collaborators Finn Keane and A.G. Cook on the new track ‘Rock Music’.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://iframewidth=560height=315src=https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ox1Eemj8FDo?si=xx8-46sSgBRgjbZDtitle=YouTubevideoplayerframeborder=0allow=accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;web-sharereferrerpolicy=strict-origin-when-cross-originallowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ox1Eemj8FDo?si=xx8-46sSgBRgjbZD" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>While ‘Rock Music’, which released on the 8th of May, does feature the electric guitars and the chorus refrain “I think the dance floor is dead, so now we’re making rock music”, rock music it is not. The track centres around her trademark autotuned vocals and pop energy, but with a stomping rock beat and lyrics about headbanging. The single comes with a black-and-white music video supervised by ‘<em>The Moment</em>’ director Aidan Zamiri, showing Charli engaging in heavy music clichés like moshing and crowd-surfing, as well chaotic band scenes with cameos from Keane, Cook, and Charli’s husband and The 1975 drummer George Daniel.</p>
<p>‘Rock Music’ might not be her ‘Stairway To Heaven’, but it’s a lot of fun, and Charli XCX is clearly enjoying making music right now. You can stream the song now, with new music from her as-yet untitled seventh studio album expected later in the year.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/new-charli-xcx-single-rock-music-is-not-what-it-seems/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Rolling Stones New Album &#8216;Foreign Tongues&#8217; Due This Year With Very Special Guests</title>
		<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/the-rolling-stones-new-album-foreign-tongues-due-this-year-with-very-special-guests/</link>
		<comments>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/the-rolling-stones-new-album-foreign-tongues-due-this-year-with-very-special-guests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 19:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rory Newland]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Watts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keith Richards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mick Jagger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Album]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Single]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ronnie Wood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rolling Stones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uk music news]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=119192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rolling Stones are back this year with 25th studio album ‘Foreign Tongues’, having released new single ‘In The Stars’ earlier this week. The album will feature appearances from Sir Paul McCartney, Robert Smith and others, as well as a recording of late drummer Charlie Watts, who passed in 2021. One of the peerless founding [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Rolling Stones are back this year with 25th studio album <em>‘Foreign Tongues’</em>, having released new single ‘In The Stars’ earlier this week. The album will feature appearances from Sir Paul McCartney, Robert Smith and others, as well as a recording of late drummer Charlie Watts, who passed in 2021.</p>
<p>One of the peerless founding bands of British rock music, The Rolling Stones formed in London in 1962, enjoying a career spanning 7 decades, 24 studio albums, and thousands of sold-out shows. The Stones lineup since 2021 consists of frontman Mick Jagger plus guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood – the band had been active since 1993 as a four-piece with Charlie Watts on drums before his death, but released 2023’s<em> ‘Hackney Diamonds’</em> as a trio using some of Watts’ recordings. <em>‘Hackney Diamonds</em>’ was their first full studio album since 2005, becoming their 14th UK number one album and winning them their fourth Grammy award.</p>
<p>Rumours of an album began earlier this year with <a href="https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/the-rolling-stones-covertly-release-new-song-under-a-new-name-the-cockroaches/" target="_blank">the mystery emergence of ‘The Cockroaches’</a>, a new group who released single ‘Rough and Twisted’ exclusively on a limited vinyl run this April. From snippets of the song posted during its social media campaign, the band was swiftly revealed to be The Rolling Stones acting under an alias, with the single being positively received as another strong release from the group. During the furore <a href="https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/rolling-stones-new-song-album-2026-gdbqsg2rt" target="_blank">The Times reported that ‘Rough and Twisted’ was taken from their new album, which was due for a July release.</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://iframewidth=560height=315src=https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/FHaEFarmZx8?si=oyaBEdTahFpA9htstitle=YouTubevideoplayerframeborder=0allow=accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;web-sharereferrerpolicy=strict-origin-when-cross-originallowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/FHaEFarmZx8?si=oyaBEdTahFpA9hts" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Their next promotional move was the plastering of<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DXjqqLFjPBT/?img_index=1" target="_blank"> cryptic messages on billboards in cities around the world,</a> containing the phrase “foreign tongues” in various languages. As this unfolded in late April, fans quickly identified that it was the name of the new Stones album, before the band themselves confirmed everything on the 5th of May with the release of lead single ‘In The Stars’.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX9oDAfoWJK/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14">
<div style="padding: 16px;">
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"></div>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX9oDAfoWJK/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by The Rolling Stones (@therollingstones)</a></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="http://blockquoteclass=instagram-mediadata-instgrm-captioneddata-instgrm-permalink=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX9oDAfoWJK/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingdata-instgrm-version=14style=background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:001px0rgba(0,0,0,0.5),01px10px0rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100%-2px);width:calc(100%-2px);divstyle=padding:16px;ahref=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX9oDAfoWJK/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingstyle=background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:00;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%;target=_blankdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px;/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px;/div/div/divdivstyle=padding:19%0;/divdivstyle=display:block;height:50px;margin:0auto12px;width:50px;svgwidth=50pxheight=50pxviewBox=006060version=1.1xmlns=https://www.w3.org/2000/svgxmlns:xlink=https://www.w3.org/1999/xlinkgstroke=nonestroke-width=1fill=nonefill-rule=evenoddgtransform=translate(-511.000000,-20.000000)fill=#000000gpathd=M556.869,30.41C554.814,30.41553.148,32.076553.148,34.131C553.148,36.186554.814,37.852556.869,37.852C558.924,37.852560.59,36.186560.59,34.131C560.59,32.076558.924,30.41556.869,30.41M541,60.657C535.114,60.657530.342,55.887530.342,50C530.342,44.114535.114,39.342541,39.342C546.887,39.342551.658,44.114551.658,50C551.658,55.887546.887,60.657541,60.657M541,33.886C532.1,33.886524.886,41.1524.886,50C524.886,58.899532.1,66.113541,66.113C549.9,66.113557.115,58.899557.115,50C557.115,41.1549.9,33.886541,33.886M565.378,62.101C565.244,65.022564.756,66.606564.346,67.663C563.803,69.06563.154,70.057562.106,71.106C561.058,72.155560.06,72.803558.662,73.347C557.607,73.757556.021,74.244553.102,74.378C549.944,74.521548.997,74.552541,74.552C533.003,74.552532.056,74.521528.898,74.378C525.979,74.244524.393,73.757523.338,73.347C521.94,72.803520.942,72.155519.894,71.106C518.846,70.057518.197,69.06517.654,67.663C517.244,66.606516.755,65.022516.623,62.101C516.479,58.943516.448,57.996516.448,50C516.448,42.003516.479,41.056516.623,37.899C516.755,34.978517.244,33.391517.654,32.338C518.197,30.938518.846,29.942519.894,28.894C520.942,27.846521.94,27.196523.338,26.654C524.393,26.244525.979,25.756528.898,25.623C532.057,25.479533.004,25.448541,25.448C548.997,25.448549.943,25.479553.102,25.623C556.021,25.756557.607,26.244558.662,26.654C560.06,27.196561.058,27.846562.106,28.894C563.154,29.942563.803,30.938564.346,32.338C564.756,33.391565.244,34.978565.378,37.899C565.522,41.056565.552,42.003565.552,50C565.552,57.996565.522,58.943565.378,62.101M570.82,37.631C570.674,34.438570.167,32.258569.425,30.349C568.659,28.377567.633,26.702565.965,25.035C564.297,23.368562.623,22.342560.652,21.575C558.743,20.834556.562,20.326553.369,20.18C550.169,20.033549.148,20541,20C532.853,20531.831,20.033528.631,20.18C525.438,20.326523.257,20.834521.349,21.575C519.376,22.342517.703,23.368516.035,25.035C514.368,26.702513.342,28.377512.574,30.349C511.834,32.258511.326,34.438511.181,37.631C511.035,40.831511,41.851511,50C511,58.147511.035,59.17511.181,62.369C511.326,65.562511.834,67.743512.574,69.651C513.342,71.625514.368,73.296516.035,74.965C517.703,76.634519.376,77.658521.349,78.425C523.257,79.167525.438,79.673528.631,79.82C531.831,79.965532.853,80.001541,80.001C549.148,80.001550.169,79.965553.369,79.82C556.562,79.673558.743,79.167560.652,78.425C562.623,77.658564.297,76.634565.965,74.965C567.633,73.296568.659,71.625569.425,69.651C570.167,67.743570.674,65.562570.82,62.369C570.966,59.17571,58.147571,50C571,41.851570.966,40.831570.82,37.631/path/g/g/g/svg/divdivstyle=padding-top:8px;divstyle=color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px;ViewthispostonInstagram/div/divdivstyle=padding:12.5%0;/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center;divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px)translateY(7px);/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg)translateX(3px)translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px)translateY(-18px);/div/divdivstyle=margin-left:8px;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px;/divdivstyle=width:0;height:0;border-top:2pxsolidtransparent;border-left:6pxsolid#f4f4f4;border-bottom:2pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateX(16px)translateY(-4px)rotate(30deg)/div/divdivstyle=margin-left:auto;divstyle=width:0px;border-top:8pxsolid#F4F4F4;border-right:8pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateY(16px);/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px);/divdivstyle=width:0;height:0;border-top:8pxsolid#F4F4F4;border-left:8pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateY(-4px)translateX(8px);/div/div/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px;/div/div/apstyle=color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px07px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;ahref=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX9oDAfoWJK/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingstyle=color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none;target=_blankApostsharedbyTheRollingStones(@therollingstones)/a/p/div/blockquotescriptasyncsrc=//www.instagram.com/embed.js/script"><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script></a></p>
<p><em>‘Foreign Tongues’</em> will release on the 10th of July, boasting 14 tracks with appearances from Sir Paul McCartney, Robert Smith of The Cure, drummer Chad Smith of Red Hot Chilli Peppers fame, and Steve Winwood. As well as singles ‘In The Stars’ and the full release of ‘Rough and Twisted’, the LP will also feature one of the last tracks recorded by Watts, ‘Hit Me In The Head’, and country song ‘Ringing Hollow’. The whole album was completed at London’s Metropolis Studios in less than a month, and was developed with returning producer Andrew Watt, who previously worked with the band on <em>‘Hackney Diamonds’.</em></p>
<p>Following the announcement, the trio were guests on Conan O’Brien’s US talk show to discuss the album. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/05/rolling-stones-foreign-tongues-album-new-york" target="_blank">Reported by The Guardian</a>, Jagger discussed the diversity of music on the record, saying “The thing about this record is – the Stones are a rock band that also has the capacity to do ballads, country music or dance music. So we don’t get stuck in one kind of style.” They also talked about their desire to keep things interesting so deep into their careers, with Richards remarking “You don’t just want to sit on what you’ve done before. We put it together, we love to do it, and there is always something more in there.” Host O’Brien enthused that the album, which he claims to have received early and listened to “25 times”, bore similarity to 1972’s iconic <em>‘Exile on Main St.</em>’ in its “vibrancy” and “urgency”.</p>
<p>‘Rough and Twisted’ and ‘In The Stars’ are out now, with a physical release for the latter coming on the 15th of May.<em> ‘Foreign Tongues’</em> releases on Polydor and Geffen on the 10th of July, with<a href="https://rollingstones.lnk.to/ForeignTongues" target="_blank"> pre-order links up now</a>. <a href="https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/the-rolling-stones-covertly-release-new-song-under-a-new-name-the-cockroaches/" target="_blank">The Rolling Stones have suggested that this won’t be their last album, and they have at least 10 songs written for a future release.</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://iframewidth=560height=315src=https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/F-F_oHOvBsM?si=zeNRZYOFfl2wz8pDtitle=YouTubevideoplayerframeborder=0allow=accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;web-sharereferrerpolicy=strict-origin-when-cross-originallowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/F-F_oHOvBsM?si=zeNRZYOFfl2wz8pD" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/the-rolling-stones-new-album-foreign-tongues-due-this-year-with-very-special-guests/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>DragonForce Recruit Former Arch Enemy Vocalist Alissa White-Gluz</title>
		<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/dragonforce-recruit-former-arch-enemy-vocalist-alissa-white-gluz/</link>
		<comments>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/dragonforce-recruit-former-arch-enemy-vocalist-alissa-white-gluz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 22:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rory Newland]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alissa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alissa White-Gluz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DragonForce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power metal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK Metal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uk music news]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=119167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After leaving Arch Enemy at the end of last year and investing time in new personal projects, Canadian vocalist Alissa White-Gluz has found a new home in British power metal cult heroes DragonForce. Both parties broke the news today, with DragonForce due to perform live shows with the new lineup later this month. When Alissa [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After leaving Arch Enemy at the end of last year and investing time in new personal projects, Canadian vocalist Alissa White-Gluz has found a new home in British power metal cult heroes DragonForce. Both parties broke the news today, with DragonForce due to perform live shows with the new lineup later this month.</p>
<p>When Alissa White-Gluz first joined Swedish melodic death metal group Arch Enemy in 2014, she was stepping into some big shoes – her predecessor Angela Gossow had raised the bar incredibly high for female death metal vocals. White-Gluz in turn lifted the bar higher, bringing both guttural screams and powerful clean singing in one package, providing the band a new edge to their sound across 11 years and 4 studio albums. Upon leaving Arch Enemy in November last year, White-Gluz directed her attention to her solo efforts under the simple moniker ‘Alissa’, as well as founding all-female group Blue Medusa.</p>
<p>DragonForce meanwhile have continued to release technical power metal albums packed with their frantic guitar noodling since breaking into the mainstream with 2006 hit ‘<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jgrCKhxE1s" target="_blank">Through The Fire And Flames</a>’. The song gained cult status, especially following its inclusion as one of the most difficult tracks on 2007 video game <em>‘Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock</em>’, and the 2005 album <em>‘Inhuman Rampage</em>’, of which it was the lead single, has been acclaimed as one of the most important power metal albums by both <a href="https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-10-essential-power-metal-albums" target="_blank">Metal Hammer</a> and <a href="https://loudwire.com/top-power-metal-albums-all-time/" target="_blank">Loudwire</a>. With ‘<em>Inhuman Rampage’</em> marking its 20th anniversary last year, the group have been gearing up to celebrate the milestone in style.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX_-3UfN0j5/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14">
<div style="padding: 16px;">
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"></div>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX_-3UfN0j5/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by DragonForce (@dragonforcehq)</a></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="http://blockquoteclass=instagram-mediadata-instgrm-captioneddata-instgrm-permalink=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX_-3UfN0j5/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingdata-instgrm-version=14style=background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:001px0rgba(0,0,0,0.5),01px10px0rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100%-2px);width:calc(100%-2px);divstyle=padding:16px;ahref=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX_-3UfN0j5/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingstyle=background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:00;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%;target=_blankdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px;/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px;/div/div/divdivstyle=padding:19%0;/divdivstyle=display:block;height:50px;margin:0auto12px;width:50px;svgwidth=50pxheight=50pxviewBox=006060version=1.1xmlns=https://www.w3.org/2000/svgxmlns:xlink=https://www.w3.org/1999/xlinkgstroke=nonestroke-width=1fill=nonefill-rule=evenoddgtransform=translate(-511.000000,-20.000000)fill=#000000gpathd=M556.869,30.41C554.814,30.41553.148,32.076553.148,34.131C553.148,36.186554.814,37.852556.869,37.852C558.924,37.852560.59,36.186560.59,34.131C560.59,32.076558.924,30.41556.869,30.41M541,60.657C535.114,60.657530.342,55.887530.342,50C530.342,44.114535.114,39.342541,39.342C546.887,39.342551.658,44.114551.658,50C551.658,55.887546.887,60.657541,60.657M541,33.886C532.1,33.886524.886,41.1524.886,50C524.886,58.899532.1,66.113541,66.113C549.9,66.113557.115,58.899557.115,50C557.115,41.1549.9,33.886541,33.886M565.378,62.101C565.244,65.022564.756,66.606564.346,67.663C563.803,69.06563.154,70.057562.106,71.106C561.058,72.155560.06,72.803558.662,73.347C557.607,73.757556.021,74.244553.102,74.378C549.944,74.521548.997,74.552541,74.552C533.003,74.552532.056,74.521528.898,74.378C525.979,74.244524.393,73.757523.338,73.347C521.94,72.803520.942,72.155519.894,71.106C518.846,70.057518.197,69.06517.654,67.663C517.244,66.606516.755,65.022516.623,62.101C516.479,58.943516.448,57.996516.448,50C516.448,42.003516.479,41.056516.623,37.899C516.755,34.978517.244,33.391517.654,32.338C518.197,30.938518.846,29.942519.894,28.894C520.942,27.846521.94,27.196523.338,26.654C524.393,26.244525.979,25.756528.898,25.623C532.057,25.479533.004,25.448541,25.448C548.997,25.448549.943,25.479553.102,25.623C556.021,25.756557.607,26.244558.662,26.654C560.06,27.196561.058,27.846562.106,28.894C563.154,29.942563.803,30.938564.346,32.338C564.756,33.391565.244,34.978565.378,37.899C565.522,41.056565.552,42.003565.552,50C565.552,57.996565.522,58.943565.378,62.101M570.82,37.631C570.674,34.438570.167,32.258569.425,30.349C568.659,28.377567.633,26.702565.965,25.035C564.297,23.368562.623,22.342560.652,21.575C558.743,20.834556.562,20.326553.369,20.18C550.169,20.033549.148,20541,20C532.853,20531.831,20.033528.631,20.18C525.438,20.326523.257,20.834521.349,21.575C519.376,22.342517.703,23.368516.035,25.035C514.368,26.702513.342,28.377512.574,30.349C511.834,32.258511.326,34.438511.181,37.631C511.035,40.831511,41.851511,50C511,58.147511.035,59.17511.181,62.369C511.326,65.562511.834,67.743512.574,69.651C513.342,71.625514.368,73.296516.035,74.965C517.703,76.634519.376,77.658521.349,78.425C523.257,79.167525.438,79.673528.631,79.82C531.831,79.965532.853,80.001541,80.001C549.148,80.001550.169,79.965553.369,79.82C556.562,79.673558.743,79.167560.652,78.425C562.623,77.658564.297,76.634565.965,74.965C567.633,73.296568.659,71.625569.425,69.651C570.167,67.743570.674,65.562570.82,62.369C570.966,59.17571,58.147571,50C571,41.851570.966,40.831570.82,37.631/path/g/g/g/svg/divdivstyle=padding-top:8px;divstyle=color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px;ViewthispostonInstagram/div/divdivstyle=padding:12.5%0;/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center;divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px)translateY(7px);/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg)translateX(3px)translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px)translateY(-18px);/div/divdivstyle=margin-left:8px;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px;/divdivstyle=width:0;height:0;border-top:2pxsolidtransparent;border-left:6pxsolid#f4f4f4;border-bottom:2pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateX(16px)translateY(-4px)rotate(30deg)/div/divdivstyle=margin-left:auto;divstyle=width:0px;border-top:8pxsolid#F4F4F4;border-right:8pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateY(16px);/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px);/divdivstyle=width:0;height:0;border-top:8pxsolid#F4F4F4;border-left:8pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateY(-4px)translateX(8px);/div/div/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px;/div/div/apstyle=color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px07px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;ahref=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX_-3UfN0j5/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingstyle=color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none;target=_blankApostsharedbyDragonForce(@dragonforcehq)/a/p/div/blockquotescriptasyncsrc=//www.instagram.com/embed.js/script"><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script></a></p>
<p>DragonForce announced White-Gluz’s arrival today, posting that they welcome her as “<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DX_-3UfN0j5/" target="_blank">the band’s newest member and first frontwoman</a>”. Both acts have worked together in the past, with Alissa providing guest vocals on a remixed version of DragonForce’s track ‘Burning Heart’ in 2025. She will slot in alongside their continuing lead singer Marc Hudson, her harsh growls and low singing voice complimenting his soaring melodic wails, with the post also revealing she will join them for live duties starting this week. White-Gluz’s tenure with the band begins with US shows at Welcome To Rocksville on Saturday the 9th of May, and Sonic Temple on the 17th.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://iframewidth=560height=315src=https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/y0Th1P3ef5o?si=Hlde5ZOfPxAGeoAgtitle=YouTubevideoplayerframeborder=0allow=accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;web-sharereferrerpolicy=strict-origin-when-cross-originallowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/y0Th1P3ef5o?si=Hlde5ZOfPxAGeoAg" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>In a <a href="https://dragonforce.com/2026/05/06/dragonforce-announce-alissa-white-gluz-as-new-vocalist-and-frontwoman/" target="_blank">statement,</a> DragonForce guitarist Herman Li remarked “Alissa joining the band is an expansion of everything we’ve done up to this point. 20 years is a long time to do anything, let alone survive the music industry and still be so inspired to continue doing what we love. Together we will honour what made Inhuman Rampage matter, while showing people exactly where we’re going next. Having Alissa in the room changes everything. She doesn’t just sing, she makes all aspects of our music better. And she sounds incredible live! I can’t wait for the fans to see her and hear what we have been working on.” White-Gluz also added “I am beyond excited to be bringing such iconic music to life with these amazingly skilled musicians in such a fun and inspiring environment. It feels great to showcase all the colours of my voice and utilise all my singing styles in technically challenging, deeply energising, highly addictive songs.”</p>
<p>DragonForce have confirmed plans for more shows in support of <em>‘Inhuman Rampage’</em>’s 20th birthday, as well as new music to be announced soon. For Alissa White-Gluz, the year is already phenomenally busy – Blue Medusa released debut single ‘<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T21hSKREXGk" target="_blank">Checkmate</a>’ in March, and her first solo album is rumoured to release later this year after she dropped her debut Alissa track ‘<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvnKywEnTZI" target="_blank">The Room Where She Died</a>’ last November.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://iframedata-testid=embed-iframestyle=border-radius:12pxsrc=https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/0v2dlZrkVAjKdkwpjoKzPG?utm_source=generatorwidth=100%height=352frameBorder=0allowfullscreen=allow=autoplay;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;fullscreen;picture-in-pictureloading=lazy/iframe"><iframe style="border-radius: 12px;" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/0v2dlZrkVAjKdkwpjoKzPG?utm_source=generator" width="100%" height="352" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" data-testid="embed-iframe"></iframe></a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/dragonforce-recruit-former-arch-enemy-vocalist-alissa-white-gluz/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Five Finger Death Punch Announce New 20th Anniversary Tour</title>
		<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/five-finger-death-punch-announce-new-20th-anniversary-tour/</link>
		<comments>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/five-finger-death-punch-announce-new-20th-anniversary-tour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 23:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rory Newland]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bleed From Within]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Five Finger Death Punch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lamb of God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uk music news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK Tour]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=119140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[US metal act Five Finger Death Punch have revealed the Europe and UK dates for their 20th anniversary world tour, following on from this year’s US leg. The run, starting in January 2027, will have stellar support from Lamb of God and Bleed From Within. Five Finger Death Punch (FFDP) formed in Las Vegas in [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>US metal act Five Finger Death Punch have revealed the Europe and UK dates for their 20th anniversary world tour, following on from this year’s US leg. The run, starting in January 2027, will have stellar support from Lamb of God and Bleed From Within.</p>
<p>Five Finger Death Punch (FFDP) formed in Las Vegas in 2005, releasing their explosive debut ‘<em>The Way Of The Fist’</em> in 2007. A ferocious, fast-paced blitz of heavy metal with emotional themes, the LP and its lead single ‘The Bleeding’ won the band a large audience almost immediately. Since its release, FFDP have become one of the biggest American bands in the genre, releasing 9 hugely-popular albums and breaking a record on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart for most consecutive number one singles. Last year’s ‘The End feat. Babymetal’ became their 13th chart-topper in a row, their 17th overall, and the first to use Japanese lyrics.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://iframewidth=560height=315src=https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/KAuyEG7JPbE?si=LSKr3T8KV57eeL-ptitle=YouTubevideoplayerframeborder=0allow=accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;web-sharereferrerpolicy=strict-origin-when-cross-originallowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/KAuyEG7JPbE?si=LSKr3T8KV57eeL-p" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>With 20 years passing since their inception, the band announced a massive 48-show US tour two weeks ago, as the first part of a world tour reveal. Today’s set of dates for the UK and Europe was just the second instalment in a bigger list of anniversary celebrations, as founding guitarist Zoltan Bathory says – “<a href="https://www.kerrang.com/five-finger-death-punch-20th-anniversary-world-tour-lamb-of-god-bleed-from-within-manchester-glasgow-dublin-birmingham-london-january-2027" target="_blank">This World Tour is the celebration that milestone deserves. First leg is America in 2026, then Europe in 2027, and we’re not stopping there! South America, Australia, Asia are all in the talks. This is going to be a big two or three years for Five Finger Death Punch, and we’re just getting started.</a>“</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX838rWlOte/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14">
<div style="padding: 16px;">
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"></div>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX838rWlOte/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Five Finger Death Punch (@5fdp)</a></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="http://blockquoteclass=instagram-mediadata-instgrm-captioneddata-instgrm-permalink=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX838rWlOte/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingdata-instgrm-version=14style=background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:001px0rgba(0,0,0,0.5),01px10px0rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100%-2px);width:calc(100%-2px);divstyle=padding:16px;ahref=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX838rWlOte/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingstyle=background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:00;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%;target=_blankdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px;/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px;/div/div/divdivstyle=padding:19%0;/divdivstyle=display:block;height:50px;margin:0auto12px;width:50px;svgwidth=50pxheight=50pxviewBox=006060version=1.1xmlns=https://www.w3.org/2000/svgxmlns:xlink=https://www.w3.org/1999/xlinkgstroke=nonestroke-width=1fill=nonefill-rule=evenoddgtransform=translate(-511.000000,-20.000000)fill=#000000gpathd=M556.869,30.41C554.814,30.41553.148,32.076553.148,34.131C553.148,36.186554.814,37.852556.869,37.852C558.924,37.852560.59,36.186560.59,34.131C560.59,32.076558.924,30.41556.869,30.41M541,60.657C535.114,60.657530.342,55.887530.342,50C530.342,44.114535.114,39.342541,39.342C546.887,39.342551.658,44.114551.658,50C551.658,55.887546.887,60.657541,60.657M541,33.886C532.1,33.886524.886,41.1524.886,50C524.886,58.899532.1,66.113541,66.113C549.9,66.113557.115,58.899557.115,50C557.115,41.1549.9,33.886541,33.886M565.378,62.101C565.244,65.022564.756,66.606564.346,67.663C563.803,69.06563.154,70.057562.106,71.106C561.058,72.155560.06,72.803558.662,73.347C557.607,73.757556.021,74.244553.102,74.378C549.944,74.521548.997,74.552541,74.552C533.003,74.552532.056,74.521528.898,74.378C525.979,74.244524.393,73.757523.338,73.347C521.94,72.803520.942,72.155519.894,71.106C518.846,70.057518.197,69.06517.654,67.663C517.244,66.606516.755,65.022516.623,62.101C516.479,58.943516.448,57.996516.448,50C516.448,42.003516.479,41.056516.623,37.899C516.755,34.978517.244,33.391517.654,32.338C518.197,30.938518.846,29.942519.894,28.894C520.942,27.846521.94,27.196523.338,26.654C524.393,26.244525.979,25.756528.898,25.623C532.057,25.479533.004,25.448541,25.448C548.997,25.448549.943,25.479553.102,25.623C556.021,25.756557.607,26.244558.662,26.654C560.06,27.196561.058,27.846562.106,28.894C563.154,29.942563.803,30.938564.346,32.338C564.756,33.391565.244,34.978565.378,37.899C565.522,41.056565.552,42.003565.552,50C565.552,57.996565.522,58.943565.378,62.101M570.82,37.631C570.674,34.438570.167,32.258569.425,30.349C568.659,28.377567.633,26.702565.965,25.035C564.297,23.368562.623,22.342560.652,21.575C558.743,20.834556.562,20.326553.369,20.18C550.169,20.033549.148,20541,20C532.853,20531.831,20.033528.631,20.18C525.438,20.326523.257,20.834521.349,21.575C519.376,22.342517.703,23.368516.035,25.035C514.368,26.702513.342,28.377512.574,30.349C511.834,32.258511.326,34.438511.181,37.631C511.035,40.831511,41.851511,50C511,58.147511.035,59.17511.181,62.369C511.326,65.562511.834,67.743512.574,69.651C513.342,71.625514.368,73.296516.035,74.965C517.703,76.634519.376,77.658521.349,78.425C523.257,79.167525.438,79.673528.631,79.82C531.831,79.965532.853,80.001541,80.001C549.148,80.001550.169,79.965553.369,79.82C556.562,79.673558.743,79.167560.652,78.425C562.623,77.658564.297,76.634565.965,74.965C567.633,73.296568.659,71.625569.425,69.651C570.167,67.743570.674,65.562570.82,62.369C570.966,59.17571,58.147571,50C571,41.851570.966,40.831570.82,37.631/path/g/g/g/svg/divdivstyle=padding-top:8px;divstyle=color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px;ViewthispostonInstagram/div/divdivstyle=padding:12.5%0;/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center;divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px)translateY(7px);/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg)translateX(3px)translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px)translateY(-18px);/div/divdivstyle=margin-left:8px;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px;/divdivstyle=width:0;height:0;border-top:2pxsolidtransparent;border-left:6pxsolid#f4f4f4;border-bottom:2pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateX(16px)translateY(-4px)rotate(30deg)/div/divdivstyle=margin-left:auto;divstyle=width:0px;border-top:8pxsolid#F4F4F4;border-right:8pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateY(16px);/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px);/divdivstyle=width:0;height:0;border-top:8pxsolid#F4F4F4;border-left:8pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateY(-4px)translateX(8px);/div/div/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px;/div/div/apstyle=color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px07px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;ahref=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX838rWlOte/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingstyle=color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none;target=_blankApostsharedbyFiveFingerDeathPunch(@5fdp)/a/p/div/blockquotescriptasyncsrc=//www.instagram.com/embed.js/script"><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script></a></p>
<p>The tour opens in January next year with five dates in Manchester, Glasgow, Dublin, Birmingham and London, before travelling across mainland Europe. FFDP will be bringing US metal veterans Lamb Of God along for all but the Prague and Copenhagen shows, as well as Scottish modern-metal titans Bleed From Within for all dates. The UK and Ireland shows for January 2027 are:</p>
<p><strong>16 – AO Arena, Manchester</strong><br />
<strong>17 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow</strong><br />
<strong>19 – 3Arena, Dublin</strong><br />
<strong>22 – BP Pulse Arena, Birmingham</strong><br />
<strong>23 – The O2, London</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="https://www.kerrang.com/five-finger-death-punch-20th-anniversary-world-tour-lamb-of-god-bleed-from-within-manchester-glasgow-dublin-birmingham-london-january-2027" target="_blank">According to Kerrang</a>, the setlist for the 20th anniversary tour will include songs from across their career, ranging from their 2007 debut to as-yet unreleased music from their rumoured 10th album. The band’s last releases were their 2025 ‘Best Of’ re-recording compilations &#8211; re-tracked and reissued after former label ‘Prospect Park’ sold the master recordings without FFDP’s consent.</p>
<p>Tickets for Five Finger Death Punch’s European Tour go on general sale on Friday the 8th of May at 10AM. <a href="https://fivefingerdeathpunch.com/pages/tour" target="_blank">Check the band’s website for full world tour dates and news. </a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://iframedata-testid=embed-iframestyle=border-radius:12pxsrc=https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/695FFcpts92jn4QDbMJPzD?utm_source=generatorwidth=100%height=352frameBorder=0allowfullscreen=allow=autoplay;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;fullscreen;picture-in-pictureloading=lazy/iframe"><iframe style="border-radius: 12px;" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/695FFcpts92jn4QDbMJPzD?utm_source=generator" width="100%" height="352" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" data-testid="embed-iframe"></iframe></a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/five-finger-death-punch-announce-new-20th-anniversary-tour/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Shindig Festival, Headlining Bob Vylan, May Face Last-Minute License Review</title>
		<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/shindig-festival-headlining-bob-vylan-may-face-last-minute-license-review/</link>
		<comments>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/shindig-festival-headlining-bob-vylan-may-face-last-minute-license-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 13:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emily Johnson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Vylan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shindig 2026]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uk music news]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=119124</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wiltshire’s Shindig Festival, headlined this year by punk-rap duo Bob Vylan, could have its license to operate under review following concerns raised about “disorder and public safety.” If the review goes ahead, it could take place on May 18—just days before the festival opens on May 21.  &#160; View this post on Instagram A post [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wiltshire’s Shindig Festival, headlined this year by punk-rap duo Bob Vylan, could have its license to operate under review following <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62ed5lk8rpo">concerns raised about </a>“disorder and public safety.” If the review goes ahead, it could take place on May 18—just days before the festival opens on May 21.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWjUx8tDE79/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14">
<div style="padding: 16px;"><a style="background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWjUx8tDE79/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"><br />
</a></p>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWjUx8tDE79/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Shindig Festival (@shindigfestival)</a></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script><br />
<a href="https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/26071736.shindig-festival-issues-statement-headliner-row/">A spokesperson for Shindig Festival said</a>,<b> “</b>we are taking this process seriously and are working closely with our production teams, the artist and relevant authorities to ensure robust measures are in place.” <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62ed5lk8rpo">Wiltshire councillor Paul Sample has said</a> the request for review was submitted by an unknown party but that it had been made “on the grounds of the prevention of crime and disorder and public safety.”</p>
<p>This potential review comes after Bob Vylan’s contentious set at Glastonbury last year. During the set, f<a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/glastonbury-2025-bob-vylan-lead-chants-of-death-to-the-idf-and-free-free-palestine-in-provocative-set-3873913">rontman Bobby Vylan led the crowd in chanting</a> “death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces].” <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62ed5lk8rpo">The comments were condemned by Prime Minister Kier Starmer, who called it </a>“appalling hate speech.”</p>
<p>The performance was the subject of an investigation by the Avon and Somerset Police, but the case was dropped in December. <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/shindig-festival-headlined-by-bob-vylan-has-licence-under-review-due-to-disorder-and-public-safety-concerns-3943855">The force said the chanting</a> “[did] not meet the criminal threshold outlined by the CPS for any person to be prosecuted.”</p>
<p><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/bob-vylan-respond-to-police-decision-to-drop-investigation-against-them-we-hope-this-news-inspires-others-to-speak-up-3920071">After this, Bob Vylan said in a statement the investigation was</a> “never warranted,” saying their set was “not hateful” but intended to be a “display of solidarity with the Palestinian people.”</p>
<p>Since their Glastonbury set, Bob Vylan has had multiple international shows cancelled, including Radar Festival in Germany. <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/bob-vylan-us-tour-ban-glastonbury-idf-chant-b1235608.html">The duo had their US visas revoked</a> ahead of a tour set to take place there. And <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/bob-vylan-dropped-agents-uta-glastonbury-chant-b1235656.html"><i>The Standard </i>also reported<b> </b></a>they were dropped from their talent agency, United Talent Agency, though UTA never acknowledged this.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>Shindig Festival announced Bob Vylan as headliners in February. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DUqBua4jBZt/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==">They called the duo<b> </b></a>“one of the most vital, fearless and electrifying live acts in the UK right now.” They went on to say, “We believe art should challenge as well as unite. This will be powerful. This will be loud. And above all, it will be Shindig.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/26071736.shindig-festival-issues-statement-headliner-row/">This week, a spokesperson for Shindig told the Local Democracy Reporting Service </a>“clear performance conditions” had been agreed upon with Bob Vylan, amid the potential license review. They added the festival was completing “enhanced planning within [their] event management framework, including specific risk assessments, security measures, and the ability to intervene immediately if required.” Organisers assured that they “are confident the event will be delivered safely, responsibly, and in line with the high standards [they] have maintained over many years.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>A public consultation period will last until May 6. After which, the review will be considered by a sub-committee on May 18. Shindig is set to open its gates on May 21 to 10,00 ticket holders.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/shindig-festival-headlining-bob-vylan-may-face-last-minute-license-review/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Madeon Reveals New Album &#8216;Victory&#8217; Release Date With Single &#8216;Fire Away&#8217; Featuring Slayyyter</title>
		<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/madeon-reveals-new-album-victory-release-date-with-single-fire-away-featuring-slayyyter/</link>
		<comments>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/madeon-reveals-new-album-victory-release-date-with-single-fire-away-featuring-slayyyter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 14:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rory Newland]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[edm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[house]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indie rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Madeon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Album]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uk music news]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=119095</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[French house producer Madeon returned from a creative break last year, beginning the next era of his musical adventure. This week, he’s confirmed the release date for third studio album ‘Victory’, as well as launching new anthem ‘Fire Away’, featuring guest vocals from US star Slayyyter. Hugo Leclercq, better known as Madeon, has been a [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>French house producer Madeon returned from a creative break last year, beginning the next era of his musical adventure. This week, he’s confirmed the release date for third studio album ‘<em>Victory</em>’, as well as launching new anthem ‘Fire Away’, featuring guest vocals from US star Slayyyter.</p>
<p>Hugo Leclercq, better known as Madeon, has been a known quantity in the electronic music sphere since his Youtube break through with mashup video ‘<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTx3G6h2xyA" target="_blank">Pop Culture</a>’ when he was just 17. Following a rapid climb with several strong house and EDM singles, all of which he mixed, produced and mastered himself, he released debut album<em> ‘Adventure’</em> in 2015. The album was an incredibly fun selection of bouncy, electropop fun borrowing vocal talents from Bastille, Foster The People and Passion Pit, as well as Leclercq himself singing for the first time on closing track ‘Home’. At the time, he said “<a href="https://x.com/madeon/status/574962865871962112" target="_blank">I don&#8217;t see myself as a singer but I thought it would be weird to have anyone else do the song so I kept it the same as the demo on the album.&#8221;</a></p>
<p>After the releases of his hit ‘Shelter’ with frequent collaborator Porter Robinson in 2016 and follow-up LP ‘<em>Good Faith</em>’ in 2019, Madeon had pushed himself out there as the main vocal star of his own music. The boundary-breaking tracks on ‘<em>Good Faith</em>’ drew influences from across EDM, rap, pop and gospel genres, with Leclercq’s gentle, digitally-enhanced singing voice becoming a huge part of the dreamy sound. The touring cycle from ‘<em>Good Faith</em>’ was long and arduous, and after signing off with 2023 single ‘Gonna Be Good’, Madeon took a gap year from producing his own music.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DXwwOA8FGKH/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14">
<div style="padding: 16px;">
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div>
<div style="padding-top: 8px;">
<div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div>
</div>
<div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"></div>
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"></div>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DXwwOA8FGKH/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Madeon (@madeon)</a></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="http://blockquoteclass=instagram-mediadata-instgrm-captioneddata-instgrm-permalink=https://www.instagram.com/p/DXwwOA8FGKH/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingdata-instgrm-version=14style=background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:001px0rgba(0,0,0,0.5),01px10px0rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100%-2px);width:calc(100%-2px);divstyle=padding:16px;ahref=https://www.instagram.com/p/DXwwOA8FGKH/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingstyle=background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:00;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%;target=_blankdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px;/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px;/div/div/divdivstyle=padding:19%0;/divdivstyle=display:block;height:50px;margin:0auto12px;width:50px;svgwidth=50pxheight=50pxviewBox=006060version=1.1xmlns=https://www.w3.org/2000/svgxmlns:xlink=https://www.w3.org/1999/xlinkgstroke=nonestroke-width=1fill=nonefill-rule=evenoddgtransform=translate(-511.000000,-20.000000)fill=#000000gpathd=M556.869,30.41C554.814,30.41553.148,32.076553.148,34.131C553.148,36.186554.814,37.852556.869,37.852C558.924,37.852560.59,36.186560.59,34.131C560.59,32.076558.924,30.41556.869,30.41M541,60.657C535.114,60.657530.342,55.887530.342,50C530.342,44.114535.114,39.342541,39.342C546.887,39.342551.658,44.114551.658,50C551.658,55.887546.887,60.657541,60.657M541,33.886C532.1,33.886524.886,41.1524.886,50C524.886,58.899532.1,66.113541,66.113C549.9,66.113557.115,58.899557.115,50C557.115,41.1549.9,33.886541,33.886M565.378,62.101C565.244,65.022564.756,66.606564.346,67.663C563.803,69.06563.154,70.057562.106,71.106C561.058,72.155560.06,72.803558.662,73.347C557.607,73.757556.021,74.244553.102,74.378C549.944,74.521548.997,74.552541,74.552C533.003,74.552532.056,74.521528.898,74.378C525.979,74.244524.393,73.757523.338,73.347C521.94,72.803520.942,72.155519.894,71.106C518.846,70.057518.197,69.06517.654,67.663C517.244,66.606516.755,65.022516.623,62.101C516.479,58.943516.448,57.996516.448,50C516.448,42.003516.479,41.056516.623,37.899C516.755,34.978517.244,33.391517.654,32.338C518.197,30.938518.846,29.942519.894,28.894C520.942,27.846521.94,27.196523.338,26.654C524.393,26.244525.979,25.756528.898,25.623C532.057,25.479533.004,25.448541,25.448C548.997,25.448549.943,25.479553.102,25.623C556.021,25.756557.607,26.244558.662,26.654C560.06,27.196561.058,27.846562.106,28.894C563.154,29.942563.803,30.938564.346,32.338C564.756,33.391565.244,34.978565.378,37.899C565.522,41.056565.552,42.003565.552,50C565.552,57.996565.522,58.943565.378,62.101M570.82,37.631C570.674,34.438570.167,32.258569.425,30.349C568.659,28.377567.633,26.702565.965,25.035C564.297,23.368562.623,22.342560.652,21.575C558.743,20.834556.562,20.326553.369,20.18C550.169,20.033549.148,20541,20C532.853,20531.831,20.033528.631,20.18C525.438,20.326523.257,20.834521.349,21.575C519.376,22.342517.703,23.368516.035,25.035C514.368,26.702513.342,28.377512.574,30.349C511.834,32.258511.326,34.438511.181,37.631C511.035,40.831511,41.851511,50C511,58.147511.035,59.17511.181,62.369C511.326,65.562511.834,67.743512.574,69.651C513.342,71.625514.368,73.296516.035,74.965C517.703,76.634519.376,77.658521.349,78.425C523.257,79.167525.438,79.673528.631,79.82C531.831,79.965532.853,80.001541,80.001C549.148,80.001550.169,79.965553.369,79.82C556.562,79.673558.743,79.167560.652,78.425C562.623,77.658564.297,76.634565.965,74.965C567.633,73.296568.659,71.625569.425,69.651C570.167,67.743570.674,65.562570.82,62.369C570.966,59.17571,58.147571,50C571,41.851570.966,40.831570.82,37.631/path/g/g/g/svg/divdivstyle=padding-top:8px;divstyle=color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px;ViewthispostonInstagram/div/divdivstyle=padding:12.5%0;/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center;divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px)translateY(7px);/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg)translateX(3px)translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px)translateY(-18px);/div/divdivstyle=margin-left:8px;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px;/divdivstyle=width:0;height:0;border-top:2pxsolidtransparent;border-left:6pxsolid#f4f4f4;border-bottom:2pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateX(16px)translateY(-4px)rotate(30deg)/div/divdivstyle=margin-left:auto;divstyle=width:0px;border-top:8pxsolid#F4F4F4;border-right:8pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateY(16px);/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px);/divdivstyle=width:0;height:0;border-top:8pxsolid#F4F4F4;border-left:8pxsolidtransparent;transform:translateY(-4px)translateX(8px);/div/div/divdivstyle=display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px;divstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px;/divdivstyle=background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px;/div/div/apstyle=color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px07px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;ahref=https://www.instagram.com/p/DXwwOA8FGKH/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loadingstyle=color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none;target=_blankApostsharedbyMadeon(@madeon)/a/p/div/blockquotescriptasyncsrc=//www.instagram.com/embed.js/script"><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script></a><br />
Since returning refreshed in 2025 with energetic new electronic-tinged indie rock singles ‘Hi!’ and ‘Car Crash Baby’, Madeon has reinvented himself as a frontman, a singer-songwriter – a genre-melding maverick. He announced third album ‘<em>Victory’</em> in October last year, also confirming it would be the name of his new era of music and theatrics. With all 10 tracks completed in March, he revealed new single ‘Fire Away’ this week, featuring vocal cuts by US singer Slayyyter.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://iframewidth=560height=315src=https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/eUSlwGKB73w?si=Jjui7oixoUzrgIKqtitle=YouTubevideoplayerframeborder=0allow=accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;web-sharereferrerpolicy=strict-origin-when-cross-originallowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/eUSlwGKB73w?si=Jjui7oixoUzrgIKq" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>The song is a stomping dance-floor anthem, which Madeon breaks down as “<a href="https://pitchfork.com/news/madeon-launches-new-album-with-slayyyter-collaboration/" target="_blank">a song about love as warfare, words like weapons of the brokenhearted.</a>” Speaking of the feature, he says “Slayyyter embodied the other side of the story and her voice took the song to another level, her performance has so much confidence and attitude, she’s electric.” Slayyyter has also spoken of the experience, writing “I’ve been a fan of Madeon for such a long time; I am so grateful to have gotten to work with him on this record. I love what we made together.” The track made its <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK01x2WP22g" target="_blank">debut live appearance during Madeon’s DJ set at Coachella in April on the Quasar Stage.</a></p>
<p>‘Fire Away’ is out now, ahead of ‘<em>Victory</em>’ releasing on the 26th of June via independent label Mom+Pop. Click <a href="https://madeon.lnk.to/victoryalbum?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnfcbTG0OQuv_xjAVyEPRoumGfPFE_rTUQ9SWFywJGfACosb6HNTHqqwM9KCU_aem_SdgyM9RIFqsCiqaRYI4ndQ" target="_blank">here</a> for pre-save and pre-order links, and check out the track list below:</p>
<p><strong>1. Hi!</strong><br />
<strong> 2. Car Crash Baby</strong><br />
<strong> 3. Super Platinum (feat. Erick the Architect)</strong><br />
<strong> 4. Dancing On Your Grave</strong><br />
<strong> 5. Somebody Else</strong><br />
<strong> 6. Fire Away (feat. Slayyyter)</strong><br />
<strong> 7. Chaos Magic</strong><br />
<strong> 8. Enjoy</strong><br />
<strong> 9. Red Jacket (feat. Sam Gellaitry)</strong><br />
<strong> 10. Lonely Space Age</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/madeon-reveals-new-album-victory-release-date-with-single-fire-away-featuring-slayyyter/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Olivia Rodrigo Announces Massive &#8216;Unraveled&#8217; Tour</title>
		<link>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/olivia-rodrigo-announces-massive-unraveled-tour/</link>
		<comments>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/olivia-rodrigo-announces-massive-unraveled-tour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rory Newland]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[olivia rodrigo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uk music news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unraveled Tour]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=119079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo just announced a run of 65 dates across North America, Europe and the UK starting this September. The ‘Unraveled Tour’ will be in support of new album ‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’, and will visit London for 4 nights next April. Rodrigo is currently one of [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo just announced a run of 65 dates across North America, Europe and the UK starting this September. The ‘Unraveled Tour’ will be in support of new album ‘<em>you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’</em>, and will visit London for 4 nights next April.</p>
<p>Rodrigo is currently one of the biggest names in pop music at the age of just 23, with four US and UK number one singles, and both of her albums also topping charts here. Singles like her debut ‘Drivers License’, ‘Good 4 U’ and ‘Vampire’ were all incredibly popular, with ‘Drivers License’ winning a Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance and ‘Good 4 U’ taking home the Brit Award for International Song of the Year in 2022. Her debut album <em>‘Sour’</em>, released in 2021, is still Spotify’s most streamed album by a female artist.</p>
<p>With third album <em>‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’</em> due for release in June, Rodrigo’s continued chart-dominance shows no sign of letting up – its lead single ‘Drop Dead’ released two weeks ago, shooting straight to UK Number One last week. <a href="https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/olivia-rodrigo-british-vogue-interview" target="_blank">In an interview with British Vogue back in March</a>, she says the album draws inspiration from time spent living in London, is packed with “sad love songs”, and will be her “most experimental” release yet. <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/olivia-rodrigo-announces-huge-uk-north-american-and-european-tour-with-wolf-alice-the-last-dinner-party-and-more-buy-tickets-3943372" target="_blank">NME</a> report that it will contain a darker sound and influences from acts such as The Cure, New Order and Joy Division, as well as a potential feature from Geese frontman Cameron Winter.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://iframewidth=560height=315src=https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/78wrful9cVU?si=4516RN0DeTqGcIR7title=YouTubevideoplayerframeborder=0allow=accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;web-sharereferrerpolicy=strict-origin-when-cross-originallowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/78wrful9cVU?si=4516RN0DeTqGcIR7" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>The ‘Unraveled Tour’ was announced today, a blockbuster lap of North America and Europe which will see Olivia Rodrigo perform 65 dates over 9 months. Support varies between dates, with a cast consisting of Devon Again, Die Spitz, Grace Ives, The Last Dinner Party, and Wolf Alice. It kicks off this September in Hartford, Connecticut, travelling across the US and Canada before touching down in Stockholm next March for the European leg. Before it wraps, she’ll play four nights at the O2 Arena in London, with Grace Ives opening. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DXwTTICgdeC/" target="_blank">In a post on Instagram</a>, Rodrigo said “i am so so excited to announce The Unraveled Tour!!! I am counting down the days till I get to sing all of the songs from ‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’ with u guys!!!”</p>
<p>The ‘Unraveled’ tour will run from the 25th of September this year to the 2nd of May 2027. Dates at the London O2 Arena are on the 5th, 6th, 8th and 9th of April next year. For full world dates, check Olivia Rodrigo’s <a href="https://shopuk.oliviarodrigo.com/pages/tour" target="_blank">website</a>, and expect more songs from <em>‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’</em> <a href="https://oliviarodrigo.lnk.to/girlsoinlove_uk?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnb-PYZsecun4476y4JvY3f-Vl8AFjwI4pBdEWBQEd3l2o27Tcxsdi54ctPOc_aem_nYxHdR_y4tIQw3n57SnKRg" target="_blank">before it releases on Geffen Records on the 12th of June.</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/unraveled-tour-olivia-rodrigo1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-119082" src="http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/unraveled-tour-olivia-rodrigo1-600x600.jpg" alt="unraveled tour olivia rodrigo" width="600" height="600" /></a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/olivia-rodrigo-announces-massive-unraveled-tour/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
