Elliot Minor formed in 2006, and through 2007 hit the UK Top 40 with all three of their early singles: debut track ‘Parallel Worlds’ peaked at 22 and is still their biggest hit, while ‘Jessica’ scored 19th and ‘The White One Is Evil’ landed at 27. In 2008, ‘Still Figuring Out’ made their highest chart placement at 17th ahead of their debut record ‘Elliot Minor’, which made it to sixth place on the Albums Chart. Their mix of harmony-dense rock seeped in broody, dark tones with classical instrumentation and choral vocals made them a unique standout in a scene where such musical virtuosity was less common.

The band went on hiatus in 2010, interrupted by a fleeting temporary return in 2014, before fully reuniting in 2024. In 2025, they released ‘How Does it Feel’, their first new single in 15 years, and followed it up with a sold-out UK tour and a packed-out set at Download Festival.

They announced the new tour today, along with two stellar supports from the mid-2000s US emo scene – Madina Lake who celebrate the 2007 release of breakthrough first album ‘From Them, Through Us, to You’; and the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, whose debut ‘Don’t You Fake It’ and biggest single ‘Face Down’ both turned 20 earlier this year. The tour is set to visit Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Bournemouth, Manchester and Bristol before ending in a big show at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town. Check out the venues and dates on the post below:

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As covered by Rock Sound, Elliot Minor vocalist and guitarist Alex Davies says in a statement “coming back together for the reunion tour in 2025 was such an amazing and nostalgic experience for all of us. We genuinely didn’t know what to expect after so many years away, and it was unbelievably surreal to walk out each night and see so many people there, singing every word back at us. There were moments where we’d just look at each other on stage and think, ‘How is this happening again? The response to the shows reminded us just how much our band and songs still mean to people.”

“Some of these songs were actually written back in our school/college days pre-2007, which is pretty crazy to think about – especially seeing people that age now discovering the band for the first time. It really re-ignited something in us. We’ve also been spending time together writing and recording new music, and we’re incredibly excited to get that out there as part of our 20th Anniversary alongside all the 2000s nostalgia. Having the opportunity to get back out there and play alongside bands that we’ve loved for years, including Madina Lake and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, makes this upcoming tour feel even more special. There’s a real sense of nostalgia around it, but at the same time it feels like we’ve entered a completely new chapter for Elliot Minor. We’re pumped for what’s ahead and can’t wait to get back out there.”

The tickets for Elliot Minor’s 20th anniversary tour next year go on sale across this week, opening with presale on Wednesday September 23 and general sale commencing on Friday 24.

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The Christmastime Tour will bring its holiday cheer to the UK beginning on Friday November 27 at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena. She will head to London’s O2 Arena on Monday 30 November before finishing off the run with a show at Manchester’s Co-op Live on Wednesday December 2. After that she will play a special one-off show in Malta at MFCC on December 8. 

The set is said to include Carey’s long list of festive hits as well as fan favourites and global hits. Carey’s smash hit, ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ is already confirmed for the night. Released in 1994 on her first holiday album, ‘Merry Christmas,’ ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ has become the global harbinger for the holiday season. Almost every year, Carey makes anticipatory posts as early as November 1, teasing the beginning of ‘#MariahSzn’ with the crescendo of her global hit. 

In 2023, Associated Press estimated the total royalty earnings for the song to be $100 million. The song reached Number 1 on UK Charts for the first time in 2020 and has stayed in the Top 5 every year after. Last December, ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ was also certified 10x Platinum in the UK (equivalent of 6,000,000 units). It is currently the UK’s highest-selling single by a female artist. 

Associated Press interviewed Berklee College of Music professor in 2023 about the hit’s longevity. He said “It’s a wishing song and it works narratively” and that “[it] works as a love and holiday song. Carey sets it up: She doesn’t care about all the holiday trappings, she has one thing — one person — on her mind. It’s kept vague whether it’s a lover or someone she yearns for.” This festive yearning has continued to capture the hearts of the world more than 30 years since its release: ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ reenters global charts every holiday season. 

But despite all this success, Carey told NME in 2021 that she had some hesitation about making her first Christmas album in 1994, saying, “doesn’t that happen later in life?” But she eventually agreed to the album because of her genuine love for the holiday. When asked about the video for the 1994 hit song, she said, “ I remember certain things that weren’t great about that time, but I also see my true happiness shining through.” 

Carey is planning to bring that true happiness to the UK this holiday season, telling fans on Instagram, “I cant wait to celebrate with you!” Tickets to the Christmastime Tour go on pre-sale this Wednesday September 23 and Thursday September 24. General sale opens Friday September 25. More information can be found here. 

Mariah Carey’s Christmastime Tour 2026 UK Dates: 

27/11 — Utilita Arena — Birmingham, UK 

30/11 — The O2 Arena — London, UK 

02/12 — Co-op Live — Manchester, UK 

Shadowlands was announced this July as an international festival for what Shadowlands’ promotion team calls the “adventurous listening category” of music. Former Head of Artistic Development at the Royal Festival Hall and South Bank Centre David Sefton, who founded London’s famous Meltdown Festival in 1993, is launching his first new event since then – he says “The idea is to bring something new to the festival landscape that is genuinely original.” Digging below the surface of the industry for the more untapped and enigmatic acts is at the heart of the project: “There are many great independent events in the UK, but all to an extent are tied into a ‘next big thing’ pattern. However, there are so many extraordinary artists out there who are as unique and exciting as the day they started, whether six months ago or forty years ago. Shadowlands is all about them.”

The major draw on next year’s bill looks to be the exclusive return of Foetus, brainchild of Australian avant-garde creative JG Thirlwell. After releasing his first album since 2013 with this year’s ‘Halt’, Thirlwell is playing his first UK date in over 25 years, and only his second-ever orchestral one at Shadowlands. He will be accompanied by what he has dubbed the “Foetus Orchestra”, which features strings, woodwind, and brass sections, as well as a harp, guitar, bass and drums.

Another exciting act is Welsh industrial pioneer Brian Williams, AKA Lustmord. Known for his collaborations with members of experimental US acts Tool and Melvins, as well as his unique video game scores, Lustmord will bring something unnervingly dark to proceedings. Other highlights from the first wave of acts include influential London industrial group Test Dept, plus the return of post-punk supergroup Githead after a 13-year hiatus.

The latest drop of 16 new acts to round out the bill came last week on September 10. Southend-on-Sea’s These New Puritans bring their genre-spanning sound, American duo Matmos will be there with their unpredictable electronic arsenal of samples as well as spin-off project The Soft Pink Truth, and Sheffield industrial funk band Hula are reforming for their first live show in nearly 40 years. JG Thirlwell has also confirmed another solo set across the festival, where he will revisit the score he wrote for Harry Smith’s 1962 cult classic film Heaven and Earth Magic.

So what else can you expect from Shadowlands? As co-founder David Sefton asks and answers, “Ultimately, it’s really about asking the question: “what is the most exciting line-up of the most adventurous music ever made?” And then booking it.” Alongside 35 huge acts, Shadowlands is set to hold talks, panel discussions, Q&As and a film programme across four days and 3 stages on the University of Kent campus and it’s Gulbenkian Arts Centre. Tickets are on sale now for £280 for all 4 days, with accommodation also available to book on-site at the university. The first ever Shadowlands festival arrives in Canterbury July 1-4 2027.

English chart-topping singer-songwriter Sheeran started the Loop Tour in support of his 2025 UK Number One Album ‘Play’ this January, visiting New Zealand, Australia and Latin America in the first half of the year. The North American leg kicked off in June, with British star Myles Smith acting as lead support act for the majority of dates until the last August show in Detroit, Michigan.

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Macklemore was scheduled to be main support for the second stretch, with September’s shows starting with two nights at East Rutherford’s MetLife Stadium, followed by one at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field and two at the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. During both shows at the MetLife Stadium on September 4 and 5, he opened his pro-Palestine protest song ‘Hind’s Hall’ with a passionate speech addressing the worsening situations in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. In the break from the music, he said he wanted the people of Palestine to know “they have not been forgotten”, and spoke of other global issues, adding “I say Free Palestine, free Cuba, Congo, Sudan and Iran and all the people of America who live in fear because of this terrorist organisation ICE.” In the conflict following on from the October 7th Hamas terrorist attack in 2023, it has been concluded that Israel are committing genocide in Palestine by both the United Nations and Amnesty International, and the British Government have placed sanctions on illegal Israeli West Bank settlements in recent weeks. The Israeli government denies all allegations regarding genocide and war crimes.

Macklemore’s actions were met with outrage by Israeli and Jewish groups including the Israeli American Council, which started a petition to Sheeran and his management team to drop the rapper from the remaining tour dates. Singer Pink (stylised P!NK) shared a post by page StopAntisemitism calling for Macklemore’s removal, before writing her own feelings about the effect of the incident on Jewish-Americans in an Instagram update. Her comment says in-part “You don’t have to agree with one thing Israel’s government does to not want the Jewish family two rows down from you to be scared or targeted at a concert.”    

 

 

 

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This evening, Macklemore announced on social media that he had been removed from all future dates of the Loop Tour, citing that the decision was made by “Ed Sheeran and his team”. In the post, he alleges that in conversation with Sheeran he found out that Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the Gillette Stadium – which was set to host the next two dates of the tour, would block the events if Macklemore was performing. In his own words, “Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.” Macklemore clarifies in the piece that there is no ill-feeling with Ed Sheeran, and cements his philosophy that the two shows he played were worth it to send his message: “Free Palestine.”

Many figures in music have backed Macklemore’s resolve throughout, including Garbage singer Shirley Manson, who described his dismissal in an Instagram post as “madness. Sheer madness.” and Foo Fighter’s guitarist Chris Shiflett, who in conversation on the matter on X with blues artist Joe Bonamassa wrote “maybe speaking out against genocide trumps etiquette.” Elsewhere, Macklemore’s Instagram comments have seen replies from stars including UK rock group Bob Vylan frontman Bobby Vylan, who quoted the line “There is no thanks for a duty”. Bobby Vylan was at the centre of a year-long investigation by the Met Police, following his pro-Palestine speech and chants of “death to the IDF” during the band’s 2025 Glastonbury appearance – the Met Police announced in August that they will be taking no further action.

Messina Touring Group, who are the promoter for the US Loop Tour dates, told Rolling Stone that they had been informed by the venues that shows would not go ahead with Macklemore on the bill, and confirmed that the tour will continue without him. Variety have since published a statement by Robert Kraft explaining his reasoning for axing Macklemore, which says “Gillette Stadium has a longstanding commitment to providing a welcoming environment for all guests and ensuring that events held at our venue do not provide a platform for hate speech.”

For Ed Sheeran, the show must go on. His remaining shows for September are at the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA on the 19th, and the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA on the 25th and 26th.

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Created from a partnership forged between Somerset County Cricket Club, who play their games at the ground, and award-winning live events company Full Fat 360, Somerset Sounds aims to develop a new annual live experience for the South West of England. The Cooper Associates County Ground has previously hosted shows from the likes of Elton John, Lionel Ritchie and Rod Stewart, but this will be a big rise in its profile as a music hotspot. In a statement published by local news site SomersetLive, Full Fat 360 founder Oli Bartlam says “The Cooper Associates County Ground already has an incredible legacy of hosting world-class live entertainment, and Somerset Sounds is the next ambitious step in that evolution.”

While the South West is seeing a resurgence in its live music scene through schemes like Powderham Castle’s summer events near Exeter and alternative music gathering Burn It Down in Torbay, both in Devon, this marks a new ambitious move forward for Taunton, where most of the largest cultural happenings tend to gravitate towards nearby Glastonbury or Bristol. Bartlam touches on this in the rest of his statement, saying “Taunton and the wider region have a massive appetite for major live music, and this partnership allows us to establish the region as a destination on the national touring circuit. We’re thrilled to be working with Somerset County Cricket Club to bring international acts to this iconic venue and build an event series the entire South West can be proud of. Summer 2027 is only the beginning.”

SomersetLive report that Somerset County Cricket Club is already a major part of Taunton’s economy, in 2025 providing over 200 jobs and bringing over £20 million to the city. Jamie Cox, CEO of the club said of the project “Somerset Sounds represents an important step in the evolution of the Club and the Cooper Associates County Ground. Cricket will always be at the heart of who we are, but we have a much wider ambition for the venue and for the role it can play within Somerset. We want to create experiences that bring new audiences to Taunton from across the South West and beyond, while generating meaningful economic and cultural benefits for the County.”

Somerset Sounds was first announced yesterday, September 10, with a set of brand new social media accounts. So far, the latest information is a post on Instagram which claims their “first artist reveal is just around the corner”. You can sign up here for the latest reveals as they break before the festival makes its debut in August 2027.

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The Together, Together Tour 2027 will kick off in North America and hit select cities in Europe along the way, before it caps off in the UK. North American tour stops include Dallas, Los Angeles, Chicago and Toronto. Australian pop legend, Kylie Minogue will support Styles at the Los Angeles dates, set to take place at the iconic Rose Bowl Stadium. Minogue posted her excitement to Facebook, saying she “can’t WAIT.” 

European stops include Berlin, Madrid, Paris and Rome. Indie icons, LCD Soundsystem, will support Styles in Rome, sure to provide a disco-lit party for fans to dance themselves clean. Additionally, Styles will take rising British rock duo, Getdown Services as support for the Berlin dates. Styles has previously selected newcomers as his openers that later emerged into their own notable successes, including Arlo Parks in 2022 and Wet Leg in 2023. 

The final stops of Styles’ 2027 tour will take place in the UK and Ireland. First, he will play two nights in Dublin’s Croke Park with support from Baby Rose. And then he will close out the tour with three more mammoth nights at London’s Wembley Stadium in late August.  These come after a record-breaking 12-night run of shows at Wembley Stadium this summer. Iconic British rock set, Tears for Fears, will be supporting Styles for his final Together, Together Tour shows. 

What the future holds for Styles after the 2027 tour dates is unknown. He told fans in an email message sent ahead of the tour announcement that those would be the “final cities of Together, Together.” Saying, “after that, I don’t know what comes next for me” but assured fans he is “excited to find out.” He described the massive residency tour he is currently on as “special” and “far beyond what [he] could have imagined.” But he said at first, extending the tour into 2027 felt “daunting.” He went on to say “being an artist is the only life I’ve ever known really, I have been doing this since I was 16 years old, and I feel like the luckiest person in the world to still be sharing these moments with you.” 

Styles’ team is providing fans with many creative ways to share these final moments. There will be a limited number of “Unlimited Fun Tickets” which will be priced at £20/$20/€20 each. Also, a detailed list of ticket prices for every new tour date has been posted to social media. Styles’ team, HSHQ writes this is part of the team “taking measures to be more transparent on pricing for fans.” 

Tickets go on sale next week. On September 14, Paris, Madrid, Rome and Dublin tickets go on sale. On September 16, North American and Berlin dates go on sale. And finally, on September 17, London tickets go on sale. Detailed information on pre-sale options can be found here. And all additional ticket information can be found here. 

Styles is playing out the end of the 2026 leg of the Together, Together Tour currently on a sold-out run of 30 nights at Madison Square Garden in New York City. He will stop in Australia before the end of the year, taking a short break before 2027 Together, Together shows begin in April. 

Harry Styles Together, Together Tour 2027 UK/EU Dates 

2/7 – Flughafen Tempelhof – Berlin, GE 

3/7- Flughafen Tempelhof – Berlin, GE

16/7 -  Plenitude Arena – Paris, FR

17/7 -  Plenitude Arena – Paris, FR

30/7 – Riyadh Air Metropolitano – Madrid, ES

31/7 – Riyadh Air Metropolitano – Madrid, ES

7/8 – Circo Massimo – Roma, IT

8/8 – Circo Massimo – Roma, IT

18/8 – Croke Park – Dublin, IE

20/8 – Croke Park – Dublin, IE

25/8 – Wembley Stadium Connected by EE – London, UK

27/8 – Wembley Stadium Connected by EE – London, UK

28/8 – Wembley Stadium Connected by EE – London, UK

The change happened yesterday following tech juggernaut Meta’s US roll-out of Muse – their latest AI agent, designed to assist users with tasks and automate work projects. Social media users were quick to identify that the AI model’s official pages on Meta’s own Instagram and the unaffiliated platform X (formerly Twitter) had both taken the ‘Muse’ tag from the rock trio, who hold over 2.5 million followers on each site.

Muse formed in Teignmouth, Devon in 1994, and have released 10 albums of their fantastical alternative rock, many of which were deep concept projects packed with sci-fi storytelling and dystopian themes. Indeed, their 2026 release ‘The Wow! Signal’ covers alien conspiracy theories and cover-ups, but in the wake of the group’s social media usurping, special attention has been cast on 2018 LP ‘Simulation Theory’.

While not an album remembered as Muse’s greatest work, ‘Simulation Theory’ grappled with philosophical imaginings of humanity living in a digitally-simulated reality, backed up by futuristic neon imagery and revamped live shows filled with wild amounts of dry ice and lasers. The album explored the ways in which online algorithms tailored by technology firms twisted our experience of the world, and the constant adaptations we make to life in the internet age.

‘Simulation Theory’ released a few years ahead of the ‘AI Boom’, where virtual assistants and large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT exploded into popularity in the early 2020s. As reported by NME, the irony of Muse’s online handle being taken by an artificial intelligence agent after years of writing music on dystopian themes has not gone unmissed. NME reference the album’s opening track ‘Algorithm’, and its lyrics which almost predict the moment, saying “Algorithms evolve/Push us aside and render us obsolete.”

Muse have so far made no comment on the changeover, with speculation over whether the rights to the handles were taken outright or bought through a deal, but they have now changed their usernames on all platforms to ‘museband’. After ‘The Wow! Signal’ released this June, the group have been on an extensive North American tour in support of it over the summer. Next up, the trio are bringing The Wow! Signal Tour to Manchester’s Co-op Live and London’s O2 Arena in November, before a European road-trip. Available tickets can be found here.

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The duo returned from a two-year absence earlier this summer with a batch of announcements – a new single ‘Ten Over Ten’, the November release date for their fifth album ‘Dead Company’, and a run of three UK shows to play “a couple of new songs!” ‘Ten Over Ten’ showcased a new heavier sound with raw, uncompressed production quality.

The initial set of UK shows ended with a night at Southampton’s O2 Guildhall on Thursday August 27, leaving a gap just in time for last weekend’s Reading and Leeds Festival. Their sole members, drummer Ben Thatcher and bassist/vocalist Mike Kerr made an appearance on Jack Saunders’ show on BBC Radio 1 to drop the news that they would be playing a secret set on Friday August 28 at 2pm.

As the crowds packed into the tent at The Gallery, the new alternative music second stage, Royal Blood ripped into fan-favourite singles ‘Out Of The Black’ and ‘Come On Over’ before giving ‘Ten Over Ten’ its festival debut, which brought the pits with its frantic, metallic riffage. From there, they broke into groovy jam ‘Boilermaker’ and radio hit ‘Little Monster’ before unveiling their second single from ‘Dead Company’. ‘Swallow The Bomb’ is a fast-paced punky blast, with its melodic bass strumming and desert-rock vocals. Kerr and Thatcher look like this is the most fun they’ve had all set, playing together in perfect synergy. The duo finished up with ‘Figure It Out’, one of the songs that made them so famous as a live act. Check the full setlist below:

‘Out Of The Black’
‘Come On Over’
‘Ten Over Ten’
‘Boiler Maker’
‘How Did We Get So Dark?’
‘Little Monster’
‘Swallow The Bomb’
‘Turn The Lights Out’
‘Trouble Coming’
‘Figure It Out’

Sadly the secret set was a one-off for Reading, with Leeds-goers missing out – but if you weren’t there, BBC iPlayer have the full show available until the end of September. Thankfully, Royal Blood will be back on tour this November and December supporting the November 13 release of ‘Dead Company’, with dates in Bristol, Newcastle, Manchester, Glasgow, Wolverhampton, London and their hometown Brighton. Unpeople are support on all dates, with tickets on sale now.

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While Chase & Status are no strangers to Reading & Leeds Festival, this was their first shot as full headliners, as well as the maiden year of the event’s new main stage, which they named ‘The Grid’ in their new redesign of the arena. After debuting in 2009, they were the pre-headline act before Eminem for the 2013 line-up, bringing the sound of the festival’s dance tent to the biggest stage.

This year’s bill saw a set of 6 headliners, all from the UK and Ireland. Friday kicked things off with Fontaines D.C. and Charli XCX, Saturday kept it moving with Raye and Dave, before Sunday finished with Florence + The Machine giving way to Chase & Status.

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Reading has a reputation for surprise performers and secret sets, with Royal Blood and Jamie T both popping up around the site at short notice, and the Sunday closing act was no exception. Chase & Status were assisted by many of the biggest names in British music, starting with rapper ArrDee on their joint hit ‘Liquor and Cigarettes’ before NADIAH came out to sing on ‘Count On Me’. The pace kept going, with D Double E performing ‘Levels’ and Novelist joining for ‘NRG’, before remixes of Britney Spears’ ‘Toxic’ plus Shy FX and UK Apache’s ‘Original Nuttah’ with help from IRAH.

Next it was Flowdan’s turn on the mega-hit ‘Baddadan’, with their frequent collaborator Takura showing up for a massive rendition of old school anthem ‘No Problem’. Later in the evening, they were joined by Clementine Douglas on ‘Mixed Emotions’ and Tom Grennan on ‘All Goes Wrong’. The festival ended with the group’s classic track ‘Blind Faith’ with Liam Bailey, before IRAH came back out on ‘Program’.

The pair played a few of their new 2026 tracks which will appear on their eighth studio album ‘Generic Everything’, including ‘Disgruntled’, ‘Gone Too Far’ and ‘Carnage’. Also on the album is a song with dubstep innovator Skrillex, who the band played back-to-back with at Boomtown Fair this August where they demoed a new mix together – this appears on the album as ‘Essa Ta Quente’.

‘Generic Everything’ releases on October 9 2026. Chase & Status are set to round their year out with a run of US live shows, but a run of UK dates to celebrate the album release could happen this year. For now, you can check below for the setlist from the Sunday night at this year’s Reading Festival – a full recording of the set is available on BBC iPlayer until the end of September.

1. ‘Rage’
2. ‘Selecta’
3. ‘Streetlife’
4. ‘Disgruntled’
5. ‘Liquor & Cigarettes’ w/ ArrDee
6. ‘Count On Me’ w/ NADIAH
7. ‘Levels’ w/ D Double E
8. ‘Don’t Be Scared’
9. ‘NRG’ w/ Novelist
10. ‘Toxic (Chase & Status Remix)’ / ‘Original Nuttah ‘25 (Chase & Status Remix)’ w/ IRAH
11. ‘Baddadan’ w/ Flowdan
12. ‘Disconnect’
13. ‘No Problem’ w/ Takura
14. ‘Backbone’
15. Mixed Emotions /w Clementine Douglas
16. ‘Gone Too Far’ w/ Debbie
17. ‘All Goes Wrong’ w/ Tom Grennan
18. ‘Carnage’
19. ‘Blind Faith’ w/ Liam Bailey
20. ‘Program’ w/ IRAH

Winehouse made waves in the UK with her debut album ‘Frank’ in 2003, but 2006’s ‘Back to Black’ was the album that made her an international star. Her renowned songwriting was backed up by co-writers and producers Salaam Remi, who also worked on ‘Frank’, and the up-and-coming Mark Ronson. Recording was split between work with Remi at Instrumental Zoo Studios in Miami, and with Ronson and group The Dap-Kings in Chung King Studios and Daptone Records in New York.

‘Back to Black’ released on October 27 2006 on Island Records, and has since become one of the most successful albums of all time. The unique blend of heartfelt soul vocals, jazz instrumentals and pop charm made it universally accessible while still incredibly unique. To date it has sold an estimated 25 million units worldwide, and it won Winehouse five Grammy Awards in the 2007 ceremony – most notably she went home with Best New Artist, and her hit ‘Rehab’ took both Record and Song of the Year.

Winehouse tragically passed away in 2011 at the age of 27, but since her passing her legacy has only grown. This year’s BRIT Awards ceremony saw Mark Ronson receive an Outstanding Contribution to Music Award, after which he dedicated his speech and musical performance to Winehouse 20 years after they collaborated on ‘Back to Black’ and wrote its title track in one night.

Now with the album itself turning 20, Island Records are lovingly reissuing it in new formats with previously unreleased gems. New goodies include early demos, unheard B-sides and recordings from her 2007 show from the ‘Back to Black’ tour at Paradiso, Amsterdam. To compliment the music, there will be a new exclusive photo set from this period taken by the album’s photographers Mischa Richter and Alex Lake, with the liner notes also featuring messages from Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson.

 

 

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The collection will be available in an array of options including an eye-catching zoetrope vinyl pressed with moving images of Winehouse, a 3 LP clear vinyl set, and a 3 disc CD package, as well as bundles with a celebratory T-shirt.

The ‘Back to Black’ deluxe reissue is out on the album’s 20th anniversary, Tuesday October 27. Check here for pre-order details, including exclusive packages on Amy Winehouse’s official legacy store, as well as the full track listings for each release.