The singer-songwriter from the US and his band will go around the UK in July 2026 including a show at London’s O2 Arena.

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James Taylor, known for classic tracks such as ‘Fire And Rain’ and ‘You’ve Got A Friend’, last performed in London in 2022 as part of his UK tour that year.

Other gigs that will take place include Edinburgh Castle, The Piece Hall in Halifax, and the Scarborough Open Air Theatre.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in North Carolina, James Taylor’s distinctive blend of folk, pop and soft rock found major success with his second album ‘Sweet Baby James’ released in 1970.

Over the years, he has released a range of songs that balance the themes of hope and introspection, including ‘Shower the People’ and ‘Copperline’. His gentle guitar work, soulful voice, and heartful lyrics have made him gain international fame.

In the UK, his concerts have become a highlight for fans who admire him and his music.

He has performed multiple times at the Royal Albert Hall and the O2 Arena in London, as well as across Scotland, often being accompanied by his world-class band.

With more than 100 million albums sold since 1968, James Taylors’ influence continues to ripple through popular music. His 20th studio album ‘American Standard’, released in 2020, earned him his sixth Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2021.

More than five decades into his career, the multi-Grammy winner was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.

He also concluded a North American tour in September last year. The same month, footage came out of Matty Healy from the 1975 attending one of his concerts in the US.

His fiancée, Gabbriette Bechtel, shared videos of the frontman shedding tears in the audience, as well as calling James Taylor “his favourite artist”, showing James Taylors’ remarkable ability to bridge generations and genres together.

His song as also going to be featured in a new theatre production.

The project, titled ‘Fire and Rain’, will feature an original story written by Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts and directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer.

The title for the show comes from Taylor’s well known song, ‘Fire and Rain’, which was released in 1970 on his second album, ‘Sweet Baby James’.

Tickets for next year’s UK shows go on pre-sale tomorrow (November 5) at 10am, and fans can access it here.

General sale tickets will go on sale November 7 at 10am, and tickets can be accessed here.

UK 2026 Shows:

July 14 – Edinburgh – Edinburgh Castle

July 16 – Halifax – Piece Hall

July 23 – London – O2 Arena

July 25 – Scarborough – Open Air Theatre.

The singer was meant to perform at the Utilita Arena on Saturday as part of his ‘American Heart’ World Tour, and shared on his Instagram story that the show needed to be rescheduled.

His statement said, “I am so sorry but I will not be able to perform tonight, I have tried everything I can to revive my voice, but I cannot give you the show I’d like to be able to give you with the condition of my throat right now.”

He continued by saying, “This is genuinely the crappiest feeling, I am so sorry, I promise you I will do everything in my power to make it up to you. I’ll update you guys as soon as I can. Thank you for everything you do. I love you guys so much.”

The venue also released a statement confirming the concert was cancelled and that they were “working through all possible options to reschedule.”

“We understand how disappointing this is and sincerely apologise for the extremely short notice and inconvenience caused.”

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The cancellation of the show comes a few days after the singer performed in Glasgow, and videos circulated on TikTok with Benson Boone complaining about his voice.

Other TikTok videos recorded after the concert in Glasgow show a member of his team informing the crowd that he couldn’t speak to them as he is ill and he would be examined by a doctor.

“As you guys know, Benson is a little ill. He can’t say a single word. He has to go and see a doctor tomorrow so that he can perform in Birmingham.”

“He’ll come out and wave at you guys. He can’t sign anything or take personal pictures. I told him we weren’t even going to come out here but you know how he is, he is nicer than I am. He wants to make sure he acknowledges you guys. But, he has to save his voice.”

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The Australian band have announced the tour dates in support of their upcoming album ‘EVERYONE’S A STAR!’, which is set to be released on November 14, and can be pre-saved/pre-ordered here.

The UK leg of the tour will kick off in Glasgow on March 30, and will continue in Birmingham, London, and Manchester, before concluding in Cardiff on April 5.

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As well as this, they have also announced select UK events for this year in November, in London, Nottingham and Kingston.

Any remaining tickets can be found here.

UK 2025 Events:

November 4 – London – HERE at Outernet

November 5 – Nottingham – The Palais

November 6 – Kingston – Circuit

As well as announcing the huge new tour dates for next year, last week they also shared a new single called ‘Telephone Busy’ which will be on their new album.

This song follows on from their other recent release ‘Boyband’. In keeping with the theme of the album, it will see them experiment with a more playful sound than what fans might be used to.

Earlier this month, 5 Seconds Of Summer also shared the official video for their lead single ‘NOT OK’, and was the first song of their highly anticipated sixth album. The record is also their first new music since 2022.

Since 2022, Luke Hemmings went on a solo tour, which saw him perform across the UK, Europe and North America last year, and guitarist Michael Clifford has released his debut solo single ‘Cool’.

Calum Hood also released solo material, following drummer Ashton Irwin’s record in 2020 ‘Superbloom’, and Luke Hemmings’ album ‘When Facing The Things We Turn Away From’ (released in 2021).

5SOS’ debut self-titled album (released in 2014) topped the UK Albums Charts, making them one of the few Australian acts to achieve this.

Albums following this including, ‘Sounds Good Feels Good’ (released in 2015), ‘Youngblood’ (released in 2018), ‘Calm’ (released in 2020), and ‘5S0S5′ (released in 2022), all entered the UK top five, with ‘Youngblood’ earning multi-platinum certifications and the title track becoming a major UK hit.

The band has also sold out major UK venues, including London’s O2 Arena, and Wembley Arena, as well as performing at major UK festivals such as the Capital FM Summertime Ball.

Tickets are on sale now for their UK shows next year and can be purchased here.

UK 2026 Tour Dates:

March 30 – Glasgow – OVO Hydro

March 31 – Birmingham – Utilita Arena

April 2 – London – O2 Arena

April 4 – Manchester – Co-op Live

April 5 – Cardiff – International Arena

Her set list included songs ‘Miss possessive’, ‘Purple lace bra’, ‘Revolving door’, ‘Sports Car’, ‘It’s ok I’m ok’, and ‘Greenlight’ from her most recent album, as well as songs from past albums and singles such as ‘Greedy’, ‘exes’, ‘run for the hills’, and ‘you broke me first’.  

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Tate McRae incorporated her dancer background, trained in various styles from a young age, into her shows and gave energetic, top-tier choreography. Most notably, her songs ‘2 Hands’, ‘Greedy’, ‘It’s ok I’m ok’, and ‘exes’ include a dance break, as well as using the stage and props like a chair for her song ‘Sports Car’. She also uses the help of her many talented backup dancers to create the choreography in full, all while singing.   

She also interacted with her audience, sharing personal stories and created a more intimate atmosphere and emotional connection. The artist was praised for both her strong vocals and presence on stage.  Her shows continued to help solidify her as the rising pop star of this generation. 

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The singer released her third studio album ‘So Close To What’ this year in February, which achieved significant success, debuting at the number one spot on the Billboard 200 and reached number two on the UK Album Charts. The album’s lead singles included ‘Sports Car’, ‘2 Hands’, ‘It’s ok I’m ok’, ‘bloodonmyhands’, and ‘I know love’, which featured The Kid LAROI. 

Tate also recently released a song, ‘Just Keep Watching’, created for the new F1 The Movie, that released in theatres on June 25 in the UK. The song had immediate success, climbing to her number one most popular song on Spotify.  

Tate is continuing her world tour in August in Canada and North America with shows in Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Boston, New York, Orlando, and Seattle. See more tour information here.          

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The album will include tracks ‘Free’ and ‘Flood’, already available to listen to on all platforms. Lotus explores themes of renewal and growth, showcasing the rapper’s evolving artistry. Simz’s 2021 release ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’ saw her win a Mercury Prize as well as Brit Awards, MOBOs, and an Ivor Novello. She also surprised fans back in 2022 with ‘NO THANK YOU’ whilst making an appearance in 2023 in Netflix acclaimed Top Boy show. She finally came back to the stage in 2024 with a performance on Glastonbury’s iconic Pyramid Stage.

On top of the release, the rapper is curating the Southbank Centre’s 30th Meltdown Festival in June with a lineup that includes artists such as The Streets, Ghetts, Sasha Keable, Lola Young, and Jon Batiste, with Simz closing the festival alongside Chineke! Orchestra. A show that sold out in minutes.

In a talk with Rolling Stones, Simz said: “Simz said: “I’m super excited to be the 2025 Meltdown Festival curator! My team and I are preparing eleven days of art, music, workshops and more. So many incredible artists have curated this festival so it’s a true honour to be a part of it. Thank you to the Southbank Centre for having me. Meltdown 2025 the Simz way is going to be epic. I’ll see you there.”

‘Flood’ served as the lead single and first taster of the sixth album ‘Lotus’. A press release describes the LP as an embodiment of “renewal and growth, mirroring her evolving artistry and the album’s thematic voyage through life’s intricate phases.”

The British spoken-word artist will take to the small-venue stage at Bristol’s Thekla March 26, followed by performances March 27 and 31 at Leeds’ Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen, and London’s Village Underground respectively. Tickets go on sale tomorrow (March 13) at 10am – You can find the complete list of dates in this article’s featured image, and visit here for ticket purchase. 

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Tempest announced the run of shows via Instagram, posting a monochrome videoclip that revealed the featured tour poster at the end. The post in question read: “What your doing end of March? I’m putting a new live set together, and we’re playing a couple of small venues to kick things off… can’t wait to get back to it – get your tickets while you can – will be very special. Kae x”.  These show dates serve as a lead-up to Kae Tempest’s headline performance at BBC Radio 6 Music Festival, set to happen March 26 – 29 at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse. Co-headliners include Ezra Collective and Mogwai, joined on the bill by indie rock band English Teacher, American pop singer Perfume Genius, as well as alt rockers Fat Dog. BBC 6’s home DJs Jamz Supernova, Tom Ravenscroft and Sherelle will also join the extensive line-up, providing an entertaining three-night eclectic montage of live performances, indie show-stoppers and dance music specials. 

 

 

 

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Having last released a full-length album in 2022 with ‘The Line Is a Curve’, Tempest is set to launch their fifth studio album later this year via Island Records. The poet and spoken-word musician first rose to prominence in 2013 with the theatrical piece ‘Brand New Ancients’, earning Tempest the esteemed Ted Hughes Prize. Their follow-up album ‘Let Them Eat Chaos’ (2016) earned them a Mercury Prize nomination, as well as an (at the time) Best British Female Solo Performer at the 2018 Brit Awards. Kae Tempest has proven themselves an artist of many variations over the past decade, releasing numerous books, including debut The Bricks That Built the Houses, a Sunday Times best-seller and winner of the 2017 Books Are My Bag Readers Award. Notable singles from Tempest include ‘More Pressure’ (featuring Kevin Abstract of BROCKHAMPTON), ‘Salt Coast’, ‘No Prizes’ (featuring Lianne La Havas) and ‘Move’ (featuring Grian Chatten of Fontaines D.C.). 

For more information on Kae Tempest, visit their official website.  

Have a listen to “Circumference” down below:

Following the great acclaim of their self titled 2020 album, which was described as being; “scored through with a brooding urgency that breathes new life into well-worn influences”. Fear Fear is set to arrive on the 15^th of July 2022 via heavenly. The band’s visionary frontman Syd Minsky- Sargeant remarked on his latest endeavour; “The first album was mostly a personal documentation lyrically, this is a blur between personal and a third-person perspective of what was going on. I like the contrast of it being happy, uplifting music and really dark lyrics”.

He went on to add; “It’s not a minimal record, certainly compared to the first one. That’s because there’s been a lot more going on that needed to be said. We just set out to make the best-sounding album we could,” The very fact that the latest record will be produced by Ross Orton (who has worked with names such as Arctic Monkeys, MIA, Roots Manuva, Tricky and Kelis) will ensure that this ‘ain’t one you’d want to miss.

Minsky-Sargeant has been busy working on a solo project which is reportedly set to arrive in the near future. The singer claimed in an announcement online; “Been working on a solo record for quite some time now. It’s very nearly finished. Hoping it will be publicly audible in the next year or so …Sx”.

WMC are lining up a run of live shows across the UK to mark the occasion of the second album, starting off with an evening in Manchester’s White Hotel for the launch party on the 15^th of July 2022.  You can see the rest of the dates and locations on the poster down below:

Tickets for these gigs can be found here.  If you’d like to get your hands on the new album in a number of different formats (including dazzling editions of blue and pink vinyl as well as signed copies and merch bundles), then follow the link here.

WMC will also be popping up at a few festivals this summer. Including; Wide Awake, Spring Gathering and Bigfoot Festival. More information and tickets are located here. 

Manchester Orchestra first formed in Atlanta in 2004 and have released numerous EP’s and six studio albums with their debut I’m Like a Virgin Losing a Child. They more recently dropped their sixth studio album The Million Masks of God in April Last Year. The new shows, at London’s Kentish Town Forum and Manchester’s O2 Ritz are coming in support of this latest release.

The band comprised of rhythm guitarist and singer-songwriter Andy Hull, lead guitarist Robert McDowell, bassist Andy Prince and drummer Tim Very will play Manchester on September 15, before then heading to London the following night. The short run of dates will follow on from the band’s next leg of their North American tour set to run from February 16 till March 20 with a couple of dates in Canada to follow in July.

Fans can pick up tickets here, and for an example of what you can expect from one of their live performances here is a newly-released live video of the band playing “Angel Of Death” live at a hometown gig in Atlanta, Georgia last year.

Manchester Orchestra will also take part in the much anticipated When We Were Young music festival in Las Vegas which will headline My Chemical Romance and Paramore and also feature UK bands such as Bring Me The Horizon, Neck Deep and Wolf Alice. In other news the band also released an EP of remixes, which features Local Natives’ reworking of “Bed Head” and Dirty Projectors’ mix of their single “Telepath” which fans may also get to enjoy when they go and see the band on tour.

Manchester Orchestra UK Dates:

09/15 Manchester Ritz
09/16 London Kentish Town Forum

Right. 65daysofstatic live shows happening THIS WEEK.

► 11th London / Islington Assembly Hall
► 12th Manchester / Gorilla
► 13th Edinburgh / Summer Hall

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65daysofstatic will be playing in London, Manchester and Edinburgh, and have shared details of each venue’s COVID restrictions via a statement sent to those subscribed to their mailing list. Two of the three venues have no notable COVID rules however, the band has stated that they would “very much encourage mask wearing and doing a negative test check.”

The group has also made very clear in their statement that anyone experiencing symptoms should not attend. Additionally, one of the three shows is sold out however, the band are encouraging anyone who wishes to attend to search for tickets online via mytickets.co.uk and seetickets.com. They have also said that they are “trying to retweet anybody who is selling tickets”.

65daysofstatic have also revealed via their newsletter that they will be premiering new merchandise at the shows, including a new hoodie and a reprinted design that has returned due to popular demand. The band have also stated that the merch will be available for fans to purchase via their Bandcamp once the run of shows has ended.

Earlier this year, 65daysofstatic launched their ongoing project entitled Wrecking Systems, which the group describes as being a “live broadcast of new, endless 65daysofstatic music”. The Livestream itself is available to anyone on the band’s YouTube channel, however, they also have a Patreon that they encourage fans to support so the Livestream can continue. Presently, four E.Ps have been born from the Wreckage Systems project, and are available on Bandcamp. Supporters who have subscribed to the band’s Patreon page will receive free downloads of new music from Wreckage Systems, with the band stating that fans should expect “approximately 1 (release) a month”.

Further perks for subscribers include “a regular patron-exclusive Wreckage Systems Research Notes/Development blog” and “A Patron-exclusive Discord channel full of rogue 65 bots, other excellent 65kids and the occasional actual human member of the band 65daysofstatic.” Check out this link to read more about the group’s other Patreon reward tiers.

65daysofstatic’s upcoming shows are listed down below, and to re-iterate, tickets can be purchased here and here.

11/11/2021- Islington Assembly Hall- London
21/11- Gorilla- Manchester
13/11- Summer Hall- Edinburgh