The tour, supporting Liv.e’s latest album Girl in the Half Pearl, will include five UK dates in Leeds, Liverpool, Dublin, Manchester, and London. The artist will travel to Europe in June before heading to Australia and finishing in Japan. Liv.e is also performing at Øyafestivalen and Lowlands Festival this August. For tickets and more information see here.

hay now us tour finished for now this spring/summa lookin thiq!! europe, australia & japan! pic.twitter.com/3A02Ap8h42

— Liv.e (@oliveosun) April 4, 2023

The Dallas-born Los Angeles-based singer started the first leg of her tour in March playing dates across North America including a few sold-out shows. She’ll also be performing on the Stephen Colbert Late Show this Friday the 7^th April.

25-year-old Olivia Dean, also known as Liv.e, didn’t originally plan on a musical career having grown up in a family of musicians. Her dad played Blues and was embedded in the Gospel scene and her brother is a drummer. However, after finishing a degree in architecture and object design at the School of the Institute of Chicago Art she decided on a career switch. Her debut EP F.R.A.N.K. dropped in 2017 and the following year her EP Hoopdreams won her fans in Erykah Badu and Earl Sweatshirt. After touring with Earl on his Fire It Up Tour in 2019 and featuring on his EP Feet of Clay her popularity only grew. In 2020, she released her debut album Couldn’t Wait to Tell You to critical acclaim.

The singer’s sophomore album Girl in the Half Pearl was released on 10^th February. It’s a mosaic of genres meshing neo-soul, alt R&B, and hypnagogic pop sometimes with jungle beats and at others with a touch of psychedelia. It’s no surprise that it has been praised by Pitchfork, Loud and Quiet, and Vulture magazine.

Liv.e’s struggles with heartbreak are evident in Girl in the Half Pearl. The singer told Pitchfork: “I didn’t have anybody to talk talk to, so I wrote this album. I had to get this shit out of me. That’s why I’m so glad the album is out, because I feel like an open wound that’s hitting the wind. It feels nasty, but it feels kinda like, “Ahhhh”.

Watch the video for the album’s lead single “Ghost” here:

See below for Liv.e’s UK and Europe tour dates:

21/05/23 – Headrow House – Leeds
22/05 – 24 Kitchen Street – Liverpool
24/05 – Workmans Club – Dublin
25/05 – Yes – Manchester
26/05– ICA – London
31/05 – Le Hasard Ludique – Paris
10/08– Øyafestivalen – Oslo
18/08 – Lowlands Festival – Biddinghuizen

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Converge (@converge)

The group is a collaboration between Converge members and long-term musical partners; the supergroup was birthed in 2016 at the Dutch event Roadburn Festival. The members played as a seven-piece and performed a set full of revised Converge songs. The band’s performance was met with a surge of positive feedback; inspired by the applause, they decided to expand upon the Bloodmoon partnership.

The American supergroup consists of Converge band members vocalist Jacob Bannon, guitarist Kurt Ballou, bassist Nate Newton and drummer Ben Koller. Joining the quartet are American singer and musician Chelsea Wolfe, former Converge member and Cave In vocalist Stephen Brodsky and Wolfe’s long term collaborator Ben Chisholm.

The collective recently released the album Bloodmoon: 1 on 19th November 2021 via Epitaph Records and Deathwish Inc. The album was received with great critical acclaim and was highly ranked within the genre’s publications. Through the album’s initial release, the record was made available on CD and digital formats, the album will be available to own on Vinyl from 24th June 2022 and a second pressing on wax is set to be released this December.

A press release has provided the following description of the album, “Bloodmoon: I is a harrowing and atmospheric collaborative effort that sees each performer working together and outside the comfort zones in order to create something that is truly unique to the project.” So far the album has sired two singles, the title track “Blood Moon” was released on 27th September 2021 and “Coil” was released on 3rd November 2021.

Although the album is the collective’s first full release, Bloodmoon: 1 marks Converge’s tenth studio album and is their first release in four years. The band’s ninth studio album, The Dusk In Us, was released on 3rd November 2017 and also attracted rave reviews from various publications. The American rockers are no stranger to critical success and accolades, receiving nominations for the Heavy Music Awards and numerous Boston Music Awards wins. Throughout their thirty-one-year long career, the group have produced a lengthy back catalogue of respected music within the heavy metal and hardcore genres.

Tickets for the group’s upcoming tour go on sale on Monday 14th March 2022 at 10 am UK time, more information concerning tickets can be found here.

Converge Blood Moon UK tour dates

28/06/2022 – Alexandra Palace – London
29/06 – Albert Hall – Manchester

Photo Credit: Emily Birds/Press Release

LONDON! It’s going down Friday June 10th at the SSE Arena, Wembley. We’re going to have a good time! Don’t Miss Out • https://t.co/HDHrnuGB3Z pic.twitter.com/VXU44Ljl1p

— 50cent (@50cent) January 26, 2022

The hitmaker is set to play London’s The SSE Arena on 10th June 2022; the upcoming arena show will be the artist’s first performance in the capital since his 2018 show at The O2 arena. After his appearance at the Manchester festival, the “Candy Shop” rapper will perform at Dublin’s 3Arena on 12th June 2022. 50 Cent also shared information concerning the upcoming show on Twitter.

Dublin, Ireland! It’s going down Sunday June 12th at 3Arena! We’re going to have a good time! Don’t Miss Out • https://t.co/6zoKoANax4 pic.twitter.com/J7pbfneWYr

— 50cent (@50cent) January 26, 2022

In other news, the American artist is set to star in the upcoming fourth instalment of The Expendables franchise. The hotly anticipated sequel will mark the rapper’s twenty-eighth feature film. The action film is scheduled to be released this year and features a cast full of the genre’s most sought-after actors including Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham. Otherwise known as Curtis James Jackson, the artist appeared in the second and third instalments of the series. Last December the actor-musician shared an Instagram post announcing the forthcoming motion picture.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by 50 Cent (@50cent)

The “21 Questions” performer was first seen on the silver screen in the film Get Rich or Die Tryin’, released on 9th November 2005 the film was the rapper’s acting debut. The feature was advertised as a loose biopic of the artist’s life, despite receiving somewhat negative critical reception Jackson’s performance was praised and he was heralded as a multi-talented artist.

50 Cent burst into the charts with his debut solo album Get Rich or Die Tryin, the album was released on 6th February 2003 and catapulted the American rapper into stardom. The album sired five singles including the top-five hit “In Da Club”, the track was era-defining and received many nominations and awards including a Grammy Award nomination for best rap song.

Jackson is well known for his industry-wide talent; the artist has found success in all avenues of the entrainment industry including TV. Last December the rapper expressed interest in creating a modernised version of The Cosby Show. In an Instagram post, Jackson wrote, “I have had a crush on @phyliciarashad for forever. I don’t know, she can talk with her eyes. she was just it, I think it was The Cosby Show it was the only representation of Black love on TV. I gotta make us a new one.”

Tickets for 50 Cent’s headlining appearance at Parklife Festival went on sale this morning, ticket sales for the artist’s London show open on Friday 28th January at 9:30 am.

Click here to purchase tickets.

Titled ‘Live at the Royal Albert Hall’, the album’s proceeds will be donated to charity, going to War Child UK. This is a continuation of Arctic Monkeys’ donations, as the proceeds from the show itself were also given to the charity.

Upon announcing the release, the band wrote a post on Instagram to discuss the show and the charity, saying, “All the proceeds from that memorable night were donated to @warchilduk in support of the vital work they do protecting, educating and rehabilitating children who have experienced the trauma of conflict and the horror of war. The situation that was bad in 2018 is now desperate and those children and their families need our help more than ever.”

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Arctic Monkeys (@arcticmonkeys)

The album was originally recorded during the Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Tour, and yesterday ‘Arabella’ was shared with fans as a taster of the full record, coming tomorrow. The song is executed perfectly and bears a striking resemblance to the studio recording from 2013 album ‘AM’.

Find the full track-list below, and listen to the album here.

1. Four Out Of Five
2. Brianstorm
3. Crying Lightning
4. Do I Wanna Know?
5. Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?
6. 505
7. One Point Perspective
8. Do Me A Favour
9. Cornerstone
10. Knee Socks
11. Arabella
12. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
13. She Looks Like Fun
14. From The Ritz To The Rubble
15. Pretty Visitors
16. Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair
17. I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
18. Star Treatment
19. The View From The Afternoon
20. R U Mine?