We’re very sorry for the inevitable inconvenience caused by moving our 19 Aug Wembley date to 21 Aug.
The concert could not be licensed with no Tube service, so choice was cancel or reschedule to 21 Aug. Full ticket refunds are available. Again, sincere apologies. Phil Harvey https://t.co/BfHy6f2dlU

— Coldplay (@coldplay) August 3, 2022

A statement issued by the band reads, “Due to planned industrial action on the London Underground network, Coldplay’s Wembley Stadium concert on Friday 19 August 2022 has had to be rescheduled for Sunday 21 August 2022. We have been informed that there will be insufficient transport for ticket holders on August 19 so, with regret, the event cannot be licensed for that day.”

The statement continues to confirm further details, “All tickets for Friday 19 August will remain valid for Sunday 21 August. Any ticketholders who are unable to attend the rescheduled show can get a full refund on their ticket and are requested to contact their point of purchase before 18:00 on Wednesday 10 August 2022.”

The “Yellow” hitmakers’ tour schedule also includes two further gigs at Wembley Stadium, on 13th and 20th August 2022 they will take to the famed venue to perform to a sold out audience. Although the dates also coincide with the planned tube strike, the band have reassured fans that they will go ahead but still urge ticketholders to check before travelling.

Fellow British group London Grammar are currently billed to support Coldplay on selected dates of their tour, the trio are set to open for Coldplay on 16th and 19th August 2022 at Wembley Stadium. The “Californian Soil” group have also joined Coldplay for some of their European shows, one particular set caught the attention of music fans. On Sunday 10th July 2022, London Grammar bandmember Hannah Reid joined the headliners on stage for a special duet of the Selena Gomez hit “Let Somebody Go”.

Unreal moments on stage with @coldplay thank you thank you thank you! Tour resumes next Tuesday in Paris, see you all there pic.twitter.com/XVgVHuYXCo

— London Grammar (@londongrammar) July 15, 2022

Reid recently spoke with BANG Showbiz concerning the show, “It sounds really cheesy but it really is a dream come true. One of the first CDs I bought was Coldplay when I was 10 years old so my 10-year-old self just can’t believe that we’re getting to support not only the biggest and best band in the world but the band who are probably the reason that I sing. There are obviously lots of singers who have influenced me but I just remember learning some of their songs on the piano and so for me it was like a really big deal.“

Coldplay are currently concluding the European leg of their Music Of The Spheres World Tour, they will next appear at Brussels’ King Baudouin Stadium for a string of performances. The Grammy Award Winning band’s residency at the Belgium venue begins on 5th August 2022 and will consist of three more sets. After their group’s series of six performances at Wembley Stadium, they will perform on 23rd and 24th August 2022 at Glasgow’s Hampden Park Stadium.

Coldplay UK Tour Dates

12/08/2022 – Wembley Stadium – London
13/08 – Wembley Stadium – London
16/08 – Wembley Stadium – London
17/08 – Wembley Stadium – London
20/08 – Wembley Stadium – London
21/08 – Wembley Stadium – London
23/08 – Hampden Park Stadium – Glasgow
24/08 – Hampden Park Stadium – Glasgow

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The new, dynamic single features O’Flynn, who co-produced it and turned Bonobo’s sample of a “Bulgarian choir – called 100 Kaba-Gaidi - into a dramatic breakdown and beat drop“. The new track is the most groovy hip-shaking one that the producer ever put on tape. “The song coming together also helped to remind Green of the sense of dancefloor abandon and surging crowds that he had so crucially missed” states the press release.

Simon Green (aka Bonobo) said on the new release in a statement: “Otomo’ began with a sample of a Bulgarian choir. Melodically it was working well but needed a dynamic shift. I asked my friend O’Fllynn for input. He sent it back with a dance floor ready drum section. It’s one of my favorites from the album. I’ve been playing it all year in my dj sets, there’s already a huge response and a feeling of immediate familiarity”.

O’Flynn added: “Simon messaged me last year with a track he was working on and asked for some feedback. I took a punt and asked for the stems to try some ideas on. The tune had this big choir sample and chords in – I went to work trying to contrast that choir with something much harder to try and change the context, using the choir and chords as this kind of relief to this big percussive 808 drop. Luckily Simon liked what I did and we developed the tune from there”.

O’Flynn shared in a statement how to be asked for feedback from Green caught him off guard: “So I had this driving force and pressure to come up with something that could take the idea in a new direction and hit the high bar Simon sets with all his productions”.

You can listen to “Otomo” below.

Last month the producer released singles “Rosewood” and “Tides” featuring Jamila Woods. The second track has been described as “blissfull’ by Clash and has been single of the week in The Observer.

The upcoming album will feature other musicians like Joji, Kadhja Bonet, Jordan Rakel and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. Talking about his work process Bonobo shared with Rolling Stone:  “Usually part of the process is you work on something and you go out and play it that weekend”. That way, “you can really tell when a tune dies on the dancefloor. It’s invaluable.” You think, ‘this is it, this is the club track! Then it falls flat.’” And on the flip side, “some things really get a big reaction when you’re least expecting it” – he continues.

Bonobo heading on a live tour next year, headlining three nights at the Royal Albert Hall. More tour dates can be found in the previous mxdwn article.

Photo Credit/Press Shot – Grant Spanier

The tour will commence with an EU/UK leg, kicking off with a show at Estadio La Cartuja De Sevilla in Seville, Spain on Saturday, June 4^th, followed by four UK shows in Manchester, London, Dublin and Glasgow later on. Following their European leg, the band are heading out across the United States and Canada on July 23^rd and will tour nineteen cities. This will be the band’s first-ever headlining stadium tour, and it will feature music spanning their entire catalogue, including brand new songs from their upcoming twelfth album.

As stated in a press release, the tour marks the return of guitarist and “all round cosmic musician” John Frusciante, who originally left the band in July of 2009, and was replaced by Josh Klinghoffer. Klinghoffer made two albums with the group; I’m With You (2011) and The Getaway (2016). Klinghoffer departed Red Hot Chili Peppers in December of 2019, and the band announced via Instagram that Frusciante was re-joining the band. Klinghoffer stated that there was no animosity between himself and the rest of the group, saying; “It’s absolutely John’s place to be in the band… I’m happy he’s back with them.”

Whilst this new tour is considered to be Frusciante’s “official” return to the group, he did perform with Red Hot Chili Peppers at a memorial service held by the Tony Hawk Foundation for film producer Andrew Burke, on February 8^th, 2020. This performance was his first with the band in thirteen years.

According to a press release, tickets for the upcoming tour will be going on sale on Friday, October 15^th at 10 AM via RedHotChiliPeppers.com. In addition, a presale event will also be commencing on Wednesday, October 13^th, also at 10 AM. It has also been stated that American Express card members will be able to purchase tickets before the general public. For European American Express cardholders, the presale begins on Monday the 11^th of October at 10 AM local time, and UK cardholders will be able to access reserved tickets for the London, Manchester and Glasgow show on Friday 15^th October, also starting at 10 AM.

Listed down below are the band’s UK tour dates.

22/06/2022- Emirates Old Trafford- Manchester
25/06- London Stadium- London
29/06- Marlay Park- Dublin
01/07- Bellahouston Park- Glasgow

Photo Credit: Clara Balzary/Press Release

The new album “finds the Brooklyn band at both their most instinctive and electronic, spinning their bewitching, psychedelic storytelling into fresh territory, yet maintaining their unique identity“. 

Following their latest release “Walking At A Downtown Pace”, the new single starts off with a scorching guitar. Vocalist Andrew Savage commented in a press: “I told [producer] Rodaidh McDonald that I wanted to find a sound that was equal parts Can, Canned Heat and This Heat. He was really into that and probably took some glee in having such a bizarre challenge“.

It’s one of many songs from the upcoming album that was improvised into a tape, edited and cut, leading to the verse.

The video for “Black Widow Spider” has been directed and animated by Shayne Ehman. “We were inspired by the claymation master Art Clokey. I wanted the video to feel like it was shot in the 1950’s and so I used very old lenses. One was a brass projection lens from the 1860’s and another was radioactive” explained Ehman. Watch the video below.

The band also announced surprising events called ‘Power of Eleven’, an eleven global shows that will occur around the album release. More info about the shows and locations you can find here.

Parquet Courts touring in the USA at the moment and next year will head over Europe and UK. Tickets to the tour are available to purchase here.

See EU/UK tour dates for 2022 below:

21/05/2022 – La Trianon – Paris, FR
22/05 – Trix – Antwerp, BE
24/05 – Stollwerck – Cologne, DE
25/05 – Heimathafen Neukölln – Berlin, DE
27/05 – Uebel & Gefährlich – Hamburg, DE
28/05 – Doornroosje – Nijmegen, NL
30/05 – Paradiso – Amsterdam, NL
31/05 – Le Grand Mix – Lille, FR
01/06 – Epicerie Moderne – Lyon, FR
03/06 – Primavera Sound – Barcelona, ES
08/06 – Chalk – Brighton, UK
09/06 – Brixton O2 Academy – London, UK
11/06 – Helix – Dublin, IE
12/06 – Albert Hall – Manchester, UK
13/06 – Stylus – Leeds, UK
15/06 – The Barrowland Ballroom – Glasgow, UK
16/06 – O2 Institute -Birmingham, UK

Photo Credit: Press/ Pooneh Ghana