“The hype is now theirs to own”- The Forty Five

“VEPS are leaning hard into a very rough and ready DIY aesthetic, and I am absolutely here for it” – Far Out Magazine 

“The band was born out of friendship, with their playfully subversive songwriting fusing alt-pop with indie rock elements” – Clash Magazine

Following the release of their beautifully frantic debut album Oslo Park in 2022, Norwegian alt-indie pop quartet Veps return with new single ‘Greetings From Peru’. The track is the first cut from their sophomore album Dedicated To, which comes out via Miktam Records/Universal Music on June 14^th.

Produced by Marcus Forsgren and mixed by Matias Tellez (Girl In Red, Maisie Peters), ‘Greetings From Peru,’ is another infectious indie-pop earworm from the quartet. “’Greetings from Peru’ is a song written from when one of us was backpacking through South America, and figuring out what they really wanted back home,” the band said about the single. “It’s about how distance can make a picture much clearer, and sometimes the right amount of distance is halfway around the world.”

Self-directed and shot by the band in their hometown of Oslo, the playful video sees the band travel across land and water, from tram to the fjord, to deliver an important piece of news. Listen HERE and watch the video HERE.

Veps deliver another collection of indie pop bangers on second album Dedicated To. Finding a sound with a new sense of maturity and freedom, the band haven’t strayed far from their raw, DIY ethics on the LP. Opening with the beautiful, piano driven track ‘Break & Entry’, the album includes raucous new single ‘Greetings From Peru,’ the emotionally vibe filled ‘Say What?,’ the jagged, dark synth popper ‘For Thirsty Dogs’ and future live favourite ‘So Speak’.

“While writing our second album we took most of the inspiration from the people we know and from the situations we saw them in,” the band said of Dedicated To. “The title comes from just that. It’s a thank you to all the people that inspire us. It was written in one of the most hectic phases we have gone through as a band, but we hope the progress we’ve made comes to show in the songs”.

Formed when the girls were 14 years old, Veps have already achieved more than they could have imagined at that age. Releasing their debut EP Open The Door to acclaim in 2021, the band followed with their stunning debut full length Oslo Park in 2022. Already ticking off a plethora of international festivals including The Great Escape, Reeperbahn and Stag & Dagger, as well as Norway’s biggest festival Øyafestival, Veps completed their debut UK headline tour in spring 2022, culminating with a headline date at Sebright Arms in London.

Now signed to new label Miktam Records/Universal Music and with a craft of song writing well beyond their tender years, Veps, with their seamless blend of 90s indie aesthetic with classic pop hooks, are ready to take 2024 by storm.

Veps are Helena Mariero Olasveengen (keys/vocals), June K. Urholt (bass), Laura Dodson (guitar/vocals) & Maja B. Berge (drums)

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Emerging from a year which saw rising talent Luke Royalty question where his journey in music was taking him, the young and exciting artist is back with the release of his brilliant new EP 9INE. Listen to 9INE EP HERE.

“This project was very close to never seeing the light of day,” Luke said. “This is me not giving up, proving to myself that I don’t need to be anything or become anything. I’ve always tried to make music that’s innovative and I hope people see that. I’m putting this out for myself, for the love of music, not for anyone else.”

Self-produced and taking Influence from the likes of Frank Ocean, Tirzah and Tame Impala and mixed by longtime collaborator Bob MacKenzie, 9INE follows Luke’s debut EP My Blue Room. Merging lo-fi beats, with Luke’s raw, easy-going tones, the collection of seven tracks intertwine through hazy vibes to breezy pop hooks. “9INE is a messy pop project about love, hope and fear,” Luke said of the EP. “I really wanted to try and make something that sounded different to the other music that’s being released right now and separate myself from any labels or genres that people might expect when listening to Luke Royalty. I want to create something that’s fresh, exciting, and rough around the edges.”

Hailing from Darlington in the North East of England, Luke came from a creative family of artists and musicians. He, however, avoided dabbling in music until his late teens, preferring to spend his time playing Sunday League football and following his beloved Darlington FC. Upon finding influence in the likes of Mac Miller, Amy Winehouse and Bill Withers, Luke got drawn into the culture of turning his words to music and the rest is history in the making.

Without doubt one of the most exciting emerging acts around and having already garnered support from key players including BBC Radio 1 (Jack Saunders’ ‘Future Artists Next Wave Pick’), BBC 6 Music, BBC Introducing, NME, Clash Magazine, Far Out Magazine, Notion, The Line Of Best Fit, The Independent and Amazing Radio, Luke Royalty continues to be an artist we should all be watching.

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Armed with an already extensive back-catalogue of stunning music, Palace return with the announcement of their brand new, deeply personal, fourth studio album, Ultrasound – out April 5th, 2024. Its new offering, ‘Bleach’ is available today – listen HERE.

The record’s production sees the band reunited with Adam Jaffrey, 8 years after working together on their debut album, and arrives off the back of ‘Part I – When Everything Was Lost’ and ‘Part II – Nightmares & Ice Cream’, the band’s 2023 companion EPs.

While writing the first batch of songs for the album, frontman Leo Wyndham’s partner suffered a late miscarriage. Ultrasound naturally became an open diary of a year-long struggle from devastation to deliverance. “It was incredibly hard to comprehend what had happened, how to deal with it and how to move forward,” Leo says. “The album is the journey of that experience – starting with a loss, then a period of processing, and then finally acceptance, release and growth. And being in awe of women within that. Their dignity, strength and courage in how they can deal with these things that feel beyond a man.”

Album opener ‘When Everything Was Lost’, is chilling ozone rock with a hint of Bon Iver, capturing what Leo calls “that initial bombshell feeling”. From there, Ultrasound picks its way through the wreckage, seeking light, with the languid and lustrous pop-gaze trio of ‘Bleach’, ‘Nightmares & Ice Cream’ and ‘Rabid Dog’. The hallucinogenic ‘Nightmares…’ was based on a dream Leo had about seeing his partner in the afterlife: “It was a very beautiful abstract thing that we were together and there was this total acceptance of what had happened and it was euphoric,” he says.

At the album’s core sit three songs of support and consolidation. ‘Make You Proud’ is about wanting to be the best version of yourself out of love for another. There’s the soulful ‘Inside My Chest’, and ‘Love Is A Precious Thing’, the album’s melodic centrepiece.

The final stretch signifies a more reflective period. ‘Say The Words’ acknowledges the societal pressures on women to raise families and their resilience in the struggles of motherhood, ‘How Far We’ve Come’ confronts ageing and mortality. ‘All We’ve Ever Wanted’ revisits the rawness of Leo’s anguish in its images of forest fires and quicksand, his desire for fatherhood still burning.

Leo, guitarist Rupert Turner and drummer Matt Hodges began playing together in 2012 after fate had brought them all separately to London. The childhood friends released their acclaimed debut EP Lost In The Night in 2014, followed by the Chase The Light EP the year after. With three albums under their belt, So Long Forever, Life After and 2022’s Shoals, the band have acquired a mass of adoring fans across the world.

Palace will perform Ultrasound in full at an exclusive one-off show at London’s EartH on February 23rd. There will be an exclusive ticket pre-sale from Wednesday, January 31st for those who have pre-ordered the new album from wearepalace.com.

Epic album closer ‘Goodnight Farewell’ sums up the future. Sonically corroded, beaten, but standing proud, it finds Leo finally attaining a sense of peace.“That’s about transitioning to a new phase. It’s saying goodbye to this life-changing year, saying goodbye to former versions of ourselves and what would have been a child as well. It’s that transcendence of suddenly discovering that we can move forward into something that feels lighter and optimistic.”

And with that, Palace sail into 2024, fired up for one of the biggest years of their careers.

Palace – Ultrasound Tracklisting

1. When Everything Was Lost
2. Son
3. Bleach
4. Nightmares & Ice Cream
5. Rabid Dog
6. Make you Proud
7. Inside My Chest
8. Love Is A Precious Thing
9. Cocoon
10. Say The Words
11. How Far We’ve Come
12. All We’ve Ever Wanted
13. Goodnight Farewell

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Natasha Bedingfield sees her iconic 2004 hit ‘Unwritten’ enjoy a spectacular resurgence as it re-enters the UK Top 20 for the first time in 19 years, charting at #18. It also marks Natasha’s first appearance in the UK charts since her 2007 Sean Kingston collaboration, ‘Love Like This’.

The track’s re-emergence was boosted by its heavy inclusion in the brand new box office rom-com Anyone But You, starring Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney and Top Gun: Maverick actor Glen Powell.

Natasha says; “I’ve had songs in movies before but this time I really love the way it’s been used in such a special way that it makes you feel joyful. People are actually singing it as they leave the theatre! Over the years Unwritten has somehow become an anthem to sing at the top of your lungs . This makes me the happiest girl in the world as I have always felt that a good pop song is actually something you can belt. Like a good football song!”

Its charting is timely, as this year will see the 20th anniversary of the song that has firmly rooted itself as one of the 2000s’ most recognisable hits that’s currently streaming just under 2 million times a day globally, and to date has gone 2x platinum in the UK & US.

Since the film’s release, ‘Unwritten’ has gone viral again on TikTok, with users re-sharing the song, clocking up millions of views and demonstrating love for the song as theatre-goers post themselves singing it and dancing as they leave.

American filmmaker and songwriter Will Gluck recently used another of Natasha’s songs ‘Pocketful Of Sunshine’, in the Emma Stone movie Easy A – a scene which again went viral. Gluck wrote the song into a pivotal moment in the story and had the actors sing a line in every scene, culminating into an unprecedented comedy rendition of a pop song in a movie. TikTokers have posted themselves and the crowd singing along and also dancing to ‘Unwritten’ as they leave.

Named one of VH1’s “100 Greatest Women in Music,” Bedingfield has sold over 10 million albums and has earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and multiple Brit Award nominations for Best British Female Artist. With an illustrious career that includes collaborations with icons like Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars and Sheryl Crow, she has steadily refined her artistic vision over the years.

Watch this space for new music later this year.

SINGLES
1 x UK #1 (These Words)
5 x UK top 10s  (These Words, Single (#3), Unwritten (#6), I Wanna Have Your Babies (#7), Soulmate(#7)
7 x UK top 40s (^ + I Bruise Easily, Love Like This)
15 weeks in the top 10
4 Million UK SINGLE SALES

ALBUMS
1 UK number 1 (Unwritten)
2 UK top 10s (Unwritten, NB)
3.6 Million UK ALBUM SALES

WORLDWIDE
4 Million SALES
Just Under 2 Billion AUDIO STREAMS

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Following the announcement of their highly-anticipated third full length, Millennials, The Snuts  have released the latest advance in infectious stadium filler ‘Millionaires’. New album Millennials comes out February 23rd, 2024 on the band’s newly set up label Happy Artist Records – via The Orchard.

Destined to be a live favourite ‘Millionaires’ takes aim at society’s obsession with building a false sense of happiness. “It feels like society has become obsessed with focussing on the path towards monetary and materialistic gain and success instead of focussing on the here and the now and the value of true love and friendship – it’s a cliche, but those are the things in life that are priceless,” lead singer Jack Cochrane said. “‘Millionaires’is about the feeling of not wanting for anything, but surrounding yourself with the people in life that matter. We’ve seen so many toxic individuals creating ‘communities’ online which are teaching young people a negative rhetoric that money, possessions, status and misogyny are paramount for success. If love was money, we’d be millionaires.” Listen to ‘Millionaires’ HERE.

From start to finish, top to bottom, Millennials has been made entirely to The Snuts’ script. The result: a tight, taut, fat-free masterclass in songwriting and production, with 10 tracks clocking in just shy of half-an-hour. Frontman Jack Cochrane took the studio lead in collaboration with the band’s live MD Scott Anderson. Tracks were written on the run as The Snuts toured the world in support of their previous Top 3 album Burn The Empire, recorded on the fly in tour buses, dressing rooms, hotel rooms and a 300-quid-a-week studio in the Scottish Highlands.

“Leading into this new record, the original idea was: are there any songs we’ve forgotten to write?” says Cochrane. “Are there any ideas and feelings we can dip back into from when we weren’t living in this music world? That’s where we, as millennials, came up with the concept. Tapping into the emotions that we maybe hadn’t processed into music. Those big boiling points in your life. The first time you’re falling in love. First time your heart is broken. Those pivotal moments. On the last record there was a bit more nuance. With this one, we wanted to see how it would feel if we went more direct on the songs and to connect as easily as possible. I don’t think we’re living in an age now where people want to spend time taking something apart. We want people to feel it the first time they hear it.”

Another busy touring schedule is on the horizon too. With a full UK and worldwide headline tour to be announced soon, the band will take to the States for a full US tour in March, before topping the bill at Liverpool’s Sound City Festival in May. There will also be two very special album launch shows at the Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom on February 27th and 28th and a sold-out intimate date at London’s Lafayette on February 1st. Full list of dates HERE.

The Snuts have a chart-topping and top 3 albums under their belts, songs that attack subjects affecting the youth of today, and an arsenal of adoring fans up and down the country. As these four lads from Whitburn, West Lothian vowed four years ago, The Snuts wanted to be risky. And with Millennials, the millennial men of The Snuts have followed through on that promise.

UK LIVE DATES

February 

Thu 1st London, Lafayette SOLD-OUT

Tue 27th Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom SOLD-OUT

Wed 28th Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom SOLD-OUT

May

Sat 4th Liverpool, Soundcity Festival

July

Fri 12th Glasgow, TRNSMT Festival

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Kaiser Chiefs today release their brand new single ‘Burning In Flames’ – taken from their forthcoming new studio album, the aptly titled Kaiser Chiefs’ Easy Eighth Album, out March 1st 2024.

Upbeat, and dripping in retro-disco sound, ‘Burning In Flames’ sees frontman Ricky Wilson in a reflective mood, looking back on the hugely successful career to date, as well as their staying power. He explains: “Being in a band for over 20 years isn’t as easy as we make it look. Sometimes any one of us could feel like we don’t want to do it anymore. There aren’t many of us bands left from the early 2000’s and that’s probably at times because it doesn’t seem worth it. But if your favourite toy is broken you don’t throw it away, you fix it. The real success is being able to make an Easy Eighth Album.”

Produced by Amir Amor (Rudimental), Kaiser Chiefs’ Easy Eighth Album sees the band return with a fresh and bold new sound. From the Nile Rodgers co-write of new single ‘Feeling Alright’, to the frantic ‘Beautiful Girl’, horn-laden Kaiser Chiefs throwback ‘Job Centre Shuffle’ and joyous punch in the gut that is ‘Jealousy’, these ten tracks are a true statement of intent from a band that continues to deliver the goods again and again.

The album announcement arrives off the back of roaring success with previous releases ‘Jealousy’ & ‘How 2 Dance’, as well as a big UK arena headline tour at the end of last year.

Where 2019’s Duck straddled the tide between Northern-Soul euphoria and early ‘00s antithesis, 2024 will see Kaiser Chiefs stepping into a renewed spotlight; a hook-heightened universe in which Ricky Wilson, Andrew “Whitey” White (guitar), Simon Rix (bass), Keyboardist Peanut and Vijay Mistry on drums, come together to once again create what they craft best; breakthrough belters for the world’s dancefloor. 

Off the back of a UK arena tour, Kaiser Chiefs are changing things up and will return next year with a run of headline shows in April, including outdoor dates, as well as two special London shows at Troxy & Flippers Roller Boogie Palace (Apr 20th & 21st). They are not to be missed!

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2024 UK HEADLINE TOUR
April

Thu 11th TORQUAY, International Riviera Centre

Fri 12th EASTBOURNE, Winter Gardens

Tue 16th STOCKTON, Globe

Wed 17th WOLVERHAMPTON, Civic

Fri 19th BLACKPOOL, Empress Ballroom

Sat 20th LONDON, Troxy

Sun 21st LONDON, Flippers Roller Boogie Palace

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“…studded with sonic and structural allusions, though it doesn’t linger on any particular style or era. And the songs are never simply period pieces or party tunes. The band doesn’t merely understand, and revel in, what a historical anomaly it is. It also has feelings, and shows them.”

– The New York Times

Today, Cage The Elephant return after a five year hiatus with their new single ‘Neon Pill’ via Columbia Records. For this song, they reunited with producer John Hill to record the song at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas.  Listen to ‘Neon Pill’ here.

The two-time GRAMMY Award winning band consists of brothers Matt Shultz (vocals) and Brad Shultz (rhythm guitar) along with Daniel Tichenor (bass), Jared Champion (drums), Nick Bockrath (lead guitar) and Matthan Minster (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals).

‘Neon Pill’ is the group’s first new music since their album, Social Cues, which won Best Rock album at the 2019 GRAMMY Awards. The cinematic song is both sinewy and swaggering with an art house film backdrop.

The band’s catalog continues to grow –  they’ve garnered over 5 billion total streams and within the last year, their fan favorite song “Cigarette Daydreams” has been streamed 200 million times, in part thanks to their inclusion on the soundtrack of the video game “Marvel’s Spider Man 2” and saw a concurrent resurgence on TikTok and a boom with the video creations using the song. Additionally, their song “Goodbye” was featured in the viral YA series “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” and the song “Trouble” was included in a recent international ad campaign for “Amazon Prime.”
Cage The Elephant formed in 2006 and has had a steady stream of international success with five studio albums released to date: the self-titled album Cage The Elephant (2008), Thank You, Happy Birthday (2011) Melophobia (2013) and the GRAMMY-winning albums Tell Me I’m Pretty (2015) and Social Cues (2019).  The band has sold over 2.7 million albums worldwide, achieved ten #1s records at Alternative radio, and five #1 records at Triple A radio.

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Middlesbrough-born and Brit Billion-certified artist James Arthur has announced his brand new single ‘Bitter Sweet Love’ – the title track to his fifth, forthcoming new studio album – out January 26th, 2024. Watch the Tim Mattia-directed video HERE.

One of the first tracks written during the album’s creation, at Westlake Studios in West Hollywood with Steve Solomon, with whom he co-wrote his 2016 megahit ‘Say You Won’t Let Go’, “Bitter Sweet Love’ is a blast of funk-fuelled fun, with James showcasing yet another side of his extraordinary talent. Listen here.

“I love that it mashes up so many styles,” says James. “It goes from an almost The 1975-like groove to a Kings of Leon-esque pre chorus, then back to funky groove. It’s been one of my favourites from the moment I wrote it. It’s about someone who has a hold on you, but whose presence in your life fucks you up. You’re maybe drawn to them for how they look, despite how they play with your head.”

The track procedes the album’s superb offerings to date; ‘A Year Ago’, ‘Blindside’, ‘Just Us’, Homecoming’ & ‘Sleepwalking’, Bitter Sweet Love is James back to his very best, producing thirteen bites of world class music and a mature body of work, full of depth and oozing the impeccable songwriting quality that has defined his esteemed career to date.

2024 will also see a major world tour, in which multiple dates including UK arenas, sold out instantly, including London’s Wembley Arena, with The O2 now added. This was then followed by the announcement of a massive homecoming show at Middlesborough’s Riverside Stadium on Saturday 8th June 2024. This will be James’ biggest headline show to date and will see him joined by special guests McFly and Lauran Hibberd.

James is one of the world’s biggest streaming artists, with over 38 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone. James has scored 4 top 10 albums, with 2016’s Back From The Edge hitting the Number 1 spot and over his career has collaborated with the likes of Anne-Marie, Sigala, Rudimental, Marshmello & many more.

‘Say You Won’t Let Go’ became his breakthrough hit in the US. It was officially the UK’s most streamed song in 2016 and has gone on to be enjoyed via 4 billion streams while the song’s official video has achieved 1.5 billion views on YouTube. Earlier this year, the track became his first RIAA Diamond Single with 10 million certified units – making James one of just 100 recipients of an RIAA Diamond Single certification in the programme’s history.

Other huge hit singles include: ‘Impossible’, ‘Can I Be Him’, ‘Sun Comes Up’, ‘Naked’, ‘Empty Space’, ‘Rewrite The Stars’, ‘Falling Like the Stars’, ‘Train Wreck’ and ‘Lasting Lover’, which are all certified platinum records. The song ‘Cars Outside’ off the new album is currently becoming another global hit for James.

James will play the following UK arena dates next year. Remaining tickets are on sale here.

UK Tour 2024

Mar 05 – Bournemouth, UK @ International Centre SOLD OUT 

Mar 06 – Birmingham, UK @ Birmingham Utilita Arena SOLD OUT 

Mar 08 – Sheffield, UK @ Sheffield Utilita Arena SOLD OUT 

Mar 09 – Newcastle, UK @ Newcastle Utilita Arena SOLD OUT 

Mar 10 – Hull, UK @ Connexin Live SOLD OUT 

Mar 13 – Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro SOLD OUT 

Mar 15 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester AO Arena SOLD OUT 

Mar 16 – London, UK @ Wembley OVO Arena SOLD OUT 

Mar 19 – Nottingham, UK @ Motorpoint Arena 

Mar 20 – Cardiff, UK @ Utilita Arena 

Mar 22 – London, UK @ The O2

Jun 8 – Middlesbrough, UK @ Riverside Stadium

Jun 30 – Cornwall @ The Wyldes

Jul 12 – Leeds @ Millennium Square

Jul 17 – Wigan @ Robin Park

Jul 18 – Swansea @ Singleton Park

Aug 02 – Newmarket @ Racecourse

Aug 17 – Market Rasen @ Racecourse 

Aug 27 – Belfast @ Custom House Square

Bitter Sweet Love – Tracklisting
1. Bitter Sweet Love
2. Free Falling
3. Sleepwalking
4. Blindside
5. Just Us
6. Comeback Kid
7. From The Jump
8. A Year Ago
9. Ruthless
10. New Generation
11. My Favourite Pill
12. Is It Alright?
13. Homecoming

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‘An album of dazzling versatility’ – Daily Mail

‘As she deftly moves between genres, the constant is her perfect vocals’ – The Sun

‘Beverley masters bouncing house pianos and bassy R&B with equal skill’ – Daily Star

‘An immaculate set from a world-class performer who is hard to pigeonhole’ – Daily Mirror

‘A superb return.’ – 4* Retropop Magazine

‘The Fifth Chapter seamlessly covers diverse musical ground’ – 4* Classic Pop 

After a triumphant 2023 that included a phenomenal new studio record, on top of a rapturous UK headline tour, undoubted Queen of British Soul Beverley Knight returns in 2024 right out of the blocks with superb new track ‘Not Prepared For You’ – written by Diane Warren, taken from that critically acclaimed studio album, The Fifth Chapter – out now on Tag8/BMG.

A grand, orchestral ballad with a 60s soul vibe, ‘Not Prepared For You’ was written by Diane Warren, with the pair in Hollywood. Listen here.

“When Diane was playing songs for me to consider, she loaded up ‘Not Prepared For You’, which I KNEW instantly was an absolute smash, before I even heard the chorus. I was cutting it the next day.” On her time with Dianne, Beverley goes on to reflect; “My God, that woman blows in like a hurricane! She’s so inspiring. As an older woman still writing huge hits across different genres, she’s proof that age in pop no longer matters.”

The new record, that dropped at the end of last year, marked Beverley’s 50th birthday and saw her in simply superb form. It was BBC Radio 2’s ‘Album Of The Week’, she performed a showstopping live vocal performance on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing results show (watch here), and also saw The Daily Mail describe it as “an album of dazzling versatility”, The Sun noting her “perfect vocals” and the Daily Mirror branding her as “a world-class performer.”

No stranger to the spotlight, Beverley can do it all. An Olivier award-winning star of the West End stage, Saturday night TV regular on Starstruck, and an astounding singer with a prolific music career. She finds herself aged 50, bigger than ever.

2024 will first see Beverley perform as part of BBC Radio 2’s Piano Room month on January 30th, where she will perform a special Radiohead cover. She will then dive back into the West End, starring in Sister Act at the Dominion Theatre from March 11th – June 8th, shortly followed by a special main stage appearance at Isle Of Wight Festival, before heading back out on the road to perform six additional UK headline shows that came off the back of such huge demand from last year’s tour. She will perform at London’s Royal Albert Hall on September 23rd.

Expect fun-filled nights where she will perform all of her classic hits, fan favourites along with brand new songs.

UK LIVE DATES 2024:

JUNE

20 – Essex, Chelmsford Ladies Day Headline

23 – Isle Of Wight Festival (Main Stage)

AUGUST

23 – Winchester, CarFest (Main Stage)

SEPTEMBER

19 – Northampton Derngate

20 – Harrogate Convention Centre

22 – Bristol Beacon

23 – London Royal Albert Hall

24 – Wolverhampton The Halls

26 – Cardiff Utilita Arena

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The Waterboys present 1985 – a stunningly put together box set telling the story of how The Waterboys made ‘This Is The Sea’ and saw ‘The Whole Of The Moon’. Released February 23rd, 2024, the set covers the origins and recording process of one of the greatest albums of the 1980s, with demos, live cuts, unreleased songs, and much, much more, all packed in a beautiful expansive 6CD/220 Page Hardback Book & digital set.

Also being released is the remastered version of This Is The Sea on clear vinyl for the very first time.  

There are three formats:

• 1985 6CD box set + 220-page hardback book
• 1985 6CD digital box set (no book)
• This is The Sea [clear vinyl]

Through both book and box set ‘1985’ sees Waterboys’ leader Mike Scott telling the story of the making of their landmark album This Is The Sea and the timeless single, The Whole of The Moon. The music takes the listener through 95 tracks over 6 CDs, including 64 fantastic previously unreleased home cuts, early demos, alternate versions, outtakes, concert recordings and tv/radio sessions covering the origins and recording process of the album along with the remastered version of the final This Is The Sea album. itself

The beautifully informative book, included in the box set, arrives as a 220-page hard cover containing a first-hand account of the creation of the album with deep recording details, background, cultural context, photographs (most of them previously unseen), songwriting pages, lyrics and previously unseen writings. The engrossing and humorous text comes from Waterboys’ Mike Scott with additional sections by band colleagues Anthony Thistlethwaite and Max Edie.

A must-have collection for die-hard and casual fans alike, 1985 tells the amazing story of both a phenomenal album and timeless single. Dive in and enjoy it in all its beauty.

1985 TRACK LISTING:

CD1 Towers Open Fire: Trumpets (Session) / Be My Enemy (Prototype 3) / The Ways Of Men (Session) / The Waves #1 / Old England (Demo) / Towers Open Fire / Down Through The Town / Ribbon Of Steel (Live) / Bury My Heart (Live) / The Three Day Man (Live) / Medicine Bow (Session) / This Is The Sea (Live) / A Door For My Soul Home (Demo) / Son Of Rags / In My Bed / The Pan Within (Inst Demo) / Even The Trees Are Dancing (Full Length) / Theme / Fuzz Guitar Vamp / Death Is Not The End

CD2 The Black Book: Beverly Penn (Piano Demo) / Don’t Bang The Drum (Piano Demo) / Be My Enemy (Piano Demo) / The Day I Ran Out Of People / Winter Blows / The Mercenary And The Samaritan / Looking For Dickon / Spirit (Piano Demo) / All The Bright Horses / Custer’s Blues (Piano Demo) / The Woman In Me / Paris In The Rain / The Song Of Sitting Bull / Talk About Wings / The Whole of The Moon (Writing of) / The Pan Within (Piano Demo) / No Sun In The Sky / Winter In The Blood / We Belong To The World / The Whole of The Moon (Piano Demo)

CD3 A Sky Full Of Crows: Medicine Jack / Medicine Jack Boogie-Woogie / The Sound Of Snow / The Pan Within (Inst) / It Should Have Been You, Guitar Play / Old England (Early Take) / Old Macmichael Had A Band / Sweet Thing / Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town / Spirit (Full Length) / Then You Hold Me / Trumpets (Instr #1) / Rain Come Down / Son of Dirt / This Is The Sea (Drumatix Version)

CD4 The Ladder: Medicine Bow (Elemental Rough Mix) / Trumpets (Inst #2) / Be My Enemy (Rough Mix) / Sleek White Schooner / Sweetheart Like You / This Is The Sea (Fast with Mike Lead Guitar Demo) / Adrian And The Piano Storm / Beverly Penn (Synth Version) / This Is The Sea (Fast with Tom Verlaine Lead Guitar Version) / The Waves #2 / The Ladder (Demo) / Beverly Penn / Don’t Bang The Drum (Livingston Mix) / Ribbon of Steel Slide Guitar / Paisley Park

CD5 Mountaintop: The Whole of The Moon (Livingston Mix) / High Far Soon / This Is The Sea (Livingston Mix) / Medicine Bow (Full Length) / The Pan Within (Wickham’s First Play) / Miracle / World Party (Demo) / I Am Not Here / Born To Be Together (Session) / Higher In Time (Session) / The Whole of The Moon (Video Version) / Meridian West / Don’t Bang The Drum (Session) / Medicine Bow (Session) / Behold The Sea / Beverly Penn 2023

CD6 This Is The Sea (The Album) Don’t Bang The Drum / The Whole of The Moon / Spirit / The Pan Within / Medicine Bow / Old England / Be My Enemy / Trumpets / This Is The Sea

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Sir Rod Stewart and Jools Holland with his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra release ‘Ain’t Misbehavin”, their second offering from the exquisite Swing Fever.

The track sees a sensational interpretation of the early swing classic co-written by Fats Waller. As Jools explains, “Fats is another example of somebody who delivers a popular song, and you can’t quite work out what he’s done. It’s treated so lightly, but it’s so clever.”

It follows the album’s first release – a superb working of show tune ‘Almost Like Being In Love’ – written by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, and made famous by Frank Sinatra & Nat King Cole.

For the first time, Britain’s new partners in swing have united on record to share their peerless dexterity on a tribute to such truly great songs as ‘Frankie And Johnny’, ‘Sentimental Journey’ and ‘Lullaby Of Broadway’.

Rod Stewart is one of the best-selling artists, with over 250 million albums sold worldwide. His signature voice, style and songwriting have transcended all genres of popular music, from rock, folk, soul, R&B, and even the Great American Songbook; making him one of the few stars to enjoy chart-topping albums throughout every decade of his career. He’s earned countless of the industry’s highest awards, among them, two inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the ASCAP Founders Award for songwriting, New York Times bestselling author, Grammy™ Living Legend, and in 2016 he officially became “Sir Rod Stewart” after being knighted at Buckingham Palace for his services to music and charity.

Some of his major hits include “Gasoline Alley,” “Every Picture Tells a Story,” “Mandolin Wind,” “You Wear It Well,” “The Killing of Georgie,” “Tonight’s the Night,” “You’re In My Heart (The Final Acclaim),” “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?,” “Young Turks,” “Forever Young,” “Hot Legs,” “Infatuation,” the unforgettable “Maggie May,” and many more.

Jools Holland left Squeeze in the 1980s and formed his Big Band with the help of ex Squeeze drummer, Gilson Lavis. Over the last thirty years his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra have gone on to score numerous platinum and gold albums, which have included collaborations with George Harrison, Amy Winehouse, and countless others, becoming the UK’s most successful recording and touring Big Band. He also hosts the BBC’s longest running music show, ‘Later with Jools Holland’, showcasing and performing with some of the World’s greatest talent, as well as the Annual Hootenanny, which is the UK’s biggest New Year’s Eve television show.  

Jools sums up the spontaneous charm of Swing Fever; “The effect that this music has on me, and whenever I put it on where people are, they feel this thing, they want to move. Music is an expression of a lot of different things, and joy is an important part of what it does. You can feel the joy in this music, and it’s unashamed joy as well.” 

Swing Fever is available on Black Vinyl, Colour Vinyl, CD & Digital – pre-order HERE.

‘With Madonna’s Celebration Tour, The Queen Of Pop Reclaims Her Throne.’

 – British Vogue 

‘A showcase for a star with dazzling staying power.’ 

– The Guardian

‘The whole thing is a thrilling reminder that Madonna isn’t just a pop star, but also a cultural force who genuinely changed the world by chafing against what society expects from women in the public eye.’ 

– NME

Tonight, Madonna, a cultural icon commuted on the tube  to arrive at North Greenwich for London’s The O2 Arena, to wrap the sold-out European leg of her critically praised The Celebration Tour.  The continent was brought to a standstill as the tour, spanning eleven countries and twenty-eight shows, delivered an unparalleled experience of powerful presence, infectious energy, and a mesmerising production.

Launching this past October in London with the first of six sold out shows at The O2, The Celebration Tour, a testament to Madonna’s groundbreaking legacy, spared no detail. The best-selling female artist of all time delivered a non-stop, fearless performance featuring captivating choreography, bold costumes, and her most elaborate stage to date, masterfully designed by Stufish.

Reflecting on her extraordinary career, Madonna took the enraptured audience on an emotional odyssey through her greatest hits, including songs not performed for decades. From her struggling artist days in New York City to meteoric success, personal and professional lows, and spiritual awakening, the show encapsulated Madonna’s past while embracing the future. Directed for the stage by longtime collaborator Jamie King and musically orchestrated by Stuart Price, the setlist featured iconic tracks like “Nothing Really Matters,” “Open Your Heart,” “Like A Prayer,” “Into The Groove,” and “Crazy For You.”

Madonna has also been joined by various special guest judges during “Vogue” including Debi Mazar, Donatella Versace, Jean Paul Gaultier, Diplo and FKA Twigs, to name a few. 

The Celebration Tour, spanning four decades of unstoppable hits, featured twenty onstage performers on a colossal 4,400 square ft. stage—the largest in Madonna’s touring history. The stage, inspired by the Manhattan grid, showcased Uptown, Downtown, Midtown, East, and West stages, with a unique three-layered circular stage reminiscent of Madonna’s original VMA performance wedding cake.

Backstage and behind the curtain were three travelling mobile gyms, forty-five wardrobe trunks, three physical therapists, and forty pairs of boxing gloves. The production boasted fourteen spotlights for Madonna, over six-hundred intelligent lights illuminating the stage, 8800 lighting cues, 80 tons of production equipment, and a travelling crew of 200+. Notably, the costume department alone comprised 25 crew members, showcasing the scale of the production.

The 79-date tour, produced by Live Nation, now heads to Madonna’s adopted hometown of New York City in December, commencing the North American leg. The celebration will continue across the U.S. and Canada throughout spring 2024, concluding with four sold-out show and a 5th & final date added due to demand in Mexico City next April. The full tour routing is detailed below.

Madonna, The Celebration Tour 2023 – 2024

Wed, Dec 13 Brooklyn, NY       Barclays Center

Thu, Dec 14 Brooklyn, NY       Barclays Center

Sat, Dec 16 Brooklyn, NY       Barclays Center

Mon, Dec 18 Washington, US Capital One Arena

Tue, Dec 19 Washington, US         Capital One Arena

Mon, Jan 8 Boston, MA         TD Garden    

Tue, Jan 9 Boston, MA         TD Garden

Thu, Jan 11               Toronto, CA         Scotiabank Arena 

Fri, Jan 12                 Toronto, CA       Scotiabank Arena 

Mon, Jan 15 Detroit, US         Little Caesars Arena

Thu, Jan 18 Montreal, QC Bell Centre

Sat, Jan 20 Montreal, QC Bell Centre

Mon, Jan 22 New York, NY Madison Square Garden

Tue, Jan 23 New York, NY Madison Square Garden

Thu, Jan 25 Philadelphia, PA    Wells Fargo Center

Mon, Jan 29 New York, NY Madison Square Garden

Thu, Feb 1 Chicago, IL         The United Center

Fri, Feb 2 Chicago, IL         The United Center

Mon, Feb 5 Pittsburgh, US         PPG Paints Arena

Thu, Feb 8 Cleveland, US           Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse

Tue, Feb 13 Saint Paul, MN           Xcel Energy Center

Sat, Feb 17 Seattle, US             Climate Pledge Arena

Sun, Feb 18 Seattle, US             Climate Pledge Arena

Wed, Feb 21 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena

Sat, Feb 24 Sacramento, US Golden 1 Center

Tue, Feb 27 San Francisco, CA Chase Center

Wed, Feb 28 San Francisco, CA Chase Center

Fri, Mar 1 Las Vegas, US T-Mobile Arena

Sat, Mar 2 Las Vegas, US T-Mobile Arena

Mon, Mar 4 Los Angeles, CA Kia Forum

Tue, Mar 5 Los Angeles, CA Kia Forum

Thu, Mar 7 Los Angeles, CA Kia Forum

Sat, Mar 9 Los Angeles, CA Kia Forum

Mon, Mar 11 Los Angeles, CA Kia Forum

Wed, Mar 13 Palm Desert, US Acrisure Arena

Sat, Mar 16 Phoenix, US Footprint Center

Tue, Mar 19 Denver, US Ball Arena 

Sun, Mar 24 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center 

Mon, Mar 24 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center 

Thu, Mar 28 Houston, TX Toyota Centre

Fri, Mar 29 Houston, TX Toyota Centre

Mon, Apr 1 Atlanta, US State Farm Arena

Thu, Apr 4 Tampa, FL Amalie Arena

Sat, Apr 6 Miami, US Miami-Dade Arena

Sun, Apr 7 Miami, US Miami-Dade Arena

Sun, Apr 14 Austin, TX Moody Center

Mon, Apr 15 Austin, TX Moody Center

Sat, Apr 20 Mexico City, MX Palacio De Los Deportes

Sun, Apr 21 Mexico City, MX Palacio De Los Deportes

Tue, Apr 23 Mexico City, MX Palacio De Los Deportes

Wed, Apr 24 Mexico City, MX Palacio De Los Deportes

Fri. Apr 26 Mexico City, MX Palacio De Los Deportes