MAX IS BACK!  The most-recently-talked-about, American singer/songwriter and Iowa native Max Jury today announces his brand new third studio album Avenues – out March 31st.

The news follows the release of his infectious single ‘Is This Love?’ – a duet with rising British star, Delilah Montagu – produced by London Grammar’s Dan Rothman. The track was warmly received by the UK Press: “The two voices intertwine like whiskey and ice, with the pair steering their music in a warming, organic, acoustic vibe” – Clash. The I declared it “a folk earworm that gets better with every listen”, and The Star described the track as a “fab duet”.

Today also sees the release of a second track, the Nick Drake-esque – ‘Feel Free’. “This is a song about the creative process and all the peaks and valleys that come along with it. It’s dedicated to the people and places that have helped and inspired me along the way. “ Listen here.

Max has been travelling without moving, exploring without leaving, getting ahead without getting out. And now, with his glorious third album, he’s taking us all with him, on a country-soul odyssey into the canyons of his mind. The American singer-songwriter is taking us down Avenues.

In the first year of the pandemic, Max bunkered down in North Carolina. He worked out of a studio run by an old friend next to his old friend’s parents’ house. True to form, Max started travelling once more. Destination… once again, London. Connecting with another new collaborator, Dan Rothman of London Grammar – they met after sharing mutual appreciation on Instagram – he realised he had even more songs ready to be fleshed out. Even more journeys to share. Working too, with Jimmy Hogarth, the Grammy-winning, London and Dorset-based writer/producer (Amy Winehouse, Suzanne Vega, Paolo Nutini), Max sought to colour the vision he and Harden had sketched in North Carolina.

‘Peace of Mind’, is a tripped-out blast of folk-rock freakery: written with his partner in North Carolina, scuzzed up in the studio in London with Rothman. ‘Is This Love?’ and ‘Happiness To Myself’ are further products of the UK sessions.  Equally, other songs on the album were left as they were when he recorded them in North Carolina, notably ‘Is There A Light?’ – a symphonic wonder that starts off quite hymnal, and ends up like The Zombies.

“Avenues is the album I’ve always wanted to make.” Max explains. “It’s the closest I’ve come to being my true self as an artist, and it re-inspired me to keep pursuing this whole music thing. It’s about self-reflection and discovery, it’s about rebirth, and it’s about not giving up on a dream. But most importantly it’s about being present for the journey.”

Max Jury is a footloose songwriter, a troubadour in the classic sense. Someone who’s always followed the music. Ahead of his self-titled 2016 debut Max Jury, Max set off for London, which marked the start of his unique musical journey.  The debut album went on to receive great critical acclaim, with the first single ‘Numb’ connecting with new fans alike across the UK, France and America, garnering more than 40 million global streams to date.

For his second album, 2019’s Modern World, Max decamped to Los Angeles to work with award-winning producer, Robin Hannibal (Kendrick Lamar, Little Dragon).  However, the Covid 19 pandemic descended soon after the album’s release, bringing the campaign to a halt before it had a chance to get started.

Max returns to London early in 2023 for a residency at The Slaughtered Lamb with a hat trick of special headline shows and a few surprises. Tickets on sale here.

Settle down and lean into the yearning, restless, reassuring and wholly wonderful sounds of the first tastes of his third album, from a musician who’s still roaming far by digging deep. It just might be the best trip you take this year.

Avenues tracklisting

1. Real World
2. Is This Love? (ft. Delilah Montagu)
3. Peace Of Mind
4. Avenues
5. Happiness To Myself
6. Feel Free
7. Love Too Fast
8. Is There A Light?
9. Not Over You
10. All Along The Way

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“Superb garage rock from Costa Rica” – Clash

“Fuzzed-out Costa Rican garage rippers” Gorilla vs Bear

“Las Robertas serves up a sunny set of tunes tinged with surf-rock and psychedelia and surrounded by its hallmark sylphic vocals” NPR

Following the release of their wavey single ‘Awakening’, Costa Rica’s Las Robertas kick start 2023 with new track ‘Our Imperium’, the second to be taken from their forthcoming new album Love Is The Answer. The album comes out February 3rd on Kanine Records.

Produced by Owen Morris (Oasis, The Verve, New Order), ‘Our Imperium’ is a sonic trip back to the 90s, soaked in reverb and driven by a vibey bassline and lead singer Mercedes Oller’s hazy vocals. “Being a woman in this world and these times is not easy, we all have to fight situations and train to become the best warriors we could ever be,” Mercedes said of the lyrics. “We all wish for a promised land, and we’ll get there together.”

The track comes alongside a cosmic video directed by Costa Rican designer Alejandro Arturo, known as El Rayo. “Inspired by 90s psychedelia and high contrast videos from that decade, we came up with this dramatic and soothing sequence,” El Rayo said of the video. “The lyrics really struck me at first glance. When Mercedes explained to me where they came from, I felt a need to deliver her message in the visuals too.” Watch the video for ‘Our Imperium’ HERE.

A labour of love, the band began recording Love Is The Answer with Owen Morris in December 2019 in Hermosillo, Mexico and with factors out of their hands finished the project sporadically throughout 2020 back in San José. A blend of 90s rock, shoegaze and drenched in influence from psyche rock, the album delivers nine measures of raw, fuzzed out, guitar driven brilliance with an infectious pop edge. Lyrically the LP finds love towards the universe, individual freedom and hope in a time where the world seems ever closer to being consumed in chaos. “It is what pain sounds like,” Felipe says of the album. “But if you go beyond the sad layers of the songs, you’ll end up with guidance  full of hope and strength to keep on going.”

Growing up in Costa Rica, an ecological country known for its biodiversity, the band found solace in the nature that surrounded them and gravitated towards each other at a young age for their joint love of music. Having played in various bands together over the years the group has built a small, but strong scene in a place where music venues are sparse. Now with a debut record in their hands the band has a will to take their music to all corners of the world.

With tour dates in the works for 2023 and excitement already brewing for their debut full length, Las Robertas are set to soundtrack next summer. Don’t sleep on them!!

Las Robertas are: Mercedes Oller, Russell Davis, Felipe Oller, Daniela García and Fabrizio Duran.

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Tuesday 10th January – The BRIT Awards 2023 with Mastercard today confirm the return of Mo Gilligan as host, after a triumphant stint last year at the helm of the biggest night in British music.

A surefire hit with viewers at the 2022 ceremony, Mo will be back to seamlessly take those watching from home and those in the room through the awards presentations and live performances, with his inimitable humour and panache.

Mo said: “Hosting the BRITs last year was one of the most phenomenal moments of my life. I’ve been so honoured to get to know the incredible team behind the biggest night in music and so proud to bring our amazing audiences even closer to their favourite artists. I promise you, we’re going to go even bigger this year… Let’s go!”

2023 BRIT Awards Chair and Managing Director and President of Promotions at Atlantic Records (part of Warner Music UK) Damian Christian added: “Making sure we got Mo back to host this year’s awards was a huge priority for us. He is one of the biggest names in UK entertainment right now and he did an amazing job hosting his first BRITs last year. We’re looking forward to working with him and watching as he brings his unique humour and style to our stage and screens once again.”

With his high-energy style and stunning physicality, triple BAFTA winner Mo Gilligan is one of the UK’s biggest comedy stars. Named “The Funniest Man in Britain” by The Times, Mo’s debut Coupla Cans stand up tour was a total sell out, including a huge two week residency in London’s West End. The show went on to be recorded as his debut Netflix Original Momentum, which was globally released in 190 countries. In 2021, he went back on tour with There’s Mo to Life which achieved another total sell out run including a remarkable 10 dates at the Hammersmith Apollo and a history making O2 Arena show. In 2022 he released his second highly anticipated Netflix Special of the smash hit live show to great critical acclaim. Mo fronts his own multi award winning entertainment format The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan, which saw him win his first BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance in 2020 followed by his second for Best Comedy Entertainment Programme in 2022. Mo is also a judge on The Masked Singer (Saturday nights on ITV1 and ITVX) and hosts the UK version of Jimmy Fallon’s That’s My Jam for BBC One.

Nominations for the 2023 BRIT Awards will be announced this coming Thursday,  via an exclusive live stream on the official BRITs channels, hosted by TV and Radio broadcaster Vick Hope along radio host and alternative music champion Jack Saunders, starting from 4pm GMT. Vick and Jack have also enlisted the help of a team of celebrities to help announce this year’s key categories. Olympian Tom Daley, YouTube’s Yung Filly, Euro 2022 winner Jill Scott and Gogglebox’s Joe and George Baggs are just some of the names entrusted to reveal this year’s nominations across their own social channels. The celebrities have been handed locked BRITs boxes to keep safe before revealing their categories on the day of the live stream. You can follow their progress with @BRITs across the next week.

The BRIT Awards 2023 with Mastercard will take place on Saturday 11th February – the first time the show will be held on a Saturday in its history – and will broadcast live on ITV1 and ITVX – from The O2 arena. 

Tickets for the public are on sale now from HERE.

This year the BRIT award has been designed by Slawn, the Nigerian-born, London-based artist known for his large-scale canvases filled with a blend of caricature like pop figures and bold colourful forms, who follows in the footsteps of an illustrious list of creatives including Dame Vivienne Westwood, Sir Peter Blake, Tracey Emin, Dame Zaha Hadid, Sir David Adjaye and Es Devlin and Yinka Ilori, who have all previously imbued the iconic BRIT award with their own unique and artistic flair and vision.

R&B girl group FLO have already been announced as the winners of the 2023 Rising Star award, celebrating another future star of British music.

2023 will mark 30 years of ITV as broadcast partner, 25 years of Mastercard as headline sponsor and 13 years with the show held at The O2 arena. All three long-standing partners support The BRITs’ ambition to host an unforgettable and far-reaching evening of live music and entertainment that, additionally, helps raise money for The BRIT Trust, the charitable arm of the awards, who distribute funds to charities that promote education and well-being through music, including The BRIT School and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy.

Mastercard returns as headline partner of The BRIT Awards for the 25th year, bringing cardholders closer to their passion for music through a range of BRITs experiences. This year, Mastercard will continue to partner with The BRIT School to celebrate and give a platform to the next generation of creative talent and will again sponsor the much sought after Mastercard Album of the Year award, as well as Song of the Year with Mastercard.

YouTube Music is the Official Digital Music Partner and will bring fans closer to the BRITs than ever before. As the home of the official livestream on YouTube, audiences around the world will be able to watch the whole journey of the BRITs unfold, from the nominations, through the run-up, to the awards themselves and the performances on demand afterwards. Fans will also be able to watch exclusive behind-the-scenes footage on the night on YouTube Shorts, a short-form video experience right on YouTube, as well as listening to their favourite artists’ playlists on YouTube Music. 

Further campaign announcements will be unveiled in the coming weeks.

Notes to Editors

About The BRIT Trust  www.brittrust.co.uk

The BRIT Trust is the music industry’s charity, with a mission to improve lives through the power of music and the creative arts.  It is funded in large part through monies raised annually by The BRIT Awards and the Music Industry Trusts (MITS) Award.  Since its founding by UK record labels and the BPI in 1989, the Trust has distributed around £28 million to a broad range of progressive charities that promote education and wellbeing through music, with over half this amount going to The BRIT School, the UK’s leading performing and creative arts school that is free to attend, and Nordoff Robbins, the UK’s largest music therapy provider.  Other charities among many others supported include Mind, to promote good mental health in schools, the music industry and the workplace; Music Support, the addictions and mental health charity; East London Arts & Music (ELAM), the free school sixth form; and Key4Life, which seeks to help young men in prison, or who are at risk of ending up there, a way out from a life of crime by drawing on their passion for music. 

About Mastercard (NYSE: MA):

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

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About YouTube Music: 

YouTube Music is a completely reimagined streaming music service with music videos, official albums, singles, remixes, live performances, covers and hard-to-find music you can only get on YouTube. It’s ALL here! YouTube Music serves music based on your tastes and what’s moving the community around you. Discover something new or keep up with what’s trending. Basic functions such as playing music and watching videos are totally free, and you can upgrade to YouTube Music Premium to explore the world of music ad-free, offline, and with the screen locked. YouTube Music is now available in over 90 countries and regions. For additional information, visit www.youtube.com/musicpremium.

Babatunde Aléshé is one of the fastest rising stars in British Comedy. After recently warming the hearts of the nation with his incredible stint in the jungle as part of this year’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, he today announces a host of extra dates, due to phenomenal demand, for his upcoming Babatunde Aléshé: Babahood UK headline tour, kicking off in January.

A powerhouse performer, his stand up presents a hilariously fresh perspective, oozing charisma whilst showcasing impeccable stagecraft and comic timing.

A firm TV favourite, the hugely popular award winning comedian, actor and podcaster has appeared in shows including Guessable (Comedy Central), House of Games (BBC), Sorry I Didn’t Know (ITV), The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2), Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains (Comedy Central), Comedians Giving Lectures (Dave) as well as a cast regular in the BAFTA nominated Celebrity Gogglebox (C4).

In 2022 Babatunde’s Mission Imagination podcast series won a prestigious ARIAS Award. 

Today’s newly announced extra dates in bold. Tickets on sale HERE.

UK HEADLINE TOUR DATES
January

Thu 26th – Brighton, Komedia SOLD OUT

Fri 27th – Reading, South Street SOLD OUT
Sat 28th – Guildford G-Live SOLD OUT

February

Thu 2nd – Nottingham, Glee Club SOLD OUT

Fri 3rd – Northampton, Royal & Derngate SOLD OUT

Sat 4th – Newcastle, The Stand SOLD OUT

Sun 5th – Glasgow, The Stand SOLD OUT

Wed 8th – Cambridge Junction J2 SOLD OUT

Thu 9th – Leeds, The Wardrobe SOLD OUT

Fri 10th – Birmingham Glee Club SOLD OUT
Sat 11th – Newbury, Corn Exchange SOLD OUT

Sun 12th – Milton Keynes, Stables SOLD OUT

Wed 15th – Brighton, The Old Market

Thu 16th – London, Leicester Square Theatre SOLD OUT

Fri 17th – Bristol, Hen & Chicken SOLD OUT
Sat 18th – Swindon, Arts Centre SOLD OUT

Sun 19th – Bath, Komedia SOLD OUT

Thu 23rd – Derby, Theatre

Fri 24th – Leicester, Y Theatre

Sat 25th – Manchester, The Stoller Hall SOLD OUT

March

Fri 3rd – Nottingham, Playhouse

Sat 4th – Birmingham, Glee Club SOLD OUT
Sun 5th – Sheffield, Leadmill

Thu 9th – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms

Fri 10th – Oxford, Glee

Sat 11th – Bournemouth, O2 Academy
Sun 12th – Exeter, The Barnfield

Fri 17th – High Wycombe, Town Hall

Sat 18th – London, Leicester Square Theatre SOLD OUT
Sun 19th – Colchester, Arts Centre SOLD OUT

Wed 22nd – Cardiff, Glee

Thu 23rd – Birmingham, O2 Institute

Fri 24th – Liverpool, Philharmonic SOLD OUT

Thu 30th – Lincoln, Engine Shed

April
Sat 1st – Southend, Palace

Thu 13th – Salford, Lowry

Fri 14th – Bradford, The Studio

Sat 15th – Bromley, Churchill Theatre

Wed 19th – Bristol, Tobacco Factory Theatre

Thu 20th – London, Leicester Square Theatre

Fri 21st – London, Leicester Square Theatre

Sat 22nd – London, Leicester Square Theatre

Thu 27th – Canterbury, Gulbenkian

Sat 29th – Leeds, City Varieties

May
Thu 4th – Edinburgh, The Stand

Fri 5th – Glasgow, Oran Mor

Sat 6th – Newcastle, Tyne Theatre & Opera House

Fri 12th – North Finchley, Artsdepot

Fri 19th – Reading , Town Hall

Sat 20th – Cambridge, Corn Exchange

Fri 26th – St Albans, Alban Arena

Sat 27th – Guildford, G-Live

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Today, with a prescient and plaintive new single called “Lydia,” Margo Price shares her latest preview of Strays.

Out January 13th, the forthcoming album marks the loudest, lushest and most liberating music to date for the Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and published author, but “Lydia” serves as one of the LP’s sobering respites.

Recorded in 2021 and written years before the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the somber and string-laden story sees Price abandon traditional song structure in favor of a stream-of-consciousness character study, illustrating the internal strife and self-doubt of a struggling woman who finds herself pregnant and unable to raise a child. Vivid images of methadone clinics, bleeding mascara and used needles fill the seven verses alongside references to gentrification, health insurance issues, and the impending pressure of a life-altering decision.

Watch Margo Price perform a stunning live rendition of the song at Nashville’s Downtown Presbyterian Church, backed by a string quartet of Chauntee Ross, Nicole Neely, Kristin Weber and leader Larissa Maestro, Americana Awards’ 2022 Instrumentalist of The Year: https://i.margoprice.net/LydiaVid

“I wrote ‘Lydia’ in one sitting in a tiny hotel room after walking around the city of Vancouver one day. I was jet lagged and feeling really depressed, hopeless, but instead of taking a nap, I picked up the guitar and the words just flowed out all in one quick moment. I hit record on my phone to make a demo and sort of blacked out or went into this meditative state, and boom – eight minutes later, I had this song. It’s one of the only songs I’ve ever written that doesn’t have any real melody or even rhyme, but somehow it still works. Songs like that are rare and don’t come often.

It was inspired by a cacophony of things. There was a women’s health clinic and a methadone clinic with a needle exchange right outside of our venue. I was looking into the eyes of the people I passed and thinking about their stories and really being a conduit for pain.

The song feels like a premonition now, with women’s rights being stripped and all the abortion bans happening. When I listen back, I hear what might go through a woman’s mind when she has a difficult decision to make about her body, her choices and her future.”

Produced by Jonathan Wilson (Angel Olsen, Father John Misty), “Lydia” follows the “hard-living swagger” (New York Times) that was put on full display in recent singles and music videos such as “Been To The Mountain” and “Change of Heart,” each of which further showcases the resilient proclamation at the heart of Strays. From navigating her way through loss, lies, failure and substance abuse, Margo Price has learned how to let go of trauma, pain and addiction, and this collection of ten original songs celebrates freedom in its many, feral forms. Penned primarily during six mushroom-powered days that Price spent in South Carolina with her husband and collaborator Jeremy Ivey in summer 2020, and recorded at Jonathan Wilson’s Fivestar Studios in Topanga Canyon, California the following summer, Price tackles self-image, self-worth and other demons that came in the wake of her recent decision to quit drinking. She sings unabashedly about orgasms, love, bodily autonomy and more on songs that feature Sharon Van Etten, Mike Campbell, Lucius and her longtime band of Pricetags.

Since announcing the release of Strays, Margo Price has also published her debut memoir Maybe We’ll Make It to acclaim from Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly and beyond, in addition to performing trailblazing song “The Pill” live for CMT’s Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Celebration of The Life & Music of Loretta Lynn, entering the Triple A radio charts with “Change of Heart,” wrapping the first season of her Sonos Radio podcast Runaway Horses, completing a national fall book tour, and detailing her first full-band, headline tour in nearly five years.

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Ward Thomas are back! After the brilliant lockdown album release of Invitation, the Hampshire-duo return with Music In The Madness – their fifth studio album – out March 10th, 2023.

The record’s first offering is the captivating ‘Justice & Mercy’ that was revealed in full last night by Bob Harris on his infamous Radio 2 show – listen here & watch lyric video here. Begun on a Nashville trip, the creepy country corker is a fictional tale, inspired by the pair’s shared love of true crime podcasts.

“It’s a fun story song about a wrong ’un who ruins lives on his travels and meets a sticky end,” says Lizzy. “I imagine it set in the ‘20s Western States, although we partly based the psychopath on Putin. There are two outcomes when you listen to true crime – one merciful, one justice-driven. Either the perpetrator has to die or his soul can be saved. There were some deep discussions in that writing session. If one of us was murdered, would the other be team justice or team mercy?”

Music In The Madness is both a harmony-soaked balm for shattered souls and an uplifting reminder of what really matters. Love, family, unity and the healing power of music are recurrent themes on an album begun as war broke out in Ukraine and the world went into a post-Covid tailspin.

“In Ukraine in particular we witnessed these wonderful, moving moments of music in the madness,” says Catherine. “Soldiers singing the national anthem and getting married on the front line. The viral video of the girl in a bomb shelter singing Let It Go. In times of crisis, music matters even more. That’s what we set out to celebrate.”

An aforementioned trip to Nashville in February – the Hampshire sisters’ second home since they recorded their debut in the city while still at school – nailed the spirit of the album.

Ward Thomas then returned to Hampshire with half a dozen songs captured mostly as voice memos on their mobiles. In a first for the duo, the songs were recorded with their long standing live band, at the suggestion of producer Ed Harcourt, which brought their live chemistry into the studio.

Before a second trip to Nashville in July, following a celebratory Glastonbury set, there was a time out for Catherine to get married. Both hen-do and wedding were typical Ward Thomas. Catherine may insist that little has changed, but the love in the air left its mark.

One of the album’s key tracks from the second Nashville trip is the acoustic spine-tingler ‘Love Does’, on which unusually the duo harmonise from start to finish and the lyrics will bring you to tears.

Co-written and produced by former Cage The Elephant guitarist Lincoln Parish, ‘All Over Again’ is an emphatic ode to no regrets steeped in synths and shimmering guitars. ‘Next To You’ the sisters call Carry You Home 2.0, a follow-on from the lead single from 2016’s chart-topping Cartwheels, which could be about their own bond or a romantic relationship.

‘Joan of Arc’ is a battle anthem co-written with Ed Harcourt, about fighting back and standing up for yourself, while the closer of Side A on the vinyl is a spectacular reworking of Razorlight’s ‘America’ drenched in the twins’ trademark harmonies.

Still only 28, Catherine and Lizzy are on a roll and already working on a sixth album which they plan to release before they turn 30.

“We look up to artists like Brandi Carlile, whose career has grown organically. Of course, we love success, but the artists we admire are the ones who keep showing up and don’t sell out. We do what we do because we love music and we have something to say.”

For as long as that continues, there will be Ward Thomas.

Ward Thomas hit the road in March & April next year and will play the following headline dates. Tickets on sale 18th November HERE

March 2023
Thu 30th                     Glasgow, Old Fruit Market
Fri 31st                         Gateshead, Sage

April 2023
Sun 2nd                      Liverpool, Olympia
Tue 4th                       York, Barbican
Wed 5th                     Manchester, Albert Hall
Thu 6th                       Birmingham, Town Hall
Mon 10th                   Cambridge, Corn Exchange
Tue 11th                     Cardiff, St. David’s
Thu 13th                     Bexhill, De La Warr Pavilion
Fri 14th                        London, Barbican
Sat 15th                      Southampton, Central Hall
Mon 17th                   Reading, Hexagon
Tu 18th                        Bath, Forum

Music In The Madness – Track Listing
Music In The Madness
Next To You
All Over Again
If It All Ends Today
Justice & Mercy
America
Love Does
Joan Of Arc
I Think I Hate You
Unravel
Loved By You
Flower Crowns

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Following an epic debut performance at Glastonbury last month, The Snuts have released the video for their new single ‘The Rodeo’. Directed by Alice Backham (Coldplay, Wet Leg, Rachel Chinouriri) and shot in Mexico City across the band’s recent dates, ‘The Rodeo’ is the fourth taste from their highly-anticipated new album Burn The Empire, out October 7th on Parlophone Records. The album follows their acclaimed, number 1-selling debut album, W.L.

“We went to Mexico to play some shows and were lucky enough to discover the amazing world of Escaramuza Charra, the only female equestrian event in the Mexican charrería, whilst we were there,” lead singer Jack Cochrane said of the video. “We loved it so much, we asked Regina Segura Martinez to feature in this video.” Watch the video HERE.

A care-free, four to the floor, singalong indie anthem, set to ignite live crowds across the world, “’The Rodeo’ is about knowing that your life is more often than not completely out of your control. It is about finding merit in the madness and celebrating the journey and not just the destination,” Jack said of the track. ”We want it to encourage the feeling of absolute pure, inclusive escapism through guitar music.’

One of the most exciting acts in the UK right now, The Snuts deliver 11 slices of sonic brilliance on Burn The Empire. Produced by longtime collaborators Detonate and Clarence Coffee Jr the album continues the band’s evolution both sonically and lyrically. A voice for the next generation lead singer Jack Cochrane attacks subjects affecting the youth of today. Opening with the album’s title track, a no holds barred protest against the corrupt corporations and politicians, the album delves into the negative effects of social media on ‘Zuckerpunch’ and ‘13’ tackles the lack of mental health services and the lethal effects of poverty across Britain and its impact on society.

“The universe delivered us time to create a record where we finally felt we could address some of the topics, be it societal or spiritual, that we have been dying to scream out,” Jack said of the album. “There are songs about the highs & lows, stuff we really want to talk about and things we cannot help but feel, but have just never made the space to.”

Infectious, euphoric, heartfelt and packed to the brim with hooks, Burn The Empire is the work of a band living in the moment, with an eye to the future. Armed with a chart-topping album and an arsenal of adoring fans up and down the country, these four lads from Whitburn, West Lothian, are well on their way to being one of the most vital bands of recent years.

The Snuts play a string of summer festivals in the UK this summer, including a return to Glasgow for a huge slot at TRNSMT Festival this weekend. Tickets available HERE.

July

Sat 9th Glasgow, TRNSMT

Sat 16th Glasgow, Hampden Park w/ Gerry Cinnamon

Fri 29th Matlock, Y Not

Sun 31st Penrith, Kendall Calling

Nov

Sat 19th Liverpool, M&S Arena w/ Jamie Webster

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Hot off the back of a captivating performance of the track at this year’s Britain’s Got Talent final in June, Brooklyn-based vocal powerhouse Loren Allred releases her heartfelt anthem ‘Last Thing I’ll Ever Need’ – listen here.

Written by Loren, Michel Heyaca and James Shelley, the track showcases her effortless vocals, and with the Britain’s Got Talent final performance watched and celebrated by over ten million people to date, Loren’s career is soaring.

“I have attended so many weddings over the years and am always smitten by the look in newlyweds’ eyes during their first dance,” Loren said of the track. “Everyone dreams of finding that special kind of love that makes you feel like you are “home” and I wanted to encapsulate that feeling in the lyrics of a song.”

Best known for her jaw-dropping vocal performance in the multi-platinum song ‘Never Enough’ from the Oscar nominated and Grammy award winning The Greatest Showman soundtrack and film, as well as her duet with Michael Bublé on his 2019 ‘Help Me Make it Through the Night’, Loren is now starting to garner significant recognition, stepping out from behind the curtain and drawing comparisons for her incredible vocal talent with all-time greats Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston and Celine Dion.

Loren was almost a musical secret until April 2022 when she first appeared on Britain’s Got Talent performing ‘Never Enough’. The story of finally connecting her face to the song, has generated more than 100 million views across all platforms, and launched her into the semi-finals and finals of the competition.

Live, Loren will hit the capital on July 28th with a highly anticipated show at London’s Omeara – Tickets Here – which will come hot off the back of her joining this year’s A Capitol Fourth – the annual televised US Independence Day concert, featuring a celebration of West Side Story‘s 65th anniversary, taking place in Washington DC.

During Loren’s high school years, the family moved from Pittsburgh to Salt Lake City, Utah. Aged 12, Loren discovered her own “belt” listening to the singing styles of her early inspirations, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, and Toni Braxton. Her first break in music began as a teenager, after YouTube covers resulted in a major record deal with Island/Def Jam that would ultimately be shelved. It provided Loren with lessons on the good and bad of the music business, and the singer-songwriter subsequently decided to take a break.

In 2014, now based in New York, things drastically changed and Loren was asked to record demos for the soundtrack of the film The Greatest Showman. Her demo of ‘Never Enough’ was so beloved by the film’s production team, it was used as the final version for the soundtrack. She had earned her way back into the industry as well as establishing herself as a voice to be reckoned with.

In 2021 and 2022, Loren began to release original music via her EP ‘Late Bloomer’. Singles ‘Til I Found You’ and ‘This Summer’ received overwhelmingly positive reviews. Loren also toured with Andrea Bocelli and David Foster through 2022.

Loren’s recording career includes hundreds of songs, in collaboration with some of the industry’s most decorated songwriters and producers. Some of these songs will sound familiar. Now, with the chance to go out on her own, step out from behind the curtain and be her own artist, the future is extremely exciting.

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It’s hard to believe that it’s been ten years since Jake Bugg released his extraordinary self- titled debut album. Since then he’s become one of the UK’s most prolific and established songwriters. And to celebrate, he’s playing a special hometown show at Nottingham Arena on November 26th.

Pre-sale tickets HERE from Wednesday, June 8th at 10am, and general sale HERE from Friday, June 10th at 10am.

This must-see show will feature Jake and his wonderful band perform his Number 1-selling, breakthrough debut album Jake Bugg in its entirety, as well as an acoustic set and an electric set showcasing songs from his four other studio albums: ‘Shangri La’, ‘On My One’, ‘Hearts That Strain’ and his latest ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’. Special guests that have featured at various parts of his career, will also take part.

Later this year a special 10th Anniversary Edition of Jake Bugg – available as Deluxe 2LP, D2C Deluxe Colour 2LP, a Deluxe 3CD and Deluxe digital versions will be released. More details to be announced shortly.

Last summer Jake released his latest album, the acclaimed Saturday Night, Sunday Morning, and saw the unveiling of a documentary on Brazilian footballing legend ‘Ronaldinho’, that Jake wrote the score for, offering even more proof of an artist very much still at the top of his game.

Catch Jake this summer at various festivals including:

June
Thu 16th                     BELFAST, Ormeau Park (w/ Gerry Cinnamon)

Sun 19th                     LONDON, Kenwood House (w/ Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds)

July
Sun 17th                     GLASGOW, Hampden Park Stadium (w/ Gerry Cinnamon)

Fri 22nd                      AMERSHAM, Pennfest

Sat 23rd                      SKIPTON, Gateways Festival

August
Fri 26th                        KINGHAM, The Big Feastival

Fri 26th                        SUFFOLK, At Ease Festival

Debut album Jake Bugg track listing (released October 15th, 2012)

1. Lightning Bolt
2. Two Fingers
3. Taste It
4. Seen It All
5. Simple as This
6. Country Song
7. Broken
8. Trouble Town
9. Ballad of Mr Jones
10. Slide
11. Someone Told Me
12. Note to Self
13. Someplace
14. Fire

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Following the release of their anthemic single ‘Bloodrush’, The Amazons have dropped their blistering new track ‘Ready For Something.’ The track is the second taste of new music from the band’s forthcoming album How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me? – out September 2nd 2022 on Fiction Records.

An unshackled, guitar-driven rock banger, packed to the brim with heavy riffs, ‘Ready For Something’ is one of the standout songs from the record. “‘Ready For Something’ is a scratching at the walls kind of song,’ lead singer Matt Thomson said of the track. ‘You’ve been in the cage for far too long and you are ready. Ready to live, ready to experience, ready to make mistakes. Anything.” Listen to ‘Ready For Something’ HERE.

How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me? is both a love letter and a rallying cry. Expansive, uplifting, sun-drenched singalongs produced by Jim Abbiss (Bombay Bicycle Club, Arctic Monkeys, Adele), and featuring co-writing collaborations with the likes of Maggie Rogers & Jamie Hartman, find the Reading four-piece emerging from the darkness of 2019’s Future Dust full of lust for life and post-pandemic hope.

The boys continue to tour the UK with a string of summer festivals and a huge newly-announced UK tour in October, which will see the band headline London’s Roundhouse. Tickets available HERE.

SUMMER FESTIVAL DATES
June
Thu 9th             Milan, I-Days Festival

Sat 18th           Isle Of Wight Festival

July

Sat 9th             Cheltenham, 2000 Trees Festival

August

Fri 5th               Bingley Weekender

Fri 12th             Leicestershire, 110 Above Festival

EU DATES W/ GRETA VAN FLEET
June

Tue 7th            Berlin, Verti Music Hall

Sat 11th           Vienne, Theatre Antique de Vienne

Tue 14th           Cologne, Tanzbrunnen

Wed 15th         Frankfurt, Jarhunderthalle

HEADLINE TOUR
October
Wed 5th          Dublin, Whelans

Thu 6th            Belfast, Limelight 2

Sat 8th             Manchester, Academy

Sun 9th            Nottingham, Rock City

Tue 11th           Southampton, O2 Guildhall

Wed 12th         Bristol, O2 Academy

Thu13th           Leeds, O2 Academy

Sat 15th           Birmingham, O2 Institute

Sun 16th          Glasgow, SWG3 Galvanisers

Mon 17th         Newcastle, Boilershop

Wed 19th         Norwich, UEA

Thu 20th         London, Roundhouse

November

Fri 4th              Paris, Point Ephemere

Mon 7th           Amsterdam, Paradiso Weteringschans

Wed 9th          Berlin, Urban Spree

Thu 10th          Cologne, MTC

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The Amazons are Matt Thomson, Chris Alderton, Elliot Briggs and Josef Emmett.

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‘A joyous, jubilant and effervescent return’ – Clash Magazine 8/10

‘A brilliant body of work that is bold and effortlessly cool’ – 1883 Magazine

‘Kane really hones his craft throughout this record and showcases what he’s capable of creating.’ – Gigwise 8/10

With his stunning new album Change The Show out today, Miles Kane has revealed the video for the album’s anthemic, horn driven title track. The single follows ‘Nothing’s Ever Gonna Be Good Enough’, his undeniably infectious duet with Corinne Bailey Rae, which is currently playlisted on Radio 2.

The Diamond Dogs-era Bowie-influenced title track was written by Miles while watching the news one morning, on the sofa, in his underpants. “I’m not a political person, but there is so much injustice around right now,” he says. “So much bad news and negativity. I was angry. I captured that moment.” Watch the video for Change The Show HERE.

To celebrate the release of Change The Show today, Miles will be doing a very special pop up event at Randy’s Wing Bar in Hackney where he will be serving wings in his very own hot sauce and performing acoustic versions of tracks from the album, plus some old classics. Tickets for the events sold-out on the day of release. Miles’ Crispy Buffalo Sauce is also available to buy on his webstore.

Ahead of a run of exclusive acoustic in-store shows next week, Miles will be performing a special live session on Chris Evans’ Virgin Radio Breakfast show today, before an appearance on Sunday Brunch this weekend.

Acoustic In-Store Shows

January 2022

Mon 24th London, Rough Trade East Sold-Out

Tues 25th Liverpool,  Jacaranda Records Matinee (17:00)

Tues 25th Liverpool,  Jacaranda Records (20:00) Sold-Out

Wed 26th Nottingham, Rough Trade Sold-Out

Thur 27th Brighton, Resident Records

Known for his energetic performances and delivering blistering live shows, Miles heads out on his rescheduled 2022 tour in May. Kicking off in Brighton at the Concorde 2 on 11th May, the run of dates ends with a raucous show at London’s Roundhouse on the 31st May.

Miles Kane plays the following UK dates. Tickets on sale now from HERE. 

May 2022

Wed 11th BRIGHTON, Concorde 2

Thurs 12th SOUTHAMPTON, Engine Rooms

Fri 13th NOTTINGHAM, Rock City

Sat 14th LIVERPOOL, O2 Academy Sold-Out

Mon 16th BRISTOL, O2 Academy

Tues 17th NORTHAMPTON, Roadmender

Thurs 19th NEWCASTLE, Uni

Fri 20th GLASGOW, O2 Academy

Sat 21st WARRINGTON, Parr Hall

Mon 23rd CARDIFF, Tramshed

Tues 24th BIRMINGHAM, O2 Institute

Weds 25th MANCHESTER, Albert Hall

Fri 27th SHEFFIELD, Leadmill Sold-Out

Sat 28th NORWICH, Waterfront

Sun 29th LEEDS, O2 Academy

Tues 31st LONDON, Roundhouse

Opening with the honest soft croon of ‘Tears are Falling’, Change The Show is a joyous ride from start to finish and features a surprising, but spectacular appearance from Grammy-nominated singer Corinne Bailey Rae for a duet on ‘Nothing’s Ever Gonna Be Good Enough’. It’s an album that best represents Miles himself: charmingly authentic, and like nothing else you’ll hear in pop music today. 

“This album was born out of an intense period of self-reflection; having all this unexpected time on my hands,” Miles said of the last 18 months. “I wrote songs about big highs, big lows, daydreams, true friends and deep feelings. I learnt to let the future unfold of its own accord, while staying true to myself and that has led to what feels to me like a really uplifting album!”

A record for fans both new and old, Change The Show is the Miles Kane album we’ve all been waiting for. The apotheosis of his previous works, incorporating those classic rock and glam influences, but focusing more closely on Motown, soul, and Fifties R&B. 

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