Across the pond it’s fast approaching US election time, but Liverpool’s indie powerhouses Circa Waves are on a campaign trail of their own with the release of their longing new single ‘American Dream’ – taken from their spectacular new album Death & Love Pt.1 – out January 31st, 2025 via Lower Third/PIAS.

The track follows the album’s supreme first offering ‘We Made It’, and lends a short, sharp, explosive and stratospheric soundtrack to the idea and theme of the pursuit of success, and more importantly, where to find it. Watch the video here.

“American Dream is about the pursuit of what we believe success is,” explains frontman Kieran Shudall. “A yearning to get somewhere because we think the grass is greener on the other side only to find that happiness doesn’t lie there. Sometimes you need to fly across the world to gain a true love of home.”

Circa Waves will return to the road in February & March next year, embarking on their biggest UK headline tour yet, playing to their ever expanding fanbase. Across 12 dates, they’ll play to thousands of fans across the UK, including a night at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on March 26th & a what will be a truly special final night hometown show at Liverpool’s Olympia March 1st. Tickets available here.

Both terrifying and liberating to write, Death & Love Pt.1 is an urgent, 9-track hit of cathartic guitar-pop, serving as a powerful coping mechanism to help process frontman Kieran Shudall’s near-death experience.

Back in early 2023, Kieran received a call from doctors to say that the main artery in his heart was severely blocked. Two days later, he was lying on an operating table watching a wire being inserted into his heart to fix it. What followed was the cancelling of a lot of shows, working out a lot of medication, and most crucially, now having to navigate a new way of life.

And the results are quite simply stunning. Self-produced by Kieran, and engineered by Matt Wiggins (Adele, Lana Del Rey, Glass Animals), the nine tracks that make up Death & Love Pt.1 ooze nostalgia, and hark back to the sounds and themes that made Shudall want to pick up a guitar in the very first place.

Circa Waves was formed in Liverpool in May 2013 by Kieran Shudall. After writing a batch of songs and putting some demos online, he recruited second guitarist Joe Falconer, bassist Sam Rourke, and drummer Sian Plummer (replaced by Colin Jones in 2015).

The band first gained a buzz and earned favourable comparisons to the Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, and the Vaccines before they hit the Top Ten with their debut, 2015’s Young Chasers on Virgin/EMI. Buoyed by singles like ‘T-Shirt Weather’ and ‘Stuck in My Teeth’, the album reached the Top Ten of the U.K. albums chart and paved the way for a series of well-attended live shows, including a sold-out date at London’s O2 .

Without shying away from their influences, the band matured, and albums like 2017’s Different Creatures, 2019’s What’s It Like Over There? showcase their knack for crafting their own distinctively infectious, post-punk anthems. In 2020, they reached number four on the U.K. albums chart with Sad Happy and returned in 2023 with Never Going Under.

Death & Love Pt.1 is the first instalment of a snapshot in time – a reflection on a moment of true terror, and the joy of coming through the other side. It’s a brave and remarkable next step for a band in the finest form of their career.

February 2025
14th Birmingham, O2 Academy
15th Nottingham, Rock City
16th Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom
18th Cambridge, Junction
19th Norwich, UEA
21st Newcastle, NX
22nd Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse
23rd Bristol, Beacon
25th Leeds, O2 Academy
26th London, 02 Academy Brixton
27th Southampton, The 1865

March
1st Liverpool, Olympia

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Today, one of Britain’s best-loved bands, Jeff Lynne’s ELO announces their final UK tour: The Over and Out Tour. Decades after their founding in Birmingham, the band will return to play one last hometown show at the city’s Utilita Arena on 5 July 2025 before heading to Manchester’s Co-Op Live and then waving a final goodbye to a sold-out crowd at London’s BST Hyde Park Festival. 

Pre-sale tickets for The Over and Out UK Tour 2025 will be available starting Wednesday 30 October at 10am local time with general on-sale starting Friday 1 November at 10am local time. Exclusive VIP experiences will be available Wednesday 30 October at 10am local time. 

Access to Preferred Tickets is available to Mastercard cardholders in the UK on Friday 1 November at 10am. Visit www.priceless.com/music to find out more.

Jeff Lynne’s ELO: The Over and Out UK Tour 2025

Saturday 5 July Birmingham, United Kingdom Utilita Arena

Wednesday 9 July Manchester, United Kingdom Co-Op Live

Sunday 13 July London, United Kingdom BST Hyde Park

Known as one of the most iconic forces in music history, in recent years Jeff Lynne’s ELO has delivered a critically acclaimed and chart-topping album along with a sold-out run of UK and European shows.  Jeff Lynne was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame last year and the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017. The band has always been known for their epic live shows and with a distinct style that seamlessly and innovatively blends rock, pop and classical, ELO has had more than 20 Top 40 Hits across the U.S. and the U.K., making Lynne’s sweeping productions some of the most recognizable music of the last forty years and helping sell over 50 million records worldwide. 

Widely agreed upon as one of the greatest record producers in music history, Lynne was a co-founder and member of The Travelling Wilburys together with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty, as well as a producer and collaborator with some of the biggest names in music including The Beatles, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh and Bryan Adams.

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“A future megastar” – The Guardian

“Scottish indie star-in-waiting already mingling with the greats” – NME
“A stunning slice of soul” – Telegraph
“Megastar in-the-making” – The Line Of Best Fit

With a spring 2025 UK tour recently announced, which includes a huge hometown gig at Glasgow’s Barrowland on April 19th, one of Scotland’s fastest rising stars Brooke Combe has released her new single ‘Shaken By The Wind’. The track is the latest cut to be taken from her stunning debut album Dancing At The Edge Of The World, which comes January 31st, 2025 on Modern Sky Records.

Written with Jungle’s Tom McFarland, ‘Shaken By The Wind’ is a piano driven slice of euphoria. “’The track was the first collaborative song I wrote for the album,” Brooke says. “I got the train down to London to meet up with Tom at his studio. Me being such a big Jungle fan, I was really excited to see what we’d come up with. Tom came up with a chord progression and then I basically messed around with some melodies to see what would work. After that, the writing sort of flowed naturally off the back of everything else and the song was born.” Listen to ‘Shaken By The Wind’ HERE.

Collaborating with musician and producer James Skelly, best known as the frontman of The Coral, Brooke’s debut album, Dancing At The Edge Of The World is the perfect opening statement, showing a tantalising first look at the artist she will become. Redolent of those first offerings from Michael Kiwanuka and Corinne Bailey Rae, it revels in lush, orchestral arrangements, irresistible rhythms and a voice that could have come right out of Motown.

Known for her captivating live shows, Brooke will kick off the eight date run at Norwich Arts Centre on April 4th, culminating with Brooke’s biggest headline show to date at Glasgow’s Barrowland on Saturday April 19th. Tickets for the dates are available HERE.

Brooke Combe plays the following UK dates. 

December 2025

Fri 13th Liverpool, Arts Club Theatre

April 2025

Fri 4th Norwich, Arts Centre

Sat 5th Birmingham, O2 Institute

Wed 9th Bristol, Thekla

Thu 10th London, Lafayette

Sat 12th Manchester, O2 Ritz

Thu 17th Sheffield, Leadmill

Fri 18th Leeds, Project House

Sat 19th Glasgow, Barrowland

Tipped by Rolling Stone UK as ‘One of 2023’s defining artists’ in their ‘Ones To Watch’ and in Dork Magazine’s ‘Hype List 2023’ and already garnering support from the likes of The Guardian, NME, Clash, BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music and Radio X, Brooke Combe continues to rise as one of the UK’s hottest talents.

Throughout the record, Brooke offers listeners a sense of closure but, with it, possibilities –  as though with the closing of one door, myriad others are opening to the sound of her voice. Dancing At The Edge Of The World is a resounding, indisputable opening salvo from Britain’s newest and brightest star.

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What a year it’s been for Keane! After a year full of spectacular 20th anniversary celebrations, today the band announce the final instalment with the release of a forthcoming hardback book Hopes and Fears: Lyrics and History – to be published November 28th by Faber Music & Island Records.

With the original handwritten sketches and album lyrics to massive hits such as ‘Somewhere Only We Know’, ‘Everybody’s Changing’, ‘Bend and Break’, ‘Bedshaped’ & ‘This Is The Last Time’, the book includes beautifully crafted reflections from members Tom Chaplin, Tim Rice-Oxley & Richard Hughes, who originally met as school friends.

Jesse Quin, who joined the band as bassist in 2011 offers his unique insight into the first time he heard the band, and the book also includes scans of the band’s original personal notebooks & candid in-the-studio photographs – altogether giving an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look and insight into the creative process and inspiration behind an iconic, stand-out album of the 2000s.

To round off this year’s celebrations and launch of the book, Keane will open their own special pop up shop on the legendary Tin Pan Alley, Denmark Street, in collaboration with Outernet.

Taking place Thursday, Nov 28th – Sunday Dec 1st, the pop up will stock the book, music, and a selection of new merchandise, as well as favourite items from this year’s Keane20 tour and festivities. There will also be a selection of Keane20 prints taken by official touring photographer Jon Stone on show and available to purchase in limited quantities.

On the Friday Nov 29th, the band will perform a historic, intimate acoustic performance, with book signing, next door at The Forge – formerly The 12 Bar Club where Keane played as they were first starting out back in 2002. Spaces are limited and available via a ballot HERE.

No one could have quite predicted what an incredible year 2024 could have been for Keane. From the moment the 20th anniversary plans were unveiled, it’s been a whirlwind year of activity that’s seen a special remastered version of Hopes and Fears, a world tour that saw a memorable Glastonbury Pyramid Stage performance and huge sold out shows from two nights at London’s O2 Arena, to Mexico City, North America, to India & South Africa – playing these two countries for the very first time and proving the ever-growing demand for the band worldwide. They were also joined onstage in Mumbai with Anoushka Shankar to play a special version of ‘Everybody’s Changing’ – watch here.  Their last tour of the year in Latin America starts 5th November in Brazil and sees them take in Uruguay. Argentina, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Paraguay.

Hopes and Fears was a landmark album for Keane and has set all kinds of records in the process. It’s one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history having sold over 2.5 million in the UK in its first year, and a million in the USA propelled by their absolutely classic song ‘Somewhere Only We Know’. ‘Hopes and Fears’ is 9x platinum in the UK, a remarkable achievement. The album has sold over 10 million copies worldwide.

‘Somewhere Only We Know’ also enjoyed a recent revival on TikTok, which lit the spark for a global renaissance of the track engaging a whole new generation of audience. In total it has been streamed nearly two billion times and averages just shy of 10 million streams a week.

Keane emerged alongside a new vanguard of bands that would change the shape of music: Snow Patrol, Scissor sisters, the Killers and Coldplay. They were the first to create a sound solely revolving around keyboards which enhanced the emotional pull of their songs. ‘Everybody’s Changing’ from Hopes and Fears also became a fan favourite and a top five hit.

In 2004 Keane were the biggest selling British artist act in the UK. The following year they won two BRIT Awards: Best British Album for Hopes and Fears and British Breakthrough act award as voted for by Radio 1 listeners.

Dive into Hopes and Fears: Lyrics and History for a unique journey into a special moment in time for one of England’s most treasured bands.

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Three-time Grammy Award winning artist Lucinda Williams has announced the December 6th release of Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road. Recorded at The Beatles legendary studio in London, the new collection  serves as Vol. 7 of her celebrated Lu’s Jukebox series and is the first new volume in almost four years.

Listen to Williams’ entrancing version of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” HERE.

Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road features 12 Beatles songs that include classic hits such as “Can’t Buy Me Love”, “With A Little Help From My Friends” and “Something”. Williams and her band also take on beloved deeper tracks such as “I’m So Tired”, “I’ve Got A Feeling and “Yer Blues”.  Being raised on the blues in the South, the latter is a song Williams was clearly meant to sing.  See full track listing below.

While many great artists have recorded in the hallowed Abbey Road Studios, as it turns out, Williams is the first major artist to actually record Beatles’ songs there aside from the Fab Four themselves.

As an acclaimed, award-winning singer/songwriter for more than four decades, Williams’ music has been highly influential and covered by a multitude of artists. Williams is also an extraordinary interpreter who, like all great interpreters, has the ability to inhabit a song and make it her own. She does just that throughout this selection of Beatles tracks, as she has done on each Lu’s Jukebox volume.

Lu’s Jukebox originally began during the pandemic in 2020 as a way to help independent music when there were no live performances. Scheduled as a six-episode series of mostly full-band, HD video performances in-studio, the series featured themed sets of cover songs curated by Williams and streamed for a fee with proceeds going to designated venues. The series became a fan favorite and each have been released on vinyl, CD and via streaming services.

The original six in Lu’s Jukebox are ,Vol 1 – Runnin’ Down A Dream (A Tribute To Tom Petty), Vol 2 – Southern Soul: From Memphis To Muscle Shoals & More, Vol 3 – Bob’s Back Pages: A Night Of Bob Dylan Songs, Vol 4 – Funny How Time Slips Away: A Night Of 60’s Country Classics. Vol 5 – Lucinda Williams – Have Yourself A Rockin’ Little Christmas, Vol 6 – It’s Only Rock And Roll: A Tribute To The Rolling Stones. 

Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road is an inspirational  example of an artist who, at 71 years old and following a stroke in 2020, continues to write, perform and find new ways to fuel her creative fire that continues to burn as brightly as ever.

Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road Track List
1. Don’t Let Me Down

2. I’m Looking Through You
3. Can’t Buy Me Love
4. Rain
5. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
6. Let It Be
7. Yer Blues
8. I’ve Got A Feeling
9. I’m So Tired
10. Something
11. With A Little Help From My Friends
12. The Long And Winding Road

‘’The unmasking of a great American songwriter’ – 5* Album Of The Week Guardian

“Bowie soared highest when being his freaky little self. The same can be said of Clark, whose songs come alight when icy beauty and danger go for a dance—a staggering return.” – 9/10 Clash

“Further proves Annie Clark to be a brilliant and multifaceted musical force” – 4* MOJO

“An album of stunning power, menace and beauty.”  – 4* The I

“Annie Clark has made her most generous and open statement yet.” – 4* NME

“Her best music yet” – 4* The Times

‘Annie Clark’s self-produced seventh album is smart, cohesive and refreshingly tight.’ – 4* The Independent

So states St. Vincent with fiery resolve on “Pulga,” the second single to preview the upcoming album ‘Todos Nacen Gritando.’ Featuring St. Vincent on vocals and all instruments except drums and bass—handled respectively by Dave Grohl and Justin Meldal-Johnsen—“Pulga” is raw desire made manifest atop a foundation of thundering grooves and searing guitar figures.

In a completely unexpected move, St. Vincent translated her entire ‘All Born Screaming’ album into Spanish. The Spanish language album ‘Todos Nacen Gritando’ will be released November 15 via Total Pleasure Records in partnership with Virgin Music Group.

The echoes of tens of thousands of fans chanting her lyrics across Latin America and Spain moved Annie Clark to pay tribute to her Spanish-speaking fans and the Spanish language she loves so much. “It was really inspiring,” she says, recalling experiences like the crowd reaction to her set at Primavera Sound 2023. “At the end, I asked myself, ‘If they’re able to sing in a second or third language, why can’t I do the same thing?”

That is how ‘Todos Nacen Gritando’ was born. Clark herself, who has recently honed her Spanish language skills, defines this meticulous reinterpretation as one of the biggest challenges of her musical career: “It’s been a much more complicated process than anything I’ve done before.”

No small statement for an artist with a 17 year music career and 3 Grammy awards including “Best Rock Song” in 2019 and “Best Alternative Music Album” in 2015 and 2022. She has co-produced previous St. Vincent albums with Jack Antonoff and collaborated with artists from Taylor Swift to David Byrne. St. Vincent fronted Nirvana for their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, was selected by Paul McCartney to contribute to his ‘III-Imagined‘ album and invited to play live with Metallica.

“What surprises me is that music is not separated from life in Latin America. In the United States everything is commercialised, music is a commodity, an accessory. But in Latin America music is life itself, and you can feel that.” This reflection by Clark makes even more sense when life, death, loss and love were the main themes of the album ‘All Born Screaming, lauded by critics for its emotional and musical rawness. 

The stark nature of the album —her first fully self-produced record— found in Spanish a way to enhance its visceral original vocal performances. “There are things that I sing in Spanish that maybe I would feel self-conscious singing in English because they feel so sincere… it was a fascinating experience to find how to convey the feeling, but also discover a new way through words,” she explains.

To ensure both emotional and linguistic accuracy, St. Vincent enlisted the translation skills of her best friend and occasional collaborator, Alan del Río Ortiz, “Alan has been my friend since we were 15, we grew up together. He would translate the songs and then we would go over them.”   Ortiz played a crucial role in retaining the passion and sentiment of the original material while transposing it all into another language. “Sometimes he would tell me, ‘That’s not a Spanish expression, you could say this or that.’ So we would look for other ways of saying things.”

This tribute to her Spanish-speaking fans is, in a sense, a natural outcome for Clark, who spent much of her early life in Texas. Growing up with Almodovar’s films as a child, confronting the revelatory darkness of Goya’s paintings at the Prado Museum in Madrid, “tasting the best food in life” in Mexico City, dawning on New Year’s Day dancing cumbias on the beaches of Merida, or getting lost among the streets of Buenos Aires, are memories that have become fixed in her head and heart, substantial in weaving her unique relationship with Spain and Latin America.

Latin American music has also been a vital part of this relationship. “I’m a big fan of Bomba Estéreo and Calle 13. I also love Rosalía and Arca. Brazilian music too, like Caetano Veloso. It’s the best…it’s different from how it feels in the United States. It’s joyful, a real part of life,” Clark says.

St. Vincent is currently on tour in the U.S.  and will continue the “All Born Screaming” tour with an additional round of European dates in October. Tickets are available for purchase HERE. For the full itinerary, please see below and visit https://ilovestvincent.com/

St Vincent Plays The Following UK & EU Dates:

October

Sun 13 3 Olympia Theater, Dublin, IR

Mon 14 Albert Hall, Manchester, UK

Fri 18 Razzmatazz, Barcelona, ES

Sun 20 Riviera, Madrid, ES

Tue 22 Fabrique, Milan, IT

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Following a summer of live dates across Europe & the UK, one of Belgium’s most exciting new exports Bluai have announced they will release their enchanting debut album Save It For Later in the UK on November 8th. Alongside the announcement comes the heartwarming video for new single ‘Better, I Swear’. 

A dialogue between loved ones, ‘Better, I Swear’ tells a story of dealing with feelings of disappointment and regret. Collaborating with actress, presenter and singer of acclaimed Belgian indie-pop band Intergalactic Lovers Lara Chedraoui, the track is an infectiously delicate indie-folk bop. “Cath started writing the lyrics during a time we all felt like a let down to the people closest to us,” the band say of the track. “We never expected our music would become the main focus of our lives instead of family and friends. Working with Lara was the first time we let someone else in on the process of writing lyrics, which turned it into a dialogue between two perspectives.” 

The video, directed by Ante Pask, intertwines two story lines. A young skater is trying to land a trick on her own on a treadmill, stuck in a never ending ratrace. She fails time after time until she finally manages to land the trick with support of her peers. Meanwhile we see the band and guest vocalist Lara going through the different highs and lows of a friendship or relationship. “The video brought together a group of female skaters of all ages and backgrounds,” the band remark. “They created a wholesome community supporting each other on and off camera.” Watch the video for ‘Better, I Swear’ HERE & listen HERE.

Save It For Later is a record like a Polaroid picture. Belgian songwriter Catherine Smet captures the memories of her youth in lyrics that carry a perfume of Americana, country pop, and indie folk. The stories are set in her native Belgium, but close your eyes, and galloping horses on a ranch in Mississippi form the backdrop of BLUAI’s debut album.

Catherine Smet (vocals, guitar), Mo Govaerts (drums), and Caitlin Talbut (bass) joined forces with producer Willem Ardui (blackwave.) for Save It For Later. Mutual appreciation and love for Pinegrove and sad indie girls brought them on each other’s path. Their collaboration took an inspired turn when Ardui introduced them to Anneke D’Hollander’s American photo series. This visual influence shaped the cinematic character of their debut album, resulting in a unique blend of musical and visual storytelling.

BLUAI diversifies its sound by incorporating banjo and lap steel, with engineer Tobie Speleman being briefed to apply ‘Nashville tuning.’ This shift from indie rock to Americana broadens their musical horizons, transcending influences from Maggie Rogers to Alabama Shakes to The Japanese House.

Save It For Later serves as the soundtrack to a nostalgic autumnal youth film, it sounds as if Adrianne Lenker from Big Thief founded her own Boygenius under the direction of Lady Bird’s Greta Gerwig. With the maturing years behind them, BLUAI is cruising at full speed, driven by boundless ambition with no brakes in sight.

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First Track ‘Abendlied’ – out now



“She is much more than a gifted organist, choral conductor and social media sensation…
she’s a star on a mission”
– The Sunday Times

“She had rightly become “the world’s most visible organist” – New York Times 

“Imaginative, open-minded and a brilliant musician, the organist and conductor Anna Lapwood is the dream ambassador for classical music.” – Gramophone

After being crowned one of the fastest selling classical artists and the first female musician to reach number 1 on the Classical Artist Album Chart in 2023 with her stunning album Luna, organ sensation Anna Lapwood returns as conductor of the Pembroke College Girls’ Choir for a beautiful 6-track EP The Waiting Sky – out November 8th on Sony Classical. First track ‘Abendlied’ is out today – listen here.

Two songs – ‘Winter Time’ & ‘The Waiting Sky’ – both written collaboratively by the entire choir, demonstrate the choir & Anna’s fundamental belief in empowerment through composition. As Anna beautifully describes it; “One of the things I love most about working with the Girl Choristers at Pembroke is that they are constantly surprising me with what we’re capable of. Winter Time & The Waiting Sky were both written by the girl choristers as a group, with everyone chipping in and making suggestions. There have been so many points over the past couple of years where the choristers and I have been chatting and one of them will say ‘can you imagine us doing this 4 years ago’?! I think this EP is all about capturing that sense of achievement, progression, and joy that comes from making music together as a group, growing together and constantly breaking through our own perceptions of what we can achieve, whether that’s writing our own compositions, or singing music in 6-part harmony.”

The announcement comes in the midst of a wave of exciting activity as Anna prepares to travel to Berlin to accept ‘Solo Recording Instrument of the Year’ for Luna at The Opus Klassiks – Germany’s equivalent of Classic Brit Awards on October 13th. This comes on top of Anna’s recent impromptu organ lesson with Tom Cruise at the Top Gun: Maverick film screening at The Royal Albert Hall, where she resides for midnight rehearsals. Recent concerts include sold out performances with the London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sir Antonio Pappano & pianist Yuja Wang, as well as guest appearances with both Aurora and Florence and The Machine.

Last year, Anna’s album Luna was received warmly, with The Sunday Times describing it as “illuminating and inspiring”, along with features on both BBC & Sky News Breakfast. As well as receiving the prestigious RPS Gamechanger Award at The Royal Philharmonic Society Awards, Anna put on a mesmerising, TikTok-trending display with her performance of Bach meets Faithless at the Ministry of Sound Classical concert at the Royal Albert Hall.

This December will see two special Christmas performances with the Choirs of Pembroke College at Snape Maltings Concert Hall (Dec 7th) and Smith Square Hall, London (Dec 9th). December 18th will then see Anna take part in a special festive evening at the Royal Albert Hall with national treasure Sandi Toksvig for an evening of fun.

The Waiting Sky – Track Listing

1. Seek Ye First The Kingdom Of God (Composer: Kerensa Briggs)

2. Peaceful Was The Night (Composer: James McCarthy)

3. Cradle Lullaby (Composer: Owain Park)

4. Winter Time (Composer: Anna Lapwood & The Pembroke College Girls’ Choir)

5. Abendlied (Composer: Josef Rheinberger)

6. The Waiting Sky (Composer: Anna Lapwood & The Pembroke College Girls’ Choir)

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“A future megastar” – The Guardian

“Scottish indie star-in-waiting already mingling with the greats” – NME
“A stunning slice of soul” – Telegraph
“Megastar in-the-making” – The Line Of Best Fit

Following the announcement of a huge hometown gig at Glasgow’s Barrowland on April 19th, one of Scotland’s most exciting artists Brooke Combe has announced a run of UK dates ahead of the show, including London’s Lafayette on April 10th 2025. Brooke’s stunning debut album Dancing At The Edge Of The World is out January 31st, 2025 on Modern Sky Records.

Known for her captivating live shows, Brooke will kick off the eight date run at Norwich Arts Centre on April 4th, culminating with Brooke’s biggest headline show to date at Glasgow’s Barrowland on Saturday April 19th. Tickets for the dates are available HERE.

Brooke Combe plays the following UK dates. 

December 2025

Fri 13th Liverpool, Arts Club Theatre

April 2025

Fri 4th Norwich, Arts Centre

Sat 5th Birmingham, O2 Institute

Wed 9th Bristol, Thekla

Thu 10th London, Lafayette

Sat 12th Manchester, O2 Ritz

Thu 17th Sheffield, Leadmill

Fri 18th Leeds, Project House

Sat 19th Glasgow, Barrowland

Collaborating with musician and producer James Skelly, best known as the frontman of The Coral, Brooke’s debut album, Dancing At The Edge Of The World is the perfect opening statement, showing a tantalising first look at the artist she will become. Redolent of those first offerings from Michael Kiwanuka and Corinne Bailey Rae, it revels in lush, orchestral arrangements, irresistible rhythms and a voice that could have come right out of Motown.

Tipped by Rolling Stone UK as ‘One of 2023’s defining artists’ in their ‘Ones To Watch’ and in Dork Magazine’s ‘Hype List 2023’ and already garnering support from the likes of The Guardian, NME, Clash, BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music and Radio X, Brooke Combe continues to rise as one of the UK’s hottest talents.

Throughout the record, Brooke offers listeners a sense of closure but, with it, possibilities –  as though with the closing of one door, myriad others are opening to the sound of her voice. Dancing At The Edge Of The World is a resounding, indisputable opening salvo from Britain’s newest and brightest star.

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“Romantic and seductive.” – BBC Radio 6

“Loren Kramar is a complete work” – Clash

“Lush, biting, self-aware orchestral pop.” – Stereogum
“His Voice Can Stop You in Your Tracks” – New York Times
“Utterly whimsical, brilliant vibe” – NYLON
“Velvet-smooth vocals” – Interview

Fresh off the back of releasing his stunning debut album Glovemaker earlier this year via Secretly Canadian, the exquisite Loren Kramar announces plans to return to the UK and Europe for a run of headline shows in November.

Kicking things off in The Hague for the Netherlands’ Crossing Border Festival, Loren will then bring his captivating live show to the UK for dates in Brighton, Manchester and London, before rounding things off in Paris at Pitchfork Festival. Festival dates are on sale now, with the UK dates on sale this Wednesday, October 9th at 10.00am HERE. The shows come after a dazzling run earlier this year that saw him play at London’s The Grace & a special show at The Blue Basement: Third Man Records.

“I forgot my portable garment steamer in London when I was playing a show there in June so it feels good to be able to come back and build a tour around that retrieval, ” explains Loren. “It should also be noted that those summer shows in London were among the most generous and rowdy I’ve ever played, so I’m ready to deepen my love with the city as well as meet the good folks of Brighton and Manchester.”

If the Chateau Marmont could sing. This would be it. Loren Kramar’s voice vibrates with the shameless hum of a room after a celebrity exits. Ecstatic aspiration. Doubt. Proximity. Desire. Debut album Glovemaker is about the skins we craft to be seen by the world, and Loren reminds us that we are all in drag. All exposed. No matter what gloves we slip on.

The album birthed tracks like the “lush, biting, opulent” (Stereogum) ‘Hollywood Blvd’ and the “velvet-smooth” (Interview) title track ‘I’m A Slut’ is an ambitious, self-assured anthem about pursuing passion despite any obstacles. The clip for the song may go down as indie’s most expensive video, filled with a trio of Birkins and choreography by Julia Crockett.

Kramar’s music is a testament to the sheer beauty of his voice, characterised by a warm, confident timbre reminiscent of Old Hollywood legends. With a penchant for grand, dramatic melodies, Kramar channels the likes of his former tourmate, Father John Misty and Lana Del Rey, seamlessly intertwining celebration and critique of the enigmatic world of fame, glamour, and artistry.

Born and bred in the heart of Los Angeles, Kramar’s upbringing immersed him in both the art and artifice of the entertainment industry. Reflecting on his journey, Kramar muses, “There’s almost a self-created fanfic that comes with imagining oneself as a star. It’s a coping mechanism against insecurity and shame… that I am enough, that I have value as a person outside of being an artist.”

With new music to come, and an extremely exciting 2025 on the horizon, November’s shows will surely be the last chance to see Loren’s incredible live show in such an intimate setting.  

November

Fri 1st Crossing Border Fest, The Hague, NL 

Mon 4th Hope & Ruin, Brighton, UK 

Tue 5th Deaf Institute Lodge, Manchester, UK 

Wed 6th Lower Third, London, UK 

Fri 8th Pitchfork Festival, Paris, FR

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Miles Kane has announced a fresh run of UK headline dates in November & December 2024. The tour comes off the back of his celebrated solo 2024 One Man Band run across Europe and a string of UK summer festival performances.

“​​I had a buzzing time on my One Man Band shows in Europe and wanted to bring it back home to yous in the UK,” Miles said of the run. “One Man Band with a twist as I’ll have my drummer with me this time and we are gonna have a blast. Sweaty UK Club tour to round the year off.”

Kicking off in Edinburgh on 13th November the tour will see Miles perform his energetic and electric One Man Band show, this time joined by his drummer Jenny Walinetski. Tickets for all shows are on sale 10:00 am Wednesday 2nd October from HERE

November

Wed 13th Edinburgh, The Caves

Thu 14th Aberdeen, The Tunnels

Sun 17th Glasgow, King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut

Thu 21st Liverpool, Arts Club (Theatre)

Fri 22nd Liverpool, Arts Club (Theatre)

Thu 28th Tunbridge Wells, The Forum (Tunbridge Wells)

Fri 29th Norwich, Norwich Arts Centre

Sat 30th Hull, The Welly Club

December

Wed 4th Southampton, Papillon

Thu 5th Bristol, Thekla

Fri 6th Leeds, Brudenell Social Club

Wed 11th Nottingham, Rescue Rooms

Thu 12th Birmingham, Zumhof

Fri 13th Newcastle Under Lyme, Keele University Student Union / Ballroom

Sat 14th Coventry, Kasbah

His latest and fifth album One Man Band, which includes the superb tracks ‘Troubled Son’ & ‘Baggio’, was released in 2023 and saw Miles return to his guitar hero best. Sharp, infectious, urgent and packed to the brim with singalong moments, it’s Miles at the top of his game. 

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Liverpool’s indie powerhouses Circa Waves are back with their spectacular new album Death & Love Pt.1 – out January 31st, 2025 via Lower Third/PIAS. First track, the supreme ‘We Made It’ is available today – listen here.

Circa Waves will return to the road in February & March next year, embarking on their biggest UK headline tour yet, playing to their ever expanding fanbase. Across 12 dates, they’ll play to thousands of fans across the UK, including a night at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on March 26th & a what will be a truly special final night hometown show at Liverpool’s Olympia March 1st. Tickets available here.

Both terrifying and liberating to write, Death & Love Pt.1 is an urgent, 9-track hit of cathartic guitar-pop, serving as a powerful coping mechanism to help process frontman Kieran Shudall’s near-death experience.

Back in early 2023, Kieran received a call from doctors to say that the main artery in his heart was severely blocked. Two days later, he was lying on an operating table watching a wire being inserted into his heart to fix it. What followed was the cancelling of a lot of shows, working out a lot of medication, and most crucially, now having to navigate a new way of life.

“I needed this record to process what I went through. A letter to tell myself I would stick around,” Kieran explains. “Most of all, I wanted to make a record for me, with music I love and hopefully music to make kids in their bedroom pick up a guitar and believe they can take on the fucking world.”

And the results are quite simply stunning. Self-produced by Kieran, and engineered by Matt Wiggins (Adele, Lana Del Rey, Glass Animals), the nine tracks that make up Death & Love Pt.1 ooze nostalgia, and hark back to the sounds and themes that made Shudall want to pick up a guitar in the very first place.

Tracks like the exploding album opener ‘American Dream’ lay the record’s hopeful foundations, with ‘Le Bateau’ – named after a Liverpool club – recalls euphoric, youthful nights out, and the laid back ‘Hold It Steady’ & ‘Blue Damselfly’ showcasing the album’s more emotional themes. ‘We Made It’ oozes with Shudall’s hope and optimism, and ‘Let’s Leave Together’ is a future hit-in-waiting, joining ‘Like You Did You Before’ in two stand out tracks that have infectious hooks, huge choruses running through their hearts and are set to blow the roof off venues on next year’s tour.

Circa Waves was formed in Liverpool in May 2013 by Kieran Shudall. After writing a batch of songs and putting some demos online, he recruited second guitarist Joe Falconer, bassist Sam Rourke, and drummer Sian Plummer (replaced by Colin Jones in 2015).

The band first gained a buzz and earned favourable comparisons to the Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, and the Vaccines before they hit the Top Ten with their debut, 2015’s Young Chasers on Virgin/EMI. Buoyed by singles like ‘T-Shirt Weather’ and ‘Stuck in My Teeth’, the album reached the Top Ten of the U.K. albums chart and paved the way for a series of well-attended live shows, including a sold-out date at London’s O2 .

Without shying away from their influences, the band matured, and albums like 2017’s Different Creatures, 2019’s What’s It Like Over There? showcase their knack for crafting their own distinctively infectious, post-punk anthems. In 2020, they reached number four on the U.K. albums chart with Sad Happy and returned in 2023 with Never Going Under.

Death & Love Pt.1 is the first instalment of a snapshot in time – a reflection on a moment of true terror, and the joy of coming through the other side. It’s a brave and remarkable next step for a band in the finest form of their career.

February 2025
14th Birmingham, O2 Academy
15th Nottingham, Rock City
16th Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom
18th Cambridge, Junction
19th Norwich, UEA
21st Newcastle, NX
22nd Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse
23rd Bristol, Beacon
25th Leeds, O2 Academy
26th London, 02 Academy Brixton
27th Southampton, The 1865

March
1st Liverpool, Olympia

Death & Love Pt. 1 – Track Listing
1. American Dream
2. Like You Did Before
3. We Made It
4. Le Bateau
5. Hold It Steady
6. Let;s Leave Together
7. Blue Damselfly
8. Everything Changed
9. Bad Guys Always Win

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