Pearl Jam released a new track, “Can’t Deny Me,” from their forthcoming album today on Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records. Co-produced by the band and Brendan O’Brien, this song marks Pearl Jam’s first new music since the band’s Grammy Award-winning 2013 album, Lightning Bolt.

“Can’t Deny Me” can be purchased now at pearljam.com and is available on all digital stores and streaming services. The track was first released as a surprise early download to active members of the band’s fan club via Ten Club’s Saturday, March 10th newsletter.

The song was recorded in Seattle in February of 2018. Music was written by Mike McCready and lyrics by Eddie Vedder. Artwork for the single was created by Jeff Ament and Kevin Shuss.

Additional credits:
Jeff Ament – Bass,
Matt Cameron – Drums, Percussion,
Stone Gossard – Guitar,
Mike McCready – Guitar, Percussion, Typewriter,
Eddie Vedder – Vocals, Guitar

Pearl Jam kick off their tour of South America in Santiago, Chile today and will head on a full European arena tour this summer, including two UK dates below at the O2 Arena:

June
Mon 18th    LONDON, O2 Arena   SOLD OUT
Tues 19th    LONDON, O2 Arena   SOLD OUT

About Pearl Jam
2018 marks 27 years of Pearl Jam performing live. Ten studio albums, hundreds of unique live performances and official live concert bootleg releases later, the band continues to be critically acclaimed and commercially successful — with over 85 million albums sold worldwide and a 2017 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Matt Cardle makes a most welcome return to Sony Music on April 27th with the release of new album ‘Time To Be Alive’. Lead single ‘Desire’, an electronic, hook laden delight serves as the perfect introduction to Matt’s new sound.

The striking record sees Cardle collaborate with Jim Eliot (Kylie, Will Young, Ellie Goulding) Christopher Elms (Bjork, Anohni, Alanis Morrisette) Dan McDougall (Liam Gallagher), Dimitri Tikovoi (MNEK, Goldfrapp) and James Hayto & James Jackman (George Michael).

Matt has reinvented his sound on ‘Time To Be Alive’, fusing electronica, gospel, rock and soul. The lyrics are all personal observations on addiction, redemption, atonement and eventual contentment. It’s a collection that will surprise, and one Matt is incredibly proud of.

All but one of the album’s 14 songs were co-written by Cardle. They reveal a portrait of an artist struggling with personal battles, but ultimately winning the war. Producer Jim Eliot was chosen by Matt to help him translate these intimate songs into an electronic, soulful album, which was primarily recorded at Jim’s Hay-on-Wye studio, and at Sarm Studios in London. ‘Time To Be Alive’ was mixed in Stockholm by Christopher Elms, best known for his work with Bjork.

Early into the writing process, Matt spent six months in the lead role of West End hit musical ‘Memphis’. He received the Best West End Debut award from ‘What’s On Stage’ for his portrayal of Huey Calhoun.
As the resounding winner of The X Factor’s highest rating series ever in 2010, over 19 million viewers tuned in to see Matt triumph with his breathtaking four- octave vocal range.

Matt grew up on a steady diet of heavy metal (Rage Against the Machine, Korn) but also admits to a love of Katy Perry, Lady GaGa and the late Michael Jackson. His platinum-selling debut ‘Letters’ was released in 2011, followed by ‘The Fire’ (2012). Both albums went top ten while ‘Porcelain’ debuted at 11 driven by the Melanie C duet ‘Loving You’.

Now back on Sony, ‘Time To Be Alive’, Matt’s 4th studio album, is his first LP release since ‘Porcelain’ in 2013 and showcases Matt’s new found maturity as a singer, songwriter and musician.

www.mattcardlemusic.com

Tokio Myers has teamed up with medal winning athlete Jazmin Sawyers for an incredible reworking of the classic ‘Jerusalem’ for the Official England Commonwealth Games Anthem. The single is released with npower on Syco Music March 16th.

Recorded last month at Abbey Road Studios with a 54 piece orchestra, 10 person choir, Jazmin on vocals and Tokio on a multitude of keyboards, ‘Jerusalem’ is an inspiring choice for Team England. Max Whitlock, Jack Laugher, Ellie Robinson and Lois Toulson all attended the recording session. The Commonwealth Games kick off April 4th in Australia.

Tokio Myers won Britain’s Got Talent last summer and since then released his acclaimed debut album ‘My Generation’ which entered the UK chart at number 4 and has sold over 100,000 so far. Tokio embarks on an 18 date UK tour next month including 3 shows at 3 different London venues.

Jazmin Sawyers, a 23 year old long jump specialist from Stoke, won a silver medal at the 2014 Glasgow Games. Last year she sang on ITV’s the Voice and made it through the Blind Auditions on team Will.i.am.

‘I feel honoured and privileged to be able to put my own spin on this iconic track” Tokio Myers said.

‘It’s always an honour representing Team England in the Games,” says Jazmin. ‘It’s even more special to be singing vocals on Jerusalem, especially because I was able to record it in front of my teammates. It’s definitely going to push me harder in training and on the track.”

Max Whitlock MBE, Team England Gymnast and winner of 2 Olympic Gold Medals and 3 Olympic Bronze Medals says: “It’s brilliant to have this updated version of the track and to have experience the recording day. I can safely say, I now know the words to Jerusalem!”

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Following their triumphant headline show at On Blackheath Festival last September and due to popular demand, Travis, one of Britain’s best loved bands play their classic album ‘The Man Who’ live in full for two limited runs this June & December.

Released 19 years ago, ‘The Man Who’ sounds as fresh today as it did then.  One of the most successful British albums of the last 20 years, it spawned the timeless singles, ‘Writing To Reach You’, ‘Driftwood’, ‘Turn’ and possibly the band’s most iconic song, ‘Why Does It Always Rain On Me’.

“Songs are like emotional bookmarks in time,” Fran Healy said. “When you hear a song you are transported to those times and feel strong echoes of the feelings you felt. Rarely does an album have this ability so performing ‘The Man Who’ once again will be a joy!”

Produced by Nigel Godrich, ‘The Man Who’ spent an astonishing 11 weeks at Number 1, selling nearly 3 million copies. It was the biggest selling UK album in 2000, propelled by an incendiary Glastonbury performance in the rain! Recognition quickly followed including Ivor Novello Awards for ‘Best Songwriter’ & ‘Best Contemporary Song’ for ‘Why Does It Always Rain On Me?’ and BRIT Awards for ‘Best British Band’ and ‘Best British Album’.

The band will perform a handful of special venues over the course of the year including London’s Royal Festival Hall (12th June) and Glasgow The SSE Hydro (21st Dec), with tickets on sale 2nd March:

June
10th – Liverpool, Philharmonic
12th – London, Royal Festival Hall
14th – Folkestone, Leas Cliff Hall
19th – Plymouth, Pavillion
20th – Brighton, Dome
21st – Ipswich, Regent Theatre
25th – Birmingham, Symphony Hall
26th – Oxford, New Theatre

December
12th – Portsmouth, Guildhall
13th – Cambridge, Corn Exchange
15th – Newcastle, City Hall
17th – Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall
18th – Hull, City Hall
19th – Manchester, Apollo
21st – Glasgow, The SSE Hydro

To date Travis have enjoyed two No.1 LPs, five Top Ten singles, two BRIT Awards and more than 8 million record sales in their illustrious career and released their latest critically acclaimed album ‘Everything At Once’ in 2016.

Travis are singer/guitarist Fran Healy, bassist Dougie Payne, guitarist Andy Dunlop and drummer Neil Primrose.

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Following a huge 2017 and newly signed to East West Records, Billy Lockett releases his brilliant new single ‘Empty House’ today! Last week saw Billy return to London for a very special sold out show at the Union Chapel complete with string quartet, and support from fellow breakout artist Áine Cahill.

Watch ‘Empty House’ Live From Union Chapel HERE

Produced by MyRiot (London Grammar, Birdy), this beautiful piano driven track showcases Billy’s emotive vocals and infectious melodies. The track follows his ‘Burn It Down’ EP which reached Number 1 on the singer songwriter chart and received over 6 million streams.

With champions from BBC Radio 1, 6Music, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, Evening Standard and The Times, support slots with Lana Del Ray and Birdy under his belt, as well as multiple sold-out London shows, 2018 looks set to be quite a year for Billy Lockett.

The critics are unanimous in their praise:

“Intelligent songwriting that is fiercely passionate” – Fault
“Lockett’s voice is completely magical” – Wonderland
“Billy Lockett has both credibility and commercial appeal in bucketloads” – Metro

Having just completed a UK headline tour, Billy recently announced a huge homecoming show in Northampton in association with BBC Introducing. Full live dates including festivals below:

May
Thurs 3rd                     Radar Festival, Switzerland
Fri 5th                          Live At Leeds Festival, Leeds
Sat 6th                         Sound City Festival, Liverpool
Thurs 17th–Sat 19th    The Great Escape Festival, Brighton
Sat 19th                        Royal & Derngate, Northampton (BBC Introducing)

One of the country’s most exciting new artists, Louis Berry, releases his most personal single yet with the gospel tinged ‘Stumbling’ (impacts April 6th) on Ministry of Sound.

LISTEN TO ‘STUMBLING’ HERE

This evocative song allows Louis to effortlessly showcase his tremendous voice, wrapped around emotionally charged lyrics. ‘Stumbling’ is written and produced by Louis, Marcus Foster from the band Seramic and Koz, the Grammy winning Canadian producer best known for his work with Kendrick Lamar on the album ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ and DUA LIPA on her acclaimed debut.

“I’ve spent much of the last year in the studio working on new tracks, forming a new sound,” Louis says. “I’ve been working with Rudimental, Mojam and Koz, a Canadian producer who really got my sound. I grew up listening to 2pac but I’m also a fan of people like Johnny Cash so to merge those two sounds together which is what Koz helped me do, is just very exciting.”

Without doubt ‘Stumbling’ is his best single yet, and promises great things for his debut album, produced by an all star cast: Koz, Jacquire King (James Bay, Niall Horan, Kings of Leon) and Steve Fitzmaurice (Sam Smith) and is set for release this summer.

“Louis’ voice instantly stood out,” says Koz. “It has that timeless, distinct, iconic quality that is so rare to find. Every word he sings you believe.”

“It’s a song about when you’re going through things in life and you keep getting knock backs,” Louis says of ‘Stumbling’. “It’s about having the determination and courage to carry on through hard times and get to a place where you want to be.”

Anyone who has witnessed Louis Berry live knows his performances are as joyful as they are explosive, breathing an infectious intensity into his passionate songs. On the horizon are residencies in his native Liverpool and London, Live at Leeds and the Neighbourhood Festival and support slots with Liam Gallagher in Dublin and Belfast.

Louis and his fabulous band spent much of last year on the road, honing their exciting live sound. His UK headline tour sold out while he played over 18 European festivals last summer. He’s had over 270 plays on Radio 1. His supporters include Zane Lowe, Annie Mac, Mistajam and Huw Stephens. So far his songs have been streamed over 10 million times.

Louis’ forthcoming album will be followed by a headline UK tour later this year.

Buy ‘Stumbling’ here: http://smarturl.it/Stumbling

Rufus Wainwright has announced 10 not to be missed UK summer shows.  Armed with one of modern music’s best back catalogues, an incredible voice and a between song chat to rival anyone, these shows will be a real treat.

Rufus Wainwright plays:

June
Thurs 21st    BASINGSTOKE, The Anvil
Fri 22nd       COVENTRY, Coventry Cathedral
Sat 23rd      NOTTINGHAM, The Royal Concert Hall
Mon 25th     WHITLEY BAY, The Playhouse
Tues 26th    LEEDS, Town Hall
Thurs 28th   BATH, Forum
Fri 29th        CAMBRIDGE, The Corn Exchange
Sat 30th       BEXHILL ON SEA, De La Warr Pavilion
July 
Mon 2nd       EDINBURGH, Royal Lyceum Theatre
Tues 3rd       EDINBURGH, Royal Lyceum Theatre

Tickets are on sale now from: http://rufuswainwright.com/tour/

Rufus Wainwright has released eight studio albums including the landmark ‘Want One’. His classic album, “Rufus Does Judy” recorded at Carnegie Hall in 2006, was nominated for a Grammy.  He performed the show in the UK at the Palladium in 2007 and later for two nights at the Royal Opera House in 2011. His opera ‘Prima Donna’ premiered at the Manchester International Festival in 2009.

rufuswainwright.com/

With an inevitably incendiary performance at The Brits to come later this month, four-time Brit award winners Foo Fighters will release their anthemic new single ‘The Line’ impacting March 16th on Columbia Records.

Having claimed their fourth UK number 1 album with ‘Concrete and Gold’ in September, had the album proclaimed as one of the best albums of their illustrious career, played a legendary headline slot at Glastonbury and sold out all three of their UK stadium dates for this summer, it really has been a colossal 12 months for the world’s biggest rock band.

Following the massive singles ‘Run’, and ‘The Sky Is A Neighborhood’, new single ‘The Line’ pairs a signature Foo Fighters propulsive melody with an urgent heartfelt lyric and rousing chorus described by composer Dave Grohl as “a search for hope in this day and age where you feel as if you’re fighting for your life with every passing moment, and everything is on the line.”

September saw Foo Fighters turn in a 5-star 3-hour performance at a sold out O2 Arena. Destined to be one of the live highlights of the year, Foo Fighters play the following stadium shows this summer:

June 2018
Tues 19th   MANCHESTER Etihad Stadium    SOLD OUT
Fri 22nd      LONDON Stadium                         SOLD OUT
Sat 23rd      LONDON Stadium                         SOLD OUT

Foo Fighters are Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear and Rami Jaffee.

“Summer’s End” Premieres Today – Listen HERE

Legendary singer, songwriter and performer John Prine will release his highly anticipated new album, The Tree of Forgiveness, April 13 on his own independent label, Oh Boy Records (pre-order now HERE). Produced by Grammy Award-winning Dave Cobb, the album is Prine’s first featuring new material in over 13 years.

Recorded at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A, the album includes ten new songs written by Prine along with co-writers Pat McLaughlin, Roger Cook, Dan Auerbach, Keith Sykes and Phil Spector. In addition to Prine (lead vocals and acoustic guitar) and Cobb (acoustic guitar, mellotron, claps, kazoo), the album features special guests Brandi Carlile (harmony vocals on tracks 2, 4, 8, 10), Jason Isbell (electric guitar on track 7, slide guitar and background vocals on track 9, 10) and Amanda Shires (fiddle and background vocals on track 9, background vocals on track 10).

In celebration of the album, Prine will embark on an extensive worldwide tour that will span throughout 2018, including a very special co-headline concert at New York’s Radio City Music Hall with Sturgill Simpson (solo) on album release day as well as newly announced shows at L.A.’s Ace Theatre, Boston’s Wang Theatre, Austin’s Bass Hall,Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium (two nights) and UK dates including an appearance at the Cambridge Folk Festival in August.

The landmark album and tour follow a noteworthy 2017, which included an “Artist of the Year” award at the Americana Music Honors & Awards and a Chicago/Midwest Regional Emmy Award for his “Chicago Voices” performance with Renée Fleming. Last year also saw the release of Prine’s debut book, John Prine Beyond Words, which includes a selection of favorites songs, photographs and stories from Prine’s beloved catalogue. More info is available here.

A two-time Grammy-winner, Prine is among the English language’s premier phrase-turners. Almost 50 years years into a remarkable career that has drawn effusive praise from Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, Bonnie Raitt, Roger Waters, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen and others who would know, Prine is a smiling, shuffling force for good. He is a Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member and a PEN New England Lyrics Award recipient whose classic debut album, simply titled John Prine, is recognized as part of the Recording Academy’s Grammy Hall of Fame and whose songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Carly Simon, Bette Midler, Bonnie Raitt, Norah Jones, George Strait, Miranda Lambert, Zac Brown Band and many others.

Following the 2015 death of his dear friend and business partner Al Bunetta, Prine is now President and sole owner of Oh Boy Records. He lives in Nashville, TN with his wife, Fiona, and enjoys spending time with their three sons, a daughter-in-law and his grandchildren.

The Tree Of Forgiveness Track List
1. “Knockin’ On Your Screen Door” (by John Prine and Pat McLaughlin)
2. “I Have Met My Love Today” ft. Brandi Carlile (by John Prine and Roger Cook)
3. “Egg & Daughter Nite, Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone)” (by John Prine and Pat McLaughlin)
4. “Summer’s End” (written by John Prine and Pat McLaughlin)
5. “Caravan of Fools” (by John Prine, Dan Auerbach, and Pat McLaughlin)
6. “The Lonesome Friends of Science” (by John Prine)
7. “No Ordinary Blue” (by John Prine and Keith Sykes)
8. “Boundless Love” (by John Prine, Dan Auerbach, and Pat McLaughlin)
9. “God Only Knows” (by John Prine and Phil Spector)
10. “When I Get to Heaven” (by John Prine)

John Prine plays the following UK Dates:
August
Thurs 2nd   GLASGOW, Kelvingrove Bandstand (with John Moreland)
Fri 3rd    BIRMINGHAM, Town Hall (with John Moreland)
Sun 5th    CAMBRIDGE, Cambridge Folk Festival

Listen to ‘Cosmic Bound’ HERE

‘Cosmic Bound’, featuring newcomer Carys Selvey on vocals, is a little gem pairing funk driven guitars and keys with pure pop melodies and showcases the girls’ ability to write a mean tune. Much like recent acts Disclosure and Clean Bandit, HANNIE write and co-produce their own tracks, handpicking different vocalists to collaborate with for each track.

Forming HANNIE in 2017, Hannah and Annie initially met at ACM University in Guildford, the only girls swimming in a male dominated sea of aspiring guitarists and keyboard players. Hannah, originally from South Germany plays keys and Annie, born in Surrey, guitar and it didn’t take them long to connect musically – going on to play in various bands before eventually forming HANNIE last year.

‘We’ve been doing these online videos for a while and it’s really exciting for us to have our own track out’ says Annie ‘It’s been a totally different experience from playing for other people and we love it!’ Following a stint of session work with other acts the pair moved to East London, turned their living room into a studio and have been writing prolifically ever since.

Within a year HANNIE have gone from putting up online videos filmed in their living room, to having over 160,000 followers, keenly awaiting their next move.

Their view is simple:

“Your gender should never get in the way of doing what you love and working hard. It’s weird but there doesn’t seem to be anyone doing what we are doing, which we find really exciting. We want to be a step towards putting more girls, as musicians, in the music industry. This is the most fun we’ve ever had, and can’t wait to share these tunes with everyone.”

https://hannieofficial.com/

Mr. Jukebox, the highly anticipated debut album from Joshua Hedley, will be released April 20 on Third Man Records and is now available for pre-order. Watch the video for the title track today HERE.

Produced by Jordan Lehning and Skylar Wilson, the 10-track album features nine original songs as well as a version of “When You Wish Upon A Star.” In addition to Hedley on vocals and fiddle, the album features Eddie Lange on steel guitar/guitar, Jeremy Fetzer from Steelism on guitar/baritone guitar, Michael Rinne on bass, Jon Radford on drums/percussion and Micah Hulscher on piano/organ.

Hedley comments, “It’s not a throwback. It sounds new because it is new, and it sounds the way it sounds because it’s the only thing I know how to do. I can’t write a song that sounds different. Classic country is like a suit. Nothing about a men’s suit has changed in like 100 years. Classic never goes out of style.”

A Florida native, Hedley felt inexplicably drawn toward the fiddle as a child. He first asked for one at age 3. His mom listened to Neil Diamond and his dad listened to Otis Redding––they didn’t see the request coming––but when he asked again five years later, they were struck by the longing’s staying power and, at 8 years-old, he finally got his wish.

He went on to perform at the local VFW and American Legion and, at 12, joined his first band. His bandmates were in their 40s. Around the same time, Hedley visited Nashville with his parents and immediately knew that he belonged. At 19, he made the move and began sneaking into Robert’s Western World––too young to drink legally and too wild to care.

Joshua Hedley went on to become a featured performer and in-demand sideman at the now legendary spot and, ultimately, a well-respected frontman. Armed with an easy croon and prodigious fiddle playing, he became known by peers as the Mayor of Lower Broad. In the years since, he’s performed with artists including Jonny Fritz, Justin Townes Earle and was featured prominently in the 2015 documentary, Heartworn Highways Revisited.

Hedley will tour throughout 2018 in support of the record, including stops at SXSW and a date at London’s The Waiting Room on April 12th.

MR. JUKEBOX TRACK LIST

1. Counting All My Tears
2. Mr. Jukebox
3. Weird Thought Thinker
4. Let’s Take A Vacation
5. If These Walls Could Talk
6. I Never Shed A Tear For You
7. This Time
8. Don’t Waste Your Tears
9. Let Them Talk
10. When You Wish Upon A Star

Watch The Video HERE

Fischerspooner share their new single “TopBrazil” off their upcoming album, Sir, out February 16 via Ultra Records.  The stunning companion video was directed by Tom C J Brown and features frontman Casey Spooner interwoven into a collage of male bodies becoming one, all the while blurring the lines of masculinity and femininity paired with overt sexuality. Spooner explains, “The video celebrates a pop aesthetic typically reserved for the female archetype and liberates the male form to be sexual, expressive and fearless.” It embodies the album’s resistant narrative as an overtly queer and celebratory body of work in response to the current atmosphere in America.

Sir is the group’s first album in nearly a decade. Entirely produced by Michael Stipe, it features additional production by BOOTS (Beyonce, Run The Jewels, FKA Twigs) and mixing by both Stuart White (Beyonce’s Lemonade) and Andy LeMaster. The collection of erotically-charged, yet profound songs was crafted by Spooner and Stipe at Michael’s home in Athens, GA, alongside Michael’s longtime collaborator Andy LeMaster. The album also features contributions by Spooner’s longtime collaborator Le Chev, as well as Thomas Haskett.

Fischerspooner started as a DIY art project with their very first performance at a Manhattan Starbucks, which ultimately transformed into a spectacle that ushered in the electroclash pop revolution. They pushed the boundaries of music and art in unparalleled ways that laid the foundations for many of today’s biggest artists. Long known for their spectacular live performances, they returned to the stage and played their first show in almost a decade in October at Brooklyn Steel, with West Coast shows lined up for March this year.

PRE-ORDER SIR: http://smarturl.it/SirAlbum

STREAM / BUY “TOPBRAZIL”: https://lnk.to/TopBrazil

WATCH “TOGETHERNESS FT CAROLINE POLACHEK” (FISCHER EDIT): https://youtu.be/F7gXrKccc8g

WATCH “TOGETHERNESS FT CAROLINE POLACHEK” (SPOONER EDIT):  http://vevo.ly/CC33F6

WATCH THE “HAVE FUN TONIGHT” VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ruDhSzPLjuY

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