Cyndi Lauper Announces ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’ UK and EU Farewell Tour

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June 24, 2024

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One of the planet’s most popular K-pop girl groups of the past decade, Red Velvet, returns with “Cosmic” – a delicious new six-track EP to mark their 10th anniversary. Listen below – out now via SM Entertainment / Virgin Music.

The project is a delightful expansion of Red Velvet’s vivid musical world; weaving together diverse stories and emotions about the values, relationships and existence that makes one shine.

The dreamy, disco-pop single ‘Cosmic’ brings out Red Velvet’s enchanting side in a fairytale-like story describing a serendipitous love crash-landing. The soaring chorus, propelled by the group’s signature vocal harmonies, creates a nostalgic aura with its lively bass guitars and synth strings. ‘Cosmic’ is written by renowned K-pop hitmaker KENZIE with Swedish pop composers Moonshine – both have a history of crafting hits for the group like ‘Peek A Boo’ and ‘Chill Kill’.

Central to Red Velvet’s artistry is their dual concept, which allows the group to flit between ‘red’ (sweet, brighter side) and ‘velvet’ (more mature, darker side) with each project. The “Cosmic” EP – with its softer, romantic and playful collection of songs – is a deliberately stark contrast to Red Velvet’s last release, their third album “Chill Kill”.

The whimsical storytelling on “Cosmic” is further explored on ‘Sunflower’, a fun pop dance song with an emotional melody, describing a sunflower so in love with the sun, it is willing to fly into space to escape the night just to be with it.

The R&B pop track ‘Last Drop’ conjures resonant bass-heavy beats with a deep message about how one can keep shining because they feel safe and protected, and the commitment to illuminate you with all one’s strength, like a white dwarf star that emits light until its final moment.

With its bouncy pop melodies and keyboard sounds that recreate the playful atmosphere of an arcade, ‘Love Arcade’ hears Red Velvet sing about breaking all the rules that come between two lovers in order to create their own world as their hearts desire.

The mesmerising love song ‘Bubble’ hears Red Velvet’s pristine vocal harmonies glide over punchy drum beats and ethereal synths. The track is co-written by Soyo and hotly-tipped producer and songwriter SUMIN, who also did the fan-favourite Red Velvet track ‘Eyes Locked, Hands Locked’ from 2019’s “The ReVe Festival: Finale”. The lyrics convey that a world with you is so dazzlingly brilliant that the entire universe will be envious.

Closing out the journey on this EP is the calming ‘Night Drive’, an R&B pop mid-tempo fused with a dreamy synth-pop sound that could be interpreted as a personal message to listeners. It conveys the message of trusting and moving forward together, like a beautiful night drive filled with memories etched like the stars above.

Cosmic EP tracklisting:
Cosmic
Sunflower
Last Drop
Love Arcade
Bubble
Night Drive

Rudimental deliver brand new single, ‘You Bring Me Joy’ feat. Karen Harding

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June 21, 2024

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Award-winning electronic music heavyweights Rudimental share their brand new single ‘Bring Me Joy’ feat Karen Harding.

Overflowing with Rudimental’s signature slice of drum‘n’bass, ‘Bring Me Joy’ will undoubtedly become a firm fixture in everyone’s summer playlists and beyond. Built around piano melodies and underpinning Karen’s soulful vocal performance, Rudimental’s latest offering follows their gold-certified single ‘Alibi’ with Ella Henderson and platinum-selling 2023 track ‘Dancing Is Healing’ feat. Charlotte Plank and Vibe Chemistry

As one of the UK’s most successful dance acts of the last decade, Rudimental have set the bar high. Multiple chart entries, two #1 albums, three #1 singles, 5 billion streams, 4 albums, world tours, platinum-selling singles, and a plethora of awards have cemented their position as trailblazers with a formidable reputation for producing hit records.

Armed with an exciting summer live plot, which includes recent appearances at Parklife, Love Saves The Day, BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend and Capital FM’s Summertime Ball, the band will return to Glastonbury next weekend for a B2B set with Todd Edwards. They will also perform a DJ set at Defected @ Ushuaia in Ibiza before taking over Silverstone for the second edition of the F1 Festival next month.

Equipped with new material that evokes that authentic Rudimental feeling, the band are ready to let loose once again.

Rudimental Upcoming Live Dates
*DJ Set

Friday 28th – Sunday 30th June – Glastonbury – Somerset, UK
Tuesday 2nd July – Defected @ Ushuaia – Ibiza, Spain *
Friday 5th July – Rampage Festival – Antwerp, Belgium *
Saturday 6th July – Port Elliot Festival – Cornwall, UK
Sunday 7th July – F1 Festival – Silverstone, UK
Saturday 3rd August – Let It Roll Festival – Czech Republic *
Friday 9th August – Lakefest – Ledbury, UK *
Saturday 10th August – Heitere Open Air – Switzerland *

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James Mcvey Shares The New Summer Single ‘Thick And Thin’ – Listen Here

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June 21, 2024

Time away from home often inspires a little reflection – not only on what’s important to you in the present day, but also the people and events that helped shape who you are now. Those thoughts inspired James McVey’s upcoming second EP ‘Letters Home’ and especially his brand new single ‘Thick and Thin’, which is out now. Listen Below.

‘Thick and Thin’ is a song celebrating the enduring power of brotherhood: friendships that were rooted in the innocence of childhood and that have continued to remain important through the transitionary teenage years and deep into adulthood. It salutes a time when your neighbourhood was your world, when the future was unwritten, and it was impossible to predict the direction that your life would take. The music captures the nostalgia of the time, an uplifting folk-rock stomper with raucous vocals that sound like a group of old friends sitting around the campfire.

James says, “‘Thick and Thin’ is a song about my childhood. I grew up in a small town in Dorset where I spent all my free time riding my BMX bike and kicking a ball on the sports field. The song centres around the friendships I had with the guys I grew up with and how we experienced new things together for the first time: our first cigarettes, first drinks of cider, first relationships, etc. The world felt small for us and we knew every road and house. For me, the song gives me real nostalgia and there’s an irony when listening to it: back then I was dying to leave that place, but I’d do anything now to go back to when life was much more simple.

I wrote and recorded the song on tour and feel that you can hear that in the song’s production. I wanted the pace and energy throughout the song to symbolise the feeling of being 16-years-old again in Dorset riding my bike.”

Fittingly, James wrote and produced ‘Thick and Thin’ with a friend of his: Alex Stacey, who plays in his live band and whose other writing credits include Declan J Donovan and OneRepublic.

‘Thick and Thin’ joins the recent ‘All The Things’ in previewing the ‘Letters Home’ EP. The collection came together as he toured Europe earlier this year with Henry Moodie. James, Alex and whoever else happened to be free at the time would get together for impromptu writing and recording sessions on the bus, backstage or at the hotel after the show.

Having started his solo career with the release of the acclaimed ‘Manabi’ EP last year, James continues to work with his old friends, the chart-topping, arena-filling The Vamps. The band recently announced the ‘Meet The Vamps’ anniversary tour, which sold-out all twelve shows in a matter of minutes – leading to the addition of a second London show at the Eventim Apollo.

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New release out June 20, 2024!

Perrie Edwards Releases New Song ‘Tears’

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June 21, 2024

Fresh from the success of her debut smash single ‘Forget About Us’, global sensation Perrie Edwards today releases her new single ‘Tears’.

‘Tears’ is a Motown influenced, smooth and sultry track written by multi-platinum winning producer Ido (Justin Bieber, Camilla Cabello, Shawn Mendes) and Feli Ferraro.

Perrie says: “This song is about coming out of a bad situation and letting go of what has happened in the past. It’s that point where you feel empowered, and you leave the tears behind because you’ve come out the other side. It’s a sultry and smooth track that I’m really excited for you all to hear.”

Perrie stepped out as a solo artist in April this year with her debut solo single ‘Forget About Us’. The single smashed straight into the Official Charts Top 10 Singles Chart, topped The Official Big Top 40 from Global for two weeks and was the No.1 UK radio airplay record for an astonishing five weeks. This month Perrie performed a standout set at Capital Radio’s ‘Summertime Ball’ at Wembley Stadium.

Perrie has spent the last year and half writing and recording her upcoming debut solo album. Across the eclectic and diverse record, she had a heavy hand in creating, there are nods to her rock n roll-influenced childhood, Motown, disco, country, 80s and, of course, bright, bold pop. The unifying thread is Perrie’s strong, soaring vocals that fearlessly grapple with each melody and top note.

Nearly all of the highly personal album was written and recorded at Perrie’s North London home, a place she feels the most safe. Her fiancé Alex suggested they turn their unused dining room into a home studio, which he had built for her with everything she needed to lay down the tracks. As well as being embedded in her
sanctuary she also explored working with producers and co-writers—the elite squad of which included artists Ed Sheeran and RAYE as well as Johnny McDaid, Feli Ferraro (BTS, Normani) and Jon Bellion (Maroon 5, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber)— which allowed her to be as vulnerable and creative as possible for this debut product.

“Going into sessions as a solo artist now and being able to say what I want and I feel is just the most amazing experience. I’ve never really done that before—that’s why I’ve wanted to just explore all my different emotions and different parts of my life.”

Perrie – Tears

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Katy Perry Launches New Era – New Single & Album On The Way!

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June 18, 2024

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Katy Perry will kick off an extraordinary new pop era this summer, beginning with the release of her new single, “Woman’s World,” on Thursday, July 11, at 7:00 PM ET/ 4:00 PM PT. The official video will premiere July 12. Today, the global pop superstar unveiled the single’s bold cover art, which was shot by acclaimed British photographer Jack Bridgland, and a snippet of the song on her social media. “Woman’s World” is the first single from Katy’s forthcoming album.

Fans can pre-save the single – and pre-order the CD single or 7-inch vinyl editions. Check out the official sound for “Woman’s World”.

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With a cumulative 115 billion streams alongside worldwide sales of over 70 million adjusted albums and 143 million tracks, Katy is one of the best-selling musical artists of all time. She’s one of only five recording artists in RIAA history to gain entry to the elite 100 Million Certified Songs club.

On Friday, September 20, Katy will headline the sold-out Rock in Rio in Brazil, marking her first performance at the Rio de Janeiro festival since 2015.

Since Katy Perry’s Capitol Records debut in 2008 with One of the Boys, she has racked up a cumulative 115 billion streams alongside worldwide sales of over 70 million adjusted albums and 143 million tracks. The biggest-selling female artist in Capitol history, Katy is one of only five artists in history to have surpassed 100 million certified units with their digital singles – and the first-ever Capitol Records recording artist to join the elite RIAA 100 Million Certified Songs club. She was the first artist in RIAA history to earn three RIAA Diamond Song Awards – for “Firework,” “Dark Horse” and “Roar.” “California Gurls” (feat. Snoop Dogg) recently brought Katy her fourth Diamond Song Award.

Now certified triple Platinum, One of the Boys contained the hits “I Kissed A Girl” (6x Platinum) and “Hot N Cold” (8x Platinum). Katy’s second studio album, Teenage Dream (2010), ushered in what the RIAA recognized as the highest-certified era of any artist ever. In addition to the massive hits “Firework” and “California Gurls,” the 9x Platinum album contained “E.T.” and “Teenage Dream” (single), which have each reached 10x Platinum Status.

The 5x Platinum PRISM followed in 2013. When the official videos for “Dark Horse” and the 15x Platinum, “Roar” each surpassed three billion views, Katy became the first female artist to reach this milestone. “Roar” has just crossed the four billion view mark, while “Dark Horse” recently crossed the one billion threshold on Spotify, where Katy boasts an impressive 57 million+ monthly listeners with over 30 million followers.

2017’s Witness contained the 2x Platinum “Chained to the Rhythm” (feat. Skip Marley) plus the Platinum hits “Bon Appétit” (feat. Migos) and “Swish Swish” (feat. Nicki Minaj). “Never Really Over,” off her latest album SMILE, is certified Platinum and was the biggest streaming launch of Katy’s musical career. The album also includes the Gold-certified singles “Daisies” and “Harleys in Hawaii.” SMILE has sold over 2.5 million adjusted albums, with over 4 billion combined streams to date.

Aside from being one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, Katy is an active advocate of many philanthropic causes. In 2013, Katy was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and has used her powerful voice to ensure every child’s right to health, education, equality, and protection. Katy has also been a champion for LGBTQ+ equality, and has received numerous awards for her work, including the Trevor Project’s Hero Award in 2012, the Human Rights Campaign’s National Equality Award in 2017, amfAR’s Award of Courage in 2018, and Variety’s Power of Women distinction in 2021 for her work with her own foundation, the Firework Foundation, whose mission is to empower children from underserved communities by igniting their inner light through the arts.

Katy has similarly focused her entrepreneurial flair towards her eponymous shoe line, Katy Perry Collections, as well as for selective companies working to improve health and wellness. She sits on the Board of Bragg, makers of the celebrated Apple Cider Vinegar, has been an early backer of Impossible Foods, the plant-based meat producer, and is an active investor in Apeel Sciences, a company focused on plant-derived shelf-life extension technology for fresh produce that improves quality and reduces food waste, and Samsara, an enviro-tech company creating infinite recycling to end plastic pollution. Most recently, Katy co-founded De Soi, a line of sparkling ready-to-drink non-alcoholic apéritifs with natural adaptogens, in partnership with AMASS, maker of clean botanics.

Katy has just wrapped her critically acclaimed Las Vegas residency, PLAY. When “American Idol” returned to the air in 2018, Katy joined as a judge. She just completed her seventh, and final, consecutive season on the show.

Coldplay Announce ‘Moon Music’ – New Album Landing October 4

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June 17, 2024

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Coldplay have today announced the release of their highly-anticipated tenth album, Moon Music. The record will land in stores and on streaming services on October 4, 2024.

The album’s first single, feelslikeimfallinginlove, will be released globally on Friday, June 21. The single can be pre-saved here. The band performed the song for the first time last night during their sold out stadium show at Budapest’s Puskás Aréna.

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Moon Music, which was produced by Max Martin, is available to pre-order everywhere now, with a limited number of hand-signed editions available from the official Coldplay Store, at store.coldplay.com.

NEW FORMATS AND NEW SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS

In tandem with Coldplay’s ground-breaking sustainability measures on their current tour – which has so far produced 59% less CO2e emissions than their previous stadium tour – the band have gone to great lengths to make the physical release of Moon Music as sustainable as possible.

This will be the world’s first album released as a 140g EcoRecord LP, with each copy made from 9 recycled PET-plastic bottles recovered from post-consumer waste. This will prevent the manufacture of more than 25 metric tonnes of virgin plastic, and provide an 85% reduction in manufacturing process CO2 emissions/kg compared to traditional 140g vinyl.

Additionally, the band have collaborated with long-time partners The Ocean Cleanup to create an additional format: the Notebook Edition EcoRecord LP. The rPET for this edition comprises 70% river plastic, intercepted by The Ocean Cleanup from the Rio Las Vacas, Guatemala, and prevented from reaching the Gulf of Honduras and the Atlantic Ocean. Check out The Ocean Cleanup’s video about the process here.

The CD editions of Moon Music will be the world’s first to be released on EcoCD, created from 90% recycled polycarbonate, sourced from post-consumer waste streams. This will provide at least a 78% CO2/kg emission reduction, and avoid the manufacture of more than five metric tonnes of virgin plastic.

LIMITED FIRST EDITION RELEASE

In an effort to reduce waste, the first edition run of Moon Music (both EcoRecord LP and EcoCD) will be strictly limited and produced at a higher specification than any future editions. All First Edition EcoRecord LP products will be individually numbered.

Moon Music is available to pre-order now in four physical formats, all clearly marked as First Edition, with all EcoRecord rPET LP products individually numbered:

Standard EcoCD
Standard EcoRecord LP
Notebook Edition EcoCD
Notebook Edition EcoRecord LP + EcoCD

The Notebook Edition (EcoCD and EcoRecord LP) comes as a casebound hardback book. The book is a faithful replica of Chris Martin’s original studio notebook, featuring 28 pages of unseen notes, lyrics and illustrations from the album’s writing and recording process. The Notebook Edition also includes additional voice notes and demos from the album’s recording sessions, providing a special insight into the music’s development.

All formats are available to pre-order now on the band’s Official Store, with a limited number of hand-signed versions available, at store.coldplay.com.

Moon Music is Coldplay’s first album since 2021’s Music Of The Spheres, which spawned the US Number One single with BTS, My Universe, and was nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards. Music Of The Spheres has already accumulated more than four billion streams.

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Crowded House Announce Gravity Stairs UK And Europe Tour

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June 17, 2024

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Multi-platinum, Iconic rock band Crowded House announce Gravity Stairs UK and Europe tour kicking off this October. With stops in Manchester, Glasgow, London, Brighton and Birmingham before continuing across Europe. Tickets go on general sale Friday 21st June at 9am BST via Livenation.co.uk

Tour news follows the release of Crowded Houses’ acclaimed 8th studio album Gravity Stairs, their first release since 2021’s Dreamers Are Waiting. Produced by the band with Steven Schram, the album shows Crowded House in its current incarnation — Finn, Nick Seymour, Mitchell Froom, and Finn’s sons Elroy and Liam — as sharp as ever, feeling musically adventurous, and still capable of reaching the staggering highs that have made them an international favorite.

Gravity Stairs UK and European Tour will showcase the band’s musical evolution and commitment to delivering thought-provoking and inspiring sounds that resonate with fans old and new

Gravity Stairs Tour
Tuesday 8th October Manchester, U.K. Co-op Live
Wednesday 9th October Glasgow, UK OVO Hydro
Friday 11th October London, UK The O2
Saturday 12th October Brighton, UK Brighton Centre
Monday 14th October Dublin, IRE 3Arena
Wednesday 16th October Bournemouth, UK International Center
Thursday 17th October Birmingham, UK Utilita Arena
Saturday 19th October Brussels, BE Cirque Royal
Monday 21st October Cologne, GE Carlswerk Victoria
Tuesday 22nd October Tilburg, NL 013
Friday 25th October Barcelona, ES Sant Jordi Club
Sunday 27th October Madrid, ES Palacio Vistalegre

Tickets go on general sale Friday 23rd June at 10am BST via LiveNation.co.uk

Gallery: Download Festival 2024 Comes To A Close With Mighty Set From Avenged Sevenfold

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June 16, 2024

This weekend’s Liquid Death Presents XXI welcomed over 75,000 attendees to the hallowed grounds of Donington Park. DLXXI celebrated its 21st anniversary with incredible sets from first time headliners Queens Of The Stone Age and Fall Out Boy, as well as Download favourites Avenged Sevenfold closing out the weekend with a bang.

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The atmosphere was electric as Download’s loyal community reunited once again to enjoy DLXXI’s mammoth line-up of bands. Queens Of The Stone Age delivered an epic set of hits on Friday, Chicago’s finest pop punk export Fall Out Boy delighted the crowd with a greatest hits set spanning their entire back catalogue, and Avenged Sevenfold closed out a sun-drenched Sunday with an incendiary set.

With an unbelievable line-up over the weekend, featuring the likes of Limp Bizkit, Sum 41, The Offspring, Corey Taylor, Busted, Wheatus, BABYMETAL, Funeral For A Friend, Tom Morello, Kerry King, a mind-blowing secret set from Parkway Drive, a surprise performance from comedians Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett with Bleed From Within and many more, there really were too many musical highlights to mention.

On top of the stellar line-up of bands, there was a packed schedule of entertainment in District X, from live podcasts, to DJ sets from the likes of Charlie Simpson (Busted) and Those Damn Crows, to secret sets from the likes of Wheatus, to comedy and much more.

Once again, Download Festival brought together its wonderful community to enjoy an incredible weekend of the best in alternative music, a diverse range of District X entertainment, and several new additions to the festival, including a SEGA gaming activation and the Liquid Death skate ramp. And not only that, but the Humans Of Download live photography docuseries returned for the second year to pay tribute to the wonderful diversity of Download attendees.

In 2025, Download Festival will return to Donington from Friday 13th June – Sunday 15th June. Limited Early Bird tickets are on sale at 12 noon on Monday 17 June from www.downloadfestival.co.uk.

Becky Hill Wows the Crowd at Forest Live Opening Gig

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June 14, 2024