Alex Kapranos celebrates the 20th anniversary of Franz Ferdinand’s debut album: “Don’t be afraid to dance”

Kneecap have announced their debut album ‘Fine Art’ and dropped the visuals for their new single, ‘Sick In The Head’.The Northern Irish rap trio’s debut album will drop on June 14 via Heavenly Recordings and was produced by Toddla T.Speaking about the album, Kneecap said: “When working on the album we had periods of great productivity but also periods with a total lack of anything creatively. Towards the end of recording we hit a proper wall and this is the result.

EXCLUSIVE: Disney will launch CGI-animated series Morphle and the Magic Pets on March 20.

“It genuinely feels like things are happening in real time.”

Love stories on all of our favorite soap operas are usually riddled with drama, and they aren’t all built to last.

Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service have extended their previously announced 20th-anniversary tour – adding new shows in the UK and Europe to the bill.The extension comes in response to a huge demand from fans, following both bands embarking on their joint 2023 tour.Like with the previous performances, the new dates will see Ben Gibbard – the co-founder of both bands – continue to pull double duty at the live shows, performing ‘Give Up’ and ‘Transatlanticism’ in full alongside his respective bandmates.It comes as both albums have hit their 20-year milestone – with The Postal Service’s RIAA Platinum-certified ‘Give Up’ arriving in February 2003, and Death Cab for Cutie’s fourth studio LP ‘Transatlanticism’ being released just eight months later.Today (February 16), three new shows have been added to the 2024 schedule, including a new date at the OVO Arena in Glasgow on August 23, and a show at the Utilita Arena in Cardiff the following night (24).A post shared by Death Cab for Cutie (@deathcabforcutie)The two new shows come ahead of the bands’ co-headline slots in London on August 25, when they take to the stage at Victoria Park for this year’s instalment of All Points East.The final of the new dates includes a slot at Poble Espanyol in Barcelona on August 27. This comes ahead of the bands’ previously announced appearances at MEO Kalorama Festival in Lisbon between August 29 and 31.Tickets for all new headline dates go on general sale at 9am GMT next Friday (February 23).

Keane have announced a special 20th anniversary edition of their debut album ‘Hopes And Fears’ – find all the details below.Released in 2004, the original version of the record includes the hit singles ‘Somewhere Only We Know’, ‘Everybody’s Changing’ and ‘Bedshaped’. The LP hit Number One in the UK, and earned the group a BRIT Award for British Album Of The Year in 2005.Today (February 16), it has been confirmed that Keane will mark the two-decade milestone of ‘Hopes And Fears’ by sharing a remastered version of their debut on May 10 – exactly 20 years on from its initial release.

Nia Archives has announced details of her debut album. The U.K.

Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) has revealed the stars who will be joining them for their 20th anniversary, including Viggo Mortensen and Maxine Peake.

Ashlee Simpson is celebrating Autobiography!

Nia Archives has announced her debut album ‘Silence Is Loud’ – you can listen to the title track below.The Bradford-born producer, DJ and songwriter is due to release the 13-song record on April 12 via HIJINXX/Island (pre-order/pre-save here). It’ll contain the previous singles ‘So Tell Me’, ‘Crowded Roomz’ and ‘Forbidden Feelingz’.Per a press release, the forthcoming collection will see Nia explore “loneliness and the intense potential power of silence (something louder than noise could ever be)” as well as “relationships, family, navigating her 20s and more”.The artist worked on ‘Silence Is Loud’ with the songwriter and producer Ethan P.

Salma Hayek is celebrating 15 years of wedded bliss!

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky were the epitome of relationship goals while celebrating Valentine’s Day in Paris, France.

Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper are feeling the love this Valentine’s Day after subtly confirming their relationship last month.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Alex Cox is getting back behind the wheel. The “Repo Man” director is revisiting the off-kilter world of extraterrestrials and car repossession that he mined so memorably in the 1984 cult classic in a new sequel that is being introduced to buyers at the Berlin Film Festival and European Film Market. Entitled “Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer,” the film is being backed by Buffalo 8 Productions, a film and media company best known for the critically acclaimed work on Netflix series “The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes.” Cox wrote the script along with directing the film.

Margot Robbie is staying in business with Warner Bros. and she hosted a star-studded party to celebrate the exciting news!

Chanel Beads, a.k.a. New York-based artist Shane Lavers, has confirmed details of his upcoming debut album.

The Libertines were shocked to hear a version of their hit ‘Don’t Look Back Into the Sun’ played to them with an AI version of Homer Simpson taking the lead vocal.In a video posted on the band’s Instagram, Pete Doherty and Carl Barat are playing a round of pool when a friend puts the track on in the background.“It’s just like the record, man,” Doherty says, but he is stopped in his tracks when the vocals hit for the first time. “Who’s remixed this then?!” he says, between laughs.

Whitney Houston.Every time I hear someone on “American Idol” or “The Voice” attempt the impossible by singing one of her songs.Every time I hear “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” in a bar or club and watch generations of women and men — both gay and straight — shimmy and sing at the top of their lungs.And every Grammys since I was there in Los Angeles that weekend when she shockingly passed — at age 48 — the day before music’s biggest night on Feb. 11, 2012.But perhaps I miss Houston the most every single time that someone steps up to the mic to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Super Bowl.

bad blood between West and Swift continues.Kanye West reportedly named-dropped Taylor Swift in his brand new track “Carnival,” which was released as part of his highly-anticipated album “Vultures 1.” “Why she say she sucked my d–k? / Then she say she ain’t sucked my d–k/ She gon’ take it up the a– / Like a ventriloquist / I made six Taylor Swift / Since I had the Rollie on the wrist,” West, 46, raps. West, who has a rocky past with Swift, also manages to drop several high-profile celebrity names including R.

The Last Dinner Party have scored the biggest Number One debut album in nearly a decade with their breakthrough LP ‘Prelude To Ecstasy’.News of the milestone was announced today by the Official Charts Company, who confirmed that the rising indie rock band had earned 32,800 chart units in just one week with their debut album.It is the biggest opening week for a chart-topping debut album by a band in nearly a decade. Prior to this, it was Olly Alexander-led band Years & Years who also reached the milestone by selling 55,000 copies of their debut LP ‘Communion’.Releasing ‘Prelude To Ecstasy’ last week (February 2), the five-piece – comprised of Abigail Morris, Lizzie Mayland, Emily Roberts, Georgia Davies and Aurora Nishevci – have also gone on to achieve some other impressive feats with the LP.These include the album being the best seller in UK independent record shops this week, and going on to secure the Number One spot on the Official Record Store Chart.