Alt-J share moving new song ‘Get Better’ and announce 2022 UK and Ireland tour

Bloc Party have returned with ‘Traps’, their first new music in five years, and with it have shared details of a new album and UK/European tour.‘Traps’ is the first taste of ‘Alpha Games’, the band’s follow up to 2016’s ‘Hymns’, which is released on April 29, 2022.The single is a frenetic affair that recalls the post-punk urgency of their 2005 debut ‘Silent Alarm’.

Benee has announced a world tour, spanning the first half of next year.The tour will kick off in her home country early next year before heading to Australia in March, Europe and the UK across April and May, and North America in June. It also includes a number of festival line-ups.

Pond have shared the video for their sprawling new track ‘Take Me Avalon I’m Young’ and announced a run of UK headline shows.Filmed in Hastings, England, and directed by Bunny Kinney, the music video sees frontman Nicholas Allbrook try his hand at a variety of sports.Allbrook described the music video – the song for which is lifted from Pond’s recently released ninth album ‘9’ – as “no joke” and “the most fun video I’ve ever been a part of”.“I spent two days rushing around Hastings running,

Birdy has announced that she’ll be heading to the UK and Europe in 2022 for a run of headline shows.The English singer-songwriter (aka Jasmine van den Bogaerde) will be touring in support of her fourth studio album ‘Young Heart’, which was released earlier this year. Birdy’s shows kick off on May 3 2022 in London, where she will play two back-to-back dates at the Eventim Apollo.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have announced a colossal 2022 world tour, hitting Europe, the UK and both North and South America.The tour will commence in late March with three festival dates in Argentina, Brazil and Colombia, respectively, before taking on a string of North American dates through to the end of May.The Australian band will then play a large run of festival dates throughout Europe from the beginning of June, including the sold-out Primavera Sound, before heading back to

Simon Cowell, the man behind Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor, will be a mix of a game show and talent show, with some famous faces judging the contestants. Since The X Factor was dropped by ITV in July Simon Cowell has come up with a new show called Walk The Line which will debut on ITV later this year.

Rina Sawayama debuted a brand new song live last night (November 13) – watch her play ‘Catch Me In The Air’ at her Glasgow show below.The singer is currently on a UK headline tour in support of 2020 debut album ‘SAWAYAMA’ and played the city’s SWG Galvaniser’s Yard last night.During the set, Sawayama asked the crowd if they wanted to hear a new song, before launching into ‘Catch Me In The Air’.“I wrote this song because, in these unprecedented times, I am touring my first record at the same time

Lucy Dacus is heading on tour next year. The singer-songwriter, who shared her wonderful third album Home Video this summer, will embark on dates across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Europe from early February to mid-April with Indigo De Souza and Fenne Lilly opening.

Parkway Drive have announced a UK and European headline tour for 2022 – see all the details below.The Australian band, whose latest album ‘Reverence’ arrived in 2018, will perform a string of shows throughout next September into October. Tickets go on sale here this Friday (November 12) at 10am GMT.Following gigs in Prague, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris and other cities, Parkway Drive are set to touch down in the UK on September 30 for a performance at Alexandra Palace in London.

Freddie Gibbs has announced a trio of UK and Ireland shows set to take place in spring 2022.The Indiana rapper – whose most recent album ‘Alfredo’ with The Alchemist was nominated for a Grammy this year – will perform at Manchester Academy 2, London’s Roundhouse, and Dublin’s Vicar Street early next year.The shows will be preceded by a short run in Europe, with dates scheduled in Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris.

Greta Van Fleet have announced a UK and Ireland headline tour for 2022.The ‘Dreams And Gold’ jaunt will see the band play two dates at Manchester’s O2 Apollo along with a show at London’s Alexandra Palace and a concert in Dublin next June.Tickets for the shows go on sale this Friday (November 12) at 10am GMT and will be available here.

Placebo have shared a new song called ‘Surrounded By Spies’, plus announced details of a UK and Ireland tour.The longstanding band released their first single in five years in the form of ‘Beautiful James’ in September.Now, they’ve followed it up with ‘Surrounded By Spies’, which frontman Brian Molko said was inspired by discovering his neighbours were spying on him “on behalf of parties with a nefarious agenda”.“I then began to ponder the countless ways in which our privacy has been eroded and

EarthGang have announced a UK and European headline tour titled the ‘Biodeghettable Tour’ scheduled for March 2022. See the tour dates below.The hip-hop duo revealed the tour dates on social media on Wednesday (November 3).

Placebo have announced details of their new album ‘Never Let Me Go’.The band took to Instagram today (November 4) to share the news and artwork which you can view below.Fans are being invited to pre-order the band’s eighth album from 9am next Tuesday (November 9) from their official store to gain access to pre-sale tickets for a forthcoming UK and European tour in 2022.No tour dates have been released yet or the actual release date of the album, but pre-sale tickets for the tour go on sale

Machine Head and Amon Amarth have announced a joint UK and European arena tour for next year – see the full list of dates below.The US and Swedish metal bands will co-headline the ‘Vikings And Lionhearts’ tour between September and October 2022 with support from new Swedish band The Halo Effect.The tour kicks off on September 8 at Nottingham’s Motorpoint arena before wrapping at Germany’s Schleyerhalle on October 22.Tickets go on general sale here this Friday (November 5) at 10am local time,

Eagles have announced details of a huge 2022 European stadium tour, featuring a massive London show as part of BST Hyde Park.The legendary band are celebrating 50 years in the game, and will play six shows across the UK, Ireland and Europe next June.The gigs kick off in Arnhem in the Netherlands with a show at the Gelredome on June 17, before they play stadiums in Liverpool, Edinburgh and Dublin.The tour then wraps up on June 26 with the massive Hyde Park gig, which will feature support from

Nova Twins have shared their brutal new single ‘Antagonist’.The track is the former NME cover stars‘ first new material since recently supporting Bring Me The Horizon on their POST HUMAN UK arena tour.

Drew Barrymore is once-again reuniting with her ex-husband, Tom Green. Barrymore had her ex on  Tuesday, where they talked about their relationship and their honeymoon to Ireland.

We’d advise getting your tickets now as the New Year’s Eve Countdown Concert is back and they are pulling out all the stops for its return.