Benee announces 2022 world tour

Protomartyr have announced a 2022 UK and Ireland tour alongside the release of a new visual album.The Detroit rockers released their fifth studio album ‘Ultimate Success Today’ in the summer of 2020, and they’ve now unveiled a visual accompaniment that presents a video for each song on the LP.All of the videos were made during last year’s quarantine (except for ‘Processed By The Boys’) and have been edited together into a seamless short film, with help from filmmakers Dominic Ciccodicola, David

The Snuts have announced their biggest UK shows to date – see all the details below.The Scottish band, who returned recently with the single ‘Burn The Empire’, will hit the road next spring for a trio of headline gigs.They’ll play at Manchester Academy (April 27), Northumbria’s Uni SU (28) and the O2 Academy Brixton in London (30).Tickets go on general sale here at 9am this Friday (December 10).

Elvis Costello And The Imposters have shared details of a UK tour for next year.‘The Boy Named If’ tour, which is in support of the band’s recently announced album of the same name, kicks off at the Brighton Dome on June 5, 2022 before wrapping up at London’s Hammersmith Eventim Apollo on June 23.The Imposters are comprised of Steve Nieve (keyboards), Pete Thomas (drums), Davey Faragher (bass/backing vocals).

Pete Tong has announced the return of his Ibiza Classics Heritage Orchestra show, which will take him to arenas across the UK in 2022.The show first debuted at The O2 in December 2016 and has returned to huge crowds every year since – with the Heritage Orchestra putting a classical spin on a selection of rave classics.Next November and December, Tong will be joined by the full orchestra, conductor Jules Buckley, and host of guests for reworkings of house hits like ‘Love Can’t Turn Around’ and

Olivia Rodrigo has announced a tour of the UK, Europe and North America for 2022 – see dates below.The shows, which come in support of the singer’s debut album ‘Sour’, will be her first headline tour dates, and will run from April to July next year.Supporting Rodrigo on select dates of the tour, which starts in North America in April before heading to Europe in June and ending in the UK in July, will be Gracie Abrams, Holly Humberstone and Baby Queen.A The Verified Fan pre-sale is currently open

Olivia Rodrigo has announced dates for her first headline tour in 2022, in support of her chart-topping, record-breaking debut album Sour. 

Happy Mondays have announced their first tour in three years – see dates for October and November 2022 shows below.The Manchester band will start the tour at Cambridge’s Corn Exchange on October 7 and conclude it at Glasgow’s Barrowlands on November 27.Frontman Shaun Ryder will be joined by vocalist Rowetta, Paul Ryder (bass), Mark Day (guitar), Gary Whelan (drums), Dan Broad (guitar/keys) and the band’s celebrated percussionist and dancer Mark “Bez” Berry for the shows.Tickets go on general

The Cure have shared details of a 44-date UK and European tour next year, including five arena shows in the UK. Check out full dates and ticket details below.The band will kick the shows off in Riga, Latvia at the city’s arena on October 6, 2022 before wrapping things up at London’s SSE Arena on December 11.Fans will be treated to a 135 minute show, with mention in a press release of a “67 minute” new album that is yet to be announced.

The longlist for this year’s BBC Sound Of poll – now officially known as BBC Radio 1’s Sound Of poll, by the way – has been announced, with artists including PinkPantheress, Central Cee, Wet Leg and Yard Act making the cut.

Sean Paul has shared details of a UK tour next year as he prepares to announce his eighth studio album.The dancehall star will kick off the dates at Edinburgh’s O2 Academy on April 11, 2022 before wrapping things up at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on April 21.Tickets for the shows go on pre-sale here this Wednesday (December 8) at 10am before general sale here this Friday (December 10).It comes as Paul prepares to announce his new album, the follow-up to ‘Live N Livin’, which was released earlier

Little Mix have announced that the group will enter an extended hiatus in 2022, so its members can focus on solo projects.

Kojey Radical has announced that he’ll be heading out on the road for a pair of UK shows next year.The rapper – real name Kwadwo Adu Genfi Amponsah – will perform at Manchester’s Albert Hall on April 6, followed by a gig on April 7 at London’s O2 Academy Brixton.The shows will be in support of his upcoming new album ‘Reasons To Smile’, which is set to be released on March 4 next year via Asylum/Atlantic.

Leon Bridges has announced a UK and European tour for 2022 – you can find all the details below.The Texas singer-songwriter/producer will hit the road next summer in support of his third studio album, ‘Gold-Diggers Sound’, which came out back in July.As announced last week, Bridges is set to perform at Best Kept Secret 2022 alongside the likes of The Strokes, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Alt-J.

Stephen Fretwell has announced dates for a UK and Ireland tour in 2022 – see all the details below.The tour will kick off in Belfast on February 24, stopping off in Cardiff (March 3), Liverpool (March 5) and Newcastle (March 7) along the way. The final date will be at London’s Grand Junction on March 11.The singer-songwriter finished up a sold-out UK tour in Glasgow earlier this month, which was in support of his comeback album ‘Busy Guy‘.

The Eagles have announced US tour dates for their ‘Hotel California’ tour.The group, comprising Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B.

Bad Boy Chiller Crew have announced a UK and Ireland tour for 2022 – see all the details below.The Bradford group will hit the road in April for headline performances in Leeds, Grimsby, Bristol, London, Manchester, Dublin and other cities throughout the month and into May.

IDLES have announced they’ll tour Australia and New Zealand in October and November of next year in support of latest album ‘CRAWLER’.The band will kick the run of dates off in late October with three shows in New Zealand – Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. The tour will then continue to Australia, where the band have shows booked in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth.See tour dates below.

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,

Glass Animals have announced a three-date Australian tour to celebrate the release of their 2020 album, ‘Dreamland’.The tour will see the Oxford band perform arena shows in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne across July, marking their biggest Australian gigs to date. Curiously, the tour appears to coincide with Byron Bay festival Splendour in the Grass, the full line-up of which is yet to be unveiled.Tickets for the tour go on sale from 2pm AEDT this coming Tuesday (November 23) through Untitled.

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.