Beth Orton announces new album, tour dates

Starcrawler have announced details of a new album called ‘She Said’ along with the release of a video for its title track – watch it below.The band’s first album for a major label will come out on September 16 via Big Machine, and follows the release of new single ‘Roadkill’ last month.The LA-based five-piece – comprising frontwoman Arrow De Wilde, guitarists Henri Cash and Bill Cash, drummer Seth Carolina and bassist Tim Franco – released their self-titled debut album in 2018, following it up the next year with ‘Devour You’.Speaking about the new song in a statement, De Wilde said: “’She Said’ was one of the first songs written for this album. It was at the beginning of the pandemic and Henri came to my window and played me the demo, and we wrote the lyrics together like Romeo and Juliet.“It’s what really kicked off the writing process of this album, and it was such a powerful moment that we wanted to name the record after that song.”Watch the band’s video for ‘She Said’ below and pre-order the album here.Starcrawler recently opened for My Chemical Romance across the band’s UK tour and will play alongside Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at their huge All Points East show in London later this summer.On August 28, Cave and his band will headline the final night of the Victoria Park festival.

Experimental musician Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith has announced that she will release her latest album, ‘Let’s Turn It Into Sound’, later this summer.“The album is a puzzle”, she says. “[It] is a symbol of receiving a compound of a ton of feelings from going out into a situation, and the song titles are instructions to breaking apart the feelings and understanding them”.Of first single, ‘Is It Me Or Is It You?’, she adds: “This song is about breaking free from others’ perceptions of you and playing with the line between what is yours and what is being projected onto you.

This is not a drill – Beyonce just announced that she has a new album on the way!

Amyl & The Sniffers have announced a new run of North American tour dates, marking their second tour of the continent this year.The new dates will see the Australian band return to the United States in September and October. The tour will begin with an appearance at the first-ever Los Angeles edition of the  Primavera Sound festival, before taking the band on a run of 14 headlining shows across the country.It follows on from the band’s previous tour in April and May of 2022.

Dry Cleaning have announced their second album ‘Stumpwork’ and shared lead single ‘Don’t Press Me’ – see its album art and full tracklist below.Clocking in at just under two minutes, the band’s latest sees vocalist Florence Shaw deliver a characteristically dry internal monologue, singing “You are always fighting me / You are always stressing me out” on its refrain.“The words in the chorus came about because I was trying to write a song to sing to my own brain,” Shaw explained in a statement.Watch the accompanying, animated video for ‘Don’t Press Me’, created by Peter Millard, below:Set to arrive on October 21 and available for pre-order here, ‘Stumpwork’ follows on from the band’s 2021 debut album, ‘New Long Leg’. The new album reunited the band with producer John Parish late last year, with a longer amount of time in the studio than the two weeks ‘New Long Leg’ was recorded in.The album announcement arrives just as Dry Cleaning are about to embark on a slew of festival dates in the UK, Europe and US, including Glastonbury, Rock Werchter, Green Man Festival, All Points East and many more.1. ‘Anna Calls From The Arctic’2. ‘Kwenchy Kups’3. ‘Gary Ashby’4. ‘Driver’s Story’5. ‘Hot Penny Day’6. ‘Stumpwork’7. ‘No Decent Shoes For Rain’8. ‘Don’t Press Me’9. ‘Conservative Hell’10. ‘Liberty Log’11. ‘Icebergs’

Simple Minds have shared new single ‘Vision Thing’, which is the first to be taken from the band’s upcoming eighteenth studio album ‘Direction Of The Heart’.The euphoric ‘Vision Thing’ features music written by guitarist Charlie Burchill and lyrics by frontman Jim Kerr, with the song described as a tribute to Kerr’s “best pal” – his late father who passed away in 2019.The new single is ‘Direction Of The Heart”s opener and is followed by eight new tracks, which were all recorded at Hamburg’s Chameleon Studios. ‘Human Traffic’ features a guest appearance from Sparks’ frontman Russell Mael, and elsewhere the album includes a cover of The Call’s 1983 single ‘The Walls Came Down’.‘Direction Of The Heart’ is the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Walk Between Worlds’ and is out on October 21.

The Smile have announced their first-ever tour of North America for November and December 2022, in support of their debut album ‘A Light For Attracting Attention’.The band, which features Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood, will begin their debut tour across the continent in Providence, Rhode Island. The tour will then take them across the US and Canada, including two New York dates at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre and the city’s Hammerstein Ballroom.A pre-sale for the tour will begin this Thursday (June 16) from 10am local time, with the general sale following the next day at the same local time.

Kuedo will release new album ‘Infinite Window’ next month, with first single ‘Sliding Through Our Fingers’ out now.“I’m split between thinking about what makes spacey synth driven music production work, what makes rap and UK jungle work, and what makes pop and R&B work”, says the producer.“I found myself turning more to what I just enjoy listening to, or to what’s really endured through history, even if it’s new to me. I realised that old music can speak to the current moment as well or better than new music.

Nina Nesbitt will release her new album ‘Älaskar’ later this year, she has announced. New single ‘Pressure Makes Diamonds’ is out now, and she’s got tour dates coming up too.“Making this album was a completely different experience to anything I’ve made before”, she says.

Johnny Depp rang in his 59th year with a proverbial new birthday song on Thursday. Fresh off his defamation trial victory, the actor announced a new studio album with guitarist Jeff Beck. Depp and Beck have known each other since 2016, and their press release on Thursday points to their ongoing musical collaborations that have now led to this album.Most recently, the duo garnered attention when Depp made a surprise appearance at Beck's concert in the U.K. one day after a jury ruled in his favor in his lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard.

Johnny Depp rang in his 59th year with a proverbial new birthday song on Thursday. Fresh off his defamation trial victory, the actor announced a new studio album with guitarist Jeff Beck. Depp and Beck have known each other since 2016, and their press release on Thursday points to their ongoing musical collaborations that have now led to this album.Most recently, the duo garnered attention when Depp made a surprise appearance at Beck's concert in the U.K. one day after a jury ruled in his favor in his lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard.

Editors have announced that they will release their seventh album, ‘EBM’, later this year. The LP will be their first with new band member Benjamin John Power, aka Blanck Mass.Speaking about the album, Power says: “There is a strong physicality to this record.

Following his return with the ‘Starbeam’ EP last year, William Orbit has announced that he will release ‘The Painter’ – his first album since 2014 – later this year. Contributors on it include Katie Melua, Beth Orton, Georgia and more.“I had been away from music making for some years, holed up in a beach town in California, painting, and writing about my life and reflecting on general observations”, says Orbit of his time away from music. “Then, back in London, inspiration struck with a vengeance.

Demi Lovato is officially back! The singer is announcing their eight studio album ‘Holy Fvck’ and fans can expect to get back into their pop-rock roots with a new sound reminiscent of Demi’s first songs, and a completly new and exciting aesthetic.The singer is diving back in with a new record that willl be released August 19 and a new tour, including dates in Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Chile and Canada, giving fans everything they want for their highly anticipated comeback.“Never have I been more sure of myself and my music, and this record speaks that for itself,” Demi shared about their experience writing and recording for this project, which will be available in CD, vinyl and cassette.“The process of making this album has been the most fulfilling yet, and I’m grateful to my fans and collaborators for being on this journey with me,” the singer admitted, dedicating the album to their die-hard fans.“To my Lovatics who have been rocking out with me since the beginning and those who are just now coming along for the ride, thank you,” adding, “This record is for you.” Fans are thrilled for the new release, as the single for ‘Sink of My Teeth’ is coming this Friday with a new music video.

Demi Lovato will be back onstage this year with a new album to celebrate. The 29-year-old pop star announced the upcoming release of  on Monday, followed by news of an international tour beginning Aug. 30.    The 16-track album — out Aug. 19 -- will be Lovato's eighth release and first since coming out as non-binary in 2021.

Phoenix have released the music video for their new single ‘Alpha Zulu‘ alongside news of North American and European tour dates.The Pascal Teixeira-directed video, the concept of which came from the band and also saw contributions from Emma Besson and Louis Bes, was shared today (June 7). Watch below.It comes as the French band announce a new tour with some dates supported by Porches.

Demi Lovato has new music on the way.

Editors have shared details of their new album ‘EBM’ and released new song ‘Karma Climb’ alongside news of a UK and European tour.‘EBM’ is released on 23 September via Play It Again Sam (pre-order here). The music video for ‘Karma Climb’, which follows last month’s single ‘Heart Attack‘, is out now.The band’s seventh album is being showcased along with classics at their newly announced UK and European tour, which kicks off in Spain this month and wraps in Bristol next February.Editors will take in dates at London’s iconic Troxy, with further dates in Nottingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Dublin and beyond in Europe.

Back on stage. Johnny Depp played a few songs with his friend Jeff Beck days after winning his defamation trial against Amber Heard.

Zack Sharf Jeff Beck announced during his June 2 concert in the English city of Gateshead that he’ll be releasing a new album with Johnny Depp next month. The album will mark Depp’s first major project released since the end of his highly-publicized defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard. Depp bowed to the crowd during Beck’s announcement.“I’m gonna take this opportunity and tell you I met this guy five years ago, and we’ve never stopped laughing since,” Beck told the crowd about Depp (via Stereogum).