Hans Zimmer announces ‘A New Dimension’ 2024 UK arena tour

Thurston Moore has announced details for his upcoming memoir Sonic Life.The former Sonic Youth frontman had previously told NME in 2020 during an interview that he had written a book during the pandemic. He described it as a retelling of his “history of coming to New York City as a teenager and finding my footing as a musician”.

Ghanian-American artist Amaarae delivered a jewel of a debut album in 2020 with The Angel You Don't Know, an infectious album of alté-pop so memorable it landed on our annual Best Songs of the Year list twice in a row: once in 2020 with "Fancy" and again the following year for the Kali Uchis-featuring "Sad Girlz Luv Money" remix that conquered TikTok and racked up hundreds of millions of streams. Today, Amaarae is sharing the details of her sophomore album Fountain Baby: it's coming June 9, and today you can hear its latest single "Co-Star." Serene harp melodies, a boisterous Afrobeat, and Amaarae's commanding falsetto all drive “Co-Star” through its witty celebration of star signs and their romantic compatibility.

AB6IX are set to release new music and go on a world tour soon.Over the weekend on April 30, AB6IX announced the upcoming release of their seventh EP, ‘The Future is Ours: Lost’. The forthcoming release will be the follow-up to their October 2022 release, ‘Take a Chance’.The accompanying trailer for ‘The Future is Ours: Lost’ features eerie imagery of a graveyard and caskets, plus a darkroom with photos of the members hanging on a wire.

Enter Shikari have announced a new 2024 tour, which will hit arenas around the UK in support of Music Venue Trust. Find ticket details below.Shared today (April 2), the upcoming tour will feature seven dates across the United Kingdom, taking place in early 2024.

LL Cool J went on an arena tour in 1996, Bill Clinton was in office, Beanie Babies were crazy popular and the internet was still in its infancy.Now, in 2023, he’s back at it again.Starting June 25, LL Cool J will take off on his ‘THE F.O.R.C.E. Tour’ (Frequencies Of Real Creative Energy) that will send him all over North America including stops at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on June 27 and Newark’s Prudential Center on June 28.But the “Mama Said Knock You Out” rapper isn’t going it alone this summer.On select dates, he’ll be bringing along titans of hip-hop Big Boi, Salt-N-Pepa, The Roots, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Queen Latifah along for the ride.That’s not all though.Common, Ice-T, Rakim, MC Lyte, Method Man and Redman will be there too for certain concerts on the run.Let’s not forget Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony, De La Soul, Goodie Mob, Jadakiss, Juvenile, Rick Ross and Doug E.

Kesha has announced an upcoming album, ‘Gag Order’, which is set to provide more emotional insight into the pop star than ever before.Set for release on May 19, the album will mark her fifth full-length release — following 2020’s ‘High Road’ — and aims to show fans a more introspective and raw side to the singer-songwriter.As per a press release, the tracks work together as a “full-bodied collection” which depict a “stream-of-conscious journey through the psychedelic dark depths of the human psyche”, and delivers fans with the feeling of “basking in the cleansing light when finally reaching the surface”.Produced by Rick Rubin, ‘Gag Order’ also sees Kesha venture away from some of her more pop-centric hit tracks, namely ‘TiK ToK’ and ‘Die Young’, and explore what she considers to be a “post-pop” route, rife with themes of isolation, self-discovery and empowerment.“Without the darkness there is no light. I finally let my darkness have the light,” she said in a self-written manifesto, discussing the upcoming LP (via Nylon). “I cannot fight the truth of this life being difficult and painful.

PJ Harvey has announced her upcoming 10th album, ‘I Inside The Old Year Dying’ with the release of the lead single, ‘A Child’s Question, August’. Check out the track below.Shared today (April 26), the new single follows a series of teasers shared by Harvey on social media, and follows on from her last full-length LP with 2016’s ‘The Hope Six Demolition Project’.According to the double Mercury Prize-winning artist, ‘I Inside The Old Year Dying’, was written over a period of three weeks, although stemmed from ideas dating back to 2017 when she felt she had lost her connection with music.Seeking to revive her connection with songwriting, the inspiration for the new tracks was uncovered following advice from film-maker Steve McQueen, who told her to ignore the ‘process of writing an album’, and instead rediscover why she first fell in love with “words, images and music”.The album will see the singer-songwriter return to her roots – inspired by the likes of Nina Simone and Bob Dylan – and provide fans with “a resting space, a solace, a comfort, a balm” which is created to feel “timely for the times we’re in.”Today also sees Harvey share the first single from the LP, ‘A Child’s Question, August’.

Strictly Come Dancing star Rose Ayling-Ellis, who won the show in 2021, has announced her next TV project.The former EastEnders actress, 28, who played Mick Carter's long-lost daughter Frankie Lewis on the BBC One soap, left Albert Square last year. Since then, the star has popped up in various TV spots, most recently appearing on Anton Du Beke and Giovanni Pernice's road trip series Adventures in Sicily.The sweet moment when Rose arrived on the sun-soaked Italian shores was heart-warming for fans who adored her friendship with Giovanni on Strictly, but she hasn't filmed anything where she's the main star. That's now about to change though, as Rose, who has been deaf since birth, is appearing on Loose Women for a special one-off instalment.

Last August, LL Cool J pulled off his first Rock The Bells in the aftermath of a lawsuit in which he won the trademark rights to the popular New York hip-hop festival, named for a 1985 cut from his debut album, Radio. Today, he’s announced that he’ll be taking Rock The Bells on the road this summer, joining powers with Live Nation to present a “once-in-a-lifetime touring experience and a celebration of Hip-Hop culture” called “The F.O.R.C.E.

Kesha is back with new music.

PJ Harvey has announced the release of a new single called ‘A Child’s Question, August’. Check out a snippet of the track below.The song was announced by the iconic singer-songwriter yesterday (April 24), and is set for release this Wednesday (April 26).

Julie Byrne has confirmed details of a new album, her first in six years. The Greater Wings will be released on July 7 and the first single, "Summer Glass," is streaming below. In addition to the new music, Byrne has also shared a raft of live dates.

Emmerdale has announced a brand new casting that already has a link to three villagers - Charles and Ethan Anderson and Naomi Walters. The ITV soap has revealed that Flo Wilson will be joining the programme to play the role of Claudette, Vicar Charles's mother.

Madness will be heading to Manchester on their upcoming arena tour, it’s been confirmed. The ska icons will be stopping off in the city, at the AO, as part of their C’est La Vie 2023 UK tour.

Erika Jayne is heading to Las Vegas!

Ben Howard has announced new album ‘Is It?’ with the launch of the lead single ‘Couldn’t Make It Up’. Check out the single below.Set for release on June 16 via Island, the album will mark the fifth full-length LP from the English singer-songwriter, and follows his 2021 release ‘Collections From The Whiteout’.According to the indie rocker, the ten-track album was recorded over the span of ten days in the Le Manoir de Léon studios, located in the south of France, and explores his time after experiencing two mini-strokes (TIAs).“I found it impossible not to dwell on the absurdity of it, that with one tiny clot, one can lose all faculties.

The Japanese House – aka Amber Bain – has announced that she will release her second album, ‘In The End It Always Does’, this summer. Out now is new single ‘Sad To Breath’.The new track was produced by Bain with Chloe Kraemer and The 1975’s George Daniel.

Killer Mike has announced plans to release a new album and has shared the first taster from the record ‘Don’t Let The Devil’.The LP ‘Michael’, which is his first since 2012’s ‘R.A.P. Music’, is set to be released on June 16.The first single from the record, which you can listen to below, features his fellow Run The Jewels cohort El-P.“[Run the Jewels] is the X-Men, this is my Logan,” Mike said in statement via Rolling Stone.

Rita Ora has announced her third studio album, ‘You & I’ – listen to new single ‘Praising You’ featuring Fatboy Slim below.The singer is due to release the record on July 14 via BMG – pre-order/pre-save here. Ora co-wrote every song in the upcoming collection, which is described as her “most diaristic project yet”.“This album really means a lot to me,” the pop artist said in a statement.

The Japanese House has shared their new single ‘Sad To Breathe’ and announced her forthcoming second album ‘In The End It Always Does’.The track, a bright yet heartbreaking ballad, is co-produced by The Japanese House (real name born Amber Bain) along with The 1975‘s George Daniel and Chloe Kraemer (Rex Orange County, Lava La Rue, Glass Animals).“I wrote ‘Sad To Breathe’ some time ago, it’s one of the oldest songs on the record,” said Bain. “It was very different back then. It’s gone from being solely electronic to what it is now, mostly live/acoustic instrumentation.“It’s about that desperate feeling when someone leaves you and the disbelief that they could.