Krept of Krept & Konan announces new baby skincare range

LCD Soundsystem have announced two more locations for their residency series, with the band set to perform multiple gigs in Oakland and San Francisco in August.James Murphy and co. will kick off the Bay Area run at Oakland’s Fox Theater on August 16, playing three more shows at the venue across consecutive evenings.

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.

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.

Arctic Monkeys have announced a new tour date in Colombia. Check out ticket details below.Father John Misty will act as support on the date, according to a post the band shared on social media today (June 7).

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.

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.

Hit musical The Lion King is to play for an extended run in Manchester - with bosses announcing a raft of NEW dates at the city's Palace Theatre. The show, based on the hit Disney movie, will run for an extra seven weeks to make it an epic run in Manchester from Thursday, 27 October right through to Sunday, February 19, 2023.

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).

Beth Orton has announced that she will release her first album for six years, ‘Weather Alive’, later this year. Throwing us straight into it, she’s also released its seven minute title track.“Through the writing of these songs and the making of this music, I found my way back to the world around me – a way to reach nature and the people I love and care about”, she says.“This record is a sensory exploration that allowed for a connection to a consciousness that I was searching for.

Elvis Costello and Allan Mayes have reunited for their old musical project Rusty, and are releasing a new collection of music called ‘The Resurrection Of Rust.’Costello joined Mayes’ band Rusty on New Year’s Day in 1972 and while the band toured extensively for the next year, they didn’t make it into the recording studio.Now, Costello and Mayes have reunited and have made newly recorded renditions of six songs drawn from the band’s set lists from 1972.There are recordings of two Nick Lowe songs, ‘Surrender To The Rhythm’ and ‘Don’t Lose Your Grip On Love,’ as well as a version of Kentucky songwriter Jim Ford’s ‘I’m Ahead If I Can Quit While I’m Behind’.There are also two originals, ‘Warm House’  and ‘Maureen And Sam’ together with an arrangement incorporating the Neil Young songs ‘Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere’ and ‘Dance, Dance, Dance’, the latter of which sees Costello making his debut on the electric violin.‘The Resurrection Of Rust’ will be on sale on CD at Costello’s in-person events and concerts.

Girl In Red has announced a new one-off show in London next spring.The Norwegian singer-songwriter will bring her ‘Make It Go Quiet Tour’ to the capital’s O2 Brixton Academy on April 3, 2023. Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Friday (May 27) and can be purchased here.It comes after she recently postponed her European headline tour due to damage to her vocal cords.“After my US tour ended on the 25th of April, I went to a throat specialist in Norway who said I had nodular damage to my vocal cords,” Girl In Red explained in a statement.

Mura Masa has released a brand new track, ‘blessing me’, featuring Pa Salieu and Skilliben – check it out below.The song comes alongside news of the musician/producer’s third album, ‘demon time’, which is set to be released on September 16 via Polydor Records and follows 2020’s ‘R.Y.C.’. The LP will also feature previously released tracks ‘2gether’ and ‘bbycakes’ (with Lil Uzi Vert, PinkPantheress and Shygirl).Originally titled ‘Fun’, ‘demon time’ signals a deeper period of reflection for Masa (real name Alexander Crossan), who penned the album during lockdown, after his European tour was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.Identifying the pain and anguish caused by the pandemic, the musician predicted people would need “vicarious, escapist music now.

Casyo ‘Krept’ Johnson of Krept & Konan fame has announced that he is launching a new skincare range for babies. The press info proudly proclaims that he is the first rapper to do so.

Justin Bieber has announced the final international dates for his record-setting Justice World Tour, including a new UK date. Having sold in excess of 1.3 million tickets so far, the Justice World tour will travel to over 30 countries.

J Balvin is opening up about his nine-month-old baby boy, Rio.

James Bay has announced plans for a UK and Ireland tour and shared a video for his recent single ‘One Life’.The Hitchin singer-songwriter will hit the road in the autumn kicking off at Bournemouth O2 Academy on November 20.The jaunt will also call at Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh, Dublin and Birmingham before wrapping up at London’s O2 Brixton Academy on December 2 and Bristol O2 Academy the following night (3).Pre-sale tickets will go on sale next Wednesday (May 25) from 9am until 8am on Friday (May 27). Tickets will then go on general sale at 9am on the same day. You can purchase tickets for the shows here.Bay has also posted the video for ‘One Life’ which charts “a relationship between a couple, while milestone memories are captured in a way that resemble a very personal and intimate home movie,” according to a press release.

The International Film Festival Rotterdam has appointed its new team line up and structure as the festival revamps.

Unloved have announced their new album, ‘The Pink Album’, will be out later this year. They’ve also released new single ‘Mother’s Been A Bad Girl’, which you may well recognise from the heavy rotation it had in the latest (and final) series of ‘Killing Eve’.“In my head, ‘Mother’s Been A Bad Girl’ is a tale of duality, searching for authenticity”, says frontwoman Jade Vincent.