Lily Allen at work on new album: “You will be able to hear things soon”

BBC).The ERA’s 2024 Yearbook (published today, March 6), which contains statistics on the music, video and gaming sectors, also found that the UK music market was worth £2.2billion last year. 84 per cent of this was attributed to streaming subscriptions.The number of shops physically selling music, however – like supermarkets and specialist chains – fell from 10,391 to 2,486 in that period.The demand for vinyl records, meanwhile, continued to increase for the 16th year in a row.

Jimmy Kimmel is hosting the Oscars this year for the fourth time. Other than Bob Hope (19 times), Billy Crystal (nine) and Johnny Carson (five), no solo host has done it more. (Whoopi did it 4 times as well.) But it is a good bet that among those hosts, no one has seen as many of the nominated films. Kimmel is a self-described movie fan, and as I learned from our conversation he not only spends weeks, months even, prepping his monologue, but he also might be one of the few in the room at the Dolby Theater who actually has seen everything. And I mean everything.

Kings Of Leon‘s Caleb Followill has revealed that he feels “completely fulfilled” by the band’s forthcoming album ‘Can We Please Have Fun’.While appearing on The Evening Show with Dan O’Connell on Radio X, the band took the time to discuss their upcoming album ‘Can We Please Have Fun’ (pre-order/pre-save here), last week. The LP will serve as the follow-up to 2021’s ‘When You See Yourself’.After being asked about the album title by O’Connell, who shared that the title “sounds like a statement of intent rather than a question.

Justin Timberlake‘s about to make *NSYNC fans very happy!

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief New Zealand-set detective Series “A Remarkable Place to Die” is being launched by Banijay Rights at the London Screenings. The 4 x 90’ murder mystery was created by Screentime New Zealand and is co-produced with Real Film Berlin (Berlin, Berlin,” Netflix’s “Unorthodox”) in association with Banijay Rights. Smart and savvy detective Anais Mallory (portrayed by Chelsie Preston-Crayford) returns to her hometown, Queenstown, in South Island, New Zealand and is met with a series of startlingly different homicides.

Kate Bush has been announced as an official ambassador for this year’s Record Store Day UK.The 2024 edition of the annual event, which celebrates the culture of independent record shops, is due to take place on Saturday, April 20.This year, fans have the chance to buy special one-off collectable releases on vinyl, cassette and other formats from hundreds of acts – including The 1975, David Bowie, Daft Punk, Blur, Lily Allen, Gorillaz, Elton John, Paramore and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.RSD ’24 marks the 17th edition of the event, and it comes after the news that vinyl sales rose by nearly 15 per cent in the first nine months of 2023, despite the ongoing dominance of streaming services.Now, it has been confirmed that Bush will serve as an ambassador for this year’s Record Store Day. In a statement, the legendary singer-songwriter said: “What a huge honour to have been asked to be [an] ambassador for this year’s Record Store Day.

Ariana Grande is sharing some details about her upcoming new album Eternal Sunshine!

Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan, singer Lily Allen and TV host Rylan Clark feature on one of the starriest BBC podcast slates to date.

Thania Garcia Ariana Grande appeared on the “Zach Sang Show” on Monday night to discuss her new record, “Eternal Sunshine,” out March 8, and her role as Glinda in the upcoming “Wicked” film. Though the details of the singer and actor’s current ventures were slim, Grande did discuss multiple trending topics for both projects. After being asked what it was like to be working with producer Max Martin again, Grande shared her love for their longtime partnership and revealed they had recorded a few sessions at Jungle City Studios in New York before she left to film “Wicked.” Those songs — including a demo called “Fantasize” — ended up on TikTok without her consent and went viral throughout much of last year.

A.G. Cook has announced his forthcoming LP ‘Britpop’ and has shared a new single, which features vocals by Charli XCX.The album’s title track features XCX singing “Brit, Brit, Brit / Like Britpop” over a whimsical, pulsing beat.

Charli XCX has hinted that her upcoming new album is a dance record and that it goes back to her roots in club music.Recently, the musician previewed her new song ‘Von Dutch’ with a 20-second snippet on social media. The song is likely to be the first single released from her upcoming sixth studio album, details of which are yet to be announced.

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King Charles' plan for a slimmed down monarchy has quickly become the norm after the departures of the Duke of York and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. But, with the King and the Princess of Wales both taking a step back following struggles with their health, the Royal Family has been spread very thin on the ground in recent weeks.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Long-running, Grammy-winning rock band Kings of Leon are starting off 2024 with a bang, announcing that they have signed with Capitol Records, which will release their forthcoming ninth full-length studio album, to be followed by a major world tour. The album, titled “Can We Please Have Fun,” was produced by Harry Styles/ Florence and the Machine collaborator Kid Harpoon (who, with partner Tyler Johnson, was Variety’s Hitmakers 2022 Producer of the Year), is due on May 10 and is preceded by the lead single “Mustang,” available now. The song recalls the innovative and idiosyncratic sound of the group’s 2004 breakthrough album, “Aha Shake Heartbreak.” The group’s world tour, produced by Live Nation in North America, will hit 26 cities across the U.S.

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Richard Hawley has announced his 10th studio album ‘In This City They Call You Love’ – listen to new single ‘Two For His Heels’ below.The Sheffield singer-songwriter is due to release the 12-track record on May 31 via BMG, following on from 2019’s ‘Further’. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.To preview the forthcoming collection, Hawley has today (February 21) shared an atmospheric and cinematic song in the form ‘Two For His Heels’, which is “about a deal that goes wrong”.The single serves as the opener to ‘In This City…’, and presents a “low blues rumble reminiscent of Link Wray and Duane Eddy”.Per a press release, the album’s title comes from ‘People’ – an upcoming song about Sheffield’s “proud industrial past and the enduring determination of its citizens”.“I’ve made three albums where I had the title before I’d even begun to record, where I had an agenda,” Hawley explained. “One was ‘Truelove’s Gutter’.

The Mysterines have announced their second album ‘Afraid Of Tomorrows’ and shared lead single ‘Stray’. Check it out below, along with an exclusive interview with singer Lia Metcalfe.Due for release June 7, ‘Afraid Of Tomorrows’ is the follow-up to 2022’s debut album ‘Reeling’ and follows on from a stint supporting Arctic Monkeys in UK stadiums last summer.“It’s almost feels like it would have made more sense if our albums were released the other way round,” Metcalfe told NME, with ‘Reeling’ focussing more on massive hooks and big singalongs while ‘Afraid Of Tomorrows’ sees the band leaning more on their psych, grunge and alternative influences.“I prefer to create a more intimate connection with fans rather than blowing their heads off with a huge riff.

Joe Keery is known to the world as bully-turned-baby-sitter, Steve, in the hit Netflix series, Stranger Things. The show is currently in the process of filming its final season, but fans desperate for their next fix of the actor can currently find him starring in new movie Marmalade. Available now on digital platforms, Marmalade is a quirky crime noir thriller with an added helping of romance.

Red Velvet singer Wendy has announced the upcoming release of her second solo mini-album, ‘Wish You Hell’.Red Velvet’s Wendy will be dropping her second solo mini-album, titled ‘Wish You Hell’, on March 12 at 6pm KST. Alongside the announcement, the K-pop idol also releases a poster that featured a graph drawn in the shape of a heart with a photo frame above it that reads, “Be You”.More details about the mini-album, including its tracklist, single and more, have yet to be released.

With a fresh Leading Actress Oscar nomination for the role of Mollie Kyle in Martin Scorsese‘s Killers of the Flower Moon, Lily Gladstone is next set to enter sci-fi territory with upcoming movie The Memory Police—a move that will also reunite her with Scorsese, set to executive produce.