Lucy Dacus announces 2022 tour, shares new version of “Thumbs”

Foo Fighters have announced a huge stadium tour of North America in the summer of 2022.The band will perform 17 shows which will kick off at the Pavilion At Star Lake in Pennsylvania on May 14 before moving on to venues such as Citi Field in New York City, Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, and T-Mobile Park in Seattle before wrapping up at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles on August 20.Tickets for the newly announced shows go on sale to the

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.

The United States, the European Union and the UK are putting travel restrictions in place for visitors from southern Africa upon the discovery of a new COVID variant, being called Omicron, via BBC.

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.

Major Grammy nominations for artists such as Taylor Swift, Kanye West and Lil Nas X were apparently added at the last minute due to a change in rules. 

Say what you want about early 00s pop diva Anastacia, but the title of her upcoming tour - 2022's I'm Outta Lockdown, announced today for dates across the UK and Europe - is superb.

It's been announced that next year's BRIT Awards will scrap gendered categories, as well as welcoming first-time host Mo Gilligan.

Benee has announced a world tour, spanning the first half of next year.The tour will kick off in her home country early next year before heading to Australia in March, Europe and the UK across April and May, and North America in June. It also includes a number of festival line-ups.

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,

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.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have announced a colossal 2022 world tour, hitting Europe, the UK and both North and South America.The tour will commence in late March with three festival dates in Argentina, Brazil and Colombia, respectively, before taking on a string of North American dates through to the end of May.The Australian band will then play a large run of festival dates throughout Europe from the beginning of June, including the sold-out Primavera Sound, before heading back to

Tuareg rock sensation Mdou Moctar announced his 2022 international tour dates today and shared a video of a live performance with his band on the banks of the Niger River. The tour will begin on February 27 at The Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina and end May 1 at De Post in Oostende, Belgium, with 42 more stops along the way.

Lucy Dacus has released a reworked version of her crowd favourite ‘Thumbs’ and announced a North American tour.The new version, ‘Thumbs Again’, replicates how the song is performed live, fleshing out the instrumentation with an electric guitar, synth and drums.Listen to ‘Thumbs Again’ below:‘Thumbs’ was played at Dacus’ shows as early as 2018 before it was formally released as part of her recent album, ‘Home Video’.

Parkway Drive have announced a UK and European headline tour for 2022 – see all the details below.The Australian band, whose latest album ‘Reverence’ arrived in 2018, will perform a string of shows throughout next September into October. Tickets go on sale here this Friday (November 12) at 10am GMT.Following gigs in Prague, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris and other cities, Parkway Drive are set to touch down in the UK on September 30 for a performance at Alexandra Palace in London.

Canadian punk rock band PUP will embark on a big tour of the United States and Canada next year. Fans of the group's relentless, grin-inducing energy who attend the shows will be able to sing along to two brand new PUP songs, "Waiting" and "Kill Something," out today.

Greta Van Fleet have announced a UK and Ireland headline tour for 2022.The ‘Dreams And Gold’ jaunt will see the band play two dates at Manchester’s O2 Apollo along with a show at London’s Alexandra Palace and a concert in Dublin next June.Tickets for the shows go on sale this Friday (November 12) at 10am GMT and will be available here.