Mercury Prize 2022 announces launch date and new sponsor

Florence + The Machine have shared details for a five-date Australian and New Zealand tour, taking their upcoming ‘Dance Fever’ album Down Under in the first quarter of 2023.The run will start in Perth on Saturday March 4, when Florence Welch and co. take to the stage at the RAC Arena.

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Neighbourhood, once a multi-venue affair, has just announced the stages and order of acts ahead of the festival. Headliners this year include Manchester’s own Courteeners and Blossoms as well as big names such as Kasabian and Manic Street Preachers.

A harrowing moment. New video footage shows Alec Baldwin receiving the news that Halyna Hutchins died after the shooting on the Rust set last year.

Lil Nas X has announced that he’ll be heading out on the road, with some European tour dates scheduled for the end of the year – get tickets below.Sharing the news on social media, the rapper wrote: “i’m having my very first tour. and all of u better come or i will cry on instagram live.”His ‘Long Live Montero’ tour is set to kick off in North America at The Fillmore in Detroit on September 6, and will make stops in Chicago, Nashville, Los Angeles and more before wrapping up in San Francisco at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on October 23.The ‘Industry Baby’ hitmaker will then head out to Europe for a run of dates, starting in Amsterdam on November 8, taking in shows in Berlin, Hamburg, Paris, Brussels and ending in Barcelona, Spain on November 17.Among the European dates, Lil Nas X will head to London for a one-off UK show at Eventim Apollo on November 12.i’m having my very first tour.

Wet Leg have announced a string of 13 headline shows for cities in the US, Canada and Mexico, bridging the gap between a handful of festival sets and their trio of gigs supporting Florence + The Machine.Following their appearances as this year’s Lollapalooza, Mo Pop and Osheaga festivals, the Isle of Wight duo will take to the Phoenix Concert Centre in Toronto, Canada on Monday August 1. They’ll head to Vancouver next, playing the Commodore Ballroom that Thursday (August 4).After another handful of festival sets – including Outside Lands in San Francisco, as well as the Netherlands’ Lowlands – Wet Leg will return to theatres for gigs in San Antonio, New Orleans, Orlando, Atlanta, Louisville, St Louis, Kansas City, Abiquiu, Salt Lake City and Phoenix.

Rosie Perez stars in a new Apple TV series. “Now & Then” follows a group of former friends who are separated by a tragic accident and then brought back together 20 years later due to mysterious circumstances. The series, developed by the creators behind “Velvet” and “Cable Girls,” stars a billingual cast of award winning actors.

Harry Styles has announced the Australian and New Zealand leg of his world tour will take place in 2023.The singer is set to perform five stadium shows next February and March, after being forced to cancel a string of dates in the region (originally announced in 2020) before being postponed indefinitely and eventually cancelled earlier this year.The tour will kick off on February 20 in Perth, continuing along to Melbourne, the Gold Coast and Sydney before wrapping up in Auckland on March 7. Support on all shows will come from Wet Leg.

A young child was attacked by a dog in a Scots park today prompting police to launch an investigation.

Sugo, the hit Italian in Altrincham and Ancoats, will open its new site in Sale on April 26, it’s been confirmed. The restaurant announced it would be ‘stress testing’ the new site with a discounted menu from Tuesday next week too, though reservations were snapped up in minutes.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez have shared the tragic news of the death of their infant son. Ronaldo made the announcement via his social media pages on Monday, writing, «It is with our deepest sadness we have to announce that our baby boy has passed away.

Future has announced the release date for his new album, having teased the record over the past few weeks.The as-yet-untitled project would be the follow-up to the rapper’s 2020 LP ‘High Off Life’, which featured a the likes of Drake, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert, DaBaby, Meek Mill, Lil Baby and more.NME‘s Luke Morgan Britton said of ‘High Off Life’: “Despite its glimpses of greatness, though, this album revisits too many of the rapper’s trademark themes to truly make good on his jubilant pre-release promises.”In February, Future released ‘Worst Day’ – his first solo single in almost two years. It came with an accompanying music video, in which American YouTuber and dating advisor Kevin Samuels plays Future’s therapist, describing himself as a “professional image consultant”.Now, Future has revealed that the new album will be out on April 29.

RELEASESWill Young has released new single ‘Why Does It Hurt’, which is set to feature on his new greatest hits compilation marking 20 years since he won ‘Pop Idol’. He will also be touring to mark the anniversary in October and November.Belle And Sebastian have released new single ‘Young And Stupid’. Their new album, ‘A Bit Of Previous’, is out on 6 May.Pussy Riot and Slayyyter have teamed up for new single ‘Hatefuck’.

Mercury Prize has announced the date for this year’s ceremony.The annual event is due to return in 2022 to hand out the prestigious Album Of The Year award, which will be chosen from a shortlist of 12 nominated records from across British and Irish music.Today (April 14) it’s been confirmed that the Mercury Prize show will take place at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London on Thursday, September 8. The live event is set to feature special performances from the nominated acts.BBC Music will be providing television and radio coverage of the ceremony.This year’s Mercury Prize shortlist will be revealed on Thursday, July 28.

BPI All About The Music 2022 yearbook today (April 13). The publication is distributed free to BPI members but can also be purchased and viewed here.Figures reveal that the collective share of music consumption from independent labels including Dirty Hit, Partisan and PIAS was now at 26.9 per cent, up from 25.9 per cent in 2020 and 22.1 per cent in 2017.Indie label shares of artist album sales also grew in two years across every format, from 30.4 per cent in 2019 to 34.2 per cent in 2021.

Source Music, a subsidiary of HYBE, has announced a debut date for its upcoming girl group, LE SSERAFIM.In a statement issued to Weverse today (April 12), Source Music announced that LE SSERAFIM are set to release their first mini-album on May 2 at 6pm KST. Their upcoming record, titled ‘Fearless’, is currently available for pre-order through the Weverse Shop.