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Birmingham has been dubbed the ‘home of metal’ for a long time thanks to its long history of producing some of the genre’s most iconic acts. One of the second city’s biggest bands brought the 2022 Commonwealth Games to a thunderous close as Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath rocked the city’s Alexander Stadium. The band closed the games time in the city in style following performances from fellow Midlands acts Dexy’s Midnight Runners, UB40, Beverley Knight, Jorja Smith, Laura Mvula, Apache Indian, Goldie, Jacob Banks, Jaykae, Ash, Mahalia, Musical Youth, Neelam Gill, Panjabi MC, Raza Hussain, Talulah-Eve and The Selecter.

Fans of Strictly Come Dancing were left stunned after former show star Fleur East returned to pay tribute to the late Tina Turner, who passed away in May. Fleur, 35, who found fame on The X Factor in 2005, appeared on Strictly last year, and she made it to the final four, before being beaten to the winner's post by wildlife presenter, Hamza Yassin. But Fleur was back on Strictly during the results show on Sunday, 1 October, as she took to the stage alongside Beverley Knight and Laura Mvula to belt out some of Tina's biggest hits.

Glastonbury Festival to reveal its line-up for 2023 – see the full list of names below.As has become customary in recent years, the festival has begun revealing new names for the event stage by stage over the last week.After beginning with West Holts last week, where Kelis, Loyle Carner and Rudimental will deliver headline sets, the festival then revealed its Silver Hayes area line-up yesterday (April 14).Now, they have announced that the Field Of Avalon area will host Will Young, The Damned, Melanie C, Jake Shears, Laura Mvula and more in 2023.See the full announcement below.We're pleased to reveal the 2023 line-up for the amazing @FieldOfAvalon! pic.twitter.com/k8JSF5qrTQ— Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) April 14, 2023The first wave of acts for this summer’s event arrived early last month, with Arctic Monkeys and Guns N’ Roses joining Elton John at the top of the bill.Other confirmed names for this year’s edition include Lizzo, Lewis Capaldi, Lana Del Rey, The War On Drugs, Lil Nas X, Chvrches, Christine And The Queens, Thundercat, Carly Rae Jepsen and Manic Street Preachers.This week, Glastonbury confirmed the ticket re-sale dates for this month – find out how to purchase yours here.Tickets for Glastonbury 2023 sold out last November. General sale tickets were snapped up in one hour, while coach packages went in under 25 minutes.

according to their website.Coldplay’s live show setup includes kinetic dance floors and stationary bikes that can channel energy directly from the fans in the crowd into batteries that power different elements of the show.What’s more, each LED bracelet, known as Xylobands, worn by each concertgoer is controlled by a radio transmitter.Martin, who previously vowed that Coldplay would not tour again until they found a sustainable and environmentally safe way to take the stage, previously said the band has mapped out a 12-point plan to cut down its carbon footprint. The show featured a long of breathtaking moments, including several stunning firework displays and surprise guests at the end.British singer Laura Mvula and indie band London Grammar opened for Coldplay’s London gigs.“I’ve been following Coldplay around for many years now,” Joy Eisenhower, who hails from Pittsburgh, Penn., told The Post. “It’s the fifth time I’ve seen them live now and can honestly say it’s the best show I’ve ever seen.”“It left me completely speechless,” she added.Elsewhere in the show, frontman Chris Martin abruptly brought his show to a halt to ask fans to stop filming on their cell phones and be present instead.Interrupting his song during Saturday’s show, the 45-year-old said he wanted “just one song” without phones or cameras to let “the power of the people” shine through.“Wait, hold on, one second.

Coldplay have made it home.

Naman Ramachandran Rocker Ozzy Osbourne made a surprise appearance in his home city of Birmingham, U.K., and performed at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Monday evening. Osbourne and his band Black Sabbath, featuring Tony Iommi on guitar, Adam Wakeman on bass and Tommy Clufetos on drums, performed their evergreen hit “Paranoid” in front of a capacity crowd of 30,000 at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium.

Naman Ramachandran A sequence from an upcoming “Peaky Blinders” stage show and a performance from legendary local band UB40 are amongst the highlights of closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.The sequence from U.K.-wide theater show “Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby,” will be staged at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium on Aug. 8, with a special performance of a newly-commissioned track from Laura Mvula, inspired by Nick Cave’s “Red Right Hand,” which is used as the TV show’s theme song.

Jorja Smith, Laura Mvula, UB40, Dexys have been announced to perform at the 2022 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony tonight (August 8).West Midlands acts and other associated figures Beverley Knight, Goldie, Jacob Banks, Ash, Apache Indian, Mahalia, Musical Youth, Neelam Gill, Panjabi MC, Raza Hussain, Talulah-Eve, and The Selecter will appear at the event to round off the multi-sport event that’s been hosted this year by Birmingham.The acts in question have been selected to “celebrate the diverse musical heritage of the West Midlands, championing the genres and trends that run through this great Commonwealth city; from rave to reggae, street and grime to R&B, drum ‘n’ bass and rap”, according to a press release.Masterminded by creative directors Amber Rimell and Bronski from TAWBOX, the ceremony staged at the city’s Alexander Stadium will also feature a sequence from the theatre production Peaky Blinders: The Redemption Of Thomas Shelby. Laura Mvula will perform a freshly commissioned track for the show, which has been inspired by the Blinders‘ theme tune, ‘Red Right Hand’ by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds.The Redemption Of Thomas Shelby is written and adapted for the stage by creator Steven Knight, and choreographed and directed by Rambert’s Artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer.

AURORA has shared a single that was previously limited to a vinyl release – listen to ‘A Potion For Love’ below.The song was originally only available to listen to on the vinyl version of her ‘The Gods We Can Touch‘ single ‘Cure For Me‘, which was released earlier this year. ‘A Potion For Love’ follows on from the release of another track, ‘The Devil Is Human’, earlier this month.The Norwegian singer will also reveal her live Vevo Studio performance of the song on YouTube at 5pm BST today (July 29) – see below.“When I wrote ‘Exist For Love’ [the first single from ‘The Gods We Can Touch’], a celebrations of the love we carry within us, I also wrote ‘Potion For Love’.

It's almost that time of year again, with the return of the most prestigious prize in British music. 

It's almost that time of year again, with the return of the most prestigious prize in British music. 

The Mercury Prize is set to unveil the 2022 Album Of The Year shortlist this week.According to a press release, the shortlist of 12 will be unveiled tomorrow (July 26) in London at 11am. The list will be announced live by Nemone on BBC Radio 6 Music as part of a Mercury Prize 2022 special, and at a launch event hosted by BBC Music’s Huw Stephens.The awards show for the event will take place on September 8 at London’s Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith.

Coldplay have shared a new video for their track ‘Biutyful’, featuring puppet band The Weirdos – check it out below.Chris Martin had previously appeared on TV with the puppets to perform the ‘Music Of The Spheres’ track, while the band’s singer Angel Moon has also been appearing on the band’s current world tour.The puppet band was created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, and recently signed to Atlantic and Parlophone Records.In the ‘Biutyful’ video, The Weirdos ascend from newcomers and rockstar wannabes into a huge, stadium-filling band.Check out the new video below.Speaking about the band in May, Martin said: “The Weirdos are a band who we’re trying to help out. I think we thought that we’ve sort of come to the end of doing singles as Coldplay.

Duran Duran have announced the full line-up for their BST Hyde Park show next month, with AURORA and Laura Mvula among some of the additions.The pop legends headline the show at London’s Hyde Park on July 10, with Nile Rodgers & Chic previously confirmed to support. Now, Warmduscher, Charlotte Adigéry, Rozzi, Stacey Ryan, Faux Real and Love Sick have been confirmed as additional supports alongside AURORA and Mvula.Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon said: “It’s an extraordinary line-up – it so happens that I’ve featured five of the acts on my radio show, WHOOOSH! – looks like I’ll be spending the entire day dipped in music.”Bassist John Taylor added: “We are incredibly excited for Hyde Park with so many sensational guests like Aurora and Warmduscher, and our old friends Nile Rodgers & CHIC.

Coldplay have announced the acts that will be supporting them on the UK and European run of their ‘Music For The Spheres’ world tour.The band’s 2022 world stadium tour comes with an emphasis on environmental sustainability, and began with a gig at the Estadio Nacional in the Costa Rican capital San Jose on March 18.H.E.R. and London Grammar were previously announced as special guests on the tour, alternating dates across Europe and the UK.Now, Alli Neumann, Gaumar, Griff, Ibibio Sound Machine, Laura Mvula, Lous And The Yakuza, Mery Spolsky, Nina Nesbitt and Zoe Wees have been added as opening acts.European dates for the tour begin in July and UK dates in August, including six shows at London’s Wembley Stadium.

The Mercury Prize 2022 has announced when its shortlist will be released, and a new sponsor for British music's most prestigious accolade.

Adele, Ed Sheeran, producer Inflo and Little Simz lead the nominations for this year’s Ivor Novello Awards, which honour outstanding songwriting and composition.With four nods, Inflo – real name Dean Josiah Cover – is the most-nominated artist at this year’s awards. Sheeran is up for three Ivors, while Adele and Little Simz are up for two each.Adele, Coldplay, Dave, Sheeran and RAYE are the five artists nominated for Songwriter of the Year.

Adele, Ed Sheeran, Dave and Dean 'Inflo' Josiah Cover lead nominations for the 2022 Ivor Novello Awards.

XXXTentacion (aka Jahseh Onfroy) have re-released one of the late rapper’s formative works, a Soundcloud-era track titled ‘Vice City’.Onfroy initially recorded the song – named for titular Grand Theft Auto game – in 2013, when he was just 15 years old. It later saw inclusion on his debut mixtape ‘XXX (Unmastered)’ the following March, though it was never formally released outside the SoundCloud platform.With the Laura Mvula samples on ‘Vice City’ now cleared by Onfroy’s estate, the song was officially released through Columbia (via the late rapper’s own Bad Vibes Forever imprint) last Thursday (January 27).

DEALSB2B streaming company Tuned Global has done a deal that will see its technology power African digital music service Waw Mizuk. “Knowing our new back-end technology is fully scalable and reliable gives us all the more confidence in our plans to expand into new territories and grow our business further”, says Waw Muzik CEO Jean-Philippe Audoli.

Kylie Minogue has been named an Album Day Ambassador for 2021, and she’s also confirmed that she’s reissuing her ‘Fever’ album to mark its 20th anniversary.The pop icon – who released her most recent album ‘Disco’ last year – is one of five women who have been chosen to be National Album Day ambassadors alongside Laura Mvula, Ray BLK, Joy Crookes and Sharleen Spiteri of Texas.Taking place Oct 16 and presented in conjunction with BBC Sounds and Bowers & Wilkins, National Album Day’s theme this

NME on the red carpet of the Mercury Prize 2021, Laura Mvula told us about the rich variety of her pool of inspiration, as well as sharing advice for artists who might be up against adversity.

Arlo Parks has won the 2021 Hyundai Mercury Prize for her album ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams.’Parks was crowned the winner at a live ceremony at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith tonight (September 9).Parks was the bookies’ favourite to win before the ceremony, beating competition from the likes of SAULT, Ghetts and Laura Mvula.This is a developing story, check back for updates.

Black Country, New Road are one of 12 artists up for the Mercury Prize on Thursday night which recognises the best British album of the year. When asked by reporters on the red carpet what will they do if they win the £25,000 prize they joked: “Buy as many meal deals as that gets us.

Mercury Prize winner have been revealed, putting Arlo Parks and SAULT as favourites to walk away with the prize – see the complete list of odds below.Parks is shortlisted for her stunning debut album ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’ while SAULT are up for their fourth album ‘Untitled (Rise)’.William Hill currently have Parks at 2/1 while SAULT’s odds are 11/4.

Mercury Prize awards ceremony has been announced, along with confirmation of the host.Nominees Wolf Alice, Arlo Parks, Ghetts, Celeste, Mogwai, BERWYN, Hannah Peel, Laura Mvula, Nubya Garcia and Black Country, New Road will each play a song from their shortlisted album at the ceremony held on September 9 at London’s Eventim Apollo.Lauren Laverne will return to host the ceremony again, with BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Four both broadcasting the awards ceremony live.BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Laverne

National Album Day has announced its four ambassadors for this year’s event, which will take place in October. They are Sharleen Spiteri, Laura Mvula, Ray BLK and Joy Crookes.“With albums, you go on a journey with the writer”, reckons Spiteri.

K.J. Yossman The BBC has announced it is broadcasting a star-studded concert live from Wembley Stadium to celebrate Team GB’s return from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.The 90-minute concert, which will include artists such as Nile Rogers, Laura Mvula and Yungblud, will take place at The SSE Arena on Sunday, Aug.

Laura Mvula has voiced her support for RAYE, after the singer left her record label following claims that she was being prevented from releasing her debut album.The singer parted ways with Polydor Records earlier this week, after recently claiming that the label had refused to release her debut despite signing a four-album deal in 2014.Mvula is no stranger to label conflicts herself, previously revealing that Sony Records unceremoniously sent her a seven-line email to reveal she was being

Arlo Parks, Mogwai, Ghetts, Wolf Alice and Celeste are among the names nominated for the 2021 Mercury Prize.The year’s award will be handed out at a live ceremony at the Eventim Apollo in London on September 9.Also included on the 12-strong ‘Albums Of The Year’ shortlist are the likes of Black Country, New Road, Nubya Garcia, Laura Mvula and SAULT.On this year’s list are a number of debut albums including Arlo Parks’ ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’, Black Country, New Road’s ‘For The First Time’ and

2020 came with significant ups and downs for the Chicago rapper — his album PTSD gave him his biggest chart success yet with the mononymous single featuring Juice WRLD and Chance The Rapper, yet towards the end of the year, Herbo was hit with wire fraud and identity theft charges. But he's overcome significant odds before, as he details across his new project 25.

Laura Mvula will join us on the next episode of The Record Club with Bowers & Wilkins.

Brittany Howard's wonderful 2019 project Jaime is getting a full-length remix treatment. Out digitally on July 23 with a physical edition coming September 24, Jaime Reimagined will sport new versions of the Alabama Shakes' frontwoman's songs by artists like Childish Gambino, Syd, 9th Wonder, Common, Laura Mvula, and more.

Laura Mvula has shared her latest track ‘What Matters’, which features vocals from Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil – you can hear the song below.The new offering is taken from Mvula’s forthcoming third studio album ‘Pink Noise’, which is set for release on July 2 via Atlantic Records.A video for ‘What Matters’, which features both Mvula and Neil performing their collaborative track together, has been released today (June 17).The clip is taken from Mvula’s livestream show Laura Mvula Presents…

Laura Mvula has opened up about how she felt after she was dropped by her former label. 

Laura Mvula has shared her “neon synth aesthetic” for the music video for new single ‘Got Me’.The Birmingham artist is currently preparing the release of her upcoming third solo studio album ‘Pink Noise’, which is set for release on July 2 via Atlantic Records.While Mvula’s first two albums, 2013’s ‘Sing to the Moon’ and 2016’s ‘The Dreaming Room’, were both Mercury-nominated records with a stronger soul influence, the singer explained why ‘Got Me’ showcases a shift to a more pop-oriented