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Black Country, New Road have covered Billie Eilish‘s song ‘Happier Than Ever’ during a recent show on their current US tour.The rock band performed the track — the title track from Eilish’s 2021 album — at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom yesterday (September 5), adding new elements to the part-sombre, part-thunderous rendition.BCNR violinist Georgia Ellery introduces classical strings to the lullaby-like intro, before drummer Charlie Wayne belts out the song’s punk-pop latter half, with vocal assists from the rest of the band as they mosh on stage. The cover elsewhere enlists keys from May Kershaw and saxophone riffs courtesy of Lewis Evans.

Black Country, New Road have performed a variety of new songs at a show in Shanghai. Check out footage below.The live show took place on Monday (February 26), when the band took to the stage at the Bandai Namco Dream Hall in Shanghai.During the set – which comprised 12 songs from across their discography – the band also treated fans to three unreleased songs: ‘For The Cold Country’, ‘Socks’, and ‘Geese’.The first was used to open the setlist on Monday, although didn’t mark the first time that the track had been played live.

Summer 2023 will close out with the beginnings of a North American tour from British six-piece Black Country, New Road. The experimental rock band will play the United States and Canada starting August 25 in Vancouver and running for 17 additional dates, with the tour’s end at the Knockdown Center in Queens, New York.

Black Country, New Road have announced a new live album and their biggest headline show to date – find all the details below.The six-piece band are due to release ‘Live At Bush Hall’ on streaming platforms this Friday (March 24) ahead of physical versions arriving on April 28 via Ninja Tune (pre-save/pre-order here).Comprising nine songs, the forthcoming record captures the set from BCNR’s three sold-out concerts at Bush Hall in west London last December.NME wrote in a four-star review that the album “offers a remarkable snapshot of a band in transition, one willing to push on and not let circumstances stand in the way of what they love doing most”.The full tracklist for ‘Live At Bush Hall’ is as follows:1. ‘Up Song – Live at Bush Hall’2. ‘The Boy – Live at Bush Hall’3. ‘I Won’t Always Love You – Live at Bush Hall’4. ‘Across The Pond Friend – Live at Bush Hall’5. ‘Laughing Song – Live at Bush Hall’6. ‘The Wrong Trousers – Live at Bush Hall’7. ‘Turbines/Pigs – Live at Bush Hall’8. ‘Dancers – Live at Bush Hall’9. ‘Up Song (Reprise) – Live at Bush Hall’On Friday, we are releasing the audio for ‘Live at Bush Hall’ on all digital platforms – it will also be released on vinyl on April 28th. You can pre-save and pre-order a physical copy of the performance now – https://t.co/MQUrOtHUcQ …………………………………….

Glastonbury Festival 2023 have revealed the line-up for the West Holts Stage at this year’s event – see it in full below.As has become customary for the legendary event, after the full line-up drops they then announce new names stage-by-stage.In 2023, the West Holts Stage will be headlined by Kelis, Loyle Carner and Rudimental, all of whom were previously announced for the festival. The first 2023 line-up poster landed last week, confirming that Arctic Monkeys and Guns N’ Roses will join the previously announced Elton John as the festival’s final two headliners.Others including Young Fathers, Mahalia and Joey Bada$$ were also previously announcement, but now have had their stage confirmed.Alongside the existing names, the West Holts announcement also welcomes a number of new names to the Glastonbury line-up, including with other names including Black Country, New Road and Gabriels.See the full West Holts line-up for Glastonbury 2023 below.For the first of our Glastonbury 2023 area announcements, here's the amazing @WestHoltsGlasto line-up for this year's Festival! pic.twitter.com/8Vvs0zLMpj— Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) March 14, 2023Other confirmed acts for Glastonbury 2023 include Lizzo, Lewis Capaldi, The War On Drugs, Chvrches, Christine And The Queens, Thundercat, Carly Rae Jepsen and Manic Street Preachers.Fifty-two per cent of the 54 names on the initial line-up are male.

Days before the release of Black Country, New Road’s towering sophomore LP, Ants From Up There (42nd on our 50 best albums of 2022 list), lead singer Isaac Wood left the band abruptly, citing the onset of debilitating depression and anxiety that made it “difficult to play guitar and sing at the same time.” Instead of calling it quits — and without even taking much time to process the loss — the remaining six members of the group wrote an entirely new set of songs to perform on their ensuing world tour. Unreleased until now, eight of these tracks have been immortalized in a new concert film: Live at Bush Hall.

Black Country, New Road are among the latest additions to the line-up of Pitchfork Music Festival London 2022.The festival will return for its second London edition from November 9-13 and will take places in a number of venues in the capital, including The Roundhouse and EartH.The likes of Courtney Barnett, Animal Collective and Faye Webster have already been announced on the line-up, which has grown today (August 10) with the addition of a number of new acts.Black Country, New Road, O., Okay Kaya, Yaya Bey, Goya Gumbani, Julien Chang, Ekkstacy, Hannah Jadagu, M Field, Elanor Moss and Clara Mann will also perform as part of Pitchfork Music Festival London 2022.A post shared by Pitchfork London (@pitchforklondon)Tickets for each Pitchfork Music Festival London event are being sold separately, and are on sale now from here.“We were blown away by the reception to the launch of Pitchfork Festival in the UK last year, and we can’t wait to develop the event into its second year,” Dan Monsell, Co-Managing Director at the festival’s promoters FORM Concerts, said in a statement back in June.“With so much exciting music across the bill, it’s going to be a really amazing five days – plus we still have very incredible stuff to announce ahead of November too!”Black Country, New Road are also playing a host of festivals dates this month and in September, including dates at Green Man Festival in the Brecon Beacons and Connect Festival in Edinburgh.

Black Country, New Road have announced their first tour dates with their new line-up – see the full list of dates below.Back in February, the band’s founding vocalist and guitarist Isaac Wood announced his departure just days before they released their second album, ‘Ants From Up There’.In a statement alongside news of Wood’s departure, the remaining six members revealed that they would be continuing as a band, and have now shared full details of a 2022 tour featuring all new music.“We’re incredibly pleased to announce our touring dates for 2022,” they told fans on social media. “We’re looking forward to sharing what we’ve been working on with you.

Black Country, New Road lead the freshly revealed first announcement line-up for this year’s iteration of Visions Festival.The multi-venue East London event is set to return on Saturday July 23, with the full line-up revealed by organisers today (March 24).Among the varied and diverse acts on the bill are the likes of Mdou Moctar, For Those I Love, Keeley Forsyth, Giant Swan, Oklou and many more.

Bastille have scored their third UK Number One album with their new LP ‘Give Me The Future’.The London band’s new record, which arrived last week (February 4), debuted in the top spot with 85 per cent of its total coming from physical sales, plus the biggest digital download figures of the week. It also topped the Official Record Store Chart.“We’re so happy and excited! Ridiculously grateful to everyone who’s bought the album and listened to it, and to everyone who worked so hard to make this record with us,” Bastille said upon receiving news of their achievement.They added: “We’re mega proud of ‘Give Me The Future’ and beyond overjoyed that it’s had such an amazing response so far.

Black Country, New Road have opened up about the departure of singer Isaac Wood and how it will change the band moving forward.Wood’s split from the group was announced earlier this week (January 31), days before the release of their second album ‘Ants From Up There’.“I have bad news which is that I have been feeling sad and afraid too,” Wood wrote in a statement. “And I have tried to make this not true but it is the kind of sad and afraid feeling that makes it hard to play guitar and sing at the same time.“To be clear: this is completely in spite of six of the greatest people I know, who were and are wonderful in a sparkling way.

Isaac Wood, frontman of the London experimental rock band Black Country, New Road, has left the band the week of the release of their new album Ants From Up There. Wood and the band announced the amicable split in a joint statement posted on Monday to the group's Instagram account.

Black Country, New Road have announced that frontman Isaac Wood has left the band with immediate effect.The band, whose second album ‘Ants From Up There’ is due out this week (February 4), will continue as a six-piece, but their upcoming shows are cancelled. The news comes after the band postponed a UK and Irish tour late last year due to illness.In a message shared by Black Country, New Road on behalf of Wood, the vocalist said: “I have bad news which is that I have been feeling sad and afraid too.

Black Country, New Road have shared their latest single ‘Snow Globes’ – listen below.The track is the fourth to be taken from their upcoming second album ‘Ants From Up There’, which will be released on February 4 via Ninja Tune. You can pre-order the album here.‘Snow Globes’ follows last single ‘Concorde’, and their previously released Steve Reich-inspired single, ‘Bread Song‘ and ‘Chaos Space Marine’.

Black Country, New Road have shared their latest single ‘Concorde’.The track, which you can listen to below, is the third to be showcased from their forthcoming album ‘Ants From Up There’.They previously released Steve Reich-inspired single, ‘Bread Song‘ and ‘Chaos Space Marine’ from the LP which is set for release on February 4, 2022 via Ninja Tune.‘Ants From Up There’, the follow-up to the band’s 2020’s Mercury Prize-nominated ‘For The First Time’, was recorded at Chale Abbey Studios on the

Black Country, New Road have postponed their remaining 2021 tour dates due to “ongoing illness within the band”.The London group were due to hit the road for a string of UK and Ireland headline shows next Monday (November 29), with performances scheduled for Brighton, Cambridge, Southampton, Leeds, Dublin and other cities throughout December.Today (November 25) the band has issued a statement on social media to confirm the gigs will no longer go ahead as planned.“We are sorry to announce that

NME about the positive and negative outcomes of the recent COP26 climate conference – as well as revealing what artists and fans can do to help.The summit, which ended over the weekend, aimed to bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.The likes of AURORA and Brian Eno were involved in performances and talks, as well as Enter Shikari who attended and hit out at the UK government’s inaction over fossil

Black Country, New Road have shared an experimental new single titled ‘Bread Song’, landing as the latest preview of their forthcoming second album ‘Ants From Up There’.In a press release, frontman Isaac Wood said the new track was inspired by Steve Reich’s legendary work ‘Music For 18 Musicians’, and in particular “a piece where a bar length is determined by the breadth of the clarinet player”, in which “they just play until they run out of breath”.“I wanted to try that with the whole band,”

Black Country, New Road have announced details of their second album. Ants From Up There is due on February 4 2022 via Ninja Tune.

Black Country, New Road have announced details of their second album, ‘Ants From Up There’.The album, which follows the seven-piece’s Mercury Prize-nominated 2020 debut ‘For The First Time’, is being previewed today (October 12) with its first single ‘Chaos Space Marine’ ahead of the full record’s release on February 4, 2022 via Ninja Tune.Frontman Isaac Wood called ‘Chaos Space Marine’ “the best song we’ve ever written” in a statement, adding: “We threw in every idea anyone had with that song.

Black Country, New Road have spoken to NME about how they’ve just a completed a new “sad, epic and possibly more universally likeable” album. Watch our video interview with the band above.The experimental London post-punk band were speaking to NME on the red carpet at last night’s Mercury Prize 2021 (September 9), where they were nominated for their acclaimed debut album ‘For The First Time‘.“I can’t believe they want to talk to us,” bassist Tyler Hyde said of the media fuss around them.

Black Country, New Road have shared an alternate acoustic version of their song ‘Track X’ – you can hear this take on the track below.The original song recently featured on the band’s debut album ‘For The First Time’, which came out back in February.Black Country, New Road have this afternoon (May 18) shared ‘Track X (The Guest)’, an alternate version of ‘Track X’.The song was first performed solo by frontman Isaac Wood prior to the formation of Black Country, New Road, and features Wood’s