Tears For Fears’ Roland Orzabal discusses writing songs for new album during wife’s illness

Alt-J have opened up about the dark themes they explored on their upcoming fourth album ‘The Dream’.The record has so far been previewed with lead single ‘U&ME’, which is about “having a good time, togetherness, and the feeling in life that nothing could be any better than it is right now”.During a new interview with The Guardian, however, Alt-J spoke about how their forthcoming LP takes a “doomy, dramatic” turn, as the outlet described it.“We experience a lot of harrowing things in our lives,”

Charli XCX may have teased the guests who’ll feature on her upcoming fifth studio album.The singer took to social media yesterday (November 1), first saying she’d “be revealing a lot of secrets this week” before tweeting a long list of artists.Those mentioned include frequent collaborators A.G. Cook, Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek, along with Rina Sawayama, Oneohtrix Point Never and many more.

Ed Sheeran has a new album out!

Alynda Segarra a.k.a. Hurray for the Riff Raff will share a new album in 2022.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn the decades after ABBA — one of the most popular and influential groups in the history of the world — announced their breakup in 1983, journalists grew so tired of receiving the same skeptical answers about the group reuniting that they largely stopped asking.

Emmerdale star Matthew Wolfenden has unveiled his new look after his wife Charley Webb and their three sons — Buster, Bowie and Ace — shaved his hair on Tuesday. Taking to Instagram, Charley, 33, who played Debbie Dingle on the ITV soap, shared a fun video of the family giving Matthew, 41, who plays David Metcalfe, a hair makeover.

Ed Sheeran has tested positive for COVID-19, and took to Instagram to share the news with his 35 million followers.

Summer Walker challenged her fans in New York City this week (October 18) to smash a glass box containing her new album.The R&B star will release her second album ‘Still Over It’ on November 5, which will follow on from the singer’s 2019 debut album ‘Over It’ and EP ‘Life On Earth’, which followed six months later.Ahead of the album’s release, fans have been given the chance to hear the record early by taking part in a promotional challenge.Fans based in New York were alerted to the presence of

Adele is back and she’s pushing forward.

The War On Drugs have previewed a new song from their upcoming new album – you can listen to it below.The group shared the untitled song clip on Instagram, informing fans it would arrive on ‘October 29’ – the date new album ‘I Don’t Live Here Anymore’ arrives via Atlantic Records.

Coldplay has a new album out!

Westlife have announced the release of their twelfth album, Wild Dreams, their first in two years. 

Red Hot Chili Peppers are, according to drummer Chad Smith, “almost done” recording their next album. It will be the first to feature guitarist John Frusciante since 2006’s ‘Stadium Arcadium’.In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Smith said the band is “getting along great”, and that they are “really listening to each other in a new way”.After a ten-year absence from the group, Frusciante re-joined in 2019, replacing Josh Klinghoffer.

Vogue, the singer elaborated that “30 is her attempt to explain the divorce to her 9-year-old son Angelo when he’s older.” Adele officially divorced from Konecki in March of 2021, although the pair had been separated for nearly two years before that.The singer left certain questions about her fourth album unanswered — such as how many songs it will have.

Black Sabbath‘s founding drummer Bill Ward has once again expressed interest in making another album with the band.In a recent interview with Metro, Ward not only shared his ambition to make another record with Black Sabbath – who retired as a whole in 2017 – but he’s also floated the idea with the band’s management.“My biggest contention has been ‘let’s make another album’.

DEALSThe parent company of French high-quality music platform Qobuz – Xandrie SA – has acquired Japanese hi-res download service e-onkyo from electronics manufacturer Onkyo Corporation. “Thanks to the acquisition of e-onkyo music, Qobuz has taken a new step in its international development and is successfully pursuing its growth ambitions on the Asian market”, says Qobuz Deputy CEO Georges Fornay.