Wonho announces October comeback with sophomore single album ‘Bittersweet’

Former Alabama escapee Casey White pleaded not guilty Tuesday at his arraignment on escape and felony murder charges after his alleged accomplice in the jailbreak shot herself in the head rather than face arrest. Vicky White, a former Lauderdale County, Alabama, corrections official, walked Casey White out of jail on April 29, and the duo led investigators on an 11-day manhunt spanning multiple states and involving disguises and multiple cars. The two were not related but were allegedly involved in a jailhouse romance.  Deputies in Indiana recaptured Casey White after a car chase as the alleged lovers tried to evade capture.

Dermot Kennedy has also announced the dates for his 2023 UK and European tour.‘Innocence and Sadness’ is a powerful, piano-led offering that will feature on his second studio album, ‘Sonder’ – due for release on November 4. The release of the track has also been accompanied by an acoustic performance shot live from Mission Sound Studios in Brooklyn, New York.“It’s impossible for me to express how much this song means to me,” Dermot said of the single.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) has announced its plans to expand global operations. The former head of studio at DNEG Bangalore and Chennai, Kiran ‘KP’ Prasad will head a full pipeline studio which will be based in Mumbai.  The visual effects division of Lucasfilm Ltd. is headquartered in San Francisco and has studios in Vancouver, London, Singapore and Sydney. It will open a new full pipeline studio, operating full visual effects and animation services for film and television in Mumbai to gain access to the talent base in the region.  Prasad will lead operations and report to ILM SVP and General Manager, Janet Lewin. 

David Benedict Part of the instant appeal of “Friends” was that, from the get-go, the relationships between the members of the gang who hung out in the apartments above Central Perk felt not just likeable but absolutely lived-in. The same is absolutely true of the perfectly meshed cast of Lynette Linton’s beautifully directed National Theatre production of Pearl Cleage’s “Blue for an Alabama Sky” in London. Cleage’s 1930s-set rooming-house drama is far more wide-ranging — it ultimately encompasses tragedy as well as comedy — but its glowing hallmark throughout is its ability to keep audiences basking in its warmth. Glowingly lit by Oliver Fenwick with a palette rising to richly expressionist crimson, Frankie Bradshaw’s towering, vividly atmospheric set goes from the front stoop to the rafters of a down-at-heel Harlem house. It’s here we meet drunk Angel (a birdlike yet commanding Samira Wiley, in her U.K. stage debut), who staggers back to the home of snappy costume designer Guy (hilariously smart-mouthed Giles Terera, London’s knockout Burr in “Hamilton”). A self-styled “notorious homosexual,” he takes pity on his long-time friend who has not only lost her boyfriend but her job singing in a nightclub.

Depeche Mode have announced that they will release a new album, called ‘Memento Mori’, early next year, and embark of their first live shows for five years.The news follows the death of founder member Andy Fletcher, who passed away during the making of the album earlier this year.“We started work on this project early in the pandemic, and its themes were directly inspired by that time”, says the band’s Martin Gore. “After Fletch’s passing, we decided to continue as we’re sure this is what he would have wanted, and that has really given the project an extra level of meaning”.Dave Gahan adds: “Fletch would have loved this album.

Depeche Mode have announced their 15th studio album, ‘Memento Mori’, and detailed a world tour for 2023.During a press conference in Berlin today (October 4), frontman Dave Gahan and main songwriter Martin Gore previewed a piece of music from their upcoming LP, which they’ve been recording in Santa Barbara, California.The pair are due to head to New York following the event to finish working on the James Ford-produced new record.“We’re quite far into it now, the actual recording process,” Gore explained. “We’ve got all of the tracks finished for the album, without them being mixed.”Gahan said that Depeche Mode had begun writing the material “a couple of years back”, before eventually reuniting in the studio this summer.A “memento mori” is an object that’s kept as a reminder of the inevitability of death – a skull, for example.

Girl In Red has announced details of a new single, produced by The National‘s Aaron Dessner.The new track, ‘October Passed Me By’, was recorded with Dessner at his Long Pond studio in upstate New York and will be released on October 14, following the singer’s 2021 debut album. ‘If I Could Make It Go Quiet’.See the track’s autumn-themed artwork, a photo of Girl In Red at Long Pond with Aaron Dessner and full details of ‘October Passed Me By’ below.As Girl In Red writes in her caption, “the story continues…” – suggesting a link of sorts to her early single ‘Fell In Love In October’.A post shared by girl in red (@girlinred)Earlier this year, Girl In Red postponed her European headline tour at the advice of several medical experts.

The Go! Team have announced their new album ‘Get Up Sequences Part Two’ and shared first single ‘Divebomb’. Check it out below.The Brighton band, who released their sixth album ‘Get Up Sequences Part One’ last summer, will return with ‘Part Two’ on February 3, 2023 via Memphis Industries.First single ‘Divebomb’, a psychedelic, upbeat track with retro electric guitars and siren sound effects, features Detroit rapper IndigoYaj a makes a strong pro-choice statement.“Protest songs have always been a balancing act,” The Go! Team’s Ian Parton said in a statement. “If you’re too sledgehammer it’s cringey, like the Scorpions’ ‘Winds of Change’ or something, but at the same time given the stuff they’re trying to pull with abortion rights it feels weird to ignore it.”Parton also described the forthcoming album as a “global fruit salad, sharing that he travelled to Benin, Japan, France, India, Texas, and Detroit to work with various musical collaborators.“Wildly different voices from wildly different cultures side by side but all still sounding unmistakably Go! Team,” he added.Guest collaborators include Star Feminine Band, Bollywood singer Neha Hatwar, Kokubo Chisato from J-Pop band Lucie Too, Nitty Scott, and Hilarie Bratset, formerly of Apples In Stereo.Find the full ‘Get Up Sequences Part Two’ tracklist below.1. ‘Look Away, Look Away’2. ‘Divebomb’3. ‘Getting To Know (All The Ways We’re Wrong For Each Other)’4. ‘Stay and Ask Me In a Different Way’5. ‘The Me Frequency’6. ‘Whammy-O’7. ‘But We Keep On Trying’8. ‘Sock It To Me’9. ‘GoingNowhere’10. ‘Gemini’11. ‘Train Song’12. ‘Baby’The Go! Team will also tour the UK in March 2023.

N.Flying have announced their upcoming eighth mini-album ‘Dearest’, due out in October.The South Korean band took to their social media pages yesterday (September 28) to announce the forthcoming release of ‘Dearest’, their eighth mini-album, next month through a “schedule announcement”.‘Dearest’ is slated to release on October 17 at 6pm KST, with other details including the record’s title track to be drip-released in the following weeks. The forthcoming album will mark N.Flying’s first music in a little over a year – their last release was the album ‘Turbulence’ in October 2021, which was a repackaged version of their June 2021 studio album ‘Man On The Moon’.

Tom Grennan has announced details of new album ‘What Ifs & Maybes’ and 2023 UK arena tour dates – get tickets here and find full details below.The follow-up to 2021’s ‘Evering Road’ will come out next year, with a firm release date to be confirmed.“I’ve called my new album ‘What Ifs & Maybes’. It’s about going with your gut, not your head, because you never know what’s going to happen,” he said in a statement.“I’m not afraid to jump into the unknown – because it’s exciting! It’s about rolling the dice and living your best life with nothing to lose.

Måneskin have announced a new single called ‘The Loneliest’ – check out the official artwork below.The Italian band are due to release the track next Friday (October 7). You can pre-save/pre add it here.‘The Loneliest’ will follow on from Måneskin’s single ‘Supermodel’, which came out in May, and the group’s recent ‘If I Can Dream’ cover from the new Elvis biopic.

The Go! Team have shared new song "Divebomb," the first singlefrom the U.K. group's new album Get Up Sequences Part Two. "Divebomb" features Detroit rapper IndigoYaj and is a pro-choice protest song.

Robbie Williams has announced details of the European leg of his ‘XXV’ tour, which marks 25 years of his solo career.The star has already confirmed dates for the UK and Ireland stint of the tour, which will kick off in October.Now, Williams will head to the continent in January, starting the run in Bologna, Italy, on January 20. He will then call at 20 further cities.

A favourite of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here viewers has left the show ahead of its upcoming series. The hit ITV reality show returns to screens later this year with Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly returning to Australia for the first time in two years.

Superstar Rihanna is performing at the next Super Bowl halftime show, the NFL has announced. The multi award-winning singer, 34, shared a photo of her hand holding an American football on Instagram and Twitter on Sunday evening (September 25). 

Netflix‘s You has been released – find details and see a new teaser trailer below.The show, which stars Penn Badgley as serial killer Joe Goldberg, was renewed for a fourth run last year before its third season even aired. That season eventually hit screens in October last year.Now, Netflix have confirmed that You‘s fourth season will debut in two parts, with the first arriving on February 10, and the second exactly a month later.A new teaser trailer has been shared along with the release date announcement, which sees Goldberg living in London and stripping away his old identity.“I’m not the lovable bookstore manager in New York or the shop clerk in L.A. or the doting husband in the suburbs.

Later… With Jools Holland will celebrate three decades since its first episode premiered, in October of 1992.To celebrate, a 30th anniversary concert will take place at the Hammersmith Apollo on October 5, with a secret line-up that will, according to a press release, span “different eras and musical worlds”, and feature both previous performers on the show and newer acts. Footage of the concert will air later in the year.“It’s unbelievable that this year sees my show reach its thirtieth birthday,” Holland said in a statement.

New details of Prince Harry’s time in the U.K. are emerging as the British royal family continues to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II after her death.

The end of an era. Roger Federer announced that he will retire from tennis following his appearance at the Laver Cup later this month.