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Rush’s Geddy Lee to release memoir written while grieving Neil Peart

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Rush’s Geddy Lee to release memoir written while grieving Neil Peart
Rush's Geddy Lee is set to release a memoir, written as a means of coping with the loss of legendary drummer and longtime friend Neil Peart during the coronavirus pandemic. ORDER NOW: The Rolling Stones are on the cover of Uncut’s November 2021 issue READ MORE: Rush – Permanent Waves ...

Rush‘s Geddy Lee is set to release a memoir, written as a means of coping with the loss of legendary drummer and longtime friend Neil Peart during the coronavirus pandemic.

Writing in an Instagram post this week (September 21), Lee said that while he was “locked down for over a year and a half” he spent lots of time with his family, but struggled to deal with Peart‘s death. The 68-year-old singer also lost his mother in July.

“My friend and collaborator on the Big Beautiful Book of Bass, Daniel Richler, saw how I was struggling in the aftermath of Neil’s passing, and tried coaxing me out of my blues with some funny tales from his youth, daring me to share my own in return,” Lee said.

“I’d then send these improved and even illustrated stories to Daniel, who’d clean up some of the grammar and remove a lot of the swearing (I love to fucking swear), and presto!” he continued. “In a voice that sounded, well, just like me, a presentable, epic-length account of my life on and off the stage was taking shape: my childhood, my family, the story of my parents’ survival, my travels and all sorts of nonsense I’ve spent too much time obsessing over.

“And Daniel said, ‘I think you’re writing a book. An actual memoir, in fact.’ To which I replied, ‘Hmm… I guess I am.'”

The as-yet untitled book will be published by Harper Collins in autumn 2022. See the full post below.

In July, Alex Lifeson has confirmed that there will be no Rush reunion in the future.

Speaking on SiriusXM’s ‘Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk’ (per Blabbermouth), the guitarist said: “I know Rush fans are a unique bunch, and I love them. It was a really good two-way relationship. But I think, really, Rush ended in 2015. There’s no way Rush will ever exist again because Neil’s not here to be a part of it.

“And that’s not to say that we can’t do other things and we can’t do things that benefit our communities and all of that. I have lots of plans for that sort of thing that don’t necessarily include Geddy.”

Watch Radiohead’s haunting new video for “If You Say The Word”

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Watch Radiohead’s haunting new video for “If You Say The Word”
Radiohead have revealed the official music video for their recently shared song "If You Say The Word" – watch it below. ORDER NOW: The Rolling Stones are on the cover of Uncut’s November 2021 issue READ MORE: Radiohead – The Deluxe Ultimate Music Guide "If You Say The Word", a prev...

Radiohead have revealed the official music video for their recently shared song “If You Say The Word” – watch it below.

“If You Say The Word”, a previously unreleased track from the early 2000s, was shared earlier this month to announce KID A MNESIA, a new triple album reissue celebrating 20 years of Kid A and Amnesiac.

Along with reissues of the two albums, Radiohead will also release Kid Amnesiae, an album of unreleased rarities from the era including “If You Say The Word”.

The haunting new video is directed by Kasper Häggström and begins in the countryside before travelling to London.

Watch the new video for “If You Say The Word” below:

KID A MNESIA will be available in the following formats: deluxe LP (limited edition 3xLP cream vinyl + 36-page hardback art book), Kid Amnesiette (a limited and numbered edition cassette [limited to 5000] + 36-page booklet), indie exclusive limited edition red vinyl 3xLP, black vinyl 3xLP, 3xCD and 3-volume digital formats.

Two art books by Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood cataloguing the visual works created during the Kid A / Amnesiac era will also be published on November 4.

You can find out more and pre-order Radiohead’s KID A MNESIA here.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band to release rare 1979 concert film – watch trailer

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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band to release rare 1979 concert film – watch trailer
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's 1979 No Nukes performance is to see its first full release on a variety of formats in November – scroll down to watch the trailer. The concert film, The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts, is out digitally on Nov 16, followed by physical release on Nov ...

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band‘s 1979 No Nukes performance is to see its first full release on a variety of formats in November – scroll down to watch the trailer.

The concert film, The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts, is out digitally on Nov 16, followed by physical release on Nov 19 on 2CD with DVD, 2CD with Blu-ray, and 2LP formats.

It captures the group performing at New York’s Madison Square Garden as part of a series of gigs organised by MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy). The band were in the middle of recording The River, which would see release the following year.

“The ’70s were a golden period in the history of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and the Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts is the greatest document of that era we will ever have,” says manager Jon Landau. “It’s a pure rock show from beginning to end, the energy level is transcendent, and the mastery of the art and the craft of rock music is awe inspiring.”

The film includes 10 never-before-released performances, as well as a performance of Maurice Williams’ “Stay” with Jackson Browne, Tom Petty and Rosemary Butler.

The full tracklisting is:

1 Prove It All Night
2 Badlands
3 The Promised Land
4 The River
5 Sherry Darling
6 Thunder Road
7 Jungleland
8 Rosalita Come Out Tonight
9 Born To Run
10 Stay
11 Detroit Medley
12 Quarter To Three
13 Rave On

Watch the trailer here.

Hear Simone Felice’s new song, “Year Around The Sun”

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Hear Simone Felice’s new song, “Year Around The Sun”
Simon Felice has shared new song, “Year Around The Sun”. ORDER NOW: The Rolling Stones are on the cover of Uncut’s November 2021 issue The track is Felice's first new music since 2018 and signals the start of a new chapter in his career, since he recently signed with Chrysalis Records...

Simon Felice has shared new song, “Year Around The Sun”.

The track is Felice’s first new music since 2018 and signals the start of a new chapter in his career, since he recently signed with Chrysalis Records.

No stranger to Uncut, of course, as a member of The Felice Brothers and The Duke And The King, Felice’s new single introduces an album due for release next year.

Speaking about the track, Felice says, “I wrote this song on New Year’s morning, 2021. I woke up feeling empty inside. Like an old cornhusk battered by the wind. I’m sure the whisky in my whisky the night before helped me arrive there. I think it’s important to recognize and own the raw fact that we’ve all just been through the most surreal collective trauma this past year and more: seemingly endless lockdowns, constant fear and confusion, a recalibration of what’s real and what’s important. My hope is that perhaps with a little help from our friends, music, laughter, and time, we’ll find a rebirth.”

Black Deer Festival announces line-up additions for 2022

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Black Deer Festival announces line-up additions for 2022
Black Deer Festival has announced further details of their line-up for next year's festival. ORDER NOW: The Rolling Stones are on the cover of Uncut’s November 2021 issue Joining already confirmed acts including Van Morrison, Wilco, The Waterboys and Drive-By Truckers, will be Courtney Ma...

Black Deer Festival has announced further details of their line-up for next year’s festival.

Joining already confirmed acts including Van Morrison, Wilco, The Waterboys and Drive-By Truckers, will be Courtney Marie Andrews, Shovels & Rope, Shooter Jennings, Imelda May, Ward Thomas and The Cuban Brothers.

The festival takes place on June 17 – 19, 2022 at Eridge Park, Kent.

You can find more details, including ticket information, by clicking here.

Damon Albarn finds the beauty in darkness on new single “Royal Morning Blue”

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Damon Albarn finds the beauty in darkness on new single “Royal Morning Blue”
Damon Albarn has shared another taste of his forthcoming second solo album, The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows, this time in the form of radiant new single "Royal Morning Blue". ORDER NOW: The Rolling Stones are on the cover of Uncut’s November 2021 issue READ MORE: Damon...

Damon Albarn has shared another taste of his forthcoming second solo album, The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows, this time in the form of radiant new single “Royal Morning Blue”.

The track is somewhat evocative of Albarn’s early work in Gorillaz, with an effervescent beat driving a soundscape that ebbs and flows between contrasting shades of light and dark. Though still heady and melancholic, “Royal Morning Blue” is the bounciest track from the new album thus far, hinting at a tonal palate more expansive than its monochromatic cover art implies.

Have a listen to “Royal Morning Blue” below:

It was noted in a press release that Albarn wrote and recorded “Royal Morning Blue” during a stint in Iceland, with the Blur and Gorillaz frontman gleaning inspiration from his wintry oceanside surrounding. The track was “directly inspired by the view from Albarn’s position at the piano looking out over the sea, [and] captures the wonder of rain turning into snow before his eyes”.

Albarn himself added: “That’s why the song opens with ‘Rain turning into snow,’ because it’s that moment, that feeling. In all the darkness that we have experienced, that was such a beautiful, positive thing.”

A dazzling live rendition of “Royal Morning Blue” was released alongside the single last night, (September 22), with Albarn performing it in-studio as part of a nine-piece band. Take a look at the video for that, directed by Toby L​​​, below:

“Royal Morning Blue” comes as the fourth track to be shared from The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows, following the title track, “Polaris” and “Particles”– all three of which also received performance videos along with their releases.

The full album is due to land on November 12 via Transgressive, marking his first release on the label after signing to it in June.

Paul McCartney tells Bob Mortimer the bloody story behind “Rocky Raccoon”

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Paul McCartney tells Bob Mortimer the bloody story behind “Rocky Raccoon”
Paul McCartney has recalled the story behind The Beatles' "Rocky Raccoon" during a conversation with Bob Mortimer – you can watch the video below. ORDER NOW: The Rolling Stones are on the cover of Uncut’s November 2021 issue READ MORE: McCartney 3,2,1 review The chat between McCartne...

Paul McCartney has recalled the story behind The Beatles‘ “Rocky Raccoon” during a conversation with Bob Mortimer – you can watch the video below.

The chat between McCartney and comedian Mortimer arrived as a teaser for the former’s upcoming biography The Lyrics: 1956 To The Present, which is set for release on November 2.

It will recount the legendary musician’s life through his earliest boyhood compositions, songs by The Beatles, Wings, and from his lengthy solo career.

Arriving yesterday (September 22), the one-minute trailer for the book sees Macca speak to Mortimer at the British Library in London – where he recalls “the story of “Rocky Raccoon”.

A verse in the 1968 track goes: “Now the doctor came in stinking of gin/ And proceeded to lie on the table/ He said, ‘Rocky, you met your match’/ And Rocky said, ‘Doc, it’s only a scratch/ And I’ll be better, I’ll be better, Doc, as soon as I am able“.

“I was riding on a little moped to see my cousin Betty,” McCartney remembered. “It was a moonlit night… I said, ‘Wow, look at that moon!’ When I look back, the bicycle is now [on its side] and there’s no way to get it back up. So I’m hitting that pavement.”

Macca explained that he “smashed [his] lip” and was left bleeding from the accident, with his cousin then calling for a doctor.

“I think it was around Christmas time… well he [the doctor] was pissed,” he continued. “He said, [slurring] ‘I think you need a couple of stitches’.”

McCartney asked to be given anaesthetic, but the doctor only had a needle and thread. “And he’s trying to thread the needle but he can’t see it,” he said. “So Betty takes it off him and she threads it.”

The teaser comes as McCartney announced a special signed edition of The Lyrics, which is limited to just 175 numbered copies. This version also includes an exclusive print of a lyric sheet – you can find more information here.

Meanwhile, McCartney is set to speak about the book during a special event at London’s Southbank Centre on November 5.

After Daft: a new book about Daft Punk is in the works

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After Daft: a new book about Daft Punk is in the works
A new book chronicling the impact and legacy of Daft Punk is in the works – get all the details on After Daft below. ORDER NOW: The Rolling Stones are on the cover of Uncut’s November 2021 issue The new book, due out in 2023, has been written by author Gabriel Szatan, and will be releas...

A new book chronicling the impact and legacy of Daft Punk is in the works – get all the details on After Daft below.

The new book, due out in 2023, has been written by author Gabriel Szatan, and will be released via John Murray Press / Hachette UK.

Explaining the French dance duo’s impact and the inspiration behind the forthcoming book, Szatan said: “Daft Punk sit in the pantheon of pop alongside Prince, Talking Heads, Kate Bush, Stevie Wonder, Kraftwerk, Missy Elliott, David Bowie or any visionary you’d care to name.

“Beyond making joyous records, there are countless compelling sub-narratives which flow in and out of their career: Alive 2006-07 was as consequential for dance music as The Beatles’ 1964 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show was for rock ’n’ roll — what changed about the way we respond to concerts in the aftermath? Were the Teachers sufficiently recognised for their contributions? And how did Daft Punk retain anonymity at a time when the internet erased privacy for everyone else?

“I’m excited to bring it all to light — as well as making the case for how, over 28 years, music really did sound better with them.”

Daft Punk
Daft Punk. Credit: Getty

Daft Punk announced their breakup back in February when they shared an eight-minute video called Epilogue.

Since their split, sales and streams of their music soared, with an 891 per cent increase in global streams on Spotify in the day after the announcement was made. The streaming platform also reported that the news created a wave of 3,778,718 new music discoveries from listeners who were new to Daft Punk.

Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker said the pair’s break-up felt like “when someone dies”. “I guess I wasn’t expecting to be as emotional as I was,” he told Apple Music’s Matt Wilkinson of his reaction.

“It was almost like when you hear about someone that’s died. “I know it’s obviously not nearly as tragic as when someone dies, but that kind of shock.”

St Vincent to appear at Doc’N Roll Film Festival

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St Vincent to appear at Doc’N Roll Film Festival
Annie Clark AKA St Vincent will make an appearance at the Doc'N Roll Film Festival in October, in a Q&A session following the international premiere of her new meta-doc The Nowhere Inn at London's Barbican on October 29. Watch a trailer for the "mischievous, metafictional" film, also starring Sle...

Annie Clark AKA St Vincent will make an appearance at the Doc’N Roll Film Festival in October, in a Q&A session following the international premiere of her new meta-doc The Nowhere Inn at London’s Barbican on October 29.

Watch a trailer for the “mischievous, metafictional” film, also starring Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein, below:

Other artists appearing in person at the Barbican alongside new documentaries about them include Lydia Lunch (October 28), Damian Dempsey (October 30) and Matthew Herbert (Nov 4).

The full programme comprises 34 feature-length documentaries and eight shorts, including new films about Prince (Mr. Nelson On The Northside), Talk Talk (In A Silent Way), Guy Clark (Without Getting Killed Or Caught), Karen Dalton (In My Own Time), The Triffids (Love In Bright Landscapes) and Fanny (The Right To Rock).

For the first time ever, the 2021 edition of Doc’N Roll will screen selected titles across the UK in cities including Brighton, Cardiff, Nottingham, Newcastle, Sheffield, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Exeter, Liverpool and Manchester. There will also be online screenings.

For the full programme and tickets, visit the official Doc’N Roll site here.

The Replacements on their (im)modest beginnings: “We had nothing to offer but piss, vinegar and songs”

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The Replacements on their (im)modest beginnings: “We had nothing to offer but piss, vinegar and songs”
July 2, 1980. The drinks and hot dogs were on special offer on the quiet Wednesday when The Replacements played the Longhorn, the ex-steakhouse that had become the testing ground for Minneapolis’s nascent indie scene. Local tastemaker Peter Jesperson had arranged their first rock-club gig, to see ...

July 2, 1980. The drinks and hot dogs were on special offer on the quiet Wednesday when The Replacements played the Longhorn, the ex-steakhouse that had become the testing ground for Minneapolis’s nascent indie scene. Local tastemaker Peter Jesperson had arranged their first rock-club gig, to see if they might be ready to make a record. He soon had his answer.

“They did two or three Johnny Thunders songs,” Jesperson recalls. “When I met them, they just wanted to be the Heartbreakers. Bob Stinson was a huge focal point – a jaw-dropping guitar-player, it was crazy the stuff he did. Then you had his brother Tommy, a 13-year-old bass-player, who for 15 of those 30 minutes would not have had his feet on the ground – he was flying and leaping. Paul [Westerberg]’s charisma and stage manner was very intense. Chris [Mars] looked like an axe murderer on drums, he made these crazy faces as he played. They took my breath away.”

During the next decade, The Replacements honed their legend for wilful self-destruction, routinely playing gigs where they’d bait audiences and record company executives alike, shooting themselves in both feet all part of the experience. The ’Mats revelled in being the losers’ losers – a reputation that persisted long after they’d blown apart in 1991 and Bob Stinson’s death in 1995.

“We never had enough energy to be a total punk rock band and we never really cared to be rock stars,” says Tommy Stinson. “We pretty unabashedly did whatever the fuck we wanted.”

Westerberg adds: “We felt like, let’s make them remember us, be it good or bad.”

But a new boxset released to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Replacements’ debut album, Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash, documents a very different band. Between 1980 and 1982, The Replacements didn’t venture far from their Twin Cities base. Fuelled by a mutual desperation to make their mark and escape troubled home lives, the young ’Mats were a remarkably focused proposition.

“I loved ’em,” says Chan Poling, singer with Minneapolis contemporaries The Suburbs. “When we started, glam punk rock like Joan Jett was coming out of LA, even New York bands like Talking Heads were more art-rock and British influenced. The Replacements were one of the first to get back to an Americana, grungy roots rock, a throwback to the blues, folk, Big Star and Neil Young. Tom Petty was doing that in a bigger, more commercial sense – but The Replacements had that punk, super-young, super-smart edge to it, too.”

Cabaret Voltaire’s “towering genius” Richard H. Kirk has died

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Cabaret Voltaire’s “towering genius” Richard H. Kirk has died
Cabaret Voltaire's Richard H. Kirk has died. READ MORE: Richard H Kirk: “You can’t beat a good drone” The post-punk outfit's sole remaining member's death was announced by his record label Mute yesterday afternoon (September 21). He was 65. "It is with great sadness that we confirm ...

Cabaret Voltaire‘s Richard H. Kirk has died.

The post-punk outfit’s sole remaining member’s death was announced by his record label Mute yesterday afternoon (September 21). He was 65.

“It is with great sadness that we confirm our great and dear friend, Richard H. Kirk has passed away,” a statement from the label said. “Richard was a towering creative genius who led a singular and driven path throughout his life and musical career. We will miss him so much. We ask that his family are given space at this time.”

A cause of death has not yet been confirmed.

Broadcaster Dave Haslem, was one of the first to pay tribute to Kirk, describing him as a “creative genius indeed and a truly top fella. RIP.”

Goldblade member John Robb also paid his respects. “Really sad news. Richard H Kirk (Cabaret Voltaire) RIP. Musical and cultural game-changer,” he wrote.

New Order, meanwhile, posted on social media: “Richard and all of Cabaret Voltaire were good friends and very influential electronic musicians that made a big impact on the music of [Joy Division] and many other bands.

“They helped us enormously after Ian [Curtis] passed away when we collaborated with them for the first time in a studio without Ian. Richard will be sorely missed, he left his mark in music innovation and experimentation.”

Elsewhere, Orbital wrote: “So sorry to hear about Richard. He was a massive influence on our musical lives, both listening and playing but more that we became friends in the 90’s [sic]. (RIP : Richard H Kirk).”

You can see those messages and more below.

Originally active between 1973-1994 – Cabaret Voltaire featured Chris Watson until 1981 and Stephen Mallinder until 1994.

The group were inactive for 20 years until Kirk as the sole remaining member, returned for a 2014 performance at Berlin’s Atonal festival.

A new album, Shadow Of Fear, their first in 26 years was also released in 2020.

Speaking about the record at the time Kirk said in reference to the coronavirus crisis: “The album was finished just as all the weirdness was starting to kick in,” adding that “Shadow Of Fear feels like a strangely appropriate title” for these trying times.

He continued: “The current situation didn’t have much of an influence on what I was doing – all the vocal content was already in place before the panic set in – but maybe due to my nature of being a bit paranoid there are hints in there about stuff going a bit weird and capturing the current state of affairs.”

Metallica announce new photo book, The Black Album In Black & White

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Metallica announce new photo book, The Black Album In Black & White
Metallica have announced a new book to mark the 30th anniversary of The Black Album, The Black Album In Black & White. ORDER NOW: The Rolling Stones are on the cover of Uncut’s November 2021 issue READ MORE: Metallica: “We were not very open to having anyone tell us what to do” ...

Metallica have announced a new book to mark the 30th anniversary of The Black Album, The Black Album In Black & White.

The metal icons released their seminal fifth record – featuring the singles “Enter Sandman”, “Nothing Else Matters” and “Sad But True” – back in August 1991.

Arriving earlier this month, the star-studded Metallica Blacklist saw the likes of St. Vincent, Royal Blood and Sam Fender take on their favourite cuts from the LP in celebration of its three-decade milestone. A special reissue of The Black Album was also released.

Yesterday (September 21) it was announced that a new book titled Metallica: The Black Album In Black & White will be published on October 19 via Reel Art Press. You can pre-order your copy from here.

“This official collaboration with Metallica and photographer Ross Halfin is an epic celebration of one of the best-selling albums of all time, featuring classic and previously unpublished photographs,” an official description reads.

Metallica photo book Black Album Black and White
The cover of Metallica: The Black Album in Black & White. Credit: Press

“It includes introductions by Ross Halfin, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Jason Newsted and Robert Trujillo.”

Halfin photographed Metallica during their Black Album sessions at One On One studios in North Hollywood, and subsequently shot thousands of film rolls during the band’s extensive tour that took place between 1991 and 1993.

As per a press release, the photographer “documented the hectic performing schedule, backstage, rehearsals, interviews, band meetings and travel, alongside unique portrait shots of the band”.

Halfin explained: “We would always go to places and do pictures and we would stop wherever we felt somewhere had a vibe… you have to realise with Metallica, it’s always about the vibe.”

Lars Ulrich added: “By the time the songs and the recording were coming together, the confidence level was at an all-time high and we felt better than ever about who we were and how we viewed ourselves with regards to being photographed.”

The Black Album In Black & White is priced at £39.95/$49.95, and is available in hardback (224pp; 12.5 x 9.5 in). Limited copies of a deluxe signed edition will also be available.

Watch The Rolling Stones dedicate their first show of 2021 to Charlie Watts

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Watch The Rolling Stones dedicate their first show of 2021 to Charlie Watts
The Rolling Stones played their first show of 2021 Monday night (September 20) and dedicated it to drummer Charlie Watts – watch the footage below. ORDER NOW: The Rolling Stones are on the cover of Uncut’s November 2021 issue READ MORE: Friends, collaborators and fans remember Charlie Wa...

The Rolling Stones played their first show of 2021 Monday night (September 20) and dedicated it to drummer Charlie Watts – watch the footage below.

During the show, Mick Jagger addressed the audience and said: “This is our first show of our 2021 tour, so this is it, it’s a try out, it’s the debut night for us.”

He then added: “I must also say, it’s a bit of a poignant night for us because it’s the first tour we’ve done in 59 years without our lovely Charlie Watts,” who died last month aged 80.

“We all miss Charlie so much. We miss him as a band, we miss him as friends on and off the stage.”

“We’ve got so many memories of Charlie and I’m sure some of you who have seen us before have memories of Charlie as well. I hope you will remember him like we do. We’d like to dedicate this show to Charlie,” continued Jagger, during the speech he later shared on Twitter. “Let’s have a drink to Charlie.”

“Charlie, we’re praying for you man and playing for you,” added Ronnie Wood.

The gig, a private concert at the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, comes ahead of The Rolling Stones‘ 13-date run of US shows which kicks off on September 26 in St Louis.

At the start of August, it was confirmed that Watts wouldn’t be joining The Rolling Stones on their ‘No Filter’ tour due to an undisclosed illness. It was later announced that longtime Stones associate Steve Jordan would be filling in for him.

Watts then sadly died on August 24, prompting tributes to pour in from across the music world.

“Charlie was a rock, and a fantastic drummer, steady as a rock,” said Paul McCartney. “Love you Charlie, I’ve always loved you. Beautiful man, and great condolences and sympathies to his family.”

Pixies to headline End Of The Road Festival 2022

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Pixies to headline End Of The Road Festival 2022
Pixes will headline End Of The Road Festival 2022. ORDER NOW: The Rolling Stones are on the cover of Uncut’s November 2021 issue The band had been previously booked to headline 2020 edition, before it was cancelled due to the pandemic, and then again in 2021, when travel restrictions mean...

Pixes will headline End Of The Road Festival 2022.

The band had been previously booked to headline 2020 edition, before it was cancelled due to the pandemic, and then again in 2021, when travel restrictions meant they had to pull out.

This announcement of their presence at the 2022 festival coincides with the release of early bird tickets – which can be bought here.

End Of The Road Festival runs between September 1 – 4 in Larmer Tree Gardens, Salisbury.

You can read Uncut’s ultimate End Of The Road round-up from the 2021 festival.

Björk announces new dates for Orkestral livestreamed shows

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Björk announces new dates for Orkestral livestreamed shows
Björk has announced new dates for her livestreamed orchestral shows, following multiple delays due to the coronavirus pandemic. ORDER NOW: The Rolling Stones are on the cover of Uncut’s November 2021 issue The Orkestral series will see the musician perform with different collaborators ov...

Björk has announced new dates for her livestreamed orchestral shows, following multiple delays due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Orkestral series will see the musician perform with different collaborators over each of the four dates, including members of the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, Flute Septet Viibra and Hamrahlíð Choir.

The gigs, performed at Reykjavik’s Harpa Hall to a live audience and livestreamed to fans worldwide, were first due to take place in August 2020, but have been delayed multiple times.

Now, as Iceland begins to reopen fully for live shows after the coronavirus pandemic, new dates for all shows have been announced. The new dates and lineups for each gig are as follows.

October 11
With strings from Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, conductor Victor Orri Árnason and harpist Katie Buckley (Formerly August 29)

October 24
With Hamrahlið Choir, conductor Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir, and organist Bergur Þórisson (Formerly September 5)

October 31
With brass from the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, flute septet Viibra, harpist Katie Buckley and pianist Jónas Sen (Formerly 12th September)

November 15
With 15 piece chamber ensemble strings from Iceland Symphony Orchestra and conductor Victor Orri Árnason (Formerly September 19)

The shows are being performed in aid of Kvennaathvarfid, a charity that supports women and immigrants of different origin within Iceland. Livestream tickets can be found here.

Earlier this month, meanwhile, Björk was confirmed as the first name for Bluedot Festival 2022. She had been due to play 2020’s edition before its coronavirus-enforced cancellation.

She’ll be joined by The Hallé Orchestra for her performance at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Jodrell Bank Observatory. The show will also feature a unique visual display as video and animation is projected onto the iconic, 76-metre wide Lovell Telescope.

Tori Amos announces lockdown-inspired new album Ocean To Ocean

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Tori Amos announces lockdown-inspired new album Ocean To Ocean
Tori Amos has announced details of a new album – see the artwork and release date for Ocean To Ocean below. ORDER NOW: The Rolling Stones are on the cover of Uncut’s November 2021 issue The new record follows 2017’s Native Invader, while more recently, she released a book, Resistance,...

Tori Amos has announced details of a new album – see the artwork and release date for Ocean To Ocean below.

The new record follows 2017’s Native Invader, while more recently, she released a book, Resistance, which was published by Atria in May last year.

The new record, which is set to come out on October 29 via Decca Records, was inspired by Amos‘ time in lockdown in Cornwall.

“This is a record about your losses, and how you cope with them,” she said in a statement. “Thankfully when you’ve lived long enough, you can recognise you’re not feeling like the mom you want to be, the wife you want to be, the artist you want to be.

“I realised that to shift this, you have to write from the place where you are. I was in my own private hell, so I told myself, then that’s where you write from – you’ve done it before…”

See the artwork for Ocean To Ocean below:

Of the album’s inspirations, she added: “If you processed troubling things by traveling, that was taken off the table.

“My pattern has been to jump on a plane and go to the States. I would travel just to have new experiences. I had to find a chair instead, and ‘travel’ like I did when I was five – in my head.”

Ocean To Ocean is set to be toured around the UK and Europe next year, with the shows taking place in February and March next year.

See the dates below:

February 2022
16 – Berlin, Tempodrom
17 – Katowice, Spodek
18 – St Polten, Festspeilhaus
20 – Frankfurt, Alte Oper
22 – Munich, Philharmonie
23 – Zurich, Volkshaus
24 – Milan, Teatro degli Arcimboldi
26 – Lyon, Le Radiant
28 – Paris, Olympia

March 2022
2 – Hamburg, Laieszhalle
3 – Amsterdam, Carre
4 – Amsterdam, Carre
6 – Copenhagen, Royal Theatre
7 – Oslo, Konserthaus
9 – Brussels, Cirque Royal
11 – London, Palladium
12 – London, Palladium
14 – Glasgow, O2 Academy Glasgow
15 – Manchester, O2 Apollo
17 – Cork, Opera House
18 – Dublin, Olympia

Peter Hook And The Light announce new Unknown Pleasures and Closer shows for 2022

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Peter Hook And The Light announce new Unknown Pleasures and Closer shows for 2022
Peter Hook And The Light have announced new shows playing both of Joy Division's two albums in full. ORDER NOW: The Rolling Stones are on the cover of Uncut’s November 2021 issue READ MORE: New Order – Movement: The 
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Peter Hook And The Light have announced new shows playing both of Joy Division‘s two albums in full.

The band, who have been performing material from Hook‘s old bands Joy Division and New Order since they formed in 2010, will play both Unknown Pleasures and Closer as part of their Joy Division: A Celebration Tour next April.

They will also play rescheduled shows in Leeds, Glasgow, Manchester and London in January, as well as shows in Belfast, Dublin and Limerick in November 2022.

The shows will also see Hook and his band play a special opening set of New Order material. Full tour dates are as follows.

Peter Hook And The Light will play:

January 2022
11 – Leeds, O2 Academy
12 – Glasgow, Barrowland
14 – Manchester, O2 Apollo
15 – London, O2 Academy Brixton

April
7 – Brighton, Concorde 2
8 – Colchester, Arts Centre
9 – Norwich, UEA
16 – Nottingham, Rock City
18 – Bristol, Marble Factory
21 – Oxford, O2 Academy
22 – Holmfirth, Picturedrome
28 – Gloucester, Guildhall
29 – Birmingham, O2 Academy

November
10 – Limerick, Big Top
11 – Dublin, Olympia Theatre
12 – Belfast, Limelight

In October next year, Hook will also play rescheduled The Sound Of Joy Division Orchestrated shows with Manchester Camerata.

Hook first collaborated with the chamber orchestra back in 2019 for a trio of gigs, including a show at the Royal Albert Hall in London, which saw the musicians “revisit the post punk elements that shaped Joy Division’s ground-breaking sound, aligned with a full orchestra to reflect and respect the spirt which defines their heritage”.

ABBA’s Agnetha Fältskog says Voyage tour is likely to be their last

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ABBA’s Agnetha Fältskog says Voyage tour is likely to be their last
ABBA singer Agnetha Fältskog has admitted the band's forthcoming Voyage concert experience may well be their last. ORDER NOW: The Rolling Stones are on the cover of Uncut’s November 2021 issue The iconic four-piece made their monumental comeback earlier this month, announcing the release...

ABBA singer Agnetha Fältskog has admitted the band’s forthcoming Voyage concert experience may well be their last.

The iconic four-piece made their monumental comeback earlier this month, announcing the release of their new album also called Voyage, on November 5 – and dropping the singles “I Still Have The Faith In You” and “Don’t Shut Me Down”.

They also revealed their forthcoming tour will see a “digital” version of ABBA (not holograms) perform alongside a 10-piece live band. The run of shows will take place at the purpose-built, 3,000-capacity ABBA Arena at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, starting Friday May 27, 2022.

Speaking to Radio Sweden about the rehearsals, Fältskog said: “None of us probably knew what to expect but we’ve worked with it a lot so you grew into it eventually. We stand there doing these songs with I don’t know how many cameras and people.

ABBA
ABBA are back with new album and “revolutionary” live experience, ‘ABBA: VOYAGE’. Credit: Baillie Walsh

“It felt great to do it in the end because it was so different. Also there was a vibe, one felt that maybe it’s the last thing we do. Same thing with the album.”

When asked when the band will get together again in the future, she added: “I don’t really dare to say. We’re a bit older now, and have our minor ailments. But we struggle on.

“But I don’t dare to say, because it’s a bit uncertain. At the moment we feel happy that we got this together, and let’s hope everything goes well in London, at the premiere over there.”

ABBA’s return has been in the works since at least 2017, when they first announced plans for a virtual tour, then slated for 2019. When those plans were delayed in 2018, the band announced they would be sharing their first new tracks in 35 years that December. The two-song offering then expanded to five last year, before eventually becoming a full album.

 

The Voyage show has been put together by Svana Gisla (who produced Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s On the Run Tour), choreographer Wayne McGregor, Johan Renck (who directed David Bowie‘s videos for “Blackstar” and “Lazarus”), Baillie Walsh (who has directed for Massive Attack and Bruce Springsteen) and producer Ludvig Andersson (son of ABBA‘s Benny Andersson and producer of And Then We Danced, Yung Lean‘s In My Head and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again).

Meanwhile, pre-orders for ABBA’s new album recently broke records in the UK after over 80,000 copies were purchased in just three days.

Ray and Dave Davies on the Everly Brothers: “A spark of life that stays in the grooves”

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Ray and Dave Davies on the Everly Brothers: “A spark of life that stays in the grooves”
In the mid-’50s, no-one wanted to cut Bye Bye Love. The songwriting team of Felice and Boudleaux Bryant shopped it around Nashville and got 30 rejections. Then the song found its way to a teenage duo freshly arrived in town and signed to Cadence Records. Don and Phil Everly – 19 and 17 years old...

In the mid-’50s, no-one wanted to cut Bye Bye Love. The songwriting team of Felice and Boudleaux Bryant shopped it around Nashville and got 30 rejections. Then the song found its way to a teenage duo freshly arrived in town and signed to Cadence Records. Don and Phil Everly – 19 and 17 years old respectively – agreed to cut it. But once they got in the studio with a band, led by their mentor Chet Atkins, they realised something was missing.

During a break, Don started practising a riff on his acoustic guitar – a choppy, staccato rhythm with an emphatic downward strum. He’d based it on a Bo Diddley lick. Boudleaux Bryant loved it. They added it to the song’s intro as a fanfare, and the single nobody wanted quickly shot to No 2 on the Country charts. By the time they performed it at the Grand Ole Opry, they had a crossover hit on their hands. No more country package tours; they quickly graduated to rock shows organised by Alan Freed.

Don Everly’s riff was significant – not just as a revved-motorcycle opening to one of the great singles of the ’50s – but also a demonstration of how he and his brother bridged black R&B and white country music to put a new spin on rock’n’ roll. Bye Bye Love heralded a band steeped in expressive songwriting – by the Bryants, but also by Don himself – and taut sibling harmonies. The song’s subject matter is bleak
– “Hello emptiness, I feel like I could die”– but their harmonies are upbeat, chipper, cavalier, as though this teenage heartbreak is an everyday affliction. They don’t brush off those bad feelings but complicate them in a way that resonated with fans then and fans now.

It’s almost impossible to overstate the Everlys’ vast influence on every subsequent generation of rock’n’folk and roots artists. Paul Simon heard them on the radio and started a similar group with his friend Art Garfunkel called Tom & Jerry; a decade later, when they were performing under their own names, they covered Bye Bye Love with a capacity crowd in Ames, Iowa. John Lennon and Paul McCartney dubbed themselves The Foreverly Brothers and covered their songs at talent shows before moving to Hamburg. If a rock band featured harmonies or dreamy teenage sentiments or quarreling brothers, it meant they were Everly fans. New generations regularly discover and cover them, including REM, Cat Power, Angel Olsen, Sara Watkins, Norah Jones and Bonnie “Prince” Billy.

Johnny Marr gives his verdict on Blossoms and Rick Astley’s Smiths covers band

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Johnny Marr gives his verdict on Blossoms and Rick Astley’s Smiths covers band
Johnny Marr has given his verdict on Blossoms and Rick Astley joining forces to cover The Smiths. ORDER NOW: The Rolling Stones are on the cover of Uncut’s November 2021 issue Marr and Blossoms are set to perform on the same bill this week when they both support Courteeners at their huge ...

Johnny Marr has given his verdict on Blossoms and Rick Astley joining forces to cover The Smiths.

Marr and Blossoms are set to perform on the same bill this week when they both support Courteeners at their huge Manchester Old Trafford show. However, the former Smiths guitarist has raised an issue with a recent stunt of the band’s.

Blossoms and Astley teamed up earlier this week at the former’s gig in London to cover “Panic” and “This Charming Man” by The Smiths, with the artists subsequently announcing two Smiths covers shows in Manchester and London next month.

Footage from Monday night’s gig (September 13) of Blossoms and Astley covering The Smiths‘ “This Charming Man” has gone viral this week, with Marr delivering his verdict on the collaboration on Twitter last Friday (September 17).

“This is both funny and horrible at the same time,” he tweeted in response to the footage, which you can see below.

Marr subsequently responded to questions from his followers, with one fan asking the guitarist whether Blossoms and Astley sought approval before proceeding with their Smiths covers shows.

“Well, I met The Blossoms a few weeks ago and they elected to not mention it,” he said. “Nice.”

Replying to another fan on Twitter about the same subject, Marr added: “[Blossoms] didn’t mention [the shows] when we were hanging out a few weeks ago. Must’ve slipped their minds.”

Clearing things up a little more, Marr later revealed: “FYI all you head cases. I’ve got no problem with tribute bands, or with anyone doing anyone’s songs, and I’ve got no problem with Rick Astley. There’s a back story. That’s that.”

Rick Astley and Blossoms
Rick Astley and Blossoms, Kentish Town Forum, 13.9.21. Credit: Peter Neill / Press

Speaking about working with Astley on the Smiths tribute shows, Blossoms frontman Tom Ogden recently said: “The Smiths have always meant so much to Blossoms, with even their rainiest songs complete with wry humour and soul-reaching musicianship and melody. Their poppier moments are pure, joyful, danceable poetry.

“Imagine backing Rick Astley to play the songs of The Smiths? We’ve had wilder dreams, but not many. We’ll barely be able to believe it until it happens, but the dates are set, we’re studying every note, line and beat to say ‘thank you’ to The Smiths alongside Rick and do both of them proud.”

Earlier this week Blossoms also shared a clip of them rehearsing The Smiths’ “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” with Astley.

Marr, meanwhile, is about to embark on a run of UK headline shows in support of his new single “Spirit, Power And Soul” and his upcoming EP and double album.

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