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Prince’s estate announces new season of the official Prince podcast

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Prince’s estate announces new season of the official Prince podcast
Prince's estate have announced the upcoming new season of the official Prince podcast, with the new episodes set to explore the late artist’s ‘lost’ album Welcome 2 America. ORDER NOW: Prince – The Deluxe Ultimate Music Guide  ORDER NOW: The August 2021 issue of Uncut Welcome 2 ...

Prince’s estate have announced the upcoming new season of the official Prince podcast, with the new episodes set to explore the late artist’s ‘lost’ album Welcome 2 America.

Welcome 2 America was recorded by Prince in 2010, but he later decided to archive it. The record is now finally set for release on July 30 via Legacy Recordings.

The new season of the Prince podcast, titled The Story of Welcome 2 America, will take a deep dive into the Purple One’s career between 2010 and 2011 to uncover the story behind the making of the record.

The episodes, which will begin on July 22, will also offer listeners their first chance to hear previously unreleased songs from Welcome 2 America before its full July 30 release.

“Hosted by music journalist Andrea Swensson and special guest co-hosts Shelby J. and Morris Hayes of Prince’s legendary band the NPG, the four-episode season will take listeners into the studios of Paisley Park and out onto the road to learn more about this prescient and philosophical period of Prince’s later-era career,” a synopsis for the new season of the podcast explains.

“The hosts will be joined by the additional musicians who performed on Welcome 2 America – Tal Wilkenfeld, Chris Coleman, Elisa Fiorillo and Liv Warfield – plus important behind-the-scenes collaborators from the era who will shed light on Prince’s creative process and late-night conversations.”

The first episode of The Story of Welcome 2 America will be available on all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.

Earlier this month “Born 2 Die”, which features on Welcome 2 America, was released for the very first time.

Hear David Crosby cover Joni Mitchell’s “For Free”

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Hear David Crosby cover Joni Mitchell’s “For Free”
David Crosby has released a cover of Joni Mitchell’s "For Free", as well as a new original co-written with his son James Raymond and Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen. ORDER NOW: The August 2021 issue of Uncut READ MORE: Review: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà Vu: 50th Anniversary D...

David Crosby has released a cover of Joni Mitchell’s “For Free”, as well as a new original co-written with his son James Raymond and Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen.

The tracks come ahead of Crosby’s latest album, also called For Free. This is set to be released on July 23. The cover of the titular Joni Mitchell classic also features musician Sarah Jarosz.

Crosby said of the track: “Joni’s the greatest living singer/songwriter, and ‘For Free’ is one of her simplest. It’s one of my favourite songs because I love what it says about the spirit of music and what compels you to play.”

Hear the cover below.

The original song released yesterday (June 24), “Rodriguez For A Night”, was co-written with Fagen and his son Raymond, who is also producing the album For Free.

“Steely Dan’s my favourite band and I’ve admired Donald a long time, so that was a thrill for us,” added Crosby of the collaboration. He also said of working with Raymond: “Can you imagine what it’s like to connect with your son and find out that he’s incredibly talented – a great composer, a great poet, and a really fine songwriter and musician all around?

“We’re such good friends and we work so well together, and we’ll each go to any length to create the highest-quality songs we can.”

Hear “Rodriguez For A Night” below.

Win Nick Cave goodies!

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Win Nick Cave goodies!
Following the release last week of Nick Cave & Warren Ellis's splendid new album, Carnage, we've got some rather cool prizes to give away. CLICK TO GET THE NEW UNCUT DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR We have 5 Carnage bundles up for grabs. Each bundle contains: 1 copy of Carnage on vinyl 1 Carnage to...

Following the release last week of Nick Cave & Warren Ellis‘s splendid new album, Carnage, we’ve got some rather cool prizes to give away.

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We have 5 Carnage bundles up for grabs. Each bundle contains:

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To be in with a chance of winning one of these bundles, answer this question correctly:

What was the name of the first Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album that Warren Ellis played on?

Was it a) Let Love In, b) No More Shall We Part or c) Nocturama?

Send your answer to competitions@www.uncut.co.uk by Friday, July 2. A winner will be chosen by the Uncut team from the correct entries. The editor’s decision is final.

Click here to read Uncut’s review of Carnage

Datblygu frontman David R. Edwards has died, aged 56

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Datblygu frontman David R. Edwards has died, aged 56
David R. Edwards, frontman of influential Welsh post-punk outfit Datblygu has died, aged 56. The singer passed away at his home in Carmarthen, Wales, over the weekend, following a battle with health issues that included epilepsy and diabetes. His death was confirmed by his longtime bandmate and f...

David R. Edwards, frontman of influential Welsh post-punk outfit Datblygu has died, aged 56.

The singer passed away at his home in Carmarthen, Wales, over the weekend, following a battle with health issues that included epilepsy and diabetes. His death was confirmed by his longtime bandmate and friend Patricia Morgan, who shared the news on Twitter.

“David is no longer with us. He was one of the best friends you could ever have. A huge, generous personality, a bear of a man; his legacy will live on.”

Edwards formed Datblygu with T. Wyn Davies in 1982, while the pair were in secondary school. Morgan joined two years later in 1984. The pioneering group, which saw Edwards singing primarily in Welsh, released debut album Wyau in 1988. Its follow-up, Pyst, arrived two years later along with Davies‘ exit from the band. Libertino, also considered one of the band’s seminal works, was released in 1994.

Edwards and Morgan continued the group in various formats before disbanding in 1995. They returned in 2008 for a one-off single, “Can y Mynach Modern”, properly reforming in 2014 with the album Erbyn Hyn. The band’s final record, Cwm Gwagle, was released last year.

Edwards, who was also a poet, has been remembered for his colossal impact on Welsh music.

Among those to pay tribute to Edwards were Welsh rockers Super Furry Animals’ frontman Gruff Rhys, who told Welsh news outlet Nation.Cymru Edwards was a “gigantic figure”.

“His contribution to the Welsh language can’t be overestimated and his work with Datblygu serves as a focal point for its vibrant counter-culture,” he added. “I’ve no doubt his influence will grow and his songs will continue to serve as moral compasses and as sources of light to guide us through the darkness down the ages.”

Wichita Recordings co-founder Mark Bowen told Nation.Cymru it was difficult to accurately explain the impact of hearing Datblygu for the first time on the John Peel show in the mid-’80s.

“To hear Peel play a record in Welsh that stood head and shoulders above anything else he played that night was a stunning moment for a teenager who had never felt ‘cool’ for his nationality before.”

On Twitter, The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess said that a special edition of his Twitter Listening Party series would be held in Edwards’ memory. The band’s compilation 1985 – 1995 will be the featured album on July 2.

See more tributes to Edwards below.

Joni Mitchell reflects on 50th anniversary of Blue in rare video message

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Joni Mitchell reflects on 50th anniversary of Blue in rare video message
Joni Mitchell has shared a rare video message in which she reflects on the 50th anniversary of her classic album Blue. You can watch it below. ORDER NOW: The August 2021 issue of Uncut SHOP NOW: Joni Mitchell – Ultimate Music Guide Released in 1971, Mitchell's fourth studio album is wi...

Joni Mitchell has shared a rare video message in which she reflects on the 50th anniversary of her classic album Blue. You can watch it below.

Released in 1971, Mitchell’s fourth studio album is widely regarded as one of the greatest records of all time. It explores various facets of relationships following the iconic musician’s breakup with Graham Nash.

After announcing a new EP of demos and outtakes from the Blue sessions, Mitchell took to her official Twitter account yesterday (June 23) to post “a message for you, from Joni”.

“I’m so pleased with all of the positive attention that Blue is receiving these days,” Mitchell said in the tweeted video. “When it was first released it fell heir to a lot of criticism.

“So 50 years later people finally get it [Laughs], and that pleases me. Thank you.”

Blue 50 (Demos & Outtakes) includes demos for “California” and an early version of “A Case Of You” that features different lyrics from those heard on the original album.

There are also two alternate takes on the EP. The first is a version of “River” that adds French horns; the original album version features Mitchell solo on piano. The other alternate take is for “Urge For Going”. Mitchell originally wrote the song in the mid-’60s and often included in her early live sets.

Blue is also due to be reissued as part of a new box set – The Reprise Albums (1968-1971) – on Friday (June 25) to mark its milestone anniversary. Another new collection, called Joni Mitchell Archives Vol.2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971), will follow on October 29.

Johnny Marr on possibility of returning to Modest Mouse: “The best time of my life”

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Johnny Marr on possibility of returning to Modest Mouse: “The best time of my life”
Johnny Marr has responded to the possibility of returning to Modest Mouse, after the band’s Isaac Brock told NME “the option’s available” should the former Smiths guitarist wish to rejoin. ORDER NOW: The August 2021 issue of Uncut Marr was part of the Modest Mouse set-up between 200...

Johnny Marr has responded to the possibility of returning to Modest Mouse, after the band’s Isaac Brock told NME “the option’s available” should the former Smiths guitarist wish to rejoin.

Marr was part of the Modest Mouse set-up between 2006 and 2008, playing on the band’s album We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank in 2007.

Marr revealed as early as 2018 that he’d be open to reuniting with the band, saying at the time: “I’ve got a feeling that Modest Mouse is a chapter that’s yet to be finished.”

Speaking in a new interview ahead of the release of their latest album The Golden Casket, Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock left the door open for Marr’s return.

“I hope [it’s an unfinished chapter]. I love being in a band with Johnny, it’s fuckin’ fun…,” he said.

Now, Marr has responded again to the suggestion on Twitter, responding to NME‘s query as to whether or not he’d be up for reuniting with the Oregon rockers.

“Food for thought. Modest Mouse was the best time of my life,” Marr wrote. “Still a great record, great shows.”

Earlier this week, Modest Mouse were announced as one of the headliners for next year’s Just Like Heaven festival in Pasadena, California. The bill also features the likes of Interpol, The Shins, M.I.A., Bloc Party and more.

Marr, meanwhile, featured on the Avalanches’ latest album We Will Always Love You last year, appearing alongside MGMT on the track “The Divine Chord”.

In Uncut’s 8/10 review of the record, we said: “Its spirit of discovery, and subtle championing of the oblique, forgotten and underrepresented, is familiar territory. The album is neither stuck in the past nor barrelling recklessly towards the future, and, in this sense, it’s a lavish genre-agnostic mixtape. On paper it lacks focus, but in practice it is representative of the aural quilts crafted by modern, omnivorous listeners.”

Elton John announces final Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour dates for 2022

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Elton John announces final Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour dates for 2022
Elton John has announced a final run of dates on his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour for 2022. ORDER NOW: The August 2021 issue of Uncut The new run of dates, which will take Elton across North America, the UK and Europe, will mark the final time that the Rocketman icon will hit the road. ...

Elton John has announced a final run of dates on his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour for 2022.

The new run of dates, which will take Elton across North America, the UK and Europe, will mark the final time that the Rocketman icon will hit the road.

The run will commence at Frankfurt’s Deutsche Bank Park on Friday, May 27, 2022. He’ll then follow it with a run of UK shows including Norwich’s Carrow Road on June 15, Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium on June 17 and Sunderland’s Stadium of Light on June 19.

“Hello, all you wonderful fans out there. I’m coming to you today with an announcement I’ve been working towards for, well, all my life: the shows that I announce today will be my final tour dates ever in North America and Europe,” said Elton.

“I’m going to go out in the biggest possible way, performing at my very best, with the most spectacular production I’ve ever had, playing in places that have meant so much to me throughout my career.

“Whether it’s next summer in Frankfurt or at the legendary Dodger Stadium for the grand finale in the United States, I can’t wait to see you all on the road one last time. This has been an incredible tour so far, full of the most amazing highs, and I look forward to making more wonderful memories with you at these final shows.

“To all my friends down under, we’ll be seeing you too. Thank you and I look forward to seeing you in your town.”

You can check out the new run of shows in full below, ahead of tickets going on sale here from June 30.

UK and European dates

Friday 27 May 2022 – Frankfurt, Deutsche Bank Park
Sunday 29 May 2022 – Leipzig, Red Bull Arena
Saturday 4 June 2022 – Milan, San Siro Stadium
Tuesday 7 June 2022 – Horsens, CASA Arena
Thursday 9 June 2022 – Arnhem, GelreDome
Saturday 11 June 2022 – Paris, La Defense Arena
Wednesday 15 June 2022 – Norwich, Carrow Road
Friday 17 June 2022 – Liverpool, Anfield Stadium
Sunday 19 June 2022 – Sunderland, Stadium of Light
Wednesday 22 June 2022 – Bristol, Ashton Gate Stadium
Wednesday 29 June 2022 – Swansea, Liberty Stadium
Friday 27 May 2022 – Frankfurt, Deutsche Bank Park
Sunday 29 May 2022 – Leipzig, Red Bull Arena
Saturday 4 June 2022 – Milan, San Siro Stadium
Tuesday 7 June 2022 – Horsens, CASA Arena
Thursday 9 June 2022 – Arnhem, GelreDome
Saturday 11 June 2022 – Paris, La Defense Arena
Wednesday 15 June 2022 – Norwich, Carrow Road
Friday 17 June 2022 – Liverpool, Anfield Stadium
Sunday 19 June 2022 – Sunderland, Stadium of Light
Wednesday 22 June 2022 – Bristol, Ashton Gate Stadium
Wednesday 29 June 2022 – Swansea, Liberty Stadium

North American dates

15 July 2022 – Philadelphia, PA, Citizens Bank Park
18 July 2022 – Detroit, MI, Comerica Park
23 July 2022 – East Rutherford, NJ, MetLife Stadium
28 July 2022 – Foxboro MA, Gillette Stadium
30 July 2022 – Cleveland, OH, Progressive Field
5 August 2022 – Chicago, IL, Soldier Field
7 September 2022 – Toronto, ON, Rogers Centre
10 September 2022 – Syracuse, NY, Carrier Dome
16 September 2022 – Pittsburgh, OH, PNC Park
18 September 2022 – Charlotte, NC, Bank of America Stadium
22 September 2022 – Atlanta, GA, Mercedes-Benz Stadium
24 September 2022 – Washington, DC, Nationals Park
30 September 2022 – Arlington, TX, Globe Life Field
2 October 2022 – Nashville, TN, Nissan Stadium
21 October 2022 – Vancouver, BC, BC Place
29 October 2022 – San Antonio, TX, Alamodome
4 November 2022 – Houston, TX, Minute Maid Park
12 November 2022 – Phoenix, AZ, Chase Field
19 November 2022 – Los Angeles, CA, Dodger Stadium
20 November 2022 – Los Angeles, CA, Dodger Stadium

The Grateful Dead revisit the year that changed everything: “We were just coming alive”

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The Grateful Dead revisit the year that changed everything: “We were just coming alive”
The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, some 30 miles north of NYC, began life as a pre-war cinema and vaudeville venue. By 1970, however, rock promoter Howard Stein had transformed it into a psychedelic pleasure palace. Traffic, Santana, Frank Zappa and Janis Joplin were among those who performed ther...

The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, some 30 miles north of NYC, began life as a pre-war cinema and vaudeville venue. By 1970, however, rock promoter Howard Stein had transformed it into a psychedelic pleasure palace. Traffic, Santana, Frank Zappa and Janis Joplin were among those who performed there that year – Joplin even premiered Mercedez Benz, written just hours earlier in a Port Chester bar – but its most regular attraction was the Grateful Dead. The Dead found the Capitol crowd a little more attentive than at the Fillmore East, their other regular haunt on the East Coast. It was a place to stretch out, try different things, introduce new songs. The perfect venue, then, for
a run of shows in February 1971 that heralded the next phase in their evolution.

“It was an incredibly creative time for the band,” recalls singer and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir. “We had the feeling that we’d basically opened up the bag and there was a lot more in there. We spent so much time with one another in those days, either on the road or at home, that we really learned how to play together. It all merged, at that point.”

On opening night – February 18 – the Dead chose to unpack a batch of remarkable new tunes: Bertha, Wharf Rat, Loser, Playing In The Band and Greatest Story Ever Told. Songs that became embedded in their live canon for years to come, shining illustrations of the band’s telepathic interplay, poised between limber melody and free improv. Drummer Bill Kreutzmann remembers it as an exceptional period. “We were just really starting to become a band and those were really high moments,” he says. “We were just coming alive. All I could think about in those days was playing and getting to the show.”

In what turned out to be a profoundly transitional year that saw the temporary exit of founder member Ron “Pigpen” McKernan and Kreutzmann’s fellow drummer Mickey Hart, the band underwent a metamorphosis that involved landmark shows, bizarre ESP experiments, French Acid Tests, new faces and teary goodbyes. This shift was captured on double LP Grateful Dead (aka Skull & Roses owing to its distinctive cover art by Alton Kelly and Stanley Mouse), the extraordinary live document of ’71, released that October. It’s the sound of a band pushing beyond themselves. Aside from its unique pyretic energy, the album illustrates the sheer diversity of the Dead: blues, country, psych, rock’n’roll, experimental jams.

“The band were better suited to the live environment than the studio,” says their trusted engineer Betty Cantor-Jackson, who co-produced Skull & Roses with longtime cohort Bob Matthews. “Everything stretched out, it expanded. The music grew and grooved. It was amazing to be inside of that when it was happening.”

READ THE FULL INTERVIEW IN UNCUT AUGUST 2021

Watch Lucy Dacus premiere “Brando” on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

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Watch Lucy Dacus premiere “Brando” on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Lucy Dacus has given the live debut of her new single “Brando” on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, with a performance filmed at the Theatre Gym at the Virginia Repertory Theatre in the US. ORDER NOW: The August 2021 issue of Uncut “Brando” is taken from Dacus’ upcoming release Home Video, whic...

Lucy Dacus has given the live debut of her new single “Brando” on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, with a performance filmed at the Theatre Gym at the Virginia Repertory Theatre in the US.

“Brando” is taken from Dacus’ upcoming release Home Video, which arrives this Friday (June 25). Also released ahead of the record were singles “VBS”, “Hot And Heavy” and “Thumbs”.

Watch the performance below.

Dacus is also embarking on a tour of the US, the UK and Europe in support of Home Video, with support from Bachelor, Bartees Strange, Shamir, Laura Stevenson, Thao,Julien Baker, Shakey Graves, Bright Eyes, Miya Folick and Fenne Lily depending on the date.

The full list of dates is below. Find out more here.

June 2021

23 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheater

July 2021

24 – Portland, ME – Portland House Of Music
25 – Woodstock, NY – Colony Woodstock
27 – Lewiston, NY – Artpark Amphitheater
28 – New Haven, CT – Westville Music Bowl
29 – Bethlehem, PA – Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks
30 – Worcester, MA – Palladium (Outdoors)
31 – Queens, NY – Forest Hills Stadium

August 2021

3 – Charlottesville, VA – Sprint Pavilion
4 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
5 – Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit
6 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
7 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
8 – Birmingham, AL – Sloss Furnace

September 2021

10 – Richmond, VA – The National
11 – Richmond, VA – The National
13 – Saxapahaw, NC – Haw River Ballroom
14 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
15 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
17 – Dallas, TX – Trees
18 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall- Downstairs
19 – Austin, TX – Scoot Inn
20 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
22 – Tucson, AZ – 191 Toole
24 – Los Angeles, CA – The Theatre at Ace Hotel
25 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory OC
27 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
Sept 29 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
30 – Vancouver, BC – Hollywood Theatre

October 2021

1 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
2 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
Oct 4 – Bozeman, MT – The Elm
5 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
6 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
8 – Iowa City, IA – The Englert Theatre
9 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
11 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre
12 – Columbus , OH – Newport Music Hall
14 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House
15 – Montreal, QC – L’Astral
16 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
18 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
20 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
22 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
23 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
25 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
26 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel

March 2022

18 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
20 – Glasgow, UK – St. Lukes
21 – Dublin, IE – The Button Factory
23 – Manchester, UK – Gorilla
24 – Bristol, UK – SWX
25 – London, UK – Kentish Town Forum
29 – Brussels, BL – Botanique
30 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso Noord
31 – Cologne, DE – Artheater

April 2022

2 – Hamburg, DE – Molotow
3 – Copenhagen, DK – Loppen
4 – Aarhus, DK – Atlas
6 – Oslo, NO – Parkteatret
7 – Stockholm, SE – Nalen Klubb
9 – Berlin, DE – Lido
10 – Jena, DE – Trafo
12 – Vienna, AT – Chelsea
13 – Munich, DE – Milla
14 – Zürich, SU – Bogen F
15 – Paris, FR – La Maroquinerie

Elton John, St Vincent, Dave Gahan will cover Metallica songs to mark The Black Album’s 30th anniversary

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Elton John, St Vincent, Dave Gahan will cover Metallica songs to mark The Black Album’s 30th anniversary
Metallica are celebrating 30 years of The Black Album with two new releases: a remastered reissue of the original album, and The Metallica Blacklist, a collection of 53 covers by an eclectic range of artists. ORDER NOW: The August 2021 issue of Uncut The remastered Black Album will land in ...

Metallica are celebrating 30 years of The Black Album with two new releases: a remastered reissue of the original album, and The Metallica Blacklist, a collection of 53 covers by an eclectic range of artists.

The remastered Black Album will land in multiple formats, including digital, 180-gram 2LP, standard CD, 3CD expanded edition and limited-edition boxset. The latter set includes the album remastered on 180G 2LP, a picture disc, three live LPs, 14 CDs (containing rough mixes, demos, interviews, live shows), six DVDs (containing outtakes, behind the scenes, official videos, live shows), a 120-page hardcover book, four tour laminates, three lithos, three guitar picks, a Metallica lanyard, a folder with lyric sheets, and a download card for the digital edition of the album.

The Metallica Blacklist has 53 tracks and almost as many genres, with a massive roster of artists covering their favourite tracks from The Black Album. The artists include Mac DeMarco, Rina Sawayama, Phoebe Bridgers, The Hu, Idles, St Vincent, Moses Sumney, Miley Cyrus, Elton John, Dave Gahan, Kamasi Washington and Igor Levit, among others.

The Metallica Blacklist will be available digitally, as a 4CD edition and as a limited-edition 7LP vinyl pressing.

Both of the releases will arrive digitally on September 10, with physical versions following in October. You can pre-order them here.

Proceeds from The Metallica Blacklist will be divided between charities of the artists’ choice and Metallica’s own All Within My Hands Foundation. Hear a snippet of what the album has to offer below.

Those who pre-order will instantly receive Miley Cyrus’ version of “Nothing Else Matters” featuring WATT, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo and Chad Smith, and Juanes’ interpretation of “Enter Sandman”. Hear the Miley Cyrus cover below.

See the full tracklist of The Metallica Blacklist below:

Alessia Cara & the Warning – Enter Sandman
Mac Demarco – Enter Sandman
Ghost – Enter Sandman
Juanes – Enter Sandman
Rina Sawayama – Enter Sandman
Weezer – Enter Sandman
Sam Fender – Sad but True (Live)
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Sad but True
Mexican Institute of Sound Feat. La Perla & Gera Mx – Sad but True
Royal Blood – Sad but True
St. Vincent – Sad but True
White Reaper – Sad but True
Yb – Sad but True
Biffy Clyro – Holier Than Thou
The Chats – Holier Than Thou
Off! – Holier Than Thou
Pup – Holier Than Thou
Corey Taylor – Holier Than Thou
Cage the Elephant – the Unforgiven
Vishal Dadlani, Divine, Shor Police – the Unforgiven
Diet Cig – the Unforgiven
Flatbush Zombies Feat. Dj Scratch – the Unforgiven
Ha*ash – The Unforgiven
José Madero – The Unforgiven
Moses Sumney – The Unforgiven
J Balvin – Wherever I May Roam
Chase & Status Feat. Backroad Gee – Wherever I May Roam
The Neptunes – Wherever I May Roam
Jon Pardi – Wherever I May Roam
Sebastian – Don’t Tread on Else Matters
Portugal. The Man Feat. Aaron Beam – Don’t Tread on Me
Volbeat – Don’t Tread on Me
The Hu – Through the Never
Tomi Owó – Through the Never
Phoebe Bridgers – Nothing Else Matters
Miley Cyrus Feat. Watt, Elton John, Yo-yo Ma, Robert Trujillo, Chad Smith – Nothing Else Matters
Dave Gahan – Nothing Else Matters
Mickey Guyton – Nothing Else Matters
Dermot Kennedy – Nothing Else Matters
Mon Laferte – Nothing Else Matters
Igor Levit – Nothing Else Matters
My Morning Jacket – Nothing Else Matters
Pg Roxette – Nothing Else Matters
Darius Rucker – Nothing Else Matters
Chris Stapleton – Nothing Else Matters
Tresor – Nothing Else Matters
Goodnight, Texas – of Wolf and Man
Idles – The God That Failed
Imelda May – The God That Failed
Cherry Glazerr – My Friend of Misery
Izïa – My Friend of Misery
Kamasi Washington – My Friend of Misery
Rodrigo Y Gabriela – the Struggle Within

Damon Albarn announces new solo album, The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows

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Damon Albarn announces new solo album, The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows
Damon Albarn has announced details of his new solo album The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows. Check out the title track below. ORDER NOW: The August 2021 issue of Uncut After announcing that he’d be signing to Transgressive Records to release the follow-up to his 2014 solo...

Damon Albarn has announced details of his new solo album The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows. Check out the title track below.

After announcing that he’d be signing to Transgressive Records to release the follow-up to his 2014 solo debut Everyday Robots, the Blur and Gorillaz frontman has now revealed that his new full-length effort will arrive on November 12.

The album started life in 2019 as an orchestral project and live experience, inspired by the landscapes of Iceland, before Albarn returned to the music while in lockdown to develop the work into 11 tracks which “further explore themes of fragility, loss, emergence and rebirth”. The album title is taken from a John Clare poem entitled Love and Memory.

“[Iceland] is a nice place to meditate on the elements and particles,” Albarn said in an interview with NME. “I’d been dreaming on making music while looking out of that window, when my friend from the Lyon Festival offered me the very tempting proposition of ‘You can do whatever you want’. I had immediately had something that I never thought would be feasible, so I organised musicians, string players, three bass trombones, some percussion and keyboards into an interesting arrangement.”

Albarn continued: “I took some of these realtime, extreme elemental experiences [of Iceland] and then tried to develop more formal pop songs with that as my source.

“I wanted to see where that would take me. Sometimes it took me down to Uruguay and Montevideo. Other times I went to Iran, Iceland or Devon. With travel being curtailed, it was kind of nice to be able to make a record that put me strangely in those places for a moment or two.”

Damon Albarn returns with new solo album ‘The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows’.
Damon Albarn returns with new solo album ‘The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows’.

The album will be released on November 12 on digital, CD, cassette and vinyl formats. A Super Deluxe Edition will also be available: it will comprise a white vinyl LP, WAV and FLAC tracks, a bonus 7” featuring an exclusive song from the recording sessions, and a 32-page casebound book with additional photography, original scanned lyrics, and artwork from Albarn. Pre-order it here.

The tracklist for the album is:

“The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows”
“The Cormorant”
“Royal Morning Blue”
“Combustion”
“Daft Wader”
“Darkness To Light”
“Esja”
“The Tower Of Montevideo”
“Giraffe Trumpet Sea”
“Polaris”
“Particles”

Meanwhile, Albarn’s upcoming solo tour dates are as follows. Visit here for tickets and more information.

February 2022

21-22 February: London (Barbican)
23-24 February: Dublin (National Concert Hall)
26: Luxembourg (Philharmonie)
28: Brussels (Bozar)

March 2022

1: Brussels (Bozar)
2: Eindhoven (Muziekgebouw)
4-5: Paris (Philharmonie)
6: Lyon (Auditorium)
7: Hamburg (ElbPhilharmonie)
9: Copenhagen (KB Hallen)
11: Reykjavik (Harpa)

Neil Young shares update on new album with Crazy Horse: “This music we are making is for our souls”

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Neil Young shares update on new album with Crazy Horse: “This music we are making is for our souls”
Neil Young has shared an update on the new album he’s recording with Crazy Horse, which is primed to be the follow-up to 2019’s Colorado. ORDER NOW: The August 2021 issue of Uncut SHOP NOW: Neil Young – Deluxe Ultimate Music Guide The musician announced the album on Neil Young Arch...

Neil Young has shared an update on the new album he’s recording with Crazy Horse, which is primed to be the follow-up to 2019’s Colorado.

The musician announced the album on Neil Young Archives on Monday (21 June). He wrote: “The Horse is back in the barn, shaking off the rust.”

“It has been a long time since we have been together and more than a few tears have been shed,” he continued. “These are new times, with new songs and feelings after what our world has been through and continues to face.

“This music we are making is for our souls. It’s like fresh water on a desert. Life is going on.”

The album is being recorded in a barn “high in the mountains of Colorado”, which Young says is a replica built to replace an original barn that had collapsed in the same spot in 1850.

One of the Young’s long-time collaborators, engineer-musician Mark Humphreys, will be running monitors on the record.

“Mark notes that this is our ‘new barn’ to replace Plywood Analog or Broken Arrow Ranch where we did Ragged Glory, Freedom and other albums,” Young wrote.

In his post, Young also named the rest of the crew assisting the album’s production, namely technicians Larry Cragg (guitar, amplifiers), Jeff Pinn (amplifiers), Bob Rice (pianos and keyboards) and Paul Davies (drums).

Young also promised fans he would be posting on his site regularly to keep them updated on the  album’s progress.

David Bowie’s film Just A Gigolo to make its Blu-ray debut

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David Bowie’s film Just A Gigolo to make its Blu-ray debut
David Bowie's film Just A Gigolo will be released on Blu-ray this summer. ORDER NOW: The August 2021 issue of Uncut SHOP NOW: Ultimate Record Collection: David Bowie The 1978 film was directed by David Hemmings, and has now been digitally remastered for this release, alongside a 54-page...

David Bowie’s film Just A Gigolo will be released on Blu-ray this summer.

The 1978 film was directed by David Hemmings, and has now been digitally remastered for this release, alongside a 54-page booklet and other bonus features.

The film stars Bowie as Paul von Przygodski, a Prussian officer navigating civilian life in Berlin after the First World War. The film also stars Marlena Dietrich and Kim Novak – as well as Hemmings himself, who plays von Przygodski’s former commanding officer.

Just A Gigolo was filmed in Berlin, while Bowie was living in the city. It was his first film role after Nicolas Roeg’s The Man Who Fell to Earth in 1976.

The new release of Just A Gigolo will be available for purchase from August 16, and is available for pre-order here.

Chrissie Hynde announces 2021 UK tour in support of Bob Dylan covers album

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Chrissie Hynde announces 2021 UK tour in support of Bob Dylan covers album
The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde has announced a 2021 UK tour in support of her recently released Bob Dylan covers album. ORDER NOW: The August 2021 issue of Uncut SHOP NOW: The Complete Bob Dylan The tour announcement comes weeks after Hynde released Standing In The Doorway: Chrissie Hynd...

The Pretenders‘ Chrissie Hynde has announced a 2021 UK tour in support of her recently released Bob Dylan covers album.

The tour announcement comes weeks after Hynde released Standing In The Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan, made up of nine covers of Dylan songs including “Murder Most Foul” and “Every Grain of Sand”.

“A few weeks into lockdown last year, [Pretenders bandmate James Walbourne] sent me the new Dylan track ‘Murder Most Foul’. Listening to that song completely changed everything for me. I was lifted out of this morose mood that I’d been in,” Hynde said in a statement.

“I remember where I was sitting the day that Kennedy was shot – every reference in the song. Whatever Bob does, he still manages somewhere in there to make you laugh because as much as anything, he’s a comedian. He’s always funny and always has something to say. That’s when I called James and said, ‘Let’s do some Dylan covers’ and that’s what started this whole thing.”

Hynde‘s tour will be spread across July and August, and include her first-ever appearance at Edinburgh Fringe. She will be supported by The Rails. Tickets go on sale this Friday (June 25) though MyTicket.

In addition to Hynde’s solo work, The Pretenders released their latest album, Hate For Sale, in July last year.

See the tour dates here:

July 2021

Thursday 29 – London, Royal Opera House
Friday 30 – London, Royal Opera House

August 2021

Sunday 22 – Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall
Monday 23 – Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall
Tuesday 24 – Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall
Wednesday 25 – Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall

Hear Low’s new song, “Days Like These”

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Hear Low’s new song, “Days Like These”
Low have released a new song, "Days Like These". You can watch the video for it below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8QiSZRX8dA It's a preview for their forthcoming album, HEY WHAT, which is released by Sub Pop Records on September 10. The album is the follow up to Double Negative - vote...

Low have released a new song, “Days Like These“. You can watch the video for it below.

It’s a preview for their forthcoming album, HEY WHAT, which is released by Sub Pop Records on September 10.

The album is the follow up to Double Negative – voted Uncut’s Album Of The Year 2018.

More recently, the band exclusively covered Bob Dylan’s “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” for Uncut’s Dylan Revisited compilation.

The tracklisting for HEY WHAT is:

White Horses
I Can Wait
All Night
Disappearing
Hey
Days Like These
There’s a Comma After Still
Don’t Walk Away
More
The Price You Pay (It Must Be Wearing Off)

The band tour UK and Europe next year:

Apr. 25 – Edinburgh, UK – Queen’s Hall
Apr. 26 – Dublin, IE – Vicar Street
Apr. 27 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Cathedral
Apr. 28 – Brighton, UK – St. George’s Church Brighton
Apr. 29 – London, UK – St. John at Hackney Church
Apr. 30 – Bristol, UK – Trinity
May 02 – Paris, FR – Alhambra
May 03 – Cologne, DE – Kulturkirche Köln
May 04 – Antwerp, BE – TRIX
May 05 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
May 06 – Aarhus, DK – Voxhall
May 07 – Copenhagen, DK – Vega
May 09 – Hamburg, DE – Uebel & Gefährlich
May 10 – Berlin, DE – Festsaal Kreuzberg
May 11 – Vienna, AT – Wuk
May 12 – Bologna, IT – Teatro Duse
May 13 – Lausanne, CH- Les Docks
May 14 – Zurich, CH – Mascotte

Joni Mitchell celebrates 50 years of Blue with two new releases

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Joni Mitchell celebrates 50 years of Blue with two new releases
Joni Mitchell has announced two new releases to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her seminal LP Blue, which will turn exactly half a century old today (22 June). ORDER NOW: The August 2021 issue of Uncut A statement notes that the two releases offer “different perspectives on one of the ...

Joni Mitchell has announced two new releases to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her seminal LP Blue, which will turn exactly half a century old today (22 June).

A statement notes that the two releases offer “different perspectives on one of the greatest albums ever made and the inspired period of creativity that made it possible”.

The first, Blue 50 (Demos And Outtakes), is a digital EP that features five unreleased recordings from the making of Blue. Its cover features the original Blue colour treatment applied to a previously unseen alternate photo of Mitchell, taken by Tim Considine at the same show as the original’s cover. Take a look below.

Joni Mitchell Blue
Credit: Tim Considine

Blue 50 (Demos And Outtakes) notably includes early versions of “California” and “A Case Of You”, the latter having different lyrics to the final that was released on Blue. Also featured on Blue 50 (Demos And Outtakes) is a version of “River” with French horns, rather than the solo vocal/piano performance heard on the final album, as well as a version of “Urge For Going” with strings.

Blue 50 (Demos And Outtakes) is out now – you can listen below.

The second release, Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971), will be released on October 29 as a 5CD set as well as in digital formats. There’s also a limited-edition 10LP set, pressed on 180-gram vinyl.

The tracks are organised chronologically on the release, with a number of unreleased recordings, including live performances and unheard originals. It can be preordered here.

Beck reschedules UK summer tour to 2022, adds two new dates

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Beck reschedules UK summer tour to 2022, adds two new dates
Beck has rescheduled his forthcoming UK tour to 2022 and has added several new dates. ORDER NOW: The August 2021 issue of Uncut READ MORE: Review: Beck – Hyperspace The American singer-songwriter was set to head out on a UK and European tour this summer, but he was forced to postpone t...

Beck has rescheduled his forthcoming UK tour to 2022 and has added several new dates.

The American singer-songwriter was set to head out on a UK and European tour this summer, but he was forced to postpone the dates due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The dates for the UK leg of the tour have now been rescheduled to 2022, kicking off with a new date at Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange on June 14. He has also added an extra London date to close the tour on June 18 at the O2 Forum Kentish Town.

Tickets for the newly added dates go on general sale at 9AM on Friday (June 25) and can be purchased on GigsAndTours, Ticketmaster and Beck’s official website. You can see the full list of rescheduled dates below.

June 2022

14 – Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
15 – O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
16 – O2 Academy Brixton, London
18 – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London

Beck’s latest album, Hyperspace, was released in 2019. In Uncut’s 8/10 review, we wrote: “Just as he does on all of his best albums, Beck finds fresh ways throughout Hyperspace to confound the question of who exactly he ought to be, all while making music that feels instantly familiar and sneakily unpredictable.”

Watch Foo Fighters cover Radiohead’s “Creep” live at Madison Square Garden with Dave Chappelle

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Watch Foo Fighters cover Radiohead’s “Creep” live at Madison Square Garden with Dave Chappelle
Foo Fighters brought Dave Chappelle on stage for a cover of Radiohead’s “Creep” during their gig at Madison Square Garden. ORDER NOW: Read our cover story on Nirvana, featuring an interview with Dave Grohl, in the August 2021 issue of Uncut Taking place Sunday night (June 20), Chappel...

Foo Fighters brought Dave Chappelle on stage for a cover of Radiohead’s “Creep” during their gig at Madison Square Garden.

Taking place Sunday night (June 20), Chappelle was supported by the entire band, with Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl on guitar. It’s a cover Chappelle had performed multiple times in the past, including once with Ed Sheeran.

Watch Chappelle’s cover below:

The band’s show at Madison Square Garden marked the New York venue’s first full-capacity event since the beginning of the pandemic. All attendees were required to prove they had been vaccinated.

Last week, Foo Fighters announced a new disco album under the moniker The Dee Gees. The record, Hail Satin, will be released for the second Record Store Day drop on July 17 and contain four Bee Gees covers, a rendition of Andy Gibb’s Shadow Dancing, and five live versions of Medicine At Midnight songs.

Foo Fighters released their latest album, Medicine at Midnight, back in February.

Dave Grohl looks back on Nevermind sessions: “Nobody thought Nirvana was going to be huge”

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Dave Grohl looks back on Nevermind sessions: “Nobody thought Nirvana was going to be huge”
Who could have anticipated that when Nirvana entered Sound City Studios in May 1991 they were about to make history? Certainly, it seems, not the band themselves – according to drummer Dave Grohl, “We thought, ‘Hopefully we’ll get to achieve the success of a band like Sonic Youth, and each g...

Who could have anticipated that when Nirvana entered Sound City Studios in May 1991 they were about to make history? Certainly, it seems, not the band themselves – according to drummer Dave Grohl, “We thought, ‘Hopefully we’ll get to achieve the success of a band like Sonic Youth, and each get to have our own apartment!’ That was the extent of our ambitions.” It transpired, of course, that Nevermind’s success transformed not only the lives of the band and their affiliates – but the lives of many millions more, who found a deep connection with the band’s music and, especially, the lyrics of Kurt Cobain.

It’s a far cry from the band’s beginnings, in the American northwest. For this story, we join the band during a period of transition. Following the release of their debut album, Bleach, on Sub Pop, the group have begun sessions for a follow-up with producer Butch Vig. But in between a first batch of sessions at Vig’s studio in Madison, Wisconsin, the band’s drummer Chad Channing leaves. Mudhoney’s Dan Peters briefly joins for a standalone single, Sliver, before Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic first encounter Dave Grohl, playing with hardcore outfit Scream in San Francisco…

Can you still remember the very first time you, Kurt and Krist played together?

Dave Grohl: Absolutely. It was in a rehearsal space in a warehouse district south of Seattle. I knew the album Bleach, but before I flew up to audition for the band I had memorised it. When we sat down to play for the first time in this little damp, dank, disgusting rehearsal space, that I think belonged to either Mudhoney or Tad, we locked in perfectly immediately. Plus, they hadn’t had anyone to sing back-up vocals before, so Kurt encouraged me to sing the back-up harmonies that he had put on the album but had never sang live. Within one minute we knew that this was the right thing to do. It doesn’t happen often, there are only a few times in life when things lock in perfectly. It happened with Them Crooked Vultures as well. When things just settle in so comfortably, you immediately know that it is meant to be.

Can you pinpoint the beginning of the process that eventually led to Nevermind?

When I joined the band in September 1990 I had only heard Bleach. I loved that record so much. It really stood apart from all the other music I was listening to, mostly because of Kurt’s sense of melody. There was lots of noise, lots of heavy riffs and lots of punk rock going around, but there was something about Nirvana that set them apart. The song About A Girl on Bleach just kind of blew everybody’s minds, that the band had that much of a range of dynamics, not just musically but melodically.

When I joined I hadn’t heard any of the music they had recorded with Butch Vig months before [in Madison, Wisconsin, in April 1990]. Originally those recordings were meant to be the next Sub Pop record, but that fell apart. When they played me those demos – they considered them demos – Breed was then titled Imodium. I loved that riff, I loved the chorus, the simplicity of melody. Lithium was there and In Bloom. In Bloom was the song that they had invested the most faith into. They had made a video for it and the production was amazing. I heard those songs and thought, ‘Wow, these guys have really taken a giant leap, from Bleach to this new material.’

READ THE FULL INTERVIEW IN UNCUT AUGUST 2021

Warner Bros. acquires Marvin Gaye biopic What’s Going On, Allen Hughes to direct

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Warner Bros. acquires Marvin Gaye biopic What’s Going On, Allen Hughes to direct
Warner Bros. has landed the rights to the upcoming Marvin Gaye biopic What’s Going On, directed by Allen Hughes. ORDER NOW: The August 2021 issue of Uncut Hughes, who is best known for directing films such as Menace II Society and Dead Presidents with his brother Albert, will also produce...

Warner Bros. has landed the rights to the upcoming Marvin Gaye biopic What’s Going On, directed by Allen Hughes.

Hughes, who is best known for directing films such as Menace II Society and Dead Presidents with his brother Albert, will also produce the film alongside Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine – both of whom were the subject of his 2018 docu-series The Defiant Ones – and Andrew Lazar.

“This is so personal for me,” Hughes told Deadline. “When I made my first film with my brother, we were fortunate to get ‘What’s Going On‘ into the trailer for Menace II Society, and it was a game changer in elevating the marketing of that film.

“Every film of mine but the period film From Hell had some Marvin Gaye in it, and I’ve just always connected to him. He’s the artist’s artist, with this ethereal voice that just comes out of the heavens. There have been plenty of great artists, and then Marvin, in his own lane.

“When you listen, in one measure you feel like you’ve read a novel. Such a rich inner life in that voice, heavenly but riddled with pain, the agony and ecstasy at the same time. When he gained his independence in the ’70s, with that album What’s Going On, then Trouble Man and Let’s Get It On, I Want You and his final masterpiece Here, My Dear, when it comes to vocal orchestrations and the way he layered his voice, he’s Mozart.”

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Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine will produce ‘What’s Going On’. CREDIT: David M. Benett

There have been many previous attempts by different filmmakers to make a Marvin Gaye biopic, but they have either stalled or fell short of the rights needed. This time around, Hughes and co. will be working with Gaye’s estate as well as Motown so there will be rights to use all of the legendary singer’s signature songs.

“You’ve heard of all these big-name directors that have tried for 35 years to consolidate these rights,” Hughes continued. “This started with Dre, saying, ‘Let’s do this together,’ and then Jimmy came on, and Andrew Lazar, and we worked with the estate, with Motown and some other things that needed to be tied down, and we got it done.”

The film, which is being penned by poet-playwright Marcus Gardley, is expected to have a budget of more than $80 million.

According to Deadline, What’s Going On will be a musical odyssey and theatrical experience focusing on “the life of one of America’s greatest singers and musicians”. The film will thread the story of his past with events that helped shape his infamous last tour.

It will depict the tumultuous relationship Gaye had with his father as well as celebrate the life of the women who influenced Gaye’s career and inspired some of the most iconic love songs of all time. What’s Going On will also address the demons that haunted Gaye throughout his career.

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