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In 2026, THE UNDERTONES come roaring back with an extensive UK and European tour to celebrate their 50TH BAND ANNIVERSARY.

The band behind countless classics including “Teenage Kicks”, “True Confessions”, “More Songs About Chocolate And Girls”, “Jimmy Jimmy”, “Get Over You”, “Here Comes The Summer”, and “My Perfect Cousin”, will be commemorating five decades in the game with a victory lap around the nation.

Across the tour, the band will be joined by a cavalcade of iconic acts who will accompany them at various select dates. Special guests will include The Beat Featuring Ranking Roger, The Men They Couldn’t Hang, Jim Bob, Ruts DC, and Tom Robinson (solo) – please see details below.

In tandem with the live dates, the legendary band will be promoting the release of their very first live album ‘16 Live Humdingers’, which is currently only available on green vinyl and for purchase exclusively at their shows. Recorded in Glasgow in 2023, “16 Live Humdingers”, includes selected old and new songs performed by the post 1999 line up with Paul McLoone on vocals.

The Undertones upcoming UK live dates for their 50th Anniversary Tour are as follows: 

THE UNDERTONES – TOUR DATES

5 Oct – Epic Studios – Norwich

(special guests: The Beat Feat Ranking Roger)

16 Oct – Project House – Leeds

(special guests: The Beat Feat Ranking Roger)

17 Oct – O2 Institute – Birmingham

(special guests: The Beat Feat Ranking Roger)


22 Oct – Fire Station – Sunderland

(special guests: The Men They Couldn’t Hang)

23 Oct – Foundry – Sheffield

(special guests: The Men They Couldn’t Hang)

24 Oct – O2 Ritz – Manchester

(special guests: The Men They Couldn’t Hang)


12 Nov – Arena – Torquay

(special guests: Jim Bob)

13 Nov – Tramshed – Cardiff

(special guests: Jim Bob) 

14 Nov – Electric Bristol – Bristol

(special guests: Jim Bob) 


20 Nov – The 1865 – Southampton

(special guests: Ruts DC) 

21 Nov – CHALK – Brighton

(special guests: Ruts DC) 


22 Nov – Electric Ballroom – London

(special guests: Ruts DC & Tom Robinson)

Tickets available here:

https://www.theundertones.com

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++ THE UNDERTONES – Part 1 – 1976 – 1983 ++

For the uninitiated, The Undertones emerged from Derry in 1976, the result of five friends (John O’Neill, Damian O’Neill, Feargal Sharkey, Billy Doherty and Michael Bradley) learning how to play basic rock and roll.

Even by the standards of that decade Derry was not the rock and roll capital of anywhere. With no live bands worth watching, they learned by listening to mail order records, reading one of the few copies of NME that made it to Derry but most of all from listening to John Peel’s wonderful show on BBC Radio One. Practicing in their bedrooms eventually led to the band recording John O’Neill’s ‘Teenage Kicks’ in 1978 on Terri Hooley’s Good Vibrations label in Belfast. The legendary DJ John Peel received a copy and liked it so much he played it twice in a row on his radio show.

The Undertones signed with Sire Records and ‘Teenage Kicks’ was re-released, resulting in the band’s first appearance on Top of the Pops. Over the next five years, John O Neill, crafted further pop gems such as `Here Comes The Summer`, ‘Jimmy Jimmy`, `You’ve Got My Number (Why Don’t You Use It)’ and ‘Wednesday Week’ whilst Damian O’Neill and Michael Bradley contributed ‘My Perfect Cousin. They also recorded four highly acclaimed LPs. Indeed, they almost enjoyed the life of professional musicians. In 1983 Feargal Sharkey left the band to pursue a solo career and the remaining members decided to call it a day. The Undertones were to remain silent for the next sixteen years.

++ THE UNDERTONES – Part 2 – 1999 ++

In 1999 The Undertones reconvened, without Feargal Sharkey, to once again perform their two-minute, three and a half chord songs to a new generation of fans in Derry and around the World…Fellow Derryman Paul McLoone replaced Sharkey on vocals and his vocal prowess and electric onstage presence soon convinced any doubters that he was more than capable of doing the job.

After much consideration the band released an LP of new songs called `Get What You Need’, which was critically acclaimed by Q magazine, Uncut, Rolling Stone and Hot Press. Songs like ‘Thrill Me’, ‘I Need Your Love The Way It Used To Be’ and ‘Everything But You’ showed that the art of writing short, sharp songs had not been lost over the previous two decades.

In 2003 ‘Thrill Me’ was released as a limited edition 7” vinyl single and found its way to John Peel’s turntable. He introduced it on his show commenting, “And these are words I thought I would never be saying on radio again, a new single from The Undertones”. He liked it so much he played it twice, just as he did with ‘Teenage Kicks’ in 1978.

In 2016 the Band released vinyl remasters of their first two LPs; ‘The Undertones – The Undertones’ and ‘The Undertones – Hypnotised’ along with a 7” vinyl remix of the 1979 single ‘Get Over You’. Remixed by Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine/Primal Scream). Michael Bradley also published his book Teenage Kicks: My Life as An Undertone’.

2018 marked the 40th Anniversary of the release of their most influential and famous song, ’Teenage Kicks’.  On 21st April for Record Store Day 2018 the band released a Vinyl Singles Box Set containing the 13 x 7” original Undertones singles from the classic early period: 1978-1983.

And cementing their reputation as one of rock’n’roll’s most enduring acts, in 2026, The Undertones will embark on a special 50th Anniversary tour. Catch them out on the road this Autumn. 

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Fresh from announcing their forthcoming fourth studio album ‘Here Because of Hope’, Mercury Prize and BRIT Award-winning Ezra Collective return with brand-new single “Well Organised” featuring Jamaican singer Lila Iké, out today via Partisan Records. Arriving as the second movement of the album following “Only Love” featuring Pa Salieu; currently on the BBC Radio 1 B-List and BBC Radio 1Xtra A-List; the track follows both their Love Supreme headline & curation last Friday which featured special guests Leona Lewis, Kojey Radical & Yazmin Lacey, alongside announcing their biggest ever global headline tour spanning Australia, Asia, the United States and Europe before culminating in their largest UK tour to date with two very special nights at London’s O2 Academy Brixton in March 2027.

LISTEN TO “WELL ORGANISED” FT. LILA IKÉ

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE

Across ‘Here Because of Hope’, Ezra Collective trace the movement of Black music across Africa, through the Caribbean and ultimately into Britain, celebrating the sounds, cultures and communities that have shaped generations of music while exploring how hope transforms pain into moments of joy. If “Only Love” found its inspiration in West Africa, “Well Organised” marks the beginning of the album’s Caribbean movement.

Built around an interpolation of Max Romeo’s immortal classic “I Chase The Devil”, the track announces itself with a steel pan melody lifted from a spontaneous recording Femi made while visiting London’s Kinetika Bloco Youth Club. That melody became the emotional foundation of the song, eventually blossoming into one of the album’s most transporting moments. Joined by one of Jamaica’s most celebrated voices in Lila Iké, “Well Organised” settles into a groove that feels timeless, paying tribute to Jamaica’s rich musical legacy while placing it firmly within Ezra Collective’s unmistakably British sound.

Speaking on the track, bandleader Femi Koleoso says: “I was spending time with the Kinetika Bloco Youth Club; they were playing steel pans and the most beautiful line caught my attention. I recorded it on my phone and lived with it. It had the emotion and beauty that I associate with dancehall, bashment, reggae and so many other beautiful sounds that come from Jamaica. We began to build stories, melodies and rhythms one by one. When it felt like home, we called our sister Lila Iké to furnish the house with love and good vibes.”

Set for release this September, ‘Here Because of Hope’ marks a bold new chapter for Ezra Collective following a historic few years that saw the band become the first jazz act to win the Mercury Prize before going on to win the BRIT Award for Group of the Year. Expansive, emotional and deeply rhythmic, the album follows the journey of Black music across continents while celebrating the communities, traditions and cultures that continue to shape it today.

Over the past decade, Ezra Collective have become one of the defining British bands of their generation. From sold-out performances at Wembley Arena, the Royal Albert Hall and New York’s Blue Note Jazz Club through to triumphant appearances at Glastonbury, Central Park SummerStage and Sydney Opera House, the group have continually redefined the possibilities of British jazz while bringing its spirit to audiences around the globe.

Across media, the band have graced the covers of ES Magazine, Mixmag, Music Week and The Observer New Review, alongside features in Vogue, Billboard, Rolling Stone and NME, while standout television appearances have included The Graham Norton Show and The Jonathan Ross Show.

With “Well Organised”, Ezra Collective open another chapter of ‘Here Because of Hope’, one that celebrates the immeasurable influence of Caribbean music on the global musical landscape while continuing the album’s journey towards hope, connection and collective joy.

 

EZRA COLLECTIVE UK + IE LIVE DATES;

08 JUL / Henley, UK / Henley Festival

30 AUG 2026 / Lincoln, UK / Lost Village

26 FEB / Bristol, UK / The Prospect Building

27 FEB / Bristol, UK / The Prospect Building

3 MAR / Nottingham, UK / Rock City

5 MAR / Dublin, IE / 3Olympia Theatre

8 MAR / Glasgow, UK / O2 Academy

10 MAR / Edinburgh, UK / Usher Hall

12 MAR / Manchester, UK / Warehouse, Aviva Studios

14 MAR / Birmingham, UK / O2 Academy

18 MAR / London, UK / O2 Academy Brixton

19 MAR / London, UK / O2 Academy Brixton

Manchester cosmic rock collective HENGE have announced their most ambitious live undertaking to date: a 75-date ‘world tour’ spanning the UK, Europe, Canada, USA and Mexico with more countries yet to be announced.

The initial announcement includes 18 dates across the UK and Ireland, including stops at some of the countries’ most beloved venues. Kicking things off at The 1865, Southampton’s largest independent venue, the band will also make stops at the Brudenell in Leeds, New Century in Manchester, Trinity in Bristol, and more. The full UK and Ireland listings can be found below.

The announcement arrives on the back of a viral breakthrough – the band’s live clip “DNA” surpassing six million views (across all platforms) and triggering a wave of sold-out shows – confirming HENGE as one of the most compelling live acts to emerge from the UK underground in years.

HENGE’s live shows are immersive, theatrical and joyful events that have earned the band a fiercely devoted following. Occupying a unique space between rave and prog rock, their sci-fi electronic rock is the kind of music that makes more sense in a room full of people than it ever could through a screen.

The world tour marks HENGE’s first ever dates in North America, as well as their most extensive European run to date. An undertaking of this scale can mean only one thing: new music is on the way…

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HENGE have been delighting audiences across the UK and Europe since they landed on Earth ten years ago. Their music – known as “Cosmic Dross” – escapes definition, but occupies a space between rave and prog rock that nobody knew existed – going ‘where no band has gone before’. Ultimately, HENGE spread a message of hope that leaves audiences feeling amused and uplifted in equal measure.

Their unique debut album “Attention Earth!” was released in 2018, followed by 2020’s ‘ExoKosm’, which earned media support from the likes of BBC6 Music, PROG Magazine, Louder Than War and Buzz Magazine. Their most recent and third release,‘Alpha Test 4‘, was produced with Jim Spencer (New Order, Black Grape) and mastered at Abbey Road by Frank Arkwright (Arcade Fire, Joy Division, Blur). The record received praise from NARC Magazine who hailed its “stimulating extra-terrestrial sounds” (⅘), while PROG hailed HENGE’s “blissed out, retro futuristic madness”. 

 With a reputation for scintillating live performances, HENGE have won over audiences across the globe at festivals such as Glastonbury, Boomtown, Bluedot, Shambala, Beatherder, Fusion (DE), Down The Rabbit Hole (NL), Jungle Love (AU) and more – receiving the award for ‘Best Live Act’ at the Independent Festival Awards in the process.

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UK + Ireland Live Dates – 2027

10th March – The 1865, Southampton

11th March – Phoenix, Exeter

12th March – The Globe, Cardiff

13th March – Trinity, Bristol

14th March – The Castle & Falcon, Birmingham

17th March – Crookes Social Club, Sheffield

18th March – Cambridge Junction, Cambridge

19th March – Chalk, Brighton

20th March – Village Underground, London

21st March – The Waterfront, Norwich

24th March – Saint Luke’s, Glasgow

25th March – The Grove, Newcastle

26th March – New Century, Manchester

27th March – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

31st March – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham

1st April – The Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool

3rd April – Academy, Dublin

4th April – Belfast Empire Music Hall, Belfast

FOR MORE INFORMATION
 w/ https://www.hengemusic.com

moisturizer, the ripping second album by Wet Leg is fast approaching its first anniversary. To celebrate, the Isle of Wight five-piece have announced moisturizer (deluxe), an expanded set that includes remixes from horsegiirL, The Dare and FDC DJs; three songs previously unreleased on streaming comprising “hi from me” which was originally only available on the Japanese CD, a demo of “don’t speak” recorded by Hester at her home studio and “u and me at home intro/outro” – the first part of which fans will recognise as the band’s walk-on music. The deluxe album is rounded off with a handful of live recordings made at LA’s The Village studios in 2025 and moisturizer (deluxe) will be released on July 10^th.

The remix by FDC DJs (aka Carlos O’Connell & Tom Coll of Fontaines D.C.) is shared today alongside the announcement, their version of “catch these fists” twists it into something darker and seedier emphasising Teasdale’s barbed lyrics: “He don’t get puss, he get the boot” alongside brooding synths and propulsive drums.

Stream “catch these fists (FDC DJs)” here

Released at the height of summer 2025, moisturizer—with its highwire tales of new loves, enduring friendships and chauvinist losers—captured the spirit of a fried world that still has something to give. It absorbed quickly into the centre of culture, peaking at No 1 on the UK albums chart and receiving nominations for three Grammy Awards and two Brit Awards. A slew of huge shows surrounding the release—at Glastonbury, London’s O2 Academy Brixton and LA’s Greek Theatre, among others—announced Wet Leg as a band reborn, flexing and taunting onstage in their most energised, idiosyncratic sets yet. 

Wet Leg roared into 2026 with nothing more to prove, but a lot of victories to celebrate. Starting the year in the Southern Hemisphere, the group toured Australia and New Zealand as part of Laneway Festival alongside acts like Chappell Roan, Geese and Pinkpantheress, with Teasdale joining NYC partyboy The Dare onstage to perform his remix of “mangetout” and Los Angeles singer-songwriter Role Model to act as Sally during a performance of his viral hit “Sally, When The Wine Runs Out.” A series of shows in Japan followed alongside a massive sync of “mangetout” in Crave/HBO’s Heated Rivalry as well as Teasdale’s attendance and walking at Paris Fashion Week that rubber-stamped Wet Leg’s continued global dominance. 

All of that eases them into an even bigger year for the band. In March, Wet Leg were the first musical guest on the debut season of SNL UKalongside host Tina Fey, an unprecedented honour that speaks to their status as one of the country’s premier artists. Hot on the heels of that performance, “mangetout” hit No 1 on the US Alternative Radio airplay chart, making them the first female-fronted independent outfit to reach the top of the chart this decade. Additionally, Rhian recently joined comedian Joe Wilkinson for an episode of his new Channel 4 show Train-ing It, watch it here.

Fresh from two sets at Coachella (where horsegiirL joined them for “CPR” at the first weekend), this summer sees a series of outdoor summer shows in the UK—their largest headline shows to date—and appearances at Bonnaroo, Governors Ball, Osheaga and a massive hometown set at this year’s Isle Of Wight Festival.

In other words, it’s Wet Leg’s world now—we’re just lucky to be living in it.

Watch Wet Leg perform “catch these fists” on SNL UK

Watch Wet Leg perform “mangetout” on SNL UK

Photo © Courtesy of Sky

Wet Leg moisturizer deluxe album artwork:

Album Tracklisting:

1.         CPR

2.         liquidize

3.         catch these fists

4.         davina mccall

5.         jennifer’s body

6.         mangetout

7.         pond song

8.         pokemon

9.         pillow talk

10.        don’t speak

11.        11:21

12.        u and me at home

13.        hi from me

14.        mangetout (The Dare remix)

15.        CPR (horsegiirL Remix)

16.        catch these fists (FDC DJs remix)

17.        CPR (live from the village)

18.        davina mccall (live from the village)

19.        mangetout (live from the village)

20.        liquidize (live from the village)

21.        don’t speak (acoustic demo version)

22.        u and me at home intro/outro

moisturizer (deluxe) will be available on double translucent red vinyl, CD and digitally. Pre-order: DomMart | Digital

Stream moisturizer here.

Watch the video for “mangetout” here.

Watch the video for “pokemon” here.

Watch the video for “davina mccall” here.

Watch the video for “CPR” here.

Watch the video for “catch these fists” here.

Stream “mangetout (The Dare remix)” here.

Wet Leg are Rhian Teasdale, Hester Chambers, Ellis Durand (bass), Henry Holmes (drums) and Joshua Mobaraki (guitar, synth).

Upcoming live dates

Wed 3^rd June – Primavera Sound, Barcelona

Sat 6^th June – The Governors Ball, NYC

Sun 7^th June – All Things Go festival, Toronto

Tues 9^th June – The Colosseum at Caesars, Windsor, ON

Fri 12^th June – Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN

Sun 14^th June – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT

Fri 19^th June – Isle of Wight Festival, Isle of Wight

Sun 21^st June – PinkPop, Landgraaf, NL

Fri 26^th June – OpenAir St. Gallen Festival, Switzerland

Sun 28th June – La Prima Estate, Italy

Tues 30^th June – Bellahouston Park, Glasgow w/ Alanis Morrisette

Wed 1^st July – Trinity College, Dublin

Wed 8^th July – Castlefield Bowl, Manchester

Thurs 9^th July – Millenium Square, Leeds

Fri 10^th July – Alexandra Palace Park, London

Mon 13^th July – Les Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon

Sat 25th July – Latitude Suffolk

Sun 26th July – Tramlines, Sheffield

Thurs 30^th July – Lollapalooza, Chicago

Fri 31^st July – Osheaga, Montreal

Sun 2^nd August – Hinterland Festival, Saint Charles, Iowa

Wed 5^th August – Ogden Twilight, Ogden

Fri 7^th August – Outside Lands, San Francisco

Sat 8^th August – MAHA Festival, Omaha

Sun 9^th August – Capitol Hill Block Party, Seattle

Wed 12^th August – Paredes de Coura Festival, Portugal

Sat 22^nd August – Pukkelpop Festival, Hasselt

Sun 23^rd August – Babylon Soundgarden, Istanbul

Fri 28^th August – Rock En Seine, Paris

Sat 29^th August – Forwards Festival, Bristol

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Modern Woman, the London art-rock outfit fronted by primary songwriter Sophie Harris, are set to release their anticipated debut album ‘Johnny’s Dreamworld’ on May 1^st via their new label One Little Independent Records.

New single, the title track and album opener, ‘Johnny’s Dreamworld’, is driven by Juan Brint-Gutiérrez’s serpentine bassline and Adam Blackhurst’s shifting grooves, providing a rhythmic backbone that anchors its surreal energy. Written collectively by the band, its layered strings and spoken-word passages conjure a world built from fragments of film, memory, and imagination. Harris reflects, “I spend a lot of time in my head, and I like thinking of my mind and other people’s minds like a location sometimes, a dreamworld – I like that reading and particularly music can take you into spaces in those places you haven’t explored before.”

The album represents the culmination of Modern Woman’s journey from Harris’s early, intimate songwriting project into a full-bodied band capable of folding post-punk, avant-garde, and folk traditions into a live force of dynamic originality. At its heart, the record explores the strange poetry buried within the ordinary. Harris’s lyrics, steeped in literary detail and filmic atmosphere, draw from a fascination with the dark underbelly of the everyday and the contradictions of womanhood.

Following the release of previous singles ‘Dashboard Mary’, ‘Neptune Girl’ and ‘Daniel’, all of which have garnered support from the likes of BBC 6 Music, NME, The Guardian, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, DIY, Clash Magazine, Loud and Quiet, The Line Of Best Fit, and more, Modern Woman share ‘Johnny’s Dreamworld’ ahead of the record’s release in May. The single comes alongside a newly announced run of UK headline dates this autumn, following a series of spring shows and festival appearances including Wilderness, Green Man and End of the Road, with their Lexington show in London selling out ahead of a newly announced date at the ICA. 

Full list of upcoming UK shows is;

11 April                        Bristol – Outer Town Festival

6 May                           London – The Lexington (SOLD OUT)

7 May                           Wrexham – FOCUS Wales

16 May                         Leeds – In Colour Festival

23 May                         Southampton – Wanderlust Festival

1 August                      Oxfordshire – Wilderness Festival

21 August                     Brecon Beacons – Green Man Festival

4 September                 Dorset – End of the Road Festival

27 October                   Leeds Hype Park Book Club

28 October                   Edinburgh Sneaky Pete’s

29 October                   Manchester Now Wave Pub

30 October                   Bristol – The Croft

25 November                London ICA

Modern Woman’s sound emerged from years of creative refinement. The band coalesced when Harris met violinist and composer David Denyer, who brought a background in experimental composition and textural sound work. Joined by Brint-Gutiérrez on bass and saxophone and Blackhurst on drums, the group forged a style that values the contrasting harsh edges of folk lyricism and noise that collides with melody. Working with producer Joel Burton (Naima Bock, Katy J Pearson, Vanishing Twin), they found a live immediacy that channels the raw intensity of their performances into a sound that is both rich and unpredictable.

‘Johnny’s Dreamworld’ is a tender but confrontational collage of shifting tones and perspectives, of dream logic, fantasy, and lived experiences, guided by Harris’s jagged guitar style and singular voice; expressive, incantatory, and alive with curiosity.

Since their formation in London, Modern Woman have built a reputation for performances that blur the boundary between poetry and noise, commanding stages at End of the Road, Latitude, The Great Escape, and Green Man. Harris, a literature graduate, writes with a novelist’s precision and a performer’s urgency, while Denyer, Brint-Gutiérrez, and Blackhurst bring the intensity of modern composition and punk backgrounds to the table. This year they signed to One Little Independent Records, the home of Björk, Crass, Laura Misch, Penelope Trappes, and more.

‘Johnny’s Dreamworld’ cements Modern Woman as one of the UK’s most distinctive new voices, a band intelligently and purposefully exploring the relationship between beauty and brutality.

Brother Wallace has a gift for making soul music that feels like a mirror and a release all at once, the kind that hits you in the chest, then gets you back on your feet. Today, the West Point, Georgia-bred singer, pianist, and soul revivalist shares ‘Who Do You Love?’ alongside a new music video, offering another powerful look into his forthcoming debut album ‘Electric Love’, out 8th May via ATO Records.

LISTEN TO / WATCH ‘WHO DO YOU LOVE?’ 

PRE-SAVE / PRE-ORDER ‘ELECTRIC LOVE’ 

Where previous singles have introduced Wallace’s high-voltage joy and lived-in reflection, ‘Who Do You Love?’ sharpens the focus to a single, human question — equal parts invitation and reckoning. Anchored by Wallace’s unmistakable voice and a band-in-the-pocket pulse, the track rides a propulsive, dance-ready groove that feels both classic and immediate, letting the hook land like a challenge you can’t dodge. The accompanying video leans into that same bold simplicity, framing Wallace and band in a stylised performance setting that flickers between hyper-saturated colour fields and graphic, leopard-print backdrops, with a grainy, vintage-TV texture that makes the whole thing feel like a lost soul broadcast—loud colours, big feeling, no distractions.

“‘Who Do You Love?’ is a check-in—one of those questions you can’t run from forever,” says Wallace. “It’s not just about romance. It’s about where you’re putting your time, your energy, your attention… and whether the love you’re giving is coming back to you.”

“Who Do You Love?” continues the rapid rise of Brother Wallace, whose debut moment has already arrived with rare momentum for a brand-new artist. The album’s title track “Electric Love” premiered internationally via Craig Charles’ Funk & Soul Show on BBC Radio 6 Music, while Wallace’s first-ever ATO single “Who’s That?” hit Top 20 at Triple A radio in the U.S. — an impressive feat for a debut release, and especially notable given it wasn’t originally planned for radio servicing.

Out 8th May, Electric Love was produced and co-written by Dan Taylor (The Heavy), recorded at Peter Gabriel’s legendary Real World Studios and engineered/mixed by Bob Mackenzie (James Blake, The 1975, King Krule, SAULT) and Jim Abbiss (Adele, Arctic Monkeys). The record is a 13-song introduction to a voice that feels less like a “new artist” and more like a force that’s been building quietly for years — shaped by gospel roots, small-town Southern life and a career spent at the intersection of art and service, including years as a K–12 music teacher and choir director.

This spring, Brother Wallace will bring that “force of nature” live show to the UK for the first time:

DEBUT UK SHOWS:

May 

Thurs 14th – The Great Escape, Komedia, Brighton

Fri 15th – The Great Escape, Brighthelm, Brighton

Mon 18th – The Castle, Manchester

Tues 19th – The Exchange, Bristol

Weds 20th – Colours Hoxton, London

Sun 24th – Cross The Tracks, London

September

Thurs 3rd – End of the Road Festival, Tollard Royal

Tickets available here.

‘ELECTRIC LOVE’ OUT 8TH MAY VIA ATO RECORDS

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Tracklist

Who’s That?

You’re The Man

Gone With The Wind

Electric Love

Top Shotta

No God In This Town

Who Do You Love?

Any Day Now

Patient Man

Midnight Valley

Jealous

Hope Of Fools

Let’s Get Together

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Cushty! ‘This Time Next Year We’ll Be Millionaires’ set Good Health Good Wealth on the road to a big future, with main stage sets at Reading and Leeds, airplay across Radio 1, BBC Introducing and Radio X, and a sold-out autumn headline tour. Now the duo showcase another side to their music with a host of friends and guests with the release of the accompanying remix album on March 10th.

While the original ‘This Time Next Year…’ album distilled seven years of vocalist Bruce Breakey’s life into a single week-long narrative, the remixes give the story a fresh perspective – as if different decisions were made, leading to a different outcome. Sonically, it’s a complete switch up too, pushing the GHGW sound into 3am hedonism. That is encapsulated from the outset as Sam Green and Karma Kash rework ‘Full Circle’ for the dancefloor, before Happy Cat Jay’s genre-clashing take on the break-up tale ‘The Cafe’ sounds as if Bruce had gone straight there from an all-nighter and was still off his chops.

Elsewhere, DRIAA gives ‘White Men’ a frenetic breakbeats workout, and 1-800 GIRLS take ‘Beautiful Boy’ from vulnerable to euphoric with some throwback piano house vibes. It closes when Monticolombi gives the title track a foreboding tone to switch the story’s finale from optimism to classic Del Boy defiance.

Good Health Good Wealth complete the set with two of their own remixes. Guitarist/producer Simon Kuzmickas amps up the anger in ‘You Don’t Know Me’, its driving beat and punk riffs taking us back to the heady days of indie sleaze. And Bruce leans into hip-hop for ‘I Forgot’, its atmosphere now suggesting that if the bar didn’t close, he’d never leave.

Both the remix album and the original record will be packaged as a limited pressing double-vinyl (?) ‘This Time Next Year We’ll Be Millionaires’ Deluxe Edition. It will be available from the GHGW store and at the merch desk during next month’s headline tour.

Good Health Good Wealth are currently on the road with Big Special ahead of the second leg of the ‘This Time Next Year…’ headline tour in March – limited tickets remain available HERE. Their summer festival plans are taking shape too, with Truck, Lazydays, Latitude, Boardmasters and Victorious already confirmed. The dates are:

FEBRUARY – WITH BIG SPECIAL

24th – Bristol, Electric

25th – Southampton, 1865

27th – London, The Roundhouse

MARCH – HEADLINE TOUR

19th – Hebden Bridge, Trades Club

20th – Blackpool, Bootleg Social

21st – Liverpool, District

22nd – Sheffield, Yellow Arch

24th – Nottingham, The Angel (SOLD OUT)

25th – Newcastle, Think Tank (LOW TICKETS)

26th – Hull, Adelphi

28th – Wrexham, Rockin’ Chair (LOW TICKETS)

29th – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach

APRIL – HEADLINE TOUR

1st – St. Albans, The Horn (LOW TICKETS)

2nd – Guildford, Boileroom

3rd – Southampton, Joiners

4th – Bedford, Esquires (LOW TICKETS)

MAY

22nd – Derbyshire, Bearded Theory

JULY

24th – Oxfordshire, Truck Festival

25th – Southend, Lazydays Festival

26th – Suffolk, Latitude Festival

AUGUST

2nd – Derbyshire, Y NOT? Festival

7th – Torquay, Boardmasters Festival

8th – Portsmouth, Victorious Festival

15th – Hampshire, Boomtown

30th – Lincolnshire, Lost Village

‘This Time We’ll Be Millionaires (Remixes)’:

1. ‘Full Circle’ (Sam Green & Kash Karma remix)
2. ‘The Cafe’ (Happy Cat Jay remix)
3. ‘You Don’t Know Me’ (Simondo remix)
4. ‘White Men’ (DRIAA remix)
5. ‘I Forgot’ (Bruce’s remix)
6. ‘Beautiful Boy’ (1-800 GIRLS remix)
7. ‘This Time Next Year We’ll Be Millionaires’ (Monticolombi remix)

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Curiosity about his ancestry has led songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Son Little on a journey throughout the American South that has resulted in his new album, simply titled ‘CITYFOLK.’ The West Coast-born, Northeast-bred musician finetunes his craft here and speaks for those enduring tribulations about finding their place in the world.

Equal parts cosmic and carnal, on ‘Cherry’ Little drifts through hazy memories and half-truths, chasing that electric moment when love feels both eternal and fleeting. It’s tender, a little tipsy, and full of wonder – the sound of falling in love at light speed, knowing it might all disappear by morning. Give it a listen below.

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Little, whose real name is Aaron Livingston, has sonically travelled everywhere that his songwriting and instrumentation have taken him. He’s toured with the likes of Black Pumas, Kelis and Mumford & Sons and made festival appearances at Newport Folk and Bonnaroo, melding his dedicated fanbase with mainstream listeners. On the soulful fluidity of 2020’s ‘aloha,’ the ANTI- Records act braves his way through realisations about his personal shortcomings, but endeavours to persevere through the madness. 2022’s ‘Like Neptune’ unspools Little’s time in therapy, no longer silencing his inner fire. With a catalogue that has amassed over 250 million streams, Little’s originality has embarked on a new chapter.

Now living outside of Atlanta, Livingston attributes the development of ‘CITYFOLK’ to going even further south to record in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. It was there that Little, whose past collaborations include The Roots and RJD2, connected with two-time GRAMMY-winning musician and Alabama Shakes band member Ben Tanner to flesh out sketches of songs that he’d crafted through epiphanies about his family’s roots. 

Before immersing himself in the home studio of Tanner’s residence in Shoals, Little recorded voice note demos with subtle instrumentation that became the framework of ‘CITYFOLK.’ The acoustic demos would soon be mixed with drum machine beats before evolving into live material with contributions from a drummer, bassist and horn players. These jam sessions fully brought the record into existence, while the unchanging southern comfort and musical richness of Shoals remained a backdrop to the album’s hymnal stew. In the late 1960s, the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios housed unbridling protest anthems and melodious love songs that would become the classics of tomorrow. Little’s ‘CITYFOLK’ is such a relic in the musical path that has been paved for him.

“Just by showing up it brought something out,” Little explains. “I realized, in moving here, that my mother’s people all came from this area, from South Carolina, Georgia–I thought a lot about how interesting it was that I would just sort of gravitate and migrate to a place where I had history.”

“Sometimes the spirits will guide you to a place when you don’t even know you don’t know why you found yourself there,” Little continues.

This spring Little will continue to travel the world and seek new experiences, including a European tour that begins April 7. All upcoming dates are listed below. Tickets are available here.

TOUR DATES 

7 April – Rennes, France @ Mythos Festival
8 April – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
9 April – Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Annabel
10 April – Brussels, Belgium @ Le Botanique Orangerie
11 April – Hamburg, Germany @ Betty
13 April – Berlin, Germany @ Frannz Club
14 April – Prague, Czech Republic @ Cafe V lese
15 April – Warsaw, Poland @ Jasmine
17 April – Cologne, Germany @ Yard Club
19 April – Brighton and Hove, UK @ DUST
20 April – Bristol, UK @ The Croft
21 April – Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall
22 April – London, UK @ Jazz Cafe
25 April – Paris, France @ Alhambra

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1. Rabbit 
2. Whip The Wind 
3. Let’s Get Involved 
4. It’s Your World 
5. Cherry
6. Bottomless 
7. Be Better
8. The Valley 
9. In Orbit
10. Paper Children 
11. Breathe 

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Georgia-bred singer, pianist, and soul revivalist Brother Wallace will perform his first UK shows in May 2026. Having last week announced his debut album ‘Electric Love‘ (out 8th May via ATO Records), the singer will make two appearances at The Great Escape before playing a string of shows across the country, culminating in a performance at Cross The Tracks festival in London. Brother Wallace recently shared the album’s title track —a Motown-esque number that’s equal parts playful, revelatory, and gloriously cathartic—alongside an official music video. The track, which has been premiered by The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show on BBC Radio 6 Music, is a bold first chapter from a voice that feels less like a “new artist” and more like a force that’s been building quietly for years, waiting for the right voltage.   

DEBUT UK SHOWS:

May

Thu 14th – The Great Escape, Komedia, Brighton

Fri 15th – The Great Escape, Brighthelm, Brighton

Mon 18th – The Castle, Manchester

Tue 19th – The Exchange, Bristol

Wed 20th – Colours Hoxton, London

Sun 24th – Cross The Tracks, London

On the single ‘Electric Love‘, Brother Wallace doesn’t just sing about joy—he fights for it. The song moves like a shot of sunlight through a storm cloud: Stax-and-satin soul, piano-driven, and bursting with momentum, it’s built for the exact moment when you decide you’re not going to let the world harden you. “It’s about choosing connection,” Wallace says. “Finding that current again—the thing that reminds you you’re alive.”

LISTEN TO ‘ELECTRIC LOVE’

WATCH ‘ELECTRIC LOVE’ VIDEO, DIRECTED BY WILL WALTER

Raised in a small rural town where the church was both community and classroom, Wallace began singing early and started formal piano training at six years old. By 14, he was directing a 100-member choir—leading not from ambition, but from instinct. Music wasn’t extracurricular; it was identity. Still, his path didn’t follow the typical industry arc. Wallace built a life at the intersection of art and service, becoming a K–12 music teacher and shaping young voices day after day, even as his own kept growing into something undeniable.

Over time, that “teacher” story expanded into something bigger, including sharing the stage with gospel legend Kirk Franklin performing at Madison Square Garden. But it wasn’t until a chance meeting sparked a creative partnership—one that stretched across years and continents—that Brother Wallace’s vision began assembling into the album it was always meant to become.   

That partnership was with Dan Taylor (The Heavy), who became not just a collaborator but a catalyst. Recorded at Real World Studios (the legendary facility founded by Peter Gabriel) and produced/co-written by Taylor, Electric Love captures the breathless immediacy of Wallace’s performances—engineered and mixed by Bob Mackenzie (James Blake, The 1975, King Krule, SAULT) and Jim Abbiss (Adele, Arctic Monkeys). The result is soul music that feels alive in your hands: gritty, radiant, and built around the kind of vocal that turns rooms silent before it turns them inside out.   

Across its 13 songs, Electric Love is less a debut than a revelation—a body of work fueled by gospel roots and classic soul lineage (Sam Cooke, Little Richard, Southern soul greats) while refusing to live in nostalgia. Wallace writes in lived-in scenes and hard-earned feeling: heartbreak without defeat, joy without naïveté, vulnerability without apology. The album’s rhapsodic opener “Who’s That?” (released last fall as his first ATO single) entered the Top 30 at Triple A radio in the US for the first time this week—an amazing feat for his first-ever single. Now, the title track “Electric Love” expands the frame: this is an artist building a world where joy is radical, and connection is survival. Now, the title track “Electric Love” expands the frame: this is an artist building a world where joy is radical, and connection is survival.

For Brother Wallace, ‘Electric Love’ isn’t just a record. It’s proof of concept: a lifetime of music, faith, teaching, and grit distilled into something that hits like lightning—then stays.

Saint Etienne have added three further dates to their final ever UK & Ireland tour in 2026, due to phenomenal demand.

They will perform at Poole’s St Peter’s Church on 10 September, London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire on 11 September following their initial London show at the Roundhouse selling out, and Birmingham Institute on 12 September.

Saint Etienne played their first ever live show on 15 November 1990 at Heaven nightclub in London, just months after releasing their debut single ‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart’.

Since then, they’ve appeared at major festivals across the globe, visiting more countries than Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs and Sarah Cracknell can count on their combined fingers, and their UK tours have, at various points, featured Oasis, Stereolab, Broadcast and Pulp in support. They’ve also shared bills alongside the great and the good, from James Brown to Kylie Minogue.

Their final studio album ‘International’, released in September 2025, was praised as a pop music masterclass that distilled everything fans love about Saint Etienne. To celebrate both the album and the band’s long goodbye, shows were promised, and now the details of their final UK tour in September 2026 are confirmed.

Rather than a moment of sadness, the band see this as a series of celebrations: parties built around a live set that draws on the “best of the best” from their illustrious 35-year catalogue, including 17 UK Top 40 singles and 13 albums.

Will there be shows in Europe, America, Japan or Australia? Time will tell – but the band are clear: if you want to catch Saint Etienne on tour in the UK, 2026 will be the final opportunity.

The group spoke with NME in December on their decision to embark upon their final tour, as well as the reaction to the announcement.

Saint Etienne: Final UK & Ireland Tour
September 2026

Thursday 10                Poole, St Peter’s Church *NEW DATE ADDED*
Friday 11                     London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire *NEW DATE ADDED*
Saturday 12                Birmingham, Institute *NEW DATE ADDED*
Tuesday 15                 Manchester, New Century Hall SOLD OUT
Wednesday 16            Bristol, Beacon Theatre
Friday 18                     London, Roundhouse SOLD OUT
Saturday 19                Sheffield, Electric SOLD OUT
Sunday 20                   Glasgow, SWG3
Tuesday 22                 Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre
Thursday 24                Gateshead, The Glasshouse
Friday 25                     Brighton, Dome
Saturday 26                Cambridge, Corn Exchange

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