Burna Boy shares Dave collaboration ‘Cheat On Me’ and announces intimate London show

Tirzah has released her third studio album, ‘trip9love…???’, and has announced a handful of tour dates beginning this week.The LP is available to stream now ahead of its physical release on November 17 via Domino. The UK artist created the album alongside producer and long-time musical collaborator Mica Levi over the course of a year. Both Levi and Tirzah wrote and recorded ‘trip9love…???’ at each of their homes as well as parts of South East London and Kent.According to a press release, the tracks on the album were built using “piano loops on top of one beat, distortion added, then romantic vocal toplines.” Its lyrics are centred around themes of love that were both real and imagined.

Amy Winehouse’s band have announced details of a special London show, set to celebrate the singer for what would have been her 40th birthday.The upcoming gig will be held at the KOKO venue in Camden this December and is set to celebrate the life and music of the late singer, as well as the legacy she left behind.The band set to headline the event are the same musicians who were working with Winehouse from the very start of her career, up until her unexpected death in 2011. This includes her long-term Musical Director and bass player Dale Davis – who is also working as the music consultant on the upcoming Amy biopic, titled Back to Black.Alongside the original band members, the show will also feature vocals by singer Bronte Shandé, as well as a variety of on-screen visuals and rare footage of the singer.The one-off special gig will be held in the late musician’s Camden hometown on December 22 – and will celebrate what would have been her 40th birthday this Thursday (September 14).

Dave and Central Cee‘s ‘Sprinter’ taking the top spot.The single arrived earlier this year and now has been confirmed by the Official Charts Company as the most streamed song of the summer season.The Central Cee and Dave collaboration has also become both the longest-running UK Rap track to hit Number One, and the first to spend 10 consecutive weeks at the top of the Official Singles Chart. The latter also coincidentally happened on the same day that hip-hop celebrated its 50th anniversary last month.‘Sprinter’ also gave Brit Award winner and Mercury Prize Winner Dave his third Number One track, and marked the first chart-topper for Central Cee.

Metric have shared their new single ‘Who Would You Be For Me’ and announced a handful of intimate UK and EU gigs.‘Who Would You Be For Me’ is the third single Metric – comprised of frontwoman Emily Haines, guitarist James Shaw, bassist Joshua Winstead and drummer Joules Scott-Key – have released from their forthcoming album ‘Formentera II’. It follows ‘Nothing Is Perfect‘ and ‘Just This Once‘.Speaking of the track in a press release, Haines said: “‘Who Would You Be For Me’ is a throwback lullaby set in NYC in 2002.

Buzzcocks have been confirmed as the latest act to be inducted into the Music Walk Of Fame in Camden, and have announced a special show set to take place at Koko.The legendary punk pioneers will be added to the Walk Of Fame tomorrow (September 8), where they will join other music icons on the Camden strip including David Bowie, The Who, Madness and Amy Winehouse. The celebration is designed to honour the huge impact the members have had on the industry since their formation in 1976.The ceremony will take place in the London borough at 10am BST tomorrow, and feature the official unveiling, tributes and archive video footage.

Mitski is bringing a string of intimate acoustic shows across North America this September.The shows, dubbed ‘Amateur Mistake’, will see Mitski put on a small, intimate and acoustic performance during which she will preview her upcoming album ‘The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We’.On September 11, Mitski will perform at the Teatro De La Ciudad in Mexico City before performing at Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles on September 20. On November 26, she will perform at New York’s Town Hall before ending the North American ‘Amateur Mistake’ show series at the Trinity Church in Toronto, Canada.A post shared by @mitskileaksTickets to the Mexico City show are already sold out.

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Niall Horan has announced extra dates for the UK and Ireland leg of his upcoming tour, supporting his Number One album ‘The Show’.Earlier this year, the ex-One Direction star announced a full world tour to celebrate the his new record. The tour will be Niall’s biggest yet and first headline run since 2018’s ‘Flicker Sessions’ world tour.“My favourite thing in the world is being on tour,” he said.

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Royal Blood have kicked off the first of their intimate live shows in Camden and played the live debut of ‘Waves’ and ‘There Goes My Cool’. Check out footage and the full setlist below.The concert took place at the Electric Ballroom in Camden, London last night (August 31) and was the first of a handful of intimate shows that the duo are playing to celebrate the release of their new album ‘Back To The Water Below’.Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher began the set with a rendition of ‘Out Of The Black’, the first track off their self-titled 2014 album, with the latter opening the show by standing in the crowd and then making his way onto the stage.From there, the Brighton duo brought out various fan favourites ‘Figure It Out’, ‘Little Monster’ and ‘Trouble’s Coming’, as well as a variety of newer tracks taken from their new album.The tracks from the new LP, which was released today (September 1), included ‘Shiner In The Dark’ and ‘Mountains At Midnight’, although the highlight of the night came in the latter half of their set when they performed the back-to-back live debuts of two new songs.A post shared by NME (@nmemagazine)After wrapping up another one of their 2014 tracks, ‘Loose Change’, the duo then treated the London audience to the first-ever performance of the mellow song ‘There Goes My Cool’, with stripped-back orange lighting and Kerr performing the first half of the song sat behind a keyboard.From there they immediately launched into another live debut from their new album, performing the more intense closing track ‘Waves’ for the first time, a day ahead of the album’s release.

Finneas performed his debut UK headline show at Electric Ballroom in London last night (August 30) and performed a brand new track. Check out the full setlist, videos and pictures below.The artist’s ‘one night only’ gig at the 1500-capacity Camden venue came just one day after he performed alongside sister Billie Eilish at her own intimate gig, who surprised fans with guest appearances from Labrinth and Boygenius.Finneas also performed with his pop sensation sibling a few days prior for her massive headline performances at Reading and Leeds Festivals 2023.Minutes before Finneas’ turn yesterday, Billie emerged on the upstairs balcony overlooking the stage and was met by screams as she waved to fans.

Billie Eilish played an intimate live show in London and paused the set multiple times to help fans who were struggling in the crowd.The last-minute surprise gig was held at the Electric Ballroom venue in Camden last night (August 29) and saw the pop star play to a packed audience, tease rarities and bring out special guests.Eilish announced details of the show on Saturday (August 26) — the day after she headlined the opening night of Leeds Festival, and just before she closed Reading 2023. Unsurprisingly, tickets sold out almost instantly, and some fans even camped outside the venue the night before.However, those lucky enough to snatch tickets soon clamoured to get as close to the artist as possible, resulting in the set being brought to a halt multiple times.The first instance came during the third track of her 20-song setlist, ‘Therefore I Am’, when Eilish paused twice mid-performance, to check on members of the crowd and urge members of security to pass out water.“Can we get some water for these folks?” she asked, looking around for members of staff to help the eager audience.

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Bille Eilish has announced a last-minute intimate show in London. Earlier today (August 26) the pop star took to her Instagram stories to announce the gig.

Dave has collaborated with French rapper Tiakola for two new songs, ‘Meridian’ and ‘Special’.The tracks see the two rappers trade verses back and forth in English, French and Yoruba, while ‘Meridian’ is accompanied by a video shot in Paris, London and New York.Check out the new tracks below:The songs serve as the follow-up to Dave’s record-breaking collaboration with Central Cee, ‘Sprinter’, which spent 10 weeks at Number One on the Official UK Singles Chart and became the longest-running UK rap Number One in UK chart history. The song, which is taken from their joint EP, ‘Split Decision, also broke the Spotify UK record for the most-streamed song in a single day this year.Dave also collaborated with Oxlade on the song ‘INTOXYCATED’ recently and reunited with Burna Boy for the track ‘Cheat On Me’.

TikTok have revealed their songs of the summer for 2023, including tracks from Central Cee and Dave, Mae Stephens and FIFTY FIFTY.The social media app has shared the most played songs from across their platform, globally as well as in the UK. The lists are ranked by how many total video creations each song got over the summer.Mae Stephens topped the global Songs of the Summer playlist with her woozy revenge track ‘If We Ever Broke Up’. Speaking on this feat, the Kettering singer said, “I am truly honoured to have the global number one spot for TikTok’s Song of the Summer!”“I’m speechless, I never imagined it to climb that far.

Mitski has released two new songs, ‘Star’ and ‘Heaven’, and announced a run of intimate UK and European shows.The two new tracks are taken from her upcoming album ‘The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We’, which will come out on September 15 via Dead Oceans. Last month, the artist released the album’s lead single, ‘Bug Like An Angel’.Per a press release, ‘Star’ and ‘Heaven’ were originally conceived years ago, and were repeatedly altered before the release of their final iterations.Check out the lyric videos for the two tracks below:Mitski has also announced that she will be giving the songs from ‘The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We’ the acoustic treatment at a series of intimate shows across the UK and Europe in October.The pre-sale for the tour begins on September 7 before general sale commences the following day.

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