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This week, grime-punk act Bob Vylan look set to score their Official Albums Chart debut with Bob Vylan Presents: The Price of Life. This is no mean feat for the duo - comprising Bobby Vylan and Bobb13 Vylan - who are a wholly-independent act working across every element of their record's infrastructure.

Irish rockers Fontaines D.C. are on course to score their first-ever UK Number 1 album with Skinty Fia.

Bob Vylan have shared the video for their latest single ‘Wicked & Bad’ – watch below.The clip arrives on the same day as the duo’s new album ‘Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life’, which was announced last year and is the follow-up to 2020’s ‘We Live Here’.‘Wicked & Bad’ follows previously released singles ‘Pretty Songs’, ‘GDP’ and ‘Health is Wealth’, arriving with a video directed by Yannick Reid.The track is heavily influenced by jungle music, which has roots in reggae and dancehall, so the band wanted to pay homage to its birthplace by filming in Jamaica.Speaking about the video and single, they said: “‘Wicked and Bad’ is a mosh pit, festival ready banger and when we were thinking about what the video would look like we just knew it had to be shot in Jamaica, and having complete creative control and being in complete control of the budget, we were able to just get up and do exactly that!”They continued: “I [Bobby] reached out to Yannick Reid who is an incredible director in Jamaica and works with Koffee, Protoje, Lila Ike to name a few, he loved the track and came back with a vision that matched perfectly with what we were thinking, even down to the DIY flame thrower which is a cultural staple of dancehalls in Jamaica, it just fits with the song perfectly.“We used a completely local crew and I styled the outfits. Being a jungle type of track I knew I had to pull out some vintage Moschino pieces which were popular in the UK jungle raves back in the day.

MUNA, Alfie Templeman, Willow Kayne and Stella Donnelly lead the latest additions to The Great Escape festival’s 2022 line-up.Today (March 3) the festival announced 120 more acts for the annual new music festival that’s held across multiple venues in Brighton.Also joining the event is Kid Kapichi, Blackhaine, Chrissi, Casisdead, Lido Pimienta, Ajimal, Lauran Hibberd, HighSchool, Billy Nomates, Bob Vylan, Porij, spill tab, STONE, Bru-C and Penguin Café, and many more.In January The Great Escape announced other additions including Yard Act, The Amazons and Rebecca Black will play the festival, which runs from May 11-14.Announcing 120 more artists joining us at #TGE22!

NME can exclusive confirm that Creeper are the latest band to be revealed for 2000 Trees Festival. Check out the line-up and an exclusive interview with singer Will Gould below.Taking to the main stage before headliners Jimmy Eat World, Creeper will be joining the likes of IDLES, Thrice, Turnstile, The Regrettes, Rolo Tomassi and Bob Vylan at the Cheltenham rock festival this July.“2000 Trees gave Creeper one of our first festival experiences and they’ve believed in us ever since,” Gould told NME, before describing the event as “an absolute mates-fest”.

Bob Vylan have shared a new single called ‘Health Is Wealth’ – you can listen to it below.The song is the latest preview of the London duo’s upcoming album ‘Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life’, which is due to arrive on April 22 via their own Ghost Theatre label. Pre-order/pre-save it here.Explaining the meaning behind their latest track, the group said in a statement: “It’s becoming harder and harder for people to eat… Full stop.

Bob Vylan have shared details of a full UK headline tour next summer.The London duo have had a busy touring schedule this year.

Bob Vylan have announced a new album called ‘Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life’ – listen to the track ‘GDP’ below.The London duo will release the record on April 22 via their own Ghost Theatre label. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.Having dropped ‘Pretty Songs’ over the summer, the band have further previewed their next full-length effort – the follow-up to 2020’s ‘We Live Here’ – with the ferocious ‘GDP’.

Bob Vylan and Daniel Avery.Artists have been at the forefront of the trust’s aims to raise money and awareness for the struggles facing grassroots venues in the UK across the COVID pandemic, supporting the the Music Venue Trust’s #SaveOurVenues campaign among other fundraising efforts.Earlier this year, The National Lottery joined forces with the Music Venue Trust for the Revive Live series of gigs and tours in a new initiative to boost live music across the UK, including an intimate UK tour

Self Esteem, Yard Act, Enny, Berwyn, Bob Vylan and Wet Leg.Announced today (November 18) are the final 20 acts on the line-up, which include 12 as part of the Hit The North campaign, which supports young musicians and bands in the north of the Netherlands.

Bob Vylan have announced they are supporting Biffy Clyro on the band’s intimate ‘Fingers Crossed’ UK tour.The London punks will join the Scottish trio for the sold out jaunt which kicks off this Friday (October 29) at Liverpool University.

Bob Vylan frontman Bobby Vylan has called for more diversity both on and off-stage in live music – as well as more local support bands and regional shows.Providing the opening speech at the Music Venue Trust’s NME-partnered Venues Day event in London earlier this week (October 5), the singer of the UK punk duo hailed the UK’s grassroots gig spaces for giving bands like his a “shelter” and fostering communities.Vylan also said that we should “never take that relationship between venue, artist and

Bob Vylan have released a blistering new political song called ‘Pretty Songs’ – listen to it below.The track sees the London grime punks address the Black Lives Matter movement, featuring the lyrics: “Black lives have always mattered, you were just never told so on TV.”Speaking about the new song, the band said: “We’ve never been a band that’s shy to talk about the world as we see it.“We could write songs that aren’t so direct, we could write songs that don’t make some people feel uncomfortable

Bob Vylan have announced their ‘We Live Here’ tour, which will kick off in the UK later this month.The London grime punks will embark on the tour in association with the National Lottery as part of their newly announced ‘Revive Live’ partnership with the Music Venue Trust, which is aiming to support independent grassroots music venues across the UK.Anyone who buys a ticket to the ‘We Live Here’ tour can bring a friend along for free, with the friend simply needing to present proof of a National

Die Antwoord will not appear at the London festival ALT+LDN this summer following a backlash from a number of the artists on the bill.ALT+LDN is due to take place on Clapham Common on August 30, with Playboi Carti, Architects and Machine Gun Kelly among the acts set to play.Die Antwoord’s presence on the ALT+LDN line-up has been publicly criticised by both ZAND and Bob Vylan in the past week (via Kerrang!) with both artists citing past allegations of abuse that have been made against the South

shared the record on Bandcamp today (June 5) in response to “the climate we are living in right now”.Speaking in an Instagram video, Bobby Vylan explained the EP had been finished for “at least six months” but the band had struggled to find support for it within the music industry. “We’ve taken it to everybody – PR, magazines, blogs, radio pluggers, playlists, everybody – and they all said the same thing: ‘We love it, but it’s too extreme.