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James Blake has announced a UK and European tour in support of his forthcoming new album ‘Friends That Break Your Heart’.The tour will take in a series of dates in Glasgow, Manchester and Sheffield, as well as a gig at London’s Alexandra Palace.Blake’s dates kick off on April 30, 2022 at the O2 Academy in Glasgow before wrapping up at Alexandra Palace on May 17, 2022.Tickets go on sale at 9am next Friday (September 24) and will be available to purchase here.Can’t wait to see you all next spring

DEALSRobyn has signed to artist management company Young Artists. Founder Caius Pawson is “absolutely THRILLED”, while Robyn is “excited and truly delighted”.Warner Music Central Europe has signed DJ and producer Alle Farben.

We were supposed to get James Blake's new album Friends That Break Your Heart last week, but vinyl manufacturing delays led to a pushback to October 8. Fortunately, we've got a lovely new song called "Famous Last Words" to help tide us over.

James Blake has released ‘Famous Last Words’, another cut from his forthcoming album ‘Friends That Break Your Heart’.The single, which premiered today (September 13) on Apple Music 1’s The Zane Lowe Show, follows July’s ‘Say What You Will‘ and last month’s ‘Life Is Not The Same‘.The multi-instrumentalist and producer’s fifth album is released on October 8 via Polydor.

James Blake has praised Dave after the pair worked together on the latter’s recent album ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’.Blake contributed vocals and production to the record, which came out this summer and followed on from Dave’s 2019 debut ‘Psychodrama’.Speaking to GQ, Blake said that his role in ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’ evolved during the recording process, with the pair working together in Los Angeles and London.“I think [Dave] kind of wanted me to executive produce the record,

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRepublic Records has promoted Alex Coslov to senior VP of marketing strategy, the label’s executive VP and general manager Jim Roppo announced on Monday.

DEALSEnergy company Utilita has acquired the naming rights to the Sheffield Arena, so now you have to call it the Utilita Arena Sheffield until at least 2026. “To be able to agree a deal for this length of time and value is always fantastic news”, says Dom Stokes, Head Of Live Events And Venues for Sheffield City Trust.

James Blake has delayed the release of his new album – ‘Friends That Break Your Heart’ will now come out in October.The singer’s fifth album was originally due to arrive on September 10, but has been delayed for a month due to COVID-19-related delays at vinyl pressing plants.“The release of ‘Friends That Break Your Heart’ will unfortunately be pushed back to October 8 as a result of vinyl factory delays caused by COVID,” a statement on Blake’s Instagram read.“It was super important to me to have

Last year, James Blake became another one of TikTok's unlikely success stories thanks to a viral cover of Frank Ocean's "Godspeed." With that burst of momentum, the English singer-songwriter will soon release his new album Friends That Break Your Heart, out September 10.

James Blake has shared his latest new song, ‘Life Is Not The Same’ – you can hear the track below.The song is taken from the London musician’s upcoming new album ‘Friends That Break Your Heart’, which is set for release on September 10 via Polydor Records.‘Life Is Not The Same’ is the second preview of the new LP, following the arrival of lead single ‘Say What You Will’ last month.Blake’s new song, which you can hear below, has been co-produced and co-written by the duo Take A Daytrip, who are

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James Blake has shared new song “Say What You Will,” the first track from his forthcoming album Friends That Break Your Heart. A video for "Say What You Will," featuring a cameo from Finneas, can be seen below.

James Blake has announced the release of a new album called ‘Friends That Break Your Heart’ – listen to lead single, ‘Say What You Will’, below.The upcoming album, which is set to arrive on September 10, is the singer, songwriter and producer’s first since 2019’s ‘Assume Form’, and follows on from the two EPs he released last year, ‘Before’ and ‘Covers EP’.‘Friends That Break Your Heart’ includes features from SZA, JID, SwaVay and Monica Martin, and its artwork, which Blake worked on with artist

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorGrammy-winning singer and electronic musician James Blake has announced his fifth studio full-length, “Friends That Break Your Heart” — which he describes as “a concept album” — will be out on September 10. He’s leading with the single “Say What You Will,” a highlight of his solo tour late in 2019.

James Blake has announced ‘Say What You Will’, a new collaborative single with Finneas arriving this week.Blake took to Instagram to announce the new single, sharing a photo of himself standing in front of a spread of magazines with Finneas’ face on the covers.

James Blake released an album, but now the musician has confirmed that his next full-length release is finished.Taking to social media yesterday (July 1), Blake shared a photo of himself with the caption, “Look mum, the album’s done” before clarifying that the photo is not the album’s artwork.Check it out below:A post shared by James Blake (@jamesblake)Blake’s last album, ‘Assume Form’, dropped at the beginning of 2019.

William Forsythe’s The Barre Project. This half-hour film set to the music of James Blake transforms something basic and well-worn – the ballet dancer’s daily exercises at the barre – into something completely fresh.

James Blake was already an acclaimed musician before 2020, when his rendition of Frank Ocean's "Godspeed" went viral on TikTok. He capped off the year with his EP Before, a project that saw Blake return to his dancefloor beginnings.

Beyoncé‘s acclaimed ‘Lemonade’ album celebrated its fifth anniversary this weekend and the singer has marked the occasion with a message to her fans.The star’s sixth album was released on April 23, 2016, and spawned the singles ‘Formation’, ‘All Night’, ‘Sorry’, and ‘Hold Up’; it featured guest appearances James Blake, Kendrick Lamar, Jack White and The Weeknd.‘Lemonade’ was also 2016’s third-biggest-selling album and one of only two albums released that year to sell at least one million

Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, Sonic Youth, The Clash, IDLES and The Who are among an all-star list of artists donating rare vinyl to a new charity exhibition.‘Pressing Matters’, created by Helium London and curated by Pavement Licker, will see artists creating unique pieces of artwork out of rare vinyl and test presses, to be presented at a month-long exhibition and then auctioned off.The exhibition will be held at 5 Carlos Place in London, the headquarters of MATCHESFASHION, from May 4-29.

The Toronto-based artist Mustafa has confirmed details of his debut project. When Smoke Rises will be released on May 28 via his own label Regent Parks Songs.

Warning: you have to be emotionally prepared to listen to Clairo‘s Alewife. This song could make you feel very sad. But it’s so beautiful!!

Thom Yorke has shared a new Radio Hour mix for Sonos, with Ennio Morricone, Yaeji, Mark Pritchard and Luke Abbott featuring in his playlist.The mix, officially titled ‘In The Absence Of’, follows a trio of 60-minute playlists made for the audio brand in 2020 which included James Blake, Nicki Minaj and JPEGMAFIA.Now, the Radiohead frontman and soloist has delivered a longer edition clocking in at 1 hour 16 minutes, with a typically eclectic selection of music.SonosMx4 playlist here-

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs the nation and the globe wake up each morning asking, “Is 2020 over yet?,” the search for the next great new song is one thing that makes getting out of bed a worthy endeavor.We’ve already covered the Taylor Swift, Avalanches, Kid Cudi and Chris Cornell albums as well as the 20-years-late Britney Spears-Backstreet Boys tag team, and fittingly for this odd week, the top songs are an odd batch …James Blake “When the Party’s Over” We don’t usually go for covers in

James Blake has released his new EP ‘Covers’, which sees the producer debuting his take on tracks by Billie Eilish and Frank Ocean.As well as Blake’s acclaimed version of Frank Ocean’s ‘Godspeed’, the new offering sees Blake delivering a stirring piano-driven take on Eilish’s ‘When The Party’s Over’ – which you can listen to in full below.Other tracks include Blake’s take on Joy Division’s ‘Atmosphere’, Stevie Wonder’s ‘Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer’, an impressive interpolation of

Billie Eilish has revealed some of her top songs of the year, giving a special shout out to The Strokes and their latest album ‘The New Abnormal‘.Speaking to Australian broadcaster triple j in promotion of their annual public-voted countdown, The Hottest 100, Eilish shared a list of nine songs from the past year that she loved.They include The Strokes’ ‘At The Door’, James Blake‘s ‘Are You Even Real?’ Phoebe Bridgers‘ ‘Savior Complex’, Jorja Smith‘s ‘By Any Means’ and Dominic Fike‘s ‘Chicken

James Blake has written a new ambient album, which has been co-signed by Brian Eno.The prospective new album joins a flurry of new material from the Los Angeles-based producer.Last month, Blake released a surprise EP called ‘Before’, which saw him “paying homage to his London club days,” while another upcoming ‘Covers’ EP is due in December, and will feature his acclaimed version of Frank Ocean’s ‘Godspeed’.Speaking on Radio.com’s New Arrivals show, Blake revealed the news that he’s been working

James Blake has released his stirring take on ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ from his forthcoming new ‘Covers’ EP.The ‘Covers’ EP will arrive on December 11 and is set to feature his acclaimed version of Frank Ocean’s ‘Godspeed’.“One of the things keeping me going mentally throughout lockdown has been the requests from fans for different covers and performing them on Instagram,” Blake said of the ‘Covers’ EP.

James Blake has spoken about his “yearning” for the return of the clubbing scene, which has been broadly shut down in 2020 by the coronavirus pandemic.The live music and nightlife sectors have been decimated by the pandemic, with lockdown and quarantine measures forcing the closure of many venues, clubs and festival spaces throughout the world this year.Speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read, Blake was asked about how he felt about releasing his recent ‘Before’ EP — which sees the London