Duran Duran unveils details of deluxe editions of 'Danse Macabre,' arriving in October

With the first anniversary of the album 'Danse Macabre' approaching, Duran Duran announced a revamped version of the original, set for digital release on October 11 and CD on October 25, via Tape Modern/BMG.

'Danse Macabre' - De Luxe features three new bonus tracks, including an instrumental “Masque of the Pink Death,” a cover of ELO's “Evil Woman” and "New Moon (Dark Phase),” featuring original guitarist Andy Taylor back again to contribute.

“New Moon (Dark Phase)” is a reimagined version of the band's '80s hit song “New Moon On Monday” from their album Seven and The Ragged Tiger.

Listen to “New Moon (Dark Phase)” HERE.

The original collection includes covers of Billie Eilish’s ‘Bury A Friend’, Talking Heads’ ‘Psycho Killer’ featuring Maneskin bassist Victoria De Angelis, The Rolling Stones’ ‘Paint It Black,’ and The Specials’ ‘Ghost Town,’ plus new versions of Duran Duran classics from their own catalog. Guest artists include producer, guitarist, and composer Nile Rodgers, and another former Duran Duran guitarist, Warren Cuccurullo. Artwork images were adapted from a collection of authentic vintage séance photos that keyboardist Nick Rhodes sourced at auction.

Pre-order/save DANSE MACABRE – DE LUXE HERE.

A DANSE MACABRE – DE LUXE limited-edition vinyl box set includes 3 LPs comprising the original 13-track 2LP Danse Macabre release and a bonus LP featuring 7 new tracks, four of which are not available in any other format. The Halloween-inspired box includes a spirit board, metal planchette, bespoke tarot cards, 4 art prints, and a booklet. The DANSE MACABRE – DE LUXE BOX SET will be available globally at DTC on October 25, and available in select US retailers on November 29. 

Speaking about DANSE MACABRE - DE LUXE, keyboardist Nick Rhodes reveals, “When we released our Danse Macabre project last year, it was born from a spontaneous decision to pull together a record which celebrated the madness and joy of Halloween. In doing so, we unlocked an unexpected box of curiosity and creativity, which led us to reimagine some of our older songs, record cover versions of some of our favorites, and write several new pieces. This year, the inspiration was somehow still lingering, and I loved the idea of expanding the collection, because we could… Why not add some of the songs that we considered initially now that we had the luxury of a little more time? This thought resulted in another new song, a cover of the ELO classic, Evil Woman, and a remake of New Moon on Monday. The Danse Macabre De Luxe vinyl box set also includes several additional tracks which make it even more special. This somehow feels like justice for vinyl collectors."

On October 31, Duran Duran and fans are set to celebrate All Hallows’ Eve at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Now a highly anticipated annual tradition, The Danse Macabre Halloween Party was originally conceptualized at a fabled Halloween Duran Duran gig in 2022 and is now immortalized across 13 songs on their 16th studio album, Danse Macabre. 

Duran Duran has also announced a short North American east-coast run, set to take place this fall. For more information and tickets visit: https://duranduran.com/tour/

DANSE MACABRE – DE LUXE BOX SET TRACKLIST:
2LP (Original "Danse Macabre" album)

NIGHTBOAT
BLACK MOONLIGHT
LOVE VOUDOU
BURY A FRIEND
SUPERNATURE
DANSE MACABRE
SECRET OKTOBER 31ST
GHOST TOWN
PAINT IT BLACK
SUPER LONELY FREAK
SPELLBOUND
PSYCHO KILLER (feat. Victoria De Angelis)
CONFESSION IN THE AFTERLIFE

BONUS LP

A1.EVIL WOMAN*
A2. NEW MOON (DARK PHASE)
A3. SPOOKY - [Brides of Duracula track]*
B1. THE VISITOR - [Instrumental]*
B2. INSTRUCTIONS FOR A SÉANCE - [Spoken word track from Nick Rhodes]*
B3. MASQUE OF THE PINK DEATH - [Instrumental]*
B4. DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD - [Instrumental]*
*NEW TRACK

Tour Dates:

10/21 - PPL Center - Allentown, PA

10/23 - Turning Stone Resort Casino - Verona, NY
10/25 - Mohegan Sun Arena - Uncasville, CT
10/26 - Borgata Event Center - Atlantic City, NJ
10/28 - CFG Bank Arena - Baltimore, MD
10/31 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
11/02 - SNHU Arena - Manchester, NH

Eighties album classic 'Skylarking' by XTC gets spruced up in variety of formats later this month

“Skylarking,” XTC’s most commercially successful album from 1986, will be reissued in CD/Blu-ray (2024 Dolby Atmos edition) and 200-gram LP on September 27. 

It is the second of XTC’s albums to be mixed in Dolby Atmos by Steven Wilson, following last year’s highly acclaimed mix for “The Big Express.” The album has been mixed for Dolby Atmos Immersive Audio from the original multi-track studio master tapes by Wilson and fully approved by XTC. The CD features the 2016 album mix, bonus album track mixes by Wilson. The Blu-ray: includes full album, additional tracks mixed in Dolby Atmos + instrumental versions, full album in DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround Sound (2016 mix), full album, additional tracks, instrumentals in 24/96 stereo (2016 mix), full album - original mix (corrected polarity edition) in 24/96 stereo. It is presented in replica mini-vinyl style packaging with booklet including photos & album lyrics. 

The 200-gram vinyl marks the first time the 2016 Steven Wilson mix of Skylarking will be released on 200-gram vinyl. It is presented in a gatefold sleeve with lyrics appearing in the inner gatefold and was cut by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering.

XTC:
Andy Partridge
Colin Moulding
Dave Gregory
With: Prairie Prince: Drums

Track listing (CD/Blu-ray):

1. Summer's Cauldron
2. Grass
3. The Meeting Place
4. That's Really Super, Supergirl
5. Ballet for a Rainy Day
6. 1000 Umbrellas
7. Season Cycle
8. Earn Enough for Us
9. Big Day
10. Another Satellite
11. Mermaid Smiled
12. The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul
13. Dear God
14. Dying
15. Sacrificial Bonfire

+ Additional Tracks
16. Extrovert
17. Let’s Make a Den
18. Little Lighthouse
19. The Troubles

To pre-order:

CD/Blu-ray - https://burningshed.com/store/ape/xtc_skylarking-dolby-atmos_cd_blu-ray
LP - https://burningshed.com/store/ape/xtc_skylarking-2016-steven-wilson-mix_vinyl
CD/Blu-ray & Vinyl bundle - https://burningshed.com/store/ape/xtc_skylarking_cd_blu-ray-vinyl-bundle

Reissues of Beatles' U.S. LPs in mono arrive in November

Originally compiled for U.S. release between January 1964 and March 1965 by Capitol Records and United Artists, seven Beatles albums have been analog cut for 180-gram audiophile vinyl from their original mono master tapes for global release on November 22 by Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe. 

Out of print on vinyl since 1995, the seven mono albums are available now for preorder in a new eight-LP box set titled The Beatles: 1964 U.S. Albums In Mono, with six of the titles also available individually.

All seven albums – Meet The Beatles!; The Beatles’ Second Album; A Hard Day’s Night (Original Motion Picture Sound Track); Something New; The Beatles’ Story (2LP); Beatles ’65; and The Early Beatles – feature faithfully replicated artwork and new four-panel inserts with essays written by American Beatles historian and author Bruce Spizer.

The albums’ new vinyl lacquers were cut by Kevin Reeves at Nashville’s East Iris Studios. The box set collects the seven albums, and all except The Beatles’ Story are also available individually.

Mastering Notes

These albums were cut for vinyl from the original master tapes using a completely analog signal path and with constant reference to first generation pressings of the original albums. They were made using a Studer A80 master recorder with analog preview & program paths, and an Neumann VMS70 cutting lathe originally installed in Capitol Studios in 1971. This specific all-analog cutting technique allows faithful representation of the full musical range and dynamics present on the original tapes. 

Preorder The Beatles: 1964 U.S. Albums In Mono box set & individual LPs: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/1964USAlbumsPR

The Beatles: 1964 U.S. Albums In Mono (8LP 180g vinyl box set)
[all albums except The Beatles’ Story also available individually]

Meet The Beatles!
[Capitol Records: released January 20, 1964]

The Beatles’ Second Album
[Capitol Records: released April 10, 1964]

A Hard Day’s Night (Original Motion Picture Sound Track)
[United Artists: released June 26, 1964]

Something New
[Capitol Records: released July 20, 1964]

The Beatles’ Story [2LP]
[Capitol Records: released November 23, 1964]

Beatles ’65
[Capitol Records: released December 15, 1964]

The Early Beatles
[Capitol Records: released March 22, 1965]

Queen's debut album to get a complete sonic overall next month

Set for release on Oct. 25, Queen’s self-titled 1973 debut album has been remixed and restored by Justin Shirley-Smith, Joshua J Macrae and Kris Fredriksson to sound the way the band always wanted.

A new track listing, alternative takes, demos and live tracks have now been added to create the most complete version. This is the very first time that a Queen album has ever received a new stereo mix.

The 6CD + 1 LP Queen I box set contains 63 tracks with 43 brand new mixes, comprising the original album with its intended running order restored, fly-on-the-wall audio of Queen in the studio, demos, rare live tracks, and previously unheard recordings from Queen’s first ever live performance in London, August 1970. A 108-page book containing handwritten lyrics and memorabilia accompanies the release.

“This is not just a remaster,” writes Brian May in the CD sleeve insert notes, “this is a brand new 2024 rebuild of the entire Queen debut album, which, with the benefit of hindsight, we have re-titled QUEEN I.”

May continues, “All the performances are exactly as they originally appeared in 1973, but every instrument has been revisited to produce the ‘live’ ambient sounds we would have liked to use originally. The result is “Queen“ as it would have sounded with today’s knowledge and technology – a first.”

“Queen I is the debut album we always dreamed of bringing to you.”

The new 2024 Mix version of Queen I now includes “Mad The Swine”, a song absent from the original LP after a difference of opinion between the band and one of its producers. It is now reinstated to its rightful place as the album’s fourth song, in between “Great King Rat” and “My Fairy King”, just as Queen wanted it to be in 1972.

CD2: De Lane Lea Demos – 2024 Mix explores Queen I’s pre-history, with new 2024 mixes of the demos the band recorded preceding their album. CD3: Queen I Sessions, and CD4: Queen I Backing Tracks, take the listener behind the scenes at both Trident and De Lane Lea studios. CD3: Sessions collates completely different and previously unreleased versions of the songs on the album. CD4: Queen I Backing Tracks offers mixes of the songs from the original Queen album without lead vocals.

CD5: Queen I At The BBC, begins with “My Fairy King,” in a slightly different version recorded for DJ and early Queen champion John Peel’s BBC Radio 1 show Sounds Of The Seventies in February 1973, five months before the LP’s release. As no-one had heard their album yet, the band took in backing tracks and added new vocals and other overdubs for this first session. This was the first time Queen’s music had been broadcast anywhere in the world. Three further BBC sessions are preserved here, with new versions of all of Queen I’s songs broadcast by the BBC between February 1973 and April 1974.

CD6: Queen I Live distils the best performances of the first album’s songs from Queen’s March 1974 headline date at London’s Rainbow Theatre, plus several previously unreleased tracks added. These include the first official release of “Hangman”, a Free-inspired Mercury/May/Taylor/Deacon composition which was a mainstay of Queen’s early live shows, but was never recorded in the studio. This performance of “Hangman” comes from a show at the San Diego Sports Arena on the last night of the band’s US tour in March 1976.

Two concert songs, “Jesus” and a cover of the Spencer Davis Group’s 1967 hit “I’m A Man”, have been retrieved from cassettes in the archive, and are the earliest Queen recordings in existence, even pre-dating John Deacon’s arrival in the band.

QUEEN I Collector’s Edition (6CD+LP)

CD1: Queen I - 2024 Mix

1 Keep Yourself Alive

2 Doing All Right
3 Great King Rat
4 Mad The Swine
5 My Fairy King
6 Liar
7 The Night Comes Down
8 Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
9 Son And Daughter
10 Jesus
11 Seven Seas Of Rhye...

CD2: De Lane Lea Demos - 2024 Mix
1 Keep Yourself Alive
2 The Night Comes Down
3 Great King Rat
4 Jesus
5 Liar

CD3: Queen I Sessions
1 Keep Yourself Alive (Trident Take 13 - Unused Master)
2 Doing All Right (Trident Take 1 - with Guide Vocal)
3 Great King Rat (De Lane Lea Take 1 - with Guide Vocal)
4 Mad The Swine (Trident Take 3 - with Guide Vocal)
5 My Fairy King (Trident Backing Track In Development)
6 Liar (Trident Take 1 – Unused Master)
7 The Night Comes Down (De Lane Lea Takes 1 & 2 - with Guide Vocal)
8 Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll (Trident Takes 8 & 9)
9 Son And Daughter (Trident Takes 1 & 2 - with Guide Vocal)
10 Jesus (De Lane Lea Take 2 - with Guide Vocal)
11 Seven Seas Of Rhye… (Trident Take 3)
12 See What A Fool I've Been (De Lane Lea Test Session)

CD4: Queen I Backing Tracks
1 Keep Yourself Alive
2 Doing All Right
3 Great King Rat
4 Mad The Swine
5 My Fairy King
6 Liar
7 The Night Comes Down
8 Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
9 Son And Daughter
10 Jesus
11 Seven Seas Of Rhye…

CD5: Queen I At The BBC
1 My Fairy King (BBC Session 1, February 1973)
2 Keep Yourself Alive (BBC Session 1, February 1973)
3 Doing All Right (BBC Session 1, February 1973)
4 Liar (BBC Session 1, February 1973)
5 Keep Yourself Alive (BBC Session 2, July 1973)
6 Liar (BBC Session 2, July 1973)
7 Son And Daughter (BBC Session 2, July 1973)
8 Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll (BBC Session 3, December 1973)
9 Great King Rat (BBC Session 3, December 1973
10 Son And Daughter (BBC Session 3, December 1973
11 Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll (BBC Session 4, April 1974)

CD6: Queen I Live
1 Son And Daughter (Live at the Rainbow - March 1974)
2 Guitar Solo (Live at the Rainbow - March 1974)
3 Son And Daughter (Reprise) (Live at the Rainbow - March 1974)
4 Great King Rat (Live at the Rainbow - March 1974)
5 Keep Yourself Alive (Live at the Rainbow - March 1974)
6 Drum Solo (Live at the Rainbow - March 1974)
7 Keep Yourself Alive (Reprise) (Live at the Rainbow - March 1974)
8 Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll (Live at the Rainbow - March 1974)
9 Liar (Live at the Rainbow - March 1974)
10 Hangman (Live in San Diego - March 1976)
11 Doing All Right (Live in San Diego - March 1976)
12 Jesus (Live at Imperial College - August 1970)
13 I’m A Man (Live at Imperial College - August 1970)

Franz Ferdinand returns with new album in January

Franz Ferdinand will release a new studio album, The Human Fear, January 10 via Domino. Produced with Mark Ralph, who previously worked with on the 2013 album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, the upcoming release is prefaced by the first single “Audacious.”

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “AUDACIOUS” HERE

STREAM “AUDACIOUS” HERE

Recorded at AYR studios in Scotland, the 11-songs on The Human Fear all allude to some deep-set human fears and how overcoming and accepting these fears drives and defines our lives. Talking about the album, Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand said:

“Making this record was one of the most life-affirming experiences I’ve had, but it’s called The Human Fear. Fear reminds you that you're alive. I think we all are addicted in some way to the buzz it can give us. How we respond to it shows how we are human. So here’s a bunch of songs searching for the thrill of being human via fears. Not that you’d necessarily notice on first listen.”

The video for first single “Audacious” was directed by long-time Franz collaborator Andy Knowles and filmed at Barrowlands in Glasgow, over the years scene of many a celebratory homecoming gig for the band. Talking about the track Alex added:

“It’s about having an audacious response when you feel the fabric of existence come undone around you. Being bold, contrary. Peering over the edge into the eternity of non-existence and saying Aye! Fuck it! Not today thank you!”

Director Andy Knowles said about the video:

“After listening to “Audacious” for the first time it immediately felt like a song which needed a celebration of a video. I wanted to build on the jocular approach we took for ‘Curious’ in 2022, contrasting some of the more somber moments of life with an explosion of fun when you look at things through an ‘audacious’ lens.”

Basically written before the band went into the studio, the idea was to have a songbook ready before they started recording and once in the studio it was all quickly executed - a lot of it recorded live with the band in the room and many of the vocals on the album being the original takes. The first studio album to feature members Audrey Tait (drums) and Dino Bardot (guitar), the record also sees Julian Corrie step forward to collaborate with frontman Alex Kapranos and bassist Bob Hardy on songwriting and creative duties.

A band for whom the aesthetic and style is almost as important as the sound, as ever the importance of this is reflected in the cover artwork which was inspired by Hungarian artist Dóra Maurer’s self-portrait 7 Twists - Maurer’s work appealed because it does exactly what they want from their music: a striking immediacy that is impossible to ignore, but with a depth and vulnerability that bears many returns and satisfactory repetition.

The Human Fear will be available on Deluxe LP, LP, CD, cassette and digital. The Deluxe LP is housed in a gatefold sleeve, printed on a matte UV finish, with an 8 page lyric booklet featuring exclusive imagery of the band recording the album in AYR Studios, Scotland. The vinyl itself is pressed on orange BioVinyl which is 100% recyclable and can be utilized in the circular economy. The exclusive Demo LP features never-before heard early demos of the album. Pre-order HERE.

Franz Ferdinand are: Alex Kapranos (vocals / guitar), Audrey Tait (drums), Bob Hardy (bass), Dino Bardot (guitar, backing vocals) & Julian Corrie (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals).

Track Listing: 

1. Audacious

2. Everyday Dreamer
3. The Doctor
4. Hooked
5. Build It Up
6. Night Or Day
7. Tell Me I Should Stay
8. Cats
9. Black Eyelashes
10. Bar Lonely
11. The Birds

Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 To Get Live Album and Video Release in November

Since I reviewed the concert in question (see elsewhere on this blog), I'm really looking forward to this... 

The new live album and concert film, Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023, will be released November 29 on 4CD/2Blu-Ray, 6LP Vinyl, 2DVD, and Digital (streaming & Dolby ATMOS mix). Pre-order/Pre-save HERE.

Last year, Clapton hosted and curated the seventh installment of his Crossroads Guitar Festival on September 23-24 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA. It marked the event’s return after a four-year break, selling out the arena on both days. Clapton's guests included Joe Bonamassa, Gary Clark Jr., Sheryl Crow, Eric Gales, H.E.R., Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Los Lobos, John Mayer, The Marcus King Band, Roger McGuinn, John McLaughlin, Santana, The Wallflowers, and more. Bill Murray served as the evening’s “Master of Ceremonies.”

Watch and stream Gary Clark Jr.’s performance of “Habits” HERE.

The initial Pay-Per-View broadcast beamed out the performance. Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival's first iteration was in New York in 1999 and carried through Dallas, TX in 2004, Bridgewater, IL in 2007 and 2010, New York in 2013, and Dallas, TX in 2019. All profits benefited The Crossroads Centre Antigua, a treatment and education facility for chemically dependent persons founded by Clapton.

About The Crossroads Centre Antigua

Founded in 1998, Crossroads Centre Antigua, was created to provide treatment and education to chemically and alcohol-dependent persons, their families and their significant others. Treatment is provided through residential care, family and aftercare programs. The pathway to recovery is founded on the 12 steps and a change in lifestyle. Crossroads Centre Antigua, also operates a halfway house in Antigua called the Bevon House and facilitates various ongoing recovery initiatives on the island of Antigua and in the Caribbean. For more information, visit www.crossroadsantigua.org.

Track listing (4CD):

CD 1

1. GROOVY GODDESS – Sonny Landreth

2. EVERY NIGHT IS SATURDAY NIGHT – James Bullard
3. GIVE YOUR LOVE TO SOMEONE ELSE – Judith Hill with Eric Gales
4. HABITS – Gary Clark Jr.
5. 1952 VINCENT BLACK LIGHTNING – The Del McCoury Band, Sierra Hull, Jerry Douglas & Bradley Walker
6. WALK ON BOY – Sierra Hull
7. TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN – Bradley Walker
8. ALWAYS ON MY MIND – Bradley Walker & Eric Clapton
9. FALL LIKE RAIN – The Del McCoury Band with Eric Clapton
10. SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING – Eric Gales, Samantha Fish & Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
11. LAYLA – Eric Gales, Samantha Fish & Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
12. PUT THAT BACK – Eric Gales, Samantha Fish & Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
13. GOING DOWN – Samantha Fish & Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

CD 2

1. SIDEWAYS – Citizen Cope
2. I PUT A SPELL ON YOU – Samantha Fish with Eric Gales & Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
3. BREAKING UP SOMEBODY'S HOME – Joe Bonamassa
4. AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS BUT MY OWN – Taj Mahal
5. EARLY IN THE MORNING – Taj Mahal
6. TEXAS FLOOD – Jimmie Vaughan with Gary Clark Jr.
7. SWEET HOME CHICAGO – Jimmie Vaughan
8. REDEMPTION DAY – Sheryl Crow
9. THE WAITING – The Wallflowers
10. TURN! TURN! TURN! – Roger McGuinn with The Wallflowers
11. EIGHT MILES HIGH - Roger McGuinn with Eric Clapton & The Wallflowers
12. BLUEBIRD – Stephen Stills with Eric Clapton & The Wallflowers
13. GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN’ – ZZ Top

CD 3

1. FÜR ELISE/FOXY LADY – Robert Randolph with Eric Gales & Joe Bonamassa
2. SON’S GONNA RISE – Citizen Cope with Robert Randolph
3. KOKOPELLI – Kurt Rosenwinkel
4. IF THE RIVER WAS WHISKEY (DIVIN' DUCK BLUES) – Keb’ Mo’ with Taj Mahal
5. MEMORIES OF MOTHER AND DAD – Molly Tuttle & Sierra Hull
6. INTRO – Marcus King
7. IT'S TOO LATE – Marcus King
8. HONKY TONK HELL – Marcus King
9. LANDSLIDE – Marcus King with Little Bird
10. RICE PUDDING – Marcus King
11. VALENTINA – Daniel Santiago & Pedro Martins
12. HOW COULD WE KNOW – Daniel Santiago & Pedro Martins with Judith Hill
13. CARRIED AWAY – H.E.R.
14. BEST PART – H.E.R.
15. HOLD ON – H.E.R. with John Mayer & Kenny Wilson
16. ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY – H.E.R.
17. SALT CREEK – Molly Tuttle & Sierra Hull

CD 4

1. THE HEALING – Gary Clark Jr.
2. OUR LOVE – Gary Clark Jr.
3. DON'T WORRY BABY – Los Lobos
4. THE STORM – Eric Gales
5. MY FAVORITE MISTAKE – Sheryl Crow with John Mayer
6. THE LAST OF US – Gustavo Santaolallad
7. JINGO – Santana
8. A LOVE SUPREME – Santana with John McLaughlin
9. IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE – Eric Clapton

10. I SHOT THE SHERIFF – Eric Clapton

11. CROSSROADS – Eric Clapton with Stevie Wonder

Next month, Tears For Fears release a live album, concert film and play shows in Las Vegas

British duo Tears For Fears have announced their first-ever official live album, Songs For A Nervous Planet, which is due out on October 25. The album includes 4 brand-new studio tracks, including new single “The Girl That I Call Home,” available now; listen to/share the song HERE. See track listing below.

Along with the album, they’ve announced a concert film shot and recorded at FirstBank Amphitheater at Graystone Quarry in Franklin, TN, during their sold-out global Tipping Point Tour Part 2. Tears For Fears Live (A Tipping Point Film) will be distributed in cinemas worldwide via Trafalgar Releasing. Watch/share a live performance clip HERE.

On creating the album and film, Curt Smith shares, “We decided to film the live show last year. I think a lot of people don't know that we are a good live band, actually! They see a duo, and they think it's going to be two people with a couple of keyboards and a bunch of backing tapes, and that'll be it. Over the years, we've vastly improved since our heyday back in the Eighties.” Roland Orzabal adds, “We’ve never released an official live album, so you could say this is an album forty years in the making.”

The film will be premiering in over 1,100 cinemas worldwide on October 24 and October 26 while tickets go on sale Thursday, September 19. More information can be found HERE as well.

On the new track, Roland Orzabal recalls, “My wife Emily has been on at me for years to try and write her a love song. So eventually I did it. I was in Hawaii, I took my phone with me and every day I would sing over the backing track, many, many times. But I couldn't for the life of me, think of a title. Then one night, I went to bed and I did that thing where we ask the universe, ‘please gimme a hand, gimme, a really good title.’ I woke up the next morning with ‘The Girl That I Call Home.’ And my wife loves it.”

Recorded at the same time as the live album, Tears For Fears Live (A Tipping Point Film) features many of the band’s hits including “Everybody Wants To Rule The World,” “Shout” and “Sowing The Seeds Of Love”, “Mad World”, “Head Over Heels”, etc. — along with new fan favorites from The Tipping Point — their first album in 17 years.

Visit tearsforfearsfilm.com for more information and to sign up for event announcements.

To celebrate the new album and concert film, Tears For Fears are heading to Fontainebleau Las Vegas for an exclusive three-night live event at BleauLive Theater. The shows will take place on Wednesday, October 30, Friday, November 1 and Saturday, November 2 at 8 pm. 

Songs For A Nervous Planet

Track listing:

Say Goodbye To Mum And Dad
The Girl That I Call Home
Emily Said
Astronaut
No Small Thing
The Tipping Point
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Secret World
Sowing The Seeds Of Love
Long, Long, Long Time
Break The Man
My Demons
Rivers of Mercy
Mad World
Suffer The Children
Woman In Chains
Bad Man’s Song
Pale Shelter
Break It Down Again
Head Over Heels
Change
Shout

John Davis of 1990s rock band Superdrag has solo album 'Jinx' coming later this month

'Jinx' was intended as a Superdrag album. It even started tracking as one. But the exercise of recording in fits and starts ultimately found the endeavor sputtering to a stop. Superdrag - best known for the 1996 alt-rock radio hit "Sucked Out" - ran out of patience, time and energy. But John Davis knew that these songs needed to be saved, so it became a solo album instead.

Taking cues from the Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Hüsker Dü and Dinosaur Jr, Davis and two other musicians that he recruited "weren't gonna be bound by any of the earlier arrangements or earlier decisions about the songs and what we wanted to do was eliminate all the fat.”

The album is due Sept. 27 on the Lost In Ohio label. Watch the lyric video for "The Future" HERE and pre-order the album HERE. 

Davis says about "The Future":

"I guess it sounds extremely pessimistic to say, “I don't wanna know about the future,” but that's just where I was at the time. Sometimes the “now” is crushing your soul to the point where you can't really look ahead. I love this track, love what Stewart & Henry brought to it. Seemed like the perfect opener and the perfect introduction to the LP."

The guitar sound used on 'Jinx' was a Fender Stratocaster. “As ubiquitous as the Strat is, I feel like they’re really undervalued on records.” 

When it came to the lyrics, Davis continued in a press release, “I've been writing songs for a long time and my process has never really changed. I just try to open my heart up and whatever's in there, that's what you get.” 

The album title usually immediately conjures thoughts of bad luck, and that’s the idea to be certain. But the title is really just an inside joke between John and his fiancée about their almost daily tendency to utter the same phrase at the same time.

Track List:

1. The Future
2. Please Be My Love
3. Take My Brains Out
4. Wildfire Love
5. Cold Advice
6. Already Drowned
7. Free to Fall
8. Indifferent Stars
9. In Between the Waves
10. I’m Sorry

Sting reveals first new song since 2021; tour starts soon

This week, Sting released a new song - “I Wrote Your Name (Upon My Heart)” via Cherrytree Music/Interscope Records. The music video was also released.

In “I Wrote Your Name (Upon My Heart),” Sting and his three-piece rock combo uncork a variation of what renowned computer scientist Dr. Godfried Toussaint called “The Rhythm that Conquered the World.” From its West African origins and its “3-2 clave” incarnation in Latin music to its prominent feature in Bo Diddley’s 1955 self-titled single, the “Bo Diddley Beat,” by which it’s also become known, has fueled some of the most driving songs in the entire Rock music canon. Sting’s new “I Wrote Your Name (Upon My Heart)” features a permutation of this beat.

With musical contributions from Dominic Miller on guitar, Chris Maas on drums and Martin Kierszenbaum on organ, Sting sings, plays bass and electric guitar on “I Wrote Your Name (Upon My Heart),” his first new song since his 2021 album The Bridge.

The track previews his new “STING 3.0” three-piece lineup and the impending launch of his North American tour, which kicks off later this month in Detroit. Full tour itinerary below.

Tour dates:

Tue. Sept. 17
Detroit, MI
Fillmore Detroit

Wed. Sept. 18
Detroit, MI
Fillmore Detroit

Fri. Sept. 20
Toronto, ON
Massey Hall

Sat. Sept. 21
Toronto, ON
Massey Hall

Mon. Sept. 30
Philadelphia, PA
The Met

Tue. Oct. 01
Philadelphia, PA
The Met

Fri. Oct. 04
Boston, MA
MGM Music Hall @ Fenway Park

Mon. Oct. 07
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Paramount

Wed. Oct. 09
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Paramount

Thu. Oct. 10
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Paramount

Sat. Oct. 12
Port Chester, NY
The Capitol Theatre

Tue. Oct. 15
Washington, DC
MGM National Harbor

Sun. Oct. 20
Miami, FL
Fillmore Miami Beach

Tue. Oct. 22
Atlanta, GA
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre (CEPAC)

Mon. Oct. 28
Chicago, IL
Auditorium Theatre

Tue. Oct. 29
Chicago, IL
Auditorium Theatre

Wed. Nov. 06
San Francisco, CA
The Masonic

Thu. Nov. 07
San Francisco, CA
The Masonic

Tue. Nov. 12
Los Angeles, CA
The Wiltern

Wed. Nov. 13
Los Angeles, CA
The Wiltern

Photo: Carter B. Smith

The Jesus and Mary Chain put out non-album single in conjunction with new memoir

Earlier this year, The Jesus and Mary Chain returned with Glasgow Eyes, the first new album in 7 years, which debuted at #7 on the UK Official Album Chart and #1 on both the Independent and Scottish Albums Charts.

Now the Reid brothers release a new song that was captured during the album sessions: "Pop Seeds."

The song was named in reference to the original band name they briefly shared over forty years ago, "Pop Seeds" and is a period Jim and William depict in their new memoir Never Understood. 

"Pop Seeds" adds to the anticipation for the long-awaited Never Understood biography, which is available to buy HERE. It sees William and Jim Reid tell the full story of one of Britain’s greatest guitar bands for the very first time – a wildly funny and improbably moving chronicle of brotherly strife, feedback, riots, drug and alcohol addiction, eternal outsiders and extreme shyness, that also somehow manages to be a love letter to the Scottish working-class family.

Never Understood will also be released in two limited edition formats. The Record Store Edition will feature alternate artwork and will be housed in a bespoke slipcase packaged, all designed by William Reid. It will be limited to 1500 copies and will be released on October 3rd. The White Rabbit Edition follows on November 21st, which adds a 12” vinyl featuring audiobook extracts and four exclusive postcards. Each copy of the 500-run pressing will be signed by both William and Jim Reid.

Next up is a North American co-headline tour with The Psychedelic Furs before the JAMC returns to the UK for following headline shows. Click HERE for a ticket information & a list of all international shows.

SEPTEMBER - CO-HEADLINE WITH THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS
29th - Philadelphia, Franklin Music Hall

OCTOBER - CO-HEADLINE WITH THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS

1st - New Haven, College Street Music Hall
2nd - Boston, Orpheum Theater
4th - New York, The Beacon Theatre
5th - Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Paramount
6th - Washington DC, The Anthem
8th - Rochester, Kodak Center Music Hall
9th - Toronto, Queen Elizabeth Theater
11th - Detroit, Masonic Cathedral Theater
12th - Indianapolis, Murat Theatre
13th - Chicago, The Salt Shed
16th - Milwaukee, Riverside Theater
17th - St. Paul, The Palace
19th - West Des Moines, Val Air Ballroom
20th - St. Louis, Stifel Theatre
22nd - Omaha, The Astro
23rd - Kansas City, Uptown Theatre
24th - Salina, Stiefel Theatre
26th - Denver, Fillmore Auditorium
29th - Seattle, Paramount Theatre
30th - Portland, Crystal Ballroom

NOVEMBER - CO-HEADLINE WITH THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS
1st - Redding, Civic Auditorium
2nd - San Francisco, The Masonic
3rd - Reno, Grand Sierra Resort and Casino Grand Theatre
6th - Riverside, Fox Performing Arts Center
8th - San Diego, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park
9th - Inglewood, YouTube Theater

DECEMBER - HEADLINE TOUR
7th - Glasgow, Barrowland
8th - Newcastle, NX
10th - Birmingham, O2 Institute
11th - Southampton, Engine Rooms
12th - Nottingham, Rock City
14th - Cambridge, Corn Exchange
15th - Liverpool, Content

'Glasgow Eyes' Track List:

1. Venal Joy
2. American Born
3. Mediterranean X Film
4. jamcod
5. Discotheque
6. Pure Poor
7. The Eagles and The Beatles
8. Silver Strings
9. Chemical Animal
10. Second of June
11. Girl 71
12. Hey Lou Reid

Nilüfer Yanya's new album 'My Method Actor' drops next week

Nilüfer Yanya has revealed “Mutations,” the latest single from her album My Method Actor due September 13th via Ninja Tune. “Mutations” sees Nilüfer - a Coachella '22 standout - recounting experiences that have subtly transformed and shaped her. The single comes alongside a video directed by Nilüfer’s sister, Molly Daniel, and shot along the streets and beaches of Spain. 

"'Mutations' deals with change brought about by circumstance," Yanya said in a press release. "This is not the phoenix rising from the ashes but the subtle change that happens constantly as millions of tiny decisions and actions shape your being. It’s kind of like survival, for me. Less of a transformation and more something that’s born out of your environment and surroundings, that you need to do to survive. Mutation is just something you have to go through- you have to evolve.”

Previously, the London born artist of Turkish/Irish/Barbadian heritage, released the singles “Call It Love,” “Method Actor,” and “Like I Say (I runaway).” The latter hit the top 50 at AAA radio in the US, is A listed at BBC 6 Music, and was added to the playlist at BBC Radio 1.

A North American tour this fall follows the album's release. Routing can be found below.

About creativity, Yanya says, “For me, writing is definitely problem-solving - in the way they say that dreaming is like problem-solving. You're like, oh, that sounds good. That looks good. That makes sense. But you don't really know why. You're kind of using that part of your creative brain that doesn't have to make sense.” 

My Method Actor follows the artist's critically acclaimed albums ​​Painless and Miss Universe. She is a founding member of the community project Artists In Transit which takes creative workshops and other support to displaced communities and people in times of hardship.

Tour Dates:

9/28 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts

9/30 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat
10/1 - New York, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
10/2 - Boston, MA @ Royale
10/4 - Montreal, QC @ La Tulipe
10/5 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
10/6 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
10/7 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
10/9 - Nashville, TN @ Basement East
10/10 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
10/11 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
10/13 - Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck
10/15 - Denver, CO @ Meow Wolf
10/18 - Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre
10/19 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
10/20 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
10/22 - San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
10/24 - Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda Theatre

Track listing: 

1. Keep On Dancing

2. Like I Say (I runaway)
3. Method Actor
4. Binding
5. Mutations
6. Ready for Sun (touch)
7. Call It Love
8. Faith’s Late
9. Made Out Of Memory
10. Just A Western
11. Wingspan

Weezer's debut "blue" album deluxe reissue slated for November

Weezer will mark three decades of their seminal full-length debut LP, Weezer a.k.a. the Blue Album, with the release of the Blue Album 30th Anniversary Edition on November 1, via Geffen/UMe. 

It will be available in multiple configurations, including a Super Deluxe Edition 4LP + 10-inch + 7-inch box set as well as a Deluxe 3CD set, and digitally. Pre-order HERE. Weezer shared the earliest known recording of “Undone – The Sweater Song (Third Practice)"; Listen HERE.

The Super Deluxe Edition box set includes the original album newly remastered from the original analog tapes. Across four 12-inch 180-gram LPs, a 10-inch EP, and 7-inch, it consists of 50 songs in total—with thirty-six previously unreleased tracks (encompassing 8 “Kitchen Tape Demos”), twenty-two early practices and live recordings, six BBC radio recordings – two of which have never been heard before – and four tracks from their LMU sessions. Longtime friend, collaborator, and de facto band historian Karl Koch penned new liner notes in issue #18 of the Weezine and assembled the artwork layout with previously unreleased photos.

Plus, the box set boasts “sweater” embossed graphics complete with a pullable and retractable thread (as a nod to “Undone – The Sweater Song”), four lithographs, a poster perfect for the garage, song-themed sticker sheet, a twelve-sided die, and an enamel Bokkus pin. Meanwhile, the Deluxe 3CD Set also houses four lithographs, the poster, song-themed sticker sheet, twelve-sided die, enamel Bokkus pin, and 28-page issue #18 of the Weezine.

There is also an Ultra Limited Edition box set, with all of the features of the Super Deluxe Edition, but that comes wrapped in an actual knit sweater and a certificate signed by each of the band members. Only 100 of these exist and will be available for purchase on Weezer’s webstore.

The Blue Album will also be available in a variety of vinyl offerings including: ● 2LP 45 rpm half-speed mastering vinyl - 180-gram black vinyl, housed in a premium gatefold jacket wrapped in silver foil paper with bonus photos and an exclusive poster on silver foil paper.

Exclusively via Interscope.com

● 1LP Zoetrope Picture Disc

Exclusively via Weezer.com, uDiscover Music and Sound of Vinyl

● 1LP Ghostly Blue & Clear Color Vinyl

Exclusively at indie record stores

Weezer’s ‘Voyage to the Blue Planet’ North American tour is underway with The Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr. as support. Tickets are still available for select shows and may be purchased HERE.

BLUE ALBUM 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION

DELUXE 3CD

CD1
1. My Name Is Jonas
2. No One Else
3. The World Has Turned And Left Me Here
4. Buddy Holly
5. Undone – The Sweater Song
6. Surf Wax America
7. Say It Ain’t So
8. In The Garage
9. Holiday
10. Only In Dreams
11. My Name Is Jonas (Live on BBC Evening Sessions) *
12. In The Garage (Live on BBC Evening Sessions) *
13. No One Else (Live on BBC Evening Sessions) *
14. Surf Wax America (Live on BBC Evening Sessions) *
15. Buddy Holly (Acoustic – Live on Greater London Radio) **
16. Undone – The Sweater Song (Acoustic – Live on Greater London Radio) **

CD2
1. Say It Ain’t So (The Kitchen Tape Demos) *
2. The World Has Turned And Left Me Here (The Kitchen Tape Demos) *
3. Paperface (The Kitchen Tape Demos)
4. Undone – The Sweater Song (The Kitchen Tape Demos)
5. Thief, You’ve Taken All That Was Me (The Kitchen Tape Demos) *
6. My Name Is Jonas (The Kitchen Tape Demos) *
7. Let’s Sew Our Pants Together (The Kitchen Tape Demos) *
8. Only In Dreams (The Kitchen Tape Demos)
9. I Can’t Forget The Way (Third Practice) *
10. Undone – The Sweater Song (Third Practice) *
11. The World has turned and left me here (Third Practice) *
12. Windows Down (Garage Practice) *
13. My Name Is Jonas (Garage Practice) *
14. Only In Dreams (Garage Practice) *
15. Superman (Garage Practice) *
16. Dawn Sets Upon Us (Garage Practice) *
17. Just What I Needed (Rehearsal Demo) *
18. Buddy Holly (Rehearsal Demo) *

CD3
1. Let’s Sew Our Pants Together (Live at 8121 Club) *
2. Paperface (Live at 8121 Club) *
3. Only In Dreams (Live at 8121 Club) *
4. Conversationalist (Wax Cover/Adaptation) (Live at Coconut Teaszer) *
5. Undone – The Sweater Song (Live at English Acid) *
6. My Name Is Jonas (Live at English Acid) *
7. No One Else (Live at Club Lingerie) *
8. The World Has Turned And Left Me Here (Live at Club Lingerie) *
9. Jamie (Live at Club Lingerie) *
10. Lullabye For Wayne (Live at Club Lingerie) *
11. Say It Ain’t So (Live at Club Lingerie) *
12. China Grove (Live at Club Lingerie) *
13. Jamie (Take 6 – LMU Sessions)
14. My Name Is Jonas (LMU Sessions) *
15. Jamie (Take 5 – LMU Sessions) *
16. Lullabye for Wayne (LMU Sessions) *

Tour Dates:

Sun, Sept. 8, 2024 - Toronto, ON, Canada - Scotiabank Arena
Tues, Sept. 10, 2024 - Boston, MA - TD Garden
Wed, Sept. 11, 2024 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
Fri, Sept. 13, 2024 - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center
Sat, Sept. 14, 2024 - Washington, DC - The Anthem
Tues, Sept. 17, 2024 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena
Wed, Sept. 18, 2024 - Greenville, SC - Bon Secours Wellness Arena
Fri, Sept. 20, 2024 - Orlando, FL - Kia Center
Sat, Sept. 21, 2024 - Hollywood, FL - Hard Rock Live at Seminole

Fri, Sept. 27, 2024 - Austin, TX - Moody Center
Sat, Sept. 28, 2024 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
Sun, Sept. 29, 2024 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
Tues, Oct. 1, 2024 - Loveland, CO - Blue FCU Arena
Fri, Oct. 4, 2024 - Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena
Sat, Oct 5, 2024 - Vancouver, BC, Canada - Rogers Arena
Sun, Oct. 6, 2024 - Portland, OR - Moda Center
Tues, Oct. 8, 2024 - Sacramento, CA - Golden 1 Center
Wed, Oct. 9, 2024 - San Francisco, CA - Chase Center
Fri, Oct. 11, 2024 - Inglewood, CA- Intuit Dome
Sat, Oct. 12, 2024 - Palm Desert, CA - Acrisure Arena

Dwight Yoakam readies new album with Post Malone duet for November; touring through the fall

Dwight Yoakam, who has been on the road lately with The Mavericks, confirms his first album of new music in nine years.

Brighter Days is set for release November 15 through Via Records/Thirty Tigers. Pre-order/pre-save Brighter Days HERE.

The first single is “I Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom Boom)” with Post Malone. Listen to the song, penned specifically by Yoakam for a collaboration with Post Malone, HERE - a video is coming soon.

Written and recorded over the last three years, Brighter Days features 12 new songs written/co-written by Yoakam, as well as two covers: “Keeping On The Sunny Side” by the Carter Family and “Bound Away” by Cake. 

Yoakam self-produced Brighter Days; Chris Lord-Alge served as engineer.

The artists starts another round of North American tour dates on September 13 in Arkansas.

Track Listing:

1. Wide Open Heart

2. I’ll Pay The Price

3. Bound Away (Cake cover)

4. California Sky

5. Can’t Be Wrong

6. I Spell Love

7. A Dream That Never Ends

8. Brighter Days

9. I Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom Boom) with Post Malone

10. If Only

11. Hand Me Down Heart

12. Time Between

13. Keep On The Sunny Side (The Carter Family cover)

14. Every Night

Tour Dates: 

September 13—Simmons Bank Arena—North Little Rock, AR
September 14—Golden Nugget Lake Charles Hotel & Casino – Grand Event Center—Lake Charles, LA
September 15—Born and Raised Music Festival—Pryor, OK
September 26—The Fruit Yard—Modesto, CA*
September 27—Redding Civic Auditorium—Redding, CA*
September 28—Hayden Homes Amphitheater—Bend, OR
October 3—The Masonic Temple Theatre—Detroit, MI*
October 4—Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center—Charleston, WV*
October 5—Country Calling Festival—Ocean City, MD
October 11—Red Rock Resort—Las Vegas, NV
October 12—Pepsi Amphitheater—Flagstaff, AZ
October 14—The Big Fresno Fair—Fresno, CA
October 17—F&M Bank Arena—Clarksville, TN*
October 18—Mercedes-Benz Amphitheatre—Tuscaloosa, AL*
October 19—Brandon Amphitheater—Brandon, MS*
November 13—St. Augustine Amphitheatre—St. Augustine, FL*
November 14—The Baycare Sound at Coachman Park—Clearwater, FL*
November 15—Pompano Beach Amphitheater—Pompano Beach, FL*
November 21—Texas Trust CU Theatre—Grand Prairie, TX
November 22—Ford Park Pavilion—Beaumont, TX
November 23—American Bank Center Arena—Corpus Christi, TX

*with The Mavericks

Photo by Emily Joyce

Dublin's The Devlins reveal long-awaited new album slated for October

The Devlins return with another single, "Slipping Through Your Hands." It comes from 'All The Days,' due Oct. 4 via Blue Elan Records and the Irish pop/rock band’s first full-length project in nearly two decades. 

For lead singer Colin Devlin, the "Hands" is likely a note to oneself. “An inner dialogue about time passing, looking back and reconnecting to who you once were and where you came from, through the lens of the present.

“It feels like a movie to me with the atmospheric minor bass riff and drums setting the scene for the 90 seconds or so, before it opens into the big chorus. It’s one of the strongest songs from the new Devlins record and we hope old and new fans alike will gravitate towards it both musically and lyrically.”

The title track was unveiled in July. Colin said in a press release that "It’s an emotional and uplifting song that deals with time passing, with accepting and letting go. It deals with resilience and holding on to the magic and the light. And of course, there are conversations with angels and the big questions...It also has superb production by Rob Kirwan which hits me every time. It’s one of the strongest songs The Devlins have ever recorded and we hope that as many people as possible get to hear it.”

Peter Devlin describes the new album as having a “four guys in a room” approach, with “a very organic and real and live feel, which is missing in a lot of music now.” He emphasizes the importance of recording the album together as a band, highlighting the individual musical personalities and styles that each member brings to the project. "We recorded everything pretty much live in Camden Studios in Dublin with Rob engineering as well as producing. He also mixed the entire album so there’s a continuity there.”

Guitarist Mark Murphy adds, “The new album has a lot of space on it. There are no in-your-face guitar solos, it’s all about the driving rhythm section and letting the songs shine through. It’s raw. I think it’s the band's most honest album yet.”

The quartet will play a hometown live show at Whelans in Dublin, Ireland on October 24.

The Devlins last toured in 2019 and at their sold-out show in Dublin, they hinted at new music on the horizon. However, it was the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic that ultimately brought the four members together again to create All The Days.

Formed by brothers Colin and Peter Devlin, The Devlins released debut album Drift in 1993 to critical acclaim. The title track of their 1997 follow-up album, Waiting was used for the Six Feet Under soundtrack. Another hit, "World Outside," was featured in HBO’s The Sopranos and the 2004 drama Closer. The band's music has been a staple in film and tv throughout their career, including "Crossing The River" being part of the Batman Forever multi-platinum selling soundtrack.

Track listing:

All the Days

Slipping Through Your Hands

Dark Star

Mine 

The Meadow

Holding On

Behind the Sun

Future Ghost

Frozen River

Ruins

Show Me Tomorrow

A limited-edition LP reissue of Ivy's 'Long Distance' due in November

Ivy have announced a vinyl reissue of their 2000 album Long Distance, available via Bar/None Records on November 1st.

Formed in 1994, the trio includes Andy Chase, Dominique Durand, and the late Adam Schlesinger. Ivy shared a new, unearthed single “All I Ever Wanted.” The track was produced by Lloyd Cole in 1997 while the band were recording their album Apartment Life. It was shelved and has gone completely unheard until now.

Originally released in November 2000, Ivy’s third studio album Long Distance includes some of its most recognizable songs like “Worry About You,” “Undertow” and hit song “Edge of the Ocean.”

On the new single, Chase explains, “Dominique and I searched through the Ivy archives for any unreleased Apartment Life-era songs we might be able to use as bonus tracks. We put on one of the 2” 24 track reel-to-reel tapes we unearthed that had the title “Stupid Cat” scrawled across the outside of the box. This song started playing. It was so familiar to Dominique and I that we Shazam’d it, to see what it was called and which album of ours it was on. But when Shazam came up high and dry, we started remembering more and more of this song’s foggy, unresolved history.

"Back in 1997, the great Lloyd Cole had co-produced a few songs for what would be Apartment Life. We released one called “I’ve Got A Feeling” and, for reasons lost on us today, we shelved the other one - this one - never even doing a rough mix of it. So the master tape sat in our storage locker for the next 24 years, fully forgotten from our memories. After its reemergence, we had it transferred to digital and I finally was able to do a proper mix of it in my studio in 2024. And yes, Lloyd is even playing some guitars on this song!”

LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE “ALL I EVER WANTED”

This 25th Anniversary edition marks the first time that Long Distance will be available on vinyl, with a limited variant of 700 copies being pressed on frosted blue and frosted green vinyl. The reissue features newly remastered audio by Scott Hull, as well the unearthed single “All I Ever Wanted,” a remix of “Edge of the Ocean” by Duotone as well as an original demo of the song. The vinyl will include a track by track breakdown for each song by the band’s Andy Chase.

The band broke their years long silence in late 2021 to honor the passing of Adam Schlesinger, compiling home videos from studio sessions and those early tours in memory of their friend and bandmate, and the once in a lifetime moment that they shared together. Last year, Bar/None reissued their debut album Realistic, their sophomore album Apartment Life and shared the limited release single “Sleeping Late.”

Track list:

01 Undertow

02 Disappointed
03 Edge of the Ocean
04 Blame it on Yourself
05 While We’re in Love
06 Lucy Doesn’t Love you
07 Worry About You
08 Let’s Stay Inside
09 Midnight Sun
10 I Think of You
11 Hideaway
12 One More Last Kiss
13 Digging Your Scene (bonus track)
14 All I Ever Wanted (bonus track)
15 Edge of the Ocean Duotone Remix (bonus track)
16 Edge of the Ocean Demo (digital only bonus track)

Stagecoach Festival in Indio, Calif. announced 2025 schedule and details

Stagecoach has revealed its 2025 lineup. Country music’s biggest festival will be back on April 25-27, 2025. 

This year’s festival will feature headline performances from Zach Bryan, Jelly Roll, and Luke Combs in addition to performances by Brothers Osborne, Sturgill Simpson, Midland, Lana Del Rey, Nelly, Carly Pearce, Goo Goo Dolls, Tucker Wetmore and DASHA and more.

The festival will see late-night performances by Stagecoach first timers Backstreet Boys and Creed, while T-Pain returns after a guest appearance at last year’s festival for a full set of his own.

Passes go on sale September 13 at 11 am PT at stagecoachfestival.com.

Returning headliner Luke Combs said, “Super pumped to be coming back to headline Stagecoach. It was one of the most memorable parts of the year when we did it in 2022, so really glad they’re having us back for round 2. We’re gonna have a blast.”

First time headliner Jelly Roll said, “Last year I got to play Stagecoach for the first time and it was incredible. And I didn’t just get to play. I got to hang out as a fan of artists I love and take my daughter to see some of the best entertainers in our format. Coming back to headline Stagecoach this year is a dream-but I’ll be attending as a fan this year as well, so get ready. See you in April.”

Fan-favorite Guy Fieri’s Stagecoach Smokehouse is back again for its sixth year to reveal new chefs, pit bosses and BBQ vendors. Guy and friends will be showcasing their pits and rigs and offering taste tests to fans throughout the weekend. “Every year I’m shocked that the Stagecoach lineup can get that much bigger and badder,” says Guy. “...so I gotta step it up and do the same for my Stagecoach Smokehouse! Come on down to the Smokehouse to see your favorite artists cookin’ it up with me and my crew. You’re not gonna wanna miss it!" Stay tuned for the full food line-up and to find out which artists Guy will be doing cooking demos with this year.

Returning to the festival for a fourth consecutive year are California’s homegrown, Compton Cowboys. They are a crew of ten Black horseback riders whose ranch is one of the very last in a semirural town in Compton called Richland Farms -- and they are bringing their horses to Stagecoach to tell their compelling story of community engagement and share in the experience.

Late Night at Stagecoach will include T-Pain (Friday), Creed (Saturday), and Backstreet Boys (Sunday) to close each evening of the festival for Late Night in Palomino, and for the third year in a row, Stagecoach mainstay Diplo will be bringing some of the biggest names in dance music to Diplo’s HonkyTonk.

Pass and Merchandise Prices:

3-Day GA Tier 1 - $579

3-Day GA Tier 2 - $599

3-Day GA Tier 3 - $619

3-Day GA 6-pack Tier 1 - $569

3-Day GA 6-pack Tier 2 - $589

3-Day GA - Shuttle Combo - Tier 1 - $689

3-Day GA - Shuttle Combo - Tier 2 - $709

3-Day GA - Shuttle Combo - Tier 3 - $729

3-Day GA Rhinestone Saloon - $974

Desert Diamond VIP Package - $4023.85
Gold Rush VIP Package - $2586.35

Hi Ho Silver VIP Package - $2011.35

Corral Reserved Seating - C3 - $1199

Corral Reserved Seating - C2 - $1499

Corral Reserved Seating - C1 - $2299

3-Day Corral Standing Pit - $1999

Stagecoach Lineup Tee - $50

Team Stagecoach Jersey - $75

Stagecoach 2025 Merch Bundle - $105

Full list of add-ons and lodging available at stagecoachfestival.com

Returning for this year’s festival is the Saloon pass which offers fans access to standing room only areas on the west side of the Corral and access to the Rhinestone Saloon featuring specialty food & drink vendors, air-conditioned restrooms, shaded seating areas, and full (cashless) cash bars. Shuttle passes, tent, yurt, and BYO RV reservations on the Safari Campground as well as Travel Packages that bundle festival passes with local hotel accommodations for 2 or 4 people are available via Valley Music Travel.

The STAGECOACH 2025 lineup is as follows:

49 Winchester

Abby Anderson
Abi Carter
Alana Springsteen
Alexandra Kay
Angel White
Anne Wilson
Annie Bosko
Ashley McBryde
Austin Snell
Avery Anna
Backstreet Boys
Blessing Offor
Brent Cobb
Brothers Osborne
Bryan Martin
Carly Pearce
Chayce Beckham
Colby Acuff
Conner Smith
Creed
Crystal Gayle
Dasha
Diplo's Honkytonk
Drake Milligan
Drew Parker
Dylan Gossett
Dylan Scott
Flatland Cavalry
George Birge
Goo Goo Dolls
Jelly Roll
John Morgan
Kashus Culpepper
Koe Wetzel
Lana Del Rey
Lanie Gardner
Louie TheSinger
Luke Combs
Maddox Batson
Mae Estes
Midland
Myles Kennedy
Nelly (25 Years of Country Grammar)
Nikki Lane
Niko Moon
Noeline Hofmann
Sammy Hagar
Scotty McCreery
Shaboozey
Sierra Ferrell
Sturgill Simpson
Tanner Usrey
The Bacon Brothers
The Castellows
The Wilder Blue
Tiera Kennedy
Tigerlily Gold
Tommy James & The Shondells
T-Pain
Tracy Lawrence
Treaty Oak Revival
Tucker Wetmore
Vincent Mason
Waylon Wyatt
Whiskey Myers
Zach Bryan

STAGECOACH is produced by Goldenvoice.