Music News: Monday 1st July 2013

Headlines

Kane and Turner Reunite at Glastonbury

Alex Turner joined Miles Kane on stage during his set at Glastonbury. They performed Standing Next To Me, a song that they released together under the umbrella band of The Last Shadow Puppets. Kane revealed last week that he and Turner will record music together again.

Kylie Minogue Honoured

Kylie Minogue has received the JC Williams award for her work in entertainment. Well done Kylie.

Album News

Yoko Ono is set to release a new album in September. The album will be called Take Me to the Land of Hell and will be available September 17^th.

New Order will release a new EP this year. As of yet it has been unnamed but we are excited.

Body/Head, the band fronted by Kim Gordon are set to release their debut album Coming Apart. The album will be available from September 10^th.

Bloc Party have announced details of a new EP called Nextwave Sessions. It will be released in August.

TLC Replace Left Eye

TLC have replaced Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopez on the rerecording of their 90s single Waterfalls. They have enlisted the vocals of Namie Amuro to cover the parts sung by Lopez who died in 2002.

Alan Myers: 1955 – 2013

Alan Myers, the former drummer with Devo has lost his battle with cancer. Our thoughts go out to his family.

Motorhead Cancel Show

Motorhead have cancelled their show after Lemmy suffers from a haematoma. Get better soon Lemmy!

Brand New Cancel Festival Set

Brand New have issued a statement to let fans know that they have cancelled their European tour dates which include two festival dates – Reading and Leeds. They have sighted personal issues as the reason for the cancellation and offer their apologies.

Elijah Wood’s Surprise Set

Actor/DJ Elijah Wood surprised attendees at the Firefly festival this week by playing a DJ set.

Earl Sweatshirt Cancels Performances

Earl Sweatshirt has had to cancel his tour. He will miss festival dates due to illness. We hope he gets better soon.

Isle of Man Cancelled

The Isle of Man Festival has been cancelled; poor ticket sales have been cited as the cause for yet another festival to fall under the curse this year.

Bieber Sued for Assault

Justin Bieber is being sued for assaulting a member of the paparazzi. We here at MTTM don’t know what to belieb…ahem…believe.

All Hail the Might and Powerful Gaga

Lady Gaga has claimed the top place in Forbes’s list of most powerful musicians beating both Madonna and Beyonce to the top spot.

Live Announcements

Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys have announced an autumn tour.

22^nd October – Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle

23^rd October – Manchester Arena, Manchester

25^th October – Earls Court, London

28^th October – Echo Arena, Liverpool

29^th October – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff

31^st October – LG Arena, Birmingham

1^st November – Hydro Arena, Glasgow

2^nd November – Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield

Au Revoir Simone

Make sure you get a ticket for Au Revoir Simone’s only UK date on their European tour.

17^th September – XOYO, London

Gogol Bordello

Catch Gogol Bordello on their December tour.

8^th December – The Nick Rayns LCR, UEA, Norwich

9^th December – o2 Academy, Bristol

11^th December – o2 Academy, Leeds

13^th December – o2 Academy, Brixton

14^th December – Manchester Academy, Manchester

15^th December – o2 Academy, Glasgow

He’s My Brother She’s My Sister

Check out this band on their tour.

19^th July – Somerset House, London (with Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros)

23^rd July – The Castle Hotel, Manchester

24^th July – Sebright Arms, London

25^th July – Secret Garden Party

27^th July – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham

Released This Week

The Weight of Your Love – Editors

Sticky Wickets – The Duckworth Lewis Method

Sistrionix – Deap Valley

Cerulean Salt – Waxahatchee

Comfort – Splashh