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Writing on Twitter today (January 31) about their upcoming gig scheduled for Brixton, Yard Act confirmed it would now move to another venue.

“It’s been coming,” the band tweeted. “Due to the ongoing issues and uncertainty around Brixton, we’ve had to shift our show there to another venue. We will now be doing an end-of-the-Overload-touring bow at the Troxy on the same date 4 May.”

You can get any remaining tickets to see Yard Act here.

It’s been coming. Due to the ongoing issues and uncertainty around Brixton, we’ve had to shift our show there to another venue. We will now be doing an end-of -the -Overload-touring bow at the Troxy on the same date 4 May. A handful of tickets left here:https://t.co/L4BSN9wI1D pic.twitter.com/ZtnNgDSmEX

— Yard Act (@YardActBand) January 31, 2023

Following the closure of Brixton Academy, many of the gigs at the venue are being rescheduled to new venues across London.

Dates in January for Wallows, Sleep Token and PVRIS were all moved to Eventim Apollo, while Dry Cleaning and Beartooth‘s March gigs will now take place at The Roundhouse and OVO Arena Wembley, respectively. Röyksopp, meanwhile, was one act who took the same decision as Yard Act, moving their show on February 19 to Troxy.

You can see the full list of gigs that have moved from Brixton Academy to new venues here.

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The National add second London date to 2023 UK tour

Tickets for the new date are on sale now and are available to purchase here. Soccer Mommy will support the band at all UK and Ireland gigs on the tour.

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Extra dates have also been announced for the band’s US tour in Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Denver. You can find more details on those gigs and buy tickets here.

‘First Two Pages Of Frankenstein’ will be released on April 28 via 4AD and feature cameos from Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers and Sufjan Stevens. Swift will appear on ‘The Allcott’ while Bridgers is set to feature on ‘This Isn’t Helping’ and ‘Your Mind Is Not Your Friend’. Stevens, meanwhile, will be a guest on the album opener ‘Once Upon A Poolside’.

The album announcement earlier this month was accompanied by the release of the new song ‘Tropic Morning News’. The track was co-written with frontman Matt Berninger’s wife, Carin Besser, and takes its title from a phrase Besser invented to describe the regrettably routine practice of doomscrolling.

Speaking to NME about new music last year, The National’s guitarist Bryce Dessner said: “What I can say is that we’re at a high watermark in terms of our creativity as a band. There’s a lot happening, and a lot of music. We’re allowing ourselves to dream about it, take risks, try things and give the songs time to develop.”

Explaining that the new material featured traces of elements from their past records, he added: “The songs are vulnerable and direct like on ‘Boxer’, but with experimental moments like ‘Sleep Well Beast’ and raw moments like ‘Alligator’. In a way, it’s the whole history of the band but with a new exploration in it. Some of them are our most accessible, others are more poetic with different arrangements.”

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The band have also confirmed dates in North America, Europe and South America.

Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover a Mötley Crüe classic

Check out the performance below:

Willcox and Fripp’s Mötley Crüe cover is the latest in a long line of metal reworkings. Last week, the pair took on the KISS classic ‘I Was Made For Lovin You’ while previously the likes of Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’, Korn’s ‘Blind’, Megadeth’s ‘Holy Wars’ and Metallica’s ‘Seek And Destroy’ have all had the Sunday Lunch treatment.

Back in 2021, the pair covered Mötley Crüe’s ‘Girls Girls Girls’.

Sunday Lunch kicked off in 2020, with Toyah Willcox explaining the following year that she started the videos to help Fripp power through the COVID-19 lockdowns.

Last year, Fripp revealed that the series had upset some King Crimson fans. “My wife insists performers have a responsibility to lift people’s spirits in hard times. Do I respect that? My answer is yes, completely and utterly I do,” Fripp said in response.

Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp covering ‘White Wedding’. Credit: YouTube.

Later this year, Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe are set to tour the UK and Ireland together, including a show at London’s Wembley Stadium. Tickets are onsale now.

“We had an incredible time playing ‘The Stadium Tour’ in North America this summer and we truly can’t wait to take the show around the globe with The WORLD Tour in 2023,” said Mötley Crüe.

Check out the dates below.

May
22 – Bramall Lane, Sheffield

July
1 – Wembley Stadium, London
2 – Lytham Festival, Lytham
4 – Marlay Park, Dublin, Ireland
6 – Hampden Park, Glasgow

Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil has also revealed that the band are planning a 2024 tour and intend to complete a third Las Vegas residency.

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“I wrote it after a breakup and it deals with the ugly things you think to yourself in the aftermath, when you’re painstakingly going through everything small thing you did and were and wondering what you could have changed. It’s a song about insecurity and vulnerability, about giving a lot of yourself away to someone who decides they don’t want it anymore and knowing where to go from there.”

Check out ‘Body Better’ below:

Sharing the track on Twitter, Peters said: “This is truly only the beginning and I can’t wait to exist in this era with you all.”

During a fan Q+A, Peters revealed ‘Body Better’ is one of three songs on the new album that she’s nicknamed “The Trauma Trio”.

“It’s definitely a good taster” of what’s to come with this new era, said Peters. “But the album is so much more sonically varied than anything I’ve done before.”

Maisie Peters is set to support Ed Sheeran on his US summer stadium tour following a headline tour of UK and Europe.

Tickets for Peters’ UK tour can be found here, while the dates are below.

APRIL 2023
14 – Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne
15 – Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
18 – The Leadmill, Sheffield
19 – O2 Academy Leicester, Leicester
21 – University Of East Anglia, Norwich
22 – O2 Academy Oxford, Oxford
23 – Tramshed, Cardiff
27 – Eventim Apollo, London

MAY
02 – Trix, Antwerp
03 – Le Trianon, Paris
05 – Melkweg Max, Amsterdam
06 – Heimathafen Neukoelln, Berlin
07 – Carlswerk Victoria, Cologne

Maisie Peters is also set to headline Sound City Liverpool 2023 alongside the likes of Courting, The Goa Express, Opus Kink, Beren Olivia, Delights, Finn Foxell, Shelf Lives, SOFY, EEVAH, Malady, Mollie Coddled, Re6ce, Reignmaker, The Royston Club and Trampolene.

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The show stars Segal as the grieving therapist, with Ford playing a senior colleague.

The first two episodes of Shrinking are out now on AppleTV+ while you can check out Ben Gibbard’s theme song below.

In a two-star review, NME wrote: “In Shrinking, the writers appear never to have heard human beings talk to each other before.”

Later this year, Ben Gibbard is set to take both Postal Service and Death Cab For Cutie out on the road, in celebration of ‘Give Up’ and ‘Transatlanticism’. It’ll be the first time The Postal Service have played live in over a decade, but according to Gibbard, any new music from the band would be “drastically different” from their sole 2003 album, and may not live up to fans’ expectations.

“Anybody who’s been asking for a second Postal Service record, like really ask yourself, after 20 years, do you really think that there’s gonna be something we could make that could even satisfy half of the desire you have in your mind as to what this record would be like? I think it would be a disappointment even if we tried,” he added.

Ahead of that, Death Cab For Cutie are set to tour the UK and Europe this March. Grab tickets here and check out the dates below:

MARCH 2023
1 – Fabrique, Milan
2 – X-Tra, Zurich
5 – Den Grå Hal, Copenhagen
6 – Filadelfia, Stockholm
7 – Sentrum Scene, Oslo
9 – Columbiahalle, Berlin
10 – 13, Tilburg
11 – Paridiso, Amsterdam
12 – E-Werk, Cologne
14 – De Roma, Antwerp
15 – Atelier, Luxembourg
16 – Salle Pleyel, Paris
18 – Rock City, Nottingham
19 – Bord Gais Theatre, Dublin
21 – O2 Institute, Birmingham
22 – Usher Hall, Edinburgh
23 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
25 – Apollo, Manchester
27 – Dome, Brighton
29 – Royal Albert Hall, London

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A fan in attendance told Sky News: “I’m furious. It was raining heavily on the way to the stadium and I kept checking for announcements but nothing came, despite puddles being up to my ankles.

“After the gig was called off, hundreds of people queued in the downpours for the shuttle buses and I saw some people chant for Elton in the hope he’d come on – but it was like a literal river there.”

No plans for a rescheduled gig have yet been shared.

Auckland, due to unsafe weather conditions, tonight's @eltonofficial concert for Friday 27 January will not be proceeding. The team is assessing things and will keep everyone across with further updates here. Thank you for your understanding.

— Frontier Touring (@frontiertouring) January 27, 2023

It seems Elton John and New Zealand just weren't meant to be, with a third concert being canned in three years. Heavy rain forced the concert to be called off, just as the Rocketman was set to to take the stage.

👉 https://t.co/ICnaL1jIKY pic.twitter.com/MKs25v3OKV

— 1News (@1NewsNZ) January 27, 2023

There's wet, then there's Mt Smart Elton John wet #Auckland pic.twitter.com/MGW3VrQRp2

— Ingrid Grenar (@ingridgrenar) January 27, 2023

About to see Elton John. Fortunately under cover as Auckland is under a deluge!#EltonJohn pic.twitter.com/zuHzMAQdql

— 💉BicycleRider (@BevanMcCabe) January 27, 2023

Elton John Auckland concert cancelled. Floods of people exit the flooded Mt. Smart Stadium. pic.twitter.com/DLqhZgyYcH

— Jesse Wood (@jrhwood) January 27, 2023

Goodbye Yellowbrick Tour! @eltonofficial has cancelled his first night concert in @Auckland_NZ due to the extreme weather and flooding. Playing at Mt Smart is cursed for Elton!! Thinking of you @Adele who continued to play throughout the downpour 💔 pic.twitter.com/JyCLhezKK6

— Jason Dawson (@WebTaniwha) January 27, 2023

Scenes from #EltonJohn in Auckland, New Zealand pic.twitter.com/b9UpuOvss1

— Jessica Moloney (@JessicaMoloney) January 27, 2023

Unbelievable scenes heading home from the canceled Elton John concert in Auckland! Cars partially submerged, motorways closed, big branches down on the Harbour Bridge and major on-ramp, flooded streets and homes. Thankfully emergency services are out in force #AucklandWeather 🌧 pic.twitter.com/JXQ8az0mtL

— Aimee (@MissAimeeJean) January 27, 2023

Waited 3 years for this @eltonofficial rescheduled gig to be cancelled 20mins before thanks to flooding & torrential rain in Auckland. It’s going to be a shit fight to get home. This whole thing has been a shit show thanks to @AklTransport . Should have been canceled hours ago! pic.twitter.com/le1CQeefV6

— Caz 👑 (@C4zzaline) January 27, 2023

Scenes from making our way home from Elton John concert tonight 😞#Auckland #AucklandWeather pic.twitter.com/E3QAWBq91Y

— Odile Berry (@odilenz) January 27, 2023

Moving fowards, the ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour will come to Somerset in the summer as Elton John was recently confirmed as the first Glastonbury Festival 2023 headliner. It will serve as the final UK show of his last ever tour.

You can find the final UK and Ireland dates for his ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour below and purchase any remaining tickets here.

APRIL 2023
Sunday 02 – The O2, London
Tuesday 04 – The O2, London
Wednesday 05 – The O2, London
Saturday 08 – The O2, London
Sunday 09 – The O2, London
Wednesday 12 – The O2, London
Thursday 13 – The O2, London
Sunday 16 – The O2, London
Monday 17 – The O2, London
Wednesday 19 – Resorts World Arena, Birmingham
Saturday 22 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
Sunday 23 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool

MAY 2023
Tuesday 30 – The O2, London – NEW SHOW
Wednesday 31 – AO Arena, Manchester

JUNE 2023
Friday 02 – AO Arena, Manchester
Saturday 03 – AO Arena, Manchester
Tuesday 06 – First Direct Arena, Leeds
Thursday 08 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham
Saturday 10 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham
Sunday 11 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham
Tuesday 13 – P&J Live, Aberdeen
Thursday 15 – P&J Live, Aberdeen
Saturday 17 – The SSE Hydro, Glasgow
Sunday 18 – The SSE Hydro, Glasgow
Sunday 25 – Glastonbury Festival

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London’s huge new MSG Sphere venue plans advance despite local objections

The plans, however, have not been without controversy. Concerns have been raised by locals and an MP over the creation of light and noise pollution from its huge video and advertising displays. The orb is set to be covered in over 1million LEDs and show videos and adverts from dawn till as late as 11pm.

In response, MSG has been required by the London Living Development Corporation (LLDC), who approved plans for its construction, to ensure that “appropriate controls would be in place to ensure that any unforeseen health and wellbeing impacts could be addressed should they arise”. MSG has said it will provide blackout blinds for homes within 150 metres, and with a direct view, of the venue, as well as creating a complaints telephone line.

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“The concept of erecting a gigantic glowing ball covered with advertising right in the middle of Stratford, and in direct sight of many people’s homes, is appalling,” Lyn Brown, Labour MP for West Ham, told the Evening Standard, arguing that such a venue would be “utterly out of place” for the borough of Newham, in which Stratford lies.

She continued: “The intention is for bright lights to pollute the local area, on certain days straight through from 6am to 11pm. For some residents…it’s as if the proposal would relocate their homes next to the sun. Shamefully, the developers have the gall to offer these residents blackout blinds for their homes, depriving them of healthy daylight if they choose not to subject themselves to a tormenting, incessantly glowing spectacle.”

The venue has also faced opposition from AEG, the company which operates The O2 Arena in Greenwich, which is only four miles away from where the MSG Sphere would be built. The venue has raised concerns about the advertising display, as well as the excessive impact it would have on public transport.

The final say over the project, as with all major planning decisions, lies with London Mayor Sadiq Khan. No prospective opening date for the MSG Sphere has been given.

MSG is set to open a similar venue in Las Vegas later this year.