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Robert Smith has discussed the lyrics and inspiration for The Cure’s new single ‘Alone’ in a new video.The Cure shared the track, the lead single from their upcoming album ‘Songs Of A Lost World’, on September 26, and it marks the first time the six-piece have shared new studio material since their 2008 album ‘4:13 Dream’.Smith said at the time that the track was inspired by the Ernest Dowson poem Dregs, and he’s expanded on the inspiration further in a video uploaded to The Cure’s official YouTube channel.“I rediscovered a poem by Ernest Dowson, an English poet – it’s called Dregs,” he began in the video. “I’ve got a book and I jot down over the years things that I think [are] interesting’.

Chrissie Hynde has announced an upcoming London art show titled ‘Hynde Sight – Recent Paintings’.On Tuesday (October 2), The Pretenders frontwoman unveiled the exhibition of her latest paintings, with over 60 works available for viewing. Among them are still life works, self portraits and paintings of “dear friends” including Brian Eno and Paul Weller.Opening on November 21 and running until December 12 at 4 Cromwell Place in London, the Hynde Sight exhibition was arranged in association with Broadbent Gallery, and follows a recent showing of Hynde’s paintings at the 2024 British Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery.Painting has become entwined with the ‘Brass in Pocket’ singer’s wider creative output, with her artwork providing the cover for 2019’s ‘Valve Bone Woe’, as well as providing inspiration for Vivienne Westwood’s Spring-Summer 2021 collection.Touching on the upcoming exhibition, Hydne said in a statement: “What was a meditative practice had turned into something more substantial and could not now be ignored.“Like lyrics for a song waiting to be written, the paintings kept accumulating, wanting to be seen.

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A new family was added to the roster of television addicts on Gogglebox on Friday 4 October, and their first appearance divided viewers of the popular Channel 4 series. Michael and Sally and their sons Harry and Jake hail from Kent and were introduced in a new episode where they got to chat about quiz show Only Connect, the thriller series Nightsleeper and Netflix romcom Emily in Paris.

Oasis have warned fans of scammers who are selling fake re-sale tickets ahead of the band’s North American reunion tour.Earlier this week, Liam and Noel Gallagher announced the first run of international dates for their Oasis reunion tour which includes shows across North America and Mexico. They then went on to share that due to “phenomenal demand”, four new dates were added to the tour.The general sale for tickets will go live tomorrow (October 4) at 10am local time.