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Suede have today (August 3) shared a powerful new single called ’15 Again’ – listen to it below.The single is taken from their upcoming studio album, ‘Autofiction‘, and it’s described as “a song about falling in love with life for the first time” by Brett Anderson.The song follows on from the previously released ‘She Still Leads Me On’, which was the first taster of Suede’s ninth studio album. It’s due for release on September 16 via BMG and can be pre-ordered here.Check out the new song here.Suede, made up of Anderson, Mat Osman, Simon Gilbert, Richard Oakes and Neil Codling, went “back to basics” for this new record according to a press statement.They hired “a rehearsal studio in deserted Kings Cross to collect a key, hump their own gear, set up and start playing,” before recording at London’s Konk studios.Speaking about ‘Autofiction’, frontman Brett Anderson said: “‘Autofiction’ is our punk record.

Suede have announced details of an intimate European tour to follow their sold-out London dates – see the full list of shows below.Last month, the Britpop icons announced new album ‘Autofiction’ and details of two London gigs at Electric Ballroom.After the gigs sold out immediately, the band have now added a handful of gigs in mainland Europe onto the tour.In the week after the London shows, they will play Amsterdam, Cologne and more.See the full list of tour dates below. Ahead of the run, the band will play a sold out run of instore dates across the UK.OCTOBER 20225 – London, Electric Ballroom (sold out)6 – London, Electric Ballroom (sold out)8 – Amsterdam, Melkweg10 – Paris, La Maroquinerie11 – Cologne, Gloria-Theatre12 – Hamburg, GruenspanSuede’s ninth studio album is due for release on September 16 via BMG and can be pre-ordered here.Suede, made up of Brett Anderson, Mat Osman, Simon Gilbert, Richard Oakes and Neil Codling, went “back to basics” for this new record according to a press statement.They hired “a rehearsal studio in deserted Kings Cross to collect a key, hump their own gear, set up and start playing,” before recording at London’s Konk studios.Speaking to NME about the album, frontman Brett Anderson said: “Every record is a reaction to the last record to some extent.

here.Suede, made up of Brett Anderson, Mat Osman, Simon Gilbert, Richard Oakes and Neil Codling, went “back to basics” for this new record according to a press statement.They hired “a rehearsal studio in deserted Kings Cross to collect a key, hump their own gear, set up and start playing,” before recording at London’s Konk studios.The band have given fans the first taster of the album via new single called ‘She Still Leads Me On’, which Anderson wrote to his late mother.Later this evening, Suede will debut the brand new single ‘She Still Leads Me On’ live on stage at a headline performance in Belgium at Brussels’ Cirque Royal. Fans can livestream the performance here from 9pm.Check out the new single here:‘Autofiction’ TracklistingSpeaking about ‘Autofiction’, frontman Brett Anderson said: “‘Autofiction’ is our punk record. No whistles and bells.

Suede have shared a new montage of clips featuring songs from their 1996 album ‘Coming Up’, including what appears to be an unknown track.The short clip, which you can view below, sees snippets from ‘Trash’, ‘Beautiful Ones’ and ‘Saturday Night’ before a screen of interference features a couple of seconds of the unknown song. It is unclear whether it is new material or a previously unreleased track.The band are currently touring ‘Coming Up’ across Europe with a date pencilled in at Barcelona Razzmatazz tomorrow night (May 19) before they head on to Tomavistas 2022 festival in Madrid the following night (May 20).They will play further shows in Luxembourg (May 22) and Brussels (May 23) later this week.Coming up…-SuedeHQ pic.twitter.com/O90SMZ7G1y— Suede HQ (@suedeHQ) May 18, 2022The band recently released a new photojournal called So Young: Suede 1991-1993.The journal, which was compiled by drummer Simon Gilbert, documented his arrival in the band in 1991 through to 1993, when the group’s self-titled debut album reached number one.Speaking about the project at the time, Gilbert said: “So Young is the book that’s been in my head for over 30 years.

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Suede are set to release a new photojournal called So Young: Suede 1991-1993.The journal, which has been compiled by drummer Simon Gilbert, documents his arrival in the band in 1991 through to 1993, when the group’s self titled debut album reached number one.Released on October 8, the book is a “rich collection of previously unseen archive photography” which “captures Suede at every moment of their formative years”, according to a press release.Speaking about the project, Gilbert said: “So Young is the book that’s been in my head for over thirty years. When I was getting into music I was more interested in seeing bands away from the bright lights of Top of the Pops.

Suede: Coming Up documentary is available to watch exclusively on NME.In footage from the Classic Albums docuseries, which airs tomorrow (May 7), we see members of the band discuss the energy of Simon Gilbert’s drumming on what would become the band’s international breakthrough album.“Simon’s always been, I think, really underrated in the Suede sound.