Wolf Alice: Celebs Rumors

While it's nothing new, and we're certainly not complaining, Harry Styles' name is inescapable right now. Not content with scoring ten weeks atop the Official Singles Chart with As It Was, claiming the year's first Official Charts Double as Harry's House simultaneously nabbed Number 1, making moves in the beauty business with Pleasing and starring in upcoming movie Don't Worry Darling with girlfriend Olivia Wilde (that TRAILER, though), the One Direction star's now preparing to treat fans across Canada and the USA to Love On Tour.

NME about how the first summer of post-pandemic touring has shown that the complications of Brexit are “strangling the next generation of UK talent in the cradle”.Last year, the UK music industry spoke out together on how they had essentially been handed a “No Deal Brexit” when the government failed to negotiate visa-free travel and Europe-wide work permits for musicians and crew. As a result, artists attempting to hit the road again after COVID found themselves on the predicted “rocky road” for the first summer of European touring after Britain left the EU.As major touring across the continent returned after a two-year break due to the COVID pandemic, the spring saw artists, managers, and more tell us of how the “nightmare” of new red tape saw artists suffering due to “Brexit fuck-ups and a lack of government control” – with White Lies making headlines as one of the major acts forced to cancel dates in Europe due to their equipment being held up.Last month, a study by Best For Britain – a group “pushing for closer relationships with Europe and the world” – showed that the number of British artists scheduled to perform in Europe as part of this year’s festival season had fallen by 45 per cent when compared to 2017-2019 (pre-Brexit).Best For Britain CEO Naomi Smith told NME that the government needed to act now in order to open the pipeline of new UK talent to develop by being allowed to afford to tour in Europe.“Arguably, music is Britain’s most famous export, so it’s just insanity that the government is refusing to improve the Brexit deal for UK musicians and are strangling that next generation of talent in the cradle,” said Smith.

Wolf Alice guitarist Joff Oddie has written an op-ed for NME regarding the ongoing problems for UK artists wishing to tour Europe post-Brexit, arguing that action is needed now for Britain to retain it’s “world-leading position” in music.Last year, the UK music industry spoke out together on how they had essentially been handed a “No Deal Brexit” when the government failed to negotiate visa-free travel and Europe-wide work permits for musicians and crew. As a result, artists attempting to hit the road again after COVID found themselves on the predicted “rocky road” for the first summer of European touring after Britain left the EU.Last month, a study by Best For Britain – a group “pushing for closer relationships with Europe and the world” – showed that the number of British artists scheduled to perform in Europe as part of this year’s festival season had fallen by 45 per cent when compared to 2017-2019 (pre-Brexit).Today, NME published news of the industry insiders claiming that the first summer of touring post-pandemic proves that the ongoing situation is “strangling the next generation of UK talent in the cradle”, Wolf Alice’s Joff Oddie has written of the true scale of the problem and why the government should act on the recent report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music.“Live music really matters.

Sam Fender, Wolf Alice, Arlo Parks, Dua Lipa, George Ezra, Glass Animals, Griff, Lewis Capaldi, Mabel, PinkPantheress and Rag N’ Bone Man.Recent BPI research also highlighted that the pool of talent is coming from across the nations and regions of the UK with nearly two-thirds of the past year’s most successful UK albums having been recorded by solo artists and groups from outside of London.More than 120 UK artists whose debut albums have been released since 2015, each amassed more than 100 million global audio streams last year, according to BPI analysis of data from Luminate (formerly MRC Data).

Reading & Leeds has announced a new wave of names for this year’s festivals – check out the latest update to the line-up below.The twin-site event is due to take place at Little John’s Farm in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds across the Bank Holiday Weekend later this month (August 26-28). Headliners include Arctic Monkeys, Rage Against The Machine and Dave.Elsewhere on the bill are the likes of Bring Me The Horizon, Halsey, Megan Thee Stallion, Wolf Alice, Fontaines D.C. and Run The Jewels.Today (August 9), R&L organisers have confirmed the line-up for the Alternative Stage, as well as a host of late-night names.Comedians Russell Howard, Munya Chawawa, Joanne McNally and Reginald D.

Elbow and Easy Life have been announced as headliners for this year’s Glastonbury Pilton Party.Both acts will perform at the Worthy Farm bash, which will be held for the first time since 2019, on September 2. They also appeared on the Pyramid Stage during the summer.Every September, a few bands return to Worthy Farm for the annual bash, which is put on as a “thank you” fundraiser event for nearby residents and workers.The Velvet Hands and Inkara are also on this year’s bill.

The X Factor has released an extended cut of Harry Styles’ original auction for the talent show.A week after The X Factor expanded on how the show put together boy band One Direction, it’s now shared the original, extended cut of Styles’ addition as a solo artist prior to being put into the group.While it was Styles’ a capella rendition of Stevie Wonder’s ‘Isn’t She Lovely’ that was aired on television in 2010, Styles first performed a Train song, ‘Hey Soul Sister’, for the judges.In the clip, which you can watch below, Simon Cowell can be seen stopping Styles’ performance mid-song and asking him to sing without a backing track.“I don’t know whether it’s the track that’s throwing you, but can I hear something just you, without any music?” Cowell said.Styles then performed ‘Isn’t She Lovely’ before being put through to the next round of the competition – check out the moment here:The previously unseen footage also includes some talk about Styles’ former weekend bakery job and how his “mum’s always” told him he was a good singer.“I think I could do it, but I think with your help I could be a lot better than I am,” Styles said.In other news, during the last date of his European ‘Love On Tour’ run, Styles brought out Wolf Alice frontwoman Ellie Rowsell to duet on a cover of the opening band’s own song, ‘No Hard Feelings’.Wolf Alice opened for Styles on all 17 dates of the Euro trek, which wrapped up last night (July 31) in Lisbon, Portugal.

Harry Styles brought out Wolf Alice frontwoman Ellie Rowsell to duet on a cover of the opening band’s own song, ‘No Hard Feelings’.Wolf Alice opened for Styles on all 17 dates of the Euro trek, which wrapped up last night (July 31) in Lisbon, Portugal. Performing to 20,000 fans at the Altice Arena, the former One Direction member welcomed Rowsell to the stage during an extended encore. The ‘No Hard Feelings’ cover sat in the middle of the five-song showcase, sandwiched between ‘Fine Line’ favourite ‘Watermelon Sugar’ and recent smash-hit ‘As It Was’ (which was recently named the biggest single of the year).‘No Hard Feelings’ initially appeared as a single on Wolf Alice’s third studio album, ‘Blue Weekend’, which the band dropped last June via Dirty Hit.

It's almost that time of year again, with the return of the most prestigious prize in British music. 

It's almost that time of year again, with the return of the most prestigious prize in British music. 

TRNSMT revellers are expected to avoid rain showers during the event as weather forecasters make a predictions for the three-day weekend.

The Featured Artists Coalition’s petition calling on UK collecting society PRS to reconsider its decision to cut the funding it provides the PRS Foundation has now past a 1000 signatures, with artists like Sam Fender, Anna Calvi and Wolf Alice’s Joff Oddie backing the FAC’s campaign.PRS confirmed at its AGM in May that the funding it provides to the talent development charity it set up in 2000 will be cut from the current £2.5 million a year to £1 million a year from 2024. That’s because the specific income stream the funding comes from – basically interest earned on investments and royalties awaiting distribution – has been in decline in recent years.However, many artist and songwriter groups have called on the society to top up its annual donation to the Foundation from other funds.

The Revive Live campaign was launched in 2020 in an effort to help UK grassroots venues survive post-COVID.

TRNSMT organisers have shared a list of items that revellers must not take with them into the festival site - including selfie sticks, inflatables and football tops.

While it's nothing new, and we're certainly not complaining, Harry Styles' name is inescapable right now. Not content with scoring ten weeks atop the Official Singles Chart with As It Was, claiming the year's first Official Charts Double as Harry's House simultaneously nabbed Number 1, making moves in the beauty business with Pleasing and starring in upcoming movie Don't Worry Darling with girlfriend Olivia Wilde, the One Direction star's now treating fans across Europe to Love On Tour.

Griff has discussed supporting Dua Lipa on her ‘Future Nostalgia’ tour, telling NME it was a “very surreal experience”.Catching up with NME at Glastonbury Festival 2022, she added: “It was amazing. It was the longest I’ve ever been out on tour: it was two or three months on a tour bus around Europe watching Dua every night, which was incredible.”Later in the year Griff also has dates with Coldplay, Ed Sheeran and Florence + the Machine.“I’ve been really, really blessed this year,” she told NME.

As festival-goers gather at Glastonbury to enjoy one of the UK's biggest festivals, many will unfortunately be missing out.

Wolf Alice have touched down in Heathrow Airport ahead of their scheduled performance at Glastonbury Festival this evening (June 24).The band shared a short Instagram Story from inside of an airplane with Heathrow Airport tagged as a location this morning.

Glastonbury Festival is already into its third day with founder Michael Eavis promising music lovers that this year's line up would be the "best show in town". The iconic festival, which runs from June 22 to June 26 has made its long awaited return after it was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. However, although Michael has managed to attract almost all of his big names back one headline act who appears on the official line-up will not be appearing after originally agreeing to hit the Pyramid Stage in 2020.

Glastonbury Festival performance after the band had their flight cancelled. The band are due to play the Pyramid Stage tomorrow at 4:45pm ahead of Billie Eilish and Sam Fender . And it looks like they may just make it - just.

Diana Ross’ iconic 1980s hit ‘I’m Coming Out’ has been dubbed the song that fans attending Glastonbury Festival want to hear the most.Music News has reported that ‘I’m Coming Out’ has clinched the top spot for songs being added to user-created Glastonbury playlists on Spotify per data gathered by the streaming giant.Spotify has consolidated the top 10 songs being added to users’ custom playlist with Ross’ ‘Upside Down’ securing the third spot after Sam Fender’s ‘Seventeen Going Under’ in second place.The top five spots are rounded out by Foals’ ‘My Number’ and Wet Leg’s ‘Chaise Longue’ in fourth and fifth place respectively. The sixth to tenth spots were allocated to Sam Fender’s ‘Hypersonic Missiles’, Glass Animals‘ ‘Heat Waves’, Olivia Rodrigo‘s ‘good 4 u’, Wolf Alice‘s ‘Don’t Delete The Kisses’ and Billie Eilish‘s ‘Bad Guy’.Diana Ross is slated to perform for the revered legends slot at Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage on Sunday, June 26.

Wolf Alice are currently stranded in Los Angeles after their flight was cancelled, putting their Friday evening slot (June 24) at Glastonbury Festival in jeopardy.The band were in America to support Bleachers on Monday night (June 20) and Halsey on Tuesday (June 21). In the early hours of this morning though, they took to Twitter to ask “has anyone got a private jet in LA?”.They followed it up a minute later by explaining “Our flights been cancelled and we need to get to Glastonbury, not joking.”A few hours later, drummer Joel Amey shared the original tweet, adding that they were “having a shocker.”Spoke to soon having a shocker https://t.co/KDHWmMC43O— joel dilla (@joeldilla) June 23, 2022The band is due to play Friday 4:45pm on the Pyramid Stage ahead of Billie Eilish and Sam Fender.

Wolf Alice have teased a possible collaboration with Paramore’s Hayley Williams.Writing on social media, a fan asked Wolf Alice if they had seen that Williams spoke about them on her Everything Is Emo BBC Sounds podcast.In that, Williams shared her love of the band and played their ‘Blue Weekend’ song, ‘How Can I Make It OK?’“I cannot imagine Ellie [Rowsell’s] voice live,” Williams said of the Wolf Alice frontwoman in the podcast. “It is insane on the album.

Reading & Leeds has finalised the line-up for its 2022 festival – check out the full list of new additions below.The twin-site event is set to return to Little John’s Farm in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds on August Bank Holiday Weekend (August 26-28). Any remaining tickets are available from here (Reading) and here (Leeds).After introducing a double main stage set-up in 2021, this year’s R&L will once again welcome six headliners: Arctic Monkeys, Rage Against The Machine, Dave, Bring Me The Horizon, Halsey and Megan Thee Stallion.Elsewhere on the bill are the likes of Wolf Alice, Fontaines D.C. and Run The Jewels.

Charli XCX, Paolo Nutini and Sleaford Mods among those due to perform.The Revive Live campaign was launched in the summer of 2020 in an effort to help UK grassroots venues survive post-COVID. Its first run of dates saw Wolf Alice, Sam Fender, Tom Jones and more play sets to intimate crowds.In January of this year the Revive Live Tour made a comeback with a series of winter dates that included special shows from Bastille, Enter Shikari and others.Today (June 16) it’s been confirmed that a further 200 Revive Live concerts will take place nationwide between June and September.

Wolf Alice are among the final list of names for new Spanish festival Andalucía Big Festival – see the full line-up below.The festival, from the organisers of Mad Cool, will take place from September 8-10 on the Sacaba Beach in Malaga and was announced back in April alongside another new event called Mad Cool Sunset. Andalucía Big Festival will be headlined by Rage Against The Machine, Muse and Jamiroquai.Day splits have now been announced for Andalucía Big Festival alongside the news that Wolf Alice have joined the line-up along with María José Llergo, Niños Mutantes, Delaporte, Viva Belgrado and more.See the full line-up below.

The full line-up and stage times for this 2022's Glastonbury Festival have been revealed. 

Frank Turner is set to headline tonight’s sold-out “final party” (May 13) at London’s much-loved Nambucca venue.The 300-capacity north London venue, which has played host to early gigs by the likes of The Libertines, Florence + The Machine and Wolf Alice, is set to close its doors for good after this weekend, despite “trying everything we can to keep Nambucca going” following the COVID-19-enforced shutdown of live music.Speaking to NME this week about its closure, Nambucca’s general manager Giles Horne said: “It would be great if venues could be owned by venues and run as venues, and less tied to beer sales, which make things even less profitable. I just hope that someone buys Nambucca and continues to keep it as a venue.”Turner will headline Nambucca’s sold-out “final party” tonight, with ticket sales going towards “helping out Giles and his team at the venue initially” before “any excess will go to the Music Venue Trust to help them in their fight to stop this happening to any more places around the country”.Writing in a post on his social media channels yesterday (May 12), Turner recalled his fond memories of his “spiritual home”.“The venue has seen ups and downs, fires, rebuilding, parties, gigs, legends, newcomers, everything under the sun, in the last 20 years,” Turner wrote about Nambucca.

the legendary Nambucca venue on London’s Holloway Road would be closing its doors, having “tried everything they could” to stay afloat. Championing new and upcoming acts, they’ve played host to early gigs from the likes of The Libertines, Florence + The Machine, Frank Turner and Wolf Alice. The venue’s final night as Nambucca will take place this weekend on Saturday (May 14).In a statement that was issued when the closure was announced, the Music Venue Trust said of the issues facing the UK’s grassroots gig spaces: “Gentrification, development, noise, rent demands, excessive charges, poor working conditions, there are so many challenges.

Wolf Alice have launched a new series of mini-documentaries to accompany their upcoming ‘Blue Lullaby’ EP – check out the first instalment below.The North London band released a “lullaby version” of their 2021 single ‘The Last Man On Earth’ last week. It’s one of four ‘Blue Weekend’ tracks to have been given a stripped-back reimagining for the aforementioned four-track collection, which arrives on June 24 via Dirty Hit (pre-save here).Today (May 10) Wolf Alice posted the first episode of the Stroma Cairns-directed Making Blue Lullaby.

Wolf Alice have delivered a cover of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard‘s song ‘Sense’, performing their rendition on Australian radio station, triple j.Aired today (May 6), Wolf Alice’s version of the song is sultry and smooth, capturing the laid-back feeling of the original. Driven by silky guitars, stirring keys and singer Ellie Rowsell’s soft vocals, they breathe new life into the 2015 cut, lifted from King Gizz’s ‘Paper Mâché Dream Balloon’ LP.“I think they’re such a prolific band and so talented that they can have these hidden pop gems, in my opinion, that it’s really clever,” said bassist Theo Ellis in a post-performance interview.

Wolf Alice have announced Blue Lullaby, lullaby versions of a collection of songs from the band's 2021 album Blue Weekend. The companion EP featues four songs from the London band's third studio album and will be released on June 24.

Wolf Alice have announced plans to release a new EP featuring lullaby versions of select songs from their ‘Blue Weekend’ album.Titled ‘Blue Lullaby’, the release will feature four reworked tracks from their 2021 album including new versions of ‘No Hard Feelings’, ‘Lipstick On The Glass’, ‘How Can I Make It OK?’ and ‘The Last Man On Earth’, the latter of which you hear below now.“’Blue Lullaby’ came about because we wanted to strip down some of our more emotional songs from ‘Blue Weekend’ and see if they hit any different,” said frontwoman Ellie Rowsell.“We also had a really nice moment during the ‘Blue Weekend’ campaign singing one of our songs with a choir and we wanted to experience that again with a few other songs, especially as there are a lot of harmonies and a lot of vocal layering on ‘Blue Weekend’.“Hearing multiple voices singing together is an unparalleled feeling to me so I’m happy we got to record this experience and I hope people enjoy it.”‘Blue Lullaby’ will be released on June 24 via Dirty Hit. You can pre-save the album here, and see the tracklist below.1.

Fontaines D.C. took a night off from their mammoth US tour this week to appear on Late Night With Seth Meyers – watch their performance of ‘Nabokov’ belowFontaines D.C.

TRNSMT Festival with Years & Years joining the bill as special guests – get tickets here.Olly Alexander will take to the Main Stage on 9 July before Fontaines D.C., The Snuts, Foals and The Strokes.Dylan has also been added to the same stage as TRNSMT completes its 2022 line-up. Check out the finalised poster below:Here’s your final additions to our @cinchuk presents TRNSMT lineup! Special Guest @yearsandyears and @dyl_an will be playing on the Main Stage on Saturday 9th and @TheSkinnerBros will be headlining the River Stage on Friday 8th!Tickets ~ https://t.co/P6LlXfxSOP pic.twitter.com/XF9Pfk6AuJ— TRNSMT Festival (@TRNSMTfest) April 28, 2022TRNSMT takes place July 8-10 and will be headlined by  The Strokes, Lewis Capaldi and Paolo Nutini with appearances from Wolf Alice, Beabadoobee, Sigrid and Jimmy Eat World.Sam Fender, Tom Grennan, The Regrettes, Self Esteem, Wet Leg, Kennyhoopla, Alfie Templeman and CMAT have also been confirmed to play.

TRNSMT festival has finalised its line-up and added brand new special guests Years & Years, Dylan and The Skinner Brothers.