Blur are to release their first album in eight years. The ‘Parklife’ group will bring out ‘The Ballad of Darren’, their first record since 2015’s ‘The Magic Whip’ on 21 July. The first track from the record, ‘The Narcissist’ is out now, ahead of the band’s four intimate warm-up gigs this month, which kick off with a hometown show at Colchester Arts Centre on Friday, May 19th 2023.
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U2 re-recorded songs in “Songs Of Surrender” album
Irish rock icons U2 re-record past songs. Songs Of Surrender features new renditions of 40 songs from their discography, a career-spanning repertoire that ranges from the 1980 non-album single 11 O’Clock Tick Tock to Get Out Of Your Own Way, a single from their last album Songs Of Experience (2017). Frontman Bono and guitarist The Edge handled most of the re-recordings during the pandemic lockdown, although bassist Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr play on some songs. The album also serves as a companion to Bono’s memoir released in November 2022, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story. Most of the tracks have been stripped down to their bare essentials, with minimal instrumentation, putting Bono’s voice front and centre.
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Adele confirms music hiatus
Adele is ready to take a lengthy hiatus and bid farewell to her fans for an undisclosed amount of time. Adele has told her fans she will not see them for an incredibly long time, after finishing the final show of her European tour in Munich, Germany.
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Today in Music’s History
On August 7th 2005, Mariah Carey was at No.1 on the US charts with ‘We Belong Together’. “We Belong Together” was written by Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, and Johntá Austin and produced by the former three. “We Belong Together” is built on a simple piano arrangement with an understated backbeat. The lyrics chronicle a woman’s desperation for her former lover to return.
