OHMYGOSSIP — Maximo Park had to record their album in a “sketchy” area to save money.
The rock trio -which consists of Paul Smith, Duncan Lloyd and Tom English – joked it was a “bonding” experience recording their eighth studio LP ‘Stream of Life’ in a rough part of Atlanta and admitted they could only afford to record with American producer Ben Allen for two and a half weeks.
Singer Paul told the Daily Star newspaper’s Wired column: “For purely economic reasons, we knew we’d only have a short time in the States.
“We hired an Airbnb bungalow which had a dilapidated old vehicle in the backyard.
“Then we’d walk to the studio each morning through some reasonably sketchy areas.
“Those experiences are bonding, but we wouldn’t overtly say that to each other, as we’re three middle-aged men.”
The band released their debut single ‘The Coast is Always Changing’ 20 years ago and since then, they have had four top 10 albums and Paul acknowledged their longevity is “rare”, but credits their strong work ethic for their staying power.
He added: “I think the traits our parents instilled in us kicked in once the band succeeded.
“We work hard at what we do in a consistent way.
“We know we’re rare, because other bands give up or get different musical interests or they create interest by going away and coming back again.
“As its 20 years, it’s miraculous that our fans can still propel us in to the Album’s Top 40, let alone the Top 5.”
Previously, the band missed out on the number one spot with their album ‘Nature Always Wins’ by just 500 sales in 2021, pipped to the post by Architects with their album ‘For Those That Wish To Exist.’

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OHMYGOSSIP — Joan Armatrading has announced her new album ‘How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean’.
The legendary British singer/songwriter will release her 13th studio LP on November 22, and the record is entirely written, produced, programmed and engineered by Joan herself.
First single ‘I’m Not Moving’ has lyrics that Joan was immediately compelled to write after witnessing some confrontational public behaviour by a young person.
Speaking about the track, she said: “He was like ‘I’m going to kill everybody! I’m not moving! You can get the police! You can’t move me!’ All the lyrics just flowed, in one, and I knew it had to have an aggression, because that’s how he was. I did a version of it that was a little bit milder, but you could tell that wasn’t it.”
‘I’m Not Moving’ is accompanied by a new video that brings Joan’s sentiment to life, with two people taking their own stands and refusing to budge… with a Hitchcock style cameo from her.
Joan – who has been photographed by Joel Anderson for the album’s artwork and promotional images – says the record’s title is a reflection on modern day society and is akin to “asking a question that you can’t answer”.
She said: “You can apply it to just about anything, ‘How did this happen and what does it now mean?’ We are in such a weird place at the moment, and you do think, how did this happen? Some of the things we’re going through, and some of the things we can say and can’t say, and can and can’t do – how on earth do we get to this place, and what does it now mean? Where are we going to go now? It applies to all kinds of things. It’s like asking a question that you can’t answer.”
The album is the latest embellishment in a catalogue that opened in 1972 with ‘Whatever’s For Us’. That LP launched the distinguished career that has led to MBE and CBE decorations, Ivor Novello and BASCA Gold Badge Awards for songwriting, BRIT and Grammy nominations, countless honorary degrees and far more.
Among modern artists who have cited Joan as an influence are Little Simz, Laura Mvula and Arlo Parks.
Joan insists the 12 tracks on the LP have observational lyrics and represent her perception of romance and relationships.
She said: “It’s observational, and yes, very direct. If there was something on there that was about me, I’d say, but there isn’t one.

‘How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean’ tracklisting:

’25 Kisses’
‘Someone Else’
‘Irresistible’
‘I’m Not Moving’
‘Say It Tomorrow’
‘Back And Forth’
‘Come Back To Me (If Only In Dreams)’
‘Here’s What I Know’
‘Redemption Love’
‘How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean’
‘Now What’
‘I Gave You My Keys’

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OHMYGOSSIP — Chrissie Hynde has announced the ‘Hynde Sight’ exhibition of her latest paintings.
The Pretenders singer will showcase her artwork at 4 Cromwell Place, London, between November 21 and December 14.
The new collection showcases Chrissie’s dynamic still life, abstract work and self-portraits in vibrant oils.
Among the paintings on display are ‘Thursday Evening Bowl’, ‘Three Jugs’, ‘Afternoon Poppies’ and ‘Thursday Shapes On Yellow’.
The Hynde Sight exhibition is arranged in association with Broadbent Gallery, and will follow the recent showing of Hynde’s paintings at the 2024 British Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery.
Over 60 recent works will be available for public viewing, each piece a testament to her gutsy and beautiful style, incorporating a wide variety of subjects.
Table furniture, flowers and instruments shudder out of their surroundings, full of boldness and light. Hynde’s self-portraits blaze with profound vulnerability and power, while paintings of dear friends like Brian Eno and Paul Weller sit amongst her abstract work too.
For Hynde, 73, painting has become an inseparable part of her creative life.
In the last six years, her artwork has been exhibited to acclaim in London, New York and Massachusetts. It has graced the sleeve of her 2019 album of cover versions, Valve Bone Woe, her arresting patterns and strokes mirroring the musical interpretations inside.
Her vibrant geometric shapes and images of hands were used as motifs on garments in Vivienne Westwood’s Spring-Summer 2021 collection.
Images of nearly 200 of Chrissie Hynde’s original artworks were published in the 2018 book Adding The Blue, via Genesis Publications.
Presenting the first chronology of Chrissie’s paintings, the book’s foreword by the Royal Academy’s Artistic Director, Tim Marlow, reads: “The fact that Chrissie is a great musician underpins her painting in a variety of ways. She learns by doing and in the process her work becomes more distinctive and compelling, an expression of the life force within made visible.”
The ‘Back on the Chain Gang’ songwriter has kept on making music and touring with The Pretenders in parallel to her painting and the band will soon embark upon a sold out tour across the UK through October, including three nights at London’s Palladium theatre.
Opening hours for ‘Hynde Sight’ are from 11:00 – 19:00 Tuesday to Saturday, and 11:00 – 16:00 on Sunday.
The exhibition is free to enter.
Go to www.chrissiehynde.art for more information. Hynde was photographed by Jill Furmanovsky to announced the exhibition.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Billy Joel has announced two huge shows in Edinburgh and Liverpool.
The ‘Piano Man’ will play only two concerts in Europe in 2025, on Saturday 7 June, at Edinburgh’s Scottish Gas Murrayfield, and Saturday 21 June, at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium.
The 75-year-old music legend hasn’t performed in Scotland’s capital city since he played the legendary Usher Hall in 1979, whilst he hasn’t played the home of The Beatles since 1980.
Tickets will go on general sale at 10am on Friday October 4, 2024.
The pair of shows will follow his sold-out concert at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium in August.
Joel recently appeared in a CBS concert film called ‘Billy Joel: The 100th Live at Madison Square Garden – The Greatest Arena Run of All Time’, which aired in April, to celebrate the conclusion of his long-running residency at the famed New York venue.
He performed at the Grammy Awards two months later and recently admitted he wasn’t thrilled to be involved in the televised production as he doesn’t like being onscreen.
He told Variety: “I wasn’t crazy about doing that either. That was a TV audience, and it was done in Los Angeles, which is a showbiz town, and it was all based around their presentation.
“We were up there on stage, like, ‘Do we sound bad?’ … Because usually that’s the biggest song of the night! So, me and TV, we don’t always get along.”
The ‘Uptown Girl’ hitmaker released his first single in 17 years, ‘Turn the Lights Back On’, in February, and explained the huge gap was because he had lost the “fun” of writing songs.
Speaking with his co-writer Freddy Wexler on ‘Audacy Check In’, he said: “It was fun. Music is fun. Rock n’ roll was fun. It was all about having fun — and I kind of lost that and I turned the lights off because it wasn’t fun anymore.”
Joel explained how other people encouraged him to get back into the studio but he “always resisted it”.
He added: “I studiously avoided it because songwriting had become painful. I have this high bar. I said to myself, ‘If I don’t reach that bar, I beat myself up and I punched myself and I hate myself.’ So, I stopped doing it because I got tired of feeling like that.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Tate McRae has teased that her new album will see her enter her “fierce era”.
The ‘greedy’ hitmaker has channelled her live alter ego, Tatiana, who she describes as having a “confident girl power identity”, on her follow-up to 2023’s ‘Think Later’.
Reflecting on her biggest career achievements to date in her own words for GRAMMY.com, she wrote: “The next album is coming along, which is a crazy thing to say. All the music I’m creating right now definitely feels like a fierce era for me; a lot of it is inspired by performing. Since touring, it feels like I’ve completely found another identity that was somewhere inside of me. I always say that there is Tate, and my alter ego, Tatiana, takes over when I’m performing. As soon as I get on stage, I feel like I fully become that person. A lot of these new songs are not how I would talk in real life, but I wanted to extend this fierce, confident girl power identity of Tatiana and have that be the starter of this cycle.”
The 21-year-old pop star – who expresses herself through dance at her concerts – admits she doesn’t get a “feel” for her albums until she’s performed the songs onstage.
She said: “Visually, it’s so important for me to create a world and have all the pieces connect together to the album. Whenever I have an album, I need to have some sort of life epiphany. I hope that all of that comes together, and the pieces really feel satisfying when they fit together.”
She concluded: “I’m excited to translate that feeling to touring and performing because that’s when I really feel the album for the first time. I don’t know what colour this era will be. THINK LATER was definitely blues, blacks, whites and greys. We’ll have to see what this new era unfolds into.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Green Day’s music has been pulled from Las Vegas radio stations after frontman Billie Joe Armstrong called the city a “s*******”.
The ‘Basket Case’ rocker, 52, ruffled a few feathers with his comments about Sin City after it was revealed that his favourite baseball team, the Oakland Athletics, are moving to Vegas.
Green Day were performing at San Francisco’s Oracle Park – the home of the San Francisco Giants – earlier this month when he made his opinion of the city clear.
He said: “We don’t take s*** from people like f****** John Fisher [Oakland A’s owner].
“I hate Las Vegas. It’s the worst s****** in America.”
Since then, a handful of Vegas radio stations have decided to stop playing the pop punk trio’s tunes.
KOMP 92.3 posted to Instagram: “KOMP 92.3 has pulled any and all Green Day from our playlist. It’s not us, Billie…it’s you. #vegas4ever.”
X107.5 announced it was “breaking up” with Green Day “completely”.
The station announced on its website: “Well, Sin City heard him loud and clear—and X107.5 is not having it. In response to Armstrong’s inflammatory comments, the station is banning all Green Day music, effective immediately.
“Considering he played a pop-up show at Fremont Country Club last year, we’re surprised at his comments. The show was spectacular! But now, Armstrong has crossed a line with Las Vegas locals.
“So we’re breaking up with Green Day completely. Bye Bye, Billie!”
Meanwhile, this summer saw Billie Joe and co rile up Donald Trump supporters with their “idiot” mask stunt.
Whilst performing ‘American Idiot’ and clutching a mask of Trump’s face with “idiot” written on it at Washington’s Nationals Park, the rocker switched up the lyrics and sang: “I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda” instead of “I’m not a part of a redneck agenda.”
Green Day – completed by Tré Cool, 51, and Mike Dirnt, 52 – have long protested Trump, who is fighting it out with Kamala Harris to become president again in the November election.
Last year, the group sold t-shirts emblazoned with the former president’s mug shot to raise relief funds for Maui fire victims.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Oasis have announced dates in the US, Canada and Mexico as part of their reunion tour.
The ‘Supersonic’ band will play Toronto Rogers Stadium on 24 August, Chicago Soldier Field on 28 August, New Jersey MetLife Stadium on 31 August, Los Angeles Rose Bowl Stadium on 6 September and Mexico City Estadio GNP Seguros on 12 September. Oasis will be supported by Cage the Elephant.
The new concerts were announced on Oasis’ official social media channels with details of how to enter the ticket pre-sale ballot.
The announcement read: “America. Oasis is coming. You have one last chance to prove that you loved us all along.
“Oasis will tour North America in 2025!
“Register for the North American ticket pre-sale private ballot https://OasisMusic.lnk.to/L25NAmPS
“The pre-sale will take place Thursday, 3rd October.
“Tickets go on general sale this Friday, 4th October at midday local venue time.”
It will be the first time that Oasis have performed in North America and Mexico since 2008 when they toured their seventh studio album ‘Dig Out Your Soul’.
In August 2009 Noel Gallagher quit the band in the wake of a backstage bust-up with younger brother Liam Gallagher ahead of a Paris festival appearance which led to them being estranged for 15 years before the reunion announcement.
Oasis have already sold out 19 stadium shows in the UK and Ireland, but the ticket sale led to complaints from fans due to Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing policy being enacted.
After queuing for hours and battling through technical issues many fans were charged over double the price of a face value ticket due to the phenomenal demand.
The band then added two additional concerts at London’s Wembley Stadium which were sold through a staggered invitation-only ballot, with fans who were unsuccessful in the initial sale given access.
For the North American dates Oasis have confirmed that Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing model will not be applied.
An official statement from Oasis’ management read: “Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing model will not be applied to the forthcoming sale of tickets to Oasis concerts in North America.
“It is widely accepted that dynamic pricing remains a significant tool to combat ticket touting and keeps prices for a significant proportion of fans lower than the market rate and thus more affordable.
“But, when unprecedented ticket demand (where the entire tour could be sold many times over at the moment tickets go on sale) is combined with technology that cannot cope with that demand, it becomes less effective and can lead to an unacceptable experience for fans.
“We have made this decision for the North America tour to hopefully avoid a repeat of the issues fans in the UK and Ireland experienced recently.”

Oasis Live ’25 Tour dates:

JULY 2025
4 – Cardiff, UK – Principality Stadium
5 – Cardiff, UK – Principality Stadium
11 – Manchester, UK – Heaton Park
12 – Manchester, UK – Heaton Park
16 – Manchester, UK – Heaton Park
19 – Manchester, UK – Heaton Park
20 – Manchester, UK – Heaton Park
25 – London, UK – Wembley Stadium
26 – London, UK – Wembley Stadium
30 – London, UK – Wembley Stadium

AUGUST 2025
2 – London, UK – Wembley Stadium
3 – London, UK – Wembley Stadium
8 – Edinburgh, UK – Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
9 – Edinburgh, UK – Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
12 – Edinburgh, UK – Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
16 – Dublin, IE – Croke Park
17 – Dublin, IE – Croke Park
24 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Stadium [NEW]
28 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field [NEW]
31 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium [NEW]

SEPTEMBER 2025
6 – Los Angeles, CA – Rose Bowl Stadium [NEW]
12 – Mexico City, MX – Estadio GNP Seguros [NEW]
27 – London, UK – Wembley Stadium
28 – London, UK – Wembley Stadium

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OHMYGOSSIP — Music videos by the likes of Adele and Nirvana have been blocked on YouTube in North America due to an ongoing copyright dispute.
The video-sharing platform has failed to reach an agreement with licensing company SESAC to renew its contract, leaving many videos unplayable in the US, including ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ by grunge legends Nirvana.
Viewers are met with the following message: “This video contains content from SESAC. It is not available in your country.”
YouTube has vowed to resolve the dispute “as soon as possible”.
In a statement issued to Variety, it said: “We have held good faith negotiations with SESAC to renew our existing deal. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we were unable to reach an equitable agreement before its expiration. We take copyright very seriously and as a result, content represented by SESAC is no longer available on YouTube in the US. We are in active conversations with SESAC and are hoping to reach a new deal as soon as possible.”
Hundreds upon hundreds of videos have been affected, including those by Green Day, Mariah Carey, Kendrick Lamar and R.E.M.
TikTok and Universal Music Group were locked in a similar dispute after the major label had all of its artists music removed from the video platform due to concerns about AI and royalties.
However, they came to an agreement in May, with TikTok vowing to “deliver improved remuneration for UMG’s songwriters and artists, new promotional and engagement opportunities for their recordings and songs and industry-leading protections with respect to generative AI.”
It was agreed that the music would return to the site, and the ByteDance-owned site promised “new monetisation opportunities utilising TikTok’s growing e-commerce capabilities”, while “supporting UMG’s artists across genres and territories globally.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Slayer’s second reunion gig at the Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, Kentucky was cancelled due to bad weather.
The metal legends got back together after a break of nearly five years to headline a number of festival dates – Riot Fest in Chicago, Illinois on September 22 and Louder Than Life on September 27 – the Chicago show went ahead as planned by the performance in Kentucky was called off as the area was battered by high winds and heavy rain in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
A statement posted on Instagram by organisers explained: “Louder Family, we’re heartbroken to share this, but the weather just isn’t in our favour today.
“We’ve been working closely with our meteorologists and local authorities, holding on to the hope that we can open doors, but the continuous wind gusts simply make it impossible for us to proceed safely.
“We know how disappointing this is – it’s gut-wrenching for us too. But your safety, along with the safety of our artists and crew, will always be our number one priority.
“The support and patience you have showed us today has been nothing short of incredible.”
After calling off the first day of the festival, the following two days of live music were able to go ahead as planned.
Slayer are due back on stage on October 10 to perform at the Aftershock Festival in California alongside Iron Maiden, Slipknot and Motley Crue.
When announcing the reunion shows, frontman Tom Araya said in a statement: “Nothing compares to the 90 minutes when we’re on stage playing live, sharing that intense energy with our fans. And to be honest, we have missed that.”
Guitarist Kerry King added: “Have I missed playing live? Absolutely. Slayer means a lot to our fans; they mean a lot to us. It will be five years since we have seen them.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Chris Martin admits “quality control is so high right now” knowing that Coldplay’s 12th album will be their last.
The chart-topping rock band will release their 10th studio album, ‘Moon Music’, on Friday (04.10.24), and the 47-year-old frontman explained that they made the decision to stop making records beyond that point to keep their legacy intact.
Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, he said: “We are only going to do 12 proper albums and that’s real. Yeah. I promise.
“Because less is more. And for some of our critics, even less would be even more! It’s really important that we have that limit.
“There’s only seven Harry ­Potters. There’s only 12 and a half Beatles albums. There’s about the same for Bob Marley, so all of our heroes.
“Also having that limit means the quality control is so high right now, and for a song to make it, it’s almost impossible, which is great. And so where we could be coasting, we’re trying to improve.”
He went on: “There’s something about the Coldplay thing. That’s just what . . . I don’t know where the songs come from. I don’t know where the ideas come from, but that’s just been coming to me for about four or five years now.
“Like, ‘You have to finish like this,’ and I trust that just like I trust the songs. So if we do something together after that creatively beyond touring, then it’ll be something different, or a side thing, or a compilation of things we hadn’t finished.”
The ‘Yellow’ hitmaker admits he wouldn’t want himself and his bandmates – Jonny Buckland, also 47, and Guy Berryman and Will Champion, both 46 – to spend the rest of their lives making Coldplay records.
He added: “Also, to make an album great as a band, it’s such a lot of wrang­ling with people and I want to give the ­others some of their life for ­themselves.
“I don’t want to, when we’re 60, be like, ‘Will, we need you. Come on! We can do better than this!’”

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OHMYGOSSIP — James Bay finds making albums “dark and anxiety-inducing”.
The ‘Hold Back The River’ hitmaker, 34, admits he has a “tricky relationship” with the process but making his upcoming LP, ‘Changes All The Time’, he felt “a new level of musical freedom”.
He told Forbes: “Making a record for me is, in truth, quite a dark and anxiety-inducing stressful experience, that I happen to adore. But me and making records have a tricky relationship.
“There were moments in this record where the storm clouds cleared, and I was able to exhale deeply as well as inhale deeply.
“I do thank Gabe [Simon, producer] and everybody that joined me in the studio for their love and patience.”
He continued: “To say one other thing about something that’s important to me in this new music.
“There were some of the moments where I really felt all right when I was just standing in a room with my guitar plugged in and it turned up loud. I f****** love doing that. Working out how to play a song with a band and then slamming through it. That is freedom.
“I said to a few people, I reached a new height, for me, at least, of a new level of musical freedom that I hadn’t felt before in making this music.
“It comes with that maturity to not give a f***.”
James – who has a three-year-old daughter named Ada with his wife Lucy – is more honest than ever on the new record and admits he is “scared” to talk about his vulnerabilities.
He explained: “I think, to feel emotional freedom has always been a terrifying prospect to me that I would desperately like to feel more of. ‘Dogfight’ is a real moment for me on this album, the last track, and for all the things that I say in that, which I think about the chorus, ‘This time I’m not waiting for another red light. I’m not gonna be someone I don’t like, like I’m used to being.’ There are truths and honesties in those words that I’m even scared to sort of divulge on in a sort of interview because it took so much courage to just say that in a song. But at the end of that song, I revert to my almost sort of infant self when I repeat and repeat and repeat the words, ‘It’s gonna be all right.’ I say those words at that point in that song, more understanding than ever before, that there’s actually no guarantee. Sometimes the thing that gets us through is some hope and some blind confidence that it’s gonna be okay, that it’s gonna be all right. ‘Hope’ is another moment, by the way, as far as songs on the album. That song sort of dropped into my lap from some distant plane as something that I’ve felt like I’ve wanted and needed to say my whole life, and I might need to say and want to say for the rest of my life. So I found these songs very raw to write. But I’m very grateful for them as lessons as I carry on my own quest to be a better human.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — The Dead Daisies’ guitarist Doug Aldrich has been diagnosed with throat cancer.
The 61-year-old rocker – who is also known for his stints in Whitesnake and Dio – is set to undergo surgery to treat the disease this week and will be replaced by Reb Beach on their November European run.
The hard rock group reassured fans that the musician’s cancer is “treatable”, and they can’t wait to welcome him back when he’s recovered.
A statement on the band’s social media pages read: “Unfortunately Doug has been diagnosed with a treatable throat cancer and has to undergo surgery this week.
“Moving forward, Doug will not be available for the next run, and subsequently longtime good friend and bandmate from the Whitesnake days, Reb Beach, will be filling in for the upcoming European dates.
“Please join us in wishing Doug all the best for a speedy recovery. We look forward to having him back on deck really soon.”
Doug has been a member of the group since 2016 and replaced Richard Fortus after he reunited with Guns N’ Roses for the ‘Not in This Lifetime… Tour’.
The Dead Daises were formed in 2012 by former INXS star Jon Stevens and David Lowy.
Since then, they’ve had many famous musicians come and go, including Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes and Guns N’ Roses’ Dizzy Reed, but the current lineup sees Doug and David joined by vocalist John Corabi, drummer Tommy Clufetos and bassist Michael Devin.
Doug has appeared on five of the group’s seven albums: 2016’s ‘Make Some Noise’, 2018’s ‘Burn It Down’, 2021’s ‘Holy Ground’, 2022’s ‘Radiance’ and this year’s ‘Light ‘Em Up’.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Thom Yorke is turning Radiohead’s album ‘Hail To The Thief’ into a modern version of Shakespeare’s iconic play ‘Hamlet’.
The 55-year-old frontman of the ‘Creep’ group is to “rework” the songs from the chart-topping 2003 LP and turn them into a “feverish new live experience, fusing theatre, music and movement.”
‘Hamlet Hail To The Thief’ will see 20 musicians and actors performing the album live during the play.
The musician has teamed up with Tony and Olivier Award-winning directors Steven Hoggett and Christine Jones on the production, and admitted it was an “intimidating challenge”.
Thom said: “Adapting the original music of Hail To The Thief for live performance with the actors on stage to tell this story that is forever being told, using its familiarity and sounds, pulling them into and out of context, seeing what chimes with the underlying grief and paranoia of Hamlet, using the music as a ‘presence’ in the room, watching how it collides with the action and the text. Ghosting one against the other.”
The show will premiere at Manchester’s Aviva Studios on April 27, 2025, where it will run until May 18. It will then head to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford Upon Avon, England – the home of late literary legend William Shakespeare – from June 4 to 28.
Hoggett and Jones previously teamed up on the stage adaptation of Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’ and it was the latter’s idea to have the album and play “collide in a piece of theatre” after she came to realise the “uncanny reverberances” between the two pieces of art.
She said: “Paying attention to the lyrics, I became aware of how many songs from Hail to the Thief speak to the themes of the play.
“There are uncanny reverberances between the text and the album. For years I’ve wanted to see the play and album collide in a piece of theatre; eventually I shared the idea with Thom, who was intrigued.”
The album was Thom’s response to the election of the US president George W. Bush and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
He intertwined political discourse with children’s fairytales, with the title a play on the American president anthem ‘Hail to the Chief’.
News of Thom’s play comes after Radiohead recently reunited in the rehearsal room a few months ago.
The band – completed by brothers Colin and Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway, and Ed O’Brien – haven’t toured together since 2018, and their last studio album was 2016’s ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Blossoms admit it was surreal being rumoured to support Oasis on their comeback tour.
The Stockport band have denied being chosen by the Manchester legends to open for them on their ‘Oasis Live ’25 Tour’ – which will see former enemies Liam and Noel Gallagher reunite onstage for the first time since 2009 – but admit it would be a dream gig as they have always looked up to the Britpop group.
Speaking to NME, frontman Tom Ogden said: “Our mantra was instilled into us from Oasis. I grew up listening to them and seeing those songs being sung in the biggest stadiums. That’s what I wanted. Ten years on, to have done Wythenshawe [Park, Manchester], to have opened for The Stone Roses and to have your name brought up within the Oasis stuff, if you’d have told me that when I was 16, I’d have been like, ‘What the f***’. We saw them before we were even a band. I would have never believed you.
“That’s the one I never expected to be possible, but now they’re back together, it’s like, ‘Ooh, that would be nice, wouldn’t it?’”
Following the release of their latest album, ‘Gary’ – which was released on their own indie label ODD SK Recordings and is on track to be number one – the band feel “bigger than ever”.
The 31-year-old singer added: “It’s amazing because we’d left our label without any bad blood or anything like that. We’ve gone on our own, and there was a bit of uncertainty, but it weirdly feels like we’re bigger than we’ve ever been, we’re the most us we’ve ever been, and it feels like a lot of really exciting stuff is happening. It’s what we’re all in it for.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Joey Jordison’s estate has settled its lawsuit against Slipknot.
Earlier this year, it was revealed that the heavy metal group were being sued by the estate of their late original drummer – who passed away in July 2021 at the age of 46 – for allegedly profiting from his death.
A lawsuit, filed last June, accused the ‘Snuff’ rockers of using his name and personal belongings for Knotsfest – the group’s touring festival – and alleged that they “lined their pockets with profit off of Jordison’s devoted fanbase.”
However, according to legal documents obtained by Blabbermouth.net, “a notice of unconditional settlement” was filed on September 17 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, along with a request for the case to be dismissed.
The suit named frontman Corey Taylor, 50, and percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan, 55, and accused them of not fulfilling a “written agreement” to give back all of Jordison’s items.
It read: “After abruptly kicking Jordison out of Slipknot in 2013, [Corey] Taylor and Crahan expressly promised in a written agreement to return all Jordison’s belongings in exchange for Jordison’s promise to release certain claims against them.
“The agreement contained a non-exclusive list of broad categories of items that [Taylor and Crahan] represented were in their possession and that they would return to Jordison. [Taylor and Crahan] purported to comply with the agreement by returning certain items to Jordison but, unbeknownst to Jordison, [they] had executed the agreement with no intention of performing their obligations thereunder, and knowingly concealed from Jordison that they possessed numerous other items belonging to Jordison that they never returned to him.”
The document went on to describe the harsh firing of Jordison in 2013, and alleged that the pair “handsomely profited” from his efforts to make Slipknot a “metal sensation”.
It continued: “The callousness of Jordison’s firing and other mistreatment at the hands of Crahan and Taylor have been widely reported and criticised by fans of the band. Since the 1990s, Jordison had dedicated his life to making Slipknot a metal sensation, from which Crahan and Taylor handsomely profited. It made no sense why Crahan and Taylor would treat Jordison with such disdain, especially in light of Jordison’s declining health.”
The estate also claimed the pair made a “blatant lie” about contacting the family to offer their condolences following Jordison’s passing.
The suit added: “Perhaps worst of all, Crahan and Taylor publicly lied to fans that they had contacted Jordison’s family to check on them and express their condolences and love for Jordison in the wake of his passing. This was utterly false, and deeply upsetting for Jordison’s family to read such a blatant lie on the internet. It is clear that Taylor and Crahan did not actually care about Jordison or his family; they cared only about drumming up publicity and sales of the new album.”
Slipknot denied all the allegations made against them and called for the case to be dismissed.
A statement from their legal representative at the time read: “Defendants generally deny each and every allegation and purported claim set forth in Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint and further deny that Plaintiff is entitled to any relief whatsoever.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — An award-winning producer known for his work with Brian Eno is releasing an album featuring recordings of his late father’s heartbeat.
Fer Isella’s deeply personal LP ‘My Father’s Heart’ will be released on October 25, and is the first to be released on his independent label, The Piano Label.
A press release notes: “My Father’s Heart” is a poignant piano concerto that pushes the boundaries of contemporary classical music. Through each track Isella ingeniously incorporates recordings of his father’s heartbeat, recorded during his final days as a beautiful way of making music with him one last time –creating a deeply emotional soundscape that bridges the gap between life, loss and musical expression.
“Every form of artistic expression has the power to transform painful experiences into beauty.”
Working on the project helped the Argentine star through the heartbreaking loss and he believes it’s the most fitting, “poetic way” to honour his parent, who was also a musician.
Isella said: “In my case, I turned to music to get through the most painful moment of my life: the death of my father, amid the global chaos of the pandemic. I transformed death into life.
“I wanted to preserve something of my father, and it seemed to me that since he was also a musician, using the sound of his heart was the most poetic way. I was able to transform a part of his life into music as a way to be with him and remember him.”
Isella has worked with leading electronic musicians, including Matthew Herbert, Matthew Dear and Jamie Lidell , on remixes on the album, including ‘Transcendence’, which lands on October 2.
‘My Father’s Heart’ will be available on all major streaming platforms. Limited edition vinyl pressings, boasting artwork inspired by cardiac rhythms, will also be available via The Piano Label’s website.

‘My Father’s Heart’ tracklisting:

I – ‘Separation’
II – ‘Freedom’
III – ‘Redemption’
IV – ‘Transcendence’

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