With Florence And The Machine‘s How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful another resounding success, their frontwoman has proven there’s plenty of mileage in her lungs yet. See them in action this autumn (9-25 Sep, tour starts Belfast Odyssey Arena) …
At the beginning of this month, the 1975 trailed their upcoming reinvention with a comic strip telling fans that “identity needs to change not only visually but philosophically”. With a doctrinal upheaval on the horizon, God only knows what the band’s subsequent November tour will consist of, but the brave few can buy a ticket anyway (9-28 Nov, tour starts Liverpool University) …
Kieran Hebden – otherwise known as Four Tet – recently announced details of his new album Morning/Evening. Comprised of two tracks, Morning Side and Evening Side, it will come with “no PR people, no pluggers, no marketing team”. It get its first live airing at Manchester International Festival as part of the Warehouse Project’s 10th birthday strand (Mayfield Depot, 17 Jul) …
Finally, after reliving her 1975 album Horses at Field Day last weekend, Patti Smith lines up two more anniversary dates (Roundhouse, NW1, 30 & 31 Oct)
