Following a brief sold-out UK tour this month, Father John Misty will revisit his British flock in the springtime, supplying them with wry and acidic sermons about modern life and its attendant rubbishness (11-21 May, tour starts O2 Academy, Leeds) …
Also just off-tour and gearing up for a second is Foxes. She’s yet to release the followup to 2014’s Glorious, but her upcoming second album’s lead single Body Talk – a synth-laden rollercoaster of emotional befuddlement – bodes very well. (26 Feb-12 Mar, tour starts The Plug, Sheffield) …
Riding waves partially boosted by their Mercury nominations, both PMA post-post-punks Slaves and Wolf Alice have bolted on extra dates to their tours – the former play O2 Academy Newcastle and O2 Institute Birmingham (15 & 16 Dec), the latter play two extra nights at the Forum (NW5, 26 & 28 Mar) …
Finally, those who aren’t compelled to leave the room the second the most annoying man in rap comes on the radio might be interested to know that Macklemore and his producing co-conspirator Ryan Lewis are hitting the road next year (12-27 Apr, tour starts Manchester Arena). Lock up your grandad’s clothes.
