Jess Glynne’s recently released debut album might have cast her as a jack of all trades, master of the generic pop-house-featured vocal from which you cannot build a legitimate identity as an artist. But however she finds herself implicated in them, it’s hard to deny that Glynne’s live show will include more than its fair share of bangers. An extra Manchester date for her brief 2016 tour goes on sale this week (18 Feb, O2 Apollo) …
Reintroducing himself after three AWOL years, Jamie Woon teased his upcoming second album with slinky new single Sharpness last month. Now the London singer-songwriter has announced a home-town date (11 Nov, Scala, N1) …
Muse’s seventh album Drones will get its moment in the enomodromes of Europe next spring as the band take their concept album about remote-control warfare on a continent-spanning jolly (5 Apr-6 Jun, tour starts 3Arena, Dublin) …
Finally, Joanna Newsom returns this October with album Divers and string of UK dates. You can catch her new Paul Thomas Anderson-directed video for lead single Sapokanikan now (31 Oct-9 Nov, tour starts Albert Hall, Manchester).
