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Upcoming Releases: Check Out Our Five Favourite New Albums Due For Release In January
As 2022 begins and New Year's resolutions are made, and just as quickly broken, the first batch of eagerly awaited new musical releases are set to arrive to delight our ears. After a festive fill...
By Andrew Lockwood in Music / Festivals on 28 December 2021
Olly Alexander Inspired By Late Night 'Hookups' For New Years And Years Album
Olly Alexander was inspired by missing late night "hookups" and clubbing for the new Years & Years album.The 31-year-old musician - whose band has became a solo project earlier this year - is set to...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 16 December 2021
Kylie Minogue Has 'Always' Seen Inclusivity In Her Audience
Kylie Minogue has "always" had inclusivity in her fanbase.The 'I Should Be So Lucky' hitmaker has admitted while she never "set out" to become a figurehead of any movement, she "naturally" wants to see "all...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 15 December 2021
Pet Shop Boys Reveal Reason For Missing Brit Awards Performance Of It's A Sin
Pet Shop Boys didn't perform at the BRIT Awards "due to a contractual issue".The band was involved in the production of Sir Elton John and Years & Years' moving rendition of their hit 'It's A...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 14 May 2021
Elton John And Olly Alexander Performing At Brit Awards
Sir Elton John and Years & Years are set to perform together at the BRIT Awards.The 'Rocket Man' singer will reportedly team up with Olly Alexander on a rendition of Pet Shop Boys hit 'It's...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 11 May 2021
Olly Alexander Reveals Mikey Goldsworthy Will Ne Touring With Years And Years
Olly Alexander has confirmed that Mikey Goldsworthy is staying in Years & Years as a touring member of the band.The pop trio - which originally formed in 2010 – became a solo project for Olly...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 01 May 2021
Years And Years Becomes Olly Alexander Solo Project
Years & Years is now an Olly Alexander solo project after Mikey Goldsworthy and Emre Turkmen quit the band.The trio - which originally formed as a five-piece in 2010 - stunned fans on Thursday (18.03.210)...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 18 March 2021
Olly Alexander Will Never Stop Making Music
Olly Alexander wants to keep singing “until [he] dies”.The 30-year-old star has recently won critical acclaim for his role in TV drama series ‘It’s A Sin’ but after initially finding fame as frontman of Years...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 21 February 2021
Olly Alexander Developed A Routine To Survive Lockdown
Olly Alexander developed a strict routine to survive the coronavirus lockdown.The Years & Years star found it tough to cope with the sudden career pause, but he ultimately created a list of activities to protect...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 24 August 2020
Years & Years' Olly Alexander Reacts To Album Being Categorised As 'Gay' In Record Shop
Years & Years singer Olly Alexander has hit back at a recent picture that appeared to show a record shop labelling the band’s music as ‘gay’.One of the band’s fans posted a picture taken in...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 27 May 2016
James Bay, Years & Years And Adele Lead Brits 2016 Nominations
The BRIT Awards are coming tonight (February 24th 2016) and so the nominations are up for this year's best British pop acts. James Bay, Years & Years and, predictably enough, Adele lead the pack with...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 24 February 2016
Adele Nominated For Four Brit Awards
Adele is poised for another great year at the BRIT Awards, securing a total of four nominations following the success of her multi-million selling album 25. She has the joint highest number of nominations for...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 14 January 2016
Andy Peterson's Top 10 Albums Of 2015
10. King Midas Sound ft. Fennesz- Edition #1 Kevin Martin (AKA The Bug), poet Roger Robinson and singer Kiki Hitomi joined forces with Viennese avant garde composer Christian Fennesz to chart almost certainly the most...
By Andy Peterson in Music / Festivals on 22 December 2015
Little Mix Make It Three Weeks Atop U.k. Singles Chart
The girl group fends off Years & Years, who rise one place to two with King, just ahead of Lost Frequencies' Are You With Me at three. Years & Years also take...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 31 July 2015
Little Mix Score Second Week Atop U.k. Singles Chart
The British band becomes the first girl group to top the charts for more than one week since the Sugababes achieved the feat with 2007 song About You Now. Belgian DJ Lost...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 27 July 2015
Little Mix Return To U.k. Number One With Magical Single
The quartet's Black Magic has rocketed to the top of the new U.K. countdown with sales of over 113,000 in the past week and almost 1.2 million streams. The band previously hit...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 17 July 2015
Kasabian Drink With Fans After Open'er Festival
Kasabian drank beer with fans on a beach until sunrise after their set at Poland's Open'er Festival.The band - featuring Tom Meighan, Serge Pizzorno, Chris Edwards and Ian Matthews - headlined the final day of...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 06 July 2015
Olly Alexander And Neil Amin-smith's Relationship 'Going Really Well'
Years and Years frontman Olly Alexander's relationship with Clean Bandit violinist Neil Amin-Smith is ''going really well''.The 24-year-old singer has revealed he and the 'Rather Be' hitmaker want to be ''open about their relationship'' so...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 29 June 2015
Lowlands 2015! We Have Good News And Bad News...
The 23rd edition of the Netherlands' Lowlands Festival sees yet another wave of incredible artists hit the bill ahead of the date this summer. Hot Chip and Kendrick Lamar are among the major new additions,...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 11 May 2015
Metronomy Round Off Their Album Tour As Festival No. 6 Headliners
All headliners for Wales' Festival No. 6 have now been announced, with Metronomy now heading the bill with Grace Jones and Belle & Sebastian. Further new acts have also been added to the line-up, while...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 23 April 2015
Sam Smith Scores Rare 'Double Number 1' With Album And New Single
Sam Smith has scored a rare ‘double Number 1’ in the UK’s Official Charts this week. His recent single ‘Lay Me Down’ sits atop the UK Singles Chart and his debut LP In The Lonely...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 17 March 2015
Enjoy A Queue-free Session At Sxsw 2015'S Hype Hotel With Limited 'Fast Pass' Giveaway
Hype Hotel Presented by Feed the Beat aims to connect SXSW 2015 festival goers with the social media world in their 'Fast Pass' giveaway; a limited chance to gain immediate access to the venue where...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 12 March 2015
Hype Hotel At Sxsw 2015 Leaves No Stone Unturned With Their Dynamic Line-up
The line-up for one of SXSW's most anticipated showcases, Hype Hotel Presented by Feed the Beat, has now been announced - and it looks like 2015 is setting up for some up and coming talent...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 06 March 2015
Years And Years Land Bbc Sound Of 2015 Top Spot
Years & Years have topped the BBC Sound Of 2015 list, after making an impact over the course of 2014 supporting the winner of last year's poll Sam Smith on tour and breaking through with...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 09 January 2015
Years And Years Aren't 'Precious' About Releasing Free Downloads
Hot on the heels of their recent tour supporting chart sensations Sam Smith and Clean Bandit, UK band Years & Years prepare to embark on their own sell-out headline tour in February 2015, while attempting...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 18 December 2014
Years And Years, George The Poet And James Bay Shortlisted For Brit’S Critics Choice Award
The three nominees for this year’s Critics’ Choice award at the Brits have just been announced. Cambridge-educated “urban wordsmith” George the Poet will face off against electropop trio Years and Years and singer songwriter James...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 29 November 2014
Belle And Sebastian Musician's Side-project 'God Help The Girl' Is Translated To Film [Trailer]
Stuart Murdoch of Belle & Sebastian presents his directorial debut with music drama 'God Help The Girl', starring 'Pompeii' star Emily Browning as an emotionally complicated budding young singer-songwriter.Olly Alexander & Hannah Murray both appeared...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 16 August 2014
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