Tag: british music

Peter Byrne, the voice and co-founder of Naked Eyes, has died at 74. His career included four US Top 40 hits, solo work and a return to Naked Eyes.

Madness will return to Australia and New Zealand in 2027 for the All Abroad For The Madness Hit Parade Tour, including seven dates across both countries.

Jake Bugg will release Alamo on November 13, his seventh studio album and first release as an independent artist on Thirty Tigers.

Gilbert O’Sullivan announces his 21st studio album On The Record, led by Growing Old Disgracefully and due November 6 via BMG.

Vicki Wickham, the pioneering producer behind Ready Steady Go! and the longtime manager and confidante of Dusty Springfield, has died. Noise11 reflects on her remarkable contribution to British music, television and artist management.

The Kinks founders Ray and Dave Davies are collaborating with artist Christian Furr on The Kinks: Brothers, a new exhibition at Gibson Garage London based on a 1968 photobooth portrait of the siblings.

Pet Shop Boys mark 40 years of Please, their debut album that defined 1980s British synth-pop

The Human League, Soft Cell and Alison Moyet will tour North America together in summer 2026, celebrating four decades of groundbreaking British pop music.

The Cure have announced the death of guitarist and keyboardist Perry Bamonte, a key creative force within the band across two decades, who has died aged 65.

DEADLETTER have announced their sophomore album Existence Is Bliss, set for release on 27 February 2026 via So Recordings. The lead single To The Brim is out now, marking a new era for the UK alternative band.

Former Squeeze drummer and celebrated portrait artist Gilson Lavis has died aged 74. Lavis was the rhythmic force behind some of the most influential British pop songs of the late 1970s and 1980s.

Paul Rodgers has announced he will miss Bad Company’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction to focus on his health. Drummer Simon Kirke will perform in his place.

Elton John’s Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy turns 50. The landmark 1975 album that charted Elton and Bernie Taupin’s early struggles is being reissued with demos, live recordings, and the classic hits Someone Saved My Life Tonight and Philadelphia Freedom.

The Last Dinner Party will bring their art-rock spectacle to Australia in January 2026 with Sir Chloe, celebrating their new album From The Pyre.

Lloyd Cole will return to Australia in March 2026 with an electric solo tour revisiting songs from Rattlesnakes to On Pain. Tickets go on sale 17 October.