Kate Bush last night (August 26) made her return to stage after a 35 year absence in a show that begun as a typical concert but evolved into a theatrical spectacular. This report contains spoilers.
The three-hour show saw Bush recreate the second side of her classic 1985 album Hounds Of Love as a fully realised stage production, with theatrical sets, costumes, effects and lighting. The same treatment was then given to the second side of her 2005 album Aerial.
Neil Young has released a new video for his song "Mother Earth".
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The video opens with footage from Young's January 19, 2014 show at the Jack Singer Hall in Calgary, Alberta as part of his recent Honor The Treaties run of dates.
With Kings Of Leon’s sixth album, Mechanical Bull, set for release on September 23, we thought it would be time to take a trip through the archives into November 2010 (Take 162), when we joined the Followill clan on the road in America – we hear of uncanny robberies, an army of Kings lookalikes, whiskey-fuelled anxieties and a new power struggle within this most volatile of bands. Do they want to be rootsy outlaws or modern rock superstars? Words: Jaan Uhelszki
For this week’s archive feature, we delve back into Uncut’s July 2011 issue (Take 170) – just before the release of Bon Iver’s second album – to find Vernon sunning himself in California, consorting with Kanye and shaping up as “the Neil Young of our generation”. What happened? “For Emma… is the past,” he says. “This is the present, and it’s more colourful and inviting.” Words: Alastair McKay
Gaz Coombes – former frontman of Supergrass – has said that he currently has "no interest" in a Supergrass reunion, but added: "Who knows what I'll say in five years?"
The musician has also spoken out about the inspiration for his debut solo album, Here Come The Bombs, which is set for release on May 21. The album was co-produced by Sam Williams, who previously worked with Coombes when producing Supergrass's 1995 debut album, I Should Coco.
Peter Hook has branded 'Aerial', a track that surfaced online this week that purported to be an unreleased song from Joy Division's seminal album 'Unknown Pleasures' as a "bloody awful hoax".
