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Stereophonics have announced their new album ‘Make ‘em Laugh, Make ‘em Cry, Make ‘em Wait’ and shared its first single ‘There’s Always Gonna Be Something’. Check it out below.
Due for release on April 25 via EMI, the record, which is the band’s 13th studio LP and follow-up to 2022’s ‘Oochya!’, is available to pre-order here.
As a first taster the band have shared their soothing new single, which frontman Kelly Jones says is a song that could be describing “the restlessness in uncertainty, struggling to arrive at acceptance. A part within all of us.” You can listen to it below.
“I leave nothing for death but bones and the solitude Jester jokes / Igniting my energy and bringing me to my knees, in this 21st century, so help this sinner please / This is only one part of me – there’s always gonna be something, so what’s it gonna be today,” he sings.
Jones also shared the artwork, which he said was inspired by a painting by late French-American artist Louise Bourgeois.
“I went to New York, I visited some galleries, I saw ‘ART IS A GUARANTY OF SANITY’, a painting by Louise Bourgeois,” he said.
“She believed art was a form of mental healing and a way to process difficult emotions. The spelling caught me first, then the simplicity of the words etched onto a pink tile. So I tried scratching my title, inspired by my own art school teacher thirty years ago. And I loved it. I loved the simplicity of the pink. The pink album was born.”
It comes after Jones recently teased a new album and single earlier this month.
The band previously announced a huge headline show at the Royal Sandringham Estate in Norfolk to take place on August 16. They will be joined by Blossoms and Jake Bugg, with any remaining tickets available here.
They will also be embarking on the ‘Stadium Anthems’ tour of the UK and Ireland in June and July, culminating in a massive hometown gig at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. See the full list of dates here and find tickets here.
The band will also be headlining this year’s Isle Of Wight Festival alongside Justin Timberlake and Sting. You can purchase any remaining tickets here.
The full tracklisting for ‘Make ‘em Laugh, Make ‘em Cry, Make ‘em Wait’ is as follows:
‘Make It On Your Own’
‘There’s Always Gonna Be Something’
‘Seems Like You Don’t Know Me’
‘Colours Of October’
‘Eyes Too Big For My Belly’
‘Mary Is A Singer’
‘Backroom Boys’
‘Feeling Of Falling We Crave’
Lewis Capaldi reportedly picked up the bill for an entire pub packed with England supporters following their dramatic World Cup win against Mexico.
The singer songwriter was spotted enjoying the match with Rita Ora at the Marlborough pub in Mayfair as the Three Lions secured a thrilling 3 to 2 victory.
Even though his home nation, Scotland, endured a disappointing tournament and were knocked out during the group stage, Capaldi still joined in the celebrations after the final whistle by treating the England fans in the pub to a round of drinks.
“Lewis bought every single person in the Marlborough a drink,” one customer told The Sun. “The bar staff were told to put every drink ordered on his tab. By the end of the night it came to almost £2,000.”
The pubgoer continued, saying it was “such a generous surprise and a genuinely lovely thing to do, especially from a Scotland fan… Lewis was an absolute legend. Not only did he buy everyone a drink, but he was also so kind to every person who came over to say hello.”
Ora also posted several videos from the lively celebrations, writing: “NOTHING beats a London pub game EVER… It’s coming home!!! The fact I woke up with my hair clips in and my hair has not moved says. Watch it till the end… trust me.”
Throughout the celebrations, Capaldi and Ora sang each other's songs before joining the rest of the crowd in celebrating England's victory by chanting, “Football’s coming home, it’s coming home…”
The celebrations come just before Capaldi headlines BST Hyde Park this weekend. The Scottish singer songwriter is set to perform at the London concert series on both Saturday, July 11, and Sunday, July 12.
Those huge outdoor performances are part of his UK and Ireland headline tour this summer, and any remaining tickets can be found here.
Capaldi recently revealed that one of the BST Hyde Park concerts will also be streamed live worldwide on YouTube.
The performance will be the biggest headline show of his career so far. Fans across the globe will be able to watch for free on YouTube without a paywall. The broadcast will feature 26 cameras capturing every moment, along with aerial footage filmed by drones.
Joining him on the July 11 BST Hyde Park lineup are The Vaccines, Absolutely, Nieve Ella, Tyler Ballgame, Kerr Mercer, NECKBREAKERS, Benjamin Steer, Luz, Sebastian Croft, and Luke La Volpe.
Meanwhile, England will face Norway in the World Cup quarter finals on the same evening as Capaldi's opening BST Hyde Park performance.
