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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’
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Lola Young has joined forces with Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) to release a new T shirt for the charity’s Lifelines collection.
The shirt supports CALM’s suicide prevention work, with proceeds helping to fund vital resources such as its helpline and CALMzone mental health app.
CALM introduced the Lifelines range last year, with Fontaines D.C., Blossoms and Inhaler also contributing their own designs to the collection.
Young’s design includes the words, “There’s a flicker of light. There’s always morning after the night”, taken from her track ‘Flicker Of Light’.
“I wrote this song about realising there is hope. I have often felt like there isn’t, but there is always a reason to keep going,” Young said. “That’s even when you don’t want to get out of bed, you do, and that is amazing, and you’re still here, and you’re still alive, and if anything, that’s something to be proud of.”
CALM CEO Simon Gunning also shared his appreciation for the collaboration, saying: “We couldn’t be more grateful to Lola for supporting ‘Lifelines’ and showing just how powerful music can be as a force for good.”
Priced at £30, the T shirts come in both standard and boxy fits and are available to purchase here.
Young has regularly spoken about her experiences with mental health. She returned to performing earlier this year after calling off her 2025 tour because of exhaustion. The decision followed her collapse during a performance in New York City. During her time away, she later discussed receiving support for addiction and attending AA meetings as part of her recovery.
In an interview with NME in May, Young explained that she believes “all healing journeys are never ending”, although she is now “definitely in a much better place”. She also said she feels “excited and ready to perform and to release music”.
Reflecting on the encouragement she received after publicly discussing those challenges, Young said: “My fans inspire me in the same way I hope to inspire them. I feel like I’ve never tried to be especially honest… it just comes very naturally to me.”
“I don’t really have any other choice but to be honest, so if people connect to that, and that’s amazing.”
Several musicians have also applauded the ‘Messy’ singer for honestly addressing the pressure placed on touring performers. Lily Allen said she was “in awe” of the BRIT and Grammy winner, while Victoria Canal credited Young with bringing greater attention to the damaging impact demanding tour schedules can have on artists’ mental wellbeing.
When NME asked whether musicians were beginning to establish firmer boundaries around their health, Young replied: “I never intended it to start a movement, but I hope that it does in some way.”
