• Celebrity DJ Ruby Rose this week launched her debut single ‘Guilty Pleasure’ (cover pictured). Featuring the vocals of British singer songwriter Gary Go, the track is the first fruit of her new collaboration with the team at Universal Music.
• Naturally, Ruby’s was just one of a swag of new tunes hitting radio within the last week – and as always, we brought you a more comprehensive list of the tracks officially serviced to media this week over at our official FACEBOOK page (where you can also follow us if you love us lots).
• British supergroup Coldplay will hit cinemas later this month, as selected screens around the country show their upcoming live film ‘Coldplay Live 2012’. The band’s first concert film/live album will hit stores on November 16, but fans will get the chance for a sneaky first look when cinemas around the country screen it on November 13. Event Cinemas in New South Wales, Queensland, Western and South Australia and the Northern Territory are part of the action, with a full list of screening points available HERE.
• British indie pop outfit Alt-J have walked away with the 2012 Mercury Prize for their debut album ‘An Awesome Wave’. The band beat out some tough competition from outfits like Plan B, Jessie Ware and Michael Kiwanuka to take out this year’s prize at a lavish ceremony at London’s Roundhouse on Thursday night.
• A couple of new album announcements this week… UK outfit Foals have announced the forthcoming release of their new long player ‘Holy Fire’. The follow-up to the Mercury Prize-nominated ‘Total Life Forever’, ‘Holy Fire’ will drop at Australian retail on Friday February 08. The band is on the ground in Australia early next year for the Big Day Out, along with a sideshow at the Oxford Art Factory in Sydney.
• Peaking Lights has also unveiled a new album. Following on from the release of their album ‘Lucifer’ earlier in the year, the Los Angeles-based duo will release a collection of dub edits entitled ‘Lucifer In Dub’ on Friday December 07.
• US singer Kendrick Lamar is obviously doing something right, with unprecedented demand for tickets to his upcoming shows forcing organisers to move the Sydney and Melbourne dates to larger venues. His tour kicks off at The HiFi in Brisbane on Wednesday December 19.
• Plenty more tour news this week… Dan Kelly is performing two special headline shows this month; at Canberra’s Smith’s Alternative Bookstore on November 16 and at Brisbane’s Black Bear Lodge on November 23. Tickets to both are on sale now.
• Chugg Entertainment this week revealed that rockers Deep Purple and Journey are headed our way early in the new year for a co-headlining tour. They’re set to play dates in each of the five major centres, with tickets on sale on Monday November 12.
• Also set to rock in early 2013 are Iggy Pop and The Stooges, who’ll play dates in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide off the back of their appearance at the Byron Bay Blues & Roots Festival. Tickets for the three dates are on sale this Wednesday.
• Tame Impala has announced second dates in Sydney and Melbourne after the first shows in both cities sold out.
• Black Sabbath will tour Australia in April, bringing a live show to Australia for the first time in 40 years. They’ll play Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, with tickets on sale at midday this Thursday.
• But not such good news for fans of The Civil Wars, with the cancellation of not just their Australian and New Zealand dates for 2013, but their world tour. Ticket refund details are available via the FRONTIER TOURING WEBSITE.
• Labrinth’s new single ‘Beneath Your Beautiful’, which features the vocals of Emeli Sandé, has bulleted into the top spot on the UK singles chart. The track rose an incredible 84 places from last week to nab the top spot from Calvin Harris and Florence Welch, whose ‘Sweet Nothing’ falls to No.3. New at No.6 was the latest from boy band JLS called ‘Hottest Girl In The World’, while there’s more top ten action for Emeli Sandé, this time on the Naughty Boy single ‘Wonder’, which debuts at No.10. Not such great news for reformed UK pop group Steps, however, with their comeback Christmas single ‘Light Up The World’ stalling at No.82.
• It’s not just in Australia who’s in love with Taylor Swift. The UK too is enamoured, with the singer’s new album ‘Red’ debuting in the top spot on the British albums chart this week. She beat out the repackaged Emeli Sandé album ‘Our Version Of Events’, which moved up seven spots to No.2, a No.4 debut for boyband Lawson’s album ‘Chapman Square’ and further top ten debuts for Dappy and Daniel O’Donnell.
• On the other side of the Atlantic, Maroon 5 still holds the top spot with ‘One More Night’ and still Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ refuses to budge from the No.2 position. Ke$ha’s ‘Die Young’ and Rihanna’s ‘Diamonds’ both improve, with Bruno Mars breaking into the top ten with his new single ‘Locked Out Of Heaven’.
• As mentioned earlier in the week on the site, Taylor Swift has debuted in the top spot on the Billboard albums chart, breaking records in the process. ‘Red’ sold a staggering 1.208 million copies in just its first week on sale, out-selling the entire rest of the top 50 combined. Taylor’s currently on track for a second week in the top spot. Kendrick Lamar couldn’t come close to Taylor’s sales, but debuts in the No.2 spot, while there are four more top ten debuts – the best of those is Tony Bennett’s ‘Viva Duets’, coming in at No.5.
• And don’t forget, you can always get the lowdown on what’s happening in the ARIA top 100s every Sunday morning from 9am AEDT with our weekly Chart Watch segment. You know you want to!
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