• The remixes of Kylie’s new single ‘I Was Gonna Cancel’ have made their way to Australian media this week. The package, which is available digitally, features a remix by our own The Presets, along with a super-pop version from Moto Blanco, albeit in radio edit guise. Ms M celebrates her 46th birthday today. Happy birthday Kylie! (It’s kinda spooky, but we’re only 40 years behind you… this little pop music site was launched on May 28, back in 2008!).
• Also out and about this week are the title track from Bastille’s album ‘Bad Blood’, Deadmau5’s new single ‘Avarita’, The Kooks’ ‘Around Town’ and the aforementioned new tracks from both Nicki Minaj and Angus & Julia Stone. Look for your weekly more comprehensive wrap of the new tunes on our FACEBOOK page tomorrow.
• Lana Del Rey has given her fans another taste of her forthcoming album ‘Ultraviolence’, this time in the form of album track ‘Shades Of Cool’. Though the lead single ‘West Coast’ hasn’t fared amazingly well thus far, there’s still plenty of excitement surrounding the impending release of the LP on Friday June 13. Listen to ‘Shades Of Cool’ HERE.
• Kate Miller-Heidke has added an all-important Sydney date to her upcoming national tour. The tour, celebrating the recent release of her album ‘O Vertigo!’ kicks off on August 01 in Perth, but the glaring omission (until now, of course) was a show in Sydney. It’s set to take place at The Concourse Concert Hall in Chatswood on Friday August 15. Tickets are on sale from tomorrow.
• With his latest album ‘Utopia’ dropping into stores in just a couple of weeks time, rapper 360 has revealed he’ll hit the road throughout September in support of it for what’s so far a nine date tour. It all kicks off in the nation’s capital on September 03, with a double date at Brisbane’s The Arena on September 06 (one for under 18s audiences). Tickets for all shows are on sale on Friday June 06.
• Danish songstress Agnes Obel will play three shows in Australia in November. Frontier Touring announced that the performer’s first ever Australian visit will take in shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, with tickets on sale from 10am on Thursday June 05.
• It’s very rare these days for an artist to spend two weeks in the top spot on the British singles chart. And that’s precisely what’s happened with Ms Rita Ora and her single ‘I Will Never Let You Down’, which relinquishes top spot this week (falling to No.4) to Master Sam Smith and his new single ‘Stay With Me’. Fuse ODG with Sean Paul premiere in the No.3 spot with ‘Dangerous Love’ and the new Clean Bandit single ‘Extraordinary’ debuts at No.5.
• It’s a new No.1 on the British albums chart from British supergroup Coldplay, though was the result ever really in doubt? ‘Ghost Stories’ grabs the No.1 position, with Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott their closest debuting competition; their new album in at No.3. The repackage of the classic Oasis album ‘Definitely Maybe’ debuts in the No.5 spot.
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