Tag: tour

5 Seconds Of Summer Share Coming Of Age Music Video For ‘Old Me’. New Album ‘C A L M’ Due March 27 Via Polydor

March 10, 2020

5 Seconds of Summer once again teamed up with director Hannah Lux Davis (Ariana Grande, Lana Del Rey, 5SOS’ ‘No Shame’) for the official ‘Old Me’ video. Filmed in Sydney, Australia, the video recreates moments throughout the band’s career and includes home footage from their early beginnings. The final shot features 5 Seconds of Summer walking onto the stage at the Fire Fight Australia benefit concert for National Bushfire Relief. Watch the video:

Queen Extravaganza Are Back To Celebrate 50 Years Of Queen!

March 10, 2020

It was July 1986 and I was standing at Wembley waiting to see Queen play their last world tour date at the famous National Stadium. I had watched support bands INXS, Status Quo and The Alarm whip the sold out crowd into a frenzy of expectant excitement that seemed almost impossible to match and yet, and unsurprisingly, Queen managed to not only match but surpass all expectations in what became remembered as an iconic gig.

Neil Arthur, Blancmange Superstar, Talks With Essentially Pop

March 1, 2020

Blancmange, the hugely successful British electronic band have a new album and a tour to go with it. Kicking off in Scotland on May 1st and working their way across the U.K. to finish in October. To go with the tour they have a new album ‘ Mindset’ which releases on May 22nd. Blancmange music has been used in so much recent music by La Roux, LCD Sound System and Hot Chip. So influential is the band and their music that electronic superstar Moby described the, as “the most underrated electronic band of all time”, high praise indeed. Since Stephen Luscombe was forced by illness to stop touring or recording after 2011’s ‘Blanc Burn’, the band’s evolution has continued with Neil Arthur at the helm and Essentially Pop were lucky enough to chat with him this week about the new album, the tour and even ABBA, who’s ‘Day Before You Came’ they superbly covered. It’s an honour to get a glimpse at what motivates one of our own electronic superstars.