Lorde Announces 2025 ‘Ultrasound’ World Tour Dates Including Stop At London’s O2 Arena

DIIV have unveiled Kid, the second track to be taken from their forthcoming fifth studio album ZIRP!, due for release on 30th October 2026 via Fantasy Recordings. The new single arrives alongside an accompanying music video directed by Jaxon Whittington and filmed by DIIV frontman Zachary Cole Smith’s son Roy and his friend Julian. Following the previously released The Fountain, Kid offers another glimpse into an album that sees the New York band push their familiar shoegaze haze towards something brighter, sharper and considerably more immediate.

British-Finnish songwriter otta announces the arrival of her ambitious new album ASTRA, set for release on 20th November via her new label löyly, alongside the mesmerising and abstract eight-and-a-half-minute single MEZZANINE. The new track offers the first glimpse into an album that finds otta pushing her distinctive approach to experimental pop even further, dismantling conventional genre boundaries and building dense, intricate soundscapes from the ground up.

Everyone Says Hi return with another taste of their forthcoming sophomore album Funny Cos It’s True, unveiling the infectious new single Life Isn’t Perfect ahead of the record’s release on 9th October 2026.

Sex Pistols feat. Frank Carter have announced six additional UK dates for their upcoming Anarchy In The U.K. tour, as the band prepare to mark 50 years of punk and half a century since the release of the song that helped change British music forever. Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock will once again join forces with Frank Carter for a run of UK shows this December, expanding a tour that already includes dates across England, Scotland and Ireland.

London lo-fi rockers heavy wild are set to return with their second EP, Paradise Forever, arriving on 14th October via Submarine Cat Records, alongside the release of their frenetic new single, freeze2death.

Long Island hardcore outfit Pain Of Truth are turning up the intensity with their latest single, Fed By Fear, the third track unveiled from their forthcoming sophomore album, Pain Of Truth, due 25th September via DAZE. The five-peice are: Michael Brian Smith (vocals), Nick Barker (drums), Nik Hansen (guitar), Ridge Rhine (guitar) and Zach Stachura (bass).

SOMBR will make his UK arena debut at London’s The O2 next summer, joining the venue’s growing 20th birthday celebrations with a headline show on Tuesday 22nd June 2027. The announcement adds one of music’s fastest-rising young stars to an increasingly diverse birthday line-up, which will see The O2 celebrate two decades of live entertainment throughout summer 2027.

Rising Suffolk alt-pop outfit AFTERDRIVE are stepping up the momentum with the release of their brand new single Jewellery, the latest track to emerge from their forthcoming debut EP, Dress To Drive.