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A.R. & Machines - downloadAlbum: Die Gruene Reise-The Green Journey
NewsKate Nash plays tiny gig on eve of album triumphKate Nash played an intimate set in aid of the Save Camden Stables Market campaign at the Boogaloo bar in north London tonight (August 9). Following a short speech from the organisers about how the old market is been transformed into a shopping mall, the singer, who volunteered to play the show herself after hearing about the campaign, took the stage with her band. "Thanks for coming, I think it's really important we're here for a worthy cause," declared Nash as she opened with 'Mariella'. She then played a set showcasing tracks from her Number One-bound debut album 'Made Of Bricks' which was released on Monday (August 6). Taking the evening's campaigning spirit to heart, the singer paused the gig midway through and offered to hand out press releases to the media in the crowd, before called on all of the audience to back the Camden campaign, declaring: "We don't want every street in London to look the same because that would be fucking boring!" Moving throughout the 45 minute set between her piano and guitar, Nash admitted she was struggling the pub's tiny stage, endearingly telling the crowd as she squeezed herself in front of the drums that "I feel like the cymbal is going to cut my bum in half!" Later after playing 'We Get On', Nash then gave everyone an insight into her growing popularity, explaining, "I read a comment on the internet from a bloke moaning that 'We Get On' is becoming like a karaoke track, but I was so excited by the idea it might be on a karaoke machine one day!" She followed this a spot of her own karaoke, playing a cover of Cold War Kids which Nash admitted wasn't perhaps as well rehearsed as she would have liked. "We're doing a cover now, I don't know all the words so I might make them up," she told the pub as she launched into 'Hang Me Up To Dry'. There was no mistaking the words for 'Foundations' though, with Nash playing an extended version of the Number Two single, including a verse about her awful boyfriend "getting sick on my trainers". After accidentally unplugging her own microphone, Nash then wound-up the show plugging the campaign's website Savecamdenstablesmarket.co.uk before playing a solo version of 'Little Red'. Hear Beach Boy Brian Wilson's new material now You can hear one of Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson's eagerly awaited new songs now on NME.COM. As previously reported, the star will premiere a brand new song cycle on his UK tour later this month. The star will perform 'That Lucky Old Sun (a narrative)' in its' entirety for the first time on the tour, which kicks off with a six-night stint at London's Royal Festival Hall. Wilson says the piece "will consist of five 'rounds' with interspersed spoken word". It is based on the classic 1949 song 'That Lucky Old Sun', and though the new song suite will contain elements of the tune, there will also be newly composed songs too, one of which is called 'Midnight's Another Day'. And you can hear that song here now. The work was put together with Wilson's old collaborator Van Dyke Parks, who wrote the lyrics for the seminal 'Smile' album. Wilson said: "I'm so excited to get back to the Royal Festival Hall and for all of my UK fans to hear my new composition 'That Lucky Old Sun (a narrative)'. I honestly can't think of a better place in the world to premiere it." The set will also feature many back catalogue classics which Wilson has never performed live before, and a cover of a track from The Beatles' 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', thought to be 'She's Leaving Home', marking the 40th anniversary of the album's release. The dates are as follows: London Royal Festival Hall (September 10 , 11, 12, 14, 15, 16) Bristol Colston Hall (18) Bournemouth Opera House (20) Edinburgh Festival Theatre (22) Manchester Palace Theatre (23) Birmingham Symphony Hall (24) |
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