The Weekly Wrap | 06/09/2024
The Weekly Wrap is a look at the biggest stories in music collected in one place for your reading ease.
Culture Wars Named As Support for Amy Shark
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Amy Shark is getting ready to embark on The Sadness Tour and has this week announced American alt-rockers Culture Wars as her main support.
The Austin collective are making waves with their irresistible rock sound and are putting the final touches on their highly anticipated debut album.
Perth audiences will also get the chance to be entertained by grunge trio Fool Nelson and Gold Coast singer-songwriter HUTCH.
Speaking about the tour, Shark says: “I can’t wait to get back on the road to see you all and bring this new record to life on stage. I’m really proud of this album and am so excited to perform it live, as well as all your favourite tracks. Counting down the days!”
See Amy Shark at AEC Theatre on Thursday, October 31. Tickets on sale via Ticketek.
Fatman Scoop Collapses on Stage and Passes Away
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Over the weekend (September 1) DJ and rapper Fatman Scoop, real name Isaac Freeman III, passed away after collapsing on stage. The ‘Be Faithful’ hitmaker was performing at Connecticut’s Hamden Town Central Park when he fell to the stage unconscious.
No cause of death has been given, with authorities only revealing he suffered a medical emergency. He was 53 years old.
News of his death was confirmed by his tour manager Birch Michael who released this statement: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I announce the passing of Isaac Freeman III. You taught me how to be the man I am today. I love you Scoop. Thank you so much for everything you gave to me.”
A longer statement was shared by his family on social media: “Last night, the world lost a radiant soul, a beacon of light on the stage and in life. Fatman Scoop was not just a world class performer, he was a father, brother, uncle and friend.
“Fatman Scoop’s legacy is of love and brightness, it will reside in our hearts and memories forever.”
Rising to fame in the early 90s with his club anthem ‘Be Faithful’, Fatman Scoop continued to release music and tour throughout the 00s, collaborating with the likes of Missy Elliot, Mariah Carey and David Guetta.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Freeman’s family and friends during this tough period.
Kygo Announces 2025 Australian Shows
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Norwegian producer and DJ Kygo is heading back to Australia in 2025 with two special shows in Melbourne and Sydney. The stadium shows are part of Kygo’s World Tour – Part Two and take place at Melbourne’s John Cain Arena on Friday, March 7 and Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on Saturday, March 8 next year.
Kygo will be joined by special guests CYRIL and XANDRA at both Melbourne and Sydney concerts.
The superstar DJ, who has become a favourite with Aussie audiences over the past several years, has amassed almost 700 million streams in Oz alone, with fans going crazy for his hypnotic beats. Some of Kygo’s biggest tunes include ‘I’ll Wait’ with Sasha Alex Sloan, ‘Never Really Loved Me’ featuring Dean Lewis and ‘Whatever’ featuring Ava Max. Kygo is also known for his club remixes of classic songs such as Tina Turner’s ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It’ and Donna Summer’s ‘Hot Stuff’.
The hitmakers’ World Tour – Part Two coincides with the recent release of his self-titled fifth album that features collaborations with Nile Rodgers, the Jonas Brothers, Sigrid, Julia Michaels and more.
Tickets for Kygo’s Melbourne and Sydney shows go on sale today, Friday, September 6 at 1:30pm local time via Live Nation.
Victoria’s One Electric Day Returns in November
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One Electric Day is back bigger and better in 2024 with another stellar lineup headlined by classic Aussie rockers Noiseworks.
Joining the Jon Stevens-led ensemble are Birds Of Tokyo, Wolfmother, Baby Animals, Killing Heidi and Chocolate Starfish.
The all-ages outdoor event takes place on Sunday, November 17 and is once again held at Werribee Park. Tickets are on sale now.
One Electric Day takes place at Werribee Park on Sunday, November 17. Tickets are available now via Ticketmaster.
Gut Health Share New Single ‘Stiletto’
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As the days get closer to the release of Gut Health’s debut album, the dance-punk ensemble has shared the title track ‘Stiletto’.
The nearly eight-minute-long song is a probing blast of wiley guitars and troubling sax that descends into a nightmarish jazz-rock jam. A live favourite, the song also closes Gut Health’s forthcoming record, which arrives October 11 via Highly Contagious/AWAL.
‘Stiletto’ rages against modern capitalist Australia and demands the voices of Indigenous people be heard. “The recording took a lot of trial and error to feel realised in its recorded form as often these elements are more improvisational in their live form,” Gut Health shares, “we just kept layering more and more until the end of the song felt unrecognisable from where it began.”
Accompanying the single is a music video directed by Renee Kyprotis that was shot between Coburg Velodrome and Cool Studios on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung land.
Gut Health is also embarking on a national tour in support of the album this September and October, performing in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, with Adelaide sadly missing out.
Pre-order/pre-save your copy of Stiletto here and find out more details about the interstate tour here.
TV on the Radio Announce Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes Reissue
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A decade since the release of TV on the Radio’s fifth album Seeds, one of America’s great indie rock acts looks to be gearing up for something special.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the debut album, Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes, the band is reissuing the record on November 15 via Touch and Go with five additional tracks. These tracks include ‘Staring at the Sun (Demo)’, ‘New Health Rock’, ‘Modern Romance,’ ‘Dry Drunk Emperor’ and ‘Final Fantasy’, which is an early demo of ‘Bomb Yourself’.
Not only TVOTR re-releasing Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes, but the band is hitting the road in November and December, performing in New York, Los Angeles and London to commemorate the record’s 20th anniversary. These are the band’s first shows since 2019, with rumours circulating that TVOTR might be planning more shows and a new record.
You can pre-order/pre-save your copy of Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes here.
Friday Five
You love music. We love music. Here are five songs we can’t get enough of this week.
1. Future Island – ‘Glimpse’
2. Francisco Victoria & Malena Zavala – ‘La neccesidad’
3. Hinds ft. Grian Chatten – ‘Stranger’
4. Nilüfer Yanya – ‘Made Out Of Memory’
5. The Jesus & Mary Chain – ‘Pop Seeds’
