To find out more, go to: http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/. The video for “Con Altura” recently earned two MTV Video Music Awards wins including Best Latin Video and is 2019’s most-watched video from a female lead artist (now over 800 million views), reaching #1 on YouTube’s Global music video chart. He’s stoked to be back on Raconteurs duty and says: “If left to my own devices, I’m a homebody, a bit of a recluse. With James Ballardie, Lauren Laverne, Damon Albarn, Tony Allen. — Brendan Benson (@brendanbensongs) December 30, 2018. The eagerly-awaited returns of The Strokes and The Raconteurs in the UK are happening. The Raconteurs will release a new album in 2019, their first full-length in over a decade.Now, singer Brendan Brenson has confirmed that the band is planning to tour behind the release. We continue our build up to Glastonbury Festival 2019 by looking back at some of favourite moments from Worthy Farm’s iconic Pyramid Stage. White has long been from the school of “if you want something done, ask a busy person”. In his own singular way, White is making a contribution to the city’s burgeoning economy by opening a Third Man vinyl pressing plant in the Cass Corridor district. announces new tapings of our Season 45, featuring a trio of originals who are highlights of our namesake ACL Festival this year. There’s even a dashing cover of Sixties hipster Donovan’s groovy Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness), which started life as a studio warm-up — “an icebreaker to get our brains working”. July 12: Masonic Temple Theatre – Detroit, MI, July 18: WaMu Theater at CenturyLink Field Events Center – Seattle, WA, July 19: Queen Elizabeth Theatre – Vancouver, BC, July 27: Santa Barbara Bowl – Santa Barbara, CA, July 28: Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre – San Diego, CA, August 11: Knoxville Civic Auditorium – Knoxville, TN, August 12: Egyptian Room at Old National Centre – Indianapolis, IN, August 13: Stage AE (Indoors) – Pittsburgh, PA, August 18: The Fillmore Charlotte – Charlotte, NC, August 20: Township Auditorium – Columbia, SC, August 29: Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN, August 30: Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN, September 3: Red Hat Amphitheater – Raleigh, NC, September 6: Hammerstein Ballroom – New York, NY, September 7: Kings Theatre – Brooklyn, NY, September 12: Sony Centre for the Performing Arts – Toronto, ON, September 13: Express Live! All Points East 2019 just revealed new names for its second edition including The Strokes and The Raconteurs. Mike “Beard Guy” Taylor, multi-instrumentalist of Walk Off the Earth, has died, Louis C.K. The video for “Con Altura” recently earned two MTV Video Music Awards wins including Best Latin Video and is 2019’s most-watched video from a female lead artist (now over 800 million views), reaching #1 on YouTube’s Global music video chart. Somedays (I           Don’t Feel Like           Trying), !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? We will only view one application per person, so send us your best stuff first time around! “It’s a crowd pleaser, but not good for the morale of the band. The plant’s website boasts of “a capacity estimated at 5,000 records per eight-hour shift” on “the first newly built presses in 35 years”. Billie received nine 2019 MTV Video Music Awards nominations and won three including Best New Artist at this year’s VMAs. HELP US STRANGER is earning numerous shout-outs from national press: “The Raconteurs have made an album of what are, relatively, straight-up bangers…With tune after tune, this third Raconteurs outing is a blast” (The Guardian);  “HELP US STRANGER is Jack White and Brendan Benson’s love letter to classic rock” (Q); “the group’s richest batch of songs to date” (Spin). Want to be part of our audience? Featuring a cadre of killer songs, sees the mighty Raconteurs reassembled, stronger and even more vital than ever before as they continue to push rock ‘n’ roll forward into its future, bonding prodigious riffs, blues power, sinewy psychedelia, Detroit funk, and Nashville soul via Benson and White’s uncompromising songcraft and the band’s steadfast musical muscle. Additionally, every online ticket purchased in North America for the new headline shows will include a physical copy of HELP US STRANGER on CD. Billie is the October cover star of. I can play anything I want in my solo shows.”. Indoor Pavilion – Columbus, OH, October 12: The Criterion – Oklahoma City, OK, October 17: Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland – Kansas City, MO, © Since they were last together, he has released three solo albums, made two more with The Dead Weather, produced countless other acts, set up and expanded Third Man Records — not to mention his duties as dad of two young children. n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; Following their first live show in over 8 years at Third Man Records 10th Anniversary celebration this past Saturday, The Raconteurs have announced a North American headline tour in support of their new album, HELP US STRANGER. ’s 20th Anniversary issue. The band burst onto the scene in 2006 with their now-classic debut album, , winning worldwide acclaim, Grammy® nominations for Best Rock Album and Best Rock Performance and a chart-topping smash single in “Steady, As She Goes,” followed by 2008’s Grammy®-winning. will also be accepted. Block9 in the South East corner of the site was expanded with the inclusion of a new venue and installation, IICON, described as "a pseudo-religious monument to the terrifying new realities emerging in our digital, data-driven, post-truth age". It is true — Brendan and I are from Detroit. The chart-topping album debuted at #1 on the SoundScan/Billboard 200 — the band’s first-ever #1 and their third trip to the top 10. They are as scrappy, current, steadfast, and captivating as they were when they first joined forces, and their joy of creating together is satisfyingly palpable. If you think that could be you, then please e-mail poetryandwords@hotmail.co.uk with a short Bio and 1-3 video and/or audio files of you performing your work, preferably to a live audience.