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Sunday, 2 April 2017

WTF Did I Miss This Week? #26 (w/c 27/03/17)

The publishing world:

There were some very exciting new releases out this week:
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And a couple of cover reveals too!:
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In other news:
  • The Waterstones children's book prize went to Kiran Millwood Hargrave for 'The Girl of Ink and Stars'. 
  • Ransom Riggs and Taherah Mafi announced that they're releasing a collaboration: their baby will be arriving in a couple of months!
The music world:

This week, the new releases ranged from the controversial to the highly anticipated:
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There was a ton of exciting new music:

All Time Low covered Lorde's 'Green Light' for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge:


Ice Nine Kills explored the 'Nature of the Beast':

'Do You Remember?' The Maine?:


Decade want you to 'Turn Off Your TV':

There were also new releases from blink-182, Microwave, Real Friends, Creeper, Frank Iero and the Patience, Bleachers, He Is Legend, State Champs, Darlia and Black Stone Cherry, while Shaking Chains released a video that changes every time you watch it and Papa Roach released not one but two new songs.
Those should keep you busy for a while!

When are the tour announcements going to stop?!:
  • All Time Low have announced a one-off show at the Rose Theatre in Kingston on May 30th, celebrating the release of 'Last Young Renegade'. 
  • Miss May I are hitting the road in May, touring until the end of June with Upon A Burning Body, Kublai Khan and Currents. 
  • System of a Down are playing headline shows throughout Europe in June, slotted it around their festival appearances. Support comes from Code Orange.
  • Prophets of Rage have announced their first UK headline show, playing Brixton O2 Academy in June. 
  • Catfish and the Bottlemen are playing three huge UK shows in June and July.
  • Ghost have announced that they'll be playing some headline shows across America in June and July.
  • Linkin Park are returning to the UK in July for three dates.
  • Counting Crows and Matchbox 20 are co-headlining an American tour that will run from July to October.
  • The Skints are playing small shows across the UK throughout September and October.  
In other news
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  • In the third piece of All Time Low related news, 'Nothing Personal' has been certified gold in the UK. FINALLY. 
  • Grayscale have been signed by Fearless Records...
  • ...while No Sleep Records announced that they've signed Hot Mulligan. Huge congratulations to both!
  • Stick To Your Guns became the first metal band to play in Kenya.
  • Jonny Craig shared that he's likely to be out of hospital on April 17th...
  • ...while Zach Johnson from The Ghost Inside is undergoing his twelfth surgery since the band's bus crash back in 2015.
  • Sirona have split up...
  • ...while Ice Nine Kills posted an image that appeared to confirm their break-up as an attention-seeking April Fool's joke. Sigh. 
  • twenty one pilots sold out every date of their Tour de Columbus. Of course.
  • Meanwhile, Waterparks were very busy this week: they posted a tour diary of their adventures in Europe, released their very own GIF keyboard and graced the cover of a magazine for the first time. I'm so proud of my boys! 


Dang, that was a lot of news! I'll leave you there, and hope that my fingers don't fall off before I can write next week's post... 

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