Music News
Post Malone on tour
Post Malone will be releasing a new album before the end of this year. The multi talented genre artist is currently on his Runaway Tour. He released his last album ‘Hollywood’s Bleeding’ last September.
Lewis Capaldi scores second No : 1 on singles chart
Lewis Capaldi has scored his second No: 1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Before You Go’. The song deals with the mental issue from personal experience as it relates to the suicide of Capaldi’s aunt. ’Before You Go’ took 11 weeks to reach the No: 1 position starting at No: 19 – reaching No: 2. It then got lost with the Christmas songs that came along in December. But it rebound to make a rise again, leaping from 5 to the pole position to give the 23 year old his second No: 1 in the UK. His previous chart topper was ‘Someone You Loved’ last year which went on to become a global hit.
Lewis has co –written the current chart topping song with Ben Kohn, Peter Kelleher, Phil Plested and Tom Bames. The co- writers play various instruments on the track. ‘Before You Go’ is Capaldi’s third UK top 10 hit, taken from his debut album ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent’. The hit song is the 43rd track from Scotland to reach the top of the UK chart by the 28th artist.
Madonna resumes tour
Madonna resumed her Madame X tour in London on January 29. The 61 year old did not show any sign of discomfort except requesting a chair at one point of her show according to reports. The megahit making artist wore a knee support for her performance. However she had to cancel shows on Jan 4 and 11 at the Palladium, London as it was too much for her body. The singer admitted to undergoing 3 hours of therapy before a show and after a show totalling 6 hours.
Stormzy and Wiley heading for a storm ?
The rap and grime artists Stormzy and Wiley are locked in a war of words over their collaborations. After Wiley began to take pot shots at Stormzy over his collaboration with Ed Sheeran, Stormzy responded with the battle going to and fro. Now Wiley has challenged Stormzy to a rap battle to clear it all up at the O2 Arena in London. Wiley is the more senior of the two starting his career back in 1996 with 12 albums and 22 singles, while Stormzy began his career in 2014, releasing two albums and 12 singles.
Billie Eilish song enters UK Top 10
Teenage pop star Billie Eilish who won six Grammy awards a week earlier saw her song ‘Everything I Wanted’ enter the UK top 10, climbing from 8 on the singles chart. The song began its chart journey 11 weeks inside the top 10 at No: 3 and then dropped and returned for a second time peaking at 6. Hot on the heels of her Grammy success ‘Everything I Wanted’ is back on the UK top for the third time. The song is the 17 year old artist’s third UK top 10 and taken from her album ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’ Meanwhile Eilish has taken to social media to request people from impersonating her in a disrespectful manner on videos.
