Anna Calvi announces UK tour, streams Bruce Springsteen cover – listen

December 19, 2013 18:27

The singer songwriter has released a version of 'Fire' which was written by The Boss

Anna Calvi has announced plans for tour of the UK and Ireland, set to take place in February 2014.

The nine-date tour includes a previously announced gig at London's Troxy on February 8. The tour kicks off at Dublin Vicar Street on February 1 and includes shows in Belfast, Glasgow, Leeds, Leeds, Manchester and Brighton, before coming to an end on February 12 at the Komedia in Bath. Scroll down for full dates.

Meanwhile, Calvi has covered the Bruce Springsteen-penned 'Fire' as the B-side to her current single, 'Suddenly'. Click above to listen to Calvi's brooding version of the track, which was written in 1977 but not released by Springsteen until 1987, following a Pointer Sisters take on the song, which came out in 1978. Calvi released her second album, 'One Breath', in October, the follow-up to her self-titled 2011 debut.

Anna Calvi will play:

Dublin Vicar Street (February 1, 2014)
Belfast Empire (2)
Leeds Met University (4)
Glasgow The Arches (5)
Manchester Albert Hall (6)
London Troxy (8)
Birmingham Institute (10)
Brighton All Saints Church (11)
Bath Komedia (12)

To check the availability of Anna Calvi tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/TICKETS now, or call 0844 858 6765

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MIA streams new album 'Matangi' in full – listen

November 1, 2013 16:33

Singer's latest LP uploaded to YouTube

MIA is streaming her new album 'Matangi' in full – scroll down to the bottom of the page and click to listen.

The long-awaited LP will be officially released next week (November 4), but the singer has uploaded it to YouTube. The record includes the singles 'Bad Girls', 'Come Walk With Me' and 'Bring The Noize' and is the follow-up to her 2010 effort 'Maya'.

In a recent NME interview, MIA said she had been determined that the album wouldn't jump on the dubstep bandwagon. "In the last two years it's been cool to do dark shit," she said. "Everyone's been slowing your shit down and making you slur. That's not 'Matangi'."

She also revealed that producer Dave 'Switch' Taylor nearly died while working on the record after he attempted a daredevil stunt which went badly wrong. "He fell off a cliff and nearly died when he came into the studio," MIA said. "There was a 100ft cliff and [Switch] tried to do a dive into the sea but he slipped before he jumped and he fell. He was unconscious and all his ribs were broken and he had to go to hospital. Then when he came out we made 'Come Walk With Me'."

The 'Matangi' tracklisting in full is as follows:

'Karmageddon'
'MATANGI'
'Only 1 U'
'Warriors'
'Come Walk With Me'
'aTENTion'
'Sexodus' (feat. The Weeknd)
'Bad Girls'
'Boom Skit'
'Double Bubble Trouble'
'Y.A.L.A.'
'Bring The Noize'
'Lights'
'Know It Ain't Right'

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