Alt-J announce second album 'This Is All Yours' and autumn UK tour plans

June 9, 2014 17:17

They will play six UK shows around the album release this September

Alt-J have announced plans for their second album, entitled 'This Is All Yours'.

Set for release on September 22 via the Infectious label, the album follows their Mercury Prize-winning 2012 debut 'An Awesome Wave'. Scroll down for a full tracklisting. The album artwork is pictured.

The LP will be the band's first release since the departure of band member Gwil Sainsbury, who announced he was leaving the group earlier this year.

The trio will also be embarking on a six-date tour of the UK and Ireland around the release of the record, starting at Glasgow Academy on Sepetmber 18, with shows set for Manchester, Wolverhampton, Brighton, Dublin and London's Alexandra Palace. Tickets for the shows go on general sale at 9am on June 13.

Alt-J will play:

Glasgow O2 Academy (September 18)
Manchester Apollo (19)
Wolverhampton Civic Hall (22)
Brighton Centre (23)
London Alexandra Palace (24)
Dublin O2 Arena (27)

The 'This Is All Yours' tracklisting is:

'Intro'
'Arrival In Nara'
'Nara'
'Every Other Freckle'
'Left Hand Free'
'Garden Of England'
'Choice Kingdom'
'Hunger Of The Pine'
'Warm Foothills'
'The Gospel Of John Hurt'
'Pusher'
'Bloodflood Pt II'
'Leaving Nara'

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

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'Anchorman' director Adam McKay rules out second sequel

March 1, 2014

'Anchorman 3' is definitely not going to happen

Adam McKay says 'Anchorman 3' is definitely not going to happen.

The director, who helmed both 2004's 'Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy' and the recent long-awaited sequel 'Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues' said he thinks we've seen the last of the fine-suited newsreader and his friends.

"It's done," said McKay in an interview with Empire. "I think that’s it. It was great to do it and it was so fun to work with those guys again, but I think that’s it for Ron Burgundy. That’s the last sequel we’re gonna do. There's nothing more fun to me than new characters and a new world... No Anchorman 3."

Adding that the chance of revisiting the franchise in 10 years' time as they had done with the second film, McKay reiterated his stance. "I'm going to say definitely no. I’ll actually say it in this case."

His statement contradicts Will Ferrell's when speaking to RadioTimes.com last year. Asked if there would be a sequel, the star said "We gotta make 14. Honestly, if the Mayor Of Showbiz came and knocked on our doors and said, 'You guys, all you get to work on for the next 20 years is 12 additional Anchorman movies', we probably would all go, 'Okay'."

Earlier this year it was reported Anchorman 2 had surpassed the $100million (£60million) mark at the US box office, meaning it had surpassed the original film by around $20million.

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Singer Elton John a father for second time

Musician Elton John pauses during an interview in Washington July 23, 2012.

Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

LONDON | Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:30am EST

LONDON (Reuters) - British pop star Elton John announced on Wednesday he had become a father for the second time after the birth via a surrogate mother of Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John.

The "Rocket Man" and "Candle in the Wind" singer and his partner David Furnish confirmed the news in a short statement on John's official website, which also provided a link to an article in Hello! magazine.

"Both of us have longed to have children, but the reality that we now have two sons is almost unbelievable," said the couple, who entered a civil partnership in 2005.

"The birth of our second son completes our family in a most precious and perfect way," they told Hello!.

John, 65, and Furnish, 50, are already parents to Zachary, who is two. Elijah was born in Los Angeles on January 11.

"I know when he goes to school there's going to be an awful lot of pressure, and I know he's going to have people saying, 'You don't have a mummy,'" John said of his decision to have another baby.

"It's going to happen. We talked about it before we had him. I want someone to be at his side and back him up. We shall see."

(This story has been corrected to change magazine to Hello! from People in paragraph two)

(Reporting by Mike Collett-White, editing by Paul Casciato)

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J-Lo undecided on second season on 'American Idol' (AP)

LONDON – Jennifer Lopez may come back for a second year as a judge on "American Idol." Or she may not.

"You know, this is the question of the hour. I don't know, I don't know," Lopez said Tuesday in an interview with Scott Mills of the BBC.

Lopez and another new judge, Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, brought a gentler attitude to the top-rated show following the departure of Simon Cowell.

"I had an amazing time doing it and I loved it but I have a lot of other things happening and it's gonna come down to making a choice of really what I want to do for the next year," Lopez said.

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