![]() Expect more colourful washes of sound and emotional and musical contradictions that encourage reflection and ambivalence. Isn’t It Now will be their 12 th studio album and, at 64 minutes, their longest to date. Starts at Leeds Grand Theatre, 28 September, touring to 18 November, tickets from £11.50 Animal Collective Isn’t It NowĪnimal Collective burst onto the alternative music scene in 2007 with their wash of electronic psychedelia and have been prolific ever since. It’s taken on this year by Opera North, with dates in Leeds, Newcastle, Nottingham and Salford Quays from late September to mid November. Released on 22 September Opera North Falstaffįalstaff is Verdi’s take on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, and the last of his 28 operas. ![]() Her upcoming album, Tension, promises more house-disco bangers with a modern electronic twist and those trademark sugary vocals. It was her biggest hit in a decade and cemented her reputation as the cool aunt of the old-school divas. Since “Padam Padam” – the best pop-dance track released in I don’t know how long – came out in June, all eyes have been on Kylie. Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 16 September, tickets from £26 Kylie Minogue Tension The Shostakovich is flanked by Beethoven and Walton – an evening of drama, light and shade. He follows what is set to be a hugely popular performance at the Last Night of the Proms with this one-off concert with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by its new chief conductor Kazuki Yamada, playing Shostakovich’s bracing first cello concerto. The 24-year-old cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason is shaping up to be the star of British classical music. Released on 15 September City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Kazuki and Sheku Kanneh-Mason Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs with the Chineke! London Contemporary Orchestra in 2021 (Photo: Kate Green/Getty Images) ![]() (Catch her at Edinburgh’s Queens Hall on 7 October, Manchester’s Albert Hall on 9 October or London’s Union Chapel on 11 October, too, as part of a limited-run European tour. The album’s single, “Bug Like an Angel”, is characteristically reflective and catchy, with a choir bolstering Mistki’s signature vocal, promising great things for the new album. The American singer-songwriter uses evocative lyrics combined with unexpected melodies to stir our souls, from the bossa groove of 2018’s “Nobody” and the jaunty synths in 2022’s “Should’ve Been Me” to the gut-punch lament of “Your Best American Girl” (2016). It’s only been a year since we were last treated to an album by the master purveyor of “art pop” or “intelligent indie”. Barbara Hannigan will conduct a programme of Ligeti, Vivier, Haydn, Nono and Strauss and sing soprano alongside mezzo Fleur Barron.īarbican, London, 14 September and 17 September, tickets from £18 Mitski The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We It’s a new season for the LSO following Simon Rattle’s triumphant, emotional farewell at the Proms with Mahler’s 9 th. Starts 14 September at OVO Hydro, Glasgow, touring to 28 September, tickets from £96 London Symphony Orchestra Barbara Hannigan and Fleur Barron On her global tour you can expect sparkles, hoedowns and nonstop fun as this iconic country artist stomps her way into her 60s. Shania Twain Queen of Me tour Shania Twain performs at her Queen of Me tour, Washington (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation)Īt 58, Shania Twain is still going strong – she released her sixth album Queen of Me earlier this year, which debuted at number 10 on the US album charts.
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