In June 2023, McCartney announced plans to release “the final Beatles record” later in the year, using Jackson’s de-mixing technology to extract Lennon’s voice from an old demo of a song that he had written as a solo artist.
Four months later, it was reported that Wyman would return for a song, more than 30 years after his departure from the band.
On 23 May 2023, Primal Scream announced that they would be performing as a 12-piece band for their upcoming tour dates, with the core line-up augmented by members of the House Gospel Choir on backing vocals, Alex White of Fat White Family on saxophone, and keyboards by former Go-Kart Mozart…
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The next day, the band played their first concert in eight years on 19 May 2023 at the Colchester Arts Centre in Colchester .
On 19 May, the second single “False Dawn” was released, along with the band announcing their third album The Noble Art of Self Destruction , to be released on 25 August 2023 via SharpTone Records.
The album was released on 19 May and featured 16 tracks from previous albums reworked, stripped, or re-recorded.
On 18 May 2023, Blur released ” The Narcissist “, the first single from their ninth studio album The Ballad of Darren .
On 17 May, the band posted a teaser on social media which consisted of the previous albums’ artwork be slowly torn off to reveal the corner of the new album cover.
Former bassist Algy Ward, who had played on Machine Gun Etiquette , died on 17 May 2023.
Algy Ward died on 17 May 2023.