Category: Video

Morrissey announces U.K. arena tour, plays new single on 'The Graham Norton Show'

Morrissey announces U.K. arena tour, plays new single on ‘The Graham Norton Show’

As he prepares to embark on his U.S. tour next week, Morrissey has now announced a tour of arenas and larger venues in the U.K. and Ireland early next year in support of his forthcoming album Low in High School. The trek opens in Aberdeen on Feb. 16 and wraps up with London concerts on March 7 and 9.

Watch: Wheelchair-bound Mark E. Smith leads The Fall in live return following health scare

Watch: Wheelchair-bound Mark E. Smith leads The Fall in live return following health scare

Two months after Mark E. Smith’s health forced the postponement of the first U.S. concerts by The Fall in more than a decade, the irascible frontman brought his long-running band back to the stage in the U.K. last week — strapped into a wheelchair, but still delivering his trademark vocal blast. See video of that performance here.

Watch: Violent Femmes make 'American Music' with BBQ grill in KEXP live set

Watch: Violent Femmes make ‘American Music’ with BBQ grill in KEXP live set

This past August, as their co-headlining tour with Echo & The Bunnymen reached its end, the Violent Femmes stopped by Seattle radio station KEXP to perform a 22-minute set for listeners, which now has been posted in full video glory for the rest of us to see. Watch it right here.

Watch: Morrissey debuts new songs, covers The Pretenders in 55-minute set for BBC

Watch: Morrissey debuts new songs, covers The Pretenders in 55-minute set for BBC

Last week Morrissey helped the BBC kick off its 6 Music Live week, a series of live-on-the-air performances at the British broadcaster’s Maida Vale studios that also featured Mogwai, alt-J, Loyle Carner and Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant. Watch Morrissey’s full 55-minute set here.

Watch: The Church conjure 'hallucinogenic poolside scene' for 'Undersea' video

Watch: The Church conjure ‘hallucinogenic poolside scene’ for ‘Undersea’ video

The Church this week released the music video for “Undersea,” the first single off the band’s just-released 26th studio album, Man Woman Life Death Infinity. The video for the 3-minute single, directed by Eden Mulholland, can be seen in its entirety here.

Watch: Nick Cave finds Bobby Gillespie in London audience for show-closing duet

Watch: Nick Cave finds Bobby Gillespie in London audience for show-closing duet

Nick Cave has been ending the shows on his current tour with the Bad Seeds by filling the stage with fans during blistering performances of “Stagger Lee,” then bringing things way down with a trance-like “Push the Sky Away” in which he often climbs out into the audience. Saturday night in London, he found a friend in the crowd.

Watch: Heaven 17 dishes out hits, covers David Bowie (twice!) in first-ever U.S. concert

Watch: Heaven 17 dishes out hits, covers David Bowie (twice!) in first-ever U.S. concert

This past week saw pioneering British synthpop group Heaven 17 do something it never had done before: perform a live concert in the United States. Specifically, Martyn Ware and Glenn Gregory brought their live show to New York City’s Highline Ballroom on Wednesday night. Check out the setlist and video.