THEY’RE back! Some of music’s biggest names plan new albums for 2023.
Simon Cosyns and Jacqui Swift reveal all.
DUA LIPA
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ANTICIPATION is reaching fever pitch for the third album by the disco-pop sensation.
In between stadium-sized shows, she has been working on the follow-up to 2020’s Future Nostalgia, which should be with us sometime during 2023.
Earlier this month, Dua revealed that the album “had taken a complete turn” – so expect a daring and dramatic progression.
CARDI B
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HER debut, Invasion Of Privacy, came out in 2018 so a follow-up to the collection, which won Best Rap Album at the 2019 Grammys, is long overdue.
Cardi B said: “I have, like, a couple of songs that are definites. I don’t know what’s going on with me. I need to just make up my mind and just put it out.”
We agree – just release it.
NOEL GALLAGHER
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NOEL has teased that the next album by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will be out in May, after releasing single Pretty Boy earlier this year.
He has some big shows and festivals booked, including headline slots at PennFest and South Facing Festival in July, before heading to Manchester and Saffron Walden in August (as part of the Heritage Live concert series).
Can he match brother Liam’s remarkable 2022, though?
IGGY POP
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GODFATHER of punk returns to his tooges roots with the loud and lairy Every Loser, including the typically hard-line single Frenzy.
Produced by Andrew Watt (Ozzy Osbourne, Miley Cyrus), the album employs Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.
PINK
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A BIG year is guaranteed for the singer born Alecia Hart. She releases ninth studio album Trustfall on February 17.
She said: “The best album I have ever made.” Lead single Never Gonna Not Dance Again has already been a radio hit and her Summer Carnival Tour arrives here in June with two headline dates at Hyde Park.
LEWIS CAPALDI
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IT has been a long wait but, on May 19, Scots favourite Lewis finally releases album number two, Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent, which will include a love song with Ed Sheeran called Pointless plus comeback single Forget Me.
U2
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LURKING among the thank-yous in Bono’s autobiography is confirmation of the next U2 album.
He says: “During lockdown, we were able to reimagine 40 U2 tracks for the Songs Of Surrender collection, which gave me the chance to live inside those songs again.”
Expect acoustic settings and lyrical updates.
GORILLAZ
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THE brainchild of Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett are back in February with album No8, Cracker Island.
As ever, all eyes are on the guest list, and it doesn’t disappoint – Stevie Nicks, Thundercat, Tame Impala and Beck.
ROLLING STONES
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COULD 2023 see the much-heralded first album of original material since 2005’s A Bigger Bang?
Interrupted by the death of Charlie Watts and Covid, sessions are ongoing with drummer Steve Jordan.
“The Stones go on and so does the new record,” Keith Richards told SFTW.
ED SHEERAN
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ED revealed a fifth album was coming in 2023 when he made a video marking Shivers’ one billion streams.
He said: “I’m gonna celebrate by shooting a video for my new album, out next year.”
At a guess, it will be called – (Subtract), in keeping with the mathematical theme of all the others.
LANA DEL REY
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LANA’S new album, Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, has been announced for a March 10 release.
The gorgeous title track was put out earlier this month.
The album was produced by Jack Antonoff and there are collaborations with his band Bleachers, as well as Father John Misty, Grammy winner Jon Batiste, Canadian rapper Tommy Genesis and singer-songwriter SYML.
SHANIA TWAIN
AS the best-selling female artist in country music history, the pressure is on for the Canadian’s first album of new material since 2017’s Now.
Queen Of Me, arrives in February with singles Waking Up Dreaming and Last Day Of Summer suggesting Shania’s “still the one”.
THE KILLERS
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WITH four UK and Ireland shows set for this summer and a headline appearance at Reading and Leeds, Brandon Flowers and Co intend to put out album number eight to tie in with these live appearances.
The song Boy was released last August with further new songs set to follow soon.
TOM GRENNAN
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TOM’S third record What Ifs & Maybes will arrive in spring to accompany his March tour – his biggest yet.
He says: “I’ve called it What Ifs & Maybes because it’s about going with your gut, not your head and because you never know what’s going to happen.”
DEPECHE MODE
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MEMENTO Mori is the 15th studio album from the Essex synth-pop heroes – and their first as a duo after the death of keyboard player Andy Fletcher.
It’s due out in spring 2023 to coincide with their world tour, which includes a date at London’s Twickenham Stadium on June 17.
METALLICA
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OUT April, the metal kings’ 12th studio album 72 Seasons clocks in at 77 minutes.
The title refers to the first 18 years of our lives when, according to singer/ guitarist James Hetfield, our parents tell us who we are.
PETER GABRIEL
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WITH a 2023 arena tour, the ex-Genesis sonic pioneer makes it a doubly special year with his first album of new songs since 2002’s Up.
Called i/o, it was recorded at his Real World studios with long-time associates Manu Katche, Tony Levin and David Rhodes.
PJ HARVEY
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IT’S been nearly seven years since The Hope Six Demolition Project but, in June, the original and excellent artist from Dorset said her tenth studio album would appear in summer 2023.
RIHANNA
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IT’S been seven years since RiRi released an album and the new year sees her long-awaited ninth collection.
She will headline the 2023 Super Bowl halftime show on February 12 and let’s hope the Fenty Beauty mogul manages some dates over here, too.
JOHN CALE
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THE former VU man is 80 and remains cool.
Cale’s first studio album in more than ten years, Mercy, proves he still has his finger on the pulse and uses some sonic adventurers making waves today – Weyes Blood, Animal Collective and Sylvan Esso.
SNOW PATROL
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THE Irish band’s last album, 2018’s Wildness, arrived after a seven-year wait.
But frontman Gary Lightbody said: “There will be an official Snow Patrol album coming. I’ve been writing a lot – we have all been writing a lot.”
Lightbody, recently awarded an OBE for his charity work, has been focusing on writing film scores.
ELLIE GOULDING
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ELLIE’S fifth effort, Higher Than Heaven, is due out on February 3 with three singles Easy Lover, All By Myself and Let It Die released this year.
Ellie said of the new album: “We want to make music for people to dance to and forget about everything in the past year.”
KYLIE
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DISCO, Kylie’s last album in 2020, saw a resurgence in the Aussie superstar’s popularity.
This year, she’s been working hard on its follow-up, her 16th studio release, and has hinted it will be a new sound and journey. It is due out in the first half of 2023.
BLONDIE
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ON the back of their fabulous boxset, Against All Odds, New York’s new wave icons, featuring Debbie Harry, Chris Stein & Co, have been working on their latest studio album.
The follow-up to 2017’s Pollinator has one addition to the core line-up, Glen Matlock of Sex Pistols fame.
CAROLINE POLACHEK
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WITH the clamour growing around the ex-Chairlift singer, the electropop siren is back with her second solo album, Desire, I Want To Turn Into You.
The follow-up to 2019’s Pang includes the “summer jam” single Bunny Is A Rider, co-produced by Danny L Harle.
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