Brexit

“If Brexit prevents many new musicians from touring,“ Elton writes, “the only artists who are going to have any meaningful kind of live career are big, august, mainstream artists like me.“

Just in time for Brexit, this protest song features a Who’s Who of UK Post-Punk, including most of PiL’s Metal Box lineup, The Pop Group’s Mark Stewart and Killing Joke’s Youth.

The tour resumes at Austin City Limits Music Festival this Friday.

”Fear is not a weapon to be used by a UK Prime Minister in the 21st century,” Thom Yorke wrote in a scathing message to British Prime Minister Theresa May. ”Stop the bus…… now.”

Morrissey said he would no longer speak to the press but he has just granted an interview for his own website, Morrissey Central. Interviewer John Riggers is throwing softballs — “I Wish You Lonely and Jacky’s Only Happy When She’s Up On The Stage are your best ever songs. David Bowie was not writing great songs at this period of his career” — but Morrissey still manages to get in some modern classic headscratcher quotes.

Saint Etienne are gearing up to release Home Counties, the UK trio’s ninth album and first in five years…

“We get screwed if we stay or we leave / they won’t be happy till we pay for the air we breathe,” Carr sings on the sprightly, funky tune that recalls the ’80s heyday of Paul Weller’s decidedly socialist group The Style Council.

“His fucking haircut! He needs it cut and as my mother would say, ‘wash your fucking mouth out.’” — Roger Daltrey on Trump.

John Lydon has settled down in his ’60s, ever remaining the provocateur, though perhaps in ways you might not expect from Sex Pistols-era Johnny Rotten. Appearing today on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Lydon gave his support to both Brexit and, somewhat, Donald Trump.

London producer Gold Panda has just dropped a surprise 5-track EP titled Kingdom, reportedly inspired by the tumultuous results of the recent Brexit referendum…