coup de main - noun
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Definition of coup de main : an attack that achieves complete surprise.

Must-listen: Colouring’s new song 'The Wave'.

Colouring might be keeping themselves busy on tour in America with The 1975 (and Pale Waves) currently, but they show no signs of slowing down anytime soon, going from strength to strength with newly released single, 'The Wave'.

No doubt Colouring still have a lot of tricks up their sleeves, but 'The Wave' sets an almighty new precedent for the band - sincerely wholehearted, touchingly emotive, and ever so slightly transcendent.

Listen to 'The Wave' below...

Frontier Touring tease upcoming Ed Sheeran tour announcement.

It’s looking rather likely that Ed Sheeran will be announcing new tour dates for Australia and New Zealand soon, as Frontier Touring (who have been behind all of Sheeran’s previous tours through our continent) have updated their social media profiles to feature a painted blue background which looks suspiciously identical to the 'Shape Of You' single cover.

Evidence:

Listen to 2 new LCD Soundsystem songs, 'Call The Police' & 'American Dream'.

James Murphy has promised two new LCD Soundsystem songs to be released at midnight tonight, but BBC Radio 6 has previewed 'Call The Police' already, which means you can listen to most of the track now!

UPDATE: Both new songs are out now!

You’re gonna want to make sure you're comfortably seated. What follows below is a lengthy update from Murphy:

Niall Horan releases new song 'Slow Hands'.

Niall Horan has released his second solo single, 'Slow Hands', which follows up 'This Town' and was inspired by 80’s funk and bass sounds, and produced by (One Direction songwriter) Julian Bunetta.

About the song, Niall says: "I’m so happy to be releasing ‘Slow Hands.’ I've been listening to a lot of early 80’s stuff lately and been inspired by that heavy bass and the funky guitar sound. It’s another flavour to my album that I’m excited to share."

Listen to 'Slow Hands' below...

Halsey releases new song 'Eyes Closed' + watch her interview with Baz Luhrmann.

In an interview with Zane Lowe and Baz Luhrmann on Beats 1 today, Halsey premiered a new song called 'Eyes Closed' - lifted from her upcoming 'Hopeless Fountain Kingdom' album - alongside an interesting 30-minute long interview with the trio, during which Halsey explains how she co-wrote 'Eyes Closed' with The Weeknd's Abel Tesfaye.

Listen to 'Eyes Closed’ below, then watch the interview...

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