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CMU’s One Liners: Janelle Monáe, Dave Mustaine, Mollie King, more

By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 15 August 2016

Other notable announcements and developments today…

• Janelle Monáe stars in new film ‘Hidden Figures’, which is due for release in January next year. Watch the trailer here.

• Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine is inviting fans to his birthday party on 13 Sep, which will double up as a promotional event for his new beer. Cheers!

• The Saturdays’ Mollie King will release her debut solo single, ‘Back To You’, this Friday. Here’s a teaser. “My solo material is the kind of music that I love, stylistically this is me and I’m saying things that I want to say”, she says.

• Tinashe has released a video for new single ‘Superlove’.

• MIA has released new single ‘Bird Song’. Her new album, ‘AIM’, is out on 9 Sep.

• WSTRN have released the video for new single ‘A-List’.

• Grouplove have just released new single ‘Do You Love Someone’. Their new album, ‘Big Mess’, is out on 9 Sep. They also have UK shows in London and Manchester booked in next month.

• Nomad Cinema will be screening Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ outside St Paul’s Cathedral this Thursday (18 Aug). More details here.

• Lorelle Meets The Obsolete will be touring the UK at the end of next month, finishing up at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen in London on 1 Oct.