Scene and heard: Hozier gearing up for new album release
MUSIC NEWS: Hozier is about to get a massive push on the back of his self-titled debut album, due for release on September 19. Not surprisingly, ‘Take me to Church’ will loom large on the 13-track offering, with other singles ‘Sedated’ and ‘From Eden’ also featuring. The Bray sensation is at Glastonbury this weekend, and can then be seen at Longitude in Dublin on July 19, and Independence in Mitchelstown on August 1. With all eyes on Glastonbury in the days ahead, organiser Michael Eavis has blamed social media rumours for ensuring Prince wouldn’t be playing the festival. Apparently, the Minneapolis maestro was in negotiations to appear, but online speculation got him miffed and he pulled the plug. One artist who will be at Worthy Farm is Lana Del Rey. The future Marquee visitor had a bit of fairly amicable online banter earlier in the week with Frances Bean, daughter of Kurt Cobain. Del Rey was at pains to deny she was glamourising death in a recent interview.
