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Arctic Monkeys<\/a>\u00a0are very much back with Opening Night, the first single lifted from War Child Records’ upcoming HELP (2) compilation, released March 6.<\/p>\n On the track, Arctic Monkeys say: “When James Ford called and asked if we\u2019d contribute to the HELP(2) album we set to work on a song idea and assembled in Abbey Road to record it. We are proud to support the invaluable work War Child do and hope the record will make a positive difference to the lives of children affected by war.”<\/p>\n Directioners, assemble! This week sees huge releases from One Direction<\/a> stars Harry Styles<\/a> and Louis Tomlinson<\/a>. Harry returns with Aperture<\/a>, the first single lifted from his upcoming fourth solo studio album KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY.<\/a>, while Louis drops Imposter, the focus track from his third LP How Did I Get Here?<\/a>, released this week.<\/p>\n Should fans back the boys, could we see our first-ever solo 1D chart double, with Aperture or Imposter atop the Official Singles Chart<\/a> and Louis replicating Faith In The Future<\/a>‘s success with another Official Albums Chart<\/a>-topper?<\/p>\n Fun fact – as a band, One Direction managed the same feat back in November 2012, when Little Things<\/a> and its parent album Take Me Home<\/a> topped the charts simultaneously.<\/p>\n The Beach Boys<\/a> will be releasing We Gotta Groove – 2025 Mix after the exciting news was announced today that they will be dropping their\u00a0lost experimental album Adult\/Child after almost 50 years on Friday 13 February.\u00a0<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Jessie Ware<\/a> is back with brand-new cut I Could Get Used To This, which serves as the first taste of the pop queen’s upcoming sixth studio album.<\/p>\n Wings of Desire kick off a year-long project of releasing a new single for every new moon of 2026 with Whisper, Irish, London-based experimental pop auteur Balderdasch drops Homoerotic and Irish alt-folk group\u00a0Madra Salach serve up The Man Who Seeks Pleasure alongside their debut EP.<\/p>\n This week also sees big new releases from Holly Humberstone<\/a>\u00a0(To Love Somebody), Newcastle-born singer-songwriter Heidi Curtis (Siren), Irish newcomers Burglar (Lovey), Bristol quartet The New Cut (London, Out There) and rising Irish rocker Mark Daly (In The Dark).<\/p>\n Now, let’s turn our attention to albums.<\/p>\n MIKA<\/a> marks his return with seventh studio album Hyperlove, a record which, in his words, describes “the electricity that jumps between the plus and minus of a charge\u2026hyper-love and hyper-living are about embracing that euphoria that helps you make sense of the world around you.” It comes ahead of his upcoming Spinning Out Tour, which kicks off February 6 before arriving in the UK on February 11.<\/p>\n American thrash metal outfit Megadeth<\/a>\u00a0unveil their seventeenth, and final, project in the form of their self-titled record. It’s delivered alongside focus track Puppet Parade, a song about “about a person who has a dead-end job, a dead-end relationship, a dead-end life.” Happy Friday!<\/p>\n We also see new releases from the likes of French DJ-producer fella\u00a0Gesaffelstein<\/a> (Enter The Gamma (Live)),\u00a0Jason Derulo<\/a> (The Last Dance (Part 1)), Americana icon Lucinda Williams<\/a> (World’s Gone Wrong) and Cat Power (Redux).<\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.officialcharts.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arctic Monkeys\u00a0are very much back with Opening Night, the first single lifted from War Child Records’ upcoming HELP (2) compilation, released March 6. 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