New Music Friday: Together for Palestine, Fred again.., SpudBros and more
Fred again.. will be dropping USB, which encompasses the long list of tracks he has revealed over the past weeks, as well as a final new song to top off the DJ’s remarkable achievements.
The 50th anniversary edition of the iconic Wish You Were Here from Pink Floyd will be revealed on digital platforms and 3LP, 2CD and Blu-ray. The release will include never before heard takes on some classic tracks.
Girl group FLO will be dropping a deluxe version of their 2024 Top 5 album Access All Areas called, Access All Areas: Unlocked.
British rap royalty J Hus dropped a surprise EP last night named Half Clip featuring the likes of Skepta and Seyi Vibez.
As well as these, American rapper Conway The Machine unveils You Can’t Kill God With Bullets, Juliana Hatfield with Lightning Might Strike and Armanii’s THE IMPACT.
Let’s move onto the singles.
And we have three contenders for our Christmas Number 1 all dropping tomorrow, the day that all the shenanigans kicks off!
Firstly, The team behind Together For Palestine, the sold-out September 2025 Wembley gig that raised over £2 million for Gaza, release charity single Lullaby.
Featuring a host of UK and Palestinian musicians – including Amena, Yasmeen Ayyashi, Bastille’s Dan Smith, Leigh-Anne, Neneh Cherry, Mabel and many more, this powerful reimagining of traditional Palestinian folk song Yamma Mweel El Hawa (O song of longing, mother) will see all profit go to Choose Love’s Together For Palestine Fund. This supports three Palestinian-led organisations: Taawon, Palestine Children’s Relief Fund and Palestine Medical Relief Service.
Next up is The UK’s most loved and followed jacket potato brand SpudBros, who have joined forces with Vicky McClures Our Dementia Choir to drop Brighter Than The Night. The campaign is shedding light on how harnessing the power of music and food can bring comfort and connection to families who need it most, with all funds raised donated to Our Dementia Choir.
Then finally, Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan teams up with self-produced band UROCK, led by American-Italian vocalist Umberto Urock, for this statement of self-governance, resisting ‘mass mediocrity’ titled, THE LINE. The track’s backed by social media campaigner Jon Morter, whose Facebook push famously took Rage Against The Machine’s Killing In The Name to victory over Joe McElderry’s The Climb back in 2009.
Elsewhere, the Rolling Stones have cleared a sample of their 1965 hit (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction for Fatboy Slim to use and finally officially release Satisfaction Skank, despite the song being created over 25 years ago.
Other notable releases include the Gorillaz latest track with Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey on Damascus, DaBaby with LETTER TO MY YN and Rico Nasty’s BLACK LACE.
