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One Liners: Paul McCartney, Jack White, Jay-Z, more

By Chris Cooke | Published on Tuesday 1 August 2017

Other notable announcements and developments today…

• Paul McCartney has written a song about Donald Trump. “Sometimes the situation in the world is so crazy, that you’ve got to address it”, he told students at LIPA, according to the Liverpool Echo.

• Jack White has been in the studio working on his next solo album. Look, photo evidence!

• Have you checked out the tracks Jay-Z forgot to put on his new album ‘4:44’. ‘MaNyfaCedGod’ features James Blake, while ‘Blue’s Freestyle/We Family’ includes his daughter Blue Ivy. There’s also a track called ‘Adnis’. All three will be on the bonus edition of ‘4:44’.

• A deluxe remastered version of Underworld’s 1999 album ‘Beaucoup Fish’ will be released on 25 Aug. Four discs there’ll be, four!

• Major Lazer have posted a video for their track ‘Sua Cara’, featuring Anitta and Pabllo Vittar. Fun fact: it was filmed in Morocco. No lie.

• Arcade Fire have announced a third show at London’s Wembley Arena on their 2018 UK tour – this one on 13 Apr. Tickets will be on sale from Friday.

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