What You Missed In Music: Glastonbury Announcement, Lady Gaga And More

Glastonbury won’t be on in 2018

Festival season might be starting to wind down, but we’re already starting to look forward to when it all shoots back into life next summer. Bestival have announced that they’ve already booked one headliner for 2017, and Glastonbury came out this week some news of their own, confirming that 2018 will indeed be a fallow year.

A statement from the festival organisers read: “We can also confirm that we will be taking our next fallow year in 2018, in order to give the farm, the village and the festival team the traditional year off. There are no plans to hold an event at another location in 2018.”

That, of course, means we still have the 2017 edition looming ahead.

Tickets for 2017’s event will go on sale from 6 October, with the festival taking place from 21 to 25 June 2017. Prices have continued to increase (Glastonbury is still worth it though), with one adult ticket setting you back £238 + £5 booking fee.

Lady Gaga In Talks to Play Super Bowl Halftime Show

According to Billboard’s sources, Lady Gaga is in talks to play one of the biggest gigs going: the Super Bowl Halftime show.

"We have had conversations with several fantastic artists about the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. However, at this point we do not have a final decision," an NFL rep told Billboard when asked about Gaga. "We’re happy there is so much excitement about the show."

Frank Ocean’s Blonde Songwriting Credits Revealed 

On an album so confident that it reduced Beyoncé’s contribution to that of a backing vocalist, it was a little tricky to work out exactly where all of the other listed collaborators slotted in. Until now.

As reported by Pitchfork, all the songwriter credits have now been revealed, and the roll call includes name like The Beatles, Kendrick Lamar, James Blake, Pharrell Williams, Tyler, the Creator and a whole lot more.

Check out all of Blonde’s songwriter credits below:

1. ‘Nikes’

Frank Ocean

Om'Mas Keith

Carl Palmer

Harry Palmer

Jeff Palmer

(As Palmer Brothers, the Palmers wrote the Mohawks’ 1968 single ‘The Champ,’ which is sampled on this song; hear it below)

2. ‘Ivy’

Frank Ocean

Rostam Batmanglij

Om’Mas Keith

Jamie xx

3. ‘Pink + White’

Frank Ocean

Om’Mas Keith

Tyler, the Creator

Pharrell Williams

4. ‘Be Yourself’

Frank Ocean

Om’Mas Keith

5. ‘Solo’

Frank Ocean

Mikey Alfred

Dave Allen

Hugo Burnham

Sage Elsesser

Om’Mas Keith

Jon King

88-Keys

Todd Rundgren

Rho Spearman

(‘Solo’ samples Rundgren’s ‘Flamingo,’ which you can hear below; Allen, Burnham, and King were members of Gang of Four, though what song of theirs may have been sampled here is unclear)

6. ‘Skyline To’

Frank Ocean

Om’Mas Keith

Kendrick Lamar

Tyler, the Creator

7. ‘Self Control’

(not yet listed)

‘Self Control’ reportedly features Yung Lean and Austin Feinstein

8. ‘Good Guy’

(not yet listed)

9. ‘Nights’

Frank Ocean

Om’Mas Keith

Buddy Ross

Michael Uzowuru

Vegyn

10. ‘Solo (Reprise)’

(not yet listed)

‘Solo (Reprise)’ features André 3000

11. ‘Pretty Sweet’

Frank Ocean

Om’Mas Keith

12. ‘Facebook Story’

(not yet listed)

French producer SebastiAn told Pitchfork he is the spoken-word vocalist on ‘Facebook Story,’ while Ocean keyboardist Buddy Ross told Pitchfork the keyboard parts are his

13. ‘Close to You’

(not yet listed)

‘Close to You’ samples Stevie Wonder’s cover of ‘Close to You,’ written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

14. ‘White Ferrari’

Frank Ocean

James Blake

Om’Mas Keith

John Lennon

Paul McCartney

(‘White Ferrari’ interpolates elements of the Beatles’ 1966 song ‘Here, There and Everywhere’)

15. ‘Seigfried’ (listed as ‘Sigfried’)

Frank Ocean

George Harrison

Om’Mas Keith

John Lennon

Paul McCartney

Elliott Smith

Ringo Starr

(‘Seigfried’ samples the Beatles’ 1967 instrumental track ‘Flying’ and interpolates elements from Smith's track ‘A Fond Farewell,’ released posthumously in 2004)

16. ‘Godspeed’ (listed as ‘God Speed’)

Frank Ocean

Kim Burrell

Om'Mas Keith

Elliott Smith

(It's unclear why Smith is listed here)

 17. ‘Futura Free’

Frank Ocean

Mikey Alfred

Dave Allen

Hugo Burnham

Sage Elsesser

Andy Gill

Om’Mas Keith

Jon King

(‘Futura Free’ samples Gang of Four’s ‘Love Like Anthrax’)