Speaking to Hello! magazine, the 'Bleeding Love' beauty admitted that she's saddened by events such as the UK's Grand National because it encourages people to pump money into the sport, which often results in untimely deaths of the animals that are forced to take part:

"When something needs to be said, it needs to be said. I feel the Grand National is so old and outdated, it's like bullfighting. All the girls turn up in hats and nice dresses and people are betting, while animals are being run into the ground and just dying. It's disgusting, awful. They've got their pretty dresses on while these horses are getting broken necks, broken shoulders, being shot..."

"What's sickening is that people make so much money out of it. But it's cruel, it's abusive and it's not fair."

Watch her cover Bruno Mars's 'Locked Out Of Heaven' during a recent concert here:

The ‘Hollaback Girl’ singer joined the Rolling Stones live on stage during the band’s first show of their ‘50 and Counting’ world tour at the LA Staples Center.

Without an introduction, Stefani strutted onto the stage to perform the Stones’ 1971 ballad ‘Wild Horses’. Gwen wore a sparkly Rolling Stones t-shirt for the occasion.

At the end of the song Gwen shared a hug with Mick Jagger before he shouted, “Thanks, Gwen” as she left the stage.

Another guest appearance during the show came from country star and American Idol judge Keith Urban who played guitar and sang during the song ‘Respectable.’

Prior to the performance Mick Jagger took to Twitter to tell his followers about the band’s special guests. Jagger tweeted: “Opening night soundcheck went great. Can't wait to play with @gwenstefani and @keithurban later! #Stones50”.

The Rolling Stones’ ‘50 and Counting’ tour continues tonight with a show at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. 

Watch Gwen Stefani perform 'Wild Horses' with the Rolling Stones below:

]]> London Newsdesk http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/bleached/view/74372/ Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:19:47 +0100 http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/bleached/view/74372/ GREEN MAN FESTIVAL 2013

- EINSTEIN'S GARDEN INFO REVEALED

- LATEST LINE-UP

- MEDIA ACCREDITATION OPEN 

"Ten Year's in, Green Man remains a festival apart" Mojo

"Round every twist and turn theres another delight" Artrocker

“Green Man's lack of corporate sponsors and branding is refreshing, as is the relaxed, mulitgenerational audience enticed by its focus on music, in a breathtaking environment.” The Independent

“Hands down one of the best festival experiences that this writer's ever had” Record Collector

“One of the most overwhelmingly lovely festival experiences out there.” Virtual Festivals

Green Man 2013 line-up so far...

Band of Horses  |  Kings of Convenience  |  Ben Howard  |  Midlake  |  Local Natives  |  The Horrors  |  John Cale  |  Swans  |  Low  |  Roy Harper  |  Villagers  |  Edwyn Collins  |  Fuck Buttons  |  Phosphorescent  |  Stornoway  |  Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit  |  Steve Mason  |  The Pastels  |  Archie Bronson Outfit  |  Veronica Falls  |  James Yorkston  |  Melody's Echo Chamber  |  Unknown Mortal Orchestra  |  Moon Duo  |  Lau  |  Woods  |  Sam Amidon  |  Lord Huron  |  Beak>  |  Darkstar  |  Julia Holter  |  Allah-Las  |  Public Service Broadcasting  |  Matt Berry  |  Arbouretum  |  Ólöf Arnalds  |  Mikal Cronin  |  Parquet Courts  |  This is the Kit  |  Half Moon Run  |  Buke & Gase  |  Anna von Hausswolff  |  Teleman  |  Girls Names  |  Rachel Zeffira  |  Peggy Sue  | Darren Hayman  |  Ryan Francesconi & Mirabai Peart  |  Fernhill  |  Jon Langford  |  Fossil Collective  |  Sweet Baboo  |  Jacco Gardner  |  Ellen & The Escapades  |  Bear's Den  |  Rozi Plain  |  Gulp  |  Zervas & Pepper  |  Marika Hackman  |  Landshapes  |  Revere  |  Keston Cobblers Club  | Flamingods  |  Thought Forms  |  Trwbador  |  Blaenavon  |  Wild Smiles  |  Fist of the First Man  |  DJ Fitz  |  Cowbois Rhos Botnwwog  |  Huw M  |  Annie Eve  |  Grass House  |  Denai Moore  |  Man's An Idiot  | Annie Dressner  |  Mo Kenney

After Dark- Phantasy feat. Erol Alkan & Daniel Avery  |  Andrew Weatherall  |  Jon Hopkins (live) 

Chai Wallahs - Solo Banton  |  Dr Syntax & The Mouse Outfit  |  Syd Arthur  |  Babyhead  |  Benji Boko  |  We Were Evergreen  |  Riot Jazz Brass Band  |  Resonators  |  Will & The People |  Birth of Joy  |  Heymoonshaker  |  Wille & The Bandits  |  Yumi & The Weather  |  Honeyfeet  |  The Intermission Project  |  Cocos Lovers  |  Mankala  |  Pat Dam Smyth  |  Will Varley  |  Zimbaremabwe

BE A HERO WITH EINSTEIN’S GARDEN AT GREEN MAN 2013!

Prepare to have your brains boggled as the mind-meltingly brilliant Einstein’s Garden returns with a ‘heroic’ line-up of science and nature fun!

Explore the far flung reaches of your imagination with over 100 jaw-dropping performances, from live comedy, music and theatre to walks, talks and interactive installations – all set across three sustainably powered stages.

This year our theme is ‘heroes’. We’ll be celebrating superheroes, cult heroes, unlikely heroes, heroes of the animal world, Greek gods, eco-warriors and – of course – scientific heroes like the inspirational Albert Einstein himself! 

So get your cape on, wear your pants over your trousers and come and be a hero in Einstein’s Garden – we guarantee you won’t experience anything like it anywhere else this summer!

Here’s a flavour of what to expect in Green Man’s free-thinking haven of exploration and experimentation…

Hormone Harmony

Meet the gods and heroes of Ancient Greece and discover how hormones affect our lives in an interactive performance supported by The Physiological Society.

Ugly Animal Preservation Society

Superb stand-up comedy with a conservational twist as a terrific line-up of top comedians each champion one of Mother Nature’s unsung heroes!

Cracking the Code - The Genetics of Superheroes

What are real mutants like? Could genetics make us superhuman? Biologist and TV presenter Simon Watt investigates the science behind superheroes.

Mimina: For All Mankind

Witness the pioneering heroes of space as you’ve never seen them before with an atmospheric re-scoring of dramatic 1960s Apollo moon mission footage.

After Hours at the Pole Star Club

Experience some truly cosmic storytelling from Christine Watkins, the universe-mapping artist Maria Hayes and vocal violinist extraordinaire Sianed Jones.

Zombie Science

Join Theoretical Zombiologist Doctor Austin for a spoof multimedia tutorial exploring the real science behind a gruesome Zombie epidemic.

Science Showoff

This anarchic science cabaret sees the UK’s brainiest performers attempt to blow your mind before the Showometer counts down and they get kicked off the stage.

Being 747 present The Evolution of Science pt 2: ‘THE INVISIBLE STUFF’

The intrepid Yorkshire “EduPop’ trio continue their ambitious attempt to map the history of science through the medium of jaunty rock music.

PLUS! A Cappella - The Improvised Musical, Bert Miller & The Animal Folk, Bright Club, Buzz Words & The Bee Ceilidh, Minima, Mogees, Paul Mosley, Nuala Honan, Polly & The Billets Doux, Rattle Tales, Science Showoff, Sculpting Nature with Mike Hartley, The Incurable Imagination of Anthony Jones, The Rise of the Insect Superpowers, Why We Die and our ever popular Wildlife Walks!

We guarantee you won’t find anything quite like Einstein’s Garden at any other UK festival – get your tickets for Green Man 2013 here.

About Green Man:

Located in the truly lovely Black Mountains (near Crickhowell in the Brecon Beacons), this intimate festival is in the most beautiful festival site in the UK, with a 10 year tradition of championing great music, good times and good causes..

Refreshingly independent, and the go to festival to discover new musical talent, Green Man still delivers an incredible value for money wonderful festival experience.

With ten entertainment areas in lush Welsh Wilderness, 24 hour entertainments, comedy, poetry, literature, art & science, fun for 12 and unders and a separate area just for teens, spas, therapies, hot piping showers, local ale and cider sipping, all night bonfires, gorgeous selection of locally sourced food over 4 days of festival fun, the award winning Green Man really has got it all.

Why not make a real adventure of it with our seven-day Holiday Ticket combining a holiday in Wales with the Green Man.

Experience iconic headline performances at the Mountain’s Foot, go Far Out After Dark with the UK’s only 24-hour festival licence, and get down and dirty with some truly devilish DJs and dance acts. Soak up the best in stand-up comedy and spoken word at Babbling Tongues, witness science and nature collide in the mind-boggling Einstein’s Garden, or stray far from the ever-madding crowd in the blissful idyll of Fountain Falls.

Wales own Green Man is really easy to get to by train with a free shuttle bus taking right from the local station into the festival. If you are coming by car its approximately 3 hours from London, 3hrs from Manchester, 3hrs 30mins Brighton, 1hr 30mins Bristol.

2012 UK Festival Awards ‘Grass Roots Festival Award’ winner:

The Grass Roots Award is "for festivals that should be celebrated, not just for the courage, vision, commitment and often personal sacrifice invested by their organisers, but also because they never forget where they've come from, supporting their local communities and new music along the way while retaining an independent spirit and resisting commercial saturation." - The UK Festival Awards

Notes to Editors:

Dates: Thursday August 15th – Sunday August 18th 2013

Location: Glanusk Estate, Black Mountains, Wales

High-res images can be downloaded from here, if you need more just ask:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/j75atbo6dra3zii/fl-6yz1-1L

Tickets (Please note that all our ticket prices exactly the same as 2012):

Green Man 2013 Festival Ticket

Adult = £145

Student = £125

Teen (13-17yrs) = £75

Child (5-12yrs) = £5

Infant (0-4yrs) = FREE but ticket required

Live In Vehicle = £60

Family Camping Car Park = £5 (all cars require ticket)

General Camping Car Park = £5 (all cars require ticket)

Green Man 2013 Holiday - you must have also purchased a festival ticket to take advantage of this offer

Holiday Ticket = £40

Holiday Car Park = £5 (all cars require ticket)

Holiday Live In Vehicle - £60

Green Man 2013 Festival Deposit - pay an initial deposit of 50% (plus booking fee and postage) now to secure your Green Man 2013 Festival ticket and pay the balance before Tuesday 30th April 2013

Please note that all deposits are non-refundable, and Green Man will be unable to send out your tickets until the full balance is paid. Click here to book your tickets and see the full terms and conditions

Get tickets from:

http://www.greenman.net/tickets

http://www.ticketline.co.uk/green-man

For further information please contact sinead@bleachedcommunications.com / sarah@bleachedcommunications.com

Siouxsie, Kim Gordon, Reggie Watts, YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND, Iggy and the Stooges, Immortal Technique, Patti Smith, Savages, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Marianne Faithfull and Bill Frisell, Cibo Matto, Peaches and Boy George are amongst top artists from around the globe to join forces with key figures of international activism for the ground-breaking

 YOKO ONO’S MELTDOWN

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14 – 23 June 2013, Southbank Centre

The Observer is Media Partner of Meltdown 2013

Tickets go on sale to Southbank Centre members at 10am on 9 April 2013

Tickets go on sale to all at 10am on 11 April 2013

0844 847 9944 / www.southbankcentre.co.uk/meltdown

 
For 20 years Southbank Centre’s Meltdown Festival has opened up the world of one legendary artist through unmissable events and unique collaborations. In June 2013, audiences get the chance to engage with worldwide cultural icon Yoko Ono, bringing a lifetime of achievement in music, visual arts and activism to the festival site in London, coinciding with her 80th birthday.

This year’s festival includes the long awaited first performance in 5 years by the incredible Siouxsie, electronic musician and performance artist Peaches, musical comedy genius Reggie Watts, an evening of music and words with Patti Smith, Kim Gordon’s Body/Head, a performance by the legendary Iggy and the Stooges with support from Savages, the first performance of the entire Double Fantasy album, the last album Ono made with John Lennon, inspirational New York Hip Hop artist Immortal Technique, legendary singer Marianne Faithfull with leading Jazz guitarist Bill Frisell and a Silent Disco on the festival terrace. Yoko Ono’s Meltdown is part of Southbank Centre’s Festival of Neighbourhood with MasterCard, which runs from 4 May to 8 September 2013. More artists and a series of talks and lectures will be announced soon.

In curating the festival in its 20th anniversary year, the iconic musician and artist follows in the footsteps of some of music’s biggest names, including David Bowie, Patti Smith, Scott Walker, Jarvis Cocker, Massive Attack and Antony.

Performing from her unique musical catalogue spanning past decades to the present, Yoko Ono opens this year’s Meltdown on 14 June from the Royal Festival Hall with her YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND. At the same time reflecting her cross-genre dedication to the arts, the opening night will launch an extensive film programme at the BFI, curated by the artist herself, including rare films by Yoko and John. Also at the BFI, Eisenstein's classic film, Battleship Potemkin, will be screened for the first time with the recorded Pet Shop Boys/Dresdner Sinfoniker soundtrack written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. The soundtrack was originally performed live in Trafalgar Square in 2004; this is the first time the film and soundtrack will be presented in a cinema setting.

Internationally acclaimed performer and provocateur Peaches will take to the stage during the festival in a variety of roles. A corner- stone of her London presence for Meltdown will be her performance of Ono’s seminal Cut Piece, on 16 June. A ground-breaking statement in performance art, the piece sees the protagonist being cut from their clothes by members of the audience.

Yoko Ono’s strong involvement and inspirational role in international activism and political debate will bring two event-packed weekends to Meltdown. While the opening Activism weekend (15-16 June) will attract contributions by some the most influential campaigners of our times, the closing Future Weekend (22-23 June) is set to be an extraordinary opportunity to encounter, evaluate and debate some of the intellectual challenges societies face world-wide in today’s and tomorrow’s political decision making.

As part of Meltdown, Yoko Ono will also handpick an unsigned artist or band to perform a show at the festival at a special Meltdown Future Sounds slot. A longstanding supporter of young artists, Ono is delighted to offer a platform to help launch a new career. Applications will open online via Sonic Bids on 9 April.

Meltdown is renowned for delivering unmissable events that have gone down in history. Great Meltdown moments range from David Bowie performing Low in 2002, Patti Smith with Horses in 2005, Motorhead opening Jarvis Cocker’s Meltdown in the newly refurbished Royal Festival Hall, to Nick Cave’s Night of Great Australians and Massive Attack’s take on Bladerunner with the Heritage Orchestra.

This year, the first public performance in 5 years by Siouxsie on 15 June will be followed by a much anticipated Southbank Centre debut of New York based Peruvian Hip Hop artist Immortal Technique, who’s punchy beats and sharp tongued lyrics deliver clear political messages. Reflecting Yoko’s love for the dance floor, Southbank Centre will play host to a Silent Disco, bringing the audience to dance outdoors by the river. With nine No 1 hits on the Billboard dance charts under her belt, the most recent one in her 80th year, an amazing DJ line up for Meltdown will be announced soon.

Double Fantasy, the last music written by Yoko Ono and John Lennon in 1980, and released only three weeks before Lennon’s death, will be performed for the first time ever, including a host of very special guests, for the closing night of this year’s Meltdown at Southbank Centre on 23 June.

Rock icons Iggy and The Stooges are set to bring the house down when taking over the Royal Festival Hall on 20 June together with fast-rising Savages. Japan infused New York formation Cibo Matto including Sean Lennon on 15 June will be followed by Reggie Watts and Mac Lethal on 18 June at the Royal Festival Hall, with Manhattan wunderkind Amadeus Leopold, formerly known as Hahn-Bin at the Queen Elizabeth Hall the same night. Thurston Moore is assembling an extraordinary improvisation set for the Purcell Room on 19 June.

Kim Gordon’s Body/Head, featuring improviser, composer and performer Ikue Mori, will represent the unique spirit of Meltdown on 20 June, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, with the support of Mystical Weapons. An equally rare chance to experience the elaborate electronic and intellectual adventures of famed Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto are on the cards with “S” Tour 2013 on 19 June. Noise Pop leaders Deerhoof are arriving from California at Southbank Centre on 21 June for even further experimentation.

Previous Meltdown director iconic Patti Smith is returning to Southbank Centre for an Evening of Music and Words on 21 June, and legendary singer Marianne Faithfull will take to the stage on 22 June with leading Jazz guitarist Bill Frisell.

Yoko has invited Boy George for a very special appearance at this year’s Meltdown, at the QEH on 23 June and further concerts, talks, events and surprise guests are to be announced soon.

Yoko Ono, 20th Director of Southbank Centre’s Meltdown festival, said: “It’s not only a great honour to curate Meltdown in its 20th year, it’s also a lot of fun to be able to invite many of my favourite performers, activists and favourite collaborators to join me”.

Jude Kelly, Artistic Director at Southbank Centre, said: ”Yoko Ono is a fascinating artist, as are the collaborators she is bringing from all over the world. She’s an energetic and inspiring peace and environmental activist and a champion for women’s rights. It’s a privilege to have her curating Meltdown’s 20th anniversary”.

Jane Beese, Head of Contemporary Music at Southbank Centre, said: “Working with Yoko is one of the most amazing experiences. Her generous and abundant creativity and desire for collaboration continues to inspire this brilliant programme for our 20th Meltdown Festival..”

 
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Notes to Editors

 
Southbank Centre is the UK’s largest arts centre, occupying a 21-acre site that sits in the midst of London’s most vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames. The site has an extraordinary creative and architectural history stretching back to the 1951 Festival of Britain. Southbank Centre is home to the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and the Hayward Gallery as well as The Saison Poetry Library and the Arts Council Collection. For further information please visit www.southbankcentre.co.uk <http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk>

Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono is an award-winning multi-media artist and peace activist, who constantly challenges and stretches the traditional boundaries of sculpture, painting, theater and music.  Her seminal performance art in the early 1960s, experimental films and collaborative music with John Lennon in the 1970s and international one-woman shows and retrospectives during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s illustrate her varied career.

Some of Yoko Ono’s achievements include:

Grammy Award 1982 – “Double Fantasy” Album of the Year; Yoko Ono and John Lennon – Artists and Producers, NYC

MOJO Lifetime Achievement Award 2009 – MOJO music magazine, London

Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement in Art 2009, Venice Bienniale, Venice, Italy

ArtTable Award 2010 – Distinguished Service to the Visual Arts, NYC

3rd Hiroshima Art Prize 2011, Hiroshima, Japan

Oskar Kokoschka Prize for Applied Arts 2012, Vienna, Austria

Yoko Ono is well known for her peace initiatives both by herself and, later, with events created  with   her husband John Lennon -  Bed-In for Peace and War Is Over! (If You Want It). She is now widely known for her more recent events with her IMAGINE PEACE TOWER in Iceland and participatory Wish Trees throughout the world.

Reflecting on her reputation for being outrageous, Yoko smiles and says, "I do have to rely on my own judgement.  I have my own rhythm and my own timing, and that's simply how it is."

Meltdown Festival, 1993 – present

Southbank Centre’s annual Meltdown festival has been running since 1993 and each year invites a different cultural figure to act as director of the event and pick the performers of their choosing. Previous directors include: Elvis Costello, David Bowie, Patti Smith, Lee Scratch-Perry, Morrissey, Massive Attack, Jarvis Cocker, Nick Cave, Scott Walker, John Peel, Ornette Coleman, Richard Thompson, Laurie Anderson, Ray Davies and Antony. Performers have included musicians, artists, filmmakers and comedians and have included Jeff Buckley, Nina Simone, Ivor Cutler, Radiohead, Grace Jones, Sir Michael Palin, Damon Albarn, Sir Les Paterson, Nancy Sinatra and The Master Musicians of Jajouka. Meltdown has a reputation for staging one-off performances and collaborations by legendary artists. The New York Dolls reunited for Morrissey; Jeff Buckley played his final UK show at Elvis Costello's Meltdown; Nick Cave, Grace Jones and Pete Doherty sang Disney songs with Jarvis Cocker; Patti Smith performed Horses in full for her Meltdown; Ray Davies re-staged the TV pop show Ready Steady Go! The cast of Sorry I Haven’t A Clue performed live on the stage of the Royal Festival Hall at Richard Thomson’s Meltdown and Elizabeth Fraser made a rare appearance for Meltdown director Antony.

The act played in London last night (October 24) as part of a two night stint at the Roundhouse, but singer Jake Shears worried fans by reportedly proclaiming:

"This will be the last time we will play in London for quite some time."

However, Shears took to Twitter soon after to calm down talk of the band splitting, confirming that they will be back soon. He said:

"Thank you London for all your love. And don't worry, we're not going away forever. We'll be back before you know it. With bells on. Love u J."

The Scissor Sisters frontman, who recently worked with Nicola Roberts on Rihanna’s new Sky Living fashion show, told the Daily Star that he’s a big fan of the group, who are set to reunite for their 10th anniversary later this year:

“If I was asked, I would do it in a heartbeat. Yes please. I’m a big fan of the girls.

“I wouldn’t turn that down at all. I think we could come up with a great sound together.”

The 33-year-old, whose band is set to chart inside the UK Top 10 today with their fourth album, ‘Magic Hour,’ also declared that he and Kylie Minogue will collaborate together again in the future:

“I’d describe Minnie as small, sexy, glowing and funny – she’s definitely easily excitable like me.

“We’ll definitely get into the studio again soon.”

Despite having been together for over a decade, singer Ana Matronic told Gigwise.com that the dynamic between the members is still fantastic and they will continue to make music together until the sparkle fades:

"After 11 years, it's sometimes really difficult to keep the fun going but it helps that we have fun music. No matter what, Jake and I always love to be on stage."

Referring to the band's fans, Matronic explained that there isn't a stereotypical Scissor Sisters listener and she knows a straight follower who even has her face tattooed on his back:

"All kinds of people go to Scissor Sisters shows, and not only do straight people go to shows - we had a straight person on stage proposing to his girlfriend, who is now his fiancée, and this man incidentally has all of our faces tattooed on his back."

"Our music is not made for one kind of person. It isn't just made for gay people. It isn't just made for people who go out to clubs. It isn't just made for people who like to dress up. It's made for everyone and that's the beautiful thing about music - it transcends boundaries."

Watch their music video for 'Only The Horses' below:

The track is the latest song to be released from their new album 'Magic Hour', following the likes of 'Only The Horses'.

The odd video, which was released this morning (May 30), sees the band dress up in a number of guises, including as nuns and sailors.

There are also witches and prisoners thrown in for good measure before they all come together as one.

As previously reported, Scissor Sisters recently announced a UK and Ireland tour due to take place later this year, with the band playing a number of shows across the two countries.

The trek concludes with a gig at London's Roundhouse on October 25.

The group will take to England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland in October to play a number of dates.

The tour will kick off on October 1 at Dublin's Olympia before heading to England via Glasgow.

The jaunt will finish off at the country's capital London at the Roundhouse venue on October 25.

The full tour schedule is as follows:

October 1 – Olympia, Dublin

October 2 – Waterfront, Belfast
October 15 – Guildhall, Portsmouth
October 16 – O2 Academy, Leeds
October 19 – Barrowland, Glasgow
October 20 – Apollo, Manchester
October 22 – Colston Hall, Bristol
October 25 – Roundhouse, London

The 33-year-old told the Metro that he doesn’t think he’d be the right kind of contestant when asked if he would have considered competing in the likes of The Voice and The X-Factor had the band not secured a record deal:

“I’m not that kind of a singer. I’m a pretty good singer but I consider myself more of an all-in-one singer/dancer type.

"There’s more to it than singing with me. I don’t think I would have lasted long on a talent show." 

The Arizona-born singer, whose band releases fourth album, 'Magic Hour,' next week, also went onto reveal how proud he is to still be part of such a tight-knit group of performers:

“It’s amazing to watch your relationships and interpersonal workings change. We deal with each other differently to how we did ten years ago.

“We have an amazing relationship and love each other and have fun, which is a feat for a band after a length of time together. We know each other so well, we know how to push each others’ buttons but the nice part is that we don’t do that any more.”

The 37-year-old, whose group are expected to chart later today with new single, ‘Only The Horses,’ told The Guardian that she will always be grateful for the way in which the UK has responded to their music:

 “I feel like people get us [the Scissor Sisters] here better than anywhere else. Music is really important to UK culture in a way that it's not in the US.

“Over there it's either background noise or people identify so strongly with one genre that they can't see anything else.”

The ‘Kiss You Off’ singer, who recently appeared as a guest mentor with Jessie J on The Voice, also went onto express her thoughts on the differences between the right-wing political parties on both sides of the Atlantic:

“Right now, America terrifies me. "Conservative" in the US means something completely different to what it does in the UK.

“David Cameron and his crew are nowhere near as freaky and bizarre as folk over in the States.”

The cinematic four-minute promo continues the animal theme of the single’s artwork by showing four rope-tied horses helping to remove the paint that initially covers each band member from head to toe.

Directed by Hiro Murai and Lorenzo Fonda (Usher, B.o.B), the track is produced by Calvin Harris and is the band’s first release since ‘Invisible Light’ back in 2010.

The New York quartet, who yesterday released behind-the-scenes footage of the shoot alongside a picture of One Direction’s Harry Styles hanging out on set, will release the song on May 13, ahead of their fourth studio album, ‘Magic Hour,’ on May 28. 

The band revealed the song today (April 6) on Fearne Cotton's BBC Radio 1 show.

The track is co-produced by band's Jake Shears along with Calvin Harris.

Speaking to Cotton, Shears said Harris is "just a lovely guy" and that they have known each other for some time. He said:

"I've known Calvin for quite a while, we met originally making some music with Kylie for the 'Aphrodite' album. He's just a lovely guy, he's so wonderful."

Speaking about the band's forthcoming new album, Shears added: "We started making this record in September, I love it, I'm so proud of it. It's really all over the place in a beautiful way."