ALSO WORKING

…Fall guitarist BRIX SMITH

START (right) is recording a new LP with producer Youth. “We were doing it remotely,” she says. “He’d e-mail music and I’d write the lyrics and music and send it back, and now we’re together in London. It’s pretty fucking special, probably what I’ve always wanted to do” … The Independent reports that Geoff Lloyd, of podcast Reasons To Be Cheerful, said Björn Ulvaeus told him ABBA have, “recorded five new songs… he promised me that the new Abba music will be out in 2021” …NICK

HEYWARD is recording a new album at home in Tampa, Florida. Tracks include Northern Souls and The Mudlarks. “No idea what I’m doing,” noted Heyward, who’s also playing drums, “but it feels good.” …MICK JAGGER gave Radio 2’s Zoe Ball Breakfast Show an update on the new Rolling Stones album. “I’ve been finishing off the vocals and some other instruments on them, and doing some mixes,” he said. “We have got to get together and do a couple more sessions” …Slash explained where the new GUNS

N’ROSES album is at, telling audio retailer Sweetwater, “I’ve been jamming with Duff and I’ve been jamming with Axl… I’m basically just focusing on writing new music and recording demos and recording guitar stuff for Guns and whatnot” … Wu Tang Clan’s

RAEKWON (left) told Tidal’s Elliott Wilson the third instalment of his Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… album series is happening. “It’s time we closed that trilogy out,” he said. “Cuban Linx III, baby… it’s over after that…”