Albums to look out for

ADELE

The rumour mill has been running wild about a possible new album from Adele for some time.

The singer-songwriter has not released an album since her third, 25, in 2015, so fans are more than ready for her to release what will be her fourth LP.

Since revealing she had split from husband Simon Konecki in April last year, Adele, 31, has largely stayed out of the limelight, with numerous reports suggesting that she has been back in the recording studio to work on new music.

Known for using her life experiences to inspire her work, there is plenty of expectation that a new album would heavily refer to her divorce from Konecki, the father of her sevenyear-old son, Angelo.

While Adele has not said much about an album herself, she did briefly refer to one back in May when she celebrated her birthday. Remarking on how being 30 “tried me so hard”, she said that “31 is going to be a big ol’ year and I’m going to spend it all on myself”.

She signed off her post joking about her next album being called 30 (referring to the age she was when she wrote the album, following her previous releases 19, 21 and 25) and writing that it “will be a drum n bass record to spite you”.

FOO FIGHTERS

Foo Fighters often release albums with a two- or three-year gap between them, so it is well and truly time for a new release from Dave Grohl et al.

The US rockers, whose last album was the critically-acclaimed and chart-topping Concrete And Gold in 2017, have already revealed they are working on their 10th album and that it will be released sometime in 2020.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Foos, so fans are hoping for something pretty major to mark the occasion.

However, for those expecting it to sound in any way like their latest effort, you may be disappointed - or pleasantly surprised.

Confirming that they were in the process of recording it, he said: “I don’t want to give away too much, but ... we’re, like, right in the middle of it right now.”

Since the New Year, they have posted a picture of a mic in a bathtub and a few audio snippets of new music with the hashtags #FF2020 and #FF25 on Instagram, so it’s fair to assume something big is coming, and soon.