Fred Again.. has released the first song from his new USB series – listen to ‘You’re A Star’, featuring Amyl & The Sniffers, below.
Last week, the London producer announced his latest run of USB releases, dubbed ‘USB002’, which will see him release 10 songs over 10 weeks, as well as play DJ sets in 10 different cities. The tracks will later be compiled into a vinyl release, which you can pre-order here.
The first to be shared is ‘You’re A Star’, which comes complete with a video that opens with the message: “Last week, I asked Amyl and her best friend to shoot a video for our song. This is what we got back.”
Listen here:
The location of each of the 10 shows in the series will only be revealed the weekend before it takes place, with the first having gone down in Glasgow’s SECC on Friday (October 3) with Yousuke Yukimatsu and HAAi.
“We’ve spent the last year or so planning how we want these shows to sound and look and feel,” he wrote on Instagram. “There is an absolutely ridiculous lineup of people joining us in different places. Genuinely like 10 of my dream raves in every way.”
Fred Again..’s first USB series resulted in ‘USB001’, released in 2022, which featured collaborations with Skrillex, Flowdan, Baby Keem and Lil Yachty and remixes from Nia Archives, HAAi and Rico Nasty.
As for Amyl & The Sniffers, they are playing a huge headline show at London’s Alexander Palace on October 25, in support of their third album ‘Cartoon Darkness’, released last year. They will be joined by Floodlights and The Menstrual Cramps.
NME spoke to them about the show at Reading 2025, with guitarist Declan Mehrtens saying: “When it’s the biggest one ever, we don’t really know what to do. Earlier this year we did Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne to 9,000 people. That was the thing. ‘Do you wanna do anything special?’ I dunno. Get a big LED screen and we could play the darts. None of us have been to a gig at Ally Pally before. We’ve played Jools Holland there, but we’ve only watched the darts there. We’re gonna hit a bullseye.
“We’re gonna give everyone a dart and they can throw it whenever they want during the show… at us.”
They have also announced a show at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse on October 22 and you can find any remaining tickets here.
The band gave a memorable performance at the 2025 edition of Reading & Leeds, and used their raucous set on the main stage to share solidarity with Palestine, and call out Donald Trump and Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.
NME gave the performance a glowing four-star review and praised frontwoman Amy Taylor and co. for the intensity of their set.
“As Taylor flexes her muscles and her banter-filled, boisterous bandmates slap one another’s arses and lead chants of “OI! OI! OI! OI!”, this little pocket of joy feels weirdly like one of the few places on Earth that makes sense amid all the fuckery of the world,” it read.
“And this, pure unbridled punk pleasure, is exactly what the iconic Reading & Leeds main stage was built for – especially at this sweet pre-sunset slot.”
