Blink 182 drummer and musical icon Travis Barker has found a new record label to call home, signing an exclusive worldwide administration deal with Warner Chappell Music. What does that all mean? Let’s try and break it down.

Essentially, the deal Barker signed is one as more than just a performer. With Warner Chappell, he will also be working as a producer and songwriter, both of which he had already been doing recently with massive success.

Barker first rose to fame as the drummer for Blink 182, and also found success with Boxcar Racer, +44, and The Transplants. He’s produced tracks for artists including Machine Gun Kelly, Dirty Heads, Bebe Reha, and Willow, as well.

About the new deal, Barker said he’s “Stoked to be working with everyone from Warner Chappell. Looking forward to a long and successful relationship.”

Jake Bugg shows songwriting class in new single, ‘Downtown’. Watch the live performance here.

‘Downtown’ is taken from Jake Bugg’s upcoming brand new album, ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’, set for release August 20th on RCA Records. Pre-order here. The album comes ahead of Jake’s spring 2022 UK and Ireland tour.

Dropping ahead of his long-awaited live return at Tramlines & Standon Calling Festivals, ‘Downtown’, started as an idea by Jamie Hartman (Celeste, Lewis Capaldi, Rag’n’Bone Man), and sees Jake make use of the higher range of his voice, giving it an ethereal, ’60s Bee Gees effect.

“Usually, the initial spark of an idea comes from me. And when it doesn’t, it sometimes loses my attention,” Bugg admits. On ‘Downtown’, however, he relished his role as arranger: “Because there were a lot of moving parts and chords, it was almost like a puzzle,” he says. “I’d never approached a song like that before.”

27-year-old Bugg, with 4 albums and numerous hit singles behind him, brings his live show back on the road in Spring 2022. Tickets on sale now and full dates are as follows:

March:
Mon 14th     Newcastle         O2 City Hall
Tue 15th       Leeds                O2 Academy
Thurs 17th   Hull                   Bonus Arena
Fri 18th        Manchester      O2 Victoria Warehouse
Sat 19th        Sheffield           Octagon Centre
Mon 21st      Edinburgh       Corn Exchange
Wed 23rd     Glasgow           O2 Academy
Thurs 24th   Belfast              Ulster Hall
Fri 25th         Dublin              Olympia Theatre
Sun 27th       Birmingham    O2 Academy
Mon 28th     Norwich            UEA
Wed 30th     Nottingham     Rock City
Thurs 31st    Cardiff               The Great Hall

April:
Fri 1st            Bristol               O2 Academy
Sun 3rd         Oxford              O2 Academy
Mon 4th        Southampton  O2 Guildhall
Tue 5th          London             O2 Academy Brixton

Find out more about Jake Bugg and his music online on his official website, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.