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Reverend and the Makers drop ‘fantastic’ new track featuring Robbie Williams

Our verdict is simple: it's great.

Danny Jones Danny Jones - 29th April 2026

Sheffield legend and all-round Yorkshire favourite, Jon McClure, debuted a new Reverend and the Makers song with none other than the one and only Robbie Williams.

What a collaboration.

Reverend and the Makers' new album, Is This How Happiness Feels?, is just around the corner, and we've already heard a couple of great singles from the latest record, but we'd be lying if we weren't left very excited when we saw Robbie's name on the tracklist.

It also looks to have served as yet another reminder that, just like Jon himself, he just seems like a sound bloke who loves making music.

The early reviews coming in have proved unsurprisingly positive, too, with one user writing on socials before it was even dropped: "Hold on.... WHAT?? This is ICONIC!!! I need to listen to this song..."

Others went on to describe the partnership as "Two wonderful and inimitable voices", with others describing it as an "absolute earworm" and "a total vibe", just to name a couple of examples.

The general consensus among fans seems to be that it's a "quality tune".

For anyone wondering how the two teaming up came about, besides the pop icon himself having recently released his new BRITPOP project, the 52-year-old also sat down with McClure on an episode of the Game's Gone podcast with his brother Chris, a.k.a. 'Steve Bracknall', last year.

The two have clearly stayed pally ever since, with another going on to add: "Wonderful song. Fingers crossed Robbie joins you to sing it at Leigh! That would be ace. Then you can sing You Again with Katie. I'm so excited."

For context, the local band will be supporting The Lottery Winners at their first-ever stadium gig at Leigh Sports Village over Wigan way - a group who also opened up for Robbie not long ago. You can listen to the track in full below.

Safe to say that loyal followers of the Steel City veterans and casuals alike will be hoping to hear this one live; as for whether or not Mr Williams will be joining them, we'll have to wait and see.

As mentioned, the eighth Reverend and the Makers studio LP is landing very soon, due for release on Friday, May 8; it also features the likes of actor and Day Fever collaborator Vicky McClure (no relation), in case you haven't heard it already.

However, Jon himself has been pretty busy with another big venture close to home, as he's now a football club chairman, too.

We were lucky enough to chat with him about it earlier this year - here's what he had to say...

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Major DJ has set cancelled as overcrowding concerns continue at Leeds Festival

Clementine Hall Clementine Hall

After closing for the entire second day, The Warehouse stage at Leeds Festival has once again been forced to evacuate.

One of the most anticipated dance acts of the day has been cancelled due to health and safety concerns just moments before the set.

Sheffield DJ Silva Bumpa was due to take to The Warehouse stage today at 1:30pm, but the set was cancelled due to overcrowding.

It's not the first time this has happened at Leeds Festival 2026, as yesterday Omar+'s set was cancelled due to the same issue and the stage was subsequently closed for the rest of the day.

The Warehouse stage is completely new for this year, and supposedly is designed specifically for dance music...which is quite ironic.

Announcing the news to Instagram, Silva Bumpa said: "So so sorry Leeds Fest but due to over crowding my set was cancelled last min I was just behind the stage and got told right before such a massive shame."

Prospa, another prominent DJ who's set was cancelled at Reading on Friday afternoon, spoke up on the situation: "We are disappointed in The Warehouse stage closure at Reading Festival. We were told it wasn't possible to play whilst on the way. This was due to too many people outside the stage.

"We have seen this happen before at larger festivals in the UK. It's time to double the capacity of tents or put dance music on the main stage."

It comes after another dance stage, LS23, was closed mid-set last night due to a health and safety hazard when all the lights suddenly switched off and ravers were forced to evacuate.

If yesterday is anything to go by, we wouldn't be surprised if The Warehouse was closed for the rest of the day which means anticipated sets from Rossi and Mall Grab will also be cancelled.

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‘Actually lost for words’ – huge artist speaks out as Leeds Festival set is cancelled due to overcrowding

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For the second day in a row, a huge set has been cancelled due to overcrowding at Reading and Leeds Festival.

Day two of the festival and there's some pretty disappointed ravers hanging their head as one of the biggest dance music sets of the day is cancelled.

Omar+, a rising British electronic DJ and producer, was due to play on the brand-new Warehouse stage at Reading yesterday and Leeds today.

Yesterday's set was cancelled last minute due to overcrowding, and low and behold the same has happened here in Leeds.

Announcing the sad news to his story, Omar+ said "Actually lost for words. My Leeds set has been cancelled due to overcrowding."

He then went on to show a screenshot of a text message, reading: "I've never seen something like this in my entire life where two shows back to back are cancelled due to overcrowding."

The Warehouse stage is completely new for this year, and supposedly is designed specifically for dance music...which is quite ironic.

Prospa, another prominent DJ who's set was cancelled at Reading yesterday, spoke up on the situation: "We are disappointed in The Warehouse stage closure at Reading Festival. We were told it wasn't possible to play whilst on the way. This was due to too many people outside the stage.

"We have seen this happen before at larger festivals in the UK. It's time to double the capacity of tents or put dance music on the main stage."

It comes after another dance stage, LS23, was closed mid-set last night due to a health and safety hazard when all the lights suddenly switched off and ravers were forced to evacuate.

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