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The Prodigy's Liam Howlett has confirmed that he doesn't want the band to do any more albums. Never fear though - this doesn't mean their days of releasing new music are over.
Following on from the release of the band's sixth studio album, The Day Is My Enemy, earlier in the year, Liam Howlett spoke to Rolling Stone about festivals, EDM, and their plans for the future.
"I'm about to start writing again," he explained. "Basically I don't feel like I want to do any more albums because they just take too long. It takes too long to get the music out to fans, it takes too long for us."
He added, "We want to do something that can turn around quicker. So what we've decided to do is to do EPs from now on. And I think the whole music industry and such, if you want to call it that, is changing. We're excited about doing a four-track EP next, getting that out, and while that's out, we have the next one prepared.
"It seems much more of a better way to get music information to our fans. It's just a quicker turn around and I think that would be, for us, as a band, much better."
Howlett also took the opportunity to criticise the modern EDM scene, describing it as "very commercial." He continued, "It's pop music, and to me, there has to be a band that can represent the harder edge end of electronic music, and that's always been our job. And basically a lot of it's live-driven. This record wasn't written with radio in mind, it's purely written to sit on stage."
The Prodigy embark on a UK tour in November, with support from Public Enemy. See full tour dates below. For tickets and more information, click here.
Tuesday 24 November - Nottingham Capital FM Arena
Thursday 26 November - Newcastle Upon Tyne Metro Radio Arena
Friday 27 November - Manchester Central
Saturday 28 November - Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
Monday 30 November - Dublin 3Arena
Tuesday 1 December - Belfast Odyssey Arena
Thursday 3 December - Birmingham Barclaycard Arena
Friday 4 December - London SSE Arena Wembley
