Florence + The Machine have unveiled a new career-spanning compilation playlist titled ‘Under Heaven Over Hell’. READ MORE: Florence + The Machine live in Manchester: a cathartic and euphoric outbreak of dance fever Personally curated by frontwoman Florence Welch, the playlist features 39 tracks from all five of the band’s studio albums including 2009’s ‘Lungs’, 2011’s
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The Struts have announced their fourth studio album ‘Pretty Vicious’ – find all the details below. The Derby rock band – comprising Luke Spiller, Adam Slack, Jed Elliott and Gethin Davies – are due to release the 11-track collection on November 3 via Big Machine. You can pre-order/pre-save it here. Following on from 2020’s ‘Strange
Jeon Somi’s agency will remove an animated character from the music video of one of her latest songs after viewers accused it of plagiarism. The video in question comes from the visual accompaniment for the South Korean singer’s single ‘Fast Forward’ – the lead track of her new EP ‘Game Plan’. The track and music
The Band guitarist and singer-songwriter Robbie Robertson has died. He was 80. The news was confirmed on Wednesday night (August 9) via The Band’s management on social media. The statement, which originally came from Robertson’s family, reads: “Robbie was surrounded by his family at the time of his death, including his wife, Janet, his ex-wife,
Coach Party have shared their latest and heaviest track, ‘Parasite’, from their forthcoming debut album ‘KILLJOY’. Check out the video below. According to a press release, ‘Parasite’ is described as “a destroyer; a maximalist punk track that incinerates in under two minutes and eviscerates the people in life who feed off of the goodness of
The Murder Capital have shared footage of them playing one of Sinead O’Connor’s tracks at a live show to mark the funeral of the late singer. News of O’Connor’s passing broke two weeks ago (July 26), after the Irish singer and activist was found unresponsive in her London home. She was pronounced dead at the
Jay-Z‘s Made In America festival has been cancelled for 2023 due to “severe circumstances”. The annual festival was due to be held next month (September 2-3) in Philadelphia and headlined by SZA and Lizzo. In their statement announcing the cancellation, festival organisers said the decision was made “due to severe circumstances outside of production control.”
Travis Scott has announced a run of North American shows for later this year. The ‘Utopia Tour Presents Circus Maximus’ tour kicks off in Chicago on September 25 and includes shows in Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, Nashville, and DC before finishing in Miami on November 27. Notably, this is Scott’s first tour since the Astroworld
The full list of nominations for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards has been announced, with Taylor Swift, Doja Cat and SZA leading the list. Swift is leading the way with eight nominations, SZA earned six and Doja Cat, Kim Petras, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo, and Sam Smith have all earned five each.
BBC Radio 1 presenter Arielle Free has returned to the radio station following her temporary suspension last week . Free made a brief appearance on Charlie Hedges’ Dance Anthems Ibiza show on Sunday (July 30) but was cut off for expressing her dislike of a song that was playing. After being introduced on Hedges’s show, Free
Ed Sheeran has shared his thoughts on the use of artificial intelligence in music, calling the technology “weird”. The ‘Subtract’ singer-songwriter spoke about AI during a recent interview with Audacy, which took place at the Hard Rock Hotel in New York City. READ MORE: I used Grimes’ AI vocals to make a hit – here’s how
BTS member V has officially announced his debut solo album, which is being titled ‘Layover’. READ MORE: Suga of BTS: “You have to find what makes you happy, what brings you joy” Announced today (August 8), Big Hit Music took to social media to confirm the album, which is due for release in September. In the
Grimes has reignited her years-old feud with Poppy, accusing the singer of “spreading false information for personal gain”. Back in 2018, Poppy spoke out against Grimes and her team regarding their collaboration, ‘Play Destroy’, saying that she “could have gone without” the trouble that was allegedly caused by her collaborator. “I was kind of bullied
Hot Chip have returned with their first new music of 2023 – listen to ‘Fire Of Mercy’, featuring Yunè Pinku, below. The band’s new track is their first since the release of their most recent full-length album, ‘Freakout/Release’, which came out last August. Discussing the new track, the band’s Joe Goddard said: “Fire of Mercy’
South Korean police have reportedly confirmed that screams from passengers who were watching a livestream by BTS‘s Suga were the cause of a recent commotion on a Seoul subway train. Yesterday evening (August 6), South Korean police received several reports from passengers on the Seoul Subway Line 9 express train to Gimpo airport. This included
Paul McCartney has announced his first tour of Australia in six years – find the full list of dates and information below. READ MORE: The Beatles: every song ranked in order of greatness On August 1, McCartney took to social media to announced his upcoming six-show run in Australia, which will take place between October and
The team behind London venue and nightclub XOYO are set to open a new club in Birmingham. Described as a “sister venue” to the Shoreditch spot, XOYO Birmingham will open in the autumn. A statement from the team behind the venue said that it will be a “game-changer” and was created “for and by the
Maggie Rogers has finally met the fan who posted the viral video with Pharrell Williams that launched her music career. In 2016, a clip went viral of Pharrell marvelling at Rogers’ song ‘Alaska’ during a songwriting masterclass at New York University. “I have zero, zero, zero notes for that,” he said in the video, being
The Kinks‘ former keyboardist John Gosling has died at the age of 75, the band have revealed. In a statement posted online, the band’s Ray and Dave Davies revealed the news and paid tribute to their bandmate, who played with The Kinks between 1970-1978. “We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of
Sabrina Carpenter has treated the crowd at this year’s Lollapalooza to a cover of ABBA‘s ‘Lay All Your Love On Me’. Towards the middle of her set Friday (August 4), the pop singer paused for a quick chat with the crowd before starting her next song. She explained how her two cats are named Benny