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Brazilian bossa nova singer Astrud Gilberto – famed for her version of ‘The Girl from Ipanema’ – has died aged 83. The singer-songwriter was one of Brazil’s biggest stars of the ‘60s and ‘70s, recognised as one of the leading artists who helped popularise the bossa nova genre and known for working with the likes

Pixies have announced a new UK and European tour, in which they will celebrate their ‘Bossanova’ and ‘Trompe Le Monde’ albums. The tour is set to kick off in Spring 2024, and will see the alt-rock icons perform their third studio album ‘Bossanova’ (1990) and follow-up ‘Trompe Le Monde’ album (1991) in full. ‘Bossanova’ was

IVE and two MONSTA X members are set to headline the inaugural Krazy K-Pop Super Concert in New York City. The first-ever Krazy K-Pop Super Concert will be held at the UBS Arena at Belmont Park, New York on August 26. The concert will be headlined by girl group IVE and MONSTA X members Shownu

Rare and collectible test pressings of over 160 artists are up for grabs at this year’s White Label Auction. The ‘white label’ test pressings will be available at the auction, which takes place online via Omega Auctions and on-site in Newton-Le-Willows, Greater Manchester on Tuesday June 6 at 10am. Among the white labels and test

Royal Blood have spoken out after criticising their audience at BBC Radio One’s Big Weekend last month. The Brighton duo — comprised of Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher — made headlines last month after their set in Dundee, when the frontman criticised the crowd for not engaging enough with their set, before eventually throwing down

Central Cee and Dave have released their new collaboration ‘Sprinter’ – along with an opulent accompanying music video – check it out below. The single is the first collaborative release from the duo, however in 2016 the two were both featured on a remix of AJ Tracey‘s 2015 grime track ‘Spirit Bomb’. Now ‘Sprinter’ sees

EXO members Baekhyun, Xiumin and Chen have filed antitrust complaints against longtime label and K-pop agency SM Entertainment. The trio’s attorney Lee Jae-hak, from the Seoul-based law firm Lin, announced in a statement today (June 5) that the three EXO members have lodged a complaint with South Korea’s antitrust regulator over SM Entertainment’s “unfair” contract terms, per Yonhap

Skrillex‘s set at Primavera Sound on Friday (June 2) was paused after a fire broke out on stage. The DJ was playing a late-night set at the Barcelona festival when he was forced to pause the show for 10 minutes after a lighting rig appeared to catch fire. A message over the loud speaker at

Taylor Swift welcomed Maren Morris to the stage at her second ‘Eras’ tour show in Chicago last night (June 3) – watch them give a live debut to ‘You All Over Me’ below. READ MORE: Taylor Swift live in New Jersey: a glittering celebration of every era Swift was playing the second of three gigs at

Paris Hilton has recruited Kim Petras for a new revamped version of her 2006 hit ‘Stars Are Blind’ – check it out below. It has been 17 years since Paris Hilton released the lead track from her debut album, ‘Paris’, when ‘Stars Are Blind’ originally debuted at Number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100. Now,

Central Cee and Dave have linked up on a brand new collaborative single – watch the video for ‘Sprinter’ below. The new track is the pair’s first ever collaboration, and marks Dave’s first release of 2023. On the bright, sunny new track, Dave raps: “Pistol came on a Irish ferry / Let go and it

Bloc Party have shared their first ever collaborative single – listen to ‘Keep It Rolling’ featuring KennyHoopla below. READ MORE: Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Kele Okereke The new track follows the recent single ‘High Life’ in previewing “exciting” new music discussed by Kele Okereke earlier this year. “I’ve been

Fontaines DC frontman Grian Chatten has shared his latest solo single, ‘Last Time Every Time Forever’. The track is the third single, following ‘The Score’ and ‘Fairlies’, to be taken from his upcoming solo debut ‘Chaos For The Fly’, which will be released on June 30 via Partisan. The album was produced by Fontaines’ longtime

Roger Waters has claimed that his critics are trying to cancel him “like they cancelled Jeremy Corbyn and Julian Assange”. Waters took to the stage at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on Wednesday May 31, where he told a 15,000-person crowd that he was “pissed off” at “the anti-semitism bullshit” surrounding him over the last month. The

Tenacious D have released a recorded version of their viral cover of Chris Isaak‘s ‘Wicked Game’ – check out the video below. The fan-favourite cover, which was originally performed in December for SiriusXM, comes weeks after the duo of Jack Black and Kyle Gass released their first new track in five years titled ‘Video Games’.

Beyoncé treated a fan to a pair of her sunglasses during the second night of her ‘Renaissance’ world tour concert in London. A fan named Valentino Rodrigues posted a now-viral TikTok video of the exact moment in which the pop megastar removed her Off-White sunglasses and threw them into the crowd. However, security quickly intervened

Some Taylor Swift fans are reportedly having “post concert amnesia” after seeing the pop icon perform during her ‘Eras’ tour. Taylor Swift kicked off her long-awaited ‘Eras’ tour back in Arizona back in March, and has played numerous shows across the US in the time since. Now, with stops still set to be made in

The Weeknd has released new single ‘Popular’ – featuring Madonna and Playboi Carti. Check it out below. The new track is set to appear on the highly-anticipated HBO series, The Idol — which sees both The Weeknd (going by his birth name Abel Tesfaye) and Lily-Rose Depp in the lead roles. Featuring guest cameos from

Liam Gallagher has shared his opinion on brother and former Oasis bandmate Noel Gallagher‘s recent cover of Joy Division‘s ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’. On Thursday (June 1), Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds performed a live cover of the Joy Division song as part of the BBC Radio 2 Piano Room series, accompanied by the