Wolf Alice guitarist Joff Oddie has written an op-ed for NME regarding the ongoing problems for UK artists wishing to tour Europe post-Brexit, arguing that action is needed now for Britain to retain it’s “world-leading position” in music. Last year, the UK music industry spoke out together on how they had essentially been handed a
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The Lemonheads have announced plans for a 30th anniversary tour of their 1992 album ‘It’s A Shame About Ray’. Evan Dando’s band will hit the road for a series of UK and Ireland dates kicking off in Dublin on September 22. The tour, which will see the band perform the record in its entirety, will
Louis Theroux, Amelia Dimoldenberg and Jason Derulo have teamed up for a new video for Theroux and Duke & Jones’ viral song ‘Jiggle Jiggle’ – you can watch the clip below. The novelty track, which features audio of Theroux rapping on Dimoldenberg’s YouTube series Chicken Shop Date (in a callback to a moment from Louis
J-hope spoke to NME backstage at Lollapalooza 2022 and told us how it feels to be the first South Korean artist to headline a major US festival, what it’s like to have fans supporting his first solo album, and what’s next for BTS. Watch our interview with J-hope above. READ MORE: J-hope live at Lollapalooza 2022: BTS rapper
Rebel Wilson has paid tribute to Olivia Newton-John following her passing. The iconic singer and Grease star died peacefully at the age of 73 at her home in Southern California on Monday (August 8). Wilson, who played Newton-John’s daughter in the film A Few Best Men, has now become one of the latest stars to
Beyoncé has thanked Madonna for allowing her to interpolate ‘Vogue’ in her ‘The Queens Remix‘ of ‘Break My Soul‘. The pop star sent a note and a bouquet of flowers to Madonna, which the latter shared to her Instagram Story earlier today (August 9). “Thank you, Queen,” Beyoncé wrote in the thank you letter, “I’m so grateful
21 Savage has defended his own lyrics after he called for an end to gun violence in Atlanta. The rapper, who grew up in the Georgia city, tweeted yesterday (August 8): “Atlanta We Have To Do Better. Put The F****** Guns Down !!!!!” While many Twitter users supported his comments, one fan highlighted Savage’s own
Bring Me The Horizon‘s Oli Sykes and Mat Nichols have completed a triathlon and raised funds for a Ukrainian LGTBQ+ charity. READ MORE: Bring Me The Horizon on stepping up for the scene: “Things are better when you’re not the only one” Over the weekend, Skyles and Nichols posted on Instagram, detailing their first-ever triathlon which consisted
The Big Pink have shared details of their first album in a decade, ‘The Love That’s Ours’, alongside the release of new single ‘Rage’. ‘The Love That’s Ours’ follows 2012’s ‘Future This’, after which the London-formed group that previously featured Milo Cordell disbanded. Now, singer/guitarist Robbie Furze has reconnected with old bandmate Akiko Matsuuraon drums
Whitesnake have removed themselves from a 24-date tour of North America, which they were scheduled to co-headline with Scorpions, due to frontman David Coverdale’s ongoing health issues. Coverdale broke the news in a statement shared to the band’s official Instagram yesterday (August 6). In it, he noted that he’s been forced to step away from
During a politically charged new interview with CNN, former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters offered a defence for his labelling of US President Joe Biden as a war criminal. Waters is currently on tour across North America with his latest stage show, ‘This Is Not A Drill’, having played 15 dates in the region since
Nicky Moore – a former vocalist for heavy metal outfit Samson and hard-rockers Mammoth, as well as the frontman of his own project, Nicky Moore And The Blues Corporation – has died at the age of 75. His passing was announced on Wednesday (August 3) through a statement made on the musician’s official Facebook page.
Representatives for Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck have said the duo will review allegations they stole lyrics from a poem on their collaborative album ’18’. The poem Hobo featured in a 1974 book about toasts, Get Your Ass In The Water And Swim Like Me, by Bruce Jackson, reports Rolling Stone. It revolves around a
Panic! At The Disco have shared an upbeat new single called ‘Local God’ – check it out below. READ MORE: Panic! At The Disco live: Brendon Urie emerges as the greatest showman The song is the final single to be shared from their upcoming new album, ‘Viva Las Vengeance’ after the title track was previously shared
Carly Rae Jepsen has today (August 5) shared a new song – listen to ‘Beach House’ below. READ MORE: Carly Rae Jepsen: “My relationship with ‘Call Me Maybe’ was a rollercoaster” It’s the latest offering from Jepsen’s upcoming new album, ‘The Loneliest Time‘, which the musician announced earlier this week. The album will arrive on October
50 Cent has admitted that bands on his former G-Unit label blame him “all the time” for their career failures. READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life: 50 Cent The rapper who has steered the careers of several artists including The Game, Lloyd Banks, and Young Buck was asked whether any rappers spoke out against him but
Musicians and music industry figures will cycle more than 300 miles from London to Amsterdam to raise funds for refugees affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Music charity Bridges For Music is staging the sixth edition of its annual charity Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) cycle this October. It has partnered with Choose Love to direct
Enter Shikari have announced a new collaborative single with Wargasm called ‘The Void Stares Back’. The St Albans band released their sixth and most recent studio album, ‘Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible’, in April 2020. Wargasm, meanwhile, are primed to drop their first project ‘Explicit: The Mixxxtape’ this summer. Today (August 3), it’s
Guy Fieri is said to be following Rage Against The Machine on their current North American reunion tour. READ MORE: Tom Morello: “In the past, I’ve wanted to use music as a battering ram for social justice” As Stereogum notes, posts on social media indicate that the US restaurateur and TV presenter was in attendance at
John Cale has shared an animated video for his new single ‘Night Crawling’. READ MORE: The Velvet Underground review: revisionist doc reworks narrative of New York rock and rollers The clip, which you can view below, sees the Velvet Underground multi-instrumentalist hitting the streets of New York in the 1970s with David Bowie. The song is his