Footage of Drake rocking out to Avril Lavigne while DJing at a recent club appearance has gone viral on social media. The rapper has been in Miami this week and seen at clubs around the area. A controversial sighting saw the OVO founder seen with 50 Cent the night before he was due to appear at
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The Eurovision 2023 Semi-Final running orders have been revealed – check it out below. The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest will take place at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool from May 9-13, with Mae Muller set to represent the UK with ‘I Wrote A Song’. The UK city was announced to stage the contest on behalf of
Saliva guitarist Wayne Swinny has died aged 59 after suffering a brain haemorrhage on tour. In a statement shared on the Tennessee rock band’s Facebook page yesterday (March 22), they confirmed that Swinny had died during their ‘Spring Mayhem’ tour. “It is with great sadness that we report the passing of our brother Wayne Swinny,”
Kenny Loggins has announced a farewell tour for 2023. The ‘This Is It’ tour will see the musician, famous for his hit song ‘Danger Zone’, tour the US extensively across 2023. In a statement, Loggins said: “I don’t see this as the end of my professional career, but certainly a halt to the grind of
California-based nostalgia festival Just Like Heaven has returned with its 2023 line-up, featuring Yeah Yeah Yeahs, MGMT, The Walkmen and more. The festival launched in 2019 with Yeah Yeah Yeahs and MGMT alongside Phoenix, before a two-year COVID break before it returned in 2022 with Interpol, Modest Mouse, The Shins and M.I.A. Two of the 2019 headliners will return this
The National have teased the arrival of a new song called ‘Tropic Morning News’ this week. READ MORE: The National on new music: “It’s the whole history of the band, but with a new exploration” On their social media profiles, the band shared that the song from their upcoming new – and as as yet untitled
Frank Ocean has seemingly hinted at the arrival of a new album in a promotional poster from his latest merch drop. In the six years since the release of 2016’s lauded ‘Blonde’ LP, Ocean has shared a number of one-off singles including ‘DHL’, ‘In My Room’, ‘Cayendo’ and ‘Dear April’. He has also occasionally hinted at
Melanie C has shared an update about suggestions The Spice Girls were set to play this year’s Glastonbury festival. READ MORE: Spice Girls’ ‘Wannabe’ at 25: what we’ve learned from the iconic girl group since Back in December, Mel B teased that the Spice Girls could be set to reunite once again for a special performance
Heartworms has announced details of debut EP ‘A Comforting Notion’ – listen to new single ‘Retributions Of An Awful Life’ below. The new collection from the NME 100 alumni will come out on March 24 via Speedy Wunderground. ‘Retributions Of An Awful Life’ comes complete with an official video from Niall Trask and Dan Matthews,
Beartooth have moved their upcoming London show Wembley Arena after Brixton Academy is to remain closed. The metal band are set to tour the UK in March, with dates due to culminate at Brixton on March 19. Now, with the south London venue remaining shuttered until April, the gig has been upgraded to the 12,000
Lizzo, Odesza and Kendrick Lamar have been announced as headliners at this year’s Governors Ball festival – check out the full line-up below. The annual festival, which takes place at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, New York will run from June 9 to 11 this year. Lizzo will headline Friday (11), with Lil Uzi
A Pet Shop Boys CD from 2003 has become one of the most expensive ever sold on Discogs. ‘Pop Art: The Hits – 5 Songs From Our History’ was released via Parlophone solely in Japan two decades ago, and was limited to 25 copies. The CD collates some of the band’s best and most-loved tracks
Noel Gallagher has said that he will “never say never” to an Oasis reunion. READ MORE: The Big Read – Liam Gallagher: “An Oasis reunion’s gonna happen very fucking soon” The former Oasis guitarist and co-vocalist – who today (January 17) announced his forthcoming album with the High Flying Birds, ‘Council Skies’ – quit the band
Mariah Carey’s co-writer and co-producer on ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ has challenged the star’s story detailing when she wrote the track. Carey claimed in a 2017 interview that the festive classic was a “song that I wrote basically as a kid on my little Casio keyboard”. Appearing on the Hot Takes &
Crawlers have shared an acoustic cover of Phoebe Bridgers’ ‘Motion Sickness’ as a festive treat for fans – watch it below now. The original version of the song appeared on the US indie star’s debut album ‘Stranger In The Alps’, which was released in 2017. “Did a cover of motion sickness by phoebe bridgers cuz
Dave Grohl has shared the seventh instalment in his 2022 Hanukkah Sessions series, featuring Jack Black covering Rush. The Foo Fighters frontman and producer Greg Kurstin began The Hanukkah Sessions back in 2020 as a video series of covers performed from the latter’s home studio. This year, for the first time, the covers were recorded
THE AMERICAN RELICS are a new band comprised of world-class musicians that have come together to share in the experience of particular related musical concepts, which are: to bring by way of original music the sounds and feel of not only wonderful music eras gone by, but new music created with the analog-sounding, melodic and
A Christmas TV special with Backstreet Boys has been pulled after sexual assault allegations were levelled against bandmember Nick Carter. A Very Backstreet Holiday, which was due to air on ABC in the US on Wednesday (December 14), is now no longer being shown, as Variety reports. The programme would have followed the release of
A judge has ordered Twitter to hand over “identifying information” for Jane Doe 2, an anonymous person who used the platform to publicly accuse All Time Low guitarist Jack Barakat of sexual abuse. Back in October 2021, Doe 2 used the Twitter handle @ATLstatement to accuse Barakat of sexual abuse that began in 2011, when
Leftfield‘s Neil Barnes has spoken to NME about the importance of counselling after training to become a therapist – as well as the impact it had on the dance pioneers’ new album. READ MORE: ‘Am I depressed?’ – help and advice on mental health and what to do next The duo last week released their fourth