Gorillaz kicked off their 2022 world tour earlier this week (April 28) and during their set, played two new tracks – ‘Silent Running’ and ‘Cracker Island’ which features Thundercat. Check out footage below. During their headline show at Antel Arena in Uruguay, Damon Albarn’s band performed a host of rarities including ‘Plastic Beach’ closer ‘Pirate
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Lloyd Banks has announced that a sequel to last year’s ‘COTI (The Course Of The Inevitable)’ will be arriving this summer. The former G-Unit rapper took to social media yesterday (April 29) to post a graphic that reads: “COTI2 Summer 2022.” In the comments section of his Instagram post, Harlem rapper Vado shared that The
Manic Street Preachers have recorded a studio version of their cover of Madonna‘s ‘Borderline’ – listen to a snippet below. The band first previewed their rendition of the 1984 hit during their set at BBC 6 Music Festival last month. James Dean Bradfield and co. kicked off this year’s festival by playing an exclusive, intimate show
Anderson .Paak has shared a brand new track called ‘Yours To Take’ via a new advertisement for Budweiser – scroll down the page to hear it now. The track marks the first piece of new solo material, the rapper, singer, drummer and producer has released since the 2020 single ‘Jewelz’. “Are you sure you can
Nine Inch Nails covered two David Bowie songs as they kicked off their 2022 tour in the US last night (April 28). READ MORE: The Roots Of… Nine Inch Nails The performance at Red Hat Amphitheatre in Raleigh, North Carolina, marked the first time the Trent Reznor-led band has taken the stage since 2018. After playing
Harry Styles has shared the tracklist for his third album, ‘Harry’s House’, ahead of its release next month. The singer posted a photo of the record’s back cover earlier today (April 29), with 13 song titles listed across its two sides. Among them are the album’s lead single, ‘As It Was’, along with ‘Late Night
MUNA have shared a brand new video for their latest single, ‘Kind Of Girl’ – watch it below. READ MORE: Muna – ‘Saves the World’ review The Los Angeles-based trio – comprising Katie Gavin, Naomi McPherson and Josette Maskin – are gearing up to release their third studio album on June 24 via Saddest Factory
German composer Klaus Schulze – who had a lasting impact on the worlds of electronic, ambient and techno music – has died at the age of 74. The news was confirmed by Schulze’s family with a statement on his social media pages, sharing that the musician died “suddenly and unexpectedly” on April 26, following a
Arctic Monkeys have announced plans for a series of tour dates in South America later this year. The band are set to hit the road with Interpol for a mixture of arena and festival dates across Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Paraguay in November. The jaunt will kick off at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de
Psy has announced that his brand-new lead single ‘That That’ off his upcoming full-length album ‘Psy 9th’, will also feature vocals on top of production by BTS’ rapper Suga. Earlier today (April 27), Psy released the full track list for his forthcoming record, along with the art for the new single. In it, he announced
A one-day festival has been announced by the friends and family of Caroline Flack, in celebration of the late TV presenter’s life. The former Love Island presenter was found dead at her London home in 2020, with an inquest later confirming that Flack had taken her own life. The one-off event, which has seen contributions from Flack’s
Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós have announced the Asia leg of their upcoming world tour. READ MORE: Jónsi – ‘Shiver’ review: Sigur Rós frontman lets his hair down with a little help from Robyn The Asia leg of the upcoming tour will take place in August with shows in Singapore, South Korea, Japan and Thailand. Venues
The Fratellis have opened up about their music being described as “indie landfill” in a new interview. Speaking to NME, the band were asked about Vice rating their hit song ‘Chelsea Dagger’ number one on a list entitled ‘Top 50 Greatest Landfill Songs Of All Time’. Discussing the list and the term, frontman Jon Lawler
Damon Albarn and Flume have collaborated on a new single, ‘Palaces’, giving the slick track its live debut at Coachella over the weekend. During the second weekend of the festival, Albarn – who had joined Billie Eilish onstage the previous weekend – joined Flume to deliver the live debut of ‘Palaces’, an atmospheric and emotive
Hard-Fi have revealed that they will be making an announcement later today (April 24). In a clip shared on social media, Hard-Fi confirm that they will be going live here at 6:30pm tonight with a “big announcement”. The video also displays the cover art for their 2005 debut album ‘Stars of CCTV’ alongside a date
Vinyl lovers have been flocking to independent record shops across the UK today (April 23) for Record Store Day 2022. As part of RSD’s 15th anniversary, hundreds of exclusive physical releases – including vinyl, CD and cassette – were made available at over 260 participating indie retailers nationwide. Fans can get their hands on special
Mick Jagger has praised Yungblud and Machine Gun Kelly, saying that the two artists bring “life” to a new generation of rock music. Speaking to Swedish radio station P4 recently, the Rolling Stones frontman explained (via The Independent): “In rock music you need energy and there have not been a lot of new rock singers around.
Fontaines DC have said they think they could do “a really good tune” with Lana Del Rey. Speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read, the band’s vocalist Grian Chatten said he wanted to write songs with Rey when discussing some possible future collaborations. “I just want to write some tunes with her,” Chatten told NME. “Her music
Rage Against The Machine have announced details of a huge outdoor summer show in Edinburgh. The returning four-piece will play the gig two days before the first of their two headline dates at Reading & Leeds Festival on August 26 (Leeds) and 28. RATM will perform live at the Royal Highland Showgrounds on August 24
The Kid LAROI has shared his first new music of 2022 – a single entitled ‘Thousand Miles’. The song, released today (April 22), is the official follow-up to last July’s ‘Stay’ with Justin Bieber. That song went on to be the most successful of LAROI’s career, hitting Number One in over 20 countries and achieving