Rock

The Weeknd has announced a slew of North American stadium concerts – dubbed the ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ tour – that are set to begin in July and run until early September. The singer will kick off the run in his native Toronto on July 8 before heading to Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta,

The Bluetones’ Mark Morriss has posted a lengthy open letter responding to allegations of abuse made by his ex-wife. Last November, Morriss was accused of years of abuse by newspaper executive Anna Wharton. She accused Morriss of being a “pathological liar and serial predator,” detailing years of alleged gaslighting, abuse and cheating in a blog

The Linda Lindas have released a new music video for ‘Talking to Myself’, the second single from their upcoming debut album ‘Growing Up’. READ MORE: LA teen punk band The Linda Lindas go viral with anti-racist anthem ‘Racist Sexist Boy’ The single was released yesterday (March 2) alongside a black-and-white Twilight Zone-themed music video depicting the

Dave Grohl has praised Billie Eilish for starting what he calls a rock’n’roll “revolution”. READ MORE: Inside Foo Fighters’ gory new horror film: “It’s Scooby Doo meets Spinal Tap meets The Evil Dead” The Foo Fighters frontman said in a new interview that rock music is a “different game” now for younger acts but is certainly still relevant, after a line

The organisers of Rolling Loud Miami have announced the line-up for the festival’s 2022 edition in July, with Kanye West (billed under his legal name, Ye), Future and Kendrick Lamar headlining across the three-day event. Set to run from July 22-24 at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, this year’s event will also feature appearances from the

Phoebe Bridgers is set to host a new radio show on SiriusXM. READ MORE: Phoebe Bridgers: “I definitely feel a lot less apologetic than I did before” The show will be called ‘Saddest Factory Radio’ after the singer-songwriter’s label, Saddest Factory Records, which she launched last year. ‘Saddest Factory Radio’ will see Bridgers in conversation

At one of his recent shows in support of new solo album ‘Earthling’, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder opened up to the crowd about his experience contracting COVID-19. “I got the COVID right before we were supposed to start practicing, probably five, six weeks ago, and literally saw my life flash in front of my

Japanese Breakfast has rescheduled her upcoming UK tour due to “lingering uncertainty” over COVID-related “travel protocols”. The Michelle Zauner-led project had been due to tour in the UK and Europe next month in support of her June 2021 album ‘Jubilee’. Zauner has now confirmed that she has had to move her upcoming UK live dates

Billy Joel has paid tribute to Procol Harum‘s Gary Brooker with a cover of the band’s classic, ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’ – watch it below. During his performance at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium on Saturday night (February 26), Joel delivered a moving rendition of the 1967 single to celebrate the life of Brooker, who died

PC Music’s Danny L Harle has shared a massive remix of Griff and Sigrid‘s recent collaborative single ‘Head On Fire’ – hear it below. The song was released last month and will get its live debut next week (March 2) when the pair perform at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 at London’s Brixton Academy. Speaking

Dave Grohl has spoken about his recent collaboration with Liam Gallagher, and has called the former Oasis frontman “one of the last remaining rock stars”. Earlier this month, Gallagher released ‘Everything’s Electric’, the first single to be taken from his upcoming new solo album ‘C’MON YOU KNOW’, which is set for release on May 27

Enter Skikari’s Rou Reynolds has criticised the government over its treatment of Ukrainian refugees. Ukraine has officially severed diplomatic ties with Russia and declared martial law after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an attack on the neighbouring nation on February 24. Many Ukrainians are now trying to escape the war zone as the fighting continues. The

Ukrainian metal band Jinjer have weighed in on the conflict between Russia and their “sovereign and independent” country. It comes after Ukraine severed diplomatic ties with Russia and declared martial law after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an attack on the neighbouring nation yesterday (February 24). The band, who released their fourth album, ‘Wallflowers’, back in August,

The O2 in London has re-opened following damage caused during Storm Eunice. Last week, The O2  suffered significant damage to its roof following high winds caused by Storm Eunice.  Winds caused by the adverse weather shredded parts of the white-domed roof of the venue, which is located near Greenwich, South East London. The O2 was subsequently

Foals have shared a message of solidarity with the people of Ukraine, highlighting the local team that helped bring their recent ‘2am’ music video to life. Russian forces launched a military assault on Ukraine in the early hours of yesterday morning (February 24). It was reported then that Ukraine had officially severed its diplomatic ties

James Blake has teamed up with Monica Martin for a new rendition of the latter’s track ‘Go Easy, Kid’ – you can watch the two artists perform their collaboration below. Originally released by the LA-based, Wisconsin-raised Martin back in September, ‘Go Easy, Kid’ has been described by Blake as “my favourite song to come out

Ed Sheeran has paid his respects Jamal Edwards following the late SB.TV founder’s death earlier this week. READ MORE: RIP Jamal Edwards, an inspiration who turned SB.TV into a Black British cultural dynasty Edwards died aged 31 on Sunday (February 20). His mother, Loose Women panellist Brenda Edwards, later confirmed that Jamal had died from a “sudden illness”. His SB.TV

Green Day have shared a snippet of new music in another “1972” teaser clip. The short video, which you can view below, is the latest in a series of teasers from the band that have been released on social media in recent months. This new 10-second clip features the logo of frontman Billie Joe Armstrong‘s

K-pop juggernauts BTS are set to return to the US with a four-night residency at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. Today (February 23), the boyband’s agency Big Hit Music announced that the group would bring their ‘Permission To Dance On Stage’ concert to the nearly 65,000-capacity stadium on April 8, 9, 15 and

Bad Boy Chiller Crew have launched a new ‘fans for foodbanks’ initiative at their gigs. READ MORE: The NME Big Read: Bad Boy Chiller Crew: “We’re not a proper boyband. There’s nothing normal about us” The Bradford trio (made up of MCs Kane, Clive and GK), launched the initiative last week (February 18) in Manchester at local