Rock

Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Avril Lavigne are among a number of new names added to the 2022 edition of Rock In Rio in Brazil. The legendary Rio De Janeiro festival will take place from September 2-4 and 8-11 next year, and already features the likes of Post Malone, Iron Maiden and Måneskin alongside

Just hours out from her scheduled appearance on Saturday Night Live, Charli XCX has announced that her performance won’t be going ahead due to “limited crew”. Charli was set to perform with Caroline Polachek and Christine And The Queens on the December 18 episode of the show, hosted by Paul Rudd. However, new COVID restrictions were brought

Gaz Coombes has spoken about taking Valium on a flight with The Cure‘s Robert Smith, who was his hero growing up. The Supergrass frontman and soloist in his own name was being quizzed in NME‘s Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! feature recently when he recalled hanging out with Smith while on a flight to

Bring Me The Horizon have shared a hyperpop remix of their recent single ‘DiE4u’ – you can listen to it below. The track – which was originally released back in September – has been reworked by six impala – the genre-bending collective comprising KaTT, underscores, OMNIPONY (fka OMNI), Script, Helvetican, and newly-created member NEUTRA –

Snail Mail has announced the new dates for her UK and European headline tour – see the revised schedule below. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Snail Mail: “It’s awesome seeing lots of women and queer people in music” As reported last month, the US singer-songwriter – real name Lindsey Jordan – was forced to

FKA twigs has unveiled her new collaboration with The Weeknd, titled ‘Tears In The Club’. ‘Tears In The Club’, which Twigs teased earlier this week, has a more contemporary pop sound than the singer usually delivers, but still maintains the etherealness and distortion for which she’s become known. The release of the song is accompanied

Tool drummer Danny Carey hurled a homophobic slur during an alleged assault at Kansas City Airport, police have claimed. READ MORE: Tool – ‘Fear Inoculum’ review The musician was arrested on Sunday (December 12) after law enforcement received a report of a “disturbance between two males at an airport terminal”, TMZ reported earlier this week. Carey is

A previously unreleased Whitney Houston demo recorded when she was 17-years-old has sold for $1million (£723,000) at an NFT auction. Provided by OneOf – an eco-conscious NFT platform – the song was auctioned yesterday (December 14), after it was announced last month. The winning bidder will now have access to the never-before-heard full-length demo in

Bruce Springsteen performed a special set with Steve Earle and his band The Dukes on Monday night (December 13) – you can see fan-shot footage of the gig below. The performance at The Town Hall in New York City was part of the seventh annual John Henry’s Friends benefit concert, which raised money for The

Porter Robinson has announced his first UK and European headline tour in five years, with a string of dates booked in for Spring – check them out below. Kicking off in Germany on April 8, 2022, Robinson will visit Denmark, Netherlands and France before a trio of shows in the UK. Tickets for the shows

Paul Weller has revealed that his recent UK tour was cut short after he contracted coronavirus. The final three dates of Weller’s 2021 UK tour – which were due to run from December 3-5 in Norwich, Lincoln and Cambridge – were cancelled on December 3 after “a band member tested positive for COVID-19”. “We are

Animal Collective have shared the latest single from their forthcoming ‘Time Skiffs’ album, a radiant tribute to the late, great Scott Walker, bluntly titled ‘Walker’. In an interview with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe, band member Panda Bear (aka Noah Lennox) said the new track was written around the time of Walker’s March 2019 passing.

Years & Years‘ Olly Alexander has teased a “sneaky” forthcoming collaboration, which he describes as being “in the dance music world”. The band, which now operates as a solo project for Alexander, will release new album ‘Night Call’ early next year, while Alexander recently collaborated with Kylie Minogue on the song ‘A Second To Midnight’.

Rick Ross and Jazmine Sullivan recently appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform a live rendition of their collaborative track, ‘Outlawz’. The cut is lifted from Ross’ latest album, ‘Richer Than I Ever Been’, which arrived just days before his appearance on the NBC show. Also featuring rapper 21 Savage – who didn’t join

Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor is set to star in new horror film Rucker which has just released a trailer – check it out below. The film is about titular serial killer Rucker who attempts to create a gory masterpiece while driving a big rig truck. Taylor plays the part of the killer’s trucking friend. The

Ben Gibbard has paid tribute to The Monkees’ Mike Nesmith with a series of covers of tracks penned by the late musician. Nesmith’s family announced his death yesterday (December 10), saying in a statement he had “passed away this morning in his home, surrounded by family, peacefully and of natural causes”. He was 78 years

Squid have announced a 10-date run of North American tour dates, marking their second slate of shows on US soil since the release of their recent debut album, ‘Bright Green Field’. The stint will kick off on Tuesday March 8 at Seattle venue The Crocodile, before the band make their Canadian debut the following night.

Charli XCX has shared a new remix by Perfume Genius of her single ‘Good Ones’. The new version sees Charli’s vocals slowed down to the point where they’re almost unrecognisable and is much darker than the original take of the electro single. You can hear the remix below. The single was originally released in September

Kanye West and Drake have performed a huge concert in LA – watch footage from the moment below. The two musicians held a 78,000 capacity gig at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum last night (December 9). The pair, who have reconciled after a long-standing feud, walked out side by side at the start of the gig

Whether you like it or not, the Crazy Frog has made its return with the release of new track ‘Tricky’, a mashup of Run-DMC‘s ‘It’s Tricky’. With the creature’s return prophesied last month, ‘Tricky’ is an EDM rework of the Run-DMC classic, topped off with the irritating and infectious repetition of “ding ding” that the