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Offset has announced his first-ever solo headline North American tour in support of his latest record, ‘Set It Off’. The Migos rapper released his highly-anticipated second album last year, featuring verses from his estranged wife Cardi B as well as Travis Scott, Future, Latto and more. Now, Offset has announced his upcoming tour by posting

Apple Music has announced it will pay artists higher royalties for music made available in spatial audio. Starting in January, artists can receive a 10% higher royalty rate for spatial audio music. ‘Spatial audio’ is essentially defined as virtual surround sound, and was made available in June 2021 at no additional cost. It follows a Bloomberg

Florence Pugh has shared the story of how she came to appear in the video for Rachel Chinouriri‘s new single ‘Never Need Me’. Pugh is seen playing a friend of Chinouriri’s in the music video, who consoles her through a break-up and takes revenge on her ex-boyfriend by going to a birthday party and throwing

JPEGMAFIA has hit back against controversy surrounding his decision to meet up with Kanye West, arguing that “there’s nothing political about it”. The pair were pictured together in a post to JPEGMAFIA’s Instagram last week, in which Kanye West was wearing a shirt by the controversial black metal band Burzum. They appeared to cross paths after

Bambie Thug will be representing Ireland in this year’s edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Ireland held Eurosong, their annual contest to select their Eurovision entrant, last night (January 26). Bambie Thug triumphed with their song ‘Doomsday Blue’ after winning the most combined votes from a combined vote from viewers, and national and international juries. Speaking

Elbow performed their new single ‘Lovers’ Leap’ live on The Graham Norton Show last night (January 26) – check out the footage below. The Manchester band returned this week (January 25) with news of their new album, with ‘Lovers’ Leap’ acting as the lead single. The album is called ‘AUDIO VERTIGO’, their 10th studio record,

Pillow Queens have announced a new album titled ‘Name Your Sorrow’ and have shared its lead single ‘Gone’. READ MORE: Pillow Queens: Dublin indie buoyed with messages of much-needed positivity The Irish indie rock band – comprised of Pamela Connolly, Sarah Corcoran, Rachel Lyons and Cathy McGuinness – are set to release their third LP on

Morrissey is currently “receiving medical supervision for physical exhaustion”, after the former Smiths frontman cancelled a string of shows in LA. The former Smiths frontman was scheduled to perform two shows in California celebrating the 20th anniversary of his classic 2004 album ‘You Are The Quarry’ this weekend, before it was announced that the gigs would

Happy Mondays‘ Shaun Ryder has made a guest appearance on a posthumous single, ‘Green Banana’ by Lee “Scratch” Perry. The upbeat new track is taken from the late dub legend’s forthcoming posthumous album ‘King Perry’, which will be released on February 2 via False Idols. It has been released alongside a remix by Bristol duo

Lil Nas X has shared a reflective new track titled ‘Where Do We Go Now?’. Check it out below. The new track was written by the rapper and singer as part of his upcoming HBO documentary, Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero. Written in collaboration with Omer Fedi and Blake Slatkin, the new song sees

The Smile have released their Paul Thomas Anderson-directed music video for ‘Friend Of A Friend’ – watch it below. The Smile have dropped their second album ‘Wall Of Eyes‘ today, and to celebrate, they’ve released a video of the trio performing to their toughest crowd yet: a room full of kids. With the lyrics based on

Becky Hill and Snow Patrol are set to headline Big Feastival, a music and food festival hosted by Blur’s Alex James on his Cotswolds farm. The festival will take place on August 23-25 and features a combination of live music, acclaimed chefs, award-winning food and a programme of family entertainment. Weekend and camping tickets are on sale now

Billy Joel has announced that he will be performing at the Grammy Awards, marking his first time playing the ceremony in 22 years. The ‘Piano Man’ singer will be joining the likes of Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo, Travis Scott, Burna Boy, and Luke Combs as 2024 Grammy performers. This year’s ceremony is due

Pet Shop Boys have shared an exclusive clip of them performing ‘It’s A Sin’ for their new ‘Dreamworld’ Copenhagen live movie – watch it exclusively on NME above. READ MORE: Pet Shop Boys live in Hull: four decades of holding pop to a higher standard The band’s new live film – recorded during their 2023 ‘Dreamworld:

Kendal Calling has announced the line-up for its 2024 festival – you can check it out below. The event is due to take place at Lowther Deer Park in the Lake District between August 1-4. Tickets are on sale now – buy yours here. Today (January 25), organisers have revealed that this year’s Kendal Calling

Ghost have released the final batch of their viral dildo and butt-plug box sets. The band first released the Phallos Mortuus box set, a bible-bound package containing a sizeable Papa Emeritus dildo and a bronze butt plug to coincide with the release of their 2013 LP ‘Infestissumam’. Upon its release, the adult toys went viral

Jack Antonoff has revealed the star-studded soundtrack of the forthcoming TV show ‘The New Look’. The Bleachers frontman has announced he is the producer behind Apple TV’s upcoming series, which will span 10 episodes. The soundtrack will be the first release from Antonoff’s new label Shadow of the City, which is an imprint of Dirty

The Last Dinner Party have revealed that Courtney Love helped advise them on how to censor their ‘Nothing Matters’ lyrics for radio. The original version of the quintet’s debut single has a chorus where vocalist Abigail Morris sings: “and I will fuck you, like nothing matters.” On the radio and during recent TV performances on

André 3000 has announced a first series of tour dates behind his recent experimental flute album ‘New Blue Sun’. Last year, the Outkast rapper returned with a surprise new 87-minute long project which saw him collaborate with stars of the jazz scene and make a serene, experimental opus. Beginning next week, he will head out