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Joel Little, who has written hits for artists including Lorde and Taylor Swift, has become the latest songwriter to sell his back catalogue to the Hipgnosis Song Fund. The London-listed songs investment fund has purchased his entire back catalogue of hits, which includes Lorde’s ‘Royals’ and Swifts ‘Me’. The songwriter’s works have already been streamed

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has been cast in Damien Chazelle’s forthcoming film, Babylon. Deadline reports that Flea’s casting in the film comes alongside the announcement of other new cast members Max Minghella, Samara Weaving and more. They join previously announced cast members Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Diego Calva, Jovan Adepo and more. Babylon is

Scooter Braun is being sued for $50million by former business partner Peter Comisar, who claims the music executive deceived him into leaving a lucrative job. Comisar, a former partner at Goldman Sachs, said in his lawsuit that Braun “aggressively courted” him from 2016 to 2017, persuading him to leave his job at investment banking company

The Cure frontman Robert Smith has further alluded to the release of a noise album in a new interview with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe. Smith featured in the interview alongside CHVRCHES, having just teamed up to release the single ‘How Not To Drown’, ahead of the band’s new album ‘Screen Violence’. Speaking to Lowe,

Courtney Love has said that a Hole reunion will not happen in the future. It comes after Love first mooted the idea of a reunion with The Guardian in 2019, with Love telling the publication: “We are definitely talking about it. There’s nothing wrong with honouring your past.” Then, in 2020, Love told NME she “had a good session”

D.C. singer-songwriter Bartees Strange has shared the music video for ‘Flagey God’, lifted from his 2020 album, ‘Live Forever’. The haunting black and white video stitches together scenes of Strange performing in a number of locales with brief, grainy snippets of an unidentified figure, complementing the song’s dark bass and percussion lines. Watch the clip

Pete Doherty has announced an intimate headline show to take place in Camden next month. The Libertines frontman will return to his old stomping ground for a show at Powerhaus, formerly Dingwalls, on July 3. Tickets for the intimate, 500-capacity show go on sale tomorrow (June 2) at 10am. You can find them here, while

Van Halen’s David Lee Roth has released a new song titled ‘Giddy-Up’. The track was originally issued to accompany his interactive graphic novel The Roth Project, which debuted online last November. The Roth Project incorporates illustrated visuals with music and narration, all made by Roth. The story blends classic Western with sci-fi themes, imagining a

Parquet Courts have announced a new reissue of their debut album ‘American Specialities’ to mark its 10th anniversary. The album, which preceded their breakthrough record ‘Light Up Gold’ by one year, was released as a limited edition cassette in 2011. It was later put out on vinyl in 2012, but is still a rarity in

Little Simz has given a live performance of her most recent track ‘Woman’ for Later… With Jools Holland. For the live rendition, filmed in a dimly-lit grand hall space, the rapper is accompanied by a band and two backing vocalists. Watch the performance below: Advertisement [embedded content] Little Simz released ‘Woman’ earlier this month, featuring

Elton John and Charlize Theron are among a number of world leaders on HIV who have written an open letter to Boris Johnson asking for his help. Drawing the British Prime Minister’s attention towards a new AIDs emergency, John and Theron have asked Johnson to address the issue at the forthcoming G7 summit. “We face a

Content warning: This piece mentions suicide.  Canadian outfit Sum 41 have teamed up with rapper nothing, nowhere for a powerful rework of their 2019 song ‘Catching Fire’. Released on Friday (May 28), frontman Deryck Whibley penned the new version of the track for his wife Ari Whibley, who attempted suicide in 2013. He and the

No Rome has shared a remix of A.G. Cook‘s song ‘Windows’ – you can listen to it below. The Dirty Hit artist’s new version of the track appears on Cook’s new ‘Apple vs 7G’ collection, which comprises reworkings of cuts from the producer’s two 2020 albums ‘Apple’ and ‘7G’. Arriving yesterday (May 28), the record also features Caroline

Rufus Wainwright has shared a cover of a classic Judy Garland song to mark Pride Month – scroll down the page to listen to it now. Pride Month will begin next week on June 1 and celebrates the LGBTQ+ community, with Pride Day taking place on June 28. Wainwright has shared his take on Garland’s

BTS have launched their own McDonalds meal in the US, Canada and South Korea. The campaign, which was initially teased last month, follows recent link-ups between the fast food chain and artists including Travis Scott and J Balvin. Launched on Wednesday (May 26), The BTS Meal includes a Coke, medium fries, 10 Chicken McNuggets and

Brockhampton made their debut on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert last night (May 26) with a lively performance of ‘Don’t Shoot Up The Party’. The track is taken from their recent album ‘Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine‘, which came out last month. You can view the performance below. NME gave the record a three-star

J. Cole has officially left the Rwanda Patriots, citing “family obligations” for his departure from the basketball side. The news was confirmed on Wednesday (May 26) after it was revealed that the rapper/professional baller had fulfilled his contractual obligation to the African Basketball League team after playing in three games. J. Cole finished his contract

St. Vincent has made her latest late-night TV appearance performing ‘Down’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The singer, real name Annie Clark, performed the cut from her new album ‘Daddy’s Home’ with her newly-christened Down and Out Downtown Band, retaining the ’70s spark that defines her latest records’s production and concept. The band

Bring Me The Horizon have revealed the support acts for their upcoming UK tour and made more tickets available – see the details below. Oli Sykes and co. will hit the road in September for a run of arena shows in Hull, Glasgow, Cardiff, Sheffield, Birmingham and London. READ MORE: Bring Me The Horizon – “I’m