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During his appearance in a Twitter Space hosted by Alicia Keys – which the singer launched to promote her recent eighth album, ‘KEYS’ – Jay-Z made a comparison between his wife, Beyoncé, and the late Michael Jackson. “Bey’s gonna be mad at [me] for saying this but Michael Jackson never had a Coachella,” he said

Enny has shared a new documentary, tracking her musical journey so far – watch Under 25 ‘til Infinity in full below. The 30-minute film, a play on the London-based artist’s debut EP ‘Under 25’, which came out this summer, takes viewers on a journey from when Enny quit her job in 2019 to pursue music,

ZZ Top have sold all their publishing rights and back catalogue for an undisclosed fee. The group have sold both to BMG and investment firm KKR. While financial details for the deal were not disclosed, it’s expected to have attracted a multi-million dollar deal with the group having sold over 50million albums. Advertisement The deal

Jagged Little Pill, the Grammy and Tony Award-winning musical based on Alanis Morissette’s 1995 album of the same name, has been shut down due to COVID-19. The jukebox musical opened in late 2019, but the run was halted in 2020 because of the spread of the Coronavirus. It reopened in October 2021, but last Saturday

Wanda Young, a former lead singer of the classic R&B group The Marvelettes, has died at age 78. Her passing was confirmed on Friday (December 17) by former Motown labelmate Claudette Robinson (of The Miracles), who posted on Instagram: “A very sad day for our [Motown] family and music fans all over the world. Wanda

Bastille frontman Dan Smith has revealed that he has been writing with Lewis Capaldi as the latter continues work on his second album. Capaldi released his debut record, ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Heavenly Extent’, in 2019. At the beginning of 2021, he announced he was taking a break from social media in order to focus

Kanye West has held another Sunday Service event in Los Angeles today (December 19) and livestreamed it online. The rapper’s Sunday Service choir returned in all-black outfits standing in what looked like an empty warehouse for the latest instalment of his gospel events. During the new livestream, which you can watch below, the choir performed

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’.