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Snoop Dogg‘s Super Bowl performance has been used as key evidence in Young Thug‘s RICO trial. Young Thug is currently on trial for allegedly conspiring to violate Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations (RICO) Act, along with seven further drug- and gang- related felonies. His case has been significantly notable for the use of his

Black metal band Martyrdom has shared an apology after a pig’s head was thrown around at one of their recent gigs. Video footage of their show on Friday (January 19) at The White Swan in Houston, Texas,  made its rounds on social media and showed the severed head of a pig being flung towards the

Depeche Mode kicked off the 2024 leg of their ‘Memento Mori’ tour at The O2 in London last night (Monday January 22). Check out photos, footage and the setlist below. Last night marked the first gig of the band’s lengthy run of arena shows in the UK, Ireland and Europe, touring in support of their

Megan Thee Stallion has announced a new single called ‘Hiss’ – check out the posts below. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Megan Thee Stallion: “I’m really working on my dynasty right now” The Houston rapper is due to share the song this Friday (January 26), and it is available to pre-save/pre-add here. Megan posted

Skillet frontman John Cooper has hit out at Demi Lovato’s pro-choice song ‘Swine’ saying it “encapsulates so much evil” in a controversial new interview. Speaking to PluggedIn, Cooper spoke out about abortion before bringing up Lovato’s song. He said: “Guess who else cheers on baby murder — Americans…Eight hundred thousand babies are aborted a year. I

Truck Festival has today (January 22) unveiled details of its 2024 line-up – check out the full details below. READ MORE: Truck Festival 2022 review: a resplendent indie nirvana – and Barry from ‘Eastenders’ The festival will be headlined by Jamie T, Wet Leg The Streets and Idles. It will also be Wet Leg’s first

The organiser behind Reading & Leeds has submitted plans for new three-day festival in Luton this May. READ MORE: Reading & Leeds boss teases headliner and “stage changes” for 2024 Festival Republic manager director Melvin Benn is applying for to stage a new event in Stockwood Park, according to Luton Today. The festival promoter, whose

Billy Joel has begun teasing new music, which would be his first new material in 17 years. Last month, the singer launched an official TikTok account to share footage of him talking about new music on stage, and has now shared another teaser hinting that this material could arrive soon. In the TikTok, he said:

Renée Rap and Megan Thee Stallion performed their collaborative song from the new Mean Girls reboot live on Saturday Night Live this weekend (January 20) – check out the moment below. Rap reprised her Broadway role as Regina George in the new Mean Girls reboot-musical and last night appeared on the long-running comedy show to perform the song with Stallion

Ice Cube has shared the story of how he was “pushed” into making Next Friday – the sequel to the iconic 1995 movie Friday. The former NWA rapper was a guest on the latest episode of the YouTube show Mavericks with Mav Carter, where he spoke about his venture into acting and screenwriting – the

A new study has found there are over one million “manipulated” tracks on streaming platforms. Pex is a tech company that tracks and analyses copyrighted content on digital services. According to their data from November 2023, there are over one million tracks that have been sped-up, slowed-down or otherwise “modified” in places like Spotify, Apple

Skepta has teamed up with Idris Elba and Odumodublvck to create ‘Jangrova’, the first song from the Tribal Mark soundtrack. Check out the single below. Released yesterday (January 19), ‘Jangrova’ sees Skepta, Idris Elba and Odumodublvck rap in English and Nigerian Pidgin. The boisterous grime song flips the Yoruba nursery rhyme ‘Jangolova’ and samples the

Garbage have paid tribute to Mary Weiss of The Shangri-Las, who was confirmed to have passed away yesterday (January 19), aged 75. The rock band took to Instagram to pay tribute, writing: “Sad to hear of your passing Mary Weiss. You gave me much pleasure while I was growing up. In point of fact you

The Michael Jackson estate have been accused of unfairly threatening to sue a tribute act, MJ Live. On Wednesday (January 17), the orgainisers of MJ Live filed a complaint to the Nevada federal court, requesting the judge rule they could continue their concerts. MJ Live performs six nights a week at the Tropicana; along with

Drake has accused the media for “cashing out on negativity”. Earlier this week, the Canadian rap juggernaut shared a clip of retired American football coach Nick Saban talking about giving young people the space to recover, and allowing athletes second chances should they make a mistake. The video was pulled from a 2014 college football

Luis Vasquez, known as the musician behind the project The Soft Moon, has died at the age of 44. The Soft Moon released a series of six textured, goth-inspired post punk albums between 2010 and 2022 on the US independent labels Captured Tracks and Sacred Bones. The news of Vasquez’s passing was confirmed in a

Vampire Weekend, Hozier and Noah Kahan will be topping the bill at the US’ Hinterland Festival in Iowa later this year. The festival will be returning to the Avenue of the Saints Amphitheater in St. Charles, Iowa from August 2-4 and also features acts such as Chappell Roan, The Japanese House and Blondshell. Also set

KoRn’s Brian “Head” Welch has announced his partnership in the opening of a mental health treatment centre. The guitarist has launched Atlantic Behavioral Health, a treatment centre which provides intensive outpatient treatments in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Its focuses include addressing anxiety, depression, and various mental health disorders. According to a press release, the centre “combines

The Specials singer Neville Staple has cancelled all his scheduled live performances due to health reasons. Yesterday (January 18), Staple’s team shared a statement that confirmed he had been diagnosed with a serious heart defect at the beginning of last month. The vocalist has received treatment at three different hospitals, and has been prescribed medication

Post Malone will sing ‘America The Beautiful’ at next month’s Super Bowl LVIII, it has been confirmed. READ MORE: Post Malone: the story of the tatted troubadour in 10 songs The traditional pre-game performances of ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ and ‘Lift Every Voice And Sing’ will be performed by Reba McEntire and Andra Day respectively. Super