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The Weeknd‘s new film Hurry Up Tomorrow has flopped at the box office after its debut, failing to crack the top five. The film, which acts as a companion piece to the singer’s new album, sees him play a fictionalised version of himself as he struggles with insomnia and faces a mental breakdown. Also starring

Alessi Rose has announced ‘The Voyeur’ 2025 UK and European tour – check below for all the details. READ MORE:Bowling with Alessi Rose, defender of ultra-chaotic and confessional pop The 22-year-old rising artist is set to embark on a 22-date run this autumn, kicking off the European leg in September before returning to the UK

George Wendt, best known for his portrayal of barfly Norm Peterson on the hit sitcom Cheers, has died at the age of 76. Wendt’s passing was confirmed by his publicist, who released the following statement: “George was a doting family man, a well-loved friend and confidant to all of those lucky enough to have known

A Skrillex B2B set with Jamie xx has been added to the line-up for this year’s LIDO Festival in London in June. The brand new two-weekend festival is heading to the capital’s Victoria Park from June 6 to 7 and June 13 to 15, with individual days to be headlined by Massive Attack, Jamie xx,

After 20 years as Foreigner’s lead singer, Kelly Hansen has announced that he will leave the band at the end of their 2025 summer tour. “Being the voice of Foreigner has been one of the greatest honors of my life,” Hansen said during the group’s Tuesday night appearance on the horrible television show The Voice.

The Who have confirmed the stacked line-up of special guests set to join them on their final North American run, which now includes an extra date due to demand. READ MORE:Pete Townshend tells us about his new Quadrophenia ballet and the future of The Who As was shared today (May 19), artists including Billy Bob

Ronnie Radke said he’d called the FBI in to deal with the catfishing drama involving himself, Tommy Lee and Lee’s estranged wife Brittany Furlan. Amid the revelation that the couple are living apart, allegedly as a result of the Motley Crue drummer’s drinking, Furlan accused Falling In Reverse singer Radke of having contacted her on

The Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard has shared memories of “comparing chest hair” on a night out with Noel and Liam Gallagher. The band released their seventh studio album ‘Never/Know’ earlier this month, and it was while promoting the record that he gave an interview with Radio X in which he reminisced about socialising with Oasis

These five ’80s rock and metalguitarists who started greatnewbandsserve as an unfortunate reminder that previous success and loads of talent don’t guarantee future prosperity. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t applaud them for trying — and for gifting us with some excellent music in the process. Bands that are formed or led by guitaristscould be a

Rocket have returned with their soaring new single ‘One Million’ and have announced UK, European and North American tour dates. It is the Los Angeles band and former NME Cover stars’ first new single since signing for Transgressive Records / Canvasback, the label that also re-released their debut EP ‘Versions Of You’ earlier this year.

Britpop icon Robbie Williams has released a new song, “Rocket,” featuring Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath fame. “Rocket” will be part of Williams’ upcoming album, aptly titledBritpop. It will be released this fall, though an exact date has yet to be revealed, and is currently available for pre-ordering. You can listen to “Rocket” below. READ

Suede have announced their new album ‘Antidepressants’ and shared its lead single ‘Disingtegrate’ – check it out below. The band’s 10th studio album will be released on September 5 via BMG – pre-order it here – and later that month, the NME Godlike Genius recipients will take over London’s Southbank Centre for a series of

Bruce Springsteen has rush released a four-song EP from his much-discussed May 14 performance in Manchester, England, as the E Street Band’s European tour continues. He announced a new name for the trek on stage that night, the Land of Hope and Dreams Tour, and this new release shares the same title. “The mighty E

Donald Trump has called for a “major investigation” into Bruce Springsteen and other musicians who supported Kamala Harris. This comes after Springsteen shared several scathing speeches criticising the US President at his show in Manchester last week. He spoke about the “corruption” and “incompetence” of the President and his administration. Now, the politician is calling

A new documentary titled The Ballad of Judas Priest is in production at Sony Music Vision, celebrating theEnglish Metal Gods’ 50-plus-year history and rise to the top of the hard rock heap. Documentary filmmaker Sam Dunn and Rage Against theMachine guitarist Tom Morello will co-direct the film, marking the latter’s directorial debut.The Ballad of Judas

Courteeners’ Liam Fray has helped to launch a new Abbey Road-designed studio for up-and-coming grassroots musicians in Manchester Last week saw Fray become the first person to record and play in the “one-of-a-kind” recording studio that’s located in the city’s new Co-op Live arena. The studio will support young creatives following a new collaboration between

The jazz pianist Matthew Shipp has described André 3000’s new improvisational piano EP as “complete and utter crap”. Earlier this week (May 5), the former OutKast man dropped the surprise EP ‘7 Piano Sketches’, the follow-up to his 2023 avant-garde flute album ‘New Blue Sun’. Released in the aftermath of his appearance at the Met

Arcade Fire played two tracks from their newly-released seventh album ‘Pink Elephant’ on Saturday Night Live last night – watch the videos below. It was the sixth time the Canadian band have been the musical guests on the show, having first appeared in November 2007 to promote ‘Neon Bible’. This time around, their performances were

Elton John, Coldplay and Dua Lipa are among 400 artists to have called on the UK government to change copyright laws amid the threat from AI. Paul McCartney, Florence Welch, Kate Bush and Robbie Williams have also signed a letter asking for Keir Starmer to back proposals that would protect copyrighted artistic works from AI

Clairo has announced that she will be unable to play at this year’s Primavera Sound in Barcelona due to “logistical issues”. The artist had been due to play the festival on Saturday June 6, sharing the bill that day with Sabrina Carpenter, HAIM, Beach House, TV On The Radio, Wet Leg and others. The Parc