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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

Sunny Day Real Estate have teased their first new music in 10 years on their social media. The emo legends, who announced their reunion in 2022, posted a minute-long snippet of a song on their Instagram. The song, which currently does not have a title, soundtracks a video of an artist drawing the phrase “novum

It has been revealed that Ed Sheeran will be flying between Asia and the UK every week during the Asian leg of his tour. READ MORE: Ed Sheeran – ‘Autumn Variations’ review: a pumpkin-spiced snoozer  Sheeran is set to kick off the Asian leg of his  ‘+ – = ÷ x’ tour later this month. The

Japanese pop band CHAI have announced that they’ll be breaking up following their current live tour. Formed in 2012, the Nagoya group – comprising vocalists Mana, Kana, Yuuki and Yuna – released four studio albums throughout their career: ‘Pink’ (2017), ‘Punk’ (2019), ‘ Wink’ (2021) and ‘CHAI’ (2023). CHAI are set to head out on

Shygirl has announced a new EP called ‘Club Shy’ and released a single featuring Boys Noize – listen to ‘tell me’ below. The London DJ, rapper and singer-songwriter is due to release the six-track project on February 9 via Because Music. A pink vinyl edition will follow on March 29. Pre-order/pre-save here. ‘Club Shy’ is

Metallica have poked fun at their 2003 LP ‘St. Anger’ after announcing that songs from the album are now on FenderPlay. Four of the songs featured in ‘St. Anger’ – including ‘Frantic’, ‘St. Anger’, ‘Some Kind Of Monster’ and ‘The Unnamed Feeling’ – have been released and available on FenderPlay, an instructional guitar platform that

Green Day have responded to claims that they are “anti-American” saying: “If we didn’t care about this country, we wouldn’t say anything.” On New Year’s Eve, the band – comprised of frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool – played a set as part of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve – hosted

Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram at set to go head-to-head again in another Mayoral DJ battle next month. Burnham, The Mayor of Greater Manchester, and Rotheram, Metro Mayor of Liverpool City, will be taking part in their third charity battle on February 2 to raise money for homeless charity A Bed Every Night. The event

South Korean singer Jang Wonyoung of K-pop girl group IVE has reportedly won a lawsuit against controversial YouTuber Sojang. Today (January 17), Wonyoung’s agency Starship Entertainment released an statement with an update on its lawsuit against South Korean YouTuber Sojang (known only as Mr Park, per Law Times) over his alleged circulation of false information about

It’s that time of the year: the line-up for Coachella for 2024 has arrived – see the full list below. Announced today (Jan 17) via Coachella’s social media accounts, it was revealed that April’s festival will be headlined by Lana Del Rey, Tyler, The Creator and Doja Cat, with a special performance by No Doubt.

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong has said the moral panic over trans issues is “fucking close-minded” in a new interview. Speaking to the LA Times, Armstrong recalled playing new song ‘Bobby Sox’ to a friend, who is a similar age to him. “And it brought a tear to his eye when he heard the second verse,”

Enter Shikari and Fever 333 lead singer Jason Butler have today (January 16) shared a new collaboration – listen to ‘Losing My Grip’ below. READ MORE: Enter Shikari talk “euphoric” new album ‘A Kiss For The Whole World’ ‘Losing My Grip’ marks the first new music from Enter Shikari in 2024 ahead of the start

Slipknot turntablist Sid Wilson has teased a new look and new era for the band, though some fans were left alarmingly misled. Yesterday (January 15), Wilson took to Instagram to preview a new look, the post depicting him holding an older mask while donning new headgear, which looks like a dark helmet. In the post’s