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Rookie K-pop boyband xikers have announced the US leg of their 2023 ‘Tricky House: First Encounter’ world tour. On August 31, xikers announced the dates and venues for the US leg of their 2023 ‘Tricky House: First Encounter’ world tour. It’ll kick off in October, with shows in New York and Illinois, as well as

Smash Mouth‘s Steve Harwell has entered hospice care and reportedly has only days to live. According to his manager, the musician has reached the final stages of liver failure and is expected to only have “a week or so”, as reported by TMZ today (September 3). As per the publication’s report, the singer has struggled with

Steve Lamacq is stepping down from his daily broadcasts at BBC 6 Music to host a new weekly show, the radio station has announced. The long-serving DJ, presenter and former NME journalist will begin a new weekly show, Steve Lamacq’s Teatime Session, on Monday, January 8 (4pm-7pm), while Huw Stephens will be taking the weekday

Former Grizzly Bear frontman Ed Droste has revealed that he has opened his own practice as a therapist. Posting on Instagram, Droste said that he had begun “the next stage of my career”, working in mental health. “I provide virtual and in-person counselling for adults and teenagers in Los Feliz,” he said, referring to the

Nick Cave has shared a playlist that was created of his “15 best songs” after being asked to make a compilation for new fans. After being asked for a playlist of his songs for new listeners who were looking for a way to navigate Cave’s “immense and bewildering” back catalogue on his site, Red Hand

Nicki Minaj has revealed that she regrets having Kanye West feature on ‘Blazin’ instead of ‘Right Thru Me’ – saying it was the “dumbest fucking decision I ever made.” Earlier this year, the New York rapper announced that she will be dropping her fifth studio album ‘Pink Friday 2’, the follow-up to her 2010 debut

Niall Horan has announced extra dates for the UK and Ireland leg of his upcoming tour, supporting his Number One album ‘The Show’. Earlier this year, the ex-One Direction star announced a full world tour to celebrate the his new record. The tour will be Niall’s biggest yet and first headline run since 2018’s ‘Flicker

Doja Cat has shared a video for her single ‘Demons’ starring Christina Ricci and revealed an updated cover for her forthcoming album ‘Scarlet‘. READ MORE: Doja Cat – ‘Planet Her’ review: controversial pop-rapper enters her imperial phase Directed by Doja Cat alongside  Christian Breslauer, the video features the artist as a demon with black horns and

Celine Dion‘s sister has shared an update regarding the singer’s health as she battles with stiff-person syndrome. Claudette Dion, the “queen of power ballad”‘s sister, opened up about Celine’s condition in an interview with Hello! Canada. Claudette has hailed the singer as a “strong woman”, explaining that she is doing everything she can to get

Metallica had a four-legged fan join them at their recent ‘M72′ world tour gig in California – with the band sharing a story of a dog watching the entire show after running away from home. After escaping its home which was located near the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, the dog – whose name is

Temples guitarist Adam Smith has announced details of new solo project Foxette Moxy, sharing first single ‘Medicine’ along with b-side ‘What’s Youth, Papa?’. The new songs find Smith continuing to expand on the woozy, dreamy psychedelia of Temples. “’Medicine’ is a song that follows a conversation between a doctor and their patient,” said Smith. “As

Agnetha Fältskog seems to have teased a possible ABBA reunion ahead of one of the band’s upcoming milestones. The singer was speaking in an interview when she seemed to hint that there may be some potential ABBA announcements on the horizon – particularly with the group celebrating the 50th anniversary of their Eurovision win. Reflecting

We Came As Romans guitarist Joshua Moore has had a close encounter with a would-be thief while the band were on tour in Australia this week. As reported by Australia’s 7 News, the band had performed in the South Australian city of Adelaide on Tuesday night (August 29), beginning their first Australian tour in eight

Garbage‘s frontwoman Shirley Manson has explained why bands shouldn’t worry about placing on festival line-ups over time. Manson recently shared a photo on social media of 1998’s Reading Festival lineup, in which Garbage were headlining on the same day that New Order were performing. She explained how daunting it was to see that her band

Christine And The Queens have dropped a surprise remix of the track ‘To Be Honest’, featuring SG Lewis. The surprise announcement arrived earlier today (August 31), When Chris simply dropped an image of one of their promotional shots on X (formerly Twitter), bearing handwriting across the image reading: “To Be honest SG Lewis remix out

Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads has said that the re-release of their film Stop Making Sense acted as somewhat of a “healing experience” for the band. The musician reflected on the 1983, Jonathan Demme-directed concert film in a new interview on the Kyle Meredith With… podcast, and explained how re-releasing the film has helped the

Rappers Drake and Travis Scott have performed their latest collaboration ‘Meltdown’ live for the first time ever in Vancouver, Canada. READ MORE: Travis Scott – ‘Utopia’ review: lofty concept, shaky execution While performing at the Rodgers Arena in Vancouver on August 29 as part of his ongoing ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour, Drake brought out Travis

Ellie Goulding has assured fans she is doing fine following an incident with some pyro at a recent show. Goulding was performing at Victorious Festival at Portsmouth at the weekend when a firework went off at the wrong time and hit her body as she was performing her Calvin Harris collaboration ‘Miracle’. Footage showed her

Royal Blood frontman Mike Kerr has spoken to NME about the confidence awarded him by Queens Of The Stone Age‘s Josh Homme, and how that helped to shape their new album ‘Back To The Water Below’. The Brighton rock duo release their “instinctive” fourth album ‘Back To The Water Below’ this Friday (September 1), after

Tributes have been paid to radio DJ Jamie Crick, who died this week at the age of 57. Across his career, Crick appeared on stations including Jazz FM, Classic FM and Scala Radio. He presented his last show on Jazz FM on Monday (August 28). According to Jazz FM parent company Bauer Media, Crick died