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Gwenno and rEDOLENT have been announced as ambassadors for the 2025 edition of Independent Venue Week. The seven-day celebration of independent music and arts venues is returning, running from January 27 to February 2, with hundreds of live shows to take place across the UK. Singer-songwriter and Mercury Prize nominee Gwenno has been named as

GFRIEND have announced their upcoming reunion and teased their new 2025 album, titled ‘Season of Memories’. Today (December 2), GFRIEND and Source Music released a new logo animation video for the girl group, alongside details of the six-piece’s highly anticipated reunion project on social media. Touted as a “special album”, GFRIEND are slated to drop

The Cure will release the live show they played on the night of the release of ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ as a live album this month. Titled ‘Songs Of A Live World Troxy London MMXXIV’, the album will be released in multiple physical formats on December 13 via Fiction/Polydor, with all of the band’s

MUNA’s Katie Gavin has played a stripped-back acoustic cover of Madonna’s ‘Like A Prayer’ – check it out below. The singer appeared on SiriusXM radio on Friday (November 29) to play the classic 1989 single, armed with just an acoustic guitar and microphone. Check out official footage of Gavin’s intimate performance of the song here:

METZ played their final show before going on “indefinite hiatus” last night in London – watch footage below. The Toronto noise rockers announced in October that their current UK tour would be their last, and that tour wrapped up in London’s EartH Hackney venue on Friday (November 29). The band played a 14-song set that

Kylie Minogue braved the rain at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this week to play some of her biggest hits. The pop icon played ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’, ‘Slow’ and ‘Padam Padam’ at the annual event, her first appearance there since 2010. Persevering through adverse, drenched conditions, she took to TikTok after

Bob Mortimer has revealed whether he had a ‘Brat’ summer in 2024 – check out his endearing response below. The comedian was appearing on Nick Grimshaw’s show on BBC Radio 6 Music on Friday (November 29), promoting his latest book The Hotel Avocado. In a moment captured on the station’s Instagram feed, Grimshaw asked Mortimer

Loossemble, a girl group formed by former LOONA members Hyunjin, Yeojin, Vivi, Gowon and Hyeju, have left their agency. Today (November 29), K-pop agency CTDENM released a statement through the girl group’s fancafe site sharing that their contract has ended. “Firstly, we would like to express our gratitude for the precious support and love for

Rod Stewart has called Gregg Wallace a “tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully” following allegations of historical misconduct against the TV presenter. Today (November 28), it was announced that Wallace would be stepping down from MasterChef while the allegations are investigated. The show’s production company Banijay UK said a series of complaints were made to the BBC this week

K-pop boyband Stray Kids have announced the Europe and UK dates for their ongoing 2024 to 2025 ‘dominATE’ world tour, featuring concerts in Asia, Europe, North America and more. In July, Stray Kids announced the first batch of dates and concerts for their now-ongoing 2024 to 2025 ‘dominATE’ world tour. The tour first kicked off

Boardmasters have revealed the line-up for their 2025 edition – and it’s led by RAYE, The Prodigy, London Grammar, and Nelly Furtado. See the full line-up below. READ MORE: These are the best gigs to see this month The Newquay festival, set to return on August 6-10, 2025, revealed the first wave of acts set to

SHINee singer Taemin has added more dates to his ongoing 2024 to 2025 ‘Ephemeral Gaze’ world tour, featuring concerts in Latin America, US and Europe. On November 1, SHINee’s Taemin announced more concerts for his ongoing 2024 to 2025 ‘Ephemeral Gaze’ world tour. It includes an additional Asian stop in Macau and 13 new shows

Khalid has responded to “frustrating” allegations after being outed as gay on social media. The Grammy-nominated R&B singer came out as gay earlier this week following a series of posts from X user Hugo Almonte, who took to the platform to outline his alleged experiences of being offered drugs by “one of your favourite gay R&B

Ex-ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin has officially filed a criminal complaint against K-pop company HYBE’s public relations executives. On November 26, Min Hee-jin’s representatives shared that the former ADOR CEO had filed a criminal complaint with Seoul’s Yongsan Police Station accusing two HYBE executives of breach of duties regarding ADOR girl group NewJeans. According to Yonhap

Truck Festival has announced its first wave of names for its 2025 edition, with four huge headline names locked in. The festival will return to Oxfordshire’s Hill Farm from July 24 to 27, and will be headlined by Kasabian, Courteeners, Bloc Party and Nothing But Thieves, the latter of which in a UK festival exclusive.

Drake has announced his first Australian tour in eight years, set to kick off in February next year – find out more below. The Canadian rapper announced the tour, dubbed the Anita Max Wynn tour, during an appearance on xQc’s livestream Sunday night (November 24). The tour will begin on February 9 – notably the

Kate Nash has defended her ‘Butts For Tour Buses’ OnlyFans campaign, arguing that it is vital that women are “in control of their bodies”. Earlier this week, the ‘Foundations’ singer announced that she had started an account on the online subscription service as a way of raising money for her UK and European tour, which

Sean Ono Lennon has revealed that he started making music in order to “fill the void” left by the death of his father, John Lennon. The musician and producer was born in 1975 to the former Beatles icon and the artist Yoko Ono, and was only five years old when his father was shot and

Heaven nightclub have issued an update a week after being shut down by police, saying “there is a lot to be considered and addressed”. The famous LGBTQIA+ venue, which is based in Charing Cross in Central London, had its alcohol licence suspended for 28 days by Westminster Police on November 15 on the grounds of

Yes vocalist Jon Davison has addressed the accusations made in a lawsuit by former bandmate Riz Story, calling them “blatant lies.” Story sued the band last week claiming the prog-rock legends stole parts of his song ‘Reunion’ from his 2014 film A Winter Rose for their own track ‘Dare To Know’. Story alleged that the