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Travis Scott has announced a run of North American shows for later this year. The ‘Utopia Tour Presents Circus Maximus’ tour kicks off in Chicago on September 25 and includes shows in Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, Nashville, and DC before finishing in Miami on November 27. Notably, this is Scott’s first tour since the Astroworld

The full list of nominations for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards has been announced, with Taylor Swift, Doja Cat and SZA leading the list. Swift is leading the way with eight nominations, SZA earned six and Doja Cat, Kim Petras, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo, and Sam Smith have all earned five each.

BBC Radio 1 presenter Arielle Free has returned to the radio station following her temporary suspension last week . Free made a brief appearance on Charlie Hedges’ Dance Anthems Ibiza show on Sunday (July 30) but was cut off for expressing her dislike of a song that was playing. After being introduced on Hedges’s show, Free

Ed Sheeran has shared his thoughts on the use of artificial intelligence in music, calling the technology “weird”. The ‘Subtract’ singer-songwriter spoke about AI during a recent interview with Audacy, which took place at the Hard Rock Hotel in New York City. READ MORE: I used Grimes’ AI vocals to make a hit – here’s how

BTS member V has officially announced his debut solo album, which is being titled ‘Layover’. READ MORE: Suga of BTS: “You have to find what makes you happy, what brings you joy” Announced today (August 8), Big Hit Music took to social media to confirm the album, which is due for release in September. In the

Grimes has reignited her years-old feud with Poppy, accusing the singer of “spreading false information for personal gain”. Back in 2018, Poppy spoke out against Grimes and her team regarding their collaboration, ‘Play Destroy’, saying that she “could have gone without” the trouble that was allegedly caused by her collaborator. “I was kind of bullied

Hot Chip have returned with their first new music of 2023 – listen to ‘Fire Of Mercy’, featuring Yunè Pinku, below. The band’s new track is their first since the release of their most recent full-length album, ‘Freakout/Release’, which came out last August. Discussing the new track, the band’s Joe Goddard said: “Fire of Mercy’

South Korean police have reportedly confirmed that screams from passengers who were watching a livestream by BTS‘s Suga were the cause of a recent commotion on a Seoul subway train. Yesterday evening (August 6), South Korean police received several reports from passengers on the Seoul Subway Line 9 express train to Gimpo airport. This included

Paul McCartney has announced his first tour of Australia in six years – find the full list of dates and information below. READ MORE: The Beatles: every song ranked in order of greatness On August 1, McCartney took to social media to announced his upcoming six-show run in Australia, which will take place between October and

The team behind London venue and nightclub XOYO are set to open a new club in Birmingham. Described as a “sister venue” to the Shoreditch spot, XOYO Birmingham will open in the autumn. A statement from the team behind the venue said that it will be a “game-changer” and was created “for and by the

Maggie Rogers has finally met the fan who posted the viral video with Pharrell Williams that launched her music career. In 2016, a clip went viral of Pharrell marvelling at Rogers’ song ‘Alaska’ during a songwriting masterclass at New York University. “I have zero, zero, zero notes for that,” he said in the video, being

The Kinks‘ former keyboardist John Gosling has died at the age of 75, the band have revealed. In a statement posted online, the band’s Ray and Dave Davies revealed the news and paid tribute to their bandmate, who played with The Kinks between 1970-1978. “We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of

Sabrina Carpenter has treated the crowd at this year’s Lollapalooza to a cover of ABBA‘s ‘Lay All Your Love On Me’. Towards the middle of her set Friday (August 4), the pop singer paused for a quick chat with the crowd before starting her next song. She explained how her two cats are named Benny

Foals have teased new music as well as their plans for their upcoming Reading & Leeds set while at Lollapalooza 2023. While speaking to NME backstage at this year’s edition of Chicago’s famous music festival, Foals shared that they were working on some new music. Frontman Yannis Philippakis said: “We’ve got a song that is

Meet Me @ The Altar have covered ‘Take Me Away’ from the soundtrack of Freaky Friday. The song is set to appear, alongside recent original song ‘Give It Up’, on the deluxe version of their debut album ‘Past // Present // Future’, which will land on September 29 via Fueled By Ramen. The song is

Taylor Swift has announced a further run of North American ‘Eras’ dates for 2024. Swift is currently playing the final dates of the mammoth world tour’s first leg, but has now confirmed she will be playing more US dates, as well as shows in Canada with multiple dates in Miami, New Orleans, Indianapolis and Toronto.

Ciara is facing criticism on social media over her new collaboration with Chris Brown. The Texas-born singer teamed up with Brown on the single ‘How We Roll’, which was released today (Friday, August 4). It’ll appear on Ciara’s forthcoming EP ‘Ci Ci’ (out August 18). Some fans, however, have questioned the R&B artist’s decision to

The church featured on the cover art for The Chemical Brothers’ compilation album ‘Brothers Gonna Work It Out’ has been given Grade II* status. As The Guardian reports, the Our Lady Of Fatima Church in Harlow, Essex was upgraded from a Grade II listed site by the government on the advice of Historic England. The

Nicolas Cage‘s son Wes Cage has announced details of a new solo single called ‘The Wolf’. He previously fronted the California black metal band Eyes Of Noctum, and emerged with a solo career in 2014, sharing ‘Tell Me Why (Matriarch Of Misery)’. Discussing the new song, which is set to land on October 27, he

The brother of late Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison and his visual collaborator have spoken to NME about a new book of artwork created by the late singer. READ MORE: Remembering Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison – a friend through dark times In 2021, Hutchison’s family and collaborators collected the late frontman’s lyrics and artwork together for the