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The musicians’ charity Help Musicians has reported a huge spike in usage of their mental health services over the past two years. The charity, which supports professional musicians in the UK, has warned of a growing mental health crisis in the industry, reporting a 200 per cent increase in people engaging with their services. Help

Slash, ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons and Myles Kennedy have covered Lynyrd Skynyrd’s ‘Simple Man’ with Warren Haynes’ band Gov’t Mule at Haynes’ 2023 Christmas Jam. On Saturday (December 9), Slash, Gibbons and Kennedy joined Haynes’ band for the nearly 10-minute rendition of the Skynyrd classic as the last song of Slash and Kennedy’s set during

Pete Townshend has said The Who will have talks about where they go next. The legendary band wrapped up their final orchestral tour date at the Sandringham Estate over the summer. Now, Townshend said he is looking at meeting up with frontman Roger Daltrey about their future plans. He told Record Collector: “I think it’s

A senior music executive has said artists who advocate for climate change and continue to produce physical records are “hypocritical”. Sir Robin Millar is a senior record industry executive who has also produced albums such as Sade‘s ‘Diamond Life’ and Everything But The Girl‘s ‘Eden’. He is also the co-founder of management company Blue Raincoat

LCD Soundsystem have reportedly cut their show short after a member passed out backstage. According to reports on Reddit, the band cut the show after the first encore and did not return for the second encore. Frontman James Murphy then returned to the stage to announce the show was done as a bandmember had passed out

Dave Grohl spent his day off on Foo Fighters‘ current Australia tour helping to feed the homeless. Grohl volunteered with the Melbourne-based charity The Big Umbrella Foundation on Friday (December 8), per News.au, treating people in need to “an epic American style BBQ with all the trimmings.” Impressively, he was due to fly to Sydney

Corey Taylor has announced a run of solo shows across North America for early next year. The Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman timed the announcement to coincide with his 50th birthday yesterday (December 8), thanking fans for their birthday wishes by revealing a month-long run of shows. The tour will kick off on February 3

System of a Down‘s Serj Tankian and Black Sabbath‘s Tony Iommi have teamed up to release their collaboration ‘Deconstruction’ – listen to it below. The single was co-written with the CEO of Gibson Guitars, Cesar Gueikian, and has been released on Gibson Records. The three have released the single under the name ‘The Gibson Band’,

Damon Albarn has said he’s “pissed off” with the The Rolling Stones for their “nonsense” involvement with Hackney and “objectification” of Sydney Sweeney. The Blur frontman spoke about the legendary band in a new interview with French magazine Les Inrockuptibles, where he was asked about his thoughts on their new album ‘Hackney Diamonds’. “This really annoyed

Fred again.. has finally released his collaboration with Baby Keem, ‘leavemealone’. The DJ and producer has been teasing the collaboration for a while in his acclaimed live shows, which NME have praised as “astonishing”. Today (December 8), the D&B banger – which samples Keem’s track ‘south africa’ – is out for release. “I fuckin love keem. Obviously,”

The Vaccines have shared their bright, guitar-forward new single ‘Love To Walk Away’ from their upcoming LP. READ MORE: The Vaccines tell us about “hopeful and euphoric” new album ‘Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations’ Co-written by Andrew Wells (Halsey, Phoebe Bridgers), the track is the second single to be released from the band’s sixth album ‘Pick-Up

Lana Del Rey has been announced as the headliner for a special one-off show at next year’s Rock En Seine. READ MORE: Lana Del Rey live in London: a career-defining moment for a true great  The one-off show will take place on Wednesday, August 21, the day before the Rock En Seine 2024 festival is set

Victoria Mary Clarke, the widow of Shane MacGowan, has shared an emotional tribute to her partner ahead of his funeral today (December 8). The Irish singer-songwriter and former Pogues frontman died from pneumonia in hospital, aged 65, on November 30. It came after he had been diagnosed with encephalitis and had been in ill health.

The Darkness have paid tribute to the late Shane MacGowan at a recent show in Dublin by leading the crowd through a sing-along of The Pogues’ signature song, ‘Fairytale of New York’.  At the band’s show at Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre on December 3, they performed the cover towards the end of the set, with frontman

Ariana Grande has shared a series of new photos from a recording studio that seemingly teases a new music project is on the way soon. READ MORE: Ariana Grande – ‘Positions’ review: lots of banging, but not so many bangers Grande shared a series of photos and muted videos on Instagram today (December 7) that

D-Block Europe have added two more London shows to their 2024 schedule, due to high demand. The London hip-hop duo had previously announced a one-off show to take place at the capital’s O2 Arena on February 4, and now two further dates at the same venue have been confirmed. DBE will play three straight nights

André 3000 has shed light on why he doesn’t rap on his new album, saying that he wishes he could be “out here with everybody rapping” but hasn’t found anything “inspiring enough”. The OutKast member – real name André Lauren Benjamin – released his debut solo album, ‘New Blue Sun’, on November 17. He announced

Thai-born K-pop idol BamBam, also a member of boyband GOT7, has announced the US leg of his solo world tour ‘Area 52’. In July 2023, BamBam shared that he would soon be holding his first-ever solo world tour. The first waves of dates for his ‘Area 52’ tour featured shows in Seoul, Manila, Macau, Kuala

Bright Eyes have shared a new cover of John Prine’s festive song ‘Christmas in Prison’ – listen to the track below. The song was first recorded by Prine for his 1973 album ‘Sweet Revenge’. Prine, often referred to as one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, died in April 2020 from complications caused

Bloc Party have announced that their ‘Little Thoughts’ EP as well as “every song missing” from their catalogue will be added to streaming services. READ MORE: Bloc Party on ‘Alpha Games’: “We’re not the same band now. The chemistry is different” In celebration of the band’s 20th anniversary, they have announced that their 2004 EP will