Rock

The Black Keys have broken their silence after cancelling the entirety of their upcoming North American tour, explaining to fans a more “exciting, intimate experience” than the arenas that were scheduled. READ MORE: The Black Keys – ‘Ohio Players’ review: familiar rock bangers with help from Noel Gallagher and Beck Fans were dismayed to learn online

Slam Dunk Festival has released an emergency weather update ahead of their Northern leg in Leeds today (May 26), after heavy rainfall at the Temple Newsam site. The northern leg of this year’s event is due to take place today (May 26) at Temple Newsam near Leeds, with feature performances from the likes of You

Nicki Minaj’s show at Manchester’s Co-Op Live tonight (May 25) was cancelled after she was arrested in Amsterdam earlier in the day. The rapper was due to take her ‘Pink Friday 2’ live show to the venue as part of her ongoing UK and European tour, but she was unable to make it to the

Natasha Bedingfield joined Ella Henderson onstage at Radio One’s Big Weekend yesterday (Friday May 24). Check out footage below. The ‘These Words’ singer performed her viral hit ‘Unwritten’ with the X Factor star during Henderson’s main stage set at Stockwood Park in Luton. Ahead of inviting her to the stage to duet on her Rudimental-collaboration

Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon and John Taylor came under fire this week for posting a photo of themselves next to a Tesla Cybertruck – which they swiftly deleted. On Tuesday (May 21), the new wave legends posted the image on their Threads account, under the caption: “You’ll never forget your first Tesla Cybertruck”. Before

The mother of a Manchester Arena bombing victim has said she felt “misled” by Rishi Sunak over plans for stronger protections against terrorism in public places. Figen Murray is making the push for the change in UK law following the death of her son Martyn Hett in 2017. He was one of 22 people who

Lady Gaga showcases her seventh headlining concert tour, ‘The Chromatica Ball’, in a new HBO film. Directed and produced by Gaga herself, Gaga Chromatica Ball is a TV special which covers her performance at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California in September 2022. The show was part of her latest concert tour in support

Bring Me The Horizon have announced the release date for their long-awaited album ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’ – confirming it is coming later tonight (May 23). The Sheffield band shared the surprise news in a post on X/Twitter this afternoon, dropping a minute-long teaser for the project and confirming that it will be out at midnight

Jake Bongiovi, son of Jon Bon Jovi, is now starring in a film about a hair metal band. Jake will appear in the comedy film Rockbottom, which focuses on an ’80s hair metal band. Rockbottom, which is available now via Prime Video, centres around a fictional hair metal band called CougarSnake. A forgotten glam-metal act

Drummer Josh Freese has made a touching tribute to Taylor Hawkins, as he marks his first anniversary of joining Foo Fighters. Freese joined the band as the replacement for Hawkins, who tragically died on March 25, 2022, aged 50. Foo Fighters announced his death in an official statement, which read: “The Foo Fighters family is

Cam’ron recently hit back a CNN reporter after she continually pressed him for an answer on the recent allegations against Diddy. In a recent interview that went viral, Cam’ron was interviewed by CNN anchor Abby Phillip to promote his sports podcast It Is What It Is, which he hosts with former Bad Boys Records signee

With less than 100 days until Reading & Leeds 2024, the festival has announced a new stage called The Aux. Announced today (May 21), the new venue will be introduced for this year’s instalment of the dual-event, and is the first of its kind. According to a new press release, The Aux is designed with

The first batch of acts for this year’s NBHD Festival have been confirmed, with Pale Waves, ADMT and The Mysterines leading the line-up. The festival will be returning to Manchester city centre on October 4, taking place across 16 venues around the city including Albert Hall, Gorilla, O2 Ritz and more. They will be joined

Post Malone debuted an unreleased song during his performance at the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards. Hosted by country icon Reba McEntire, this year’s ACM Awards were held at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas on Thursday (May 16). Posty performed two songs – debuting a currently unreleased song that will

Taylor Swift has performed ‘How Did It End?’ for the first time ever at her show in Stockholm, Sweden – watch it below. For the singer’s final show in Stockholm, Sweden at the Friends Arena, Swift gave ‘How Did It End?’ its live debut during her surprise section of the show. In the ninth act

Thundercat has spoken about becoming sober, revealing that he chose an awkward time to quit alcohol. The bass virtuoso has been sober for five years and spoke about how sobriety influenced his music in a new interview for NME In Conversation.  “In life, I just chose something different, and what comes with it comes with it,”

Ros Atkins, the BBC newsreader known for his ‘explainer’ videos, has revealed he is “astonished” to be DJing at this year’s Glastonbury Festival.  Glastonbury returns to Worthy Farm in Somerset from June 26 to 30, with Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and SZA set to headline. The final tickets for this year’s bash went on sale in the re-sale on April 21

Wunderhorse will be heading out on tour for their biggest shows to date later this year. The news follows the announcement earlier this week of their second album, ‘Midas’, which will land on August 30 via Communion. The album has been preceded by the single ‘July’ and the title-track. They will be supporting the album

Shellac have just released their final album ‘To All Trains’, nine days after the band’s lead guitarist Steve Albini passed away. The legendary record producer, or audio engineer as he preferred to be described, was the mastermind behind iconic albums such as Nirvana‘s ‘In Utero‘, Pixies’ ‘Surfer Rosa’ and Manic Street Preachers‘ ‘Journal For Plague Lovers’. He died on

Charli XCX has opened up about her reasons for being “super jealous” of Lorde’s ‘Royals’ success. In a new profile with Rolling Stone, the pop star elaborated on comments she had made accepting her Powerhouse Award at Billboard Women In Music 2024. There, she opened up about the “headfuck” of being a woman in music, and