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Members of Blur have shed insight into the cover for their latest album ‘The Ballad Of Darren’, as has the artist and the swimmer captured in the image. The Britpop legends shared the update on their social media pages yesterday (August 21), celebrating one month since their ninth studio album was released. With the Instagram

Olivia Rodrigo has become the youngest person ever to receive the BRIT Billion Award. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Olivia Rodrigo: “It’s important for me to be taken seriously as a songwriter” Rodrigo – who is currently only 20 years old – scored the landmark achievement in mid-July, but was presented with the award last weekend

Pantera were joined onstage by Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe along with Rita Haney, the longtime girlfriend of the late guitarist Dimebag Darrell, at their recent Texas show – watch footage below. READ MORE: Horns up! What’s driving film and TV’s metal revival? Earlier this month, the revamped Pantera kicked off their first headline tour in

Trivium frontman Matt Heafy has confirmed that the band will be taking a hiatus after their scheduled run of live shows. The singer-songwriter and guitarist confirmed the upcoming break in a new interview, and recalled the reasons why the members are looking to put the metal band on pause after their upcoming tour dates. “Normally

Geri Horner has responded to the ongoing rumours that Spice Girls are set to reunite and perform at next year’s edition of Glastonbury. For months now, the iconic ’90s girl group have been speculated as planning a surprise performance for Glasto 2024 – celebrating what will be their 30th anniversary. Not only would the potential

Olivia Rodrigo‘s highly anticipated sophomore album ‘Guts’ was written for the live stage, the singer has revealed. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Olivia Rodrigo: “It’s important for me to be taken seriously as a songwriter” Speaking to Capital FM recently, the ‘Vampire’ singer shared that her upcoming second album was written “with a tour in mind”.

Earl Sweatshirt brought out special guest Tyler, the Creator at his Los Angeles gig last night (August 19) – watch them perform ‘Woah’ below. The show, at The Novo in Los Angeles, was Earl’s first as part of a run of anniversary dates for his album ‘Doris’. During the show, he welcomed his former Odd

Drake has hit out at a fan who threw a book towards the rapper while he was performing onstage. READ MORE: Cheese wheels, ashes and sex toys: stop throwing shit at pop stars, please The rapper was performing at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Friday (August 18) as part of his ‘It’s All A

Britney Spears has shared a statement following her divorce from Sam Asghari. It comes after it was reported that Asghari filed for a divorce from the pop star last week, citing “irreconcilable differences”, bringing their year-long marriage and six-year relationship to an end. Posting a statement he said: “After 6 years of love and commitment

Stormzy performed a powerful rendition of ‘Blinded By Your Grace, Pt. 2’ during a huge rain downpour at All Points East festival yesterday (August 18) – watch footage below. The British grime legend was headlining his ‘This Is What We Mean‘ day at the East London festival in Victoria Park when heavy rainfall started in

Joni Mitchell has announced the third volume of her ongoing archival project. ‘The Asylum Years’ will come out in October. The new archival series was announced in 2020, and its first edition, ‘Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963 – 1967)’, landed that same year. After the release of ‘Vol. 2: The Reprise

The full stage and set times have been revealed for Reading & Leeds 2023. Check them out below. READ MORE: Foals on Reading & Leeds 2023: “It’s going to be the perfect headline show” The twin festivals return to Richfield Avenue and Bramham Park from August 25-27, with The 1975, Foals, Billie Eilish, The Killers, Sam Fender and Imagine Dragons all set to headline. The

Billie Eilish has opened up about what’s changed in the creative process as she works on her third album. The singer was speaking on the new episode of Dua Lipa‘s At Your Service podcast when she explained the “big jump” between the ages of 18 and 21, and how she had to convince herself she hadn’t

DJ Shadow has announced his forthcoming album ‘Action Adventure’ with the first single ‘Ozone Scraper’. Listen to it below. READ MORE: DJ Shadow – ‘Our Pathetic Age’ review: a muddled concept album rescued by powerhouse guests His seventh studio album is almost entirely an instrumental collection. The 14-track LP differs from his 2019′ star-studded album ‘Our

Post Malone has shared details of his diet which helped him lose weight. While appearing on Joe Rogan’s podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, the singer revealed that he weighed roughly 240 pounds before making changes to his diet to help him lose weight. Malone – whose real name is Austin Richard Post – shared that

Babymetal have joined forces with Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine for a new single. Check out ‘Metali’ below. The new song is the latest in the Japanese kawaii metal band’s series of star-studded collaborations, and sees them partner with the Rage guitarist for another up-tempo, electrifying track. The group first teased the release

Guns N’ Roses have finally released their long-teased and recently delayed single ‘Perhaps’ – check it out below. READ MORE: Slash talks Glastonbury, Guns N’ Roses and gory new horror movie ‘The Breach’ ‘Perhaps’ was reportedly set for release last week (August 11), but was delayed due to reasons unknown at the time of publishing. Prior to its

Gary Young, the first drummer for Pavement, has died at the age of 70. Young’s death was confirmed by his former bandmate Stephen Malkmus today (August 18) via a social media post. Malkmus, who fronted pioneering indie-rock band Pavement with Young, Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg and Mark Ibold, wrote on Twitter/X: “Gary Young passed on

The UK’s first-ever Eurovision contestant, Patricia Bredin, has died at the age of 88. Bredin was only 22 years old when she performed at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1957 in Frankfurt, Germany. According to BBC News, the Hull-born actress and singer was chosen to participate in the competition after being spotted at the Savoy

Green Day have announced a massive 30th anniversary reissue of their third studio album ‘Dookie’, set for release next month. To celebrate three decades of the 1994 Grammy award-winning album, ‘Dookie (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)’ will be available as a limited-edition six LP vinyl box set, a four-CD box set and it will be available