Rock

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

The Last Dinner Party have said they are “trying to ignore the words ‘hype’ and ‘buzzy band’” while reflecting on becoming the most talked-about rock group of the year. The London outfit and NME 100 alumni are due to release their debut album ‘Prelude To Ecstasy’ on February 2 via Island (pre-order here). It’ll feature the

Slowdive have announced a US tour scheduled for Spring 2024 – see the full list of dates below. The shoegaze veterans made the announcement over X today (December 6). The US spring leg of their 2024 tour engagements will commence in Ventura, California on April 25, continuing through the remainder of April and May in

Pete Tong has announced new details of his ‘Ibiza Classics’ UK arena tour for 2024. The BBC Radio 1 DJ released the ‘Ibiza Classics’ compilation album back in 2017, where iconic dance songs were covered by Jules Buckley and The Heritage Orchestra. The album features renditions of The Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack, and Armand Van

Screaming Females have called it a day after 18 years as a band. The band broke the news in an extended statement posted to their social media accounts, but didn’t go into any particular detail about the circumstances that caused the band to break up. “After 18 years we have decided that Screaming Females is

Victorious Festival has revealed who will be headlining next year’s event. The UK’s biggest city festival will return to the Southsea seafront in Portsmouth on the August Bank Holiday weekend (August 23-25) next year. Fatboy Slim and Snow Patrol will be co-headlining the Friday night of the festival, with Jamie T and Biffy Clyro topping

Duran Duran, Blondie and Interpol have been announced as the headliners of Cruel World Festival 2024.  The festival revealed its 2024 line-up yesterday (December 4), which will also feature ‘80s and ‘80s post-punk, new wave and alternative rock veterans, including Simple Minds, Placebo, Soft Cell, Adam Ant, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and Ministry, who

Funeral For a Friend have announced that their singer Matthew Davies-Kreye has decided to leave the band. In a lengthy post on Facebook, the band have said that the decision was made amicably, and that the remaining members intend to carry on and create new music. “Hey folks, it’s with a heavy heart that we

KISS have performed their last ever show as humans at Madison Square Garden – here’s how the night went. The band embarked on the final show of their ‘End of the Road’ farewell tour, where they unveiled that it would be their last outing as a band in human form. KISS instead announced that they

Dolly Parton has spoken out about the political background of her new song, ‘World on Fire’. In a new interview with Vulture, the country legend was responding to superlatives, and named ‘World On Fire’ as the song that “best embodies your own mythology”. ‘World On Fire’ appears on her new album ‘Rockstar’, which became her highest-charting album