Rock

Nick Cave has written a new obituary for the late Pogues frontman, Shane MacGowan.  As a contribution to The Observer’s Obituaries of 2023 series, Cave wrote a new tribute to his late friend, marking the second time the post-punk musician has written about MacGowan following his passing. The heartfelt piece traces the origins of their

Rufus & Martha Wainwright have covered Sufjan Stevens‘ ‘Justice Delivers Its Death’ while appearing on The Tonight Show. READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life: Rufus Wainwright The Canadian siblings and musicians appeared as the late-night show’s musical guests on Tuesday, December 19. This is not the first time that Rufus has tackled Stevens’ track from his

Slipknot‘s former singer Anders Colsefni will play his first show with his band Painface in almost a decade next year – and Corey Taylor is going. The band will be performing at the Patio Nightclub in Las Vegas on January 27 and Taylor is set to watch it. He replaced Colsefni as Slipknot’s frontman in

Santa Claus took a tumble on stage while receiving a lap dance from one of Madonna’s dancers during the pop icon’s show in Washington, DC this week (December 19) – check out the video below. During the singer’s latest show as part of her huge ‘Celebration’ greatest hits tour, Santa took to the stage to

Morgan Wallen joins Drake for dinner in Drake’s new video for ‘You Broke My Heart’, off the ‘Scary Hours Edition’ of his 2023 album, ‘For All The Dogs’. The six-minute video begins in a restaurant, where Wallen and Drake share a table over dinner, celebrating Wallen’s breakup with an unnamed girl. “I didn’t like her,”

Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett has revealed that the band snuck the Batman theme song into the riff of one of their tracks. The song ‘Shadow Follows’ which appears on Metallica’s 11th album ’72 Seasons’ features a riff that happens about four minutes and 20 seconds in, which refers to the theme of the 1960s Batman TV

It has been revealed that TikTok has given special status to certain high-profile accounts, with moderators in Europe encouraged to be lenient with the content they post. READ MORE: TikTok reveals most popular artists and tracks of 2023 Journalists Hibaq Farah and Dan Milmo from The Guardian have suggested that the social media platform created a

The SNP is “seriously considering” the introduction of a new tax on tickets for stadium and arena shows in a bid to support grassroots venues. First Minister Humza Yousaf’s proposed plans would require fans of major acts such as Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Harry Styles to pay a levy to help the nation’s small and

Wargasm have announced new UK tour dates in Spring 2024 in support of Poppy.  The electro-metal duo took to social media on Monday (December 18) to announce their first tour dates since their nine-date headlining UK and Ireland tour behind their debut album, ‘Venom’. Attached to the announcement was a caption which ominously read: “There’s

Former Mr. Bungle member Theo Brooks Lengyel has been named as a “person of interest” in a missing persons case. READ MORE: Faith No More are back. Here’s why you should care about the wild and witty progenitors of alt-metal Lengyel was one of the founding members of the American experimental rock band that was formed

The Rolling Stones have shared the official video for their latest single ‘Mess It Up’ – you can watch it below. The song appears on the legendary band’s 24th and most recent studio album, ‘Hackney Diamonds’, which was released in October. In a four-star review of the record, NME described the track as a “disco-flavoured

Kesha is finally free from Dr. Luke’s record label Kemosabe following a long-running legal battle with the producer. Back in June, the pair reached a settlement in their defamation lawsuit just one month before the case was due to go to trial. It came after Kesha released her fifth album ‘Gag Order’ – her contractually

Montreal could be introducing 24-hour nightlife in a new policy in Spring 2024, according to a new report. Earlier this month, Radio-Canada published an article reporting that Montreal’s local government is intending to ratify “long-awaited” nightlife policies that would be followed by “concrete action”. One notable effect of these policies is the designation of an

Liam Gallagher and John Squire have further teased their collaborative album with a video and official website. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Liam Gallagher: “An Oasis reunion’s gonna happen very fucking soon” The former Oasis singer first teased the idea of the pair collaborating last June, when he brought out the former The Stone Roses guitarist

Mel B has hit out at former Kasabian member Tom Meighan being eligible for the 2024 BRIT Awards, despite him being convicted of domestic assault. The Spice Girls singer voiced her disappointment in a statement to The Independent – saying that she feels let down by the decision to have a singer convicted of abuse

Billie Eilish starred alongside Kate McKinnon in a Christmas Saturday Night Live sketch this weekend about a cat adoption campaign. The pop star and SNL alum played cat ladies at the ‘Whiskers R We’ pet store for a pun-filled sketch on Saturday (December 16), which saw them show off cats available for adoption during their “Holiday

Alanis Morissette has performed a cover of Wham!‘s ‘Last Christmas’ – watch it below. While on the latest episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Morissette performed the cover – which she also recorded for her latest Christmas EP, ‘Last Christmas’. The EP arrived in November and includes covers of John Lennon‘s ‘Happy Xmas

Gomez guitarist and Chair of the Ivors Academy Tom Gray has beaten Eddie Izzard in the bid to be Brighton Pavilion’s Labour candidate at the next UK general election. Musician and founder of the #BrokenRecord campaign Gray was selected as candidate today (December 17), and is hoping to become the first Labour MP for the

Sleep Token have kicked off a new era by unveiling updated masks during their London show this weekend. The anonymous masked alt-metal band performed a sold-out show at London’s OVO Arena Wembley this Saturday (December 16) where they teased the next chapter with striking new looks. The band also took to Instagram over the weekend

Colin Burgess, the original drummer of AC/DC, has passed away aged 77. On Saturday (December 16), it was announced on AC/DC’s socials that the drummer had died. No cause of death has been given. “Very sad to hear of the passing of Colin Burgess. He was our first drummer and a very respected musician,” wrote