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Taylor Swift was given a special welcome in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday (November 16) when the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue was lit up to honour her arrival. The personalised projection incorporated images and symbols associated with Swift’s career, including a bow and arrow, in tribute to her song ‘The Archer’, and a scarf

Bob Geldof has revealed that there are plans to release a new Live Aid IMAX film. Geldof, a former member of The Boomtown Rats turned activist, and ex-Ultravox co-lead singer Midge Ure, organised the concert held on July 13, 1985 to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. Live Aid was attended by about 72,000

Taylor Swift has said she’s “devastated” by the death of a fan before her concert show in Brazil today (November 18). READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ review: her best album will never go out of style Swift had taken her ‘Era’s Tour’ to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and is due to

Bill Bailey has said he’s got enough material to make a second heavy metal album with. The comedian, who is particularly well-known for his love of metal, released an album called Bill Bailey In Metal in 2011, following an appearance at the now-defunct festival Sonisphere that same year. “I was thinking about it the other day

UK Music Interim Chief Executive Tom Kiehl has urged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to respond to the music industry’s concerns around artificial intelligence (AI) by introducing some form of legal protection around the developing technology. Kiehl and UK Music have suggested that AI could be a form of “music laundering,” opening up a potential means

Bdrmm have announced details of a massive 2024 UK and European tour. Check out all the dates below. READ MORE: Bdrmm on downing guitars for their euphoric second album: “It was a case of going all in” The Hull-based shoe gaze quartet will play a run of UK and EU gigs next February. You can

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been accused of blowing up Kid Cudi’s car in a new lawsuit filed by the hip-hop icon and mogul’s former partner Cassie. In a lawsuit filed on Thursday (November 16), per a report from the New York Times, Cassie – real name Cassandra Ventura – alleged that Combs had raped her

Gossip are back with details of their first album in 11 years, ‘Real Power’, along with beautiful new single ‘Crazy Again’. Check it out below along with some exclusive insight from the band. The Beth Ditto-fronted indie icons have not released an album since 2012’s ‘A Joyful Noise‘. Now, the ‘Standing In The Way Of

Wu-Tang Clan‘s RZA has teamed up with Ballentine’s and Flying Goose to create a limited-edition sriracha sauce. READ MORE: 25 Albums That Changed Hip-Hop Forever The alcohol-free sauce took inspiration from Ballantine’s 7 American Barrel which is a blended Scotch whisky aged for a minimum of seven years. According to a press release, the “final product is

Motörhead‘s frontman and bassist, Lemmy, may be honoured with a statue in his birthplace of Burslem, Stoke-On-Trent. READ MORE: ‘Lemmy’: 7 legendary stories the pre-Motorhead biopic should include Lemmy – full name Ian Fraser Kilmister – was born in Burslem, one of the towns that is part of the city of Stoke-On-Trent in Staffordshire, prior to

K-pop quartet BLACKPINK will be hosting their first-ever virtual concert called ‘BLACKPINK: A VR Encore’ in partnership with Meta and production company The Diamond Bros. The concert was announced by Billboard today (November 15), and is confirmed to be a recreation of the group’s special finale show for their ‘Born Pink’ world tour in Seoul’s Gocheok Sky

Travis Scott has finally spoken about the tragic deaths that occurred at his Astroworld festival in 2021. In November 2021 eight people died at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival during the rapper’s set due to a fatal crowd crush. Two more victims passed away in the hospital in the following days and hundreds of others were

Bryan Adams has announced a 31-date tour with Dave Stewart from Eurythmics supporting him – find all information below. The ‘Summer of ’69’ musician will tour the US throughout 2024, beginning at Billings, Montana and finishing in Syracuse, New York. He will also make stops at Austin, Texas, Mexico City, Omaha, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, and more. General

Lime Garden have shared their latest single ‘I Wanna Be You’ from their upcoming debut album ‘One More Thing’. Check it out below. Speaking about the track in a press release, the band’s frontwoman Chloe Howard said: I Want To Be You’ was inspired by a very specific memory I have as a 14-year-old at

The Human League have announced the support acts for their 2024 UK headline tour – find all the details below. The synth-pop group are due to hit the road for a run of arena shows next December, with dates scheduled in Cardiff, Manchester, Birmingham, Brighton, Bournemouth, Glasgow, Leeds and London. You can find any remaining

Streaming numbers for Taylor Swift‘s ‘Karma’ reportedly got a boost earlier this week after the pop singer changed a lyric during a concert in Argentina to shout out her boyfriend Travis Kelce. READ MORE: Taylor Swift live in New Jersey: a glittering celebration of every era This past weekend (November 11), while performing in Argentina, Swift

P!nk has announced that she will be giving away 2,000 copies of banned books at her upcoming concerts in Florida. READ MORE: P!nk: All I Know So Far review: shallow but watchable pop star tour diary The singer has teamed up with PEN America to distribute copies of Todd Parr’s The Family Book, Amanda Gorman’s The Hill

Peter Hook & The Light have announced a huge 2024 world tour that will see the band play the ‘Substance’ albums from Joy Division and New Order in full – find dates and ticket information below. READ MORE: Joy Division’s ‘Unknown Pleasures’: How they made the unimpeachable proto-goth masterpiece The New Order and Joy Division co-founder

Nelly Furtado and Jessie Ware have been announced as headliners for Mighty Hoopla festival 2024. A string of other names have been also announced on the line-up for the 2024 edition of the London festival, including Rita Ora, Kim Petras, Rachel Stevens, En Vogue, Eve, Louise, Alison Goldfrapp and Rebecca Black. Next year’s event takes

Nicki Minaj has shared her concerns about social media’s effect on young people and the “false realities” it projects. The Queens rapper has been promoting her upcoming fifth album ‘Pink Friday 2’ ahead of its release next month. Covering the December issue of Vogue, she revealed that she wants her to use her platform to