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Ahead of the BRIT Awards 2024 this weekend, Chase & Status have been announced as the winners of Producer Of The Year. The BRITs are set to take place on Saturday (March 2) at the O2 in London, where Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding, Dua Lipa, Jungle, Kylie Minogue, RAYE, Rema and Tate McRae are

Tributes have been paid to former Queens Park Rangers player Stan Bowles, who has died at the age of 75. The news was confirmed by his daughter Tracey yesterday (February 24) on Facebook, who said he “was with all the family and went peacefully”. He had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2015 and had

The organisers of Scotland’s Connect Festival have said that the event will not be held in 2024 now while they try to build the “next edition” of the festival. The festival first ran between 2007 and 2008 at Inveraray Castle in Argyll before later being re-launched in 2022 at the Royal Highland Centre near Edinburgh.

Bristol’s Simple Things festival has removed dance duo Giant Swan from it’s line-up today (February 24) “in light of recent details made public” about one of the members. Simple Things, which is taking place at various locations around Bristol today, announced on social media yesterday (February 23) that it had removed Giant Swan from its

SZA has shared a new single called ‘Saturn’ – you can listen to it below. The song was first premiered as part of a Mastercard advert during the 2024 Grammys where the singer-songwriter won three awards: Best Progressive R&B Album (‘SOS’), Best R&B Song (‘Snooze’) and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (‘Ghost In The Machine’ feat.

The Jesus & Mary Chain have released their latest single ‘Girl 71’ from their forthcoming LP ‘Glasgow Eyes‘. The upbeat, retro-sounding track features buzzing instruments and a steady drum beat along with angsty lyrics sung by Jim Reid such as: “But that wouldn’t last a day / Well, nothing does, so that’s okay / Piss

South Korean music producer Shinsadong Tiger, known for his work with EXID, Apink and more, has died. He was 41 years old. The noted K-pop producer’s passing was reported today (February 23) by Yonhap News, as well as other South Korean media outlets, including TenAsia and Star News. He was reportedly found dead after an

IDLES has opened up about some key life – and coffee – lessons learnt from LCD Soundsystem. In NME‘s most recent In Conversation series, we sat down with frontman Joe Talbot to discuss his experiences touring and working with LCD Soundsystem. James Murphy and Nancy Whang of the band recently teamed up with Talbot to feature

Machine Gun Kelly has addressed his fiancée Megan Fox’s pregnancy loss in his new single ‘Don’t Let Me Go’. The rapper’s new song, his first new music since last May, arrived yesterday (February 21), with the artist now appearing to go by the name mgk. In the song, Kelly raps: “This psychiatrist keeps evaluating /

Foo Fighters will be performing an intimate show in Washington DC in aid of Power To The Patients, a non-profit organisation helping to make affordable healthcare more accessible. Chuck D and Fat Joe, the latter of whom has been particularly involved with the non-profit, will also be in attendance, as well as lawmakers, government officials

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has announced details of a US tour, following the new-found success of ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’. The announcement that the British singer will be hitting the road for US tour dates comes following the resurgence of her 2001 hit, namely due to its feature in the infamous final scene of Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn.

Sublime has suggested that they may record new music after the band resumed operations late last year. The band were initially active between 1988 and 1996, before frontman Bradley Nowell died from a heroin overdose at the age of 28. Sublime reformed in 2009 with Rome Ramirez on vocals and guitar. They initially toured under

Four JYP Entertainment artists – namely ITZY, Stray Kids, NMIXX and J.Y. Park – have released a new collaboration, ‘Like Magic’. ‘Like Magic’ is performed by ITZY, Stray Kids, NMIXX and J.Y. Park, all four of whom are signed under K-pop agency JYP Entertainment. The last of which is also notably the founder and namesake

Jack White has paid tribute to Dexter Romweber of Flat Duo Jets, describing him as a man who was “rock n’ roll inside and out”. Romweber’s death at 57 years old was announced by his family on Facebook yesterday, who stated that he passed away at his home on February 16. They said they “believed

2K has confirmed Post Malone will be curating the soundtrack for WWE 2K24 and will be a playable character within the game. After featuring on the John-Cena-curated soundtrack for WWE 2K23, Post Malone is returning to curate his own soundtrack for WWE 2K24 as executive soundtrack producer. In a press release, 2K explained: “Post Malone

Sophie Ellis-Bextor took to the stage at the BAFTA Film Awards tonight to perform her resurgent hit ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ – watch the footage below. The song features memorably over the now infamous final scene of Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, and since the film’s release at the end of 2023, it has became a viral

Dexter Romweber, founder of the Flat Duo Jets, has died aged 57. His passing was announced by his family on Facebook, who further stated he died at home on February 16. It is “believed he died of natural causes”, though a medical examination is still pending. “We will have more to say soon, but ask

PVRIS have returned with their new single ‘Burn the Witch’, a collaboration wtih Tommy Genesis and Alice Longyu-Gao. Check it out below. The track is the lead single from PVRIS’ forthcoming project, which is due to be released this spring via Hopeless Records. It will be the follow-up to their 2023 album ‘Evergreen’. The track

John Squire has explained why The Stone Roses never made a new album during their 2011 reunion tour. It has now been 30 years since the Manchester legends released a record, with their last full-length project ‘Second Coming’ dropping in 1994. Although the band reunited briefly for a 2011 tour, and released two singles in