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Red Hot Chili Peppers, Garbage and The Offspring have been announced as performers for this year’s Almost Acoustic Christmas festival. The annual Los Angeles’ KROQ radio station fest will take place at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California on December 9. Other acts that are set to perform include Bleachers, Portugal. The Man, Cannons, Lovejoy, Bakar

Enter Shikari have called for solidarity and progress in securing the future of the UK’s grassroots music venues – urging fans and gig spaces to “show the Tory government and the landlord c**ts that our culture of live music is not for sale”. READ MORE: UK grassroots venues “going over a cliff” without urgent government action

Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly surprised Snoop Dogg with an onstage birthday serenade last weekend. The actors joined the rapper for the Best Night of Your Life 2 benefit show on Saturday (October 21) to perform ‘Boats ‘N Hoes’, the track sung by Dale and Brennan in the 2008 comedy Step Brothers. They then

Chvrches‘ Lauren Mayberry has covered Nena’s ’99 Luftballons’ in Munich – watch the footage below. Currently on her solo tour, Mayberry has been performing a unique cover for every city she visits. Recently, she’s performed Depeche Mode in Prague and The 1975’s ‘Paris’ in Paris. In the NME review of her London stop, Mayberry performed a

Travis Barker‘s wife, Kourtney Kardashian, has opened up about the emergency ultrasound that “saved” her baby’s life. READ MORE: Blink-182 – ‘One More Time’ review: a surprisingly touching reunion While speaking to Vogue in a new interview, the reality TV star and Poosh founder revealed that her current pregnancy – which has been classed as geriatric

Feeder have announced news of a new ‘Black’/’Red’ double album, as well as details of a UK tour set for next year. Check out new singles ‘Playing With Fire’ and ‘ELF’ below. Set for release next April, ‘Black’/’Red’ marks the first double album from the British rock band, and completes a trilogy of albums joined

GOT7 member BamBam has revealed how Sunmi became the reason he joined his current label, Abyss Company. GOT7’s BamBam joined Abyss Company in March 2021, following his departure from long-time agency JYP Entertainment in January that year. Meanwhile, Sunmi had signed with the label in 2017, back when it was known as MAKEUS Entertainment, after

Skindred made their debut appearance on Later… With Jools Holland last night – check out their performance of ‘Gimme That Boom’ below. The song is taken from their album ‘Smile’, which was released in August, and made headlines when it entered a closely-fought battle for Number One upon its release. Though it missed out on Number One,

A Lil Yachty show in Vancouver was reportedly stopped by security after the rapper invited the crowd to rush the arena floor. The rapper was playing at the 7,000-capacity Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre last night (October 21), and before he performed ‘Slide’, he invited the concertgoers in the stands to come down into the

Rick Astley has claimed that Ozzy Osbourne once attempted to recruit a backing band for him. The ‘80s star told Classic Rock magazine that the former Black Sabbath singer was chatting to him during the height of his success, and made the impromptu offer. “He said, ‘Are you over here playing?’, and I said, ‘No,

James Blunt has shed light on his experience living with the late Carrie Fisher in LA. The singer moved in with the Star Wars actress in 2003 when he went to LA to further his career and happened to meet her when he was dating a girl whose family were friends of hers. “I was invited to

Caroline Polachek has released a line of limited-edition merch to raise money for Palestinian refugees. The merchandise is available for a week and is inspired by her new single ‘Dang’, which was released earlier this week. Polachek performed the track for the first time on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in the style of

Duff McKagan has shared his hopes for there being a guitar band one day that has the same impact as Guns N’Roses. In a new interview with Classic Rock, the bassist addresses the subject of rock’n’roll’s future and he reveals his view of things remains optimistic. “Man, I hope so,” he said. “I see these young

Nicki Minaj has released a new surprise track ‘FOR ALL THE BARBZ’ featuring Drake and Chief Keef. The Queens rapper is set to release her new album ‘Pink Friday 2‘ on November 17. She recently teased fans with ‘Bahm Bahm‘, a standalone track, and ‘Last Time I Saw You‘, which is confirmed to be on

Keanu Reeves has revealed that he once received a lesson in bass guitar from Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The John Wick star, who also plays bass in the Los Angeles grunge band Dogstar, spoke about the encounter in a video posted to Fender’s YouTube channel. “I remember one time I was doing

Madonna took a moment to address the current Israel-Hamas conflict while on stage at The O2, expressing her exasperation at how human beings are capable of “being so cruel to one another”. The artist urged the crowd to “remember we are human beings here” because “we cannot lose our humanity” and to make a difference

Chvrches have released a mega mix of their hit ‘The Mother We Share’ along with the unheard track ‘City On Fire’. Check it out below. Created by the band’s Iain Cook, the mega mix is made up of five demos of ‘The Mother We Share’ along with its final version. Each demo was arranged chronologically

“No,” he said. “I am a headliner. It’s why I cannot understand you. Maybe The [Rolling] Stones can support me.” Elsewhere in the conversation, Cantona explained: “When I was a kid, I had two passions: for art and sport. So I started with football, better I think. Now I can sing until the end of

Pendulum covered Taylor Swift‘s 2022 hit single ‘Anti-Hero’ as part of a recent radio session – watch the performance below. The Australian drum and bass group put their own unique spin on the ‘Midnights’ track for the latest edition of Triple J‘s ‘Like A Version’ series. In a video explaining why they took on the

Graham Nash has sold the rights to his back catalogue to Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group. READ MORE: David Crosby: “Making music is crucial – and it’s keeping me alive” The deal includes songs from his solo career, as well as his time in The Hollies and Crosby, Stills and Nash. Azoff told Variety: “I am