Gwenno and rEDOLENT have been announced as ambassadors for the 2025 edition of Independent Venue Week. The seven-day celebration of independent music and arts venues is returning, running from January 27 to February 2, with hundreds of live shows to take place across the...
GFRIEND have announced their upcoming reunion and teased their new 2025 album, titled ‘Season of Memories’. Today (December 2), GFRIEND and Source Music released a new logo animation video for the girl group, alongside details of the six-piece’s highly anticipated reunion project on social...
The Cure will release the live show they played on the night of the release of ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ as a live album this month. Titled ‘Songs Of A Live World Troxy London MMXXIV’, the album will be released in multiple physical...
MUNA’s Katie Gavin has played a stripped-back acoustic cover of Madonna’s ‘Like A Prayer’ – check it out below. The singer appeared on SiriusXM radio on Friday (November 29) to play the classic 1989 single, armed with just an acoustic guitar and microphone. Check...
Chappell Roan has celebrated the fact that her song ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ has reached one billion streams on Spotify. The single was first released in April this year, written by Roan alongside Justin Tranter and Dan Nigro. It became Roan’s breakout hit, hitting Number...
There’s a sea of people bouncing in green balaclavas, beers are flying, sweat is dripping, bodies are hoisted up on top of shoulders, and people are lovingly embracing one another. The mood is palpably jubilant this evening, as Fontaines DC kick off their three-night...
Harry Potter star Rupert Grint has been ordered to pay £1.8million in tax after losing a legal dispute with HM Revenue & Customs. The actor, who starred as Ron Weasley in all eight films, was originally told to pay the sum in 2019 after...
Bob Mortimer has revealed whether he had a ‘Brat’ summer in 2024 – check out his endearing response below. The comedian was appearing on Nick Grimshaw’s show on BBC Radio 6 Music on Friday (November 29), promoting his latest book The Hotel Avocado. In...
Historically, pop music has often reached into Arthurian legend for a handy metaphor. It is, after all, a symbolist’s paradise – the enchanted vale of Van Morrison’s “Avalon Of The Heart”, for instance, or David Crosby’s Californian hippie dream reflected back as “Guinnevere”. The...
“The popular song is a very efficient and effective means of getting across ideas,” declares Talking Heads’ original typewritten ‘Statement Of Intent’, reproduced as part of this reissue package. “Without seeming pretentious, the band would like to think that music and the popular song...