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Dead Dads Club announce 2026 UK tour

Dead Dads Club have announced a May 2026 UK headline tour – check out all the dates and ticket information below. The new project of former Palma Violets frontman Chilli Jesson, Dead Dads Club released their self-titled debut album in January via Fiction Records, produced by Fontaines D.C. guitarist Carlos O’Connell. Advertisement Now, they have announced a string of dates to take place in May around the UK, kicking off in Birmingham’s Sunflower Lounge on May 12 before heading to Cardiff, Brighton, Norwich, London, Bedford and Liverpool, before wrapping at Southampton’s Zerox on May 22. Tickets are on sale now and you can find yours here. Dead Dads Club will play: MAY 12 – Birmingham, Sunflower Lounge 13 – Cardiff, Clwd Ifor Bach 14 – Brighton, The Great Escape 15 – Norwich, Voodoo Daddy’s 19 – London, Camden Assembly 20 – Bedford, Esquires 21 – Liverpool, Rough Trade 22 – Southampton, Zerox The new album comes 13 years after the first Palma Violets album and after a short-lived second project Crewel Intentions and a third under his own name, he went on to play with Fontaines D.C. as a live multi-instrumentalist in 2023, where he connected with O’Connell. Recommended It sees Jesson contending with grief and loss and it unwraps the multitude of emotions that have prevailed since losing his father to drug addiction at the age of 14. He… Read More →

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Watch Guns N’ Roses play ‘Bad Apples’ for first time in 35 years in São Paulo

Guns N’ Roses played ‘Bad Apples’ for the first time since 1991 at the latest stop of their world tour in São Paulo – watch below. The band’s huge 2026 run kicked off in Monterrey, Mexico last week and on Saturday night (April 4), they arrived at the Allianz Parque for a show as part of Monsters Of Rock Brazil. Advertisement In a hits-packed set, they found time to play covers of Black Sabbath’s ‘Junior’s Eyes’, as well as their regular versions of Bob Dylan’s ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’, Wings’ ‘Live And Let Die’ and The Damned’s ‘New Rose’. As the show drew to a close, they played ‘Bad Apples’, from 1991’s ‘Use Your Illusion I’, for the first time since the year the song was released and for only the third time ever. Check out footage here: [embedded content] [embedded content] Guns N’ Roses played: Recommended ‘Welcome To The Jungle’ ‘Slither’ ‘It’s So Easy’ ‘Live And Let Die’ ‘Mr. Brownstone’ ‘Bad Obsession’ ‘Rocket Queen’ ‘Perhaps’ ‘Dead Horse’ ‘Double Talkin’ Jive’ ‘Nothin’ ‘You Could Be Mine’ ‘Civil War’ ‘Junior’s Eyes’ ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’ ‘New Rose’ ‘Atlas’ ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ ‘Estranged’ ‘Bad Apples’ ‘November Rain’ ‘Nightrain’ ‘Paradise City’ These dates are the band’s first since drummer Frank Ferrer left the line-up last year after nearly 20 years. Just before the tour began, keyboardist Melissa Reese announced she would be sitting out of the shows due to personal reasons. The… Read More →

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Judge blocks Donald Trump’s attempt to end federal funding for NPR and PBS

A judge has blocked an executive order from Donald Trump that sought to end federal funding of “biased media” outlets NPR and PBS. Last May, the president signed the order, which directed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) – the body that sends funds to the two radio platforms – to “cease federal funding” to them. Advertisement The order stated that “Americans have the right to expect that if their tax dollars fund public broadcasting at all, they fund only fair, accurate, unbiased and nonpartisan news coverage”. Now, US District Judge Randoph Moss has ruled that the order had targeted news organisations over their editorial viewpoints, something he said was “unlawful and unenforceable”. The court found that the order violated the First Amendment to the US Constitution, which “does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type”. “It is difficult to conceive of clearer evidence that a government action is targeted at viewpoints that the President does not like and seeks to squelch,” Moss said. “The First Amendment draws a line, which the government may not cross, at efforts to use government power – including the power of the purse – ‘to punish or suppress disfavored expression’ by others.” Recommended He noted that while the government is not required to fund media organisations, once a funding system exists, it must… Read More →

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Christina Hendricks played an indie-packed “shoe pop dream gaze” DJ set at a San Diego bar on April Fool’s Day

Christina Hendricks played a four-hour DJ set of indie, shoegaze and dream pop classics in San Diego this week – see footage and the setlist below. The Mad Men star announced that she would be behind the decks for a stint at the city’s Part Time Lover bar on Wednesday (April 1), and actually showed up to play what has been dubbed a “shoe pop dream gaze” set entirely on vinyl. Advertisement As reported by The MATMAG on Substack, the actor – also known for Drive, The Neon Demon and Toy Story 4 – was dancing and singing throughout her set and was joined by her husband, camera operator George Bianchini. Her 46-song set included music from Spiritualized, Wolf Alice, The Knife, Cocteau Twins, St. Vincent, Lana Del Rey, Tori Amos, The Stone Roses and Beach House. Check out footage here: Recommended Christina Hendricks played: Spiritualized – ‘Broken Heart’ Chromatics – ‘Yes (Love Theme From Lost River)’Yaeji – ‘Drink I’m Sippin On’Broken Social Scene – ‘Hug Of Thunder’ Wolf Alice – ‘How Can I Make It Ok?’Warpaint – ‘New Song’Dead Man’s Bones – ‘Pa Pa Power’Japanese Breakfast – ‘Machinist’Youth Team – ‘Michael Mann’The Knife – ‘Heartbeats’Catnapp – ‘Thunder’Cocteau Twins – ‘Ivo’The Deadly Syndrome – ‘Joseph Porter’Rick Cuevas – ‘The Birds’Anna Of The North – ‘I Do You’Bananarama – ‘Cruel Summer’Talvi – ‘The Day We Met Never Ended for Me’Causeway – ‘Crazy For You’St. Vincent –… Read More →

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Melissa Auf der Maur on a potential Hole reunion: “You can’t force, organise, or plan these things”

Melissa Auf der Maur has spoken to NME about the possibility of a Hole reunion, hinting that the current state of politics might have made it more likely. Auf der Maur joined the band in 1994 after their previous bassist Kristen Pfaff died from a heroin overdose. She became a stabilising figure for Courtney Love and the rest of the band and played on their classic 1998 album ‘Celebrity Skin’, but left in 1999 and briefly joined The Smashing Pumpkins before launching a solo career. Advertisement Earlier this week, she spoke to NME for the Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! series, where she was asked about the possibility of Hole getting back together to play again. “I have no idea,” Auf der Maur responded. “If there’s one thing I know about Courtney and Hole, it’s that it’s as mysterious as romantic love. You can’t force, organise, or plan these things.” “What I do know is I’ve always said no for many years, and it wasn’t until the Evil Empire in the US that I began to contemplate where Hole, and Courtney’s fearless feminism, and our generation, could maybe add to this dire dialogue in the US,” she continued. “Some of my interest in returning to Hole in any shape or form is because the world needs that kind of power, rebellion, and intelligence.” [embedded content] She reiterated her admiration for her former… Read More →