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Paramore announce intimate North American comeback tour

Paramore have announced a North American headline tour for this autumn – tickets will be available here. The Hayley Williams-fronted band will hit the road on October 2, 2022 for 12 special shows, marking their first live performances in over four years. They’ll make stop-offs at theatres in cities such as Omaha, Oklahoma City, Chicago and Toronto. READ MORE: Paramore: their 10 best songs – ranked Per a press release, these select gigs will offer fans “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see Paramore in a range of intimate venues”. Advertisement Those hoping to secure tickets to the tour are required to register on Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan platform by this Sunday (July 17). The general sale will then open to verified registrants at 10am local time next Friday (July 22) – buy your ticket(s) here. A Verified Fan sale is set to take place at the same time on Wednesday (July 20). You can see the announcement post and official tour poster below. Shows. Fall 2022. Verified Fan Presale Registration starts TODAY through Sunday at: https://t.co/fVS8MHifhc Verified Fan Presale starts Wednesday, July 20th at 10AM local. General on-sale starts Friday, July 22nd at 10AM local. See you there. pic.twitter.com/6uU0SF2Suz — paramore (@paramore) July… Read More →

14JULNews

Damon Albarn’s Africa Express set to perform at Southend City Festival

Africa Express – the collective of African and Western musicians co-founded by Damon Albarn – will play a one-off headline show this September. READ MORE: Damon Albarn’s Africa Express live: a collaboration of diversity on what should have been Brexit day The cross-cultural outfit will perform on September 3 at London Southend Airport as part of Southend City Festival. We’re coming back for the first show in 3 years. ❤️ Please do join us x pic.twitter.com/lkH3FfYqHK — Africa Express (@africaexpress) July 14, 2022 Advertisement The festival, taking place between September 2 and 4, will see a slew of music big names, local talent and up-and-comers perform. As well as Africa Express, Fabio & Grooverider, Outlook Orchestra and The Music Man Project are also prepped to perform. The full festival line-up will, according to organisers, be announced soon. Tickets are available now via the Southend City Festival website. Africa Express last took to London streets in 2019, where a one-off show in Waltham Forest, dubbed ‘Africa Express: The Circus” saw performances by The Good, The Bad & The Queen, Django Django and more in a fusion of African and Western culture and music. The band’s performance was given a five-star review… Read More →

14JULNews

Gang Of Youths talk ‘Angel In Realtime’, covering Wilco and Mad Cool Festival 2022

Gang Of Youths have discussed their latest album, ‘Angel In Realtime’, and their recent Wilco cover in a new interview with NME at Mad Cool Festival 2022 – you can watch the full video above. The London-based Australian band played live on the Madrid festival’s Region Of Madrid stage last Saturday (July 9) as part of their ongoing European tour. READ MORE: Mad Cool Festival 2022: five days of sun, sound and a special festival spirit Speaking to NME backstage at Mad Cool, Gang Of Youths frontman David Le’aupepe jokingly recalled the band’s first visit to Mad Cool in 2018. Advertisement “We played this festival before the doors even opened, so they’ve brought us back [this year] to apologise, which is very nice of them,” Le’aupepe said with laugh. “[2018 was] when we were even more unknown and terrible. We drove past the festival and saw lines and lines and lines of people trying to get in, and we were on in like an hour. By the time we got on-stage, they still hadn’t opened the doors… and we’re on-stage fucking singing whatever bullshit song I wrote about philosophy and sadness.” Gang Of Youths’ latest visit to Mad Cool, however,… Read More →

14JULNews

BTS’ J-Hope shares teaser video for upcoming solo single ‘Arson’

BTS member J-Hope has shared a teaser video for his upcoming solo single, ‘Arson’. Watch below. READ MORE: The life-changing magic of falling down the BTS rabbit hole The 30-second clip, which was published to Hybe Label’s YouTube channel today (July 14), depicts slow-motion footage of a fiery car explosion, as J-Hope raps the song’s title atop sparse percussive beats. The teaser comes ahead of the musician’s forthcoming debut album, ‘Jack In The Box’, which was announced in June and previewed by the first single, ‘More’, earlier this month. Advertisement The teaser joins a suite of other visuals released by the K-pop star ahead of his debut, including a trippy music video for ‘More’ and a collection of concept photos for ‘Arson’. The latest single will form part of the record’s previously announced 10-song tracklist, which was shared last week. Scheduled for release tomorrow (July 15), ‘Jack In The Box’ marks the first solo album produced by a BTS member, and comes after the boy band went on a temporary hiatus to focus on individual projects last month. According to a press release from his label, Big Hit Music, ‘Jack In The Box’ will serve as a way for J-Hope to… Read More →

13JULNews

Listen to Death Cab For Cutie’s uplifting new single, ‘Here To Forever’

Death Cab For Cutie have today (July 13) released a new single, ‘Here To Forever’ – check it out below. The band have performed ‘Here To Forever’ on every date of their current summer tour, with the first show having gone down in Newport, Kentucky last Thursday (July 7). They’ve also been performing the album’s lead single, ‘Roman Candles’, which until last week, had only been performed acoustically at frontman Ben Gibbard’s solo shows. The song was accompanied by a new video that was written and directed by filmmaker Lance Bangs. Advertisement The visual shows lead vocalist and guitarist Ben Gibbard packaging the band’s vinyl after overhearing a conversation with two pressing plant employees, played by comedians Natalie Palamides and Courtney Pauroso. In between the scenes are clips of the five-piece performing the new song in full. Check it out below. Speaking about the new song, Ben Gibbard said: “It’s a song both about our impermanence and the anxiety of these times. It’s also about wanting to believe in something bigger even when it feels like nothing is out there.” The song follows on from previously released single ‘Roman Candles’, which was the first track released off Death Cab for Cutie’s upcoming tenth studio… Read More →

13JULHit Singles

Lucy Clue’s Magnetic Summer Anthem Is A Must-Hear

“In Your Eyes” is here to sweep you off your feet! Lucy Clue is on the move with ecstatic, positive music, sharing her passion and energy with her audience. With some stunning soundscapes and urban-sounding percussion, the melody leads the way into the world of romance in which the artist tells us about her true feelings—ones that cannot be contained any longer. Influenced by the greats in the pop and hip-hop genres, Lucy Clue knows exactly how to make a crowd cheer. Curly hair, southern temperament and tattoos—you can’t not fall in love with this artist and her incredible character, exuding so much personality and realness. She has previously been compared to Lady Gaga and Doja Cat with “In Your Eyes” sounding especially like the former. Find out for yourself by listening down below! Follow Lucy Clue: Instagram – TikTok – Spotify

13JULNews

Queen’s Brian May teams up with 10CC’s Graham Gouldman on new space-themed track

Queen’s Brian May has teamed up with 10CC founder Graham Gouldman on a new track – listen to ‘Floating In Heaven’ below. READ MORE: Queen’s Freddie Mercury: the maddest stories about rock’s best-loved hellraiser The collaboration between the pair was done to mark the historic first images from the new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) that launched in December 2021 and went into orbit in January of this year. The telescope is the most powerful to be launched into space. May is a long-time astronomer and has a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College, London. Gouldman is a fellow space enthusiast and the two decided to work together on a song to mark the historic moment when the first images from the telescope were shared. Advertisement ‘Floating In Heaven’ was written and performed by Gouldman and features May on guitar and vocals. It was released yesterday (July 12) to coincide with the release of the first pictures brought to earth from the telescope. Listen to the song here: Last weekend, Queen and Adam Lambert performed an impromptu cover of operatic track ‘Nessun Dorma’ during a show in Bologna, Italy. ‘Nessun Dorma’ is the aria from the last act of Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot and… Read More →

13JULNews

Harry Styles Breaks Out The Party Pajamas In ‘Late Night Talking’ Video

Harry Styles has been doing all this “Late Night Talking,” and he is ready to take you for a ride in his bed — literally. The British pop star dropped the new music video for his latest Harry’s House hit on Wednesday (July 13), and it begins with Styles dressed in pink and brown pajamas, waking up in an empty bed. He finds his former bedmate’s clothes lying on top of an amp speaker. Confused, he looks under the covers and cartoonishly falls inside the mattress. He crawls through the covers in a new blue-brown polka dot set and enters another dimension: a red room with numerous people cuddling and kissing on a supersized bed. “If you’re feeling down, I just wanna make you happier, baby,” he sings, popping his head out of the scarlet covers. “Wish I was around, I just wanna make you happiеr, baby.” Styles wakes up in another bed inside a gallery, this time wearing a tan blazer over his PJs and with various people scrutinizing him as if he were an artwork himself. The next time the bed teleports, Harry is served a meal of spaghetti and meatballs. “I’ve never been a fan of change,” he… Read More →

13JULNews

TXT mark eighth week on Billboard 200 with ‘minisode 2: Thursday’s Child’

Tomorrow X Together have cemented their eighth week on the Billboard 200 charts with their latest mini-album, ‘minisode 2: Thursday’s Child’. READ MORE: Tomorrow X Together: “Our fans are always there by our side. That’s why they’re our heroes” The group’s latest record, ‘minisode 2: Thursday’s Child’ returned to the 136th spot on the Billboard 200 chart on the week ending July 16. With this, the record is currently the longest-charting K-pop album of the year, surpassing Stray Kids’ ‘Oddinary’, who set the record with a seven-week stay on the chart. Apart from the Billboard 200, ‘minisode 2: Thursday’s Child’ also retained the third spot on Billboard’s World Albums chart, and is currently ranked seventh on the Top Album Sales chart and the Top Current Album Sales chart. Notably, the mini-album debuted in the top spot of all three charts upon its release in May. Advertisement ‘minisode 2: Thursday’s Child’ marked TXT’s first domestic release of 2022, and arrived approximately nine months after the release of ‘The Chaos Chapter: Fight Or Escape’, a repackaged version of their May 2021 sophomore album ’The Chaos Chapter: Freeze’. In a five-star review of the record, NME‘s Rhian Daly said the mini-album “fully justifies… Read More →

12JULNews

Glastonbury’s Emily Eavis hails “inspiring” festival crowd as 99 per cent of tents taken home

Glastonbury’s Emily Eavis has revealed that 99 per cent of tents were taken home by festival goers at this year’s Glastonbury Festival. Ahead of this year’s festival, which was headlined by Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar, festival organisers had urged fans to “leave no trace” by taking tents and belongings with them when leaving the festival. “Love the Farm, Leave no Trace” was a prominent slogan at the 2019 incarnation of the festival too. In a tweet posted this evening (July 12) alongside a picture of clear green fields at Glastonbury, Eavis wrote: “Green, empty fields! We’re delighted to let you know that 99% of tents were taken home again this year.” Advertisement She added: “Thank you to every person who packed up & left no trace, it’s an inspiring feat, a huge effort and one we appreciate so much. Thanks also to our amazing team of litter pickers.” Green, empty fields! We’re delighted to let you know that 99% of tents were taken home again this year. Thank you to every person who packed up & left no trace, it's an inspiring feat, a huge effort and one we appreciate so much. Thanks also to our amazing… Read More →

12JULNews

The Goon Sax have announced their disbandment: “It feels like a happy ending”

Brisbane trio The Goon Sax have announced their disbandment after nine years together. READ MORE: The Goon Sax at Rising in Melbourne: “It’s easy to get excited about something sounding new and not necessarily better” Taking to Twitter today (July 12) the indie pop trio wrote a statement explaining their decision. “After nine years of giving it our everything we’ve decided to draw the curtain on this band,” they said. “Our gratitude to everyone who’s been with us and allowed the madness of the last 9 years to happen is far beyond anything we can palpably express.” Advertisement Read the full statement below: pic.twitter.com/eTi7zRtuNt — The Goon Sax (@thegoonsax) July 12, 2022 The Goon Sax had just wrapped up a North America and Europe tour with Snail Mail. They had been scheduled to tour the US this August, including performances on the joint Interpol and Spoon tour, as well as shows with Pavement, but those appearances have now been cancelled. They have, however, said they will “play one or two more shows in Australia before we finally say goodnight”. The band had only recently appeared at Rising festival in Melbourne, Australia, in June, where they spoke to NME of their… Read More →

12JULNews

Yungblud cancels autumn shows due to “unforeseen circumstances”

Yungblud has been forced to cancel several shows scheduled for this autumn due to “unforeseen circumstances.” READ MORE: Yungblud – “This album is about reclaiming my name and humanising the caricature” The musician was due to perform at dates in Toronto, Montreal and Salt Lake City but all have now been cancelled. In a statement, Yungblud wrote: “My family in Toronto, Montreal and Salt Lake City. Due to unforeseen circumstances, my shows this fall are going to be cancelled. Advertisement “You know how much I hate cancelling shows, it breaks my fucking hearts but this [is] way behind my control.” He continued: “I promise I will be back soon and have massive plans. All will be made clear soon, it’s gonna be fookin mental.” Fans who purchased tickets to the show will be given an automatic refund. For any questions or concerns, fans are being told to contact their point of sales directly. pic.twitter.com/v0OH2htWOg — YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) July 12, 2022 Earlier this month, Yungblud shared details of an intimate UK and European tour. The artist will play smaller venues as part of his ‘International As Fuck Tour’, taking in shows in Dublin, Dundee, Newcastle, Leeds, Liverpool, Coventry, Bournemouth, Southampton, Kingston Upon… Read More →

12JULNews

Placebo cancel several dates due to COVID outbreak in band and crew

Placebo have been forced to cancel several live dates following an outbreak of COVID in their band and crew. READ MORE: Placebo: “David Bowie taught me how to be a better person” Writing on Instagram, the band revealed that they would no longer we able to perform dates in Bucharest, Romexpo in Romania (July 13) nor Skopje Calling in Macedonia (July 16). “We are frustrated and disappointed to not be able to perform these shows which are important to us – as we know they are to you.” Advertisement “We apologise sincerely for the inconvenience and disappointment. We are doing all we can to reschedule and please check locally for further announcements.” You can see the full post here: View this post on Instagram A post shared by OFFICIAL PLACEBO INSTAGRAM. (@placeboworld) The band are due to embark on a UK and Ireland tour in November – you can see those dates below and find tickets here. NOVEMBER Friday 18 – Portsmouth, Guildhall Saturday 19 – Brighton, Centre Monday 21 – Liverpool, Eventim Olympia Tuesday 22 – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse Thursday 24 – Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena Saturday 26 – London, O2 Academy Brixton Sunday 27 – London, O2 Academy Brixton… Read More →

12JULNews

Trey Songz $20million rape lawsuit dropped in court

A woman who accused Trey Songz of assault has asked for her lawsuit against the rapper to be dropped. In court documents seen by Rolling Stone, the woman reportedly asked a judge in late June for the case to dismissed without prejudice. Back in February, the woman claimed the musician raped her at a party in March 2016 and since the alleged attack, she’d suffered from “fear, anxiety, humiliation, depression, and other physical and emotional injuries, and damages.” On July 6, the judge overseeing the case granted the request and dismissed the $20million (£17million) lawsuit. No further details were given regarding the dropping of the case. NME has reached out to Songz – real name Tremaine Neverson – for comment. Trey Songz. CREDIT: Leon Bennett/Getty Images Back in April, Songz was hit with a $5million (£3.87million) settlement demand after another woman came forward to accuse him of sexual assault. In a video obtained by TMZ, Songz is seen approaching a woman and then pulling down her bikini top, exposing her breast. The woman, Megan Johnson, is demanding the settlement payment to keep the matter out of court. According to the demand letter, Johnson was having a friend take a picture of her when Songz… Read More →

12JULNews

All members of TWICE renew contracts with JYP Entertainment

All nine members of K-pop girl group TWICE have renewed their contracts with longtime agency JYP Entertainment. READ MORE: VIVIZ talk their carefree new mini-album ‘Summer Vibe’ and moving on from GFRIEND On July 12, a representative from the K-pop agency told Ilgan Sports that all members of the girl group had renewed their contracts with JYP before they expired later this year. “Ahead of the expiration of their exclusive contracts this fall, all members of TWICE completed renewing their contracts,” said the representative, per Soompi. “TWICE, who played a crucial role in establishing JYP’s status, and JYP, which became a reliable source of support for TWICE growing to become a representative K-pop girl group, agreed based on this trust to renew the contracts with confidence in an even better future,” they added. Advertisement Just last week, TWICE’s eldest member Nayeon became the first-ever K-pop soloist to enter the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 with her debut mini-album ‘IM NAYEON’. The seven-track record was released on June 24 and led by the single ‘POP!’. In a four-star review of the album, NME’s Rhian Daly wrote that ‘IM NAYEON’ is “full of pop brilliance that sets the star up as not only… Read More →

11JULNews

Eminem announces second greatest hits collection, ‘Curtain Call 2’

Eminem has today (July 11) unveiled details of his second greatest hits collection, ‘Curtain Call 2’. READ MORE: The biggest moments from the Super Bowl Halftime Show 2022 The collection will be released on August 5 via Shady Records/Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records. The news comes soon after Eminem released ‘From the D 2 the LBC’ last month – a new single featuring Snoop Dogg. Advertisement That song is the lead single from ‘Curtain Call 2’, which is described in a press release as “a hits collection comprised of the inimitable Detroit MC’s creative output since the 2005 release of ‘Curtain Call: The Hits.’” It continues: “‘Curtain Call 2’ will include music from all Eminem projects from ‘Relapse’ forward, including side-projects, guest appearances, film soundtrack songs, and of course selections from his solo albums.” Eminem ‘Curtain Call 2’ Greatest Hits artwork – CREDIT: Press In addition to the standard release, there will also be a limited edition box set and a limited quantity of autographed vinyl. You can sign up here to get access to these versions of the release. Eminem’s collaboration with CeeLo Green on the Dr. Dre-produced ‘The King And I’ – his song from the recent Elvis film will also be… Read More →

11JULNews

Listen to Show Me The Body’s new single, ‘Loose Talk’

Show Me The Body have today (July 11) shared a new single, ‘Loose Talk’ – listen to it below. READ MORE: Show Me The Body – the world’s most terrifying live band – return to London The track is the New York hardcore band’s first new music of 2022, and comes after a recent stint of UK tour dates and ahead of a US tour. Tomorrow night (July 12), Show Me The Body will begin their US tour with support from SOUL GLO and WiFiGawd in Columbus. The 23-date run will see the band perform dates in Dallas, Oakland, Seattle, Denver and finally Baltimore on August 13. Advertisement The band will also play Los Angeles this weekend for the In Broad Daylight event at The Belasco Theater. Check out the new song here, complete with black and white visuals from frontman Julian Pratt, who directed the video. In 2021, the NYC hardcore trio released a new EP called ‘Survive’ on March 19 via Loma Vista, and follows their 2019 full-length album ‘Dog Whistle’. The band said of the new EP: “During this isolation we had to recalibrate. Recalibrate both how we exist as a band and how we cultivate power within our community…. Read More →

11JULNews

How’d Tampa Rapper Doechii Go From TikTok To Top Dawg? She’s ‘Persuasive’

After going viral on TikTok in 2021 with the nostalgic track “Yucky Blucky Fruitcake,” which details her origin story, Doechii has been breaking in the industry. The self-proclaimed Swamp Princess and rapper, whose given name is Jaylah Hickman, performed her enticing single “Persuasive” at the 2022 BET Awards, delivering an impressive open season freestyle for XXL Freshman that landed her on their Freshman list the same year. She was featured with David Guetta, Missy Elliott, Afrojack, and Bia in the catchy club-ready collab “Trampoline.” And now, always pressing herself to improve, Doechii is the MTV Push Artist for July 2022. “I’m tedious about it as a craft, and I wanna get better,” she said. “And so, I’m constantly trying to push myself to make bridges and make them better and find new pockets, new ways and harmonies and incorporate a lot of skill into my art.” Born and raised in Tampa, Florida, Doechii was influenced by local underground artists like Tom. G, Trina, and Trick Daddy. She wrote her first rap verse titled “Cookie Cream Pie” for her talent show in sixth grade. “It [had] some corny lyrics,” she recalled. “I genuinely love it, but I’m embarrassed to sing it.”… Read More →

10JULNews

Foals clarify comments on telling Strokes tour managers to “eat my ass”, manager responds

Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis has clarified what happened at TRNSMT festival after rumours emerged of a rift with The Strokes following a row with their tour manager – and the manager has now responded. READ MORE: Foals on fanboying over Deftones and Dan Carey remixing their album Both artists were appearing at the festival in Glasgow and at one point, a tweet from Philippakis’ official Twitter account led fans to think that a disagreement had taken place between the two bands. “Hey one of the 5 unnecessary tour managers of @thestrokes come meet me in catering & eat my ass,” the first tweet from Philippakis’ Twitter account read. Advertisement Later, Philippakis replied to a post which said a man at the festival was asked by security to show his pass at the side of the stage “and he refused to show it,” seemingly implying this was Philippakis. Writing in response, Philippakis clarified what happened saying that the suggestion was “Total crap.” He went on: “They had a closed stage: invited us up, handed out stage passes. Asked me to show mine, no problem showed it to get on stage to security & tm he then came over & was berating… Read More →

08JULNews

Deaf Havana: “I’ve never known what we are, but now I’m comfortable with that”

Deaf Havana have spoken to NME about their sixth album ‘The Present Is A Foreign Land’ and why the record is a new beginning for the band. After the Norfolk five-piece released their electro-pop album ‘Rituals’ in 2018, things started falling apart for the band. A distinct step away from the indie rock of 2017’s ‘All These Countless Nights’, vocalist James Veck-Gilodi described that album as “a slow death” for Deaf Havana. “I learnt so much writing that album but that excitement quickly became cynicism,” the singer’s brother and guitarist Matty told NME. “We had been so focused on pop hooks, the soul wasn’t there.” Touring felt “empty” and by the time the band had finished that run of shows at the end of 2019, they were all confident that Deaf Havana was over. Advertisement “Towards the end, there was nothing positive about the band,” James explained. A meeting in January 2020 confirmed it, with a farewell tour arranged to clear their remaining debts. Then COVID happened, and Deaf Havana had a chance to rethink their priorities. When it looked like touring might be possible, talk of those farewell shows began again. They realised selling tickets might be easier if… Read More →

08JULNews

Hear KARD’s Jiwoo cover The Pretty Reckless’ 2010 track ‘My Medicine’

KARD’s Jiwoo has delivered a new cover of The Pretty Reckless‘ 2010 song ‘My Medicine’. READ MORE: BM of KARD: “I love expressing attraction and letting someone know how beautiful they are” The K-idol’s rendition of the rock band’s 2010 track was released on Mushroom Company’s YouTube channel, which was freshly launched alongside its series of live performances dubbed Mushroom Live. Jiwoo is the first artist to participate in the series, with a slightly stripped-back cover of The Pretty Reckless’ song. “Somebody mixed my medicine / I don’t know what I’m on / Somebody mixed my medicine / Now baby it’s all gone,” she sings, against a set made to replicate a foliage of forest mushrooms. Watch it here. Advertisement KARD – completed by bandmates Somin, BM and J.seph – recently made their long-awaited comeback with their fifth mini-album ‘Re:’ late last month, featuring the title track ‘Ring The Alarm’. It marked the co-ed quartet’s first release in over two years, after their 2020 single album ‘Way With Words’, which also marked the act’s last release before member J.seph enlisted in the military later that year. Apart from releasing a new mini-album, DSP Media had also confirmed that the group will be embarking on… Read More →