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Deadmau5 apologises for drunken set at Coachella 2025: “I don’t remember a thing”

Deadmau5 has apologised for his performance at Coachella 2025, saying he was so drunk that he “doesn’t remember a thing”. The Canadian DJ and producer – real name Joel Zimmerman – was scheduled to play a three and a half hour set under his alter ego Testpilot B2B with ZHU, on the festival’s new Quasar Stage on Friday night (April 18). Advertisement However, the set would end up being cut short after Deadmau5 got noticeably intoxicated, drinking shots on stage and making slurred comments into the microphone. See some fan-captured accounts of the set from the California site below, many of which note that they still enjoyed the show. @stagehoppers Deadmau5 shortly before getting kicked off stage for being drunk 😂 set was a good time though! #deadmau5 #coachella2025 #coachella ♬ original sound – Stage Hoppers @autografmusic Deadmau5 showed up to Coachella and forgot he was the DJ during his b2b with zhu 💀 #coachella #dj #djmix #edm #deadmau5 #fyp ♬ original sound – Autograf Recommended On Saturday (April 20), Deadmau5 posted a photograph of a water bottle on his Instagram, writing: “I dont remember a thing. But I don’t think I had a cig? So… that’s good I guess? Going… Read More →

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‘Blade’ reboot: ‘Sinners’ star Delroy Lindo reveals Marvel was “really interested” in his input before the film “went off the rails”

Delroy Lindo has revealed that he was actively involved in shaping Marvel‘s planned Blade reboot before the film fell apart – find out more below. READ MORE: ‘Sinners’ review: sink your teeth into Ryan Coogler’s bloodthirsty blues horror Since being announced in 2019 with Mahershala Ali attached to star as the titular character, Marvel’s Blade reboot has faced delay after delay. Most recently, the film was scheduled for a November 2025 release, but according to reports, Blade was quietly removed from Marvel’s schedule indefinitely. Advertisement Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Lindo – known for Sinners, Da 5 Bloods and Malcolm X among others – revealed that Marvel was “really interested” in his input for Blade, in which he was going to play an unspecified role. Lindo explained: “In the various conversations I had with producers, the writer, the director at the time, it was all leading into being very inclusive. It was really exciting conceptually, but it was also exciting in terms of the character that was going to form. And then, for whatever reason, it just went off the rails.” Delroy Lindo. Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images In June last year, Blade lost another director, Yann Demange. Demange reportedly left the project… Read More →

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Björn Ulvaeus says he was drunk when he wrote ABBA’s ‘The Winner Takes It All’

ABBA‘s Björn Ulvaeus has revealed that he wrote ‘The Winner Takes It All’ while he was drunk on whisky. The 1980 song is one of the Swedish group’s most iconic tracks, an account of the painful aftermath of a breakup, and in a new interview with The Times, Ulvaeus said that while he rarely wrote anything good while drinking, this was one notable exception. Advertisement The musician, who gave up alcohol in 2007, said: “I wrote that song very quickly while drinking whisky during my drinking days. I rarely wrote while intoxicated because you look at the words the next day and it’s garbage.” “But most of ‘The Winner Takes It All’ is actually good. It’s not a personal story, but I tried to find the detail of a real human pain.” Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Bjorn Ulvaeus of ABBA. CREDIT: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images Despite Ulvaeus’ claim that it was not written autobiographically, it has long been rumoured that the song was based on the real-life breakup between Ulvaeus and bandmate Agnetha Fältskog, who announced their separation in late 1979 and divorced in the year the song was released. Given Fältskog takes the lead vocal on the Ulvaeus-penned tune,… Read More →

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BBC delays plans to block access to BBC Sounds internationally

The BBC has delayed its plans to block access to BBC Sounds for listeners outside of the UK. Earlier this year, the corporation announced plans to restrict the availability of the app for international audiences, with the proviso that access to Radio 4 and the World Service would remain for all through a new audio section on the BBC website. Advertisement BBC Sounds is the service that allows listeners to listen to the full range of the corporation’s national and local radio stations and podcasts, and it is currently fully accessible to people around the world. Instead of following through with their initial plans, they have now said they intend to “continue to make other BBC stations available to listeners outside the UK”, saying they “will not close BBC Sounds outside the UK until we have confirmed these plans”. (Credit: Peter Dazeley/Getty Images) It added that it still intends to close BBC Sounds to audiences outside the UK later this year, but it is now working “in parallel” on plans to make a range of stations remain available internationally when that happens. “This includes the BBC’s music stations. BBC Radio 1, Radio 2 and Radio 3, 6music, 1xtra and the… Read More →

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Keanu Reeves to star as villain in upcoming Weezer film

Keanu Reeves is reportedly in line to play the bad guy in the upcoming Weezer film. According to Hollywood insider Jeff Sneider, the John Wick star will feature prominently in the mockumentary-style movie that will revolve around a rivalry between Weezer and Reeves’ own band Dogstar. Advertisement The report suggests the film will be a cross between Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Weird: The Al Yankovic Story and will also star Juliette Lewis, Eric Andre, Johnny Knoxville and Ben Schwartz, as well as the members of the band themselves. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, known for films in the Paranormal Activity franchise, will direct the film. HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 16: Keanu Reeves attends the Los Angeles Premiere of Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” at TCL Chinese Theatre on December 16, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) Weezer’s first ever show was as the opening band for Dogstar at Raji’s in Los Angeles in 1992 – indeed, the two bands returned to the city’s Lodge Room in March last year to play together – and the film will likely draw on the real-life history between the two ‘90s alt-rock groups. Dogstar were a regular presence during… Read More →

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Diddy loses bid to delay sex trafficking and racketeering trial

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been unsuccessful in his bid to delay his sex trafficking and racketeering trial by two months. The ruling came on Friday (April 18) from US district judge Arun Subramanian, who said that attorneys for the disgraced rap mogul made the request too close to the start of the trial next month. Advertisement As per the current schedule, jury selection is due to commence on May 5 with opening statements expected to be heard a week later. Combs has pleaded not guilty to five criminal counts, including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has consistently denied all allegations against him and has asserted that all sexual activity described by prosecutors was consensual. He had requested he needed more time to respond to new charges against him and to access emails from one alleged victim, but the court has ruled decisively against his plea, arguing that the new charges are not substantially different from existing ones. Sean “Diddy” Combs pictured in 2023. CREDIT: Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images for Sean “Diddy” Combs Combs is currently being held without bail in jail in Brooklyn. Recommended His attorneys have also filed a motion to exclude video footage… Read More →

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Faith No More drummer says Mike Patton is “clearly unwilling to do shows with us”

Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin has said frontman Mike Patton is “clearly unwilling to do shows with us”. The veteran Bay Area band have been largely inactive for the last decade since the release of their comeback album ‘Sol Invictus’ in 2015, although they were due to play a number of shows in 2020, only for them to be scrapped due to COVID-19. Advertisement Further plans for live shows were announced in 2021, but those were subsequently cancelled, with Patton citing mental health reasons. He later revealed he had been diagnosed with agoraphobia during the pandemic. In the time since, the singer has been out on the road again with his other band Mr Bungle, however, and now in a new interview on the Let There Be Talk podcast, founding Faith No More percussionist Bordin has given an unencouraging update on the future of the group. Faith No More CREDIT: Jimmy Hubbard Bordin reflected on having to cancel the 2021 shows, saying it was “very clear that he was unable at that point to physically do it”. “We made the decision that, ‘Look, we’ve gotta support our guy’,” he added (via Blabbermouth). “It’s gonna be a shitstorm cancelling fucking… Read More →

The new Ultimate Music Guide: Siouxsie & The Banshees

There’s a great bit in the Siouxsie And The Banshees live film Nocturne which captures some of the band’s unique quality. They’re playing at London’s Albert Hall, and the film has quite a lot of fun with the idea that while the venue is very posh, the people attending the show are rather scruffy. Advertisement Sure enough, the crowd are unruly. The Banshees, though, are all dignity, thriving on the novelty and drawing strength from the unexpected context. As you’ll read in this latest Ultimate Music Guide, that’s very much been the case through the band’s history. Having been in at the arguable start of punk in 1976, the band avoided the stampede to emerge finally emerge in 1978 with their early musical limitations hardened into a jagged ethos. No-one seems to have called it post-punk then, but their scorched earth policy and surprise hit single “Hong Kong Garden” proved to be the foundation of an enduring career. Guided principally by the Siouxsie/Severin aesthetic, the band embraced and outlived its impressive guitarists – John McKay, John McGeogh, Jon Klein, even fleetingly Johnny Marr – to restart itself with a new proposition whenever they chose. No wonder the Banshees embraced side-projects… Read More →

Laura Marling: “maybe a once-in-a-lifetime thing”

From Uncut’s August 2020 issue [Take 279], the songwriting seeker talks us through her back catalogue… A follow-up to this spring’s Song For Our Daughter may be a little way off, explains Laura Marling. “If I’m on the road for an extended period of time, I tend to have written an album by the time I get back,” she says. “Obviously that’s been completely scuppered by coronavirus. When I’m at home I play the guitar but I don’t really feel the need to write – I mean, I’m at home, I’ve got nothing to miss.” Advertisement For now, though, there’s her extensive back catalogue to enjoy, and it’s this body of work that the songwriter is taking us through here; from her first studio experiences to orchestral arrangements for three bass guitars, via her own personal highpoint, 2013’s Once I Was An Eagle: “It’s just one of those things, maybe a once-in-a-lifetime thing.” Along the way, Marling ponders her time in Los Angeles, being one half of Lump and her mission as a solo artist today. “I’m not trying to reinvent the wheel,” she says. “As much as I love Blake Mills’ production on Semper Femina – and I would… Read More →

Tom Petty: runnin’ down a dream

From Uncut’s September 2016 issue [Take 232]: TOM PETTY gets the old gang back together. That is, his doomed first band, MUDCRUTCH, a mix of Heartbreakers and guitar teachers reunited for a long-awaited turn in the spotlight. Uncut meets a reborn Mudcrutch in New York, and explores with them the lost hinterland of a rock superstar. Tom Petty came to success in a very roundabout way. During his induction into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in New York in early June, Petty explains that, even today—having spent the best part of three decades refining back-to-basics American rock—he still considers himself to be an outsider. “I’m sorta the rock’n’roll white trash section of the show,” he deadpans from the podium of the Marriott Marquis Ballroom. Tonight, Petty is in illustrious company. His fellow inductees include Lionel Richie, Elvis Costello, Nile Rodgers and posthumously, Marvin Gaye. Petty is suitably dressed for the occasion, sporting a military-cut black tuxedo, a black silk shirt and a thin purple cravat. He is inaugurated by his friend Roger McGuinn and although the tone of the event is light and celebratory, Petty’s acceptance speech shares several hard truths about the nature of his craft. “Writing a song for a… Read More →

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Every actor confirmed for HBO’s Harry Potter TV series

HBO‘s upcoming Harry Potter TV series has confirmed its first six cast members. You can find them below. The new version of the hit fantasy series will adapt J.K. Rowling’s seven books over a mammoth 10-year period. It is currently unclear how much, if at all, the show will differ from the original novels and the subsequent film adaptations. Advertisement At present, casting for the three lead roles, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, is yet to be confirmed, although it was previously revealed that over 32,000 children had auditioned. Evert actor confirmed for HBO’s Harry Potter TV series John Lithgow will star as Albus Dumbledore in HBO’ Harry Potter series. CREDIT: Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic via Getty Images Back in February, it was reported that John Lithgow would play the role of Albus Dumbledore. HBO has since officially confirmed his casting, while also announcing Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, and Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid. Additionally, it has been revealed that Luke Thallon will play Professor Quirinus Quirrell, the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, while Paul Whitehouse has been cast as caretaker Argus Filch. “We’re delighted to have such extraordinary talent onboard, and we… Read More →

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Watch Self Esteem debut new songs at theatrical ‘A Complicated Woman’ London show

Self Esteem has debuted 11 new songs at the opening night of her “theatrical presentation” of her new album ‘A Complicated Woman’. The singer-songwriter – real name Rebecca Lucy Taylor – is due to release the 12-track record on April 25 via Polydor, the follow-up to her Mercury and BRIT-nominated ‘Prioritise Pleasure’ in 2021. Advertisement In January, she announced plans to bring the new album to life in the form of a stage show at the Duke Of York’s Theatre in London, and on Wednesday night (April 16), she played the first of the special shows. Self Esteem played the entirety of the new album, including ‘Mother’, which she had aired a few times on her last major tour, as well as the 11 other tracks that make up the record – all of which were receiving their live debut. Self Esteem. CREDIT: Aaron Parsons Self Esteem. CREDIT: Aaron Parsons Recommended In addition, a number of familiar favourites made the setlist, including ‘Fucking Wizardry’, ‘I Do This All The Time’ and ‘You Forever’. “Thank you so much for coming last night luvs,” Taylor wrote on Instagram after the show, along with a clip from the show. “Real dream come true… Read More →

500 Greatest Albums of the 1950s…Ranked!

“Before Elvis,” John Lennon famously said, describing the cultural landscape of the 1950s, “there was nothing.” And if you were a young aspiring musician looking for an escape from your suburban existence, then that must have been how the decade seemed. Post-war austerity. Scant television. “How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?” on the radio. Advertisement As you’ll read in this new magazine, though, if it felt like there was nothing before Elvis, there was plenty going on at around the same time. John might have inclined to Elvis, but alongside his explosion there was a volley of aftershocks: the riotous, controversial Little Richard (Paul’s favourite), Gene Vincent, Jerry Lee Lewis, and the influential Carl Perkins (who the Beatles covered three times). As the record business expanded operations to feed an insatiable demand for subversive rock ‘n’ roll, the 1950s initiated the practices which continue to serve it still: best ofs, singles collections, early works. The new “LP” (“long player”), a stable 10” or 12” plastic disc which could hold half an hour of music, was sufficiently robust to suggest the enduring quality of the music. But if rock made the loudest noise, it didn’t tell the full story…. Read More →

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Haim announce two Los Angeles shows next week: “For our day ones”

Haim have announced their return to the stage with two shows in Los Angeles next week. Find all the details below. READ MORE: Haim live in London: sisters make huge return to spiritual home The sister trio are due to play at The Bellwether – “LA’s premier independent music venue” – next Wednesday (April 23) and Thursday (24), marking their first full gigs since September 2023. Advertisement It has a capacity of 1,500, and is located at 333 S. Boylston Street. “For our day ones,” Haim wrote on social media to confirm the dates, “two shows.” In the caption, they added: “This is for everyone who’s been there since day one.. we love you guys. Take me back. Los Angeles see you next week.” Fans can RSVP to access tickets to the homecoming shows via Laylo – you can do so here. Check out the announcement post below. The band had previously teased on TikTok that it was time “to play some Haim shows”, sharing footage of themselves with their instruments. You can watch the videos here: @haimtheband …to play some haim shows?! ♬ original sound – SAGE Recommended @haimtheband see you next week los angeles ♬ Relationships – HAIM Haim… Read More →

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Unheard Avicii song ‘Let’s Ride Away’ to feature on new compilation ‘Avicii Forever’ – watch the trailer

An unheard song by Avicii is set to feature on a new compilation dedicated to the late Swedish DJ and producer. The track ‘Let’s Ride Away’ featuring Elle King will appear on ‘Avicii Forever’, along with 19 songs from the artist’s back catalogue. Advertisement It will also include hits such as ‘Wake Me Up’, ‘Levels’ and ‘Heart Upon My Sleeve’, featuring Imagine Dragons. The compilation will be available in physical formats and digitally, as well as through exclusive content on Avicii’s official social channels from May 16. You can pre-order/pre-save the album here. [embedded content] The tracklisting for ‘Avicii Forever’ is as follows: 1. ‘Wake Me Up’2. ‘Levels’3. ‘Let’s Ride Away’ (feat. Elle King)4. ‘The Nights’5. ‘Waiting For Love’6. ‘Without You’ (feat. Sandro Cavazza)7. ‘SOS’ (feat. Aloe Blacc)8. ‘Hey Brother’9. ‘Lonely Together’ (feat. Rita Ora)10. ‘I Could Be The One’ [Avicii vs Nicky Romero]11. ‘Silhouettes’12. ‘Fade Into Darkness’13. ‘You Make Me’14. ‘The Days’15. ‘For A Better Day’16. ‘Addicted To You’17. ‘Friend Of Mine’ (feat. Vargas & Lagola)18. ‘Broken Arrows’19. ‘Heart Upon My Sleeve’ (feat. Imagine Dragons)20. ‘Heaven’ Recommended Avicii – real name Tim Bergling – passed away in 2018 at the age of 28. The Swedish DJ and producer became… Read More →

Father John Misty, Royal Albert Hall, London, April 15, 2025

This is Josh Tillman’s debut at the Royal Albert Hall – or, as he tells the audience, the first time he’s ever even been in a room this distinguished – but it feels like the venue that Father John Misty was born to play. Ever since Tillman recorded Fear Fun as Father John Misty in 2012, he has perfected the art of the opulent confessional – part folk, part cabaret – that feels tailor-made for the interior of the Albert Hall, a womb designed by Fabergé. Advertisement THE MAY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING SMALL FACES, A SMALL FACES RARITIES CD, RADIOHEAD, LOU REED, BOOTSY COLLINS, POGUES, THESE NEW PURITANS, SUZANNE VEGA AND MORE And Tillman is in exquisite form as he brings his Mahashmashana tour to the UK. Backed by a fantastic seven-piece band, plus his own occasional contributions on acoustic, Tillman plays every song from his 2024 album, interspersed with select additions from a strong catalogue. Although Tillman jokes about the nature of his material – “here’s yet another beautiful ballad about getting gaslight by capitalism” he says, eyebrows raised, before “Mahashmashana” – he also shows a range that takes in country weepers… Read More →

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Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon reveals Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’-era collabs originated from Big Red Machine demos

Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon has revealed that Taylor Swift‘s ‘Folklore’-era collaborations with him and Aaron Dessner originally stemmed from Big Red Machine demos. READ MORE: Bon Iver – ‘SABLE fABLE’ review: a creative rebirth In 2020, Taylor Swift released two folk-inspired albums, ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’. The albums featured production work from The National‘s Aaron Dessner and included collaborations with Bon Iver. Advertisement Now, Justin Vernon has revealed in a chat with Zane Lowe that those collaborations were birthed out of demos Taylor had heard from his Big Red Machine side-project with Dessner. Aaron Dessner (L) and Justin Vernon (R) perform as Big Red Machine. Credit: Valeria Magri/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Vernon explained that in early 2020 before the pandemic hit, he had asked Dessner to join Bon Iver for their European tour as a replacement guitarist and to “dick around” and perform some of Big Red Machine’s songs. All of that never happened though, as the pandemic forced everyone into quarantine. As such, Dessner went on Instagram Live and played some of the Big Red Machine demos he had working, with Vernon explaining: “I think we just needed to share it. And Taylor heard it.” Vernon continued: “Again, all the… Read More →

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Billy Nomates shares joyous single ‘Plans’ and announces UK and European tour

Billy Nomates has shared a new single, ‘Plans’, and announced an autumn UK and European tour – get tickets here. READ MORE: Billy Nomates: “I’m a woman in the modern world, of course I’m angry!” ‘Plans’ is the second single from Nomates’ – real name Tor Maries – upcoming third album ‘Metalhorse’. Advertisement Maries, who recently received a multiple sclerosis diagnosis, describes the upbeat track as being like “getting on the Waltzers at the end of the world,” adding: “As I get older, and I’ve just had this diagnosis, and the world’s a fucking mess, the idea of being able to have fun or fall in love with someone is the ultimate rebellion, isn’t it? It just feels totally radical these days. And it seems to happen less as life gets more complicated. Things are only going to get worse, there’s no point being blue sky about it, but there’s also fun to be found in this two-minute whizz around that we all have.” It follows ‘The Test’, which came out last month as the lead single of ‘Metalhorse’, released on May 16 – pre-order it here. In the week following the album’s release, Maries is set to play four instores in Nottingham,… Read More →

Songs Of Green Pheasant – Sings The Passing

Some musicians get their first glimpse of celebrity, flinch in the glare of the spotlight, and quickly burrow their way back underground. But Duncan Sumpner, you suspect, knew from the beginning that fame – even fame on a very small and grassroots indie level – was not for him. Advertisement THE MAY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING SMALL FACES, A SMALL FACES RARITIES CD, RADIOHEAD, LOU REED, BOOTSY COLLINS, POGUES, THESE NEW PURITANS, SUZANNE VEGA AND MORE A schoolteacher from Oughtibridge, a residential village on the outskirts of Sheffield, Sumpner has released a string of records under the name Songs Of Green Pheasant without ever quite stepping into the light. The project’s origin story speaks volumes about his elusive approach. A demo that Sumpner sent to Fat Cat in 2002 became a fixture on the label’s office stereo. But when they decided to get in contact to offer him a record deal, the email bounced back, and it took them years to track him down. In the years since, there have been a few brief interviews, a smattering of live shows and absolutely nothing like a synergistic brand partnership or engagement-boosting Tik Tok campaign. At… Read More →

Eiko Ishibashi – Antigone

Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, heroic challenger to male authority, has stamped her identity on Western culture over millennia, the subject of ancient Greek tragedy and French drama, European operas and world cinema. In Sophocles’s play, she ends up hanging herself rather than being walled up alive in a tomb. Eiko Ishibashi’s latest album may share a name with the tragic heroine, but there’s no melodrama here. The prevailing mood of Antigone is a stalling world nudged by invisible forces off its axis, beginning its slow spin into decay or disaster. Which makes it a pertinent listen for the wobbly historical moment we find ourselves in. Advertisement THE MAY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING SMALL FACES, A SMALL FACES RARITIES CD, RADIOHEAD, LOU REED, BOOTSY COLLINS, POGUES, THESE NEW PURITANS, SUZANNE VEGA AND MORE The sleeve art sets the tone perfectly. Computer generated blobs and geometric solids loom above Taro Mizutani’s monochrome land- and cityscapes. They are like stills from an alien disaster movie, where an unimaginably advanced civilisation arrives in unfamiliar, gigantic craft and floats, menacingly and soundlessly, above our home planet, making us feel suddenly very, very small. With Antigone, Ishibashi’s music has reached… Read More →

Neil Young – Coastal

In 2022, Neil Young embarked on his first concert tour in almost four years, 15 shows that never strayed too far from the Californian coastline. For Young – subjected, like all of us, to lockdown restrictions – this was the longest period he’d been off the road since 1978. As a consequence, Coastal finds Young in unusually reflective form. “It’s going to be a real trip walking out there on stage,” he confides to driver (and straight man) Jerry Don Borden. “Focus somewhere else,” advises Borden sagely as he pilots Young’s beloved Silver Eagle tour bus along the highway. Advertisement THE MAY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING SMALL FACES, A SMALL FACES RARITIES CD, RADIOHEAD, LOU REED, BOOTSY COLLINS, POGUES, THESE NEW PURITANS, SUZANNE VEGA AND MORE Directed affectionately by Daryl Hannah, Young’s wife, we see him soundchecking in the afternoon sunshine, practising vocal warm-ups in his bus and finally taking the long walk towards the stage itself. “I’m fucking scared,” he confesses with only a hit of a laugh on the tour’s opening night. Pre-show jitters or something more existential, nevertheless up on stage, Young eases into a familiar role, working the audience with… Read More →