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Madonna announces new career-spanning compilation to celebrate dance chart milestone

Madonna has announced details of ‘Finally Enough Love’, a new compilation celebrating the singer’s record 50 chart-topping hits on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. Madonna’s 2019 track ‘I Don’t Search I Find’, which featured on her ‘Madame X’ album, earned the artist her 50th number one on the Dance Club Songs chart in the US back in February 2020. READ MORE: The story of NME in 70 (mostly) seminal songs The achievement made Madonna the first and only artist with 50 number ones on any single Billboard chart. Advertisement Madonna is now set to further celebrate that success by releasing the career-spanning ‘Finally Enough Love’ collection digitally on June 24, before a physical release follows on August 19. Pre-order is available now from here and here. The forthcoming two versions of ‘Finally Enough Love’, a 50-song rundown of Madonna’s Dance Club hits (excluding 1987’s ‘Causing A Commotion’) and an abridged 16-track version, will be the first album releases to be part of the partnership between Madonna and Warner Music Group which was announced back in August. Both compilations have been curated by Madonna, with the 50-track ‘Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones’ including her favourite remixes of those chart-topping… Read More →

05MAYNews

Jackson Wang reveals he walked away from London Olympics to pursue K-pop career

Jackson Wang has revealed that he gave up on a chance to compete at the 2012 London Olympics to pursue a career in the K-pop industry. READ MORE: Every GOT7 song ranked in order of greatness The singer, who is also a member of K-pop boyband GOT7, recently appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show to speak about his upcoming album ‘Magic Man’. During the interview with Kelly Clarkson, he shared his time as a fencer for the Hong Kong Team prior to his move to Korea and what he gave up for music. “I was prepping for [the] London Olympics back then,” he recalled. “While prepping I just told my parents, ‘Hey, you know what, I always had this dream about music. Let me do my thing.’” Advertisement When asked how that conversation panned out, Jackson revealed that his aspirations had been met with disapproval. “They wanted me to, of course, go to the Olympics, and it took me seven months to persuade them,” he shared. “They were really against me, and then they’re like, ‘You’re out of your mind’.” Prior to signing with JYP Entertainment and moving to South Korea to begin his training as a K-pop idol, Jackson… Read More →

04MAYNews

Death Cab For Cutie reveal they’ve finished their new album

Death Cab For Cutie have revealed that they’ve finished their 10th album, confirming that new music will arrive next week. READ MORE: Ben Gibbard on his new Fender signature guitar – and how it’s influencing the new Death Cab For Cutie album The Washington band released their latest studio record, ‘Thank You For Today’, back in 2018. A five-track collection of covers titled ‘The Georgia EP’ came out in 2020 via Bampcamp and was later made available on streaming platforms. Tonight (May 4) Death Cab took to social media to post a photograph of themselves in a large recording studio. Advertisement “New album done,” the group wrote as the caption, telling fans that the first slice of new music from the full-length project will arrive next Wednesday (May 11). They also added a link to pre-save the as-yet-untitled track. Check out the post below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Death Cab for Cutie (@deathcabforcutie) Speaking to NME in March 2021, frontman Ben Gibbard explained that his then-new signature Fender Mustang guitar had been inspiring Death Cab’s next LP. “We’ve got a lot of songs and I’m really happy with the material,” he said. “I’m sure a… Read More →

03MAYNews

Kendrick Lamar hints that his new album could be a double disc

Kendrick Lamar has teased that his upcoming new album, ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’, could be released as a double disc project. READ MORE: Kendrick Lamar – ‘DAMN.’ review The rapper, who is due to headline Glastonbury this summer alongside Paul McCartney and Billie Eilish, announced details of the new album last month, tweeting out a link to his Oklahoma website where he revealed the title along with its release date. Set to be released on May 13, the forthcoming LP will be Lamar’s final project for Top Dawg Entertainment. It follows the albums ‘Section.80’, ‘good kid m.A.A.d city’, ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ and ‘DAMN.’. Advertisement Until today, no further information had been shared about his fifth album. However, a new photo has appeared at oklama.com featuring a book and two blank CDs that have been ripped. The cover of the book has the rapper’s name inscribed on it alongside the new album title. One disc has “MORALE” written on it in marker pen as well as some other hidden text; the other has “STEPPERS” and “MASTER COPY” sprawled on it. You can see the image below: pic.twitter.com/drVtjTIEYs — Elliott Wilson (@ElliottWilson) May 3, 2022 Lamar had previously teased the album… Read More →

03MAYNews

Juice WRLD foundation launches new mental health campaign

Juice WRLD‘s Live Free 999 foundation has launched a new mental health campaign to kick off Mental Health Awareness Month. READ MORE: The Big Read – Juice Wrld: “The rap game is so motherfucking soft now” Following the rapper’s death in December 2019 after suffering a drug-induced seizure at Chicago’s Midway airport, his mother, Carmela Wallace, launched the foundation to honour her son’s life. Now, the non-profit initiative has launched the 999 Stories of Mental Health campaign, which it hopes will encourage people to share their stories on social media using the hashtag #999Stories. Advertisement “We have launched a testimonial awareness campaign called 999 Stories of Mental Health, to encourage and inspire people to share their personal stories about mental health,” the foundation wrote on Instagram. It added: “We are hoping to work with the many other foundations to continue to reduce the stigma around having honest conversations about Mental Health.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Live Free 999 (@live.free.999) Speaking about Juice WRLD’s “special way of connecting with his fans”, Wallace said she thinks it’s because of “how open and honest his lyrics are”. “My goal for Live Free 999 and 999 Stories of Mental Health is to… Read More →

03MAYNews

Linkin Park to “begin sharing a little more regularly” with fans

Linkin Park have said that they plan on communicating with their fans “a little more regularly” moving forward. READ MORE: Mike Shinoda on writing an album on Twitch, 20 years of ‘Hybrid Theory’ and Chester Bennington’s voice The band, who have been on hiatus since the death of frontman Chester Bennington in 2017, took to Instagram this evening (May 3) to share a statement with fans. “Two decades in and our LP community continues to inspire us,” Linkin Park wrote. “Your passion and dedication is the lifeblood of what we’ve built together with you. And it doesn’t go unnoticed. Advertisement “We thought it was about time to begin sharing a little more regularly with you. Starting this month, we’ll be putting (digital) pen to (digital) paper to share NOTES FROM THE BAND-tiny snapshots into our daily misadventures, from us each month.” They added: “There’s no concrete plan, but that’s what we like about it. Until then… “All our best, Rob, Brad, Dave, Joe & Mike.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by LINKIN PARK (@linkinpark) It comes after Mike Shinoda updated fans on the status of Linkin Park last month, revealing that he and the rest of the band… Read More →

03MAYNews

Listen to Porridge Radio’s personal love song ‘End Of Last Year’

Porridge Radio have shared their brand new single ‘End Of Last Year’, which is a love song frontwoman Dana Margolin wrote for the band. READ MORE: Porridge Radio – “I’ve always known that we’re the best band in the world” The track is taken from the Brighton band’s upcoming third album ‘Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky’ and follows on from singles ‘The Rip’ and ‘Back To The Radio’. Speaking about the song, Margolin said: “‘End Of Last Year’ is a love song for my bandmates and for myself. It’s about not trusting my intuition, not trusting my body to heal itself, not trusting the people closest to me, but it is also an ode to all those people, and to difficult platonic love. Advertisement “It came out of a particularly painful period of communication breakdown and high pressure that hurt a lot, but ended in reconciliation and understanding.” ‘End Of Last Year’ arrives alongside a video directed by Maura Sappilo. “I’ve been a fan of her work for a long time,” explained Margolin, “and I wanted her to make the video for this song because whilst her work is playful and bright, she knows how to bring the… Read More →

03MAYNews

Trevor Noah jokes about Will Smith slap at White House Dinner

Trevor Noah made light of Will Smith‘s Oscars slap while presenting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. During the Academy Awards back in March, Smith walked onto the stage and struck Chris Rock following a joke about the appearance of his wife Jada Pinkett Smith. After returning to his seat, Smith proceeded to yell at Rock: “Keep my wife’s name out your fucking mouth”. Various comedians and presenters have since made jokes and commented about the slap, and now Noah has followed suit. Advertisement Will Smith slaps Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars 2022. Credit: Getty Images At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday (April 30), The Daily Show host said to the audience: “It is risky making jokes these days. I mean, we all saw what happened at the Oscars. “I’ve actually been a little worried about tonight. What if I make a really mean joke about Kellyanne Conway, and then her husband rushes up on the stage and thanks me?” Kellyanne Conway is an American political consultant who previously worked under Donald Trump during his time as president. Her husband George Conway, a lawyer and political activist, is firmly anti-Trump. President Joe Biden, First Lady Dr Jill… Read More →

03MAYNews

Joan Jett shares her memories of “fuckin’ wonderful guy” Taylor Hawkins

Joan Jett has shared her memories of the late Taylor Hawkins in a new interview with NME. READ MORE: Joan Jett: “Ted Nugent’s criticism? It’s what I’ve dealt with my whole life – being written off” Foo Fighters drummer Hawkins passed away in March in Bogotá, Colombia, where the band had been touring. He was 50. Speaking to NME, Jett remembered Hawkins as “a fuckin’ wonderful guy”, adding: “[He] would light up a room. Kick-ass drummer.” Advertisement Jett also recalled in the interview how she and her band, the Blackhearts, first met the Foos “around 2010″, where they “all really hit it off”. In 2011, Foo Fighters invited the band to perform Jett’s 1980 hit ‘Bad Reputation’ on The Late Show With David Letterman. “Just little things like that, they included me in,” she recalled to NME about the performance. “It was very, sort of, familial. We’re all sittin’ backstage, runnin’ through songs. I can see [Taylor] now on his drum pad, whacking away. He’s a wonderful guy.” Jett added of Hawkins’ death: “It’s really a tragedy that so many people who love him, lose him. “But, you know, it’s not just physical. He’s around. And that’s hard for people… Read More →

03MAYNews

Alana Haim covers ‘A Goofy Movie’ track at fan’s request

Alana Haim has performed a cover of the song ‘I2I’, which appears in the 1995 Disney animation A Goofy Movie, following an audience request. Haim has expressed her love of the film on multiple occasions, telling Vice in January: “People make fun of me, but my favourite movie is A Goofy Movie. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Haim: “I think women make the best rock music” “If you haven’t seen it, you need to watch A Goofy Movie. It’s the best movie of all time.” Advertisement The musician and actor has now performed her own version of ‘I2I’, which is performed by Tevin Campbell as the character Powerline in the original film, during a Haim show in Phoenix, Arizona. You can take a look below. @supjl_ Alana Haim being the number 1 A Goofy Movie stan at their concert #haim #concert #alanahaim #phoenix #fyp ♬ original sound – Joel Haim kicked off their North American ‘One More Haim’ tour last month in support of their third studio album, 2020’s acclaimed ‘Women In Music Pt. III’. The opening show in Las Vegas featured the live debut of ‘Leaning On You’ – you can find fan footage, the setlist and full details here. Haim… Read More →

03MAYNews

Harry Styles announces special ‘One Night Only’ London gig

Harry Styles has announced details of a special ‘One Night Only’ show in London to celebrate the release of his new album ‘Harry’s House’. The artist’s third studio album, the follow-up to 2019’s ‘Fine Line’, is set for release on May 20 via Columbia. READ MORE: Harry Styles live at Coachella: spectacular showman makes a bid for rock god status After recently announcing a ‘One Night Only’ gig in New York to celebrate the arrival of ‘Harry’s House’, Styles has now confirmed that he will also perform at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on May 24 to welcome the new LP. Advertisement The gig will see Styles performing songs from the new album for the first time, according to a press release. Harry’s House Live From London. May 24th. pic.twitter.com/Ld7GpJVLig — Harry Styles. (@Harry_Styles) May 3, 2022 Tickets for Styles’ ‘One Night Only’ London gig will be available in a pre-sale (available to American Express Card Members, O2 Priority members and fans who pre-order ‘Harry’s House) on May 10, before a general sale begins at 10am on May 11. Tickets will be available to buy here next week. Styles recently debuted two tracks from ‘Harry’s House’ during his Coachella 2022 headline… Read More →

02MAYNews

Harry Styles announces ‘One Night Only In New York’ album release gig

Harry Styles has announced a special ‘One Night Only In New York’ gig to celebrate the release of his new album, ‘Harry’s House’. The pop star will release his third album, featuring the recent single ‘As It Was’, on May 20, via Erskine Records. READ MORE: Harry Styles live at Coachella: spectacular showman makes a bid for rock god status The special concert will take place at the UBS Arena at Belmont Park, in Long Island’s Elmont, on May 20. According to a press release, the show will see Styles perform tracks from ‘Harry’s House’ for the first time ever. Advertisement Tickets for the gig will cost $25 all-in (£20), including taxes and fees. A Verified Fan pre-sale will open on Ticketmaster between 9am and 11am ET on Thursday (May 5) – fans can register for access here until 7pm ET tomorrow (May 3). View this post on Instagram A post shared by @harrystyles Due to the limited number of tickets available, Ticketmaster has confirmed there will not be a general sale for tickets. “We expect the demand for tickets to see Harry Styles – One Night Only In New York to be overwhelming,” a message on Styles’ Ticketmaster landing page… Read More →

02MAYNews

FKA Twigs gets trial date in Shia LaBeouf sexual assault case

FKA Twigs’ lawsuit against Shia LaBeouf, alleging sexual battery, assault and infliction of emotional distress, has been given a date to go to trial. In December 2020, the musician – real name Tahliah Barnett – sued the actor, accusing him of “relentless abuse” during their relationship. Now, the case will be heard before a jury in a Los Angeles court next year, with the trial currently set to start on April 17, 2023, Rolling Stone reports. A remote hearing in the case was heard in June 2021. At that time, Barnett’s lawyer told a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge that “the parties have been engaged in productive settlement negotiations and are in the process of arranging for an early mediation”. The judge then allowed time for the musician and the actor to work out a settlement out of court, setting a follow-up court date for December 2021. FKA Twigs on the BandLab NME Awards 2022 red carpet. Credit: Eva Pentel “The gaslighting has gone on long enough here and it’s time to hold Shia LaBeouf accountable,” Barnett’s lawyer Bryan Freedman told Rolling Stone today (May 2). “My client wants a trial date.” Neither Barnett nor LaBeouf have commented publicly… Read More →

02MAYNews

Chester Bennington’s band Grey Daze share first episode of documentary

Chester Bennington‘s pre-Linkin Park band, Grey Daze, have shared the first episode of their documentary series. Watch the first episode below. READ MORE: Grey Daze – ‘Amends’ review: lost album from Chester Bennington’s former band is a reminder of his singular talent The four-part series, called Grey Daze: Creation of the Phoenix, follows the band from their origins in the ’90s up to their yet-to-be-released LP, ‘The Phoenix’. The record, which is set to come out on June 17, features re-mastered vocals from Bennington. The Linkin Park frontman left Grey Daze back in 1998, but had reunited with them and was in the middle of re-recording music for a new album when he died in 2017. Advertisement The band have shared the first episode of the docu-series, which features footage of Bennington and his bandmates playing together at their start, before getting into their experience of making ‘The Phoenix’, a follow-up to their 2020 album ‘Amends‘, which also featured re-mastered vocals from Bennington’s. ‘The Phoenix’ will be a 10-song collection intended to honour the late singer, with contributions from Dave Navarro, Richard Patrick and Bennington’s daughters, Lily and Lila Bennington. READ MORE: Chester Bennington’s old band Grey Daze on releasing new album… Read More →

02MAYNews

Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan to return to ‘Neighbours’ for finale

It’s been confirmed that “ultimate Neighbours couple” Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan will be returning to Ramsay Street for the finale of the long-running soap. In February, the Australian show’s UK broadcaster Channel 5 announced that it will no longer air the series beyond the summer, leading to the cancellation of the show. A statement on the show’s official Twitter read: “We are so sorry to say that after nearly 37 years and almost 9,000 episodes broadcast we have to confirm that Neighbours will cease production in June. From here on, we are celebrating Neighbours.” Advertisement Speaking about the show, Minogue said: “I’ll be forever grateful for the experience & the friends I made on Neighbours. We had no idea how big the show would become and how passionately viewers would take it to heart. Pure love.” It’s now been confirmed that she, alongside Jason Donovan, will be returning to the show with the pair sharing images of a script. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kylie Minogue (@kylieminogue) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jason Donovan (@jdonofficial) Minogue played Charlene Mitchell, with Donovan playing Scott Robinson. Both characters were introduced to the show… Read More →

28APRNews

Rage Against The Machine and Muse to play brand new Mad Cool events

Mad Cool has launched two new events for 2022, Mad Cool Sunset and the Andalucia Big Festival. The original Madrid festival will take place between July 6-10, with the likes of Metallica, Muse, The Killers, Haim and Florence + The Machine set to perform. READ MORE: Muse’s new song ‘Won’t Stand Down’ fires harder than they have since ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ Organisers have now announced Mad Cool Sunset, a one-day concert that’s scheduled for Saturday, September 10. It’ll remain a fixture on the festival calendar from now on, according to a press release. Advertisement Rage Against The Machine will headline this year’s inaugural edition, which will also host sets from Biffy Clyro, Run The Jewels, Glass Animals, Stereophonics, Yard Act, Sports Team, Nova Twins and more. Ticket details are expected to be confirmed “soon” – you can see the full line-up below and find more information here. Madrid! We’ll be back on September 10th at Mad Cool Sunset ? Rage Against The Machine, Biffy Clyro, Glass Animals, Stereophonics, Run The Jewels and many more. Will you be there? Tickets coming soon #MadCoolSunset pic.twitter.com/XHafTxTH6e — Mad Cool Festival (@madcoolfestival) April 22, 2022 Additionally, Mad Cool will put on the new Andalucia Big… Read More →

27APRNews

Superorganism share “deliciously obnoxious” new pop single ‘crushed.zip’

Superorganism have dropped a new single ‘crushed.zip’ – you can listen to it below. READ MORE: Superorganism – ‘Superorganism’ review The track is the latest preview of the London-based pop collective’s forthcoming second album ‘World Wide Pop’, following previous singles ‘It’s Raining’ and ‘Teenager’. “It’s a musical journey through the anxieties and isolation that can arise from being an artist, it’s ultimately delicious though”, said guitarist Harry. Advertisement Singer Orono Noguchi added: “I was thinking about Kanye [West] and Elliott Smith a lot (which is most of the time). I wanted to do like a really depressing and personal song but with the most deliciously obnoxious pop packaging. Stuart Price’s production really elevated it to the next level.” The London-based collective will release the follow-up to their 2018 self-titled debut on July 15 via Domino. You can pre-order/pre-save the record from here. It boasts contributions from Stephen Malkmus, Dylan Cartlidge as well as the Japanese musician and actor Gen Hoshino. Superorganism will showcase ‘World Wide Pop’ on a UK headline tour this autumn, which concludes with a show at Scala in London on September 21. Gigs will also take place in Europe and North America. Before that the band will hit the road… Read More →

27APRNews

Watch FKA twigs running through the streets of London in new ‘Which Way’ video

FKA twigs has shared another video from her recent ‘Caprisongs’ mixtape – you can view it below. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – FKA twigs – “There are so many sides to me that the world hasn’t seen yet” The lo-fi visuals for ‘Which Way’, which features London band Dystopia, sees twigs wandering the streets of London before she ends up on the banks of the River Thames. It was directed by Aidan Zamiri, who also helmed the official videos for her previous singles ‘Honda’, ‘Papi Bones’ (featuring Shygirl), ‘Meta Angel’, ‘Jealousy’ (featuring Rema) and ‘Oh My Love’. Advertisement “When I was walking through the London city lights / I met the devil and he smiled at me / Said you’re going the wrong way,” twigs sings on the track. In a four-star review of ‘Caprisongs’, NME wrote: “After pouring her darkest moments into ‘Magdalene’, this varied and playful mixtape represents a moment of release, though it remains to be seen whether Barnett will head further into this direction, or enter a new album era recharged. “You suspect, knowing twigs and her crew of chameleon-like collaborators, that she’ll probably continue to do both at once.” Last month also saw FKA twigs being crowned Godlike… Read More →

26APRNews

BBC’s first Gaming Prom will include music from ‘Kingdom Hearts’ and more

The BBC Proms will include its first ever orchestral video game performance – dubbed the Gaming Prom – when the eight-week event returns later this year. READ MORE: Video game music covers and remixes you should check out after ‘Kirby”s Grammy win Announced today (April 26), Prom 21 is titled ‘Gaming Prom – From 8-Bit To Infinity’ and will feature music from the ‘80s all the way up to last year’s Battlefield 2042. According to the BBC the event will take place on August 1 this year, at London’s Royal Albert Hall. On the night, music from Shadow Of The Colossus, Kingdom Hearts, Dear Esther and Battlefield 2042 will be played, with the full programme yet to be announced. Advertisement “Fantastic worlds, epic adventures, complex characters and huge moral choices,” reads the event’s description. “The universe of computer gaming is a natural match for orchestral music, and in the 21st century games have created a huge and passionate global audience for some of the most vivid, ambitious and inventive music currently being written for symphony orchestra.” Shadow Of The Colossus. Credit: Team Ico The performance will be presented by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Robert Ames, and on August 5… Read More →

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Cardi B, Billie Eilish and more dubbed “tools of Satan” by US political candidate Kristina Karamo

Cardi B, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande and Beyoncé are among several artists that have been deemed “tools of Satan” by Kristina Karamo, the Republican candidate running for Michigan Secretary of State. Karamo was chosen by Michigan Republicans on April 23 as their candidate for Secretary of State in the upcoming November election. Per NPR, Karamo – a former community college professor and host of the defunct It’s Solid Food podcast – rose to prominence after claiming she witnessed election fraud in the state’s capital Detroit during the last presidential election. Karamo has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump, and continues to deny the results of the 2020 US election. Advertisement The politician has, particularly over the last two years, been vocal about some controversial opinions: She doesn’t think evolution should be taught in schools, she believes left-wing activists were behind the January 6 riots in Washington D.C., she has made repeated anti-LGBT remarks and she appeared at a rally affiliated with QAnon last year. Karamo’s opinions have even involved some of music’s most prominent female figures, linking the artists to Satan and satanic doings. In an episode of her former podcast that aired on August 6 2020, as unearthed… Read More →

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Listen to Sleaford Mods’ fiery ’Live From Nottz Arena’ EP

Sleaford Mods have today (April 25) released a new digital EP, ‘Live At Nottz Arena’, which was recorded in their hometown last year. The new release features six tracks and a couple of special guest appearances from Billy Nomates and Amyl And The Sniffers’ Amy Taylor. READ MORE: Sleaford Mods live in Nottingham: bewildering joy at duo’s first-ever headline arena show “Back in November we played a storming show at Nottz Arena and today we’ve released Live from Nottz Arena, a 6-track digital EP plus 3 videos from the night,” the band wrote on Instagram. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sleaford Mods (@sleaford_mods) Advertisement The live video captures footage of the duo performing ‘Nudge It’ featuring Taylor, ‘Mork n Mindy’ featuring Billy Nomates, and ‘Tied Up In Nottz’. Watch ‘Nudge It’ below and the rest of the videos on Sleaford Mods’ YouTube channel. The EP was recorded at Nottingham Arena, a gig that marked the band’s biggest show ever. The full tracklist for ‘Live From Nottz Arena’ is as below. You can find the whole EP here. ‘Mork n Mindy’ ft. Billy Nomates ‘Discourse’ ‘Jolly Fucker’ ‘Don’t Go’ ‘Nudge It’ ft. Amy Taylor ‘Tied Up In Nottz’… Read More →