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The Fratellis on first hearing the term “indie landfill”: “I thought, ‘I bet they’re referring to people like us’”

The Fratellis have opened up about their music being described as “indie landfill” in a new interview. READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – The Fratellis Speaking to NME, the band were asked about Vice rating their hit song ‘Chelsea Dagger’ number one on a list entitled ‘Top 50 Greatest Landfill Songs Of All Time’. Discussing the list and the term, frontman Jon Lawler said: “I didn’t see it [the list], but I live in my own bizarre little world…But I remember the first time I heard the ‘indie landfill’ term being used, I thought: ‘I bet they’re referring to people like us’. Advertisement “Some might think it’s snobbery, but let’s face it, we’ve all got a bit of the snob about us – I certainly have. ‘Chelsea Dagger’ produces this sort of total abandon that’s a pleasure to stand back and watch. Most nights you don’t even have to sing it ‘cause the audience will take care of that. It’s a song that’s never dipped below a level of sheer fucking happiness for us.” Last month, it was revealed that The Fratellis and The Sherlocks will be joining Kaiser Chiefs on a huge winter area tour. Tickets are available… Read More →

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‘PUBG Mobile’ to feature K-pop group BLACKPINK in Version 2.0

As part of next month’s Version 2.0 update, PUBG Mobile will be crossing over with both K-pop group BLACKPINK and the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime. READ MORE: How upcoming survival-crafting game ‘Nightingale’ will “put worldbuilding front and centre” Announced last week (April 23), PUBG Mobile will be featuring the band and anime as part of May’s Version 2.0 update, which also includes improvements to the Ban Pan anti-cheat software and the official launch of the newly-enhanced Livik map. Little is known about the upcoming pair of crossovers, but the Evangelion one is expected to start in May, with BLACKPINK’s collaboration “coming soon”. Advertisement The Livik map’s revamp will include four improved areas, a new all-terrain four-seater UTV, vehicle ramps and ziplines. These additions are designed to “enhance gameplay and provide additional challenges,” while Advanced Supply Zones will randomly appear near a player’s flight path as they enter a map – creating supply-rich areas that are attractive to all players. Additionally, the Erangel and Miramar maps will introduce the Emergency Pickup map mechanism, which allows players outside the playzone to summon a hot air balloon to carry them into the middle of the playzone. However, players can still take damage from the… Read More →

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Roger Daltrey says the music industry has been “stolen” from artists

Roger Daltrey has said he believes that the music industry has been “stolen” from artists. During a recent interview with The Independent, the frontman of The Who claimed that the band’s 2019 album ‘WHO’ left him £10,000 out of pocket. “Musicians cannot earn a living in the record industry anymore,” Daltrey told the publication. READ MORE: Streaming – what happens next? Artists demand “a shift in the way business is done” “That is ridiculous, and they’re being robbed blind by streaming and the record companies, because the old deals with record companies that existed in the Seventies, Eighties and Nineties, they’re still working on the same percentage breaks.” Advertisement He continued: “And of course, they don’t do any work. They just press a button and it goes out on digital, whereas before they had to manufacture, they had to distribute, they had to do all that stuff. They’re doing bugger all and taking all the money, and the musicians are getting nothing. “Our music industry, I think, has been stolen. I think we really do have to be concerned when young musicians can’t earn a living writing music.” The Who perform live. Getty Daltrey added: “The streaming companies pay so… Read More →

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Killer Mike on new marijuana docu-series: “I think it should be legal from day one for adult usage”

Run The Jewels‘ Killer Mike has opened up about a new pro-marijuana documentary he’s been working on. READ MORE: Watch Run The Jewels’ brilliant reaction to winning NME’s Album of the Year 2020 Tumbleweeds with Killer Mike is a new docu-series where Mike discusses the “impact and evolution” of cannabis culture, the history of marijuana and its legalisation in states such as Las Vegas, San Francisco, Chicago, and New York. Speaking to Consequence about what viewers can expect from the series, Mike said: “They’re going to further expand what they know in terms of seeing what’s out there on the horizon in terms of advocacy and creating equity and fairness around marijuana. In terms of people that have been sentenced and charged for things, what will happen next in terms of opportunities for them as the world blossoms. Advertisement “There’s something to learn about how veterans that are coping with PTSD have dealings with marijuana advocacy. You also get to learn some just very cool stuff that’s happening on the art scene in terms of interactions with marijuana in some of the museums and spaces. A lot of us already know, but as this opens up to a more free society and people… Read More →

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Post Malone shares clips of new collabs with Doja Cat and more

Post Malone shared snippets of some new collaborations with Doja Cat, Roddy Ricch, Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold and The Kid Laroi during an Instagram Live last night (April 23). The rapper – whose real name is Austin Post – is expected to return soon with his fourth album, ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’, and gave fans previews of some of its collabs and other tracks. READ MORE: Post Malone at Reading Festival 2021: plenty of fireworks, but little spark Post started a livestream around 3am PT (11am BST) last night and played a handful of songs throughout it. “I would love to play this entire record and I just want to say hey to everybody that’s hanging out,” he told fans who tuned in. “Honestly, I’ve been working so fucking hard and I would love to play y’all a couple more records if y’all got time. We’ve got a lot of cool stuff going on.” Advertisement Speaking about the song ‘A Love/Hate Letter To Alcohol’, which features Pecknold, the star said it detailed his “struggle with alcohol”. “I just hope it touches somebody out here,” he said, before adding of Pecknold: “He’s the most beautiful fucking vocalist, the most epic fucking guy. Fleet… Read More →

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Megan Thee Stallion recalls being shot in new TV interview: “I was really scared”

Megan Thee Stallion has recalled the night she was shot in a preview of a new TV interview, saying she was “really scared” during the incident. The rapper, whose real name is Megan Pete, gave her first TV interview about the shooting to CBS’ Gayle King. The full conversation will air in full on the TV station tomorrow (April 25). The preview begins with the star explaining the context behind the incident, saying it started with “an argument because I was ready to go and everybody else wasn’t ready to go”. “But that’s normal friend stuff,” she added. “We fuss about silly stuff all the time.” Pete continued: “I never put my hands on anybody. I never raised my voice too loud. This was one of them times where it was like, it shouldn’t have got this crazy. So I get out of the car and everything happens so fast. All I hear is this man screaming and he said, ‘Dance bitch’ and he started shooting. I was just like, ‘Oh my god’. He shot a couple of times and I was so scared.” Asked by King where the shooter was firing at her from, the rapper replied: “He… Read More →

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Lorde addresses viral video of her shushing fans at shows

Lorde has addressed a viral video of her shushing fans during performances of ‘Writer In The Dark’ on her ‘Melodrama’ tour. Although the tour took place in 2017 and 2018, videos of the star telling fans to be quiet while she performed the track have only recently seen a resurgence online. READ MORE: Lorde: “I feel like I can see my world and myself a lot clearer now” In a video sent to Instagram fan account @lordecontent, Lorde herself has now addressed the viral clips. “I just woke up,” she began the response video. “I just wanted to talk about this thing of me shushing people at my shows. Advertisement “That was something that I did on that one song a couple times when I wanted to sing it a capella or off the microphone so people could hear me and because I wanted to try something different. If you come to my shows, you know it’s an hour-and-a-half of all of us singing and screaming together. Also that dramatic-ass move was literally for an album called ‘Melodrama’, so don’t stress too hard.” The viral video comes as Lorde is midway through her North American ‘Solar Power’ tour and played ‘Writer… Read More →

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BTS’ Jimin and Ha Sung-woon share ‘Our Blues’ OST ‘With You’

BTS’ Jimin and former Wanna One member Ha Sung-woon have shared the collaborative track ‘With You’ from the OST of the Korean drama Our Blues. The track, which was initially announced last month, marks the first time that Jimin has worked on a soundtrack release. READ MORE: ‘Our Blues’ review: the blues of Jeju chase away the blues in our hearts All but one verse of ‘With You’ is sung in English, with Jimin and Ha Sung-woon swapping lines filled with dedication and love. “I wanna be with you / And I wanna stay with you,” Jimin sings in a low register in the first verse. “Just like the stars shining bright / You’re glowing once more.” Advertisement “Right here beside you, I’m still / Walking wherever you go,” adds Ha. “You will live forever in me / Breathing deeply within me.” The song’s release comes accompanied by a video featuring clips from Our Blues, which is airing on tvN in Korea and streaming internationally on Netflix now. Watch the video above. Ahead of ‘With You’’s release, a representative from Nyam Nyam Entertainment – the company in charge of the Our Blues soundtrack – told The Korea Times: “Jimin’s soft vocal… Read More →

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Alfie Templeman shares new song ‘Living In A Universe’ for EarthPercent

Alfie Templeman has shared a new song called ‘Living In A Universe’ for Earth Day, with proceeds going to Brian Eno’s climate change charity EarthPercent. READ MORE: Alfie Templeman announces debut album ‘Mellow Moon’: “It’s a place to get away from anxieties” To mark Earth Day (April 22), EarthPercent shared a list of exclusive tracks – including live versions, collaborations and previously unreleased songs – that have been donated by such artists as Coldplay, Michael Stipe, Anna Calvi and Jarvis Cocker‘s JARV IS…, while Declan McKenna also shared a new track called ‘Elephant’. “Buy the track to help fund the most effective organisations working on the climate emergency, under the guidance of an advisory panel of climate experts, leading scientists & youth activists,” Templeman wrote of the release of ‘Living In A Universe’. Advertisement At least £1.30 of the £1.99 price tag goes to EarthPercent and it can be purchased here. Today, I released 'Living In a Universe' via @earthpercentorg. Buy the track to help fund the most effective organisations working on the climate emergency, under the guidance of an advisory panel of climate experts, leading scientists & youth activists.https://t.co/TwB8Laor3B — Alfie (@alfietempleman) April 22, 2022 Proceeds from sales of these songs will go towards funding EarthPercent’s five… Read More →

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Watch Omar Apollo join Daniel Caesar at Coachella 2022 to perform ‘Invincible’

Omar Apollo joined Daniel Caesar at weekend two of Coachella 2022 to perform their recently released collaborative single ‘Invincible’ – watch footage below. READ MORE: All the action from Coachella 2022 weekend one – in stunning photos After performing his own set on the Outdoor Theatre earlier in the day, Apollo joined Caesar during his set on the Coachella Stage to run through their sleek pop song ‘Invincible’. At the end of the track, Caesar introduced Apollo to the crowd and called him “the greatest”. Check out footage below. um omar apollo came out for daniel caesar ?? so weekend two is better huh pic.twitter.com/gOUZithJxF — Tomás Mier (@Tomas_Mier) April 23, 2022 Advertisement Apollo released the Caesar-featuring song ‘Invincible’ in February alongside news of his debut album. ‘Ivory’ was then released earlier this month (April 8). In a four-star review of the album, NME wrote: “The arrangements are consistently lush and layered, while Apollo’s pleas of confusion, unrequited crushes and disappointments often evolve into glossy alt-R&B triumphs.” During Weekend One of Coachella 2022, Daniel Caesar brought out Justin Bieber during his ten-track set on the main stage. The pair performed their pop R&B megahit ‘Peaches’. Caesar also gave ‘Please Do… Read More →

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Mike Shinoda updates fans on Linkin Park’s future

Mike Shinoda has updated fans on the status of Linkin Park, revealing that he and the rest of the band talk “every few weeks”. READ MORE: Mike Shinoda on writing an album on Twitch, 20 years of ‘Hybrid Theory’ and Chester Bennington’s voice The musician, who was recently appointed Community Innovation Advisor of Warner Recorded Music, discussed the future of the band during a Twitch livestream on Friday (April 22). Linkin Park have been on hiatus since the death of frontman Chester Bennington in 2017. “The only Linkin Park news I have for you is that… Yeah, we talk every few weeks – I talk to the guys, or some of the guys,” Shinoda said. “And there’s no tours, there’s no music, there’s no albums in the pipeline. Okay, so let me just tell you that. So just keep in your minds that that is not happening.” Advertisement “I’m just gonna say that much for now,” he continued. “I say that because anytime the band says anything or does anything, everyone tries to start up the hype train, and we’re, like, ‘No, no, no, no. Don’t start up the hype train.’ You’re gonna disappoint yourself. Don’t do that.” Watch Shinoda talk Linkin… Read More →

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Kendrick Lamar joins Baby Keem for pair of songs at Coachella 2022

Kendrick Lamar made a surprise appearance during Baby Keem‘s Coachella 2022 performance last night (April 22) – see the footage below. READ MORE: Baby Keem – ‘The Melodic Blue’ review: Kendrick’s protege forges his own path on exhilarating debut Lamar, who recently announced the release of his fifth studio album, ‘Mr Morale & The Big Steppers’, joined his cousin on the Sahaha stage for ‘Family Ties’ and ‘Vent’, the final two songs of his set. It was Keem’s second consecutive weekend performing at the festival. “Oh shit!” Keem shouted as Lamar made his way to the stage. The Compton rapper then proceeded to perform his rapid-fire verse from ‘Family Ties’ in front of a large video screen of fire and water scenes. The pair closed the set with the live debut of their collaborative track ‘Vent’. Both tracks are taken from Keem’s debut album, ‘The Melodic Blue’. Advertisement You can check out footage from Keem’s Coachella set below: Baby Keem played: ‘trademark usa’ ‘hooligan’ ‘scapegoats’ ‘HONEST’ ‘ORANGE SODA’ ‘booman’ ‘issues’ ‘range brothers’ ’16’ ‘Praise God’ ‘family ties’ (with Kendrick Lamar) ‘vent’ (with Kendrick Lamar) Elsewhere on Friday at Coachella, Harry Styles brought out Lizzo as a special guest during his headline set. Towards… Read More →

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Vinyl fans flock to UK record stops for Record Store Day 2022

Vinyl lovers have been flocking to independent record shops across the UK today (April 23) for Record Store Day 2022. As part of RSD’s 15th anniversary, hundreds of exclusive physical releases – including vinyl, CD and cassette – were made available at over 260 participating indie retailers nationwide. READ MORE: Check out the full list of Record Store Day 2022 releases Fans can get their hands on special records from the likes of Blur, Taylor Swift, Elvis, U2, Bring Me The Horizon, Sam Fender and Blondie. Advertisement Many celebrated managing to bag ‘The Lakes’ 7″ by Swift, who is the global ambassador of Record Store Day 2022. “Still can’t believe this happened but I’m so glad to have another addition to my Taylor Swift collection, especially one of my favourite tracks for my first RSD!” one customer wrote on Twitter. Another Swift fan shared a picture of their clear vinyl of ‘The Lakes’, captioning it: “Three hours later and she’s finally mine.” Elsewhere, a third Twitter used said: “SO SO HAPPY !!!!!! I GOT IT!! after waking up at 4am for record store day I now own ‘The Lakes’ on vinyl and it is so beautiful.” You can see those tweets below. Three… Read More →

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Arcade Fire on Peter Gabriel and Father John Misty’s involvement in ‘WE’

Arcade Fire have spoken about Peter Gabriel and Father John Misty‘s contributions to their upcoming new album, ‘WE’. The Canadian band are due to release their sixth studio effort on May 6 via Columbia Records. It was produced by long-term Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich along with the group’s Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. READ MORE: Arcade Fire’s new single ‘The Lightning I, II’ finds the band at their ambitious best During a recent interview with the Montreal Gazette, it was noted that Gabriel contributed to a dance-orientated album track called ‘Unconditional II (Race and Religion)’ on which Chassagne takes the lead. Advertisement “[Gabriel] came to the studio and we had a day to work on it,” Butler told the outlet. “He does this thing where he double-tracks his voice, high and low. As soon as he put the high vocal down, I was like, ‘Oh s—, that’s Peter Gabriel’.” In a separate conversation with The New York Times, Butler and Chassagne said it was gratifying to spend time with an artist who had a similar approach to pursuing music. “We feel crazy sometimes,” Butler explained. “It’s nice to meet other people that know what we’re talking about.” Chassagne, meanwhile, said it was… Read More →

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Ozzy Osbourne’s daughter Aimée releases new single as ARO

Ozzy Osbourne’s daughter Aimée Osbourne has shared a new single under the alias ARO. Listen to new track ‘Against Mine’ below. READ MORE: ARO’s Aimée Osbourne on stepping out of her famous family’s shadow The dark electro-pop track is her first new music in two years. A press release says Aimee “will share more new music this year.” Aimee, the eldest child of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, told Rolling Stone that she plans on putting out singles rather than albums for the foreseeable future. Advertisement “I feel a different sense of freedom and excitement that comes from releasing a couple of songs or a single at a time,” she told the publication. When asked what dad Ozzy thinks about her music, Aimée said: “My dad has responded really positively to a lot of it. It’s been a really fun way to connect with him about being in the same industry now. He is so dedicated and his ability to continue working and creating, his appetite for that is so admirable, it’s unbelievable. “Nothing stands in his way when it comes to anything creative, whether it’s painting, writing lyrics, melodies. From the minute he’s awake to when he goes to sleep, that’s… Read More →

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Listen to Megan Thee Stallion’s new single ‘Plan B’

Megan Thee Stallion has officially released her new single ‘Plan B’, after debuting it live at Coachella last weekend. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Megan Thee Stallion: “I’m really working on my dynasty right now” During her set at Coachella, Meg introduced the track as “very motherfucking personal” to her and said it was addressed “to whom the fuck it may concern”. Prior to the performance, she tweeted that “every time I play it for a woman they start jumping and clapping”. “Ladies, love yourself, ’cause this shit could get ugly,” she raps over a ’90s hip-hop beat that samples Jodeci, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah‘s ‘Freek’n You (Remix)’. Listen below: Advertisement In March, Megan dropped a collaboration with Dua Lipa titled ‘Sweetest Pie’. Both singles are set to feature on the Houston rapper’s forthcoming second studio album, though details on that are yet to be revealed. Last month also saw Meg speak out about the “crazy double standards” that women in rap face. “I feel like we get critiqued so heavy because everybody just knows that women are the shit,” the rapper said in an appearance on Lipa’s podcast, At Your Service. “So they are looking for us… Read More →

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Les Claypool and Eugene Hütz share tribute song to ‘Zelensky: The Man With The Iron Balls’

Primus‘ Les Claypool and Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hütz have shared a tribute song to Eukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky. You can listen to it below. READ MORE: Ukrainian artists on the Russian crisis: “Now is the time to push for change” Called ‘Zelensky: The Man With The Iron Balls’, the charity track also features The Police’s Stewart Copeland on drums, John Lennon’s son Sean on guitar and vocals, Hütz’s bandmate Sergey Ryabtseb on violin and Billy Strings on acoustic guitar. The lyrics of the song hear the collective sing: “One person can make a difference/ Be they short, thin, fat, or tall/ That person can live with dignity/ If they stand with some iron balls.” Advertisement You can listen to the track here: Speaking about the track to Rolling Stone, Hütz, who was born in Ukraine, said: “As soon as Russian aggression broke out, Les and I connected to address the catastrophe ASAP. “We jumped on creating affirmative music that calls for unity and pays respect to the real doers in Ukrainian defence, such as President Zelensky, who demonstrated previously unheard of stamina and heroism.” Claypool said the track “is not intended to be a song of condemnation,” but one of “unity.” All… Read More →

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The 2022 VMAs Will Bring Artists And Fans To The Garden State

The 2022 Video Music Awards are almost here. Get ready. MTV announced today (April 21) that this year’s show will return to New Jersey for another explosive evening of live performances and appearances from your favorite artists, taking off from the Prudential Center in Newark on August 28. The show first aired from the state’s “Town Hall” for entertainment in 2019, giving it a distinctly Jersey edge, as hosted by comedian and actor Sebastian Maniscalco. Last year’s show was broadcast from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. “We are thrilled to be back in New Jersey for this year’s VMAs live from Prudential Center,” read a statement by Bruce Gillmer, President of Music, Music Talent, Programming & Events, Paramount and Chief Content Officer, Music, Paramount+. “Our 2019 show in Newark was undoubtedly one of our biggest and most successful shows yet and we’re excited to bring back the incredible fan energy for one of music’s most anticipated and iconic nights.” https://twitter.com/vmas/status/1517201506575036419 “New Jersey is honored to once again host the MTV Video Music Awards at one of our many world-class entertainment and sports venues,” New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said in a statement. “Our state has a proud history of supporting the arts… Read More →

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Röyksopp announce 10 new short films to accompany their ‘Profound Mysteries’ album

Röyksopp have announced that 10 new short films will accompany the forthcoming release of their new record ‘Profound Mysteries’. Previously described as a “prodigious conceptual project” – the Norwegian pair previously “said goodbye to the traditional album format” following the release of their fifth LP ‘The Inevitable End’ in 2014 – ‘Profound Mysteries’ is set for release on digital, CD and cassette formats on April 29 (a vinyl release is yet to be announced). READ MORE: NME Recommends: Anxiety easing albums to soothe your soul Ahead of its full release, Röyksopp have now shared details of their creative partnership with the film production company Bacon, who have created a series of short films to accompany ‘Profound Mysteries’. Advertisement Helmed by such directors as Andreas Nilsson, Martin de Thurah and Röyksopp themselves, the films have been described as “adding 10 original vignettes to the rich tapestry of the ‘Profound Mysteries’ world”. “We’re thrilled to be joined by the wonderful girls and boys of Bacon, in this ever-expanding universe of ‘Profound Mysteries’,” Röyksopp’s Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland said in a statement. “It’s been an exhilarating and gratifying endeavour; we’ve reconvened with old fantastic friends, and we’ve been lucky enough to meet and work… Read More →

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Watch Sparks play ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us’ at Paris Gare du Nord

Sparks performed an impromptu rendition of ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us’ at a public piano at Paris Gare du Nord yesterday (April 20) – you can watch a clip of the moment below. The Mael brothers, who won Best Music Film at this year’s BandLab NME Awards for The Sparks Brothers, are currently on their rescheduled UK and European tour, which visited the UK and Ireland earlier this month. READ MORE: Sparks and Edgar Wright’s The Sparks Brothers: “This is the totality of who we are” The morning after their gig at Casino de Paris in the French capital on Tuesday (April 19), Sparks performed a short version of ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us’ at a public piano situated on the platforms at Paris’ Gare du Nord station. Advertisement The duo are seen performing the song – with the help of one excitable fan who happens to be walking past – in a short clip that has since been shared on Sparks’ social media channels, which you can watch below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by S P A R K S (@sparks_official) Sparks’ European tour continues… Read More →

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Astroworld task force finds inadequate training and inconsistent regulations may have added to safety failures

A Texas state task force has outlined several recommendations aimed at improving safety at large events like music festivals, some five months after the crowd crush tragedy at Travis Scott‘s Astroworld left 10 people dead and many more injured last year. The Texas Task Force on Concert Safety was established by Texas Governor Greg Abbott following the Astroworld tragedy, with the aim being to find ways to help prevent such an incident from occurring at large-scale events in the future. Music industry representatives, law enforcement and event safety experts were among its members. The task force’s report, which was delivered to Governor Abbott on Tuesday (April 19), identifies five key themes in its findings, with its recommendations “narrowly tailored to address gaps that were identified as contributing to safety failures” at Astroworld. The festival itself took place at NRG Park in Houston on November 5, 2021. Advertisement The task force’s recommendations include the implementation of a central on-site command and control group at large events, which would be responsible for pausing or cancelling a show in the event of specific safety “triggers”. Those “triggers” would be agreed upon prior to an event taking place, the task force advised, and should… Read More →