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Nick Carter launches children’s mental health fund in wake of brother Aaron’s death

Nick Carter – best known as the second tenor and baritone for the Backstreet Boys – has started a fundraising initiative to support children’s mental health organisations, after his brother Aaron passed away earlier this month. Though Aaron’s cause of death is yet to be confirmed, the singer and actor had long been open about his struggles with mental illness. In a 2019 episode of the CBS program The Doctors, he revealed that he’d been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. He was found dead in his California home on November 5, having reportedly drowned in his bathtub. He was 34 years old. Nick shared a personal tribute to his late brother a day later (November 6), writing in a statement: “My heart is broken. Even though my brother and I have had a complicated relationship, my love for him has never ever faded. I have always held on to the hope that he would somehow, someday want to walk a healthy path and eventually find the help that he so desperately needed.” Advertisement The same week, at a Backstreet Boys show in London, Nick and his bandmates performed ‘No Place’ in Aaron’s memory. Yesterday (November 14), Nick shared a… Read More →

14NOVNews

Bring Me The Horizon tease new music in tour video

Bring Me The Horizon have shared a video giving fans an insight into their life on tour, which towards the end includes a snippet of a new song. The snippet commences with frontman Oli Sykes growling the words “hardcore feelings”, before some instrumentals soundtrack footage of a fan talking about what the band has helped her get through in her life. Lyrics referencing “thoughts [that] don’t make no sense” and “suicidal tendencies” can also be heard. READ MORE: Bring Me The Horizon stand tall and proud at Reading & Leeds (nme.com) Advertisement The band are currently on tour in the U.S., and have been working on new music in a studio built into the back of their tour bus with producer Zakk Cervini (who also produced their last release, 2020’s Post Human: Survival Horror). The video, the fourth instalment of their tour diary series, includes footage of Lee Malia recording guitar parts and Sykes giving him suggestions for how he should play. You can watch the full clip below: It’s not the first snippet of new music the Sheffield rockers have shared from their sessions on the road. A couple of weeks ago, another tour diary featured a teaser of a… Read More →

14NOVNews

BLACKPINK and SEVENTEEN bag two wins each at the 2022 MTV EMAs

K-pop acts BLACKPINK and SEVENTEEN have emerged multi-award winners at this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs). READ MORE: BLACKPINK live in Seoul: K-pop superstars bring power and playfulness as their massive ‘Born Pink’ world tour lifts off On the evening of November 13 local time, the EMAs held its 2022 ceremony in Germany. Among the nominated K-pop acts, BLACKPINK and SEVENTEEN each took home two wins at this year’s awards, while BTS and Tomorrow X Together won one award each. BLACKPINK took home Best Metaverse Performance for their PUBG Mobile in-game concert ‘The Virtual’, which was held in July. “We had so much fun working on this project, and we’re so happy that our fans enjoyed it as much as we did,” said the girl group in a video message following their win. @BLACKPINK took a break from their world tour to accept their #MTVEMA for Best Metaverse Performance! pic.twitter.com/op3sxJ9aSI — MTV EMA (@mtvema) November 13, 2022 Advertisement Meanwhile, BLACKPINK member Lisa also won the award for Best K-pop, which her group had also been nominated for alongside acts like BTS, TWICE, SEVENTEEN and more. However, the latter boyband went on to take home two awards for themselves that… Read More →

14NOVNews

Zakk Wylde says he’s using online tutorials to learn guitar parts for Pantera tour

Zakk Wylde has revealed that in preparation for his upcoming tour with Pantera, he’s been using online tutorials to learn the band’s guitar parts. Wylde, who elsewhere fronts the metal band Black Label Society, was announced as Pantera’s new guitarist back in July. He serves as the replacement for original bandmate Dimebag Darrell, who was killed onstage in 2004. Following the subsequent death of drummer Vinnie Paul in 2018, Pantera went on a four-year hiatus. In July, Wylde – along with Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante – joined Pantera’s surviving members, Rex Brown and Phil Anselmo, to form a new line-up. In preparation for their comeback tour – which kicks off in Mexico next month – Wylde has admitted to learning some of Dimebag’s guitar sequences by watching online video tutorials. Advertisement Appearing in an episode of Ola Englund’s webseries Sunday With Ola, Wylde said that whenever he’s “stumped” on a particular riff, he “would just [search], ‘How to play’, and I’d go on to YouTube and just see all these other amazing players playing the stuff.” Wylde also revealed that Anselmo sent him the tour’s setlist earlier this year, noting that he’s been preparing for the songs on it using guitars… Read More →

13NOVNews

Iggy Pop never “really understood” Foo Fighters until he saw them live

Iggy Pop has revealed that he “never really understood” what the Foo Fighters did, until he saw them live in 2015. READ MORE: Inside the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert: “A gigantic fucking night for a gigantic fucking person” Iggy Pop is gearing up to release his 19th solo album ‘Every Loser’ on January 6 and the record features plenty of big name collaborators, including Guns N’ Roses‘ Duff McKagan and Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ Chad Smith. It’s also been confirmed that the late Taylor Hawkins also appears on the record. Talking about the Foo Fighters drummer in a new interview with Audacy, Pop said: “It’s an unbelievable energy that this guy has. He also played me in a film. He was me in the CBGB movie, and a poster was his abs as my abs. He plays on two tracks (on the album and) he made those come alive.” Advertisement Iggy Pop then went on to say he first met Hawkins back in 2015 when he opened for the Foo Fighters at Milton Keynes Bowl following the cancellation of their headline show at Wembley Stadium due to Dave Grohl’s broken leg. “I never really understood fully what they did, and… Read More →

13NOVNews

Deafheaven to play ‘Sunbather’ in full as they headline ArcTanGent 2023

Experimental rock festival ArcTanGent has confirmed that Deafheaven will be headlining their 2023 event, and will be playing 2013’s ‘Sunbather’ in full. READ MORE: Deafheaven – ‘Infinite Granite’ review: a heartfelt love letter to ’90s shoegaze Other headliners are still to be confirmed, but ArcTanGent have announced over fifty acts that will also be appearing at next year’s festival, including Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Loathe and Russian Circles. Also set to appear at the Bristol bash are the likes of The Fall Of Troy, Brutus, Scalping, Svalbard and Conjurer. Check out the announced lineup so far below: View this post on Instagram A post shared by ArcTanGent (@arctangentfestival) Advertisement Speaking about the 2023 event, festival organiser James Scarlet said: “I think this is shaping up to be my favourite ever ATG line up. Obviously there are some returning heroes (hello Russian Circles & The Ocean), but I’m most excited about the bands who will be visiting Fernhill Farm for the first time. I’ve been chasing after Cave In and Elder for many years so they are getting me particularly excited. And did someone say Deafheaven playing a UK exclusive Sunbather set? Bring. It. On.” ArcTanGent takes place… Read More →

13NOVNews

Bakar returns with sombre new track ‘Pit Stop’

Bakar has returned with new music – watch his video for sombre new track ‘Pit Stop’ below. The London-based singer-songwriter’s new song comes after he shared ‘In Disguise’, a collaboration with Manchester rapper Aitch, earlier this summer. Bakar released his debut album, ‘Nobody’s Home’, in February of this year, following the ‘Will You Be My Yellow’ EP from 2019, and debut mixtape ‘Badkid’ from the previous year. Advertisement ‘Pit Stop’ is teased as the first preview of upcoming new music from Bakar, though no new release has yet been announced. In its lyrics, Bakar speaks of unsuccessful romance, singing: “I wish you told me / You had got cold feet / Wish you had told me / This how it would be / Think I got too cozy / Why did you pick me? / Tried to be 100 / You wanted to be 50.” Watch his ‘Pit Stop’ video below. Bakar was named by NME 100 as one of 2019’s most promising new acts at the end of 2018. “Perfectly treading the line between indie belters and Brit-rap bars, Bakar’s a one-man hit factory,” NME said of the artist. “Tracks like ‘All In’ come off like King Krule-esque grungy jazz, while the menacing ‘Dracula’ borders on… Read More →

13NOVNews

Dave Chappelle defends Kanye West’s anti-Semitism during ‘SNL’ monologue

Dave Chappelle used his opening monologue on Saturday Night Live to address anti-Semitict remarks made by Kanye West in recent weeks. READ MORE: With his “White Lives Matter” stunt, has Kanye West finally hit the point of no return? Last month, West was banned from Twitter and Instagram after posting a series of anti-Semitic messages. He went on to say he didn’t believe in the term anti-Semitism and that he’s “jealous” of Jewish culture. Several anti-fascist groups spoke out against the remarks and many artists, celebrities, and politicians publicly condemned West over his remarks including Jack Antonoff, John Legend, David Schwimmer, New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and ex-Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Advertisement Yesterday (November 12) Dave Chappelle started his Saturday Night Live opening monologue by reading a statement off a piece of paper. “I denounce anti-Semitism in all its forms, and I stand with my friends in the Jewish community,” he said. “And that, Kanye, is how you buy yourself some time.” “I’ve probably been doing this 35 years now, and early in my career I learned that there are two words in the English language you should never say together in sequence, and they are: The Jews,’” he… Read More →

12NOVNews

Serj Tankian composed the music for Zac Efron’s Netflix show ‘Down To Earth’

System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian has revealed that he composed the music for the new season of Zac Efron’s Netflix show Down To Earth. READ MORE: Zac Efron’s ‘Down To Earth’ shows it’s time to put celebrity travelogues on a no-fly list The show, which initially premiered in 2020, dropped its second season yesterday (November 11). Down To Earth sees Efron travelling the world in search of new and innovative ways to live greener and discover sustainable living practices. Ahead of the new season’s premiere, Tankian took to Twitter to reveal his involvement in the project, writing: “Surprise #2 today!! I had a blast composing the music for Down to Earth With Zac Efron premiering on Netflix Nov 11-in 2 days!” Advertisement See the trailer for the new season below. All episodes are streaming on Netflix now. Surprise #2 today!! I had a blast composing the music for Down to Earth With Zac Efron premiering on @netflix Nov 11-in 2 days! Thank you #michaelsimkin for the ride https://t.co/YnvhUJdxRH — Serj Tankian (@serjtankian) November 9, 2022 In a blog about the debut of Down To Earth in 2020, NME wrote: “As travel TV has long been a form of… Read More →

12NOVNews

James announce new double album and orchestral 40th anniversary tour

James have announced details of a new album and 40th anniversary tour, both featuring an orchestra and gospel choir – see dates below and buy tickets here. The Manchester legends will release the as-yet-untitled new album next year, which will follow 2021’s ‘All The Colours Of You’ and feature reworkings of the band’s biggest hits as well as rarities and one brand new song. Next April, they’ll then head round the UK for a tour featuring an orchestra and gospel choir to celebrate four decades as a band. Advertisement Discussing the new album and tour, frontman Tim Booth said: “There are a number of great bands who have been around for 40. But to get here and to be having the best time of our lives. To be part of a supportive loving family that still has something to say and new ways to say it. To be turned on by every gig and song. To fall in love over and over again, Groundhog Day, with our bandmates and audience. Damn. That’s time well spent. “We should have recorded the orchestra tour first time round, as many of you have reminded us. Well, we’ve done it now. And here comes… Read More →

12NOVNews

Bruce Springsteen scrapped “entire record” before making ‘Only The Strong Survive’

Bruce Springsteen has revealed that he scrapped an “entire record” prior to recording his new soul covers album. READ MORE: Bruce Springsteen – ‘Only The Strong Survive’ review: a joyful ode to the greatest soul songs The Boss’ last album of originals came in 2020 with ‘Letter To You’, and yesterday (November 11) he shared new album ‘Only The Strong Survive’, an album which sees him cover soul classics from his youth. Speaking to Edith Bowman for a new interview, Springsteen revealed that he made an entire record first, but the songs “didn’t feel quite right”. Advertisement He said (via Exclaim): “Initially, it was really hard. I was picking material and I’m going, “It’s hard to sing somebody else’s songs, and get them to sound authentic and it’s coming out of you.” So I made an entire record that I threw out, and it’ll show up in different places, and there were some good things on it but didn’t feel quite right. “So I came across this ‘Do I Love You’, the Frank Wilson, Motown rarity, and the States, I guess, no one had heard it. And I want to try that. And so my producer, Ron Aniello, created the… Read More →

12NOVNews

Joni Mitchell announces new live album of comeback Newport Folk Festival performance

Joni Mitchell has announced plans to release her comeback Newport Folk Festival performance as a live album. Earlier this summer, Mitchell performed a surprise set at the legendary music festival – which she last appeared at in 1969 – delivering a 13-song “JONI JAM” set that featured Carlile on the tracks ‘Carey’, ‘A Case Of You’ (for which Marcus Mumford was also welcomed out) and ‘Big Yellow Taxi’. In a new rare interview with Elton John on his Rocket Hour radio show for Apple Music, Mitchell revealed that plans are in place to release the performance as an album. Advertisement John said: “I’ve seen you through music, and of course your incredible rehabilitation, but music has helped you so much and it’s beautiful to watch you evolve. And people out there, you haven’t heard things from the Newport Folk Festival yet, but I think there’s going to be an album coming out of that one?” Mitchell then replied: “Yeah, we’re trying to put that out.” Going on to reveal that she “didn’t have any” rehearsals ahead of the performance, Mitchell then spoke about standing up to play the guitar during the performance. “Yeah, that I had to figure out what I did,”… Read More →

11NOVNews

Listen to NCT member Taeyong’s latest solo release, ‘Fine’

NCT member Taeyong has released his latest solo single, ‘Fine’, through his official Soundcloud account. READ MORE: Taeyong on new single ‘Love Theory’: “Love itself is very difficult and complicated for me” “I feel I am broken / I’m living on empty,” the NCT leader croons on the soulful ballad track. ‘Fine’ features lyrics written by Taeyong himself, and was also co-composed by the idol. Notably, the track’s SoundCloud credits indicate that the new release is a demo, potentially hinting at an official version of ‘Fine’ to be released sometime in the future. Advertisement ‘Fine’ is Taeyong’s latest solo music endeavor of the year. Prior to this release, Taeyong, alongside fellow NCT member Mark, contributed to the Street Man Fighter tracklist with the song ‘LIT’. The idols were one of two K-pop acts to contribute to the project, the other being Stray Kids’ production unit 3RACHA. In April, Taeyong released ‘Love Theory’, his new solo single featuring rapper Wonstein. The single, released as an instalment of SM Entertainment’s ‘SM Station’ digital music project, saw both acts participate in the songwriting and production process of the track. A month before the release of ‘Love Theory’, Taeyong had also teamed up with… Read More →

11NOVHit Singles

The Beatles – Revolver: Special Edition

Since it began in 2017, The Beatles’ lavish remix campaign has dealt with the downers. Paul McCartney might have relished making Sgt Pepper, but a tripping John Lennon was largely losing interest; much of The White Album was made solo by an increasingly disjointed band; Let It Be captures the group’s fatal disintegration and the mess that followed; and Abbey Road’s majesty was largely possible only because it was a last hurrah. To the rest of us, these are stunning, sometimes world-altering listens, but they certainly make being a Fab seem like a chore; it was a time of deadlines, joyless business meetings and sizzling resentment, as old friends grew apart and others fought for recognition. ORDER NOW: David Bowie is on the cover of the latest issue of Uncut Where was that camaraderie, that warmth, that sense of wonder that we associate with The Beatles? Certainly, Peter Jackson’s Get Back put a more positive spin on a dark time – but to find them truly united, excited and at their creative peak, we have to look to Revolver, the latest staging post on Giles Martin’s journey through the albums made by his old man and the Fabs. Here’s the… Read More →

11NOVNews

Patrick Wolf shares his first new song in 10 years, ‘Enter The Day’

Patrick Wolf has shared his first piece of new music in 10 years today (November 11) with ‘Enter The Day’ – scroll down to listen to it now. The track arrives on the 20th anniversary of the release of his debut record, ‘The Patrick Wolf EP’. ‘Enter The Day’ was produced by Wolf and features him playing all the instruments on the track himself, including the piano and bowed psaltery. “Enter the day when the mouth of misfortune spits you out to land / Land where you ought to be,” he sings on the gently swirling song. Advertisement “A charcoal drawing of a sparrow hawk was the last work my mother was making before she died and when I took my first walk to explore the land around my new home back when I moved to live by the sea, a sparrow hawk was soaring over me in silence at the mouth of the bay,” Wolf said in a statement. “That afternoon I went home to my upright piano and began writing this song, which ended up becoming an epilogue to the narrative of ‘The Night Safari’ EP. As producer, I crafted this song as a bridge out of the… Read More →

11NOVNews

CBS to air Mariah Carey’s live concert special titled ‘Merry Christmas To All’

CBS has announced that it will air a two-hour, Christmas-themed concert special hosted by Mariah Carey next month. READ MORE: Mariah Carey: “You know what? I love Christmas!” The primetime special, titled Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas To All, is a filmed version of the singer’s sold-out appearance at Madison Square Garden, where she’s set to perform a repertoire of her biggest festive hits on December 13. The televised rendering of that concert will air on CBS a week later on December 20. Merry Christmas To All will also be available to stream on Paramount +. Carey’s Madison Square Garden show is one of two Christmas concerts she announced last month, with the other taking to Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on December 11. Both the concerts and the television special are said to include songs from Carey’s 1994 album ‘Merry Christmas’, including its record-breaking single ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’. Advertisement Merry Christmas To All joins Carey’s two other Christmas concert specials, with the singer releasing The Magic Continues on AppleTV+ last year. Prior to that, she performed Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special for the same streaming service in 2020. Speaking of her affinity for the holiday season in an… Read More →

10NOVNews

Lizzo shares first trailer from her forthcoming HBO documentary ‘Love Lizzo’

The first trailer for a new documentary about Lizzo‘s life and rise to fame has been shared. READ MORE: Lizzo – ‘Special’ review: joyful superstar uplifts with self-assured, self-empowering bops Love Lizzo, which was announced earlier this year by HBO, is being directed by Doug Pray, executive producer of Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine’s 2018 documentary series The Defiant Ones. In the trailer, which you can view below, the film explores her journey from childhood to her breakthrough as an artist. Advertisement It shows footage of the singer during her formative years in which she explains that she didn’t feel confident enough to think one day she could be performing songs on a stage for thousands of people. She also says that she felt like giving up several times, and her music came very close to not being a thing after she saw door after door get slammed in her face. It comes after she recently said she was bullied at school for being “different” and listening to Radiohead. “It was a Black school, mostly Black and brown, Caribbean, I had Nigerian friends,” Lizzo said. “They were all listening to what was on the radio — Usher, Destiny’s Child, Ludacris — and I was… Read More →

10NOVNews

Perfume Genius shares cover of Radiohead’s ‘4 Minute Warning’

Perfume Genius has shared a cover of Radiohead’s 2007 track ‘4 Minute Warning’ – listen below. READ MORE: Perfume Genius: “I’ve been ‘Fuck you’ my whole life, but I’ve found a new way to do it” The cover, which was recorded at New York’s Electric Lady Studios, is part of Spotify’s ‘Live at Electric Lady’ series. Perfume Genius – real name Michael Hadreas – takes on the ‘In Rainbows’ track, with the EP also including versions of ‘Whole Life’ and ‘On The Floor’ from 2020’s ‘Set My Heart on Fire Immediately’, and ‘Photograph’ from his new album ‘Ugly Season’. Advertisement “Touring over the last year has been really inspiring after so long away,” Hadreas said in a press statement. “I am happy to have a document of the new vibrancy and rousing spirit my band brings to the live versions of our most recent albums. “‘4 Minute Warning’ became a favourite of mine during lockdown, something I would sit and sing over and over on the piano in my room. I’m happy to be out of that room now and sharing again.” Reviewing ‘Ugly Season’, NME wrote: ‘Ugly Season’…now expanded in the studio with long-term partner Alan Wyffels and producer Blake Mills, is not… Read More →

10NOVNews

Jamie T gets bruised up in ‘90s Cars’ video

Jamie T has shared the music video for ‘The Theory Of Whatever’ track ’90s Cars’ – watch below. READ MORE: Jamie T live at Glastonbury 2022: indie national treasure returns in a blaze of glory His fifth studio album was announced in April this year, when the artist shared a short trailer. In the clip, the South London singer-songwriter is seen filming himself reading from a brief from his management and sharing snippets from the record. In the video for ’90s Cars’, directed by Niall Trask, he is seen being driven around London, bloody and bruised. In other clips, he’s asleep in the backseat and dancing in the street in a formal suit against the car’s bright headlights. Advertisement In a four-star review of the album, NME said of the track: “On the more inventive end of the spectrum, ‘90s Cars’ blends a dreamy post-punk bass riff with twinkling piano melody to make something that feels fresh but familiar.” ‘The Theory Of Whatever’ was released on July 29 via Polydor, and previewed by the singles ‘The Old Style Raiders’, ‘St George Wharf Tower’ and ‘Between The Rocks’. It reached Number One in the Official UK Albums chart, marking the musician’s first-ever album… Read More →

10NOVNews

Kanye West reportedly fired a Yeezy employee for asking to listen to Drake

Kanye West reportedly fired Yeezy employee for asking to listen to Drake in the office, a new report claims. A new report from Rolling Stone has made claims surrounding employee treatment at Yeezy, with ex-workers alleging a “cult-like atmosphere” at the brand’s office. “Nothing has ever compared to the amount of chaos, the amount of stress and [the amount of] anxiety you go through working for Yeezy,” a senior staffer said in the report. Advertisement Another detailed how Kanye allegedly liked to play his own music in the office, but in 2015 a staffer suggested they play something else, to which Kanye reportedly asked for suggestions from staff. The staff member in question told Rolling Stone: “I thought, ‘Oh, he’s a rapper, I should probably mention some rap’,” adding: “Big mistake — the next day I was fired.” Elsewhere in the report, a staffer was also allegedly fired for wearing a yellow jumper to the office, and told: “Dress for the palette or you dress in black.” One former employee said: “Everyone’s always on the verge of losing their job, so the dynamics are total chaos. He doesn’t necessarily have people that he can trust around him.” Another added: “The… Read More →

09NOVNews

Louis Tomlinson on Harry Styles’ success: “I’d be lying if I said it didn’t bother me”

Louis Tomlinson has admitted that he’s been jealous of Harry Styles’ successful solo career. READ MORE: Supporting Louis Tomlinson isn’t “lame” – he’s helping new bands to reach the next level The soloist, who releases his second album ‘Faith In The Future‘ this Friday (November 11), said in a new interview that he initially felt green-eyed about Styles’ successes as an artist and a burgeoning actor. Tomlinson, who was formerly in the five-piece boy band One Direction with Styles, reflected on the early days of the group’s split in 2015. Advertisement He told The Telegraph in reference to Styles’ career: “I’d be lying if I said it didn’t bother me at first. “Only ‘cos I didn’t know where to place myself, and really my only point of reference was other members of the band. But it’s not surprising to me that Harry’s the most commercially successful because he really fits the mould of a modern star.” Louis Tomlinson (Picture: Press) Styles has gone on to release three Number One albums – ‘Harry Styles‘ (2017), ‘Fine Line‘ (2019) and ‘Harry’s House‘ (2022) – and in September continued to break records on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with ‘As It Was’ reaching its… Read More →