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Mick Jagger to release new solo track ‘Strange Game’ this week

Mick Jagger has announced that a new solo track called ‘Strange Game’ is coming this week. The upcoming song serves as the theme tune to the new Apple Original series Slow Horses, the first two episodes of which land on Apple TV+ this Friday (April 1). The Rolling Stones frontman co-wrote the single alongside Academy Award-nominated film composer Daniel Pemberton. READ MORE: The Rolling Stones – their 10 best songs Teasing the collaboration yesterday (March 28), Jagger tweeted: “I’ve been working on a fun project with the composer Daniel Pemberton… look out for it coming soon!” Advertisement Pemberton said in a statement: “Working with Mick Jagger has been one of the most exciting collaborations of my professional career. I think we have managed to create an incredibly unique and original titles theme and I cannot wait for the rest of the world to hear it.” Slow Horses‘ series director, James Hawes, added: “We always wanted a song to set the tone for the show and there was only ever one name in my mind – Mick Jagger. Hearing the track for the first time was utterly thrilling. “Mick’s lyrics and performance have totally nailed the mood of Slow Horses, with all… Read More →

29MARNews

GOT7’s Yugyeom announces new solo single ‘Take You Down’

GOT7 member and soloist Yugyeom is set to unveil a new digital single titled ‘Take You Down’ on Thursday (March 31). READ MORE: Every GOT7 song ranked in order of greatness Yesterday (March 28), the idol announced the upcoming release on Twitter alongside a moody teaser photo, where he leans against the wall of a messy bedroom. ‘Take You Down’ is set to arrive on March 31 at 6pm KST. He later followed up with the digital single’s track list, which revealed that the song will feature rapper Coogie. In addition, the digital single will be accompanied by a B-side track titled ‘Lights’. [유겸 (YUGYEOM)]?ㅤ유겸 (YUGYEOM), DS [Take You Down]2022. 03. 31. THU. 6PM (KST)ㅤ–@yugyeom #유겸 #YUGYEOM#TakeYouDown#AOMG pic.twitter.com/LXWi48Mr3v — 김유겸 (@yugyeom) March 28, 2022 Advertisement [유겸 (YUGYEOM)]???ㅤ유겸 (YUGYEOM), DS [Take You Down]2022. 03. 31. THU. 6PM (KST)ㅤ<Track List>1. Take You Down (Feat. 쿠기 (Coogie))2. 불빛 (Lights)ㅤ–@yugyeom #유겸 #YUGYEOM@coogie #쿠기 #Coogie#TakeYouDown #불빛#AOMG pic.twitter.com/DlApmMZrl9 — 김유겸 (@yugyeom) March 29, 2022 ‘Take You Down’ will be the star’s first project since his debut solo EP titled ‘Point Of View: U’ arrived last June. The seven-track record was led by the single ‘All Your Fault’ featuring GRAY, and also included the single ‘I Want… Read More →

28MARNews

Sports Team promise “tiny little hats” and new music arriving tomorrow

Sports Team are back and they’ve announced that they’ll be releasing new music tomorrow (March 29). READ MORE: Sports Team at Reading Festival: “This is our teenage dream – it’s the best feeling in the world” The band took to social media this morning (March 28) to break the news, sharing a snippet of what is likely to be the new track. “New music tomorrow,” the band wrote on Twitter. “Entering our U2 Vertigo phase. Lots of leather, songs about the desert, tiny little hats.” Advertisement The snippet hears the phrase “goodbye entertainment” repeated over and over as a video shows what looks to be either an old television or computer monitor being trashed in a desert setting. You can check out the post below: New music tomorrow. Entering our U2 Vertigo phase. Lots of leather, songs about the desert, tiny little hats ? pic.twitter.com/PjsDCMJ1hS — Sports Team (@SportsTeam_) March 28, 2022 The announcement comes after the band shared a screenshot of an email on Twitter earlier this month, the subject of which was “Album masters from Randy.” The caption of the post read: “Hits only. New music before the month’s out.” Advertisement Sports Team’s last album was their… Read More →

28MARNews

Billie Eilish and Finneas win their first Oscar for ‘No Time To Die’

Billie Eilish and Finneas won their first Oscar tonight (March 27) for their Bond theme tune ‘No Time To Die’. This year is the first time that the sibling musicians have been nominated for one of the prestigious statuettes, with them taking home the award for Best Original Song. READ MORE: No Time To Die review: Daniel Craig’s surprisingly emotional final fling Eilish and Finneas beat the likes of Beyoncé, Van Morrison, Reba McEntire and Lin-Manuel Miranda to the trophy. Eilish is now reportedly the youngest person to win the “triple crown” of film music, having won an Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe for ‘No Time To Die’. Advertisement Collecting the prize, Eilish said between laughter: “This is so unbelievable I could scream.” She continued to thank the team behind the latest Bond movie, No Time To Die, highlighting one of their collaborators. “Johnny Marr for taking our song and making it worthy of James Bond,” she said. And the Oscar for Best Original Song goes to Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell for "No Time To Die" from 'No Time to Die.' Congratulations #Oscars pic.twitter.com/dNQXeZ1M8p — The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 28, 2022 Finneas added: “Lastly we want to thank our… Read More →

27MARNews

Talking Heads co-founders Chris Frántz and Tina Weymouth hit by drunk driver

Talking Heads co-founders Chris Frántz and Tina Weymouth were involved in a car crash earlier this month after being hit by a drunk driver. READ MORE: David Byrne live on Broadway, NYC: Still the best musical experience on the planet Weymouth sustained three fractured ribs and a fractured sternum in the incident, Frántz revealed in a Facebook post today (March 27). “I was driving on the Post Road, U.S. Route 1 with Tina Weymouth when we were struck head on by a drunk driver who was driving on the wrong side of the road,” Frántz recounted. Advertisement “Incredibly, we walked away from the collision,” Frántz continued. “Tina had a cat scan and suffered three fractured ribs and a fractured sternum. She’s been in a lot of pain but she will get better with time.” He concluded the post by giving thanks “to our guardian angels and to the Ford Motor Company for building a car that protected us from getting killed”. Two weeks ago tonight I was driving on the Post Road , U.S. Route 1 with Tina Weymouth when we were struck head on by a… Posted by Chris Frántz on Sunday, March 27, 2022 Frántz and Weymouth, who are married, started… Read More →

27MARNews

Miley Cyrus to release her first ever live album, ‘Attention: Miley Live’

Miley Cyrus has announced the release of her first ever live album, ‘Attention: Miley Live’ – find more details below. READ MORE: Miley Cyrus – ‘Plastic Hearts’ review: pop superstar reborn as a freewheeling rock’n’roller The LP, a gift to her fans, will be Cyrus’ first release since 2020’s ‘Plastic Hearts’, which saw the pop star take on more of a rock-leaning persona. It featured the singles ‘Midnight Sky’, ‘Angels Like You’, and ‘Prisoner’ featuring Dua Lipa. ‘Attention: Miley Live’ is set to be released on April 1 and will feature 20 songs from across every era of the pop star’s career. It will also include brand new songs ‘Attention’ and ‘You’, the latter of which she performed at her New Year’s Eve special with Pete Davidson. Advertisement “My fans have been asking me for a live album for a long time & I am so exxxited to give it to them!” Cyrus said in a post announcing the album. “This show was curated BY the fans FOR the fans! I asked my audience what songs they’d like to see me perform at upcoming shows and this is the set list YOU created! From fan favorite covers to some of my oldest… Read More →

26MARNews

Watch Liam Gallagher dedicate ‘Live Forever’ to Taylor Hawkins at London’s Royal Albert Hall

Liam Gallagher dedicated a performance of Oasis‘ ‘Live Forever’ to Taylor Hawkins tonight (March 26) at his Teenage Cancer Trust show in London. READ MORE: Taylor Hawkins, 1972 – 2022: Foo Fighters drummer who always stole the show The Foo Fighters drummer died yesterday (March 25) at the age of 50. The band announced the news in a statement on social media; no cause of death was given. “The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of Taylor Hawkins,” the statement read. “His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever. Our hearts go out to his wife, children and family, and we ask that their privacy be treated with the utmost respect in this unimaginably difficult time.” Advertisement Tributes have been flowing in all day for Hawkins, including those from Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello, Queen guitarist Brian May, Ozzy Osbourne, John Mayer, Sam Fender, Ringo Starr, Nickelback, Incubus and many more. Liam Gallagher took to social media in the early hours of this morning (March 26) to pay tribute to Hawkins, writing: “Absolutely devastated to hear the sad news about Taylor Hawkins my thoughts and prayers are with… Read More →

26MARNews

2Pac’s childhood poetry book is going up for auction

2Pac’s childhood poetry book is currently up for auction at Sotheby’s. The previously unpublished book features haiku poems written by a young 2Pac (real name Tupac Shakur) aged 11, as well as illustrations. Sotheby’s describe it as “an unpublished booklet of haikus written and illustrated by Tupac Shakur when he was just 11 years old, on offer from his godfather, Jamal Joseph, a Black Panther activist who was gifted the booklet by Tupac 40 years ago while incarcerated with fellow Panthers at Leavenworth Prison.” You can see a video of Joseph discussing the poems below. Advertisement The collection of items for the late rapper also includes a “selection of love letters from 2Pac to a cherished sweetheart” written at the age of 17 before his career began. The public can bid on the piece here as part of an auction dedicated to hip-hop until March 30. 2Pac’s poetry book is expected to fetch $300,000 (£227,000). Other items in the collection include Chuck D’s original ‘Tour-Worn’ silver Raiders Starter jacket signed by the artist as well as the original concept art for Beastie Boys’ ‘License to Ill’ album cover and a custom sable fur coat and hat worn by the late Biz… Read More →

26MARNews

Chance The Rapper shares new video for ‘Child Of God’

Chance The Rapper has shared the video for his new song, ‘Child Of God’ – watch it below. READ MORE: Chance The Rapper – ‘The Big Day’ review Chance’s latest single arrived earlier this week (March 24) and features Moses Sumney on vocals. In the video for the new song, Chance can be seen rapping in the same room as that for his 2021 music video, ‘The Heart & The Tongue’. Advertisement In the background, artist Naïla Opiangah paints on a canvas behind him. The pair met during a trip to Accra, Ghana and have recently opened a contemporary art project together called ‘Child Of God’ at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art. You can watch the video here: Chance took to Twitter earlier this week (March 20) to hint that new music was on the way. He shared a cryptic post that read: “My mind is decided” alongside a release date. Chance has been hinting at his return for some time in a series of Instagram posts where he’s shared images from apparent writing and recording sessions. He also shared a snippet of some new political music earlier this month, in which he rapped about the death of the first US President George… Read More →

26MARNews

Doja Cat says she’s quitting music: “I can’t wait to fucking disappear”

Doja Cat has seemingly revealed that she’s set to quit music in a series of tweets following a festival appearance. The rapper and pop star is currently on tour in South America, and was scheduled to play at the Asunciónico festival in Paraguay on Tuesday (March 22). After the festival’s opening day, set to feature Doja Cat, was cancelled due to high winds and weather warnings, fans online expressed their disappointment at the star not meeting them outside her hotel. Advertisement “Not a single photo being in Paraguay, not a single tweet, not a single instagram story!!!! You made us empty!!” one wrote, with another adding that it’s “too late to apologize”. In response, Doja Cat simply said: “I’m not sorry.” it's too late to apologize pic.twitter.com/GArQAMwf4j — yuh huh (@metamorsophie) March 24, 2022 “Doja about 4 years ago you started to achieve fame and all thanks to tik tok what happened to your humility queen? I loved you,” another fan tweeted, to which Doja responded that she wants to quit the music industry. “it’s gone and i don’t give a fuck anymore,” she replied. “i fuckin quit i can’t wait to fucking disappear and i don’t need you to… Read More →

25MARNews

Aerosmith announce Joey Kramer is taking a “temporary leave of absence” from band

Aerosmith have announced that longtime drummer Joey Kramer is taking a “temporary leave of absence” from band. READ MORE: Aerosmith – The best war stories The rock veterans are gearing up to return to the stage after a two-year hiatus when their Deuces Are Wild Las Vegas residency resumes in June for a run of 24 shows. However, they will be without drummer Kramer who is stepping away temporality so that he can “focus his full attention on his family during these uncertain times”. Advertisement “[Kramer] regrettably made the decision to sit out the band’s concerts in 2022 so he can focus his full attention on his family during these uncertain times,” Aerosmith said in a statement shared with USA Today. “He and the band look forward to his future performances with Aerosmith.” The band said the situation with Kramer is a “temporary leave of absence”, and announced that drum technician Jack Douglas will once again pick up the sticks while Kramer is away. Joey Kramer. CREDIT: Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images It’s not the first time Kramer has stepped away from Aerosmith. In April 2019, he was forced to sit out of the band after suffering a shoulder injury. He asked to rejoin his… Read More →

25MARNews

The Gaslight Anthem reform and are working on a new album

The Gaslight Anthem have announced that they’ve reformed after a seven-year break – and they’re working on a new album. READ MORE: Brian Fallon – ‘Sleepwalkers’ review The New Jersey rock band, led by frontman Brian Fallon, announced an indefinite hiatus back in 2015 following their European summer tour. Since then, Fallon has continued to release solo material while the band briefly reunited in 2018 for a string of shows to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their seminal second LP ‘The ’59 Sound’, after which they resumed their hiatus. Advertisement Today (March 25), Fallon, via the band’s official Twitter account, apologised that Gaslight Anthem would not be doing a 10th anniversary tour for their 2012 album, ‘Handwritten’, but then followed it up with the news that they were back. “Hello everyone, Brian here. I hate to disappoint you, but I need to inform you that there will not be a 10th anniversary Handwritten Tour, or a documentary,” he wrote. “However, I am very pleased to announce to you all that The Gaslight Anthem is returning to full time status as a band.” “We’ll be announcing a lot of tour dates in the next couple of days. We’re also beginning to write… Read More →

25MARNews

Global music market worth increased by 18 per cent in 2021 to £19.5billion

The rate of global music revenues was at its highest in 2021 since records began in the ’90s, with music from artists such as BTS, Adele and Taylor Swift contributing to a £19.5billion increase. According to industry trading body International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) in a new report published Tuesday (March 22), revenues for global recorded music grew by 18.5 per cent in 2021, totalling £19.63billion (US$25.9billion), largely driven by increases in paid subscription streaming. The report stipulates there were 523million users of paid subscription accounts at the end of 2021 – up from 443million in 2020 – generating an increase of 21.9 per cent, or £9.32billion (US$12.3billion). Advertisement Streaming in 2021 accounted for 65 per cent of total revenues, while downloads equated to four per cent, 19 per cent made up by CDs, vinyl and cassettes. According to IFPI, this means the industry is in its seventh consecutive year of growth, IFPI chief executive Frances Moore told the BBC: “We lived through that dire period after 1999 where the industry declined by 40 per cent. Recorded music revenues grew in every region in 2021. Asia grew by 16.1 per cent, with South Korean superstars BTS the biggest-selling… Read More →

25MARNews

Be Your Own Pet on reunion: “If Jack White offers for you to open for him, you don’t say no to that”

Jemina Pearl of Be Your Own Pet has spoken to NME about getting the band back together again after 13 years apart, the real reasons behind their split, and the downside of indie rock’s heydey. Last week, the indie-garage punks announced they’d be playing two gigs, opening for Jack White’s ‘The Supply Chain Issue Tour’. It will be the first time the Nashville quartet takes the stage together since their split in 2008. “If Jack White offers for you to open for him, you don’t really say no to that,” Pearl told NME. “To have a second chance right now feels amazing and I’m so ready to do it. I’m ready to be back on stage.” Advertisement Thanks to their two studio albums – 2006’s self-titled debut and its 2008’s follow-up ‘Get Awkward’ – the band made a rapid leap from the DIY scene to the cover of major magazines in the mid-’00s. Be Your Own Pet in 2006 CREDIT: Lex van Rossen/MAI Pearl, guitarist Jonas Stein, bassist Nathan Vasquez, and drummers Jamin Orrall and John Eatherly, were all in their teens when they started making music together, and that “youthful energy” came through during their voracious live shows. However, as the… Read More →

25MARNews

Yard Act make thrilling US TV debut as they bring ‘The Overload’ to ‘Fallon’

Yard Act made their US TV debut last night (March 24) with an electrifying performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – watch it below. READ MORE: Yard Act live in London: mayhem rules at biggest show yet The Leeds band played the title track from their acclaimed debut record ‘The Overload’, which hit Number Two in the UK albums chart upon its release in January. Appearing live in Fallon’s studio in New York City, Yard Act delivered an energetic take on the song as their circular black-and-white logo spun behind them. Later, a series of strobe lights flashed while guitarist Sam Shjipstone shredded towards a thrilling finale. Advertisement You can watch the band’s appearance on Fallon here: Taking to Twitter after recording their first Fallon performance, Yard Act wrote: “What a rush to be a part of that. Didn’t dare look up to my left to see what [Fallon’s house band] @theroots were making of all our nonsense. Hope you enjoy it x.” They added: “Shortly we’ll be on Fallon showcasing what we do, and what we do is be a bunch of prats that were told not to expect anything, yet still we persevere and look at… Read More →

25MARNews

The Killers share seven new songs on deluxe version of ‘Pressure Machine’

The Killers have shared seven new reimagined versions of songs from their 2021 album ‘Pressure Machine’ on the deluxe version of the record, which is out today (March 25). READ MORE: The Killers on the cover – “There are a lot of young people unsure of their place in this world” The expanded version, which you can listen to below, features four different versions of closing track ‘The Getting By’, plus a new version of ‘Runaway’ and two further takes on ‘West Hills’. ‘The Getting By II’ is much more rousing and characteristic of the band than the original while other versions are even more downbeat than the 2021 cut. Advertisement ‘Running Horses II’ is also more upbeat than the previous version of the track and no longer features Phoebe Bridgers. Opening track ‘West Hills’ meanwhile now features a reworked gospel version of the song. Last year, The Killers revealed to NME that they’re already at work on a “heavier” new record – and that this one is likely to feature all four members. The band’s previous record ‘Imploding The Mirage‘ came out in 2020 and saw guitarist Dave Keuning sit out the recording sessions to enjoy some time at home at… Read More →

25MARHit Singles

Aldous Harding – Warm Chris

No stranger to the incomprehensible visual metaphor, Aldous Harding is wearing a blonde wig and a lizard’s tail in the video for “Lawn”, the skittish beach samba released to herald the arrival of her fourth album. “Can you imagine me just being out and free?” the 31-year-old asks. “Doors are the way you leave/Open it up to me”. ORDER NOW: Paul McCartney is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut Listening to the defiantly peculiar Warm Chris, it’s not easy to imagine how much more untethered the artist born Hannah Topp can get. The cryptic crossword lyrics and séance medium voices that defined 2019’s Art Deco-toned Designer are even more apparent on a record that welds the shape-shifting artistry of Cindy Sherman to the musical surrealism of Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, with an unsettling bossa nova undertow. Determinedly following a logic of its own, it feels like John Cale’s baroque costume party Paris 1919, scripted by The Day Today’s Collaterlie Sisters. Idiosyncratic has been Harding’s modus operandi ever since her mid-twenties when she reneged on her plan to become a vet, having been wary of following her folkie parents into a life on the margins. Born and raised in Lyttleton,… Read More →

25MARNews

Ed Sheeran and J Balvin unite on new songs ‘Sigue’ and ‘Forever My Love’

Ed Sheeran and J Balvin have made for a somewhat unlikely combination, sharing two new collaborative singles. The first, ‘Sigue’ is a fiery party-starter that features both artists singing over an instrumental courtesy of superstar reggaeton producer (and frequent Balvin collaborator) Tainy. ‘Forever My Love’, on the other hand, is a much slower, acoustic-led ballad. Sheeran sings in Spanish on both tracks, specifically learning the language for his contribution. ‘Sigue’ arrives alongside a video that shows the pair partying in a luxe hotel, while ‘Forever My Love’ comes accompanied by a black-and-white clip where Sheeran and Balvin perform the track together in the studio. See those below: Advertisement According to Sheeran, he and the Colombian star met while they were both at the same gym in New York last year. “It was just me and him very early in the morning. I recognised his voice when he was on the phone so I just went up and said hi,” Sheeran recently explained. “We chatted so long we ended up having lunch and then afternoon tea. Then just went to being mates who chatted non stop,” Sheeran continued. The serendipitous meeting eventually led to time in the studio where the… Read More →

24MARNews

Here’s how much Spotify paid out to the music industry in 2021

Spotify has revealed that it paid $7billion (£5.3billion) to artists last year. The news was published via its Loud And Clear website, which aims to “increase transparency” around payments. The streaming giant said that 56,200 musicians received more than $10,000 (£7,500) from Spotify last year and 130 of these were paid more than $5m (£3.8m). Advertisement However, the figures shared don’t include the final figure the artist receives once labels and publishers have taken their share, which means the money they receive is often much lower. Songwriters and session musicians receive even less. Spotify on a phone screen. CREDIT: Alamy Stock Photo The service has come under fire previously for its low artist payments, with the likes of David Byrne, producer Tony Visconti and David Crosby all criticising the platform recently. Visconti described the streaming service as “disgusting” over its low payments to artists. “Spotify is disgusting, the money they make out of [artists],” he said. “If you had 12 million streams, you could barely afford lunch for two people. It’s ridiculous, I don’t know why it’s allowed. Spotify does nothing to support the culture of music.” In 2013 Byrne criticised the “pittance” artists are paid while David Crosby said recently: “I don’t like any of… Read More →

24MARNews

Metallica announce in-depth series of live performance and documentary films

Metallica are set to release a series of remixed and re-edited live performance and documentary films of their 40th anniversary shows. In partnership with The Coda Collection, seven new titles will be made available on the subscription streaming service for the first time, shedding new light on the metal monolith’s 40-year tenure and offering fans a chance to relive some of their most iconic performances. The series kicked off today (March 24) with the release of Cunning Stunts and Orgullo, Pasión, y Gloria: Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México. Advertisement Two separate concert films, dubbed Metallica 40th Anniversary LIVE of Metallica’s highly anticipated anniversary concert at San Francisco’s Chase Center that took place last December will be released by The Coda Collection on March 31 and April 7 respectively. At the landmark shows, the band performed a number of rarities, dusting off the lid on the likes of ‘The End Of The Line’ from 2008’s ‘Death Magnetic’ for the first time since 2010, 2003’s ‘Dirty Window’, which hadn’t been performed since 2011, as well as ‘Bleeding Me’ (1996) was performed in full for the first time in 10 years. Check out the trailer for Metallica 40th Anniversary LIVE below:… Read More →

24MARNews

Paralysed ALS patient used brain implant to request Tool album

An ALS Patient with complete paralysis has used a new brain implant to ask to hear a Tool album. READ MORE: Tool – ‘Fear Inoculum’ review: a languid and blissful work – one that will richly reward future listens Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) destroys the nerves that control movement. As the disease progresses, patients can use an eye-tracking camera to select letters on a screen and as the effects get more severe, they can answer yes-or-no questions with subtle eye movements. After that, many are left in a “locked-in” state, unable to communicate. However, the patient in question began working with a research team at the University of Tübingen in 2018. At the time, he could still move his eyes and told the team he wanted “an invasive implant to try to maintain communication with his family, including his young son,” according to Science.org. Advertisement In a world-first, the implant has since allowed the “locked-in” patient to select letters to form sentences. At first, the neural signals weren’t consistent enough to answer yes-or-no questions but after pivoting to neurofeedback, in which a person attempts to modify their brain signals while getting a real-time measure of whether they are succeeding, they… Read More →