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Silk Sonic to open 2022 Grammys Awards

Silk Sonic have been added to the star-studded line-up of acts performing at this year’s Grammy Awards. READ MORE: Silk Sonic – ‘An Evening With Silk Sonic’ review: an unashamedly retro delight The duo – comprised of Bruno Mars and Anderson.Paak – will open the ceremony ahead of performances by Billie Eilish, BTS, Olivia Rodrigo, Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow, John Legend, J Balvin and more. In addition to a segment showcasing the songs of late Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim (who died last November, age 91), the 64th annual Grammys ceremony will also feature a tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died last week at the age of 50. Advertisement Days before his death, Foo Fighters were named as one of the performers slated for this year’s ceremony. The band have not commented on the performance, but according to a new press release (via Variety) the band are not listed on the official list of Grammy performers. Foo Fighters recently cancelled all of their upcoming tour dates following the death of Hawkins. The band was mid-tour in South America when Hawkins died with his last show taking place March 20 at Lollapalooza Argentina. Foo Fighters had planned a full year of touring,… Read More →

30MARNews

Dyson reveal their new air-purifying headphones

Dyson has launched a new pair of noise-cancelling headphones that come with an air-purifying mouth visor. The research and technology company, who are best known for their line of vacuum cleaners, are now entering the market of wearable technology with their ‘Dyson Zone’ headphones. The over-ear Bluetooth headphones are also connected from ear-to-ear with a mask-like contraption, which provides the user with purified air to the mouth and nose. Advertisement Dyson Zone headphones (Picture: Dyson / Press) The purified air is produced through compressors in each earcup, which “draw air through the dual-layer filters and project two streams of purified air to the wearer’s nose and mouth, channelled through the non-contact visor”. Dyson say that the ‘Dyson Zone’ headphones, which are “the result of over a decade of air quality research and development”, will “simultaneously tackle the urban issues of air quality and noise pollution”. “Air pollution is a global problem – it affects us everywhere we go,” chief engineer Jake Dyson said in a statement. “In our homes, at school, at work and as we travel, whether on foot, on a bike or by public or private transport. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dyson (@dyson)… Read More →

30MARNews

Rosalía says she’s a fan of BLACKPINK’s Lisa, sends her a copy of ‘Motomami’

Rosalía has shared her admiration for BLACKPINK member Lisa, and also sent the K-pop star a copy of her latest album ‘Motomami’. READ MORE: K-pop’s fourth generation girl groups need to give the girl crush concept a rest The Spanish singer-songwriter recently sat for an interview with Radio Disney México in light of the release of her latest album ‘Motomami’. During the interview, the singer was asked if she would be open to venturing into Asian music. “I really like Lisa [of BLACKPINK]. I’m a fan of her,” she said, as translated by Koreaboo. However, when asked about the possibility of a collaboration between the two musicians, Rosalía said that she would have to leave that up to fate, but continued to praise Lisa. “I really love her, this girl dances so well,” she said. Advertisement Several days following Rosalía’s mention of Lisa, the BLACKPINK singer shared on Instagram Stories yesterday (March 29) that she had received a copy of the Spanish musician’s album as a gift, alongside a handful of memorabilia. Alongside the album, Rosalía also included a handwritten note that read, “From one motomami to another motomami” in English, before adding the Korean word for “hug” below. “Thank… Read More →

29MARNews

Placebo “thought the band was over” after their previous tour

Placebo have opened up about how they “thought the band was over” after their previous “retrospective” tour. READ MORE: Placebo: “David Bowie taught me how to be a better person” The band spoke to NME about how touring since their 2013 album release, ‘Loud Like Love’ left them creatively spent. The tours that followed the release of the album were slated to mark their 20th anniversary as a band and tour a second ‘best of’ collection. “We weren’t particularly comfortable with the prospect of doing a retrospective and retrospective tour,” Brian Molko told NME. “At the time we were on Universal Records, and we had the feeling that we’d lose all support from them if we didn’t embark on this hideously materialistic and mercantile endeavour.” Advertisement Brian Molko of Placebo performs on stage at Big Day Out on 28th January 2001 in Melbourne, Australia. CREDIT: Martin Philbey/Redferns The band’s co-founder Stefan Olsdal added: “That tour lasted for quite a long time, and we started to get this slightly unhealthy relationship with our old material. “I started to feel quite disillusioned by the band and what we were doing. I had a crisis of confidence coming into this record. I felt during the… Read More →

29MARNews

mxmtoon announces debut UK headline shows: “I’m coming to play for you!”

mxmtoon has announced her debut UK and Ireland headline shows as part of a wider European tour – tickets will be available here. The Californian singer-songwriter will hit the road this autumn in support of her second album ‘Rising’, which arrives on May 20 via AWAL (pre-order here). READ MORE: mxmtoon: alt-pop star examines the light and dark of modern living on duelling EPs Following a run of Australian and European dates, mxmtoon is scheduled to touch down in the UK on October 28 for a performance at the Electric Brixton in London. She’ll then visit Manchester’s Club Academy (October 29) and the Academy in Dublin (30). Advertisement The news comes after mxmtoon confirmed a North American headline tour for this May and June while sharing a track called ‘Mona Lisa’. She’s since further previewed ‘Rising’ with the single ‘Sad Disco’. Ticket’s for mxmtoon’s 2022 UK tour go on sale at 10am BST this Friday (April 1). A pre-sale will take place tomorrow (March 30). You can find more information here, and see the full schedule below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by maia (@mxmtoon) OCTOBER 2022 28 – Electric Brixton, London 29 – Club Academy, Manchester 30 –… Read More →

28MARHit Singles

Roxy Music announce 50th anniversary tour

Roxy Music have announced a run of tour dates to mark the 50th anniversary of their debut album. For their first tour since 2011, Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay and Paul Thompson will play North America and the UK. ORDER NOW: Paul McCartney is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut Advertisement The tour dates are: September 7 – Scotiabank Arena – Toronto September 9 – Capital One Arena – Washington DC September 12 – Madison Square Garden – New York September 15 – Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia September 17 – TD Garden – Boston September 19 – United Center – Chicago September 21 – Moody Center – Austin September 23 – American Airlines – Center Dallas September 26 – Chase Center – San Francisco September 28 – The Forum – Los Angeles October 10 – OVO Hydro – Glasgow October 12 – AO Arena – Manchester October 14 – The O2 – London Last month, the band revealed plans to reissue all eight studio albums on vinyl across 2022, beginning with their self-titled debut and its follow-up, For Your Pleasure, in April. Meanwhile, Ferry has debuted his first new recordings to be released since 2018. The… Read More →

28MARNews

Trivium’s Matt Heafy shares new Ibaraki single ‘Rōnin’ featuring Gerard Way

Trivium’s Matt Heafy has shared a heavy new collaboration with Gerard Way from his solo black metal project Ibaraki’s upcoming debut album, ‘Rashomon’. READ MORE: Trivium’s Matt Heafy has finally written music for a game – and this is just the beginning The new track, titled ‘Rōnin’, features screamed vocals from the My Chemical Romance frontman, as well as composition from Emperor’s Ihsahn. The nine-minute track also comes with a kaleidoscopic music video that sees two people being brainwashed and hypnotised. Watch the music video for ‘Rōnin’ below. Advertisement Heafy revealed on Twitter that the track’s screamed vocals were performed entirely by Way, and were his “favourite moment” on the song. Ihsahn produced and recorded the guitar solo, with Trivium’s Alex Bent on drums and Ihsahn’s family also contributing to the track’s choir vocals. FYI. Gerard did all the screams on this song. Ihsahn is on the solo. Ihsahn’s family on the “whoa oh’s”. Yours truly on singing. Alex Bent on drums. — Matthew kiichichaos Heafy (@matthewkheafy) March 25, 2022 Heafy said of his collaboration with Way via a press release: “Gerard Way has been a long-time inspiration for me – like Ihsahn and Nergal – I have looked to Gerard… Read More →

27MARNews

Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share cover of Edwin Starr’s ‘War’

King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of Edwin Starr‘s ‘War’ – watch it below. READ MORE: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp’s 10 best lockdown covers – ranked! The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which was launched in 2020. The series has so far seen the couple share renditions of songs by Ramones, Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling Stones, Judas Priest, The Prodigy, Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper and many more through Willcox’s YouTube channel. In recent weeks, they’ve covered Green Day’s ‘Basket Case’, ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’ by the Smashing Pumpkins and Neil Young’s ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’; last week’s cover saw the pair deliver their take on Kaiser Chiefs‘ ‘I Predict A Riot’. Advertisement For their reworking of Starr’s ‘War’, the anti-Vietnam War anthem first recorded by The Temptations, the pair return to the kitchen, with a backdrop which includes a painting of a dove with an olive branch in its beak (symbolising peace), alongside Edwin Starr’s name with the year 1970. Willcox, who usually performs on top of the couple’s kitchen table, sits alongside Fripp at the front of the screen, with both donning a white stripe of… Read More →

26MARNews

Slash announces livestream event with Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators

Slash has announced that he’s doing a livestream event with Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators next month. READ MORE: Guns N’ Roses – Rank the albums The global event, shot on location this month at the group’s sold-out House Of Blues show in Boston, is set to take place on April 15 at 12:00pm PT (7:00pm GMT). The full production, multi-camera streaming event is being put on in association with premium concert livestream platform Veeps. The setlist will include fan favourites, as well as songs from ‘4’, the new album from the Guns N’ Roses guitarist, Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators. Advertisement Released last month, the album features the tracks ‘Call Off The Dogs’, ‘The River is Rising’ and ‘Fill My World’. Tickets for Slash Ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators – Live From Boston are on sale here. The show will be available for viewing for 48 hours after the event airs. Just announced: Watch @Slash featuring @MylesKennedy & The Conspirators on April 15, recorded live from their show at @HOBBoston in early March. Get tickets now on Veeps. https://t.co/30v9cZcQkv pic.twitter.com/DHxOZDu46f — Veeps (@Veeps) March 25, 2022 Away from his solo work, Slash has also revealed that “an entire record’s worth” of… Read More →

26MARNews

Joy Division’s Peter Hook unveils new Ian Curtis mural in Macclesfield town centre

Peter Hook helped unveil a new mural of Joy Division bandmate Ian Curtis in Macclesfield town centre this afternoon (March 26). READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life: Peter Hook The bassist and co-founder of New Order cut the ribbon alongside Akse, the Manchester-based street artist who painted the mural, telling those in attendance: “I am actually very honoured to be here, and to do this, because to me it’s about time Ian came home.” The mural, funded by Cheshire East Council, is based on an original photograph taken by Kevin Cummins at The Factory/Russell Club in Hulme, Manchester on 13 July 1979. It adorns a building on Mill Street opposite Macclesfield bus station. Advertisement Ahead of the unveiling, Curtis said earlier in the week: “I’m watching all the people going down the street and every single one of them is drawn to it. “Some young kids walking down had no idea who he was but now they do. Hopefully they’ll listen to the music and get the gist of what we were trying to do as kids.” Some of Akse’s other recent works include murals of the late British army officer and fundraiser Captain Tom Moore and Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford. He… Read More →

26MARNews

Snoop Dogg’s got a collaboration in the works with BTS

Snoop Dogg has revealed that he’s currently in talks with K-pop titans BTS about recording a collaboration. READ MORE: BTS live in LA: a euphoric return to live performance for the K-pop juggernauts Speaking yesterday (March 25) on the red carpet of his and Kelly Clarkson‘s American Song Contest, the rapper confirmed he and BTS are working together. “I’m going to let them tell you about it,” he told The A.V. Club, before adding: “It’s official like a referee with a whistle. I love that entertainment world. It’s good music. It’s [a] vibe.” Advertisement “I make good music. They make good music,” he continued. “And we end up doing this. This is what it’s always about, bringing our worlds together.” Snoop’s comments come after he revealed back in January that the boy band had sent him a request to work together. “I got a group named BTS that’s waiting on me to do a song with them right now,” he told Mogul Talk at the time. “And I’m trying to figure out if I got time to do that shit.” BTS first hinted they were fans of the legendary rapper when they included a nod to his debut album ‘Doggystyle’ in their 2014… Read More →

26MARNews

Dua Lipa says her third album is “50 per cent done”

Dua Lipa has revealed that her forthcoming third album is “50 per cent done” and “starting to feel good”. READ MORE: Dua Lipa – ‘Future Nostalgia’ review: powerful pop perfection from a star unafraid to speak her mind The singer’s follow-up to 2020 smash ‘Future Nostalgia’ was first teased back in January, when Lipa said she had “done a big chunk of writing” for the new record. In a new interview with Elton John as part of Lipa’s Service95 podcast, she gave a further update as to progress on the album. Advertisement “It’s starting to feel good,” she said, adding that the album was “50 per cent done”. “It’s starting to take shape. I’m very excited about some of the new songs so it’s always exciting to look forward towards something,” she added. Listen to the full interview below. In a January interview with The Wall Street Journal, Lipa said that LP3 was “still in baby form” and that she was “in no rush” to unveil the material, but that she has “a lot of it recorded”. She continued: “It has a vision. It has a name, I think—for now. It’s just been fun experimenting. I’m always going to make pop… Read More →

26MARNews

Tour bus on Korn’s US tour reportedly hit by single bullet

A tour bus on Korn‘s current US tour with Code Orange and Chevelle has reportedly been hit by a single bullet. READ MORE: Korn: “On this record, we have grown emotionally. Music is healing to all of us” The three bands are currently on the road in the States and played in Saginaw, Michigan on Wednesday night (March 23) before having a day off in Davenport, Iowa on Thursday. As TMZ reports, the Davenport Police Department were alerted to the fact that yesterday morning (March 25) one of the buses on the tour was hit by a single bullet outside a hotel in Davenport. Advertisement The report added that a source says the bullet went through the bus exterior and landed inside the cabin itself, but no one was on board the bus when the shooting occurred. No further details have been revealed, including who was in the particular bus that was hit. Jonathan Davis of Korn. CREDIT: Matthew Baker/Getty Images Korn released new album ‘Requiem’ last month, which NME called the “nu-metal veterans’ ‘happy’ album,” but one that “is still dark as fuck,” in a four-star review. The review added: “It would be a push to call this Korn’s first… Read More →

25MARNews

Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood once dissected Kraftwerk’s ‘Computer World’ in front of the band

Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood have revealed that they once dissected Kraftwerk‘s 1981 album ‘Computer World’ in front of the band. READ MORE: The Smile live in London: Radiohead side project prove they’re human after all The duo, who recently formed side project The Smile with Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner, admitted they were big fans of the electro pioneers on Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes’ comedy podcast SmartLess. The pair admitted studying the album in detail and once sitting Kraftwerk down during a Radiohead tour in South America and dissecting the record over dinner. Advertisement “We literally study ‘Computer World’ in terms of playing it to each other and discussing what is going on and why, it’s so good,” Greenwood said of the record. “We can pretty much list what every instrument was and how they did it [on that record],” said Yorke before he added: “They came on tour with us once to South America and we had a very long prolonged dinner with them where we basically dissected the whole record and asked which instrument and what was used on every single piece of that [record]. It was the ultimate geek out.” During the… Read More →

25MARNews

Olivia Rodrigo’s ex was hospitalised with heart failure after release of ‘Drivers License’

Olivia Rodrigo‘s ex-parter was hospitalised with heart failure shortly after the release of ‘Drivers License’. Joshua Bassett met Rodrigo on the set of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, which premiered on the Disney Channel back in 2019 before moving to Disney+. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Olivia Rodrigo: “It’s important for me to be taken seriously as a songwriter” Although the pair have not publicly confirmed rumours that they dated, Bassett recently spoke to People about how Rodrigo’s hit ‘Sour’ single ‘Drivers License’ – released in January 2021 – brought on a bout of stress. Advertisement The track is believed to have been inspired by the couple’s break-up, with Bassett explaining how receiving death threats on social media impacted his health. “Every day I felt worse and worse,” he recalled of that period. “I was sleeping 16 to 20 hours a day. I couldn’t even stand up for longer than 30 seconds.” Bassett then released his own single, ‘Lie Lie Lie’, just six days after ‘Drivers License’ arrived. Some fans thought the song was a response to Rodrigo’s track, but he claimed it had long been scheduled to drop on the day it did. Upon its… Read More →

24MARNews

Listen to Red Hot Chili Peppers emotional new song ‘Not The One’

Red Hot Chili Peppers have today (March 24) shared a new song – listen to ‘Not The One’. READ MORE: Red Hot Chili Peppers – “We feel fresh, like a new band” Last month the band announced ‘Unlimited Love’ with lead single ‘Black Summer’. The follow-up to 2016’s ‘The Getaway’ is set to arrive April 1 via Warner Bros and will mark the band’s first album since the return of guitarist John Frusciante in 2019. ‘Not The One’ is the third single from the band’s upcoming new album, following on from ‘Black Summer’ and ‘Poster Child.’ Advertisement The new track hears Flea play bass and piano. Check it out below: Red Hot Chili Peppers will next week receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to mark their four decades in music. George Clinton, who produced their 1985 record ‘Freaky Styley’, will be unveiling the star alongside Woody Harrelson, Bob Forrest, and Hollywood Chamber of Commerce chairwoman Nicole Mihalka during the March 31 ceremony. “Our hometown Hollywood boys are finally coming to collect their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,” Hollywood Walk of Fame producer Ana Martinez said. “We have been waiting for them to break away from… Read More →

24MARNews

Mac Miller’s family releases rare footage and ‘Macadelic’ 10th anniversary vinyl

The family of Mac Miller have released a vinyl edition of the rapper’s mixtape ‘Macadelic’, coinciding with the tenth anniversary of its release. READ MORE: Mac Miller – ‘Circles’ review: posthumous album is a conflicting, tantalising taste of what might have been Miller, who died in 2018 from an accidental drug overdose, age 26, released his mixtape by way of an experiment after his debut album, ‘Blue Slide Park’, dropped in November 2011. Now, a remastered vinyl edition – issued today (March 24) – has been freshly released as a double LP, featuring embossed cover art. As reported by Complex, portions of the sales from the vinyl will go to the Mac Miller Fund, established to offer young musicians access to costly resources. Advertisement You can listen to the remastered ‘Macadelic’ below: Miller’s estate has also shared previously unreleased footage from around the time of the release of ‘Macadelic’, Miller just 20 years old at the time. Directed and edited by Rex Arrow, check out the clip celebrating the ten-year anniversary of ‘Macadelic’ below: Last September, on the third anniversary of Miller’s death, several artists paid tribute to him on social media, among them Kid Cudi, Kehlani, Juicy J, ScHoolboy… Read More →

24MARNews

Machine Gun Kelly defends his pop-punk success: “I earned that shit”

Machine Gun Kelly has spoken about his success as a pop punk artist, explaining that he’s “earned that shit”. READ MORE: Machine Gun Kelly: “I’ve been jumping up and down on the table, believing in myself, for-fucking-ever” 2020’s ‘Tickets To My Downfall’ gave Machine Gun Kelly (real name Colson Baker) his first US Number One album and with new album ‘Mainstream Sellout’ out later this week (March 25), he’s been confirmed to headline festivals like Lollapalooza alongside a lengthy arena tour of his own. However, he’s long been criticised for his pivot from rap to rock. Speaking about the backlash in a new interview with Billboard, Baker explains: “I know it kills certain bands in that community that I got the success that I got. But I earned that shit.” Advertisement “Dude, I was fucking loading up the van with our drums and amps in 2010, driving to Indiana and Chicago, playing Warped Tour. I can tell you the fucking Wi-Fi codes to venues in Blackfoot, Idaho. Can you say that shit as a band,” he added. Speaking about his role in the pop-punk revival, Baker added: “The 2010s was great for singers and rappers, and I was part of… Read More →

24MARNews

SEVENTEEN to release first-ever English-language single in April

SEVENTEEN are set to release an English-language single in April, ahead of their full-length album in May. READ MORE: Every Red Velvet song ranked in order of greatness Today (March 24), the boyband’s agency Pledis Entertainment announced in a statement to South Korean media outlet OSEN that the K-pop group would unveil a pre-release single next month. Notably, the upcoming single will be their first English-language track performed by all 13 members of the boyband. Prior to this, sub-units and solo members of the group have released songs in English, including Vernon and Joshua on ‘2 Minus 1’ from group’s most recent mini-album ‘Attacca’ released in May, and Woozi with his solo mixtape ‘Ruby’. Advertisement The as-yet-untitled song will come ahead of SEVENTEEN’s upcoming full-length album, which arrives in May. The forthcoming release will mark SEVENTEEN’s first domestic comeback of 2022, arriving seven months after ‘Attacca’. The new full-length album will also be the group’s fourth full-length studio album so far, coming almost three years after their previous record ‘An Ode’, which dropped in September 2019. Meanwhile, Chinese member The8 recently returned with a new Chinese-language solo single ‘海城 (Hai Cheng)’, which was his first solo release this year, and… Read More →

23MARNews

Maxïmo Park announce UK singles tour and share frenetic new song ‘Great Art’

Maxïmo Park have announced plans for a singles only UK tour later this year – purchase tickets here. READ MORE: Maxïmo Park v Architects marks the return of the indie chart battle. But why now? The band will be hitting the road for a series of shows for their ‘Sïngular Tour’ in the autumn, kicking off at the O2 Institute in Birmingham on September 30 with further dates in Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, London, Cardiff, Nottingham and Glasgow before wrapping up at the O2 City Hall in Newcastle on October 14. The jaunt will see Maxïmo Park perform early hits such as ‘Apply Some Pressure’ and ‘Going Missing’ from their 2005 debut album ‘A Certain Trigger’ right up to contemporary singles from last year’s ‘Nature Always Wins’. Advertisement The band have also shared new single ‘Great Art’ to coincide with the tour, which you can listen to below. “The song is about the insidious nature of Conservative ideology, and a response to people who say, ‘At least we’ll get some great art out of it!’” frontman Paul Smith said of the new single, which you can purchase as a seven inch here. “We’re excited to have new material to play alongside our… Read More →

23MARNews

Eagles Of Death Metal’s Tuesday Cross recovers from coma: “She is our miracle”

Eagles Of Death Metal‘s Tuesday Cross has woken up after being in a coma since January. The 31-year-old bassist and keyboardist – real name Marina Cardenas – is the fiancée of EODM frontman Jesse Hughes. According to Billboard, she had been in a vegetative state for approximately six weeks following an asthma attack that sent her into cardiac arrest. Cardenas suffered brain damage as a result, the outlet reports. Hughes, who had not seen his fiancée for 51 days, took Billboard along as he visited Cardenas after she had come around. “In a few days, she’s shown more progress than she has in the entire previous months,” he explained. “And I guess it just goes to show when you acknowledge someone is trying to recover, give them the opportunity and you have faith, anything is possible. “She is finally improving. She has an army of people who support and believe in her. It is Tuesday’s Army. She is a fighter. She is our miracle.” Elsewhere in the report, Hughes said he had “barely been able to process” the ordeal since he found Cardenas “dying on the floor”. “But every single day, she is slowly getting better,” he continued. Hughes explained… Read More →