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Watch Halsey cause chaos in period drama video for ‘Girl Is A Gun’

Halsey has shared a new music video for her song ‘Girl Is A Gun’, which takes place in a colourful period drama setting. The track is taken from the star’s latest album, ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’, which was released in August 2021. READ MORE: Halsey: “I’ve always been driven to reinvent myself and reinvent my genre” The video was directed by Colin Tilley and features Halsey dressed in a big purple and green wig and voluminous, corseted green dress. Joined by a gaggle of female friends, they bowl around the streets of an old-fashioned town, drinking, dancing and knocking over apple carts. Advertisement Towards the end of the video, they ride out of town on horses, with only Halsey shown at its conclusion, standing precariously at the edge of a rocky cliff. Watch the video for ‘Girl Is A Gun’ below now. Yesterday (February 4), it was announced that Halsey is set to star in a new film alongside Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney. The pair will appear in National Anthem, which will be the directorial debut of American poet, critic and screenwriter Tony Tost. It follows the announcement last year that both Halsey and Sweeney had been… Read More →

04FEBNews

Watch Billie Eilish kick off the first night of her ‘Happier Than Ever’ world tour

Billie Eilish kicked off the first night of her ‘Happier Than Ever’ world tour last night (February 3) in New Orleans at the Smoothie King Center – see footage and photos below. READ MORE: Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’ review: an artist secures her status as a generational great The first show of the US leg of the highly anticipated tour, which will continue across North America tomorrow night (February 5) at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, saw the pop star deliver a jam-packed 90-minute set. Among the setlist, she performed the hits ‘Bury A Friend’, ‘Bad Guy’, ‘Ocean Eyes’, and tracks from her latest album, ‘Happier Than Ever’, such as ‘Therefore I Am’, ‘Happier Than Ever’, and ‘NDA’. She also gave the track ‘Goldwing’ its live debut. Advertisement Fans have been sharing clips from the show, which you can take a look at below. Advertisement View this post on Instagram A post shared by billie_eilish_greek (@billie_eilish_greek) Billie Eilish kicked off her ‘Happier Than Ever Tour’ tonight in New Orleans.pic.twitter.com/0KZ8rK06mC — SoundsOfSeries (@SoundsOfSeries) February 4, 2022 View this post on Instagram A post shared by ♡Mitra♡ (@tatalo_bilieeilish) Happier Than Ever Tour, New Orleans! @billieeilish, thanks for my first concert experience ?? pic.twitter.com/IlNcV8nUaa… Read More →

04FEBNews

Sofi Tukker announce new album ‘Wet Tennis’, share self-love single ‘Original Sin’

Sofi Tukker have announced the details of their sophomore album ‘Wet Tennis’ and shared the new video for their single ‘Original Sin’. Check it out below. READ MORE: Friends Like These: Icona Pop and Sofi Tukker ‘Wet Tennis’ arrives on April 29 via Ultra / Sony Music and will be the follow-up to the electro-pop duo’s Grammy-nominated debut, ‘Treehouse’. The band’s new track is about rejecting imposed social mores. “‘Original Sin’” is the perfect way to introduce the world of ‘Wet Tennis’ and it’s very emblematic of “the freak fam”, our community,” said Sophie Hawkey-weld and Tucker Halpern of the track. “It says: we aren’t meant to be saints. We aren’t born sinners. We’re just a bunch of freaks who make mistakes and keep trying to do our best. Advertisement “‘Wet Tennis’ is an acronym that stands for: ‘when everyone tries to evolve, nothing negative is safe’ and that’s what this song is all about. We live in a troubled world, it’s not our fault if we have trouble sometimes. That’s part of what makes us human. But when we evolve together and celebrate instead of judge each other, we can move through negativity into a more optimistic way of… Read More →

04FEBNews

‘Kevin And Perry Go Large’ 20th anniversary to be marked with Ibiza party

The 20th anniversary of Kevin And Perry Go Large is set to be marked in Ibiza. After initial plans were disrupted by COVID-19 in 2020, two special events will be held at Amnesia, where the original club scenes for the film were shot, later this year. Both events will take place on June 6 and September 27 and will feature Seb Fontaine, the DJ that originally played during the actual filming and the curator of the soundtrack, Judge Jules. Full details can be view below. Advertisement Speaking about the film, Jules told DJ: “What’s astonished me about Kevin and Perry is that its appeal spans the generations. Each track from its soundtrack is familiar to everyone between the ages of 13 and 50. Having been involved in the movie’s soundtrack, and having been in Ibiza when it was filmed 20 years ago, I could never have imagined that K&P would have such enduring musical and cultural significance. ? Kevin and Perry have gone LARGER! ? Kevin & Perry are set to go even LARGER this summer as they are now taking over both the discotheque and Terrace arenas at @Amnesia_Ibiza for TWO special dates. ? FB Event: https://t.co/2WmBrPN5dr ? Early… Read More →

04FEBNews

Jeris Johnson Wants Both Blood And Love

By Ashley Oken On a recent Friday afternoon, musician Jeris Johnson, 25, ran his fingers through his blond hair while settling into a nondescript hotel room in Nashville after a frenzied few days of traveling on his first tour. Wearing a hat emblazoned with the message “Make Rock Great Again,” Johnson shared his thoughts on the state of the genre of which his Instagram bio claims he is “the future.” “Rock has been stuck in the mud for a long time,” he told MTV News over Zoom. “It’s sounded the same for a long time. It’s the same old ‘man with drums and [a] guitar’ and whatever else.” “Now I feel like we’re at a crisis point in rock music,” he continues, “where it actually will die if it keeps going down the path that it’s going down, because it’s not keeping up. It’s not capturing anybody that’s young. It’s not doing any of those things.” The former metalhead turned TikToker, whose debut album I Want Blood/I Want Love, is out today (February 4), aims to be rock’s fountain of youth. “It needs to be brought into the future.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cmgKMcYPt4 Born in Eugene, Oregon to rocker parents — his dad was… Read More →

03FEBNews

David Byrne announces new immersive theatre experience show

David Byrne has announced details of a new immersive show. READ MORE: David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ tour might be the most ambitious and impressive live show of all time ‘Theater Of The Mind’ is a collaborative stage production between Byrne and his friend Mala Gaonkar, who is a neuroscientist. It debuts in Denver this summer on August 31 before wrapping on December 18. A statement said the installation will “take audience members through an immersive journey of self-reflection, discovery, and imagination, inspired by and grounded in neuroscience.” It goes on to describe it as “a visceral theatre experience inspired by neuroscientist experiments”. Advertisement Attendees will be participants in sensory experiments intended to “reveal the inner mysteries of the brain”, rather than audience members. David Byrne performs as ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ reopens on Broadway at St James Theater on September 17, 2021 in New York City. CREDIT: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images Gaonkar and Bryne said the installation is based on scientific experiments and research with scientists, and will make those attending question their realities. “The experiments and ideas of the labs we met, several of which we embedded in our narrative, seemed as engaging as any piece of theatre,” Gaonkar said… Read More →

03FEBNews

Manic Street Preachers lead new additions to Neighbourhood Weekender 2022

Manic Street Preachers have been announced among the new additions to the line-up of Neighbourhood Weekender 2022. The Victoria Park, Warrington festival will return on May 28-29, and will feature Courteeners, Kasabian and Blossoms as headliners. READ MORE: 20 festivals to look forward to in 2022 Speaking about their co-headline slot back in September, Blossoms frontman Tom Ogden said: “We can’t wait! The other headliners we’re massive fans of [as well], so it’s gonna be a big old party.” Advertisement Neighbourhood Weekender has today (February 3) added a host of new names to their 2022 line-up, including the Manic Street Preachers. Baby Queen, Razorlight, James Bay, The Rills, Red Rum Club, GAYLE and Scouting For Girls have all joined the line-up for this year’s festival, while rising acts The Academic, Dylan John Thomas, Brooke Combe and Seb Lowe will also perform. Neighbourhood Weekender 2022 (Picture: Press) Those artists join the already announced likes of DMA’s, Becky Hill, Tom Grennan, Starsailor, Cast, The Fratellis, Example, Sports Team, Inhaler, The Lathums, Pale Waves, Jamie Webster, Crawlers, The Amazons and Wet Leg on the bill – you can see the latest line-up poster for Neighbourhood Weekender above. Tickets, including VIP Packages, for Neighbourhood… Read More →

03FEBNews

New York University launches new course on Taylor Swift

New York University’s Clive Davis Institute has launched a new course on Taylor Swift. The course began at the Davis Institute, which is part of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, on January 26 and will run through to March 9. READ MORE: Swift vs Albarn, Morrissey vs Marr and Young vs Spotify: dissecting pop’s Beef Week Set to be taught by Rolling Stone’s Brittany Spanos, the course will cover “Swift’s evolution as a creative music entrepreneur, the legacy of pop and country songwriters, discourses of youth and girlhood, and the politics of race in contemporary popular music” (via Variety). Advertisement “This course proposes to deconstruct both the appeal and aversions to Taylor Swift through close readings of her music and public discourse as it relates to her own growth as an artist and a celebrity,” a description adds. “Through readings, lectures and more, the class delves into analyses of the culture and politics of teen girlhood in pop music, fandom, media studies, whiteness and power as it relates to her image and the images of those who have both preceded and succeeded her. We’ll also consider topics like copyright and ownership, American nationalism and the ongoing impact of… Read More →

02FEBNews

Failure remove their music from Spotify over COVID controversy: “Enough is enough”

Failure are the latest act to announce they’re pulling their music from Spotify following the ongoing COVID controversy involving Joe Rogan. READ MORE: Swift vs Albarn, Morrissey vs Marr and Young vs Spotify: dissecting pop’s Beef Week Last month hundreds of scientists and medical professionals asked Spotify to address COVID misinformation on its platform, sparked by comments made on The Joe Rogan Experience. More than 270 members of the science and medical community signed the open letter, which called Rogan’s actions “not only objectionable and offensive but also medically and culturally dangerous”. Advertisement Soon after, Neil Young demanded that his music be pulled from Spotify, asserting in a since-deleted open letter to his management that content like Rogan’s podcast “spread[s] false information about vaccines”. The streaming platform obliged, later confirming that Young’s content would indeed be removed from the platform. Other musicians and entertainers have since followed suit in removing their music and content from the platform including Janis Joplin, Graham Nash and Stewart Lee. Neil Young was one of the first artists to remove their music from Spotify. CREDIT: Matthew Baker/Getty Images Now, in a lengthy Facebook statement, cult alternative rockers Failure have announced that they too are planning to remove their music from Spotify in… Read More →

02FEBNews

Griff is supporting Ed Sheeran on his European tour

Griff has announced that she is supporting Ed Sheeran on a number of his European tour dates this September. READ MORE: Griff – meet Britain’s next great pop star The singer-songwriter, who has been nominated in the Best Collaboration category at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 where she is also performing, shared the news earlier today via her Twitter (February 2). “Ed asked if I could join him on some of his European tour dates. I said I’d check my schedule. Kinda have no words, thank you Ed,” Griff wrote. Advertisement The dates in question are September 10, 11 and 12 at Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany; September 16 and 17 at Letzigrund Stadion, Switzerland; and 23, 24, 25 at Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt, Germany. Some of the dates have sold out – see here for more information about tickets. Ed asked if I could join him on some of his European tour dates. I said I’d check my schedule. Kinda have no words, thank you Ed ❤️https://t.co/DPuv3a9QMC pic.twitter.com/7VIMCGxbzZ — Griff (@wiffygriffy) February 2, 2022 Last month Griff was nominated for an NME Award along with Sigrid for their collaboration ‘Head On Fire‘. She will perform at the March 2… Read More →

02FEBNews

Artists slam website HitPiece for listing their songs as NFTs for auction without their knowledge

Multiple artists have slammed a website called HitPiece that appears to be auctioning off their music as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) without their knowledge or permission. HitPiece claims to “let fans collect NFTs of your favorite songs,” according to an FAQ section on the website. “Each HitPiece NFT is a One of One NFT for each unique song recording. Members build their Hitlist of their favorite songs, get on leaderboards, and receive in real life value such as access and experiences with Artists.” The website currently shows hundreds of what appear to be active auctions for NFTs tied to artists’ albums and songs, from prominent artists such as the Beatles, Taylor Swift and Bob Dylan to smaller independent acts. Advertisement Several musicians who said they did not consent to their music purportedly being auctioned off as NFTs on the site slammed HitPiece on social media on the night of February 1. “Hey you stupid fucks,” tweeted Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz and Sad13. “We don’t have any deal with you or any NFT site and there SURE DOES LOOK like an active auction going on for a speedy ortiz song.” Bleachers‘ Jack Antonoff meanwhile, posted: “Any bleachers NFTs are fake. At… Read More →

01FEBNews

India.Arie says she’s leaving Spotify over Joe Rogan’s “language around race”

India.Arie is leaving Spotify, citing their exclusive hosting of Joe Rogan’s podcast and his “language around race” as the reason she pulled her music. READ MORE: Swift vs Albarn, Morrissey vs Marr and Young vs Spotify: dissecting pop’s Beef Week In an announcement on her Instagram last night (January 31), she shared the details behind her decision to leave the streaming giant – following on from Neil Young’s exit due to Rogan spreading “misinformation” about COVID-19. “I have decided to pull my music and podcast from Spotify,” she shared. “Neil Young opened a door that I must walkthrough. I believe in freedom of speech. However, I find Joe Rogan problematic for reasons other than his COVID interviews.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by indiaarie (@indiaarie) Advertisement The singer-songwriter went on to explain that it wasn’t just the COVID misinformation that made her choose to distance herself from Spotify and Rogan. “For me it’s also his language around race,” she said. India.Arie did not specify which conversation about race on Rogan’s podcast she was referring to, but a 2021 clip from The Joe Rogan Experience where the host discusses race with guest Jordan Petterson has received new attention this… Read More →

01FEBNews

Cat Power on Lana Del Rey: “She reached out at a time when I felt really super-muted”

Chan Marshall, better known as Cat Power, has revealed that Lana Del Rey was one of the few people to reach out to her after she was dropped by her label, Matador. READ MORE: Cat Power: “The music I’m drawn to is about either healing or abandon – one or the other” In an interview with NME, Marshall shared that Del Rey invited her out on the road during a difficult time in her career. “When I was told that my last record ‘Wanderer’ was no good, there was a year where I didn’t have a label,” she told NME. “There’s about 200 people that were affiliated with what I thought was my family who never checked in with me… [I thought], ‘I guess I can sell my apartment and I’ll just raise my son, I’ll move somewhere and try to get into writing… I’m a really good waitress and cook and stuff, and I can just get a good stable job and start a different career’.” Advertisement At the time Marshall said that she felt “totally not part of any musical community” and “dumped by my family”. But then she got a few calls from musicians asking for her… Read More →

01FEBNews

Wet Leg announce run of UK in-store shows

Wet Leg have announced an in-store UK tour for this spring – you can find all the details below. READ MORE: Wet Leg: “We want to be recognised as guitar heroes” The Isle Of Wight duo – comprised of Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers – will perform at Pryzm in Kingston upon Thames, London for Banquet Records on April 7 ahead of releasing their self-titled debut album on April 8. Fans can gain entry to the 14+ show by purchasing an album/ticket bundle here from 11am GMT tomorrow (February 2). Prices range between £15-£28, with the ticket-only option costing £11 (limited to four per customer). Advertisement Wet Leg will then make stop-offs at Rough Trade East in London (April 8), Chalk in Brighton for Resident (9), Rough Trade Bristol (10), Rough Trade Nottingham (11) and HMV Vault in Birmingham (12). Any remaining tickets for these appearances are on sale here. You can see the offical tour poster in the announcement tweet below. Gonna be doing some in store shows in April. Tickets are on sale now ?✨ https://t.co/HAKHYe9mrZ pic.twitter.com/brQUGQOL7i — Wet Leg (@wetlegband) February 1, 2022 Wet Leg’s run of in-store gigs comes ahead of the band’s 2022 UK headline tour,… Read More →

01FEBNews

Radiohead side-project The Smile announce UK and European tour

Radiohead side-project The Smile have announced a UK and European tour for 2022 – see all the details below. The trio – comprising Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner – released their debut single ‘You Will Never Work In Television Again’ and its follow-up ‘The Smoke’ earlier this month. READ MORE: The Smile live in London: Radiohead side project prove they’re human after all The Smile then took to the stage for three gigs at the Magazine venue in London over the weekend (January 29/30), with each performance being live-streamed online. Advertisement Today (February 1) it’s been confirmed that the band will hit the road this spring for a run of European headline shows. Kicking off in Zagreb on May 16, the tour also includes appearances in Vienna (May 17), Prague (19), Berlin (20), Stockholm (23), Oslo (24) and Amsterdam (27). Yorke and co. will then return to these shores for a two-night billing at the Roundhouse in Camden, London on May 29/30. Further UK concerts are scheduled for Edinburgh’s Usher Hall (June 1) and Manchester’s Albert Hall (2). CREDIT: Press It’s also been announced today that The Smile will perform at Primavera Sound 2022 in Barcelona (weekend… Read More →

31JANNews

Baby Keem unveils ‘Melodic Blue’ tour dates

Baby Keem has unveiled details of his 2022 tour dates. READ MORE: Baby Keem – ‘The Melodic Blue’ review: Kendrick’s protege forges his own path on exhilarating debut The ‘Melodic Blue’ tour will see Baby Keem hit the road this spring for a North American tour in support of his debut album. The rapper took to social media last week to announce the tour, which will begin on March 7 in Cincinnati and will continue through New York, Atlanta, New Orleans an Chicago before concluding with an appearance at Coachella on April 22. Advertisement Tickets for the 28-date run are are available here. You can see the full list of dates below. tix available now. ? presale code “MELBLU”https://t.co/sVTlxa2sLN pic.twitter.com/sYSpmxhsSH — baby keem (@babykeem) January 27, 2022 Baby Keem Tour Dates MARCH 7 – Cincinnati – Bogart’s 8 – Detroit– Saint Andrew’s Hall 10 – Pittsburgh – Stage AE 11 – Columbus – Newport Music Hall 13 – New York – Terminal 5 14 – Providence – Fete Music Hall 15 – Baltimore – Baltimore Soundstage 17 – Norfolk – The NorVa 18 – Charlotte – The Underground 20 – Atlanta – Tabernacle Atlanta 22 – Orlando – The Beacham 23 –… Read More →

31JANNews

Paul McCartney still gets emotional listening to the John Lennon inspired ‘Dear Friend’

Paul McCartney has admitted he gets “very emotional” listening to ‘Dear Friend’ because he wrote it about John Lennon. READ MORE: ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ review: Peter Jackson’s long and winding but utterly unmissable epic The song was released in 1971 as part of McCartney’s post-The Beatles project Wings. To celebrate the 50th anniversary reissue of their debut album ‘Wild Life’, a Q&A about the record from 2018 has been shared on PaulMcCartney.com. Speaking about ‘Wild Life and the track ‘Dear Friend’, McCartney revealed that he finds it “very emotional when I listen to it now. I have to sort of choke it back.” Advertisement He went on to explain how the track is “me talking to John after we’d had all the disputes about The Beatles break up. “That lyric: ‘Really truly, young and newly wed’. Listening to that was like, ‘Oh my God, it’s true!’ I’m trying to say to John, ‘Look, you know, it’s all cool. Have a glass of wine. Let’s be cool.’ And luckily we did get it back together, which was like a great source of joy because it would have been terrible if he’d been killed as things were at that point and… Read More →

31JANNews

Watch Doja Cat rescue a cat from aliens in music video for ‘Get Into It (Yuh)’

Doja Cat has released a music video for ‘Get Into It (Yuh)’. The track is from her 2021 album ‘Planet Her’, making it the fifth visual to be released from the album. READ MORE: Doja Cat – ‘Planet Her’ review: controversial pop-rapper enters her imperial phase The visual effects-heavy clip sees Doja Cat as the captain of a spacecraft who receives a threatening message from a motley crew of aliens, who hold a cat named Starscream hostage. Doja and her crew then set off on an intergalactic mission to retrieve the cat. A final showdown between the pop singer and the aliens sees her deflect laser beams through the sheer power of twerking. Advertisement Watch the music video for ‘Get Into It (Yuh)’ below. ‘Get Into It (Yuh)’ follows up the music video for ‘Planet Her’ track ‘Woman’, which premiered last month. While a follow-up album to ‘Planet Her’ has not been confirmed, Doja Cat has previously said she hopes to record a double album in the future – with one side strictly hip-hop. In February, Doja Cat is set to perform at The O2 Arena in London for the 2022 BRIT Awards, where she is nominated for International Artist… Read More →

28JANHit Singles

Black Flower – Magma

Belgium has been the butt of jokes from the Anglophone pop world for decades – Technotronic, the Singing Nun and some hilariously hi-NRG gabba acts being the country’s prime pop exports – but the Belgian jazz scene has a long and noble history. Artists as diverse as Django Reinhardt, Toots Thielemans, Philip Catherine and Marc Moulin have created varieties of jazz quite distinct from anything that was happening in the United States. ORDER NOW: Johnny Marr is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut Now in the Belgian vanguard are Black Flower, fronted by Nathan Daems, a multi-instrumentalist who started out on the violin and trained to a high level on several reed instruments at the Ghent Conservatory. But he was always looking for music outside the US jazz canon: playing guitar in avant-rock groups, playing various saxophones in reggae and Afrobeat bands, and travelling the world to study non-Western tunings, wind instruments and alternative forms of improvisation. Brussels is as diverse as London, and Daems’ experiments in pancultural fusion are very similar to the madly eclectic, Commonwealth-accented jazz that has emerged in the UK in recent years. One of Daems’ projects, Echoes Of Zoo, is a sax-fronted… Read More →

26JANNews

Interpol share clip of new music after unveiling tour details

Interpol have shared a clip of new music on social media today (January 26) – listen to it below. READ MORE: The story of post-punk in 15 classic albums The piano-led clip was shared on Twitter this evening and was accompanied by a video of the group playing together. They captioned the clip “coming soon”. It’s thought to be from their upcoming seventh studio album, which they’ve just finished recording with producers Flood & Moulder at Battery Studio in London. Advertisement You can watch it here: Coming soon… ? @atibaphoto pic.twitter.com/yCFpgZosqN — Interpol (@Interpol) January 26, 2022 Earlier today, the group also announced a host of new tour dates, including gigs in London and across the US. You can see Interpol’s full 2022 tour schedule, including their summer festival dates, below. Tickets for the newly announced shows go on sale on Friday (January 28) at 10am local time from here. April 25 – The Factory in Deep Ellum, Dallas 26 – ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Austin 28 – Marquee Theatre, Tempe 29 – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, San Diego 30 – Greek Theatre, Berkeley May 2 – The Union, Salt Lake City 3 – Mission Ballroom, Denver… Read More →

26JANNews

Bandcamp Fridays is returning from February

Bandcamp Fridays are set to make a return this February according to a new statement from the platform. READ MORE: How you can do your bit to help save the future of live music The initiative, which was launch in March 2020 as a way to support artists affected by the coronavirus pandemic, will return on the first Friday in February – and will continue until at least May 2022 on the first Friday of every month. As with the previous initiatives, Bandcamp will waive its revenue share for all sales taken on the day, meaning all of the proceeds from sales will go directly to the artists. Bandcamp Fridays return on February 4th. https://t.co/3tQF43Lnh1 — bandcamp (@Bandcamp) January 24, 2022 Advertisement A statement from the platform read: “On the first Friday of the month since March of 2020, we’ve waived our revenue share to help support the many artists who have seen their livelihoods disrupted by the pandemic. “Over the course of 17 days, fans paid artists and labels more than $70 million dollars [£52m], helping cover rents, mortgages, groceries, medications, and much more.” “If you’re among the nearly 800,000 fans who participated, thank you. It will likely be several… Read More →