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Guns N’ Roses return with two new singles, ‘Nothin’ and ‘Atlas’
Guns N’ Roses have debuted two new singles, ‘Nothin’ and ‘Atlas’. READ MORE: Guns N’ Roses live at Glastonbury: a solid performance… to the wrong crowd The pair of songs is the legendary rockers’ first release in two years, following ‘Perhaps’ and ‘The General’ in 2023. Advertisement Of the pair, ‘Nothin’ is the slower of the pair, taking on the form of a rock power ballad with thick, retro-sounding keyboard chords and a characteristically elaborate burst of soloing from Slash. Meanwhile, ‘Atlas’ is a mid-tempo stadium rock tune. Check out ‘Nothin’ and ‘Atlas’ below: Guns N’...
Rüfüs Du Sol score highest-selling electronic tour of all time
Rüfüs Du Sol have made history with the highest-selling electronic tour of all time. READ MORE: RÜFÜS DU SOL – ‘Surrender’ review: Electronic trio offer atmospheric optimism but nothing new The Australian trio have been out on the road on their ‘Inhale/Exhale’ world tour in support of the album of the same name which came out last year. Advertisement The tour has sold 750,000 headline tickets and reached 1.5million fans worldwide across festivals and headline shows in 2025, according to a press release from Live Nation. Of that number, they shifted 180,000 tickets across Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and...
Spotify Wrapped: Kneecap score more listeners than The Beatles in Ireland, as Irish music continues to thrive
Irish music has had a stellar year on streaming according to Spotify Wrapped 2025, with Kneecap attracting more listeners on the platform than The Beatles and Elton John in their native Ireland – NME can exclusively reveal. Today (Wednesday December 3) saw the launch of Spotify Wrapped 2025 – showing music fans their most listened to songs, artists, albums and more from the last 12 months. While globally, listening habits on the streaming service were dominated by the likes of Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – and with top 10s in the UK...
Hundreds of Radiohead fans gather for replacement karaoke party after Copenhagen gig cancellation
Hundreds of Radiohead fans came together for a karaoke party after the band cancelled a show in Copenhagen – watch footage below. Yesterday (December 1), the group announced that their first two concerts in the Royal Arena in the Danish capital had been postponed after frontman Thom Yorke contracted an “extreme throat infection”. Advertisement Shows on Monday and Tuesday (December 1 and 2) have been delayed to December 15 and 16, with tickets being automatically transferred to the new dates and refunds available from point of purchase. The December 4 and 5 dates are still set to go ahead as planned. Fans...
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea tackles division on solo single ‘A Plea’: “I don’t care about the act of politics”
Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has shared a new solo single that tackles division and political unease. Check out the intense ‘A Plea’ below. The song is the first preview of an upcoming solo record from the generation-defining bassist. More details about the record are set to be shared in early 2026. Advertisement For the project, the musician is going back to his early roots as a trumpet player, and leaning into his longtime love of jazz. In ‘A Plea’, he takes on bass, vocal and trumpet duties, and uses his lyrics to shed light on the political...
BBC Radio 1 Sound Of 2026 longlist revealed
The longlist for BBC Radio 1’s Sound Of 2026 has been unveiled – check out which 10 artists have made the cut below. The prestigious annual list has been running since 2003, and this year’s candidates have been whittled down by a panel of over 170 industry experts and artists, including Elton John, Dua Lipa, Jade, Olivia Dean, Yungblud and former winner Sam Smith. Advertisement The top five will be revealed on Radio 1 throughout the week starting on Monday 5 January 2026, with the winner set to be crowned on Friday 9 January. The 10 artists on the longlist are: Alessi Rose Chloe Qisha Florence Road ...
Jorja Smith’s record label hit out at AI track that “cloned” her voice: “It’s bigger than one artist or one song”
Jorja Smith’s record label has hit out at a song made using AI, which it alleges “cloned” her voice. The song in question is called ‘I Run’, and was released by British dance act Haven. It featured vocals from a female singer, who is uncredited, but said by some to have noticeable similarities to the BRIT Award winner. Advertisement It went viral on TikTok in October and was looking likely to go to the charts in both the US and the UK. Before this could happen, however, it was taken down by streaming platforms over alleged copyright infringement and...
JoJo Siwa was hospitalised due to “excruciating” stomach pain ahead of Minnesota show
JoJo Siwa has revealed she was recently hospitalised due to “excruciating” stomach pains ahead of a show in Minnesota. The pop singer was due to play a set at the Mall of America in Bloomington on Friday (November 28), but as she has revealed in a TikTok post, she was rushed to hospital in the hours leading up to the show. Advertisement Explaining what happened, Siwa said: “So long story short, every time that I’ve been dancing for the last couple of days or even just like walking like anything, my stomach would just really, really hurt.” “And I don’t know why, but it just kind of passed, and...
Billy Corgan names second most influential band of 20th Century after The Beatles
The Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan has named his pick for the second most influential band of the 20th century – after The Beatles. The frontman was a guest on a recent episode of the YouTube series Track Star*, where he was quizzed on a range of bands that the host considered to be among the greatest of all time. Advertisement After hearing an excerpt of one song in particular, Corgan made the bold claim that only the Fab Four have had a greater impact on music than the artist he had just listened to. The song was ‘Disorder’, the opening track of ‘Unknown Pleasures’, the debut album from Manchester...Recent Posts
Spotify Wrapped: Kneecap score more listeners than The Beatles in Ireland, as Irish music continues to thrive
Hundreds of Radiohead fans gather for replacement karaoke party after Copenhagen gig cancellation
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea tackles division on solo single ‘A Plea’: “I don’t care about the act of politics”
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BBC Radio 1 Sound Of 2026 longlist revealed