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Jack Antonoff and Lucy Dacus pledge proceeds from Texas shows to abortion charities
Jack Antonoff and Lucy Dacus have announced that proceeds from their upcoming Texas shows will be donated to abortion charities following the introduction of the state’s new anti-abortion bill. READ MORE: Bleachers: “This album is about wanting to hold joy, and not understanding why you can’t” The new legislation, Senate Bill 8, bans most abortions in Texas and makes the state the most restrictive in the US in terms of access to abortion services, according to the New York Times. It prohibits aborting a foetus once cardiac activity can be detected, which is generally around six weeks – a...
Lorde’s MTV Video Music Awards performance cancelled
Lorde‘s scheduled performance at next weekend’s MTV Video Music Awards has been cancelled, organisers have announced. READ MORE: Lorde: “I feel like I can see my world and myself a lot clearer now” Set to take place next Sunday (September 12) at the Barclays Center in New York, marking the first time the awards have taken place at the venue, the VMAs will be hosted by Doja Cat. Performers on the night will include Machine Gun Kelly, Justin Bieber, Olivia Rodrigo, Camila Cabello, Lil Nas X, Polo G, Twenty One Pilots, Swedish House Mafia and more. Advertisement Lorde, who recently...
Drake leaks unreleased Kanye West track featuring mind-blowing Andre 3000 verse
The beef between Kanye West and Drake doesn’t look like it’s slowing down anytime soon after the latter has leaked an unreleased Kanye record featuring Andre 3000. READ MORE: Kanye West – ‘DONDA’ review: some gems among lots – and lots – of filler Early this morning (September 4), in celebration of the release of his new album ‘Certified Lover Boy’, Drake appeared as a guest DJ on SiriusXM’s Sound 42 radio show. During his set, he played an unreleased song by West called ‘Life Of The Party’. The track, which was reportedly recorded for West’s recently released 10th...
Jon Hopkins announces new album ‘Music For Psychedelic Therapy’
Jon Hopkins has announced details of a new album called ‘Music For Psychedelic Therapy’ – listen to its first song, ‘Sit Around The Fire’, below. The producer’s follow-up to 2018’s ‘Singularity’ will come out digitally and on CD via Domino on November 12, with a vinyl release following on February 11, 2022. READ MORE: Jon Hopkins – ‘Singularity’ review “‘Sit Around The Fire’ exists from one of the deep synchronicities that ushered this thing (‘Music For Psychedelic Therapy’) into being,” Hopkins said of the new song in a statement. “I was contacted by East Forest, who had spent some...
Mark Hoppus says he’s finished his chemotherapy treatment
Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus has finished his chemotherapy treatment, according to text messages from former bandmate Tom DeLonge. Back in June, Hoppus confirmed his cancer diagnosis and said he’d begun undergoing chemotherapy for what he later clarified was stage four diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Following Hoppus’ initial statement, both blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and former guitarist Tom DeLonge voiced their support for their friend, and DeLonge has now shared text conversations with Hoppus online, appearing to confirm that the band’s bassist has finished his treatment. Advertisement “I wanted to be a good friend to Mark Hoppus and just give some modest advice on...
Watch The Killers bring ‘In Another Life’ to ‘Corden’
The Killers brought new album ‘Pressure Machine’ to late-night TV this week – watch them perform ‘In Another Life’ on Corden below. READ MORE: The Killers on the cover – “There are a lot of young people unsure of their place in this world” On Thursday (September 2), Brandon Flowers and co remotely tuned into James Corden’s Late Late Show to share their first TV performance for the new album, which came out last month. The band had first debuted songs from ‘Pressure Machine’ at an intimate comeback show in New York City last month, and now brought the spectacle...
Dizzee Rascal denies headbutting ex-girlfriend
Dizzee Rascal has denied headbutting his ex-girlfriend earlier this summer, after he was charged with assault last month. The rapper, real name is Dylan Mills, was arrested on June 8 on suspicion of common assault and was later released on bail. He was then charged last month (August 2). Yesterday (September 3), Mills appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court and denied the charges made against him. At the hearing, Mills pleaded not guilty to “pushing his head into the complainant’s head and pushing her to the floor” at an address in Streatham on June 8. Metropolitan Police said at the...
16-year-old loses fingertip in moshpit at Reading Festival
A 16-year-old girl has revealed how she lost the tip of a finger while in the moshpit for Aitch‘s set at Reading Festival last weekend. The girl, who has gone viral on TikTok with the video and is known publicly as Summer Gibbs, shared details of the injury in a new post on the app. As she revealed, the moshpit at the start of the rapper’s set pushed her forwards towards the stage’s barrier, before her finger was “clamped in between two fences”. Advertisement “There were so many people trying to get the fence apart and free my finger...
Watch Thom Yorke discuss Radiohead’s “embarrassing” TikTok stats
Radiohead have shared a new TikTok video, which sees frontman Thom Yorke bemoaning their “embarrassing” analytics on the app. The band joined TikTok back in April and shared a short clip of mysterious Radiohead associate, Chieftain Mews, who was seen delivering a dystopian news broadcast at a desk which has the words ‘Mews’ displayed and Radiohead’s logo in the background. READ MORE: 10 things in the new Radiohead Public Library that are getting fans very, very excited Chieftain Mews appears again in the new clip, and is the subject of Yorke’s ire regarding the band’s statistics on TikTok. Advertisement...Recent Posts
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