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Richard Ashcroft pulls out of Victorious Festival due to COVID-19 safety measures
Richard Ashcroft has pulled out of a performance at Portsmouth’s Victorious Festival later this month, after seemingly objecting to the risk measures put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19. It comes after the former Verve frontman pulled out of a headline set at Sheffield’s Tramlines Festival last month after being informed that the event was part of the government’s Events Research Programme. Announcing his departure from the bill, Victorious Festival organisers said: “Following extensive discussions about the measures we have put in place to reduce risk for visitors, artists and workers at this year’s festival, Richard Ashcroft...
BtoB 4U to release new music later this month, CUBE Entertainment confirms
South Korean boyband BtoB will be making their long-awaited comeback in late August. READ MORE: Dreamcatcher – ‘Summer Holiday’ review: K-pop underdogs make room for horror in the summer Earlier today (August 6), their agency CUBE Entertainment confirmed in a statement to Newsen that the boyband’s sub-unit BtoB 4U – consisting Eunkwang, Changsub, Peniel and Minhyuk – are currently preparing to make their comeback later this month. “BtoB 4U is confirmed to make a comeback in late August,” said a representative from the agency, as translated by Soompi. More details of their forthcoming project are expected to be revealed...
‘Bang On The Gong’: Go behind the scenes of Twin Atlantic’s new ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’-themed video
Twin Atlantic have marked their return with their cinematic new Once Upon A Time In Hollywood-themed video for ‘Bang On The Gong’. Check it out below along with some exclusive behind-the-scenes photos. Marking their first new material since 2020’s ‘Power’, ‘Bang On The Gong’ comes with a fittingly swaggering video – with frontman Sam McTrusty paying tribute to Leonardo DiCaprio’s character in Quentin Tarantino’s modern classic. “For nearly all of our music videos in the past we have always had a video commissioner at our label’s organise directors and production teams for us but this time we made the...
Joey Jordison’s post-Slipknot band Sinsaenum issues statement on his death
Multinational death metal supergroup Sinsaenum have shared a statement honouring their late drummer Joey Jordison, following the prolific musician’s death last week. A shock to the metal community at large, it was reported Jordison died peacefully in his sleep at age 46 last Monday (July 26). At the time of writing, a cause of death has not been publicly revealed. READ MORE: Joey Jordison, 1975 – 2021: founding Slipknot member who held the key to the band’s success Jordison was a founding member of Slipknot, performing with the group from their 1995 inception until he was ousted in 2013....
Watch The Weeknd’s intense music video for new single ‘Take My Breath’
The Weeknd has premiered the music video for ‘Take My Breath’, the first single from his follow-up album to ‘After Hours’. The single arrives after a week of teasing, which included an Olympics promo and an aborted IMAX music video premiere. READ MORE: The biggest moments from The Weeknd’s Super Bowl half-time show ‘Take My Breath’ shows The Weeknd – real name Abel Tesfaye – continuing the pulsating disco rhythms of his previous albums, ‘After Hours’ and ‘Starboy’. The video, directed by Cliqua, follows Tesfaye as he descends into an underground party where he finds seduction, danger, and plenty...
Hear Måneskin’s new Iggy Pop-featuring version of ‘I Wanna Be Your Slave’
Eurovision 2021 winners Måneskin have teamed up with Iggy Pop for a new version of their single ‘I Wanna Be Your Slave’, out now. The original version of the song appeared on the Italian group’s second album ‘Teatro d’ira: Vol. I’, and landed in the Top 10 of the official UK singles chart. READ MORE: Italian Eurovision winners Måneskin talk future plans and “bullshit” drug allegations Måneskin took to social media earlier this week (August 4) to announce that they have enlisted Iggy for a collaborative rework of the single. You can listen to it now here: Advertisement Speaking in...
Watch Weezer’s live take on Fall Out Boy’s ‘Sugar, We’re Goin Down’
Weezer have delivered their take on Fall Out Boy‘s ‘Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down’ during a set on the band’s Hella Mega Tour with Green Day. Fall Out Boy themselves were part of the tour, but were forced to pull out of two shows due to a team member testing positive for COVID-19. In tribute, Weezer performed their own version of the band’s 2005 hit. You can see fan footage of their rendition below. .@Weezer playing @falloutboy with the band out with COVID at the #HellaMegaTour pic.twitter.com/I7kZjMW9fa — Henry Rosoff (@HenryRosoff) August 5, 2021 Advertisement .@weezer performed “Sugar, We’re Going...
Metallica to go behind-the-scenes on ‘The Black Album’ in new podcast
Metallica are set to launch a new podcast that will go behind the scenes of their classic album ‘The Black Album’, it has been announced. The podcast will be called The Metallica Podcast and will celebrate the album’s 30th anniversary, which lands on August 12. READ MORE: Metallica: every single album ranked and rated The band announced the podcast on social media, saying that the first of eight episodes was “coming soon”. In a teaser clip, drummer Lars Ulrich said: “This album was the right combination of songs, right combination of producer with the right combination of desire, tenacity,...
Watch Lorde’s rooftop performance of ‘Stoned At The Nail Salon’
Lorde has shared a rooftop performance of her latest single ‘Stoned At The Nail Salon’ – scroll down the page to watch it now. The track will feature on the New Zealand musician’s upcoming third album ‘Solar Power’, which is due to be released on August 20. READ MORE: Lorde’s new song ‘Solar Power’ is a gorgeous, sun-kissed rebirth After debuting the new song on Late Night with Seth Meyers last month, Lorde has now shared a stripped-back performance of it, filmed on the rooftop of New York’s Electric Lady Studios. Advertisement The star was joined by producer and collaborator...Recent Posts
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