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Jxdn Went From TikTok To Punk Rock, With A Little Help From Travis Barker
“I didn’t listen to punk music growing up at all.” That’s become one of the more interesting revelations about Jxdn, the 20-year-old ascendent pop-punk superstar bolstered by TikTok and boosted into the pop sphere by Blink-182’s Travis Barker. For the singer born Jaden Hossler, MTV’s Push artist for August 2021, the time since then has been a quick education. What got Jxdn into punk music was an ex-girlfriend introducing him to Blink-182 once he first moved to Los Angeles. Little did he know that Barker would eventually take an interest in his work after hearing his breakout hit “Comatose.”...
Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge on their favourite Blink-182 albums
Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge have spoken about their favourite Blink-182 albums, while revealing that their friendship is based on a shared appreciation of “dick jokes”. The former bandmates appeared together on the latest episode of Hoppus’ Apple Music 1 show After School Radio, which was dubbed The Mark And Tom Show. READ MORE: NSFW! Blink-182’s rudest ever lyrics At one point in the conversation Hoppus asked DeLonge to name his favourite Blink record. “That’s a really good question. God, there’s so many great things about all of them,” he replied. Advertisement “I really like, obviously the ‘Untitled’ album...
Visa-free touring granted for UK artists in 19 EU countries while industry demands “honesty” from government
The UK government has announced that visa-free touring has been negotiated for UK artists in 19 EU member countries – while music industry critics have accused them of “failing to fix the real issues”. READ MORE: “It’s going to be devastating” – here’s how Brexit will screw over British touring artists There have been seven months of very loud criticism from across the music industry after the government jeopardised the future of touring for UK artists when the Brexit deal secured with the EU failed to negotiate visa-free travel and Europe-wide work permits for musicians and crew. This came with fears...
Former Kanye West collaborator DJ Toomp says he knew ‘DONDA’ wasn’t finished at listening event
DJ Toomp has said that he knew that Kanye West‘s forthcoming new album ‘DONDA’ wasn’t finished by the time the latter debuted it at an Atlanta listening event last month. West played a version of ‘DONDA’ during the ticketed event at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on July 22 ahead of the album’s initial release date of July 23. However, the album failed to materialise on that date and is now set for release on Friday (August 6). READ MORE: Kanye West’s much-delayed 10th album ‘DONDA’: the story so far Producer, songwriter and DJ Toomp, who notably worked with...
Billie Eilish talks dealing with stalkers: “A lot of people want to do bad things to me”
Billie Eilish has explained how the constant threat of stalkers is one of the main reasons why she is yet to move out of her parents’ home. The singer obtained a five-year civil harassment order earlier this year against John Hearle, who camped outside a school across the road from her family home and perched on a fence to look into her house. READ More: Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’ review: an artist secures her status as a generational great He also allegedly performed a throat-slitting gesture when he saw the singer. Advertisement Speaking to The Irish Times, Eilish...
Kakao and CJ Group both looking to purchase controlling stake in SM Entertainment
South Korean entertainment giants Kakao Corp and CJ Group are both looking to purchase a controlling stake in K-pop entertainment agency SM Entertainment. READ MORE: Stop playing Girls’ Generation, just give us the reunion already According to a report by The Korea Economic Daily, CJ Group has proposed a price of ₩300billion (approximately £188million) for a 18.75 per cent controlling stake in SM Entertainment, home to popular K-pop acts such as Red Velvet, NCT, EXO, Girls’ Generation and more. CJ Group’s bid for the shares of SM Entertainment puts them in a race with some of South Korea’s biggest corporations, including...
‘Fortnite’ fans find planned DaBaby emote in files amidst rapper’s homophobia scandal
Data-miners have discovered files in Fortnite that suggest Epic Games is planning to add an emote based on ‘AM to PM’ – a song featuring DaBaby – amidst controversy surrounding the rapper’s homophobic comments. READ MORE: ‘ToeJam & Earl’ taught us about aliens, hip-hop – and what it means to find home again The audio discovered in the data-mine is ‘AM to PM’, a song by Migos featuring DaBaby. While the emote is not currently out, data-mined files show that the emote could have been planned to release later in this update. NME has reached out to Epic for...
BTS on making music in English: “Language doesn’t matter to us that much”
BTS have shared their desire to keep pushing the limit with their English releases, explaining that language “doesn’t matter to us that much”. READ MORE: DPR Live: “I just really want to be transparent with my music” The group have released three English-language singles so far – ‘Dynamite’, ‘Butter’ and ‘Permission To Dance’ – all of which have reached Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. During a new interview with TIME, the BTS members explained their stance on releasing English music. “Language doesn’t matter to us that much like the past, I guess,” said...
Watch Guns N’ Roses debut new version of rare track ‘Silkworms’ at Boston show
Guns N’ Roses performed a reworked version of their song ‘Silkworms’ during a show at Boston’s Fenway Park last night (August 3). The unreleased track was reportedly written in 2001 during sessions for the band’s sixth album ‘Chinese Democracy’, which arrived in 2008 after a string of notorious delays. They first performed the track at Las Vegas’ House of Blues in 2001, but it’s now received a entirely new revamp and title. Advertisement “Some of you might have heard this under another name, but this is really kind of absurd to try this,” said Axl Rose while introducing the...Recent Posts
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